Shrouding the Heavens

The appearance of the Bronze Immortal Palace at the Water Cloud lake caused countless numbers of cultivators to head there, like a divine light in the darkness causing all the fireflies to flock towards it, having an indescribable pull.

The bigwigs wanted a shot at immortality, the ordinary cultivators wanted a chance at rewriting their lives, the entire Wei State was in turmoil.

Ye Fan did not plan to return after leaving, in order to escape he had already leaked the information regarding the Bronze Immortal Palace, creating waves of turmoil.

At this moment he was feeling quite vexed, he wanted to traverse the void but was unable to do so, it could be said that he was simply powerless to do so.

“Difficult, difficult, difficult. Is there really no way to do so?” He frowned as he continued to ponder on this dilemma.

The Bronze Immortal Palace had resurfaced once again, this not only caused waves within the southern region, even bigwigs from the distant northern region had come, the effects of this news could be imagined. From the Eastern and Western regions, people from the Ji Family as well as the other Sacred Grounds had also come.

“When this matter finally concludes, the people of the northern region will definitely have to return, can I borrow their strength to do so?” Ye Fan began to search for information regarding the superpowers of the northern region and who had come.

At this moment, Ye Fan was thirty thousand miles away from the Tai Xuan sect, it could be considered sufficiently distant for him to be unfettered, he did not need to look far as he obtained some useful information from the cultivators in the vicinity.

The Sacred Grounds within the Northern region did have some small influence within the Southern Region to be used as chess pieces for accommodating their disciples that were journeying. As Ye Fan made preparations, an astounding piece of news was spread throughout the Southern region.

An exponent of the demonic race, Peacock King, had resurfaced and did not head to the Bronze Immortal Palace. Rather, he went to look for the Ji Family and used a single palm to destroy their sect plaque, thereafter sent their gates flying. This was an extremely large matter!

An ancient aristocratic family that had survived since ancient times, their background was frightening and over the passing of countless years, few people dared to challenge them so.

Smashing the sect plaque of an ancient aristocratic family, knocking down their sect gate, this was an extremely serious matter that could have tremendous repercussions.

On that fateful day, this information was swiftly spread throughout the Southern region like wildfire. The entire Eastern Badlands was already in a huge ruckus and this piece of information further exacerbated the situation.

Who was the Peacock King? He was an exponent of the demonic race and had swept through the entire Southern region eight hundred years ago without any competition. He had been silent for so many years that everyone had already thought of him as having died in a lotus position without any chance of resurfacing. His direct actions against an ancient aristocratic family astonished everyone, what was he planning?

Such a peerless figure had unimaginable influential prowess, a single word or action would cause everyone nearby to take notice, causing a butterfly effect. Could it be that the demonic race was planning to act against the human race? There were many varied interpretations towards this event and the atmosphere of the Southern region immediately grew tense.

The Ji Family which was an ancient aristocratic family was one of the strongest superpowers of the human race, such a powerful family could exterminate countless vassal states. What was the Peacock King planning? By inciting the Ji Family, the outcome would certainly be disastrous.

However, a piece of news was leaked, this was all due to the descendant of the demonic emperor, the Peacock King was acting to take revenge for Yan Ruyu.

Several months earlier, the Ji Family had surrounded the demonic race within the Wei State, wishing to steal the sacred weapon of the demonic emperor, several great demons had died and Yan Ruyu had barely managed to escape.

Although she was the descendant of the demonic emperor, tens of thousands of years had already passed and the glory days had long since faded away, it was impossible for it to continue into perpetuity.

Yan Ruyu had fled in search of experts of the demonic race to protect her, several people were tempted knowing that she was unguarded and had the demonic emperor’s sacred weapon, attacking her from the shadows. As a descendant of the great emperor of the demonic race, how could she have fallen into such dire straits?

When Yan Ruyu finally found the Peacock King, this exponent of the demonic race had been in closed meditation. When he realised what had happened, he immediately activated the death meridians which he had sealed long ago, resurfacing once again to seek justice for her.

Smashing the Ji Family plaque and destroyed the sect gates, this was an extremely serious event that would rarely be seen even after thousands of years.

The Peacock King did not force his way into the Ji Family, such a powerful entity would certainly have unfathomable prowess, if he were to do so, even an exponent like himself would find it difficult to fully extricate himself. The Ji Family was incensed and had immediately sent the command down to find and kill the Peacock King. Even if the Peacock King was famous eight hundred years ago, the Ji Family could not take this lying down.

The people of the world knew that the backgrounds of a Sacred Ground or ancient aristocratic family could not be measured, even if they were at their weakest point, when it came to a critical juncture, there would always be experts that had been hidden for years who appeared, turning the situation around. It was needless to say how deep the backing of the Ji Family was with its current prosperous state, they would definitely want to kill the Peacock King.

“This is a earth shaking piece of news, the Peacock King wishes to show his might!”

“If they were to have a head-on collision, the Peacock King would certainly be unable to defend himself against the countless experts of the Ji Family. However, would he be so nice as to wait for them to give him a beating? I’m afraid the situation will not end so simply.”

“The Peacock King, that is an existence that has been referred to as a peerless exponent, it’s difficult to say who will take a loss. The Ji Family does have the initiative though, they are just too immense.”

Everyone was in heated discussion, their views were vastly different.

Ye Fan’s heart trembled, the Peacock King was powerful beyond imagination while the Ji Family was impossible to estimate, this could be inferred from the discussions of all the cultivators.

A single day passed before another piece of astonishing news was spread, the Peacock King had actually appeared once again within the Wei State, killing a venerated elder of the Ji Family that was a guest within the Tai Xuan sect.

This was simply too shocking! As this news spread, everyone sucked in a breath of cold air, the Peacock King was clearly preparing for a big battle, he was not planning to merely humiliate the Ji Family.

What sort of existence was a venerated elder of the Ji Family? He was definitely a powerful individual whose footsteps could cause reverberations within an area, it was unlikely for such an individual to be killed because the repercussions would be immense.

The Peacock King had actually acted before so many people, killing the venerated elder. This was definitely the foretelling of a coming storm, an unavoidable bloodbath!

“The Peacock King is simply too powerful, he actually managed to cause the body of the venerated elder to explode into pieces…….”

“A venerated elder of an ancient aristocratic family, it is impossible to measure how deep his cultivation has reached, however, the Peacock King was actually able to kill him in a single exchange, this is simply too frightening…….”

All the cultivators were stunned as they heatedly discussed this matter, this was simply too chilling.

“It isn’t too surprising that the Peacock King has such combat prowess, he was once the ruler of this Southern region eight hundred years ago, it was difficult to find any opponent for him.”

“That’s right, one must know that he was actually referred to as a peerless exponent, what is a peerless exponent? His spiritual power is inconceivably deep and powerful without compare, that is a real peerless exponent.”

The Peacock King had acted, shocking the entire Eastern Badlands. All the information regarding him was slowly being uncovered once again.

Since long ago, there were a string of battles that left one speechless, since becoming famous, the Peacock King had not tasted a single defeat within the Southern State. This was the reason why he was referred to as a peerless exponent within the demonic race.

It could be said that his astonishing battle records of eight hundred years ago were countless, leaving one with a feeling of amazement and shock.

An ordinary cultivator could only live for hundred odd years, eight hundred years was an extremely long period of time!

It might merely be a number when read, however, if one were to really think about, this was really a long period of history!

Hearing of these matters from eight hundred years ago, Ye Fan thought back to the other side of the stars, if they were to go back in time, that would still be the Song dynasty, it could be said to be an extremely distant past.

Unfurling the past, people discovered that the Peacock King was indeed frightening. This was not the first time he had killed a venerated elder of a superpower, he had killed two famous personages of the Twinkling Brilliance Sacred Ground eight hundred years ago.

Back then, this had caused waves of commotion and he had been chased by the Twinkling Brilliance Sacred Ground for fifty years without dying.

In that era, he had experienced countless great wars, it could be said that he had forcefully conquered the Southern region of the Eastern Badlands. Amongst his myriad of battles, the brightest one would be his battle with the leader of the Twinkling Brilliance Sacred Ground back then, it received the attention of the world, that very battle was world shaking, even the sun and moon lost their light.

They had engaged in a heated battle for three days and three nights without either side claiming a clear victory. Although they had fought to a draw, this was sufficient to look down on all of world, the leader of a Sacred Ground was an extremely respected personage.

He had then left, this was the battle that had solidified his position as a peerless exponent!

A venerated elder had been killed, the Ji Family was incensed!

The few bigwigs of the Ji Family were headed towards the Bronze Immortal Palace but immediately changed their course, chasing after the Peacock King. Even the leader of the Ji Family had personally come out of meditation to hunt this peerless exponent down.

The Peacock King might be able to deal with the powerful individuals within the Ji Family head on but he would definitely be unable to deal with such a powerful group, he could only choose to retreat. Would he stop now? It was possible that he would just fade away into obscurity, this was the opinion of many cultivators.

However, a new piece of information was swiftly spread, the Peacock King had acted once again killing several famous personages of the Ji Family. These people were experts charged with protecting Ji Haoyue, he was actually thinking of exterminating the divine body of the Ji Family!

The seriousness of this matter was easily understood. What the divine body represented, everyone understood. This was the future protective talisman of the Ji Family, it would guarantee their prosperity for thousands of years, it could even be considered as their life veins.

The other superpowers knew of the might of the divine body but did not dare to act, if they forced the Ji Family to go crazy, they might actually use everything they had, putting their lives on the line. The Peacock King was simply too fierce, he had directly acted against the hope of the Ji Family, wishing to kill a future Eastern Badlands divine king!

It could be said that he had thoroughly stirred up the behemoth known as the Ji Family, at the same time, the Ji Family was extremely restless as they sent out large numbers of experts to search and rescue. The Southern region of the Eastern Badlands was completely riled up with numerous rumours emerging.

“Ji Haoyue is really powerful, it’s no wonder it is known as the Eastern Badlands divine body, he was not immediately killed and actually managed to use a secret technique to escape.”

“The latest news is in, the final protector of Ji Haoyue has been killed. Ji Haoyue is currently on the run with the Peacock King in hot pursuit, it seems that he has steeled his heart to extinguish the hope of the Ji Family.”

Although the Ji Family was powerful with its name resounding throughout the Eastern Badlands, it could not control each and every inch of land and was unable to find Ji Haoyue in a short period of time. With no methods of contact, they could only use the location of the corpses of his protectors to chase.

“It’s over, the Southern region of the Eastern Badlands is about to be flipped, if the divine body is exterminated, the Ji Family will overturn this entire piece of land!”

“He even dares to provoke the Ji Family, the Peacock King is really fearless!”

The Peacock King who was comparable to an exponent from ancient times, how long he had lived or how many powerful techniques he had, no one was able to clearly say. There were people who guessed that his lifespan was nearing its end thus having no burdens to hold him back. Ye Fan felt that these matters had nothing to do with him and did not pay much attention to it.

This was a small mountain village, there were cries of dogs and chickens. There were lush green vegetable gardens and pools of fish scattered all over. As he walked to this area, he suddenly heard an extremely weak voice: “Little lad…….”