812 When Nine Stars Grace The Skies (2/2)
”Moving on, although the situation had escalated to this point, I did not have the slightest intent to vanquish the Nine Supremes. I had not discovered the root of the problem and I still didn't understand the premise behind this prophecy. Even if I went on with it forcefully by finishing off the Nine Supremes, I would only appear to be a puppet governed by prophecy, dutifully following it through and fulfilling it.”
”Following countless analysis and research, I finally confirmed that the providence of the Four Seasons Tower is intertwined with God's Grave — we are one. However, the providence of God's Grave and the destiny of the Residence of Nine Supremes are inversely proportional to each other — in other words, if the Residence of Nine Supremes thrives, God's Grave will decline, vice versa. After confirming this fact, we tried different sorts of ways, like attempting to drain away the providence of the Nine Supremes using different methods, or taking it away forcefully. The matter that frustrates us most — and rendered us utterly helpless — was that the Residence's providence cannot be siphoned away at all. As one blooms, the other one falters — no external force will be able to change this!”
”With no other choice, we could only use the most extreme of ways… destroy the Residence of the Nine Supremes!”
”Since then, I started sending my men to attack the Residence of Nine Supremes, employing the most direct of methods.”
Yun Yang gave a long sigh. ”So that's how it is. This is the truth.”
When the Residence of Nine Supremes first appeared, and when the Nine Supremes were newly formed, the Residence had suffered wave after wave of attacks — someone out there wanted to remove the Residence from this world.
The level of these attacks was no joking matter.
However, all of them suffered the backlash produced by the Residence itself. Anyone who came forth to attack the Residence would die from it, regardless of their levels or delegation — their lives were taken away all the same!
Hence, that was why Yun Yang and the rest never got to find out the ranks of these incoming assailants — they were all dead anyway, there was no point in arguing about it.
Moreover, there was no room to even argue about it even if they wanted to, for what was left of the people who suffered the rebound effects was only a pile of ash and crushed bones — there was nothing left of them to identify.
So, those men back then were from the Four Seasons Tower.
The fight between the Nine Supremes and the Four Seasons Tower had already commenced much earlier — one party was just not aware of it.
”After three rounds of probing, everyone was dead from the backlash. These men who participated in these three round of raids were men tenderly handpicked by myself. The first raid was conducted by scholars, the second raid consisted of the Five Venerable Lords, and the third raid consisted of only two men — men who were pinnacle experts of their time with levels only slightly lower than mine.”
”Not only did the forces from the three raids fail to destroy the Residence of Nine Supremes, but they were also all killed by the ensuing backlash. This only further proved that the Residence of Nine Supremes truly could not be destroyed.”
”Since the Residence of the Nine Supremes could not be destroyed, the only way to secure a happy ending for the Four Seasons Tower was to eliminate the Nine Supremes themselves.”
”However, credit needs to be given where it is due — the Nine Supreme's duty of keeping this a secret is truly impressive — totally foolproof,” Mr. Nian sighed. ”Even I, who tried my best, could not discover the profiles and details of the Nine Supremes — I could not even obtain the basic movements and intelligence on the Nine Supremes.”
”The Nine Supremes — heroes who contributed greatly to Yutang's cause and who had shown themselves countless times on Yutang's battlefields — were not restricted by an imperial power, nor forces of the military, Board of Civil Appointments or any department of Yutang at all. It's funny how an extraordinary thing like this could happen.”
”Running out of options, I started to direct the Tower's men to infiltrate Yutang — an infiltration which was a step more in-depth and holistic than what was ever done before.”
”However, in this entire process, our providence experienced a new development— a change which was strange to the core. A change like this had never happened in the entire term of the Four Seasons Tower's existence!”
Translator Note:
1Mr.Nian (年先生nián xiān shēng): As stated in earlier chapters, Nian means year. A year consists of four seasons, thus the name Four Seasons Tower and its leader's title as Mr. Nian.