Let You Know the Heights of Heaven and Depths of Earth — This Young Man's Showing Off Is Getting a Bit Out of Hand
Let You Know the Heights of Heaven and Depths of Earth — This Young Man’s Showing Off Is Getting a Bit Out of Hand
Jiang Yang didn’t care in the slightest about the reactions of the people before him.
In his view, this was exactly how things should be.
He was the Mortal One who stood at the pinnacle of all races. Although many of his memories from this life had yet to fully awaken, the personality and habits of one who once stood high above, overlooking life and death, were etched deep into his soul.
A mere visitor from the Beyond — what qualifications did he have to make him go pay respects?
Back in the day, the gods, demons, ferocious beasts, and great figures of every race who knelt prostrate before him were beyond counting.
Every single one of them was a being whose blood energy pierced the heavens, whose roar could split the firmament!
Moreover, in Jiang Yang’s view, the Cultivators who had descended to this world now were, in all likelihood, here to find him.
Before he recovered to his peak, they had come to pledge their loyalty, seeking to follow him and bring him back to the Beyond.
In the future, by staying at his side, they could enjoy supreme power and status.
As for what that Exalted Immortal’s goal was, he could see it at a glance. Otherwise, how would one explain why he treated his little sister, left behind in Northern Mountain Village, so well?
In the end, wasn’t it all just to curry favor with him?
After all, with so many benefits at stake, anyone who wasn’t a fool would know what to do.
The Mortal Palace he had founded back then held an utterly transcendent position in the Beyond. By now, they should have sensed his existence and come looking for him!
Of this, Jiang Yang was perfectly clear in his heart.
“Jiang Yang, you must have cultivated yourself into delusion. You must never let those words reach that Exalted Immortal’s ears.”
“If you drag our Celestia Holy Land down with you, you won’t be able to bear the consequences.”
At this, the several Elders finally reacted, their expressions changing drastically as they berated Jiang Yang.
His words had them breaking out in cold sweat.
They were terrified that the Exalted Immortal would hear of it and bring calamity upon the Celestia Holy Land.
These words made Jiang Yang’s brow furrow slightly, but his face remained calm and indifferent.
In his eyes, these Elders were no different from ants.
Naturally, there was no need to pay heed to their ignorance and stupidity.
So Jiang Yang spoke lightly, “If I were you, I wouldn’t be so foolish as to say such things. Instead, you should go ask that so-called Exalted Immortal — does he dare to make me wait?”
The words “does he dare to make me wait” carried an indescribable confidence and assurance, showing not the slightest regard for that Exalted Immortal.
This made the Elders’ expressions change once more, and they began staring at Jiang Yang with uncertainty and suspicion.
Either he was a lunatic, or a complete fool — or could it be that he truly had such confidence?
“Do as Jiang Yang says.”
At that moment, Zhao Yi’s figure appeared, and she spoke calmly to the Elders.
She chose to believe Jiang Yang.
In him, she saw a confident bearing, the kind that made people instinctively believe in him.
So she felt that Jiang Yang’s words were not without reason — she even held a faint sense of anticipation toward him.
Judging from his reaction just now, he seemed to have anticipated that the Exalted Immortal would come looking for him.
“Yes, Supreme Elder.”
Seeing that even Zhao Yi had spoken, the Elders didn’t dare say anything more. Their faces pale, they turned to return to the hall to report.
They had come to summon Jiang Yang, yet not only had they failed to bring him back, they were now supposed to have the Exalted Immortal come over personally?
Those words sounded simple enough, but which of them had the guts to speak like that to the Exalted Immortal?
The Elders wore mournful faces, as if their own parents had died. They had it so hard — they could only hope Jiang Yang’s words would actually work.
Otherwise, if the Exalted Immortal laid the blame on them, who could protect them?
Soon, the Elders hurriedly departed.
“At least you have some discernment. Though your talent is nothing special — all these years, and you’ve only cultivated to the Sacred Noble Realm.”
Jiang Yang glanced at Zhao Yi and said indifferently, “But in the future, by my side, you may serve as a Sword Bearer.”
Hearing this, Zhao Yi’s expression stiffened. She had lived for over a hundred thousand years. Back in the Sky Domain of the Heavenly Star Realm, she had been a renowned goddess in her own right.
The prodigies of her generation had all been outlived by her — she had literally watched them all die of old age.
And yet, in Jiang Yang’s mouth, her talent was “nothing special”?
Sword Bearer?
What was that?
However, considering the confident expression on Jiang Yang’s face when he said those words, Zhao Yi found herself unable to refute him for a moment, and she felt all the more that Jiang Yang was unfathomable.
Just then, another voice rang out in Jiang Yang’s mind, filled with anger.
“I want to see Yao Yao. That Exalted Immortal has been so good to Yao Yao — how can you act like this?”
Hearing this, Jiang Yang merely said calmly, “I will go see Yao Yao. You’re just overthinking it. If not for my existence, do you really think that Exalted Immortal would treat Yao Yao so well?”
In his view, all of this was nothing more than an attempt to curry favor with him.
That Exalted Immortal was quite the clever one.
......
“Jiang Yang... that’s exactly what he said. It has nothing to do with us!”
“We beg the Exalted Immortal not to blame us.”
Meanwhile, on the other side, the Elders knelt prostrate on the ground, faces pale, trembling and cowering as they delivered their report.
Weng!!
For a moment, the entire great hall fell so silent that one could hear a pin drop — a dead silence.
“It’s over!”
That was the first reaction of everyone present, including the Celestial Archbishop. Their faces turned ashen, their whole bodies went cold.
Even their souls were trembling.
They wished they could strike out right now and slap Jiang Yang to death.
“Instead, you should go ask that so-called Exalted Immortal — does he dare to make me wait?”
Those words still echoed in everyone’s minds. Though they hadn’t seen the man himself, they could feel Jiang Yang’s arrogant, confident expression and attitude.
But the one before them now was no ordinary person!
He was a terrifying existence who had annihilated the Ethereal Mystic Mountains with a casual wave of his hand — the depth of his cultivation was simply beyond measure.
If they provoked this Exalted Immortal’s wrath, could the Celestia Holy Land continue to exist and stand tall?
Their Ancestor was indeed a Sacred Emperor Realm being, but whether the means he left behind could contend against this Exalted Immortal — who knew?
“Jiang Yang really said those words?”
The Celestial Archbishop’s expression changed drastically. At this moment, he hated Jiang Yang to the bone.
He had actually thought highly of him and valued him before — now he wished he could slap himself across the face a few times.
“The Supreme Elder was at Jiang Yang’s side at the time. Those words were spoken with her permission.”
At the critical moment, the Elders didn’t hesitate in the slightest to sell out the Supreme Elder.
Better a fellow Daoist die than oneself.
At a time like this, they couldn’t afford to be caught in the crossfire!
After all, everyone could see that the Exalted Immortal seated at the head of the hall had grown noticeably deeper in expression, his terrifying aura rising and falling like a vast Astral River.
Everyone could barely breathe!
“Does he dare to make him wait?”
“Now that is rather interesting.”
Gu Changge finally spoke. His expression was calm and profound, but his tone seemed to carry a hint of amusement.
The many Elders of the Celestia Holy Land below felt even more unable to breathe, their legs going soft, nearly dropping to their knees!
“Shifu...”
“My brother, he...”
At that moment, Yao Yao, standing beside him, was utterly shocked, her small face full of disbelief, worried that Gu Changge would be angered by this.
She truly never imagined her brother would say such things now.
Making her Shifu go see him personally?
Her brother used to be honest and simple — he would never have spoken like this.
Sure enough, he had changed.
Placed in such an environment, he couldn’t hold onto himself, becoming arrogant and conceited, looking down on everyone.
“Sigh, how did Jiang Yang become like this...” Grandma Yin Hua sighed. As Jiang Yang’s family, she felt both disappointed and unable to believe it.
The honest, kind-hearted Jiang Yang of the past had actually turned into this.
He wouldn’t even come see them anymore.
“Don’t worry. For your sake, Shifu won’t be angry,” Gu Changge said to Yao Yao, his expression very gentle.
“But it seems this brother of yours is, more or less, a bit too arrogant.”
His words were already blunt enough.
Everyone in the Celestia Holy Land turned deathly pale, laughing bitterly in their hearts.
The Elders who had returned to report wished they could go slap Jiang Yang across the mouth right now.
What was he putting on airs for, perfectly fine as things were?
And now look at the situation!
Back then they already thought he’d gone mad — who would’ve thought even the Supreme Elder would go mad along with him!
This was pushing the entire Celestia Holy Land into an abyss of eternal damnation!
“Shifu, I’m sorry...”
Yao Yao was deeply moved. Even at a time like this, Gu Changge was still thinking of her.
If it weren’t for her, anyone who said such words would probably have been slapped to death by Gu Changge on the spot, right?
“This matter has nothing to do with you,” Gu Changge said with a faint smile.
In truth, he wasn’t surprised at all that Jiang Yang would act this way.
To put it nicely, it was called the awakening of reincarnation memories — but to put it bluntly, it was really just Body Possession and rebirth.
It was pretty much the same as the routine of that Enlightened King Realm Remnant Soul’s Body Possession rebirth he’d encountered when he first descended to this world.
The Reincarnation of the Mortal One should have already recovered quite a few of his memories by now.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have said such things.
“What a living, breathing king of showing off...”
“But showing off in front of me — hasn’t he gotten something wrong?”
Gu Changge’s smile carried a trace of amusement.
He understood the thinking of the Reincarnation of the Mortal One very well.
By normal conventions, the Cultivators coming to find him now were from the Beyond.
The Reincarnation of the Mortal One would surely assume, by instinct, that these were people trying to curry favor and latch onto his coattails before he grew strong, paving the way for future meteoric rise.
But this time, the Reincarnation of the Mortal One probably never imagined —
That the Gu Changge standing before him had all along wanted to devour him, squeeze every last drop of his Fortuity dry, and take his place.
“System, does the source of the Reincarnation of the Mortal One’s Fortuity involve the realm fortune of the Heavenly Star Realm?”
Gu Changge asked the System in his heart.
The System answered, <Yes. The realm fortune of the Heavenly Star Realm is closely tied to the trajectory of the Reincarnation of the Mortal One.>
“When the Reincarnation of the Mortal One was born into this realm, his Fortuity became entangled with that of this world.”
Receiving this answer, Gu Changge’s understanding deepened.
It was more or less as he had guessed.
Matters of Fortuity had always been ethereal and elusive.
And the Mortal One’s own Fortuity was connected not only to the Heavenly Star Realm, but also to his own various karmic ties.
Including Yao Yao — in truth, she was connected to it as well.
Even the faith of all living beings under heaven, of the countless trillions of lives, was tied to the Mortal One’s Fortuity.
Now that his memories had yet to fully awaken, the portion of Fortuity involving the faith of those trillions of living beings would, in all likelihood, not yet fall upon the Reincarnation of the Mortal One.
So, driving a wedge between Jiang Yang and his family had been Gu Changge’s plan all along.
But now, that plan no longer needed any consideration.
Yao Yao and her Grandma had already changed their attitude toward Jiang Yang considerably.
They didn’t even trust him anymore.
What he needed to do next was simply make Yao Yao believe that the Jiang Yang of today was no longer the brother she once knew.
Even if they turned against each other, it would be effortless.
“All of this is your own doing. The so-called Reincarnation of the Mortal One turns out to be nothing but a poser.”
Gu Changge refused to believe that a Mortal One who had yet to return to the Beyond could stir up any real storm in his hands.
Even if the Reincarnation of the Mortal One came at him carrying the Fortuity of the entire Heavenly Star Realm, he wouldn’t need to care.
“Exalted Immortal, please rest assured. This time, this lowly one will definitely bring that arrogant brat Jiang Yang up here to properly apologize to you.”
The Celestial Archbishop’s expression shifted repeatedly as he hurriedly cupped his fists and spoke.
At this point, who cared that Jiang Yang was Yao Yao’s brother?
He had offended the Exalted Immortal himself—no one could save him now!
If Gu Changge’s wrath spilled over onto the Celestia Holy Land, they would be the wronged ones!
With that, the Celestial Archbishop’s figure blurred, transforming into a divine rainbow as he shot off toward Jiang Yang’s cultivation grounds, his face livid.
The other Elders rushed off with him. At this point, even if they had to suppress him by force, they had to bring Jiang Yang here!
Inside the great hall, Gu Changge’s expression remained calm and unruffled.
He turned and lifted his cup, taking a sip of tea.
“Yao Yao, after this is over, you will return to the Beyond with your shifu.”
“Mm, Yao Yao will listen to Shifu.”
Yao Yao nodded.
Her longing for her brother had already faded considerably.
She even felt that it didn’t matter whether she saw him or not.
Seeing him one last time was, in another sense, a farewell—a way to give closure to all the longing she had felt these past days.
Gu Changge nodded, clearly hearing the System’s notification chime.
<*Ding!* Yao Yao is utterly disappointed in her brother. Fortuitous One Jiang Yang’s Fortuity has been damaged. Gained 8,000 Fortuity Points, gained 40,000 Fatums.>
It seemed there was nothing more he needed to do.
Yao Yao looked very young, but her heart was as clear as a mirror.
Gu Changge sneered inwardly, though his face remained perfectly composed.
Soon enough, a shocked and disbelieving Jiang Yang was personally suppressed by several Elders and dragged into the great hall.
Behind Jiang Yang came the livid, furious Celestial Archbishop, along with Supreme Elder Zhao Yi, whose face was full of astonishment and disbelief.
“Reporting to the Exalted Immortal, Jiang Yang has been brought!”
The Elders spoke respectfully, then looked at Jiang Yang with expressions as if they were staring at a dead man.
Their cultivation had all reached the Quasi-Sacred Realm. Acting together to suppress Jiang Yang, who was only at the Transcendent Realm, he naturally had no power to resist at all.
He was quickly taken down by them.
With the Celestial Archbishop personally taking action, even Supreme Elder Zhao Yi didn’t dare say much.
Even she, at this moment, wore an expression full of shock, confusion, and bewilderment.
Why had things turned out differently from what she had imagined?
And different from what Jiang Yang had portrayed.
This mysterious Exalted Immortal had not come to pay respects to Jiang Yang at all—instead, he had ordered him suppressed and dragged here.
Combined with Jiang Yang’s confident, composed demeanor back then, it made her face burn with secondhand embarrassment on his behalf.
So that expression of his back then had all been an act?
········Seeking flowers·····
<*Ding!* Publicly slapping the face of Fortuitous One Jiang Yang. Gained 1,000 Fortuity Points, gained 5,000 Fatums.>
At that moment, the System’s notification sounded in Gu Changge’s mind once more, right on cue.
However, he paid it no mind.
If you posture in front of him, you’d better be prepared to get your face slapped.
“Brother.”
Yao Yao looked at the young man before the great hall, her small face filled with all sorts of complicated emotions.
Judging by his features, he was still the brother she knew so well.
Only his temperament was completely different now.
He wore luxurious, exquisite robes, his many ornaments all looking extraordinary, flowing with wisps of divine charm and runes. It was clear he had been living very well in the Celestia Holy Land.
At this moment, his brows were furrowed, his expression kept calm.
But his gaze did not fall on her, nor on the Grandma behind her.
Instead, it fell on her shifu.
What did that mean?
Yao Yao’s lips turned slightly pale.
Such a strange, unfamiliar brother was no longer the kind, honest man he once was.
And even Yao Yao herself didn’t notice that at this moment, at the center of her brow, a peach-petal-like pattern flashed by and vanished in an instant.
This scene, however, was caught by Gu Changge, who had been watching her all along. His expression turned somewhat peculiar.
But soon, Gu Changge looked back down at Jiang Yang below.
This was his first meeting with this big-shot reincarnation-type Fortuitous One.
Oh no, he should call him a showoff-type Fortuitous One.
Even at a time like this, he was still maintaining that calm composure.
That bearing—if Gu Changge didn’t know his true depths, he might actually have been bluffed by him.
“You are Jiang Yang?”
Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, but Gu Changge’s expression remained calm and indifferent as he asked.
“I am Jiang Yang,” Jiang Yang said evenly.
Though everyone in the great hall was staring at him, and numerous terrifying auras surged and billowed on all sides.
He acted as if he couldn’t feel any of it.
He was also carefully sizing up Gu Changge.
From his appearance, he seemed extremely mysterious—his true face obscured, veiled by a layer of mist.
His cultivation was the same.
To be able to break through the realm border and descend, he must possess a Border-Breaking Artifact, or his cultivation was unfathomably profound, having reached the Upper Sacred Lord Realm, or even the Sacred King Realm.
And the sight of Jiang Yang calmly sizing up Gu Changge made many people secretly wonder—could this Jiang Yang really have something special about him?
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Otherwise, where did his confidence come from?
“Hmph, what an arrogant brat. If it weren’t for that sister of his, I refuse to believe he could still be standing here in one piece.”
The Celestial Archbishop snorted coldly in his heart. That Gu Changge hadn’t blamed the Celestia Holy Land over this was already a tremendous stroke of luck.
At this point, his only fear was that Jiang Yang would do something disrespectful toward Gu Changge.
“Oh? Then do you still remember Yao Yao?”
Up in the great hall, Gu Changge set down his teacup.
His gaze fixed on Jiang Yang as he slowly asked, “She came all this way to see you, yet this is your attitude. As her elder brother, don’t you think there’s something very wrong with that?”
Hearing this, Jiang Yang’s brows knitted tightly as he glanced at Yao Yao beside Gu Changge.
Honestly, everything that had happened today had caught him off guard—no, it was something he never could have imagined.
This Exalted Immortal before him actually had no idea who he was.
All his earlier assumptions had been wrong, and it had even cost him face.
If he knew his identity, would he still dare act like this?
Wouldn’t he be scared limp on the spot?
This left Jiang Yang somewhat displeased, finding Gu Changge an extreme eyesore.
From beginning to end, everything had always been under his control.
Now, Gu Changge’s appearance had thrown everything completely out of his grasp.
“Yao Yao is my sister. Of course I remember her. How could I forget?”
Jiang Yang then said indifferently, “As for my attitude, I think you’re the one who should reflect. I very much dislike people speaking to me from on high the way you do. One day, you will regret what you’ve done today.”
The moment those words fell, everyone’s expression changed drastically.
Even Supreme Elder Zhao Yi, who had held a decent impression of Jiang Yang and previously found him unfathomable, had her expression change dramatically, feeling that Jiang Yang had gone mad and was courting death.
For a moment, the great hall fell deathly silent.
No one dared speak. Their faces turned pale, and they kept silent out of sheer terror.
As for pleading on Jiang Yang’s behalf? Only if they wanted to die alongside him.
Everyone assumed Gu Changge would fly into a rage.
Even Yao Yao didn’t dare say anything at this point. Before, it could have been explained away as Jiang Yang’s arrogance, but now this was outright provocation.
He was provoking Gu Changge.
“Oh? It seems you think that because you’re Yao Yao’s brother, this Venerable One won’t lay a hand on you?”
Gu Changge, hearing this, did not grow angry. His expression was more like that of someone watching an ant hopping about at his feet.
Filled with contempt and indifference.
That look made Jiang Yang’s brows knit tightly, a faint coldness seeping into his expression.
He was about to speak, but Gu Changge cut him off.
“Forget it. Today, on Yao Yao’s behalf, I’ll teach you a lesson and show you just how vast the heavens and earth are. Young man, hasn’t all this posturing gone to your head?”
His tone carried regret and pity.
Rumble!
As his palm reached out, the empty space before him seemed about to explode, as if heaven and earth were collapsing.
The entire great hall seemed to be enveloped by a vast starry sky. Runes flashed, laws cascaded down, and trembling sounds rang out.
The terrifying giant palm print was like the blue heavens crashing down, its force weighing hundreds of millions of jun!
Everyone’s bodies went cold, their souls trembling, their legs going weak as they couldn’t help but kneel on the ground!
“You...”
The calm on Jiang Yang’s face finally cracked.
He instinctively moved to draw upon the Fortuity and terrain of this place, to trigger the phantom of the Celestia Holy Land’s Ancestor and resist this strike, just like that day.
But the next moment—pu!
The palm slammed down, far too fast. His body shook violently as he was smashed flat onto the ground, vomiting blood repeatedly, quite a few of his bones broken.
If Gu Changge hadn’t been holding back.
Under that one palm, he would likely have burst apart on the spot, forcing the Symbol of Reincarnation to accelerate its awakening and fusion.
All his plans would have turned to nothing.
“Young people should keep their feet on the ground. Less posturing.”
Gu Changge shook his head with a slight sigh and did not strike again.
But his words made Jiang Yang’s expression turn uglier than ever—practically the color of pig liver.
He never expected Gu Changge to strike so fast, giving him no time to react, not even a chance to unleash his countermeasures!
Otherwise, he would never have ended up in such a wretched state!
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