The Against Heaven

Chapter 21: Opening the Sacred Cave (2)

The next day after the preparations were finished, the elders invited Li Han Tian to the Sacred Cave. Yu He had personally become Li Han Tian's companion to bring him to the deepest location of the Nine Heavenly Gate Sect.

With Yu He's strength and cultivation, even in the entire Old Cow country, he would become an influential powerhouse. However, he was now Li Han Tian's companion, no one would believe this even if rumors spread.

At the end of the Nine Heavenly Gate Sect was the only mountain, and beneath that mountain was a sealed cave. It is not known how long the cave has been sealed. The cave is covered with weeds and mushrooms, on the front of the cave showing signs of being tested by time.

This was the forbidden zone of the Nine Heavenly Gate Sect, only elders upwards could come here.

Legend has it that even though the Nine Heavenly Saints left his cultivation manual for the sect, there were still certain treasures he had stored in the cave. It was further said that because he was afraid that his descendants would be weak and useless, he created the Sacred Cave so that there would always be a chance for resurrection if the sect were to be destroyed.

However, the one thing that all the sect masters and elders were convinced of was that there was at least one Immortal Emperor Life Treasure there.

When Immortal Emperor Min Ren received the Will of Heaven, it was told that he gave the Nine Virtuous Paragon Saints a Treasure of Immortal Emperor Life for his achievement as the protector of the fate of Immortal Emperor Min Ren. However, the descendants of the Nine Heavenly Saints did not possess it. This was why everyone believed that the treasure was located in the Sacred Cave.

The Immortal Emperor Life Treasure was a weapon that Immortal Emperor Min Ren personally created during his conquest of the Nine Worlds. This Life Treasure was many times stronger than the Virtuous Paragon True Treasure.

Although this was not an Immortal Emperor True Treasure, the Treasure of Life was enough to inspire the greed of everyone and anyone.

There was writing engraved on the side of the cave. His character shone and lit up in contrast to the surroundings.

'Only Devils under the heavens' these words gave off a powerful and majestic atmosphere. Each lively and vibrant word has its own spirit, highlighted by perfect handwriting. It was as if these heavenly words were ready to pierce through the sky at any moment like a flying dragon or a dancing phoenix. Past the change of time, the aura of the Nine Heavenly Saints remained even after many months.

These words were left behind by the Nine Heavenly Saints themselves. The descendants of the Nine Heavenly Gate Sect all believed that this sentence was the key to opening the Sacred Cave.

On the left side is “Only Devils under the sky”, but on the right side is left blank. That was why the descendants believed that if they could match the wordplay on the left side correctly, the cave could be opened.

However, there are others who think that the words “Only Devils under the heavens” are the real key. It hides a mysterious truth that cannot be traced. Each blow involved the law of supreme achievement. As long as one could understand the meaning, they could open the cave on their own.

These two prophecies were tested by the disciples throughout the ages. There was one disciple with extremely high innate talent in the Nine Heavenly Gate Sect who was cultivating next to these words to understand its true meaning. Other times, the sect master personally went to the mortal world, he found a peerless literary expert, hoping that this fellow could write a suitable prose on the right.

However, the cave remained closed despite trying all these methods for many years.

As for Li Han Tian, after seeing the cave and the words written on the left, he immediately knew how to open the cave. However, since there was an elder watching him, he could not open it right away.

He stepped onto the wall, moving from side to side. He randomly knocked on the wall, bowed to the ground, then sadly shook his head as if his answer was not what he had thought. After a while, he focused on the words “Only Devils under the sky.”

Seeing Li Han Tian's fruitless actions made the elders uneasy. However, they did not dare to say anything. They were all just holding their breath while anxiously paying attention to Li Han Tian's every move.

Finally, Li Han Tian sat in a meditative pose in front of the cave. Time slowly passed. From morning until noon and from noon until the setting of the sun in the west, the Sun had already reddened the sky, but Li Han Tian remained motionless.

Li Han Tian meditated all day making the elders lose patience.

“Is this little devil just pretending?” Seeing that there was no connection between Li Han Tian and the cave, their trust in him began to waver. Perhaps his miracle with the Heart Chaos Forest and the four Heavenly Guardians was just a miracle.

“Hmmph, maybe he's lucky.” This elder actually did not believe what he said. He knew Li Han Tian had a secret, he only voiced his dissatisfaction at having outsiders in their holy land.

As the elders raved amongst themselves, Li Han Tian immediately stood up and said: “Pen and ink!” After sitting here all day, his ass was in pain.

An elder brought him a calligraphy pen and a bottle of ink. Li Han Tian then started acting mysteriously. He shook his head and lamented: “So that's it, that's it! The Nine Heavenly Saints were indeed unfathomable. ”

He then carefully dipped the pen into the ink while holding his sleeve gracefully and began to write on the right wall of the cave.

“Only Chicken on earth.”

He was not a calligrapher, so he hurriedly wrote these words. They did not contain an aura at all which was in stark contrast to the words of the Nine Heavenly Saints.

“Only Devils under the sky, Only Chickens above the earth.”

Both lines have conflicting meanings so they do not blend well.

After Li Han Tian finished, the faces of the elders turned black as these words only insulted their patriarch. Li Han Tian's words were not worth juxtaposing with the sentence “Only Devils under the heavens.”

An elder let out a deafening roar: “How dare, to humiliate our Nine Heavenly Saints!”

Li Han Tian glared at him and replied: “You are just an ordinary cultivator, what do you know about the mysterious meaning behind literature? you don't even know the attention of your ancestors, yet you dare to stand there and shout? ”

“You ..” After hearing Li Han Tian's response, the red-faced elder was ready to explode.

“Cracking... creaking... rumbling..” Rumbling sounds are heard as the Sacred Cave begins to open.

The elders rolled their eyes. They can't believe what they see! How can the words “Only Chicken on Bumi” open the cave?

“How is this possible?”

Li Han Tian perched on his lips and explained: “Because your patriarch is a chicken that reached the top to become a demon, that is why I wrote those words.”

He naturally did not tell them the true secret. The Nine Heavenly Saints did not have this name at first, he used to be known as the Nine Heavenly Saints, a name that was extremely arrogant. When he asked her to become the protector of fate for Immortal Emperor Min Ren, he immediately refused. He praised himself as “The only Devil under the heavens,” which is why he chose not to be under anyone.

Li Han Tian was angry that he dared to reject his invitation rudely. Li Han Tian beat up the Nine Heavenly Saints, forced him back to his original form, and plucked out all his feathers in anger while laughing: “Hahaha, just a chicken on earth.”