Chapter 1099: The Ultimate Void
Over a hundred thousand divine demons flew toward the Fallen God Valley, streaking across the sky like shooting stars, as if more than a hundred thousand meteors were tearing through the heavens, passing over the Primordial Realm.
The formation of these hundred thousand divine demons in the air was constantly shifting. As the Grand Emperor, the most ancient existence in the world, the knowledge he possessed was immeasurably profound. Any formation was at his fingertips, ever-changing, and infinitely subtle.
It had been a long time since he had been this angry.
There were few things left that could truly provoke his wrath. When Cloud Sovereign conspired with the Creator race of the Great Void to ambush him, trapping his physical body, he had been angered.
When Heavenly Sovereign Ling created the divine ability of Immutable Matter, allowing him to see his own divine abilities broken, he had been angered, deeply aware of how terrifying this technique was to him. If he did not eliminate Heavenly Sovereign Ling, he would eventually die at the hands of this woman.
In a million years, only these two matters had stirred his anger.
But now, he was angry again.
Back when the Primordial Realm broke its seal, he had deployed the divine artifact Imperial Heavenly Sovereign, only to be killed by that brat Qin Mu in the Fallen God Valley. Although he had not revealed his true identity at the time and had not used his real methods, dying at the hands of this kid still made him extremely displeased.
Yet this kid had even gone to the Heavenly Court's Jade Pool to remove the blood curse he had left in Yun Jianli's bloodline!
That was something he could not tolerate.
And it didn't end there. Qin Mu had delved deep into the Great Void, gone to the Supreme Divine Sense Domain to steal Cloud Sovereign's corpse, and even refined a portion of his divine sense, attempting to uncover the secrets of his divine arts!
After returning to the Heavenly Court, this kid had even told the Heavenly Court's Heavenly Sovereigns that the Grand Emperor was not dead and was hiding among the Ten Heavenly Sovereigns, putting him in a very passive position.
When he came to kill Qin Mu, he was intercepted halfway by the Kai Emperor and died unjustly, died inexplicably.
And now, Qin Mu had returned to the Fallen God Valley, planning to summon his divine sense and refine him again!
Even if you were shearing a sheep, you couldn't keep shearing the same one. This kid seemed to have it out for him, shearing him relentlessly without stopping!
He could no longer tolerate this brat. Today, no matter what, he had to eliminate Qin Mu!
"Ignorant little creature, I have roamed the universe. I have seen countless geniuses, as numerous as the stars. They have all fallen, and I alone remain!"
The hundred thousand divine demons soared through the void, charging toward the Fallen God Valley. Their divine senses erupted into violent fluctuations, merging into a single, grand voice.
"You are not even worthy of being my enemy!"
"The enemies I have faced in my long life were stronger and smarter than you. You are merely an ant that can be crushed at will!"
"My lifespan stretches from the dawn of antiquity to the present. I am the oldest life in the universe, an undefeated legend! My experience is a river of time!"
In the Fallen God Valley, Qin Mu looked toward the west. There, the rosy clouds shimmered and surged like a tide. The voice of the Grand Emperor's divine sense had already exploded in his ears, shaking heaven and earth, deafening!
"In my life, you are nothing more than an insignificant figure in my long river of time, a drop of water I do not even notice, not even a ripple!"
In the tide of rosy clouds, the figures of the hundred thousand divine demons had already come into Qin Mu's view.
It was the most profound and mysterious killing formation of the Heavenly Court, exuding a murderous aura that swept toward them. Before it even reached the Fallen God Valley, the ground began to shatter, the earth floating and crumbling under the terrifying tremors!
This surging divine tide rushed forward, sweeping across heaven and earth. The sky shattered like broken glass, and the ground completely disappeared. The floating soil and rocks continuously broke apart, dissolving into nothingness!
Now, only the ground beneath Qin Mu's feet remained intact, and the sky above his head was still pure, untouched by the killing formation.
The hundred thousand divine demons charged forward, and in unison, their voices merged into a thunderous roar: "So-called Heavenly Sovereign Mu, so-called Ten Heavenly Sovereigns, all are nothing but this!"
Before the words had even faded, suddenly, Queen Yanluo raised her hand, tore off the willow leaf from her brow, revealing the diamond-shaped vertical eye. Her hands clasped together, and her divine sense erupted!
In an instant, her divine sense swept through the void. Wherever it passed, the hundred thousand divine demons fell from the sky like rain, plummeting into the Fallen God Valley, which had already become an abyss!
Even the divine general at the Lingxiao realm had the Grand Emperor's divine sense forced out of his body and fell straight down!
Queen Yanluo clasped her hands together, and the abyss instantly disappeared. Under her visualization, the earth rapidly grew back, filling the chasm!
Even the chaotic, shattered sky was restored to its original state in an instant.
King Shujun roared, activating the seals hidden in the thirty-fifth layer of the void.
These seals were jointly set by him and Queen Yanluo. With his current divine sense cultivation, he could not possibly contend with a terrifying existence like the Grand Emperor Ju Yushi, but he had ample experience, while Queen Yanluo possessed terrifying cultivation.
The Grand Emperor's divine sense, ambushed by Queen Yanluo, immediately awakened. His terrifying divine sense surged like a tide, struggling to condense and resist Qin Mu's Soul-Drawing Spell. However, he still could not withstand Qin Mu's divine ability and was pulled toward the jade bottle at Qin Mu's feet.
At that moment, the seals in the thirty-fifth layer of the void activated layer by layer. Starting from the thirty-fifth void, the seals leaped to the thirty-fourth void, merged with the seals there, and then leaped again to the thirty-third void.
Layer after layer of void seals merged. It sounded slow, but it was extremely fast. In an instant, they reached the first void, which was the Primordial Realm where Qin Mu and the others were.
The Grand Emperor's divine sense was already trapped by the seals, pressed toward the jade bottle!
By the time all of the Grand Emperor's divine sense had surged into the jade bottle, rings of seals revolved around it, totaling thirty-five layers, covering every part of the bottle without leaving any gaps!
"So it's you!"
The jade bottle vibrated, and the Grand Emperor's furious voice came from within: "I recognize you, the little woman who conspired with Cloud Sovereign to ambush me! The Creator from the Great Void! And you, King Shujun!"
King Shujun laughed heartily: "Ju Yushi, long time no see! Back then, you beat me to a pulp, but now you're inside the bottle, and I'm outside!"
The Grand Emperor roared in anger: "Shujun, you are a noble king of the Creators, yet you collude with outsiders and conspire with humans to ambush me! And you, woman, as the leader of the Creators, you have schemed against me twice, ambushing the Grand Emperor of the Creator race!"
Queen Yanluo said calmly: "You destroyed the Creator race long ago. You are no longer our Grand Emperor. Ju Yushi, this is merely collecting a little interest."
King Shujun's expression tightened, and he urgently said: "Don't waste words with him! Watch the thirty-fifth void, beware of his Divine Sense Great Heaven coming!"
Qin Mu dispersed the Soul-Drawing Spell and picked up the jade bottle. The bottle was still jumping in his palm, as if trying to break free and fly away.
Fortunately, with the seals of Queen Yanluo and King Shujun, the force coming from inside the bottle was not strong and was still under his control.
King Shujun and Queen Yanluo each sat cross-legged. Layers of light, like twisted bubbles, continuously emanated from their brows, penetrating deep into the void. They were likely preparing to jointly seal the thirty-fifth void to prevent the Grand Emperor's Divine Sense Great Heaven.
Regarding the theory of voids, the wisdom passed down to Qin Mu by the Creators of the First Spirit Realm had detailed descriptions.
In the ancient era of the Creators, the soul was not important; what mattered was divine sense. Protecting one's divine sense was especially crucial. Entrusting divine sense to the void allowed one to merge with heaven and earth, existing for a longer time.
The Creators used divine sense to create things. For them, any place where they could create things and entrust their divine sense was a void. The real universe was the first void.
Breaking through the first void, reaching another illusory level of consciousness, was the second void.
Those who could create things in the second void could try to break through to the third void.
The third void was even more illusory, ethereal and intangible.
By this logic, layer after layer of voids were developed by the Creators. The deeper the void, the longer the divine sense could be preserved. However, in the wisdom of the First Spirit Realm, there were only thirty-five voids, with no record of the thirty-sixth void, also known as the Ultimate Void.
In reality, at the thirty-fifth void, the Creator's divine sense was already as eternal as heaven and earth, never to be extinguished. There, they enjoyed eternal tranquility, only dying when the universe itself was destroyed.
However, in the ancient era, there were still Creators who could find the thirty-fifth void, refine the divine sense of others entrusted there, and eliminate their enemies. This showed that the so-called entrusting of divine sense to the void was not entirely safe.
The thirty-sixth void, the Ultimate Void, Qin Mu had only heard of from King Shujun. He did not know its specific function.
With his current divine sense cultivation, entering the tenth void was already considered good.
The only one who had entered the thirty-sixth void was the Grand Emperor. There, he had entrusted his divine sense, forging the Divine Sense Great Heaven. From ancient times to the present, he had survived countless great calamities without dying, demonstrating the power of the Ultimate Void.
"When my divine sense cultivation reaches the Grand Emperor's level, I must go and see the Ultimate Void! But for now..."
Qin Mu put away the jade bottle and shouted loudly: "Dutian, activate the chariot, prepare to flee!"
In the distance, Demon King Dutian immediately summoned the nine heavenly dragons, urging the Heavenly Dragon Chariot to race over like the wind. Qin Mu grabbed the motionless King Shujun and Queen Yanluo, jumped onto the chariot, and said solemnly: "Run as fast as you can, try to shake off the Divine Sense Great Heaven!"
Demon King Dutian roared, raised his whip, and lashed at the nine heavenly dragons. The dragons, feeling the pain, strained to run, speeding away with flashes of lightning.
Demon King Dutian kept whipping forward. One of the heavenly dragons could not bear it and turned its head, saying: "Hey, man, stop whipping! We're not dumb beasts. Just say 'run for your lives,' and we'll naturally run for our lives. Do you have to whip us so hard?"
Demon King Dutian was startled, quickly put away his whip, and fell silent.
The Heavenly Dragon Chariot sped up more and more. However, on the chariot, Qin Mu saw that King Shujun and Queen Yanluo were both sweating coldly on their foreheads. The divine sense light surging from their diamond-shaped vertical eyes grew denser, reaching the thirty-fifth void.
They seemed to be under immense pressure. Clearly, the enraged Grand Emperor was still locked onto them, not losing track of them just because the Heavenly Dragon Chariot had left its original position.
Qin Mu frowned and said: "Dutian, can't this chariot enter the Netherworld? Have them drive into the Netherworld!"
Demon King Dutian quickly relayed the order. With a thunderous roar, the chariot plunged into the Netherworld. The surroundings immediately became dim and unclear, with only the nine heavenly dragons, surrounded by rolling cyan thunder, pulling the chariot through the darkness.
King Shujun and Queen Yanluo suddenly relaxed, both waking up at the same time.
"That was close, that was close!"
Queen Yanluo wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and praised: "The Grand Emperor is truly extraordinary, pressing us almost to the point of suffocation! However, I also took this opportunity to find the Ultimate Void!"
Seeing that the two were unharmed, Qin Mu breathed a sigh of relief.
King Shujun looked around and his expression changed slightly: "Holy Infant, where is this?"
Queen Yanluo also looked around, her face turning pale, and she said tremblingly: "Could this be the Netherworld?"
Ahead of the Heavenly Dragon Chariot, two long rivers of fiery yellow springs descended from the sky. There stood the horns of Tu Bo, formed by countless destroyed worlds. The water of the yellow springs was blazing magma.
And in front of this immensely massive ancient god floated a divine artifact, Imperial Heavenly Sovereign. Although it was only one-tenth the size of Tu Bo's true body, it was still incredibly vast, immeasurable!
"Go quickly!"
King Shujun shouted sharply: "Tu Bo is a mortal enemy of us Creators!"
Qin Mu was momentarily stunned and was about to order Demon King Dutian to turn the chariot and leave the Netherworld, when he saw the majestic Tu Bo slowly turn his head, his three eyes looking in their direction.
Queen Yanluo broke out in a cold sweat again, flew out of the chariot, and stood in front of the Heavenly Dragon Chariot.
"Holy Infant, you promised me you would take care of my Creator race! Don't forget your promise!"
She did not look back and said: "You go first!"
Suddenly, Qin Mu appeared in front of her, raised his hand, and opened a Gate of Bearing Heaven.
Tu Bo's gaze swept over, and the Gate of Bearing Heaven collapsed and disintegrated.
Qin Mu's forehead bulged with veins. He surged his primal energy and opened another Gate of Bearing Heaven. This gate also shattered immediately.
"It's useless."
King Shujun sighed, came to Qin Mu's side, and stood shoulder to shoulder with Queen Yanluo. He shook his head and said: "The Creators and the ancient gods are natural enemies. Back then, when the ancient gods slaughtered us, Tu Bo was one of their leaders. He will not let us go. Holy Infant, you go. Yanluo, you go too. I'll stay here!"
Qin Mu snorted angrily and opened another Gate of Bearing Heaven.
Tu Bo seemed somewhat enraged. He turned his head away and no longer looked at them. Queen Yanluo and King Shujun were stunned, not knowing why Tu Bo had not struck them down.
Qin Mu breathed a sigh of relief and said softly: "Tu Bo did me a favor, pretending not to have seen us. Let's go quickly!"