Chapter 1017: Seeing the Dragon in the Sky
The Dragon Qilin untied the rope harness from his body, glancing sidelong at Qin Mu. Qin Mu glared fiercely at him, and the Dragon Qilin quickly said, "Chief, I never said you should pull the cart!"
Lang Wan the Divine King smiled and said, "Let's get off the cart. We'll fly over instead."
Qin Mu nodded and got off the cart with her, leaving the six dragon gods behind. He said, "Guard this treasure carriage. Wait for my return."
The six dragon gods acknowledged the order. Qin Mu, accompanied by Lang Wan the Divine King, the Dragon Qilin, and Yan'er, headed toward the Azure Dragon Heavenly Palace.
They walked through the sky, with endless, undulating majestic mountains and peaks beneath their feet, and clouds and mist entirely below them.
In the sky, a dragon city built by divine dragons stood, magnificent and extraordinary. The city was vast, its architecture complex and resplendent, a breathtaking sight.
"Yan'er has never been here before?" Qin Mu inquired.
Yan'er shook her head, fluttering about curiously, taking in the scenery of the Eastern Extreme Heaven.
She was the daughter of the Southern Emperor Vermilion Bird and the Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon. In her early childhood, the Southern Emperor had sent her to the Lunar Celestial Venerable, where she developed a habit of liking to serve others, but she rarely went out.
The Lunar Celestial Venerable lived in seclusion in the Peach Forest, and Yan'er could usually only stay within the forest. It was only after the Lunar Celestial Venerable gave her to Qin Mu that she had the chance to go out and see the vast world.
She was very unfamiliar with her father, the Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon. The Eastern Emperor had never gone to see her and basically had no contact with her. The Southern Emperor Vermilion Bird also saw her very rarely. It was only last time, when she went to the Heavenly Court, that she was able to gather with the Southern Emperor Vermilion Bird for a few days.
"I wonder where the Spirit Treasure Mountain is."
Qin Mu looked around, trying to find the legendary Spirit Treasure Mountain.
He was quite curious about the Spirit Treasure Mountain. He had first heard about the Spirit Treasure Mountain of the Eastern Extreme Heaven from Zhe Huali. Zhe Huali said that in the Eastern Extreme Heaven, there was a divine mountain called the Spirit Treasure Mountain, which was the Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon's tooth-grinding stone.
The Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon had vigorous vitality, and his dragon teeth grew very quickly, requiring frequent grinding. So he used the Spirit Treasure Mountain to grind his teeth. The broken dragon teeth fell onto the Spirit Treasure Mountain, transforming into strange, tooth-shaped lifeforms.
Many young people in the Heavenly Court who studied the blade would often go to the Spirit Treasure Mountain to seek treasures, trying to obtain a dragon-tooth blade. Zhe Huali's demon blade was also obtained from there.
That demon blade possessed miraculous properties. Back when the Carefree Sword was still in Qin Mu's hands, the demon blade had clashed with the Carefree Sword many times. Even if it was chipped, the demon blade could quickly heal and restore itself, which was very wonderful.
Last time, when Qin Mu was in the Land of Extreme Emptiness, at the three rooms at the end of the Void Bridge, he opened and closed a door and inadvertently caught a glimpse of the Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon squinting his eyes, hugging a divine mountain, and grinding his teeth.
Both the Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon's dragon teeth and the Spirit Treasure Mountain were extraordinary treasures, making him very envious.
Especially the Spirit Treasure Mountain, which could grind off the Eastern Emperor's dragon teeth; its quality was probably far superior to the dragon teeth themselves, which made Qin Mu even more tempted!
Everywhere in the Eastern Extreme Heaven, there were magnificent, majestic mountains. Each divine mountain was extremely tall and imposing, rare even in the Origin World.
The Heavenly River surged mightily, flowing from the starry sky into the Eastern Extreme Heaven, passing by the Azure Dragon Heavenly Palace. Many divine dragons swam in the Heavenly River, and some fish-dragons leaped out of the river, spitting out dragon pearls that vied with the sun and moon in the sky.
"That mountain should be the Spirit Treasure Mountain!"
Qin Mu saw a magnificent, majestic mountain behind the Azure Dragon Heavenly Palace. It looked like the king of all mountains, its height far surpassing the other divine mountains. However, it wasn't a single peak, but as many as nine peaks.
This mountain range was actually radiating a precious, jewel-like aura, magnificent and extraordinary, no smaller than Mount Sumeru with its twenty layers of heavens!
"The Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon coils up there, hugging the Spirit Treasure Mountain to grind his teeth?"
Qin Mu imagined the scene of the Azure Dragon grinding his teeth and exclaimed in admiration, "The Eastern Emperor's size must be absolutely enormous!"
"Chief, there are people from the Heavenly Court here!" The Dragon Qilin looked at the divine city ahead and whispered.
Qin Mu looked towards that divine city and felt a chill in his heart. The gods and demons in the city were not of the dragon race, but the Heavenly Court's army of gods and demons, drilling with blades and practicing formations. They should be the troops stationed here by the Heavenly Court.
However, this divine city was built on the palm of the Imperial Celestial Venerable artifact, or rather, the Imperial Celestial Venerable artifact was holding this city in its hand!
Qin Mu raised his gaze and examined that Imperial Celestial Venerable artifact. It was different from the one in the Origin World. This Imperial Celestial Venerable had eight arms, sitting cross-legged in the sky, his body motionless. Six arms were spread out, with open palms, each palm holding a divine city.
The divine city they had just seen was only one of them.
The two central arms of the Imperial Celestial Venerable artifact each formed a hand seal with their palms. The seals held hidden mysteries, giving a sense of boundless energy waiting to erupt!
And the direction these two hand seals pointed to was precisely the Azure Dragon Heavenly Palace of the Eastern Extreme Heaven!
The Imperial Celestial Venerable artifact had four faces, its eyes closed, not yet opened.
"The Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon probably finds it hard to sleep peacefully. This Imperial Celestial Venerable artifact is even larger than the Spirit Treasure Mountain, probably not smaller than the Eastern Emperor's body, and its strength is anyone's guess."
Qin Mu looked at the Imperial Celestial Venerable artifact and thought to himself, "I wonder which Celestial Venerable controls this artifact. But if it suddenly launched an attack, the Eastern Emperor would probably be doomed!"
Many idle gods, demons, and cultivators flew out from the six divine cities, often carrying blade cases or long blades, flying towards the Spirit Treasure Mountain. They should be demigods planning to seek treasures on the Spirit Treasure Mountain.
A loud-voiced demigod shouted, "The Eastern Emperor is grinding his teeth again! Hurry up and go collect the treasures!"
From the six divine cities, thousands of gods, demons, and cultivators whooshed out, bustling and gathering like clouds, a very lively scene.
Hearing this, Qin Mu was very envious and thought to himself, "The dragon-tooth blade is the best among blades. It's truly hard to find a better divine blade in the world today. If it were further refined using Yan Kang's micro-casting method, its power would be absolutely astonishing! Unfortunately, I'm a Celestial Venerable, I can't lower myself to go treasure hunting..."
He was really conflicted inside. He really wanted to run over and pick up dragon teeth, but he couldn't afford to lose face. If the Eastern Emperor found out about this, he would definitely mock him.
"Sacred Infant, this Eastern Extreme Heaven isn't the Ancestral Court either, so I won't go to the Azure Dragon Heavenly Palace."
Lang Wan the Divine King's eyes flickered as she looked at the Imperial Celestial Venerable artifact. "I didn't have the chance to examine this artifact closely in the Origin World, but here, I want to inspect it carefully and study whether it has any weaknesses."
Qin Mu nodded. "It's good that you, Sister Divine King, don't go to see the Eastern Emperor. If he finds out you're a creator god, it will definitely cause trouble again. My friendship with the Earth Lord is very deep, but I don't have much friendship with the Eastern Emperor. The reason he helped me in the Heavenly Court last time was mainly because of my identity as the Indestructible Great Mage."
Lang Wan the Divine King left and walked into a divine city in the palm of the Imperial Celestial Venerable artifact.
Qin Mu continued forward with the Dragon Qilin and Yan'er. Yan'er was a bit nervous. The Dragon Qilin quickly asked why, and Yan'er said dejectedly, "Although I've seen him, I've never spoken to him. He probably doesn't even know I'm his daughter."
The Dragon Qilin smiled and said, "The Eastern Emperor not acknowledging you is probably for a reason. He's likely worried that your identity would bring you danger."
Yan'er felt a little better.
Before they even reached the Azure Dragon Heavenly Palace, suddenly an immensely huge Azure Dragon poked its head down from the sky. Its body, stretching for who knows how many tens of thousands of miles, slithered and swam into the Spirit Treasure Mountain.
That enormous dragon body coiled around several mountain peaks. Its two dragon claws gripped a divine mountain. It opened its mouth, hugged the mountain, and ground its teeth. Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled from its toothy maw, and flames spewed forth.
Qin Mu, the Dragon Qilin, and Yan'er stared wide-eyed and speechless for a long time.
"It broke! It broke!"
Many gods, demons, and cultivators had already flown to the Spirit Treasure Mountain. They didn't dare get too close, watching from afar. They saw a dragon tooth in the dragon's mouth get ground off. The enormous dragon tooth fell from the sky, crashing into the mountain.
As the dragon tooth fell, it got smaller and smaller. Then, the dragon tooth grew eyes. Blade energy permeated it as it rode the blade light, darting through the mountains like light and lightning.
Clanging sounds came from the mountains. It was the dragon tooth, which had transformed into a strange lifeform. Because the Spirit Treasure Mountain had separated it from the Eastern Emperor, it was full of resentment and kept slashing at the Spirit Treasure Mountain, causing sparks to fly from the mountain range.
Those gods, demons, and cultivators' eyes lit up as they stared at the flying dragon tooth, eager to try.
Someone couldn't resist flying forward. Before they even got close, a monster born from the dragon blood in the mountain grabbed the person and swallowed them in one gulp.
Qin Mu watched from afar and saw that the Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon had scraped the corner of his mouth while grinding his teeth. Dragon blood dripped into the mountain, transforming into demons and monsters. So obtaining a dragon tooth was not easy.
"The Eastern Emperor's vitality is truly too strong! Anything that falls off his body turns into a demonic creature with its own life!"
Qin Mu couldn't help but admire, but his gaze fell on the nine peaks of the Spirit Treasure Mountain. He thought to himself, "But the Spirit Treasure Mountain is even stronger! If I could carry this mountain away and refine it into a treasure, that would truly be the number one divine artifact!"
The Azure Dragon was grinding his overly long teeth with his eyes closed. Suddenly, Qin Mu's divine consciousness flew over, and he laughed, "Eastern Emperor, Qin Mu is here to visit."
The Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon was startled. He quickly opened his eyes and followed Qin Mu's divine consciousness to scan. When he saw Qin Mu, he felt a bit embarrassed. His body soared into the sky and flew towards the Azure Dragon Heavenly Palace.
His figure got smaller and smaller, disappearing into the heavenly palace. His voice transmitted into Qin Mu's ears, laughing, "The Great Mage comes to visit, why didn't you inform me in advance? You've made me look foolish in front of the Great Mage. Great Mage, wait a moment, I will lead my people out to welcome you!"
"I am here on a private visit, no need for a grand ceremony."
Qin Mu's divine consciousness followed him, transmitting a message: "Your Eastern Extreme Heaven is full of the Heavenly Court's eyes and ears. It's better for us to meet quietly and not be too conspicuous."
The Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon flew into the Azure Dragon Heavenly Palace. Qin Mu also walked towards the Azure Dragon Heavenly Palace. After a while, he arrived before the heavenly palace. There was also a Southern Heavenly Gate here, but the Heavenly River did not flow through it; it flowed beside it.
Those divine dragons playing in the Heavenly River surfaced, lying on the bank, curiously watching Qin Mu and the others approaching.
On the bank, there was also a man in a blue robe, with long, handsome eyebrows and a beautiful beard like dragon whiskers, very elegant. He came forward to welcome them, laughing, "Celestial Venerable Mu, didn't you come riding the Heavenly Dragon Treasure Carriage? Why is the treasure carriage nowhere to be seen, and you've come walking instead?"
"Greetings, Eastern Emperor."
Qin Mu bowed in salute and laughed, "The Eastern Emperor is the ancestor of all dragons. If I had used the bloodline of the Eastern Emperor as my mount to enter the Eastern Extreme Heaven, wouldn't that have offended the Eastern Emperor?"
That man in the blue robe was the Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon in human form. He laughed heartily upon hearing this and extended his hand in invitation. "The Great Mage is too serious. The Ten Celestial Venerables gave you this treasure carriage to make you offend all the ancient gods. How could I not know their malicious intentions? Even if the Great Mage had come riding the treasure carriage, I wouldn't have minded in the slightest. Please—"
Qin Mu walked shoulder to shoulder with him into the Azure Dragon Heavenly Palace, saying, "This is Yan'er, the princess of the Southern Emperor's household."
The Eastern Emperor glanced at Yan'er. Yan'er showed a look of anticipation, but to her disappointment, the Eastern Emperor's gaze did not linger; it moved away from her.
Qin Mu was puzzled. Then, he quickly understood.
"Father God." The dragon god guarding the Southern Heavenly Gate bowed to the Eastern Emperor.
"Father God!"
"Father God!"
As the Eastern Emperor walked into the Azure Dragon Heavenly Palace, all the dragon gods, big and small, he encountered bowed to him, calling him Father God. This Eastern Emperor's number of offspring was appalling!
The Eastern Emperor probably couldn't even remember that he had such a daughter with the Southern Emperor Vermilion Bird!
"Could it be that all the gods in this entire Azure Dragon Heavenly Palace are his descendants?"
Qin Mu felt a bit dizzy. There were at least a million divine dragons in the Azure Dragon Heavenly Palace, not to mention the dragon god army!
If all these dragon gods were the Eastern Emperor's children and descendants, then this ancient god emperor was far too prolific!
He couldn't help but grumble inwardly, but he didn't say it out loud. Instead, he laughed, "The Eastern Emperor's heavenly palace can be said to be as solid as gold. The Heavenly Court can infiltrate the Eastern Extreme Heaven, but they cannot infiltrate this place."
The Eastern Emperor, however, was not very happy. He shook his head and said, "Great Mage, even the son of the Heavenly Lord betrayed the Heavenly Lord, eager to replace him. Although I have many offspring, that doesn't mean there are no worries. In my heavenly palace, there are quite a few Azure Dragon Crown Princes who want to replace me. Every family has its own difficult scriptures to recite."
Qin Mu stopped walking and asked, "May I ask who that Imperial Celestial Venerable artifact in the Eastern Extreme Heaven belongs to?"
"Four heads, eight arms, Lang Xuan the Divine Sovereign."
The Eastern Emperor said, "The first demigod in the world, considered to be in the same faction as Hao Celestial Venerable."
"How much does the Eastern Emperor know about Lang Xuan the Divine Sovereign?"
Qin Mu's eyes flickered as he said, "Which two ancient gods are his parents?"
The Eastern Emperor said with surprise, "Who said both his parents are ancient gods? His father is an ancient god, but his mother is not."