Chapter 1044: Summoning the Ancestral Stars
Beside Qin Mu, Yan'er had transformed back into a little green sparrow, hopping about excitedly. She would hop onto the canopy, then onto Qin Mu's shoulder, then onto his head, before fluttering her wings and landing on the massive head of the Dragon Qilin, pecking excitedly at his crown.
"What is Yan'er so excited about?"
Qin Mu shook his head, spread his palm, and the tens of thousands of sword pellets on the Heavenly River formed a matrix. They suddenly collided in pairs, and soon all the pellets merged into one, landing in his palm.
He had just used the sword pellets to annihilate the gods and demons under the Five Radiant Star Lords, relying on the tens of thousands of sword energies shot from the pellets. It seemed like a simple sword formation, but if a sword technique master from Yancheng were to use it, it would require an entire army specializing in sword techniques to execute!
In Yancheng, there were armies that specifically cultivated sword techniques, equipped with sword pellets or sword cases. Once activated, tens of thousands of flying swords would shoot toward the enemy, slaying them. They could gather to form formations or scatter to execute different sword moves.
When Qin Mu used the sword pellets to perform sword techniques, each strand of sword energy had a different variation in technique. One person was equivalent to an entire army of sword cultivators!
Not to mention in this era where the Dao of the Sword did not yet exist, even in Yancheng, his mastery of the sword Dao was catching up to Village Chief and former National Teacher Jiang Baigui, even surpassing them, second only to the Kai Emperor!
The gods and demons under the Five Radiant Star Lords faced his sword techniques, which they had never heard of or seen before, and could only end in regret.
"Worms!" Yan'er excitedly pecked at the Dragon Qilin's skull, but her gaze was fixed on the Five Radiant Star Lords.
The Dragon Qilin's skull was bleeding from her pecking, but he remained unmoving, letting the blood flow down his face, his composure astonishing. He thought to himself, "I'm already used to this. But these ancient gods are not worms... though I'm used to that too..."
Yan'er's personality was unpredictable.
This girl was inexperienced in the world, too naive. She liked to serve others and also liked to eat some strange things.
Back in the Guixu, she had mistaken the ancient gods transformed from the flower stamens of the Guixu for worms and devoured them all, causing her to become a horizontally growing chubby girl for a long time. Qin Mu felt embarrassed taking her out.
It was only after a long time that she finally digested them, and Yan'er's figure returned to normal. Now she had set her sights on the Five Radiant Star Lords, giving the Dragon Qilin an uneasy feeling.
Zhenxing Jun and Chenxing Jun both had human heads and serpent bodies. The female ancient gods in the Guixu were also beautiful snake-bodied women with human heads, so to Yan'er, a Dragon Sparrow, they were all worms.
Suixing Jun had a bird's head and a human body, Yinghuo Xing Jun had an ox's head and a human body, and Taibai Xing Jun had a tiger's head and a human body. To Yan'er, these three weren't worms, but the key was that all three ancient gods stood on twin dragons.
The dragons beneath their feet were also worms to this Dragon Sparrow, which made her excited and hopping.
She had eaten an ancient god once in the Guixu and still craved that taste.
"I wonder how fat she'll get this time?"
The Dragon Qilin's skull was pecked with a hollow sound, and he thought, "But no matter how fat she gets, I won't mind."
The Five Radiant Star Lords each frowned, looking at the corpses floating down the Heavenly River. These gods and demons were their descendants. Though not as powerful as them, they were the elites among their offspring, having cultivated the Divine Treasury Heavenly Palace system, achieving immortality and becoming a new generation of deities.
Although most ancient gods didn't care much about their offspring, these were still their forces. Qin Mu had eliminated nearly half of their forces in one go, which they could not tolerate.
However, since Qin Mu had caused a ruckus at the Jade Pool over a thousand years ago, he seemed even stronger now, making the five Star Lords cautious.
"Five Radiants, you are no match for me. You should retreat."
Qin Mu said politely, "I learned a bit about fate from the Northern Emperor Xuanwu, and my fortune-telling is quite accurate. You will surely face a bloody calamity in the future. It's best you return to your ancestral lands, stay put, and cultivate your minds and bodies. As for the Heavenly Emperor, I only have a slight misunderstanding with him. I will personally explain it to His Majesty, so there's no need for the five of you to take action yourselves."
Zhenxing Jun remained silent, looking at the other ancient gods.
Yinghuo Xing Jun said in a low voice, "This beast's strength is extraordinary, and he is not afraid of our Dao might. We are not well-prepared, so it's indeed not wise to break ties with him now."
Suixing Jun also nodded, "He used some unknown method to evade our Dao might. The five Heavenly Dragons beside him are also formidable. If we fight him head-on, we will likely be injured. Let's return first, report to the Heavenly Emperor about his crime of slaughtering our descendants, and ask His Majesty to decide."
Chenxing Jun licked his lips and chuckled, "When he reaches the Heavenly Court, he will be taken to the God-Beheading Platform for execution. We can watch his beheading from the side! There's no need to fight him to the death today."
The other Star Lords agreed.
Zhenxing Jun was the leader of the Five Radiants and was about to speak when suddenly Taibai Xing Jun sniffed like a tiger, his nose twitching vigorously. "There's a strange smell... it smells like Creators..."
His tiger-like sense of smell was very sensitive. He sniffed again, his tiger ears standing up, and the bronze battle-axe in his hand clattered. Suddenly, his tiger eyes shot toward the Heavenly Dragon Carriage, and he shouted sharply, "There! A Creator is hiding in the carriage!"
The other four ancient gods were startled, their killing intent surging as they looked toward the carriage behind Qin Mu.
Inside the carriage, the Creator Luo Xiao's face was pale. He stood up, bit his lip, and said in a low voice, "I came out of the Tai Xu with the determination to die, but I didn't expect to die before even finding my ancestral land. If I die here, I wonder if I will meet the spirits of my ancestors..."
Qin Mu sighed, and the sword pellet in his palm floated up again. He felt a sense of helplessness and absurdity: "Could it be that the Five Radiant Star Lords are going to die by my hand?"
The Five Radiant Star Lords shouted in unison, "Summon the ancestral stars!"
Zhenxing Jun spun around, his serpent body expanding into a massive snake tens of thousands of miles long, coiling above the Heavenly River. The Dao of Death spread around him, piercing through the void!
The sky trembled violently, and a dead star crashed through the world barrier of the Origin Realm. The surface of the dead star had already appeared in the sky of the Origin Realm!
That star was filled with a gloomy aura, squeezing into the Origin Realm from another world. The part entering the Origin Realm grew larger and larger. It was the Zhen Star among the Five Radiants!
The Zhen Star carried rings of earthy yellow halos, surrounded by seventy or eighty smaller stars orbiting this dead star. Those stars were also enormous, but they seemed tiny compared to the Zhen Star.
On these stars, colorful clouds filled the air, with countless palaces. Countless half-gods with human heads and serpent bodies, their hair disheveled, beat large drums and shouted continuously. The drumbeats came from the high sky, still far away, but the sound was already deafening, causing the waters of the Heavenly River to splash!
The Zhen Star was one of the most ancient stars, a divine star, and the birthplace of Zhenxing Jun. It was filled with the enchanting glow of the Dao of Death. As Zhenxing Jun summoned it, more and more of the Zhen Star squeezed into the Origin Realm.
Qin Mu felt a sense of danger. As the Zhen Star appeared, Zhenxing Jun's aura was rising linearly!
Clearly, the ancestral lands could enhance the Dao cultivation of these ancient gods!
He looked up and vaguely saw a massive altar at the center of the Zhen Star, where the glow of the Dao of Death was the strongest.
It was this giant altar that resonated with Zhenxing Jun, allowing him to pull the Zhen Star into the great world of the Origin Realm without needing a blood sacrifice!
"This altar looks like a Creator's altar!" Qin Mu's mind shook.
Behind him, in the carriage, the Creator Luo Xiao's face was pale, and his voice faintly reached Qin Mu's ears: "The Zhen Clan's creations... the terrifying life they created... ultimately destroyed the Zhen Clan..."
Before Qin Mu could think further, the sky split again. The sapphire-blue Chen Star broke through the Origin Realm's barrier and squeezed into the sky of the Origin Realm!
A terrifying aura of slaughter and punishment filled the sky. This star was covered in prisons, filled with gods and demons with human heads, serpent bodies, and red hair, holding all kinds of horrifying torture instruments, screaming excitedly.
On this star, Qin Mu also saw a giant altar.
At the same time, the flame-like Yinghuo Star descended upon the Origin Realm.
The star was not covered in fire but in miasma formed by plagues, completely drowning the planet.
In the miasma, countless massive bodies of gods and demons loomed, with ox horns on their heads and large hammers in their hands, beating their chests with the hammerheads, producing a thumping drum sound!
Another loud crash came as the greenish Sui Star emerged, also carrying rings of halos. In the halos, countless half-gods with bird heads and human bodies flapped their wings and flew over, blotting out the sky and the sun, emitting sharp, piercing cries!
Suddenly, the sky turned a dazzling white. The Tai Bai Star crashed into the Origin Realm. On the Tai Bai Star, countless gods and demons with tiger heads and human bodies strode swiftly through the air toward the Heavenly River, waving bronze battle-axes, their roars like thunder!
The ancestral lands of the Five Radiant Star Lords had all been summoned!
Even more peculiar was that at the center of each of these five most ancient stars stood a massive altar of unimaginable scale!
Qin Mu's heart sank. The auras of the Five Radiant Star Lords were skyrocketing, their power surging wildly. The arrival of their ancestral lands had greatly boosted their strength. If the five divine stars fully entered the Origin Realm, how powerful would they become?
The Creator Luo Xiao walked out of the carriage and stood behind Qin Mu, looking up at the five ancient divine stars. He chuckled grimly, "The sins our ancestors committed for their own desires were long ago repaid, and now they are being visited upon me... Mu Tianzun, this is the sin of my clan's ancestors, nothing to do with you. Let me face this calamity..."
Before he could finish, Qin Mu's figure shot up, and the sword light in his hand burst forth, far more terrifying than the sword that had annihilated tens of thousands of gods and demons in one strike. A single sword flew out, and a sea of blood surged into the sky!
"Then I'll eliminate them before the Five Radiant Stars fully descend! Yan'er!"
Qin Mu roared, the sword light in his hand shooting straight toward Zhenxing Jun. He shouted sharply, "I give you permission to eat whatever you want! Fatty Long, release the Heavenly Dragons and use the Dragon Taming Scripture!"
Yan'er cheered. The little green sparrow flapped its wings and charged toward the red-haired, serpent-bodied Chenxing Jun. In the next moment, the sparrow transformed into a Dragon Sparrow tens of thousands of miles long, and its Dragon Sparrow primordial spirit flew out!
In front of Luo Xiao, the Dragon Qilin untied the reins. The six Heavenly Dragons immediately resisted, even the dull-witted one who had boasted about being able to beat the Five Radiant Star Lords now had no fighting spirit, shouting, "They are ancient gods! We can't beat them! Let's run!"
The Dragon Qilin shook his body, transforming into a massive creature with a Qilin head, human body, and dragon tail. He activated the Dragon Taming Scripture and cracked his whip, shouting, "You have higher cultivation than me, yet you're so cowardly! Come onto my body!"
The five Heavenly Dragons immediately flew up. One coiled around his left arm, one around his right arm, two wrapped around his legs, and the remaining two coiled around his body, their heads hanging on the Dragon Qilin's shoulders.
The Dragon Taming Scripture was activated, instantly borrowing the magical power of these six Heavenly Dragons. The Dragon Qilin's primordial spirit and cultivation soared, crossing the Southern Heavenly Gate, the Jade Pool, leaping over the God-Beheading Platform, descending upon the Jade Capital City, arriving before the Lingxiao Hall, and stepping inside. He praised, "The Dragon Taming Lord is indeed remarkable, a formidable character!"
At this moment, Yan'er met Chenxing Jun. Chenxing Jun governed slaughter and punishment. His cultivation had skyrocketed, and he reached out to grab the Dragon Sparrow's claws, intending to tear her apart. But the Dragon Sparrow's primordial spirit flew over, and the Dragon Sparrow bit the sky, trapping him within.
Chenxing Jun was immediately tightly bound, unable to move.
Yan'er's bird claws struck down, and her beak pecked at his forehead. Chenxing Jun's crown was pierced, his mind dazed, and his heavenly soul, earthly soul, and spiritual soul were shattered.
Yan'er cheered, picked up Chenxing Jun with her beak, shook him twice to straighten his body, then tilted her head back to swallow him down her throat.
Chenxing Jun's body was enormous and very long. As it slid to the corner of her mouth, Yan'er used her claws to push it in, straightened it again, and after much effort, finally swallowed it down to the tail.
But Chenxing Jun's body was too long, and a section of his serpent tail was still sticking out. Yan'er lifted her bird claw and shoved it hard into her mouth, finally swallowing it completely.
She burped, and the tail popped out again.
"I can only eat one..."
Yan'er felt regretful, looking at the other Star Lords: "If I dig a hole and bury them, I can eat them for a long time..."
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