Chapter 1065: Gestation Within the Primordial Grand Beginning Egg
The round egg still had not cracked open. Qin Mu treated Wei Suifeng's injuries, setting his broken bones. Wei Suifeng shook his hand, looked at this enormous round egg, and said solemnly, "Did you see it? What kind of great dao is this?"
Qin Mu nodded, his expression more serious than ever before. He said in a deep voice, "I saw it and heard it. This is indeed a primordial god egg. The primordial god within the egg is extremely peculiar. If it were to mature, I'm afraid it wouldn't be much weaker than the Primordial God Heavenly Emperor. The great dao within the egg seems to be the unity of yin and yang, having form but no substance. It strongly suppresses Ling Tianzun's Unchanging Divine Ability! Master Brother, have you ever heard of this great dao?"
For the first time, the Unchanging Divine Ability had encountered a nemesis. The Unchanging of matter was a divine ability concerning the state of matter, while the unity of yin and yang, having form but no substance, possessed form without matter. It was indeed a subversion of Ling Tianzun's divine ability.
Wei Suifeng shook his head and said, "I have seen most of the primordial gods' great daos. I have been to the Dao Ancestor's Archive Pavilion, but there is no record of this great dao there. I have never heard of anything that could suppress Ling Tianzun's divine ability."
The two of them circled the round egg several times, finding it extremely troublesome. However, Wei Suifeng and the Yulin Army soldiers were more excited. If they could use the great dao within the primordial god egg to break the divine ability of the Unchanging of matter, they could free the ghost ship from its state of unchanging matter and escape!
Qin Mu's eyes flickered. "This primordial god might be the key to rescuing you and saving Ling Tianzun... The Primordial God Heavenly Emperor's name is Grand Beginning, a name given to him by the Grand Emperor. Primordial god within the egg, since you and I are fated to meet, I will give you a name. I shall call you Grand Beginning."
Wei Suifeng couldn't help but say, "Junior Brother, if this primordial god breaks out of its shell, it might not fail to become another Primordial God Heavenly Emperor!"
Qin Mu put away the primordial god egg and said, "Grand Beginning was a divine being born from the Grand Beginning primordial stone vein, nurtured by absorbing the power of the Grand Beginning vein. This Grand Beginning round egg likely also needs the power of a special vein in the Ancestral Court to be born. If I keep it here, it cannot be born, and I can instead study this Grand Beginning great dao."
Wei Suifeng felt a vague unease. "Then, Junior Brother, you must remember not to take the Grand Beginning round egg to the Ancestral Court. Otherwise..."
Qin Mu nodded solemnly, then took out various treasures he had brought from the Zhaoyang Hall. The treasures piled up on the deck, including even divine mountains and treasure mountains, all natural treasures!
Wei Suifeng was startled and exclaimed, "Junior Brother, did you loot the Heavenly Emperor's treasury? So many treasures!"
"Mm!" Qin Mu replied loudly, his voice filled with joy.
Wei Suifeng looked at these treasures, truly tempted. Even among the primordial gods, such things were rare. He never expected to see a whole ship full of them here!
"So many exotic treasures..."
He couldn't help but draw a cold breath, gently stroking a Dragon Blood Treasure Tree. As his hand touched it, the tree burst into brilliant radiance.
Wei Suifeng immediately felt that this treasure tree had an extraordinary affinity with primal qi. Moreover, under the tree, there was a feeling of being close to the dao, as if one might fall into a state of enlightenment at any moment!
Even more peculiar was that he sensed that if he were to imprint runes on the branches and leaves of the Dragon Blood Treasure Tree with his primal qi, it would definitely be exceptionally smooth!
"This treasure tree can definitely be refined into a supreme treasure!"
Wei Suifeng couldn't help but marvel, muttering to himself, "Even a single branch could be refined into an incredible treasure, enough for a Throne powerhouse to use! I have also been to the ancient Dragon Han Era and served as a general in the Yulin Army, so I have seen much of the world. Although I have seen many treasures, most of them cannot compare to this ship full of treasures, Junior Brother. There is only one treasure that is better than the treasures you stole from the Heavenly Emperor's treasury."
Qin Mu took out the remaining few pieces of Grand Beginning primordial stone, examined them, and found no residual divine consciousness from the Grand Emperor, so he felt relieved. Curiously, he asked, "Whose treasure? Could it be even better than the Heavenly Emperor's collection?"
The Grand Emperor's Grand Beginning primordial stone had been shattered into many pieces. The larger piece had been given to Cloud Sovereign, and Qin Mu planned to refine the remaining pieces into his vertical eye.
He tried to piece them together but couldn't form a complete Grand Beginning primordial stone. It seemed there were still six or seven fragments missing.
"The Northern Emperor Xuanwu's family has a treasure that is truly a peerless exotic treasure!"
Wei Suifeng spoke of the Northern Emperor Xuanwu's family treasure with endless praise. "The Northern Emperor and his wife are said to have gathered various treasures from the primordial era and refined them into an exotic treasure called the Glazed Azure Sky Canopy. I saw it once when the Nether Abyss Prince took me to see it. It is truly the number one supreme treasure in the world, and no other treasure can compare to it! Although the treasures you stole from the Heavenly Emperor's family are many, none can match the Glazed Azure Sky Canopy."
Qin Mu picked up a piece of Grand Beginning primordial stone and brought it to his brow. Suddenly, a force surged from his brow, capturing the stone.
The Grand Beginning primordial stone vanished into his brow with a *shua* sound, merging with the Grand Beginning primordial stone in his vertical eye!
Qin Mu was overjoyed and took out the second piece of primordial stone.
"The Glazed Azure Sky Canopy? The treasure that the Northern Emperor's son, the Nether Abyss Prince, was tricked out of by that pair of dogs and bitches? Is the Glazed Azure Sky Canopy really so powerful that even the Heavenly Emperor's family treasures can't compare?"
He thought for a moment. The Northern Emperor Xuanwu was a primordial god visualized by the Juyu Clan. The Juyu Clan was the Grand Emperor's tribe, the most powerful tribe in the primordial era, controlling vast resources.
It was possible that during the war between the Creators and the primordial gods, the Northern Emperor Xuanwu and his wife took the opportunity to loot the Juyu Clan's treasury.
Wei Suifeng was still recalling the scene of seeing the Glazed Azure Sky Canopy and sighed again in admiration. "Truly the number one supreme treasure in the world! If you saw it, you would also be amazed. The Glazed Azure Sky Canopy is extremely miraculous. If you bow to it and worship it, it will transform into twenty-four layers of Glazed Heavens, truly invulnerable to all spells and immune to all harm!"
Qin Mu placed the other pieces of Grand Beginning primordial stone on his brow, one by one merging with his third divine eye. The stones collided and fused together.
He blinked his eyes but didn't notice any difference from usual. However, when he activated the Overlord Body Three Elixir Art, his divine consciousness surged forward, improving several times faster than before!
He sighed dreamily. "There is a reason the Grand Emperor became the Grand Emperor. With at most half of the Grand Beginning primordial stone, my divine consciousness can improve this quickly. If I find the complete Grand Beginning primordial stone, the speed of my divine consciousness cultivation would be unimaginable!"
Wei Suifeng was still recalling the Glazed Azure Sky Canopy, his expression lost in reverie. He muttered to himself, "The treasures hanging within the Glazed Azure Sky Canopy are even more numerous than what you stole from the Heavenly Emperor's treasury..."
"Senior Brother, most of these treasures likely come from the Ancestral Court. Choose one." Qin Mu smiled.
Wei Suifeng snapped back to reality and hurriedly walked among the various treasures, examining their quality. But the more he looked, the harder it was to choose.
These treasures from the Ancestral Court had been selected by the Creator race over a long, long time. Each one was exceptionally outstanding. Not only could they not be found in the Primordial Realm, but even searching the entire universe and cosmos, it would be hard to find a single one!
The remaining treasures were probably all in the hands of powerful primordial gods or half-god leaders!
Wei Suifeng selected for a long time, wanting every single one, but ultimately chose a divine mountain. He said, "The old brothers on the ghost ship have followed me for so many years. When we finally escape, they will likely have fallen behind the times. Their former Jade Capital Realm and Heavenly Court Realm are now at most comparable to the Jade Pool Realm celestial deities. I will refine this divine mountain into treasures so that everyone can get one, at least to improve their strength. Give me these palace lanterns too."
Qin Mu nodded. The palace lanterns were used in the Heavenly Emperor's treasury to guard these treasures. They were useless to him, and storing them in the Qin Continent would take up space.
Wei Suifeng put away the palace lanterns and smiled. "These palace lanterns are also refined from supreme treasures. With so many, with a few modifications, they can form a Thousand Lantern Formation to guard the ghost ship."
Qin Mu put away the other treasures and looked at the Yulin Army on the ghost ship. "They were all the most outstanding geniuses selected from various races back then. If they could train in the Eternal Peace for a few years, their strength would surely increase greatly. Their future achievements would be limitless!"
Wei Suifeng glanced at him. "That depends on whether you can rescue us."
Qin Mu frowned deeply. He still didn't have much confidence in breaking Ling Tianzun's Unchanging Divine Ability, unless he could study the great dao of the primordial god Grand Beginning.
"I stayed for a while under each of the Heavenly Court's Heavenly Venerables. Although I didn't learn their true skills, I saw many Throne-level techniques."
Wei Suifeng tidied up the Heavenly Dragon Treasure Chariot for him and winked. "I couldn't learn many of those Throne-level techniques, but I copied them down. Follow the map I gave you, and you will find these techniques."
Qin Mu was amused and exasperated. "You could have just brought them with you and passed them directly to me. Why go through the trouble of having me follow a map to rescue you?"
Wei Suifeng shook his head. "I was lying low in the Heavenly Court, knowing it would be hard to fool the Ten Heavenly Venerables for long. I didn't know when I might die, so I hid the Throne-level techniques I collected in the places I traveled. Junior Brother, Ling Tianzun's notes are also in one of those places. After you save the Southern Emperor, you must go there."
Qin Mu smiled. "Senior Brother, you are right here. You could just teach me directly. Why do I need to go to those geographical maps to find them?"
He suddenly realized something and asked suspiciously, "Could it be that you didn't learn them?"
Wei Suifeng's face flushed red. He said awkwardly, "How could I not learn them? I just disdain to learn others' techniques. I absorb the strengths of their techniques and integrate them into my Heavenly Dipper Dao Art. I want to forge my own path. I am going to become a sage. How could I not learn them? Heh heh..."
His smile gradually twisted.
Qin Mu stopped prodding him. Wei Suifeng was the disciple the Woodcutter Sage had taught most diligently. Among the three disciples, Wei Suifeng had studied under the Woodcutter Sage the longest and had likely caught the Woodcutter Sage's bad habit of biting off more than he could chew.
Of course, Wei Suifeng was still better than the Woodcutter. The Woodcutter's cultivation path encompassed three hundred and sixty trades and three hundred and sixty acquired great daos, which was also the origin of the three hundred and sixty halls of the Heavenly Sage Church.
For the same reason, the Woodcutter's cultivation was stuck at the Jasper Terrace Realm. He spent his entire life unable to ascend the Execution Platform.
With three hundred and sixty acquired great daos, if the Woodcutter's primordial spirit were to ascend the Execution Platform, it would be beheaded three hundred and sixty times!
Given the Woodcutter's habit of biting off more than he could chew, one beheading would probably be the end of him.
Although Wei Suifeng was also greedy, he had at least cultivated to the Throne realm.
The ghost ship crashed through the water's surface with a roar, sailing through the mist of the Heavenly River.
"Junior Brother, you only have four chances left."
Wei Suifeng watched the treasure chariot drive out of the ship and shouted a reminder, "Don't waste your chances on just saving the Southern Emperor. You can save one or two chances for more meaningful things."
Qin Mu poked his head out of the window and waved to him, smiling. "Last time, I was half successful. This time, I will definitely succeed!"
"Don't say things like that."
Wei Suifeng looked a bit nervous and warned, "I think you have a bit of a jinx. You say that every time, and every time you fail."
Qin Mu laughed heartily, pulled his head back into the carriage, and a melodious song came from his mouth, drifting through the mist. The song was mellow and long, like a pot of warm old wine, giving people a feeling of melancholy and boldness.
"Now I am in the Great Luo Heaven!
"In drunkenness, the ethereal Jade Capital Mountain. Singing the clear void steps, the feast ends, not knowing what year this night is?
"The seas have turned to mulberry fields!"
Wei Suifeng listened to the song, watching the treasure chariot disappear into the depths of the mist, and shook his head with a smile. "Sentimental. I wonder who he learned that from."
The leaders of the Heavenly Sage Church, starting from his generation, were all multi-talented. The Wei Suifeng of those days was also a dashing and romantic figure. He could hear from Qin Mu's poem that Qin Mu was singing to express his aspirations.
What year is this night?
I am in the Great Luo Heaven!
"Junior Brother's ambition is evident!" Wei Suifeng sighed in admiration.
The song stopped. The Heavenly Dragon Treasure Chariot arrived at the Heavenly River and headed towards the Xiao Han Heavenly Court.
"I left a letter for the Southern Emperor, telling her to go find Moon Heavenly Venerable, give her one of her feathers, and secretly split a soul to reincarnate. So I just need to find Moon Heavenly Venerable and get that feather, and this trip will be complete."
Qin Mu was full of confidence. He looked into the distance at the Xiao Han Heavenly Court. This human race's Heavenly Court was much larger than before. Coming here, he felt a sense of unfamiliarity.
From afar, he heard a woman singing on the Heavenly River. Her voice was graceful and melodious: "A hundred rivers flow into the great sea, a multitude of stars surround the North Star. Shining brilliantly, they illuminate the Xiao Han, rising from afar over the long river.
"The heavens and earth are in chaos, the king saves the people. The realm is cleansed, and all heroes must come."
Qin Mu followed the sound and saw a woman in red standing at the bow of a tower ship, as if about to fly into the wind, singing to the Xiao Han Heavenly Court. She was indescribably free and easy.
Qin Mu couldn't help but feel a liking for her. He ordered Dragon Qilin to stop the carriage and listen to the red-clad woman sing.
Yan'er smiled. "Young Master, this woman is somewhat similar to me."
Her voice startled the red-clad woman on the ship. The woman looked over, her expression not very pleasant. The one who said this was a chubby blue sparrow, almost growing sideways. She was naturally very displeased and said bluntly, "In what way am I similar to this silly sparrow?"
But Yan'er's words awakened Qin Mu. He carefully looked at the red-clad girl and saw that her features were indeed somewhat similar to Yan'er's. He smiled. "Indeed, very similar!"
The red-clad girl's skirt fluttered, and a vermilion bird feather was tucked behind her head. She said angrily, "Where is the similarity? She's so fat!"
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