Chapter 1092: Meeting Lang Wan Again (Second Update!)
"God King."
Qin Mu calmed down. Lang Wan's ability to summon a void beast was likely the summoning method passed down to her by the First Spirit Luo Xiao.
Qin Mu's reverse summoning was also derived from Luo Xiao's summoning method. When he designed the reverse summoning altar back then, he hadn't hidden it from Luo Xiao.
Moreover, and more critically, Qin Mu had left a summoning altar in the Ancestral Court!
That meant if Luo Xiao had taught the reverse summoning to Lang Wan, then Lang Wan could potentially use that altar to enter the Ancestral Court!
"Ancient God Heavenly Emperor's reincarnated body, Gu Xiao, once said there is great terror in the Ancestral Court. I wonder if he meant the void beasts covering the sky and earth, or something else. But if the void beasts in the Ancestral Court were to escape..."
He couldn't help but shiver, recalling the densely packed void beast eggs in the Nineteenth Void, a feeling of dread creeping over him.
If the seal of the Ancestral Court were broken, connecting the void of the Ancestral Court with the void of the outside world, those countless void beast eggs would fall from the Nineteenth Void, plummeting into every world—that would surely be a world-ending catastrophe!
And the brain of all void beasts was the Void Mother Beast.
The master of the Void Mother Beast was the Grand Emperor!
If God King Lang Wan truly opened the seal of the Ancestral Court, then the Grand Emperor would gain control over all void beasts, devouring one heavenly realm after another, one world after another!
"Lang Wan, have you been to the Ancestral Court?" Qin Mu asked.
God King Lang Wan's gaze was deep and distant, falling upon him. She shook her head. "I have not. Without your precise temporal-spatial coordinates, I lack the strength to enter. Holy Infant, you've been gone for ten years. You should know the exact location of the Ancestral Court by now, right? Tell me, and I will go to summon the Void Mother Beast."
She spoke softly, "With the Void Mother Beast, the Heavenly Court is nothing to fear, nothing to worry about. The race of Creators can also return to their former glorious era!"
Qin Mu shook his head. "The Void Mother Beast belongs to the Grand Emperor. The Grand Emperor's ability to enter the Grand Void and massacre relied on void beasts as well. Lang Wan, if you still consider me the Holy Infant of the Creators, then send this void beast back. Never touch such terrifying creatures!"
Lang Wan smiled, her form floating up to hover before the void beast's enormous eye, looking like a tiny speck of dust. She shook her head. "Holy Infant, you are not yet a Creator after all. For the Creators, the one who tamed and domesticated the void beasts is a hero among them. You don't share that sentiment."
Qin Mu stepped forward, his voice deep. "All void beasts obey the Mother Beast; they haven't truly been tamed by you! The controller of the Mother Beast is the Grand Emperor. You are merely making a wedding dress for the Grand Emperor, only benefiting him. It brings no advantage to you or the race of Creators!"
Suddenly, the void beast's eyelid slid back, revealing its boundless maw. Its form flickered and vanished from behind Lang Wan!
The next moment, it appeared before Qin Mu, Yan'er, and the others, its bloody mouth wide open, intending to swallow them all!
Yan'er was startled and was about to resist when Qin Mu's vertical eye on his forehead opened, visualizing countless sharp spikes crisscrossing in all directions!
Those spikes appeared inside the void beast's body. The void beast hurriedly tried to become ethereal, but Qin Mu's mentally visualized spikes followed suit, becoming ethereal as well. When the void beast solidified again, the spikes solidified with it.
The void beast screamed in agony, its body pierced with thousands of holes, blood streaming down.
"Holy Infant, though you are not a Creator, you have completely mastered the methods of the Creators."
God King Lang Wan waved her hand, and the spikes inside the void beast vanished. She said, "Mental visualization is the means to counter void beasts. You can deal with them, and naturally, the Creators can easily do so as well. These ancient giant beasts pose no harm to us; instead, they will become weapons for our race. Even if the Grand Emperor controls the Mother Beast, he cannot threaten us."
The void beast closed its mouth, its large eyes fixed on Qin Mu. It tucked its tail between its legs, showing a look of fear, and hid behind God King Lang Wan.
Qin Mu wanted to say more, but Lang Wan had already vanished into the void with the void beast. Her divine consciousness transmitted back: "Holy Infant, this was just a test. I will summon more void beasts. But rest assured, it's not to deal with you. I will lead these void beasts to the Grand Void, where I will confront the Heavenly Court!"
She and the void beast disappeared, her divine consciousness gradually fading: "This way, I can buy you time to grow. Isn't that a perfect solution for both sides?"
"I'm worried about you."
Qin Mu faced the cold wind high in the sky, murmuring softly, "The Grand Emperor has always wanted to open the Ancestral Court. The evil released from the Ancestral Court will be a catastrophic disaster for the present age. And before that happens, he will get rid of you..."
He led Dragon Qilin and the others towards Yan Kang. Before returning to the Heavenly Court to see Bai Yuqiong, he needed to repair the Heavenly Dragon Chariot first. The chariot had been damaged twice, once in the Western Extreme Heaven, and needed another thorough repair before it could travel quickly to the Heavenly Court.
Yan'er was still a bit plump, and her flying speed couldn't match the Heavenly Dragon Chariot.
Also, before returning to the Heavenly Court, he needed to go to Yan Kang to handle some matters.
"As for Heavenly Master Bai Yuqiong, if she doesn't want to die, then I have no choice but to break the Yin Heavenly Sovereign's divine ability from its source."
Qin Mu pondered. Breaking the Yin Heavenly Sovereign's divine ability from its source required understanding the detailed structure of the Nether Capital Heavenly Gate.
"Emperor Yi Yue has a Nether Capital Heavenly Gate. I just need to find Sister Emperor Yi Yue, and the secrets of the Yin Heavenly Sovereign's divine ability will no longer be a mystery!"
His eyes flickered. Since the outbreak of the Yan Kang Calamity, Emperor Yi Yue and the others had vanished without a trace, never appearing on the lands of the Yuan Realm.
Emperor Yi Yue, Tian Shu, Emperor Shi Tianwang Buddha, and the others hadn't gone to Carefree Village either. The Woodcutter Saint was also missing.
"Could they be hiding in Fengdu? And where is Fengdu now? Perhaps Yan Kang will know Fengdu's whereabouts."
As he was thinking, suddenly the earth began to surge like waves. Qin Mu stopped, watching as the soil churned, trees grew wildly, and vines coiled like dragons, growing at an incredible speed!
Within a few breaths, the vegetation here seemed to have aged a thousand years, transforming into a dense primeval jungle.
If one looked from the outside, they would see that the once picturesque area where Qin Mu and the others stood had become a green dome over a hundred miles in radius, perfectly round and inverted, sealing that place airtight and impenetrable!
"Ten years... ten years..."
A faint, mournful voice came from the dense thicket. Between the thick tree trunks, vines slithered like the bodies of giant pythons, rustling as they moved. The voice was like weeping and complaining, sending chills down one's spine.
"Pastoral Heavenly Sovereign, you promised me a ten-year deadline to perform a soul-summoning ritual and resurrect me. You are already two months late!"
Qin Mu and the others descended. The ground ahead shook and split open, and a huge stone coffin slowly rose from the depths.
The stone coffin opened, and the Imperial Corpse let out a mournful wail, corpse qi spreading, as it prepared to leap out and kill!
"Hold on!"
Qin Mu laughed. "Earth Mother Prime Sovereign, I have returned this time precisely to keep my promise and resurrect you. Do you know, I was exiled to ancient times, struggling to survive, barely making it back alive. It was precisely because of one belief that sustained me—that I must fulfill my promise to the Earth Mother!"
The Imperial Corpse's claws stopped right before his face, the stench of decay washing over him.
Qin Mu's expression remained unchanged.
From amidst the vines, the Earth Mother Prime Sovereign's voice came, a cold laugh in her tone. "You're trying to fool me again? You are no longer the Great Dharma Master of Ten Thousand Calamities! Pastoral Heavenly Sovereign, the ancient gods all say that Fire Heavenly Sovereign killed the Southern Emperor, yet you lack the power to resurrect her. You are useless to the ancient gods now."
Her voice was ethereal and shifting. A green vine, like a venomous serpent or giant python, slithered forward stealthily, coiling around Qin Mu as it grew.
————Happy birthday, Yu Shu!