Chapter 1106: The Artifact of Creation (Fourth Update!)
The Gourd Heaven World was extremely complete, a treasure of the Creator Cangshan Clan, and ranked among the higher-tier heavens within the various celestial realms.
Not only that, but the Gourd Heaven Bottle was also a divine weapon forged by a Creator. Should a war arise, the bottle could be activated to slay enemies. Of course, this required an extremely profound mastery of divine consciousness.
Now that Qin Mu had passed down the divine consciousness cultivation techniques of the Creator Clan to Eternal Peace, the cultivators and deities of Eternal Peace had integrated techniques like the Three Enclosures Upper Consciousness with the current cultivation system, developing many new divine consciousness techniques.
The Capital Heaven Demon King only needed to learn the divine consciousness cultivation methods from Eternal Peace, then lead his people in day-and-night ritual refinement of the Gourd Heaven Bottle. Before long, they would be able to refine the bottle and turn it into a heavy weapon to protect themselves!
The Capital Heaven Demon King was ecstatic and immediately entered the Gourd Heaven World to tell his people the good news.
How many years had it been? The Capital Heaven World had been destroyed, countless clansmen had died, they had been displaced, crying out to heaven but receiving no answer, begging the earth but finding no help, facing rejection everywhere, being ambushed, captured, enslaved—and now, finally, they had settled down!
His heart burned with a blazing heat, yet he also knew that his merit in conquering the Tianyu World was not enough to earn a heaven like the Gourd Heaven World.
The Gourd Heaven World was even larger than the Tianyu World. Qin Mu had given him the Gourd Heaven Bottle out of their friendship.
Qin Mu questioned Yu Zhaoqing in detail. Yu Zhaoqing recounted how the Capital Heaven Demon King had led the Tianyu clansmen to attack the Tianyu World. The Tianyu World had been occupied by the demon race, and the demons happened to counter the Tianyu clan’s techniques.
Not only that, but the demon gods of the demon race possessed abilities to control the Tianyu clan. Even Yu Zhaoqing himself could be manipulated.
The Capital Heaven Demon King had not attacked immediately. Instead, using his identity as a demon, he infiltrated the Tianyu World, studied the demon race’s techniques, and after two years, thoroughly understood their abilities. He then figured out a way to counter them and taught it to Yu Zhaoqing and the others.
Yu Zhaoqing promoted this knowledge within the clan, and after another two years of preparation, they launched the attack.
Then, within a single year, they conquered the Tianyu World. Truly, it was a case of long preparation followed by a thunderous strike, wiping out the demons there like a whirlwind scattering dead leaves!
Qin Mu listened intently and praised, “Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated. The Capital Heaven Demon King has the bearing of a great general.”
Yu Zhaoqing smiled and said, “It’s just that at the beginning, the Capital Heaven Demon King didn’t get along well with those three Dragon Clan brothers. They hung him up and beat him. Later, their relationship improved, and they even saved each other’s lives.”
Qin Mu laughed heartily. He summoned the three Celestial Dragons and the other six Celestial Dragons and said, “Will you stay in Eternal Peace, or will you return to the Heavenly Court with me? If you return to the Heavenly Court, I will wash away your memories of these past few years and implant new ones. If you stay in Eternal Peace, then you must change your identities and share Eternal Peace’s fate, whether it lives or dies.”
The nine Celestial Dragons transformed into human forms, huddled together to discuss, and then said, “We have followed the Celestial Venerable and know many secrets. If we return to the Heavenly Court, our days are likely numbered. Even if the Celestial Venerable washes away our memories, we will still die because of it. Therefore, we choose to stay in Eternal Peace, where we can also carve out a future for ourselves.”
Qin Mu took out the Book of Life and Death and said, “In that case, I will help you once. I will erase your names from the Book of Life and Death, so the Heavenly Court cannot trace your whereabouts.”
He shone the Book of Life and Death on the nine of them, activated the Youdu divine ability, and wiped their names from the world.
The nine suddenly felt a sense of relief and bowed in thanks.
“Since I’m returning to the Heavenly Court, I should also return the Glazed Azure Canopy to the Youming Crown Prince.”
Thinking this, Qin Mu’s divine consciousness entered the Qin Continent. Just as he was about to retrieve the Glazed Azure Canopy, he suddenly heard a strange sound and felt a stir in his heart.
At that moment, he saw that within the Qin Continent, the ancient god egg on the Glazed Azure Canopy was emitting a peculiar Dao sound. Not far away, the strange runes on the Taishi Egg were shifting and changing endlessly, also producing a wondrous Dao sound. It was as if the two ancient god eggs were communicating with each other!
Qin Mu’s hairs stood on end, but he remained expressionless. He lifted a treasure from the Qin Continent and left.
When he came to retrieve the treasure, the sounds from the two massive ancient god eggs immediately ceased, returning to calm.
But after Qin Mu took the treasure, the strange Dao sounds from the two ancient god eggs resumed!
Qin Mu’s scalp tingled, and his heart pounded wildly. “The Taishi Egg and the other ancient god egg have both developed intelligence! The beings inside can communicate with each other! What are they discussing?”
A chill ran down his spine.
“I can’t return the Glazed Azure Canopy to the Youming Crown Prince just yet!”
Qin Mu steadied himself. Two unborn ancient gods communicating within their eggs—this couldn’t help but stir unpleasant thoughts in him.
So far, the only egg-born ancient god was the Heavenly Emperor of the ancient gods. If the beings in these two eggs were to be born, wouldn’t that mean two more ancient god Heavenly Emperors?
One ancient god Heavenly Emperor was already terrifying enough—undying even in death, committing countless evils throughout history.
If these two ancient gods joined forces, the harm and destruction would be even greater and more widespread!
“I can’t alarm them yet.”
Qin Mu’s eyes flickered. He summoned Dragon Qilin and Yan’er and said, “The Celestial Dragons are staying in the Primordial Realm, so I’ll have to trouble you two to pull the carriage.”
Dragon Qilin willingly strapped himself into the harness, and Yan’er also ran over and strapped herself in. “Young Master, when do we set off?”
Just as Qin Mu boarded the precious carriage, an envoy from the Heavenly Court arrived, proclaiming the Heavenly Emperor’s decree summoning Gongsun Yan to the Heavenly Court.
These past days, Gongsun Yan had been cultivating under the guidance of Granny Si, consolidating her cultivation, and learning the etiquette of the Heavenly Court from Ling Yuxiu. She was composed and proper, but now that she had to go to the Heavenly Court to meet the Heavenly Emperor, she was extremely nervous.
Qin Mu had her board the carriage, and together with the envoy delivering the decree, they headed to the Heavenly Court. He smiled and said, “You’re not nervous when you see me, so there’s no need to be nervous about meeting the Ten Celestial Venerables. In terms of seniority, my status in the Heavenly Court is even above theirs.”
Gongsun Yan’s palms were slick with cold sweat. Qin Mu took her hand, and the girl gradually calmed down.
Qin Mu said in a deep voice, “Set off now! Don’t take the Spirit Energy Transfer Bridge at Primordial Wood; go directly to the one outside the capital!”
Yan’er acknowledged and, together with Dragon Qilin, pulled the carriage toward that Spirit Energy Transfer Bridge.
Qin Mu sat in the carriage, his mind still unsettled as he thought about the two ancient god eggs communicating with each other. “It seems I must find Senior Brother’s notes on Ling Tianzun. Once I find Ling Tianzun’s notes, I can use the Material Immutability divine ability to reverse-engineer the Dao language of the Taishi Egg. Once I understand the meaning of the Dao language, I’ll know what those two ancient god eggs are discussing!”
Yan’er and Dragon Qilin pulled the carriage to the side of the Spirit Energy Transfer Bridge. Qin Mu asked the envoy, “Where does the other end of this bridge lead?”
“To the Zaofu Heavenly Palace, Celestial Venerable.”
“The Zaofu Heavenly Palace?”
Qin Mu’s heart trembled slightly. The carriage drove into the Spirit Energy Transfer Bridge.
After a long while, the carriage gave a slight jolt and arrived at the Heavenly Court. Qin Mu pushed open the window and looked out. Outside was the Zaofu Heavenly Palace.
The Heavenly Court’s First Supervisory Factory was the Zaofu Heavenly Palace!
Although Qin Mu was the Mu Celestial Venerable of the Heavenly Court, this was his first time here. He observed through the windows on both sides, seeing countless three-headed, six-armed deities busily at work, forging and processing heavy divine artifacts. Every hammer strike produced a sound like thunder!
These deities were the Heavenly Court’s divine artisans. With three heads and six arms, their forging speed was astonishing.
The entire Zaofu Heavenly Palace was a massive supervisory factory, with furnaces standing tall, heavenly fires blazing day and night without cease. Top-grade divine materials, divine metals, and divine ores transported from various heavens were delivered here.
Here were the most talented Daoists from the Heavenly Court’s Dao Sect, skilled in mathematics and numerology, as well as skilled craftsmen from all the myriad worlds. Just by scale alone, one Zaofu Heavenly Palace could rival all the supervisory factories of Eternal Peace!
Suddenly, Qin Mu’s pupils contracted sharply. He saw the Artifact of Creation located at the center of the Zaofu Heavenly Palace.
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