Chapter 1128: A Fatal Weakness (Second Update)
Yan’er watched that ridiculous Emperor still trying to extinguish the demonic fire, flapped her wings, and asked curiously, “Young master, why can’t they put out your demonic fire? I can see that their primal qi cultivation and divine ability power are far stronger than yours by an unknown amount.”
“They never learned how!”
Qin Mu sneered. “Or rather, Fire Celestial never taught them!”
Long Qilin cautiously glanced at Qin Mu and said, “Sect Leader, I think the Southern Heaven isn’t too bad. At the very least, the people live and work in peace. As long as they haven’t reached sixty years old, they don’t have to worry about natural disasters or man-made calamities. The people here are all very happy, carefree and worry-free.”
“If a man has no long-term concerns, he will surely have short-term worries. Life springs from adversity, death from ease and comfort. If there is no foreign invasion, the Southern Heaven can continue like this, playing the role of a turtle hiding its head, unaware that there is a sky beyond the sky.”
Qin Mu sneered again. “If a foreign enemy does invade, do you think these useless gluttons and drunkards of the Southern Heaven, these people who don’t know how to adapt, can hold out for long? Not to mention anything else, my third junior brother, Jiang Baigui, could lead an army of just a few hundred people at the Jade Capital realm and wipe out all the major divine kingdoms of the Southern Heaven, including the millions of gods and demons in Red Emperor’s Celestial Palace, ten times over!”
His anger flared up, and he flicked his sleeve. “Yan’er, go put out the fire!”
Yan’er thought for a moment. This demonic fire was a divine ability from the Nether Realm. She had watched Qin Mu cultivate it before, so she flew forward, transformed into a chubby little girl, waved her hand, and the demonic fire vanished.
The disciples of Fire Celestial in the divine city were all horrified, staring at her. That Emperor Seat expert quickly bowed and said, “Miss, your skills are extraordinary. Which sacred mountain’s deity might you be? Yan Yazi pays his respects!”
Yan’er was filled with disgust for Fire Celestial and had no patience for his disciples either. She snorted and turned away.
Yan Yazi was stunned, flicked his sleeve, and said, “No manners! Utterly improper!”
The crowd chimed in, “The Celestial said it himself: only petty people and women are hard to raise! Not everyone has such breeding!”
Qin Mu led Long Qilin and Yan’er away from this divine city. Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks, staring blankly into space. Long Qilin and Yan’er had no idea why he was lost in thought.
Suddenly, Qin Mu exclaimed, “I know Fire Celestial’s weakness!”
Long Qilin immediately understood. “Fire Celestial’s weakness is Nether Realm divine abilities! This is a fatal weakness! No, it’s a weakness that could kill him!”
Qin Mu nodded. “His disciples couldn’t put out my demonic fire, which means Fire Celestial doesn’t understand it either. His mastery of Nether Realm divine abilities is extremely low. That also means that although Fire Celestial’s primordial spirit is strong, his soul is very weak. This weakness can be called a fatal weakness!”
Fire Celestial had killed the Southern Emperor, refined and absorbed all of the Southern Emperor’s cultivation and Dao attainments for himself. His mana was incredibly vast. Even if he wasn’t first among the Ten Celestials, he was definitely in the top three. His mastery of fire-based divine abilities was unparalleled, and he had integrated at least eighteen Emperor Seat cultivation techniques. His strength ranked him among the upper echelon of the Ten Celestials.
However, his weakness was too great!
The one who could easily put him to death was Earth Lord’s daughter, Void Celestial!
“Fire Celestial should know about this weakness of his, which is why he stays close to Void Celestial. He isn’t as hot-tempered as others guess; on the contrary, he is quite calculating.”
Qin Mu thought to himself. “Besides Void Celestial, there is also Nether Celestial. It seems he and Nether Celestial have fallen out. Could this be the reason?”
“In fact, the Nether King could also threaten him. His weakness is too great. No matter how well he hides it, there will always be traces left behind…”
Fire Celestial’s merits and faults would only become apparent when a foreign enemy invaded the Southern Heaven, plunging it into chaos and disaster, leaving it utterly defenseless, and the people were slaughtered. Only then would his sins be revealed. Only then would his ideals and convictions crumble, and he would realize his mistake. Before that, he would always be the one who sheltered the people of this region, the one who, despite having all sorts of strange doctrines, still protected the people here.
His merits and faults were something the people of the Southern Heaven couldn’t see now. In fact, if people from Yancheng came to the Southern Heaven, some might even think the Southern Heaven was a pure land on earth.
If Qin Mu forcibly claimed he was guilty of heinous crimes, it would only anger the people of the Southern Heaven, making them shout for his head. He wouldn’t be understood.
Judging a person’s merits and faults requires a long span of time. Only when the dust of history settles can one know where the mistakes lie.
Qin Mu calmed his mind, found a scenic and serene spot in the Southern Heaven, visualized a few rooms, and carefully studied Ling Celestial’s notes.
These past few days, he had gained many insights during his contemplation, but they hadn’t yet formed a system.
Long Qilin and Yan’er, finally able to settle down for a while, ran around joyfully, leaving Qin Mu undisturbed in his peace. He took out the potted plant and placed it on the table, then walked into the potted plant itself, entering the house inside.
The tea on the table was still warm. Qin Mu picked up the teacup. This tea was probably left by Wei Suifeng. He sniffed it; the fragrance was refreshing.
Qin Mu sipped the tea while consulting the notes.
Ling Celestial’s notes were mostly about the Dao of Creation, but they were extremely abstruse and difficult to understand, exhausting all principles of mathematics and logic.
Qin Mu was also a master of the Dao of Creation, yet he found reading Ling Celestial’s notes incredibly taxing. Sometimes he had to use a computational divine weapon to frantically calculate before he could understand the meaning of the words.
“No wonder the Heavenly Court obtained Ling Celestial’s notes for forty thousand years and still couldn’t decipher the content. Even if these notes were given to the Dao Ancestor to read, he might not be able to figure them out.”
Qin Mu couldn’t help but admire. The knowledge involved in Ling Celestial’s notes was extremely broad. A large part of it had already left the realm of mathematics and numbers, which couldn’t solve it.
And by the later content of her notes, her insights had left the Dao of Creation and reached another realm: no birth, no aging, no death, no disease, no disaster, no pain.
She realized that all changes were changes in matter. Human birth, aging, sickness, and death were changes brought about by changes in matter. Humans becoming gods was also a change in matter.
Qin Mu even felt that almost all ancient gods were composed of matter. As long as matter existed, Ling Celestial’s divine abilities could restrain them.
However, Ling Celestial’s notes contained no records or arguments about the power of this divine ability. She seemed more like a scholar studying knowledge, not seeking how powerful the divine ability could be.
But Qin Mu saw a terrifying possibility in her divine abilities!
“Perhaps the number one divine ability of the acquired great Dao is not the Kai Emperor’s Sword Dao, but Ling Celestial’s Unchanging Divine Ability. Her philosophy can completely transform into the most terrifying divine ability in the world!”
Qin Mu suddenly shivered. Ling Celestial’s divine ability might not be able to deal with existences born from the Dao itself, like the Heavenly Duke, the Earth Lord, the Empress, Yuan Mu, and the Celestial Yin Goddess, but dealing with the Heavenly Emperor and the Grand Emperor would be very simple.
She could even send the Heavenly Emperor back into his egg!
Ling Celestial was not skilled in combat, but Qin Mu had crawled his way out of countless battles and killings. As long as the shell of the Heavenly Emperor Tai Chu’s egg still existed, Ling Celestial could definitely use the principle of matter’s unchanging nature to stuff the Heavenly Emperor Tai Chu back into his egg, preventing him from ever being born!
As for the Grand Emperor’s supreme primordial spirit consciousness, it would be completely suppressed, with no chance of turning the tables!
Finally, Qin Mu finished reading all the notes. He unconsciously yawned, lay down on the desk, and fell into a deep sleep.
His snoring began. Suddenly, a bulge rose from his hair, and a tiny Qin Mu poked his head out, looking around. Finding no one around, he became excited and let out a shout.
Then, thousands upon thousands of tiny Qin Mus swarmed out, crawling out of Qin Mu’s dream. They jumped up and down, pulled out Ling Celestial’s notes, some sitting on the ground, some on the desk, and some lying on top of Qin Mu’s head, all diligently studying them.