Chapter 1133: The Opening Emperor Visits the Heavenly Court (Third Update)
Jiang Baigui transformed his own primordial energy into five hundred thousand divine demons, while Yue Tingge took command of the Dragon Mountain Grand Array Diagram, activating various formations, waiting for him to break them.
This was an array diagram that had remained unsolved for hundreds of thousands of years since the Dragon Han era. Among the successive Heavenly Masters, none were unaware of it. Yue Tingge had become famous throughout the world precisely because he cracked the Dragon Mountain Grand Array Diagram, earning the title of the First Heavenly Master of the Heavenly Court!
Now, personally controlling the Dragon Mountain Grand Array Diagram, he unleashed a dazzling array of formation changes. Anyone lacking sufficient intelligence would be overwhelmed just by glimpsing the instantaneous shifts, dizzy and disoriented, unable to tell east from west, let alone break the formation.
Jiang Baigui’s army of five hundred thousand divine demons, born from his primordial energy, charged straight in. Unlike Shang Pingyin from years past, who broke formations methodically and steadily, Jiang Baigui directly mobilized his forces to the zenith of the Twenty-Eight Heavens!
Yue Tingge sighed, realizing that Jiang Baigui had instantly grasped the key to cracking the Dragon Mountain Grand Array Diagram.
And that key was something Yue Tingge had taken many years to figure out.
The zenith was where the Celestial Sphere lay, and the Celestial Sphere was none other than the ancient divine egg of the Glazed Azure Sky Canopy.
Jiang Baigui led his superior forces to approach the ancient divine egg, but instead of attacking it, he placed mirrors all around it, sealing it off.
He set up a reverse formation, and to Yue Tingge’s astonishment, Jiang Baigui arranged his five hundred thousand troops into ten thousand different formations, even more exquisite than those in the Dragon Mountain Grand Array Diagram!
Yue Tingge was dumbfounded!
The core of the ten thousand formations in the Dragon Mountain Grand Array Diagram was the ancient divine egg. Jiang Baigui had seized it with overwhelming force at the first opportunity, deploying the Twenty-Eight Heavens formation around it. Using the ancient divine egg as the core, he turned the tables, displacing the original Twenty-Eight Heavens formation of the Dragon Mountain Grand Array Diagram!
Thus, his own array diagram replaced the Dragon Mountain Grand Array Diagram, becoming a new Twenty-Eight Heavens array diagram with the Dragon Mountain Grand Array Diagram as its core!
Yue Tingge could no longer reverse the Twenty-Eight Heavens. Instead, Jiang Baigui, having seized control, reversed them, swiftly dismantling every formation in the Dragon Mountain Grand Array Diagram, leaving none behind!
Yue Tingge sighed, dispelled his primordial energy, and said, "You are a genius. This formation is the Dragon Mountain Grand Array Diagram of the Recluse of Dragon Mountain, but this treasure is the foremost divine artifact under heaven, the Glazed Azure Sky Canopy. Now, you have even broken the Glazed Azure Sky Canopy, using the fewest troops and the least casualties. Truly worthy of being the First Heavenly Master of Yankang!"
Jiang Baigui also withdrew his primordial energy and asked, "Did Heavenly Master Yue also break the formation using this method?"
Yue Tingge, with an air of pride, clasped his hands behind his back and nodded, but then his momentum deflated, and he said dejectedly, "I did not use this method. After I attacked the Celestial Sphere, I employed a wedge-driving approach, driving wedges one by one into the Twenty-Eight Heavens to limit their changes. I used a million troops, and the casualties were immense..."
He then perked up, smiling, "You just said your senior brother surpasses you in everything except wisdom, which is slightly below yours. That sounds familiar. May I ask who this junior brother of yours is?"
Jiang Baigui replied, "Heavenly Master Yue likely hasn't heard of him. He is the Mu Zun."
Yue Tingge was taken aback, then burst into laughter: "So it's him! That kid is full of himself, acting like the sky is number one and he's number two! I've long found him insufferable!"
He nodded repeatedly, his face glowing with pride: "That kid excels at everything and speaks in a way that drives people crazy, enough to suffocate half to death! But his wisdom just doesn't match ours!"
Jiang Baigui nodded vigorously, feeling the same.
The two exchanged a knowing smile, feeling a sense of kindred spirits, both experiencing a thrill of intellectual superiority over Qin Mu.
The Heavenly Court.
Qin Mu stepped out of the Spiritual Energy Teleportation Bridge, thinking to himself, "I wonder how the battle in the Taixu Realm is going. Can the Opening Emperor and Langhuan hold off the Heavenly Court's assault?"
He felt a bit uneasy.
The alliance between Wuyou Township and the creators of the Other Shore Void had been orchestrated by him, the Saint Infant of the creators. Forging weapons in the Taixu Realm, stirring the blood of Wuyou Township, and reigniting their reforms were also his plans.
If the Heavenly Court gathered a massive army of divine demons, Wuyou Township and the Other Shore Void might truly be unable to withstand it.
He looked around and noticed that the Heavenly Court was much emptier. Originally, despite its vastness, the Heavenly Court was teeming with divine demons, bustling with activity everywhere.
Now, nearly half of the Heavenly Court's forces had been redeployed, and the Heavenly Streets seemed sparser, with fewer people strolling about.
"It seems the Heavenly Court has gathered overwhelming forces to invade the Taixu, aiming to settle the matter in one decisive battle. That is indeed the most time- and effort-saving approach!"
Qin Mu's heart tightened. Such a strategy would require the mobilization of the Ten Zun, given that the Taixu Realm contained two Zun-level beings, the Opening Emperor and Langhuan. He wondered how many of the Ten Zun had been dispatched!
"If the Opening Emperor can hold out, it will become a war of attrition, giving the Taixu Realm a chance to forge weapons. If not, they'll have to retreat to the Void Bridge."
Qin Mu narrowed his eyes, gazing at the distant Yujing City. For the Ten Zun to eliminate the Opening Emperor and Langhuan without suffering losses, they would need at least six Zun.
To achieve a complete victory with minimal losses, that was the only way.
The Heavenly Court also needed two Zun to remain, controlling the Heavenly Emperor's physical body, guarding the court, and guarding against attacks from the Heavenly Duke and Earth Lord.
"I wonder how many Zun have gone to the Taixu Realm..."
As he pondered, suddenly a tremendous sword aura erupted from the rear palace of the Heavenly Court. Qin Mu's heart jolted, and he quickly looked over. A beam of sword light shot up from the Heavenly Emperor's rear palace, manifesting as the phantom of the Thirty-Four Heavens Sword Dao, suppressing the entire Heavenly Court!
The sword light rose from the ground, and immediately, the divine palaces and halls in the Heavenly Court emitted cracking sounds, splitting apart as if cleaved by a sharp blade!
Qin Mu heard a deafening crash behind him and turned to see the Southern Heavenly Gate of the Heavenly Court split neatly in two!
"Opening Emperor Qin Ye, visiting the Dragon Han Heavenly Court, seeking an audience with His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor!"
The Opening Emperor's voice came from the Heavenly Emperor's rear palace in Yujing City, resonant as a bell, echoing in the ears of everyone in the Heavenly Court.
The Heavenly Court erupted in uproar.
Although half of the Heavenly Court's forces had been dispatched to the Taixu, there were still many garrison commanders. The Left and Right Yulin Armies, Left and Right Shenwei Armies, and Left and Right Shence Armies—six Imperial Guard divisions—hundreds of thousands of divine demons—rose into the air, formed formations in midair, and charged toward the rear palace.
Qin Mu quickly soared into the sky to observe from above.
"Your Majesty's divine might covers the world, yet why do you hide in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, cowering and refusing to show your face?"
The Opening Emperor drew the Wuyou Sword, lightly traced it in the rear palace, and instantly the sword split the void. Space continuously unfolded, separating the six charging Imperial Guard divisions from him!
Those divine demons raced frantically, trying to fly toward him, but the space kept expanding. No matter how fast they flew, they could not approach the Opening Emperor.
The Opening Emperor flicked the Wuyou Sword back into its sheath and strode toward the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, laughing heartily, "I heard that the Ten Zun have usurped the court, long since killed His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor, and set up a puppet to fool the world!"
His steps were unhurried, yet his speed was swift. He said leisurely, "If Your Majesty is the real deal, then receive one strike from my sword!"