Chapter 1149: Dismantling (Third Update!)
Qin Mu steadied his mind and continued to examine the area. Beneath the cracked ancient god egg lay a small, circular pit.
He couldn't help but pause, startled. He had seen this kind of circular pit before.
On the Creator Continent in the Blood Rust Zone, there were countless altars, and almost every single one had such a circular pit.
Within those pits gathered the sacrificial power of the Creators. This sacrificial power evolved into wonders, manifesting as ancient gods in various forms like Heaven Duke, Earth Mother, and Earth Lord, possessing incredibly formidable combat strength!
"Could it be that the Creators were imitating this kind of altar, gathering their divine consciousness to visualize these ancient god-shaped war machines?"
Qin Mu pondered deeply as he walked towards the ancient god egg that had split in two. The Creators must have learned a portion of the ancient gods' knowledge, and thus designed altars similar to those of the ancient god Heavenly Emperor, Primordial Beginning.
"The eggshell is a good thing. This ancient god who emerged didn't know how precious his own eggshell was, so he ran away as soon as he was born!"
He arrived before the eggshell at the center of the altar. The eggshell was simply too massive, forcing him to look up.
This ancient god egg was in no way smaller than the ancient god egg of the Heavenly Emperor, Primordial Beginning.
"Where did that ancient god who broke out of the shell go? Could the great terror that Heavenly Emperor Primordial Beginning spoke of be him?"
Qin Mu blinked. Back then, the ancient god Heavenly Emperor led a group of ancient gods to seal the Ancestral Court. While there was certainly the intention to seal away his own inglorious past, it was also likely an attempt to seal away terrifying beasts like the Void Beast.
And the Void Beast seemed to be a chimera formed from different ancient giant beasts, not born from heaven and earth, but rather a terrifying creature artificially created to annihilate the world.
Could the one who created the beasts be this ancient god who emerged from this eggshell?
"Regardless, this ancient god left a flaw!"
Qin Mu exerted all his strength, dragging the eggshell and pulling it into his glabella, storing it within the Qin Continent. The eggshell was so large it nearly covered half of the Qin Continent.
He didn't have enough dharma power yet to refine the eggshell to a smaller size, so he had to leave it for now.
The two ancient god eggs he had obtained before had both been refined—one was refined to be much smaller by the ancient god Heavenly Emperor, and the other was refined as a treasure by the Black Tortoise and Vermilion Bird Emperors, becoming the core of the Lapis Lazuli Blue Sky Canopy.
If he possessed their level of dharma power, Qin Mu could also refine the eggshell to be smaller.
"Now that I've figured out the runes of one Primordial Beginning egg, obtaining this eggshell will allow me to understand the Great Way of the ancient god, Primordial Beginning."
His eyes flickered. He dragged the other half of the eggshell, thinking to himself, "Once I find a good spot here and establish a firm foothold, I'll try to break Ling Tianzun's divine ability and rescue the Senior Brother first!"
He stacked the two halves of the eggshell together to avoid obstructing the view from his vertical eye on his glabella.
But no sooner had he put away the two halves of the eggshell than the ground began to shake violently!
A chill ran down Qin Mu's spine. Without a second thought, he swept up Yan'er and Dragon Qilin, stowing them into the Lapis Lazuli Blue Sky Canopy, and sprinted outward!
The Lapis Lazuli Blue Sky Canopy blazed with light, a dazzling array of treasures shimmering in a riot of colors. The treasures within the canopy had been crudely refined by the Black Tortoise and Vermilion Bird Emperors, not exquisitely done—in Qin Mu's view, it was a waste of divine materials.
But the problem was that the Lapis Lazuli Blue Sky Canopy contained far too many treasures, and any single one of them was a rare artifact even in the Ancestral Court. Although the refining technique was mediocre, their power was extraordinary.
Qin Mu propped up the Lapis Lazuli Blue Sky Canopy, manifesting the Twenty-Eight Heavens, and charged outward!
At that moment, countless Chaos Stones from this primordial mine vein rained down from above. Each stone was imbued with the vast, boundless Chaos Qi, incredibly heavy. They crashed against the Lapis Lazuli Blue Sky Canopy, causing the various treasures to continuously radiate light. The light formed orderly patterns of Dao runes, resisting the power of the Chaos Stones.
A muffled roar escaped Qin Mu's throat as he furiously activated the Overlord Body Three Dan Technique, madly rushing outward. However, the falling Chaos Stones grew larger and larger, even beginning to smash through layer after layer of the heavens!
With a thought, Qin Mu reversed the Twenty-Eight Heavens, constantly altering the order of the different heavens to redirect the crashing Chaos Stones behind him.
His physical body swelled up section by section, channeling all his primal energy and divine consciousness into his flesh, transforming it into raw physical power.
From every acupoint in his body, radiant mists rose, within which Dao sounds sang loudly. The image of Heaven Duke appeared above his crown, the ancient god Heavenly Emperor sat in the Celestial Court of his glabella, the Twin Lotuses of Return to Nothingness bloomed at the soles of his feet, Earth Lord was in his dantian, and Earth Mother took root in his heart and lungs.
Throughout his acupoints, the host of stars and constellations manifested. His eyes were the Great Sun and the Great Yin, his five fingers were the Five Luminaries—though a double set of Five Luminaries. The Thirty-Six Heavenly Stars and the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends were arrayed across his chest and back.
In the Eastern Heavenly Palace, the Azure Dragon commanded the eastern stars; in the Western Heavenly Palace, the White Tiger commanded the western stars; in the Southern Heavenly Palace, the Vermilion Bird commanded the southern stars; in the Northern Heavenly Palace, the Black Tortoise commanded the northern stars.
The layout of the stars around his body differed from the current heaven and earth; it was a form of the host of stars and constellations he had reshaped by absorbing the Great Emperor's supreme divine consciousness.
However, the Great Emperor used divine consciousness to strengthen his physical body, while Qin Mu used a two-pronged approach, using both divine consciousness and primal energy to strengthen his flesh.
This was the first time he had pushed his physical body to its peak!
He had no idea how much power his physical body could contain, nor had he ever considered how strong his body would become when he used his divine consciousness, as formidable as an Imperial Throne existence, to strengthen it.
But now, as he activated the Overlord Body Three Dan Technique, Qin Mu felt as if he had grasped the power of a primordial ancient god capable of splitting heaven and earth. With a mere gesture, he could shift the stars, pluck the moon, and seize the sun!
If this power were unleashed, even an existence at the level of the Empyrean wouldn't be able to withstand his supreme martial arts divine ability!
As for his primal energy cultivation, it didn't contribute much to his physical strength.
His primal energy cultivation was only between the Execution Platform and the Jade Capital realms. However, he used his primal energy to form various Great Dao runes, branding them into his flesh, which further enhanced his physical strength and endurance!
He charged forward, enduring the falling Chaos Stones, while simultaneously manipulating the Lapis Lazuli Blue Sky Canopy. The various heavens constantly shifted, redirecting the Chaos Stones that had smashed through them.
His steps were swift as he rushed into the mine tunnel, running upward along the path he had taken.
Just then, the road ahead suddenly collapsed. With a thunderous roar, the mine tunnel caved in, burying the path.
The collapsing road surged towards him. Qin Mu's scalp tingled. Leaning on the Lapis Lazuli Blue Sky Canopy, he bellowed, "Please, treasure, unleash your full power!"
The moment his words fell, the mine tunnel he was in collapsed with a deafening crash!
Countless Chaos Stones pressed down on the Lapis Lazuli Blue Sky Canopy, crushing the Twenty-Eight Heavens smaller and smaller. Qin Mu was also crushed, his bones cracking and popping. On the surface of his body, his skin kept exploding, and beneath the skin, blue veins bulged, splitting the skin!
The various runes branded into his skin by his primal energy kept exploding and annihilating.
Qin Mu's eyes were bloodshot. He hissed, "You, a mine vein ancient god, can't even withstand the mountain range where this ancient god was born?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the celestial sphere of the Lapis Lazuli Blue Sky Canopy suddenly blazed with light. The Twenty-Eight Heavens spun wildly. Dragon Qilin and Yan'er, within the heavens, felt themselves tossed up and down, left and right, losing all sense of direction, dizzy and disoriented!
The massive falling stones in the mine tunnel were flung away, and the path through the tunnel reappeared!
Qin Mu made his decision on the spot. Leaning on the Lapis Lazuli Blue Sky Canopy, he charged outward along the path.