Chapter 1217: The Grand Emperor Returns to Life (Third Update)
"Teacher's cultivation is so low." Qin Mu shook his head and walked forward.
The Woodcutter Sage followed him angrily, clutching the bent paper axe, fuming with silent frustration.
Qin Mu hadn't broken through the suppression of the Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain by relying on his own magical power; rather, he was too familiar with the Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain, even able to activate it himself. Of course, his domain couldn't compare to the Grand Emperor's, but the Grand Emperor's Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain also had significant flaws, allowing Qin Mu to remain unaffected.
The Woodcutter Sage, however, was genuinely lacking in cultivation.
As the group drew closer to the cliff, one of the palace maid corpses beneath the banner suddenly twitched. Qin Mu's heart leaped. He channeled his magical power and let out a low shout, causing the incense sticks inserted into the foreheads of the palace maids to tremble slightly, freezing the corpses in place.
Martial Dao Heavenly Master strode forward quickly, only to see the incense sticks on the maids' foreheads suddenly burn at an accelerated rate. In an instant, they were consumed entirely, and the ashes fell!
"Martial Dao Emperor, there's something wrong with the corpses!" Qin Mu shouted urgently.
Martial Dao Heavenly Master Zhuo Cha had already reached the corpses when, suddenly, beneath the banner, the bodies stood up stiffly. Qin Mu hurriedly flew over!
His incense sticks weren't solely meant to pierce the palace maids to death; they also served to seal the bodies. This was the Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain, saturated with the Grand Emperor's divine consciousness. Qin Mu feared the Grand Emperor's consciousness might seize the chance to invade these corpses, so he used the incense to lock them down.
But now, the incense had burned away completely, clearly indicating that the Grand Emperor's consciousness had already entered the maids' bodies, parasitizing them and breaking through Qin Mu's suppression with terrifying divine power!
Martial Dao Heavenly Master clenched his fist. This old farmer, whose face was always turned to the earth and back to the sky, hadn't even thrown a punch yet, but his fist intent pierced the heavens, tearing through the void.
He punched out repeatedly. The palace maids all turned their heads toward him simultaneously, letting out piercing shrieks. The ear-splitting cries carried a surge of terrifying divine consciousness, forming a Great Luo Heaven before them!
Martial Dao Heavenly Master's fist struck the center of that Great Luo Heaven. A series of explosions rang out, and the heads of the palace maids burst open almost simultaneously!
His fist intent and spirit were far too powerful. With that single punch, he shattered the Grand Emperor's divine consciousness, crushing the Grand Emperor's presence within the maids and exploding their brains.
Martial Dao Heavenly Master Zhuo Cha withdrew his fist, but the headless palace maids leaped together, jumping off the cliff.
Zhuo Cha paused, then quickly strode to the cliff's edge. Below, the headless maids floated in the air, drifting slowly toward the center of this lotus-shaped continent.
Di Yiyue and the others arrived, standing atop the cliff and looking down. Qin Mu also came over, watching as large divine weapon components floated out of the pouches at the maids' waists, slowly assembling themselves in midair.
"Not good!"
Qin Mu's heart jolted. He said urgently, "The Grand Emperor is about to break free! We need to leave immediately!"
Di Yiyue laughed. "Those divine weapon components are assembling so slowly. If we just take them away, he won't be able to escape!"
She took a step off the cliff, but the moment she left, the divine weapons' assembly speed increased dozens of times, startling her.
As she took that step, Martial Dao Heavenly Master Zhuo Cha reached out to grab her, intending to pull her back, but Di Yiyue's cultivation surpassed his, and he grasped nothing.
Zhuo Cha hurried forward, and then he noticed the bizarre scene.
In his eyes, Di Yiyue's movements had become extremely slow. When he looked back at the cliff, the people there were moving at an inconceivably fast pace!
As he rushed toward Di Yiyue, her speed gradually returned to normal, while the group on the cliff grew faster and faster.
Qin Mu took out the Grand Emperor Seal and the Grand Emperor Altar, standing on the altar as he flew toward them, pulling them onto it. Only then did Martial Dao Heavenly Master and Di Yiyue feel everything around them return to normal.
Qin Mu looked at the divine weapon components, which had already locked together.
"Too late to stop it!"
Qin Mu urged the altar back toward the cliff, saying gravely, "The Grand Emperor's reincarnated body, Qiang Heavenly Venerable, has already arrived in the Grand Void. She must be nearby! If we don't leave now, even the Ark of the Other Shore won't be safe!"
The group quickly reached the cliff and hurried toward the Ark of the Other Shore.
Qin Mu looked back and saw the divine weapons interlocked, forming a massive sphere.
The sphere was covered in strange runes, rotating unhurriedly within the Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain. One by one, the runes lit up, projecting their images into the domain.
Di Shitian started the Ark of the Other Shore, steering it outward. The ship's speed gradually increased. Qin Mu looked back into the Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain and saw the sphere rolling, circling the Grand Emperor's enormous body in a path that never repeated.
As it rolled, it projected more runic imprints into the domain.
"After so many years, the Grand Emperor has finally cracked the formation set by Ling Tianzun and Yun Tianzun. That's no small feat."
Just as he thought this, his expression shifted. He shouted, "Ark of the Other Shore, dive into the void!"
Di Shitian Li Youran pushed the Ark of the Other Shore to full power. The massive vessel roared as it plunged into the void. At that moment, on the lotus continent, the Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain enveloping the Grand Emperor's body began to spin wildly!
The Creator clan chiefs and elders, also frozen within the domain, aged visibly as their flesh withered, while the wounds on the Grand Emperor's body began to heal themselves.
Boom—
Qin Mu saw the Grand Emperor raise his hand, fingers spread wide, reaching toward the Ark of the Other Shore from afar.
At the same time, the Ark of the Other Shore pierced through the void, vanishing from this world.
The next moment, the void shattered. Everyone on the ship and in the Netherworld turned to look back. They saw that ancient, massive hand, fingers splayed, even larger than the Ark of the Other Shore!
Between the fingers were clouds and mist, thunder and lightning. The fingerprints on those fingers rose like ravines, growing deeper as they approached, like bottomless chasms!
The Grand Emperor, truly worthy of being revered by the Creators as the possessor of the strongest physical body in history!
—Of course, in Qin Mu's mind, the Heavenly Emperor Tai Chu had the strongest physical body.
That massive hand moved with incredible speed, about to grab the Ark of the Other Shore. Martial Dao Heavenly Master Zhuo Cha roared in fury, his hair standing on end as he launched himself from the ship, fists clenched, charging at the Grand Emperor's hand.
Di Yiyue, Tian Shu, Yan Wang, Yu Weng, Qing Huang, Di Shitian, and other experts all attacked the giant hand. The Woodcutter Sage took down his axe, ready to charge forward, but Qin Mu grabbed him.
"Teacher, don't bother joining the fray."
Qin Mu said helplessly, "Your cultivation is too low. Go check how the furnace is burning—whether the fire is strong enough. If it's insufficient, add some medicinal stones..."
The Woodcutter Sage laughed in anger.
Suddenly, an incredibly violent shockwave erupted. Martial Dao Heavenly Master spat blood and flew back. Even the mightiest Martial Dao Emperor's martial arts techniques could only barely shake the fingers of that giant hand.