Chapter 1249: Heart Demon Lan Yutian (Third Update)
The two continued onward, and before long, they saw the traces left by the massive head of the divine artifact, the Imperial Heaven, crashing into the ground.
The mark looked as if a planet had slammed into the earth, leaving magma everywhere. Black smoke billowed into the sky, and countless molten rocks fell like meteors from above.
The ground was riddled with fissures, some no less vast than the Grand Canyon of the Primordial Realm, with magma surging through the ravines.
Countless mountains in the Land of Extreme Emptiness had been snapped in two. Their peaks were broken, their bodies scorched black, and many of the severed peaks had turned into volcanoes, spewing fiery power into the air.
Bai Yuqiong floated amidst space fragments of no thickness, shielding herself from the falling magma and acid rain.
This place was like hell, yet heart demons were not scarce here—in fact, they were more numerous than elsewhere.
Qin Mu observed the scene. After the head of the divine artifact, the Imperial Heaven, had crashed here, it must have bounced back up. He guessed that Hao Tianzun, realizing his dire situation, dared not stay and had mustered his last reserves of power to flee while controlling the divine artifact’s head.
He furrowed his brow slightly and said in a low voice, "Day Teacher, can you sense it?"
Bai Yuqiong was puzzled. "Sense what?"
"The chaotic divine consciousness of the shattered void."
Qin Mu’s expression turned grave as he murmured, "When Hao Tianzun crashed down, a piece of shattered void fell with him."
Bai Yuqiong’s heart tightened as she surveyed their surroundings.
Her mastery of divine consciousness was far inferior to Qin Mu’s, so she was not as sensitive as he was. She could barely detect those ownerless divine consciousnesses and had not noticed the void fragments.
Qin Mu looked up at the sky and was stunned.
He actually saw the entrance to the Extreme Emptiness!
The entrance to the Extreme Emptiness hung in the sky, so close to the Land of Extreme Emptiness!
"The Land of Extreme Emptiness was preserved only because it was extremely far from the entrance to the Extreme Emptiness. Even a Tianzun would need several days to travel here, and the Heavenly Court’s army would take over a year to reach the Land of Extreme Emptiness! From the Heavenly Court to the Extreme Emptiness, it also takes over a year. Now that it’s this close, the Land of Extreme Emptiness is probably doomed."
Qin Mu’s heart sank. "It’s too close. We must find Hao Tianzun and eliminate him as quickly as possible. If the Heavenly Court’s reinforcements arrive, there will be no chance!"
He frowned and looked around, noticing that more and more chaotic divine consciousness was gathering here. This place seemed to hold an immense attraction for those chaotic consciousnesses.
"With so much ownerless divine consciousness piling up here, this place will soon become another shattered void."
Bai Yuqiong led him deeper into the area. Suddenly, a giant figure fell from the sky, crashed to the ground, and died on the spot!
It was a Creator, not a corpse walker, likely from the Other Shore Void. He had come to find Hao Tianzun but had met an unfortunate end.
Qin Mu looked up and his heart skipped a beat. The one who had killed this Creator was a bizarre figure.
It was the Heart Demon Emperor.
More precisely, it was an imagined version of the Emperor.
This Heart Demon Emperor had three heads and six arms, was hideously ugly, with a green face and fangs, a ferocious and malevolent expression, and eyes all over his body.
Although the Emperor was not particularly handsome, he was at least an emperor who had ruled the ancient times, possessing a dignified bearing. This Heart Demon Emperor, however, was nothing but savage cruelty.
The main reason Qin Mu could recognize this as the Heart Demon Emperor was that the words "Emperor" were written right on its face!
Clearly, the dead Creator had never been to the Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain to see the real Emperor. He had imagined the Emperor’s appearance, and the Emperor became his heart demon. When he entered this place, the heart demon manifested into reality and killed him.
"Opening Emperor and Lang Wan have also sent experts!"
Qin Mu breathed a sigh of relief. He had worried that he and Bai Yuqiong might not be a match for Hao Tianzun, but since both the Opening Emperor and Lang Wan had dispatched strong warriors, perhaps they could truly bury Hao Tianzun here!
"Mu Tianzun, this place is getting more dangerous. We must suppress our heart demons with all our might!"
Bai Yuqiong said rapidly, "Have you learned the Great Brahma Heavenly King Buddha’s Non-Thinking and Non-Non-Thinking? Activating that technique can prevent this place’s bizarre divine consciousness from turning your heart demons into reality!"
Qin Mu shook his head. "I haven’t learned it. I don’t need to, because my Dao heart is extremely stable. I have no heart demons. Since I was a child, I was told I was the Overlord Body, unparalleled in the world. This confidence and belief have always supported me. Besides, I have experienced too many great rights and wrongs, great rises and falls. My Dao heart is clear and bright. It’s impossible for me to still harbor a heart demon that I fear."
Bai Yuqiong activated the Non-Thinking and Non-Non-Thinking technique and said, "I have a heart demon. My heart demon is the Nether Heavenly Emperor. He is the greatest demon in my heart. I must shield my Dao heart from this heart demon, or else this strange place will give birth to an incredibly terrifying Nether Heavenly Emperor."
Qin Mu walked alongside her, looking around. He saw countless broken mountains shrouded in black mist, fire meteors falling like rain, and great peaks spewing magma.
In the darkness, many heart demons and corpse walkers lurked or roamed.
The Heavenly Court’s army had already arrived here. The fluctuations of divine abilities came from ahead, suggesting that the Heavenly Court’s strong warriors had encountered formidable foes!
They hurried forward. Qin Mu felt the divine consciousness here accumulating more and more, mixed with demonic aura and nature, posing an increasing threat to their Dao hearts.
Bai Yuqiong, in particular, found that even with the Non-Thinking and Non-Non-Thinking technique stabilizing her Dao heart, she could not avoid the infiltration of this divine consciousness.
She could clearly sense waves of terrifying demonic nature invading, making her state of mind increasingly unstable!
As they drew closer to the battle ahead, Bai Yuqiong found it harder and harder to endure. She glanced at Qin Mu, only to see him still calm and unhurried. She silently praised him: "Mu Tianzun truly is..."
Just as she thought this, she suddenly saw a look of terror appear on Qin Mu’s face as he stared straight ahead.
Bai Yuqiong quickly looked forward and saw Qin Mu’s heart demon emerging from the void.
It was a chubby little boy, identical to the Lan Yutian hiding inside the lantern!
Bai Yuqiong’s expression froze. "Mu Tianzun said he was the Overlord Body with unparalleled confidence. How could his heart demon be his younger brother, Lan Yutian?"
That Heart Demon Lan Yutian walked toward Qin Mu. As soon as it lifted its foot, the Spiritual Embryo Divine Treasury burst open with a bang! The Starry River, Heavenly River, Four Extremes, Primordial Capital, Nether Capital, and Return to Ruins all emerged within the embryo!
Then, the Ancestral Court appeared, vast and majestic, with magnificent landscapes!
Bai Yuqiong saw Qin Mu’s eyelid twitch. Clearly, Lan Yutian truly was the heart demon of this self-proclaimed Dao-heart-stable Mu Tianzun!
"Their techniques... no, it’s their paths of cultivation that are really similar!"
Bai Yuqiong immediately understood why Lan Yutian had become Qin Mu’s heart demon. Their cultivation paths were very alike, but one was forward and the other was reverse!
"Although Mu Tianzun has always been arrogant and overbearing, deep down, he has always felt he couldn’t measure up to Lan Yutian. That’s why Lan Yutian became his heart demon!"
Bai Yuqiong was about to step forward and slay the Heart Demon Lan Yutian to prevent Qin Mu from dying, but then she stopped and let out a silent sigh.
Her Non-Thinking and Non-Non-Thinking technique had been broken. She saw her own heart demon beginning to take shape.