Chapter 1272: Funeral on the Spot (Second Update)
This ancient giant sat in the void of space. Though headless, though missing an arm, though his body was covered in scars, he was still alive, still incomparably powerful!
As long as the Divine Consciousness Great Firmament, which resided in the ultimate void, remained, he would never die!
His voice was filled with coldness and mockery: "Celestial Venerable Mu, don't forget what you promised me. I have already accomplished the task of intercepting Celestial Venerable Hao. You should also return the Primal Chaos Origin Stone to me!"
"Return it! And I will let you live!"
"Refuse! And today, I will hold your funeral!"
Qin Mu felt a twinge of guilt. Although he had imagined various scenarios of facing the Grand Emperor demanding the Primal Chaos Origin Stone, and had even devised countermeasures, facing this invincible overlord from the primordial era directly still made him uneasy.
"Grand Emperor, our agreement was to intercept Celestial Venerable Hao and prevent him from descending into the Grand Void! Did you accomplish that?"
Qin Mu looked up at the Grand Emperor's headless body and declared loudly, "You did not! Celestial Venerable Hao is still safely stationed in the Grand Void, ruling there quite comfortably! Since you failed to fulfill the agreement, how dare you come to demand the Primal Chaos Origin Stone?"
The Grand Emperor said coldly, "I severely wounded Celestial Venerable Hao. His injuries won't heal for at least a hundred thousand years. He is a cripple now. Even if he rules the Grand Void, it serves no purpose. Regardless of the outcome, your goal has been achieved. Hand over the Primal Chaos Origin Stone."
Qin Mu sneered, "He was saved by another egg-born ancient god, Grand Simplicity, and has already recovered nine heavenly palaces. Dare you call him a cripple? You failed to keep your promise..."
"You can have your funeral now."
The Grand Emperor said indifferently, "The appearance of Grand Simplicity was an unforeseen event. I did what I promised you, yet you want to go back on your word. Sending you to your funeral and retrieving the Origin Stone from your corpse is ten thousand times easier than fighting Celestial Venerable Hao!"
With a *shing*, Qin Mu pulled out Celestial Venerable Ling's hairpin and laughed heartily, "Grand Emperor, don't forget that Celestial Venerable Ling's Immutable Divine Ability counters your skills! Do you want to perish together with me?"
"Perish together? Hahaha, Celestial Venerable Mu, you overestimate yourself far too much, and you overestimate Celestial Venerable Ling as well."
A voice came from within the Grand Emperor's chest cavity, leisurely: "In your incredibly narrow field of vision, you probably think that Celestial Venerable Ling's divine ability completely suppresses me, and that by learning her ability, you can bargain with me. You probably think that with a mere ancient god egg, you can have backing and chat with me as equals. You are wrong."
The unparalleled giant stood up, his palm holding Qin Mu, the Grand Beginning Egg, the bodies of the Empress and her sister, and the funeral procession, as he walked through the vast expanse of space.
"You are terribly wrong."
"Not only are you wrong, but Celestial Venerable Yun was also wrong, and Celestial Venerable Ling was wrong as well."
His strides were enormous, moving countless times faster than the movement of stars. The space beneath his feet continuously collapsed and shattered: "Where are the heroes of old? All are but dreams and illusions. Celestial Venerable Yun is dead, Celestial Venerable Ling is trapped by her own divine ability, and even the Heavenly Emperor, Grand Beginning, had his physical body taken by me. His reincarnated self only dares to act like a cowardly grandson?"
"Do you think Celestial Venerable Yun killed me? Do you think Celestial Venerable Ling killed me?"
"Unfortunately, they are all dead, while I am still here."
"I reside high above in the Divine Consciousness Great Firmament. What you all exhausted yourselves to kill or wound was merely a part of me, unable to harm my true origin at all."
"Do you still think I fear Celestial Venerable Ling's Immutable Divine Ability? Do you think I would fear mere empress and her sister, or a mere ancient god inside an egg?"
Though he had no head, Qin Mu felt as if a pair of icy eyes were staring at him, at the Grand Beginning Egg, and at the bodies of Empress Nuwa and Lady Yuanmu. Those eyes revealed contempt and ridicule.
Facing an existence like the Grand Emperor, the pressure was immense.
In Qin Mu's hand, the Grand Beginning Egg secretly transmitted a voice: "Celestial Venerable Mu, based on my experience of surviving being suppressed by the Heavenly Emperor Grand Beginning for so many years, I give you a piece of advice: admit defeat."
The voice from within the egg spoke earnestly: "I really can't beat him, not at all. Back then, in the ancestral court's five major mineral veins, three of the five egg-born ancient gods were dug out by the Creators. Grand Ease had long escaped, and Grand Polarity left a fake mine and fled. If we could have fought him, would we have let the Creators dig us out to bask in the sun? Celestial Venerable Mu, admit defeat for now, and you can get your revenge later."
Qin Mu pondered for a moment, then said, "Grand Emperor, you and I can indeed fall out. I can destroy your current physical body, the Empress and her sister can erase your divine consciousness, and Brother Grand Beginning can ensure you never break the divine abilities I leave behind. Of course, I will also die by your hand. However, there is a second path we can take."
The Grand Beginning in the egg whispered, "Don't drag me into this... I was just brought here by you..."
The Grand Emperor stopped walking and sneered, "Celestial Venerable Mu, I acknowledge that you have this capability, and I acknowledge that the one in the egg has this ability. However, if your second path does not satisfy me, even if I have to sacrifice this body, I will make sure you have your funeral on the spot!"
Qin Mu breathed a sigh of relief and said seriously, "I can give you half of the Primal Chaos Origin Stone I obtained. You only half-completed the task of intercepting Celestial Venerable Hao, so to be fair, I can only give you half."
The Grand Emperor let out an angry snort.
Qin Mu quickly added, "Grand Emperor, do you think killing me and sacrificing this, your strongest physical body in history, is worth it?"
The Grand Emperor sneered, "I think it is. My Ming Fang Yu physical body was also destroyed because of you by Founding Emperor Qin Ye. This time, my body has lost its head and an arm. Do you think I still care about this body? Trading this broken body for your life and still getting the Primal Chaos Origin Stone is a good deal!"
Qin Mu laughed heartily, "With the Primal Chaos Origin Stone but without the unparalleled Grand Emperor of the Creators, what use is the stone to you? How about this, Grand Emperor? I won't haggle with you. I'll give you three-quarters of the Primal Chaos Origin Stone in my brow, keeping only a quarter for myself. In exchange, you give me Celestial Venerable Hao's heart!"
The Grand Emperor fell into thought.
Qin Mu smiled slightly and said, "I saw with my own eyes that you ripped out Celestial Venerable Hao's heart. You haven't destroyed this treasure, have you? It's of little use to you. Trading it for a quarter of the Origin Stone is still a bargain for you!"
The Grand Emperor calculated for a moment, and a massive heart flew out from the void, still beating continuously. It was a divine heart, the heart of a Celestial Venerable!
Qin Mu opened his vertical eye, channeled his power, and a rhomboid crystal slowly flew out from his brow.
After a moment, Qin Mu raised his hand and grabbed the Origin Stone.
The Grand Emperor said, "You don't have the power to cut the Origin Stone. Give it to me!"
Qin Mu ignored him, drew his sword, and slashed down. The Primal Chaos Origin Stone let out a *ding* as he cleaved it in one stroke!
The Grand Emperor's heart skipped a beat.
Qin Mu tossed three-quarters of the Origin Stone to the Grand Emperor, kept the other quarter for himself, then swept his divine consciousness to wrap up Celestial Venerable Hao's divine heart, and said, "Farewell."
The Grand Emperor laughed heartily, placed the Origin Stone on his neck, and erupted with his immensely powerful divine consciousness, spinning wildly around the stone. He visualized the stone, and in an instant, it unleashed an endless amount of energy, far surpassing what Qin Mu could ever unleash by controlling it!
The Grand Emperor's head was rapidly forming!
Before long, this prehistoric strongest physical body would likely have its wounds healed, its head regrown, and its arm restored!
--- No one gives votes if I don't ask for them. Crying as I run away~~