Chapter 1285: The Ancestral Court Holds Great Terror (Third Update)
Qin Mu bowed and expressed his thanks.
He had arrived filled with anger, but now his rage had completely dissipated.
“Senior Brother Taiyi, the experts from the previous cosmic era aren’t that difficult to deal with. Why do you need to be so cautious?”
He voiced the question in his heart, saying, “Judging by that expert’s abilities, although they were exquisite, they were still somewhat inferior to the strength of the Ten Celestial Venerables.”
“That was because he hadn’t recovered to his peak state. Once he returns to his peak, his strength won’t be inferior to the Ten Celestial Venerables.”
The young Taiyi said, “Moreover, he isn’t the most powerful existence from the previous cosmic era. In that era, there were beings even stronger than him. These beings have imprinted their Dao attainments into the Ultimate Void, immortal and indestructible. Only the destruction of the universe can cause them to perish. These existences are even more formidable than the current Ten Celestial Venerables.”
Qin Mu shuddered with fear.
“Do you know what lies beneath these tree roots?”
The young Taiyi smiled and said, “You only saw one mineral vein. Among these Ten Thousand Black Mountains and sixteen rings of annual growth, only the outermost ring contains mineral veins. And there are thousands of such veins.”
He stopped Qin Mu, extended a finger into the bucket, and lifted a single crystal-clear droplet on his fingertip, saying, “You possess the most powerful divine eye, but you still cannot unleash the power of Primordial Beginning, Supreme Polarity, and Earth Lord within it. This drop of water will allow you to see what lies underground.”
He dripped this water into the vertical eye on Qin Mu’s forehead. Qin Mu felt a clarity in his eye, and the Dao contained within the Primordial Beginning eggshell and Supreme Polarity rough stone became incredibly clear and joyful!
Even the Qin Character Continent now revealed countless strands of Netherworld Dao, spreading outward like the retina of an eye!
He looked down into the earth and immediately saw the outermost underground region of the Ten Thousand Black Mountains. There, countless massive mineral veins clung to the roots of the World Tree. Some veins were close to the surface, while others were buried deep underground!
Those veins were like the roots of the World Tree, spreading in all directions, growing more ancient the deeper they went!
Within the veins, colorful rays of light flowed and surged, some even dazzling!
“What is inside the mineral veins?” Qin Mu asked, his voice hoarse.
“Haven’t you already seen them?”
The young Taiyi said leisurely, “The outer mineral veins belong to the experts of the previous cosmic era. They wanted to come here, so they first permeated their weapons or Dao into this place. Over time, they formed mineral veins underground beneath the Great Black Tree. The one you encountered last night was merely a minor figure. The truly great ones are still to come. Look at the other annual rings of the World Tree.”
Qin Mu followed his instructions and looked at the second ring of annual growth of the Ten Thousand Black Mountains. He saw that the underground of the mountain range also had a network of mineral veins, but most of these veins were already empty!
Those veins had turned into tunnels, and although the number of tunnels was less than the outermost ring, there were still one or two thousand.
He then looked at the third ring of annual growth. There, too, were tunnels left from emptied veins, but their number was much smaller.
The closer to the inner rings of the World Tree, the fewer tunnels there were. The innermost ring had no tunnels at all, and the ring just outside it had only one tunnel.
This indicated that in the earliest universe, an expert had used the World Tree to enter the next universe, sparking a wave of illegal crossings that were imitated by experts from subsequent cosmic eras.
Ultimately, in this universe, thousands of mineral veins formed, creating the spectacular sight of thousands of immortal and indestructible experts attempting to cross over.
“They are parasites.”
The young Taiyi said, “But some among them are exceptionally terrifying. Back then, if I hadn’t been left with no choice, I wouldn’t have cut down the World Tree and burned it. Yet even so, I only delayed them temporarily; I couldn’t stop them from descending.”
Qin Mu clenched his fists, then suddenly relaxed them, saying, “Perhaps their arrival isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Everyone has the instinct to survive. These people have experienced the destruction of the universe; they might be reasonable and won’t cause chaos.”
“You’re wrong again.”
The young Taiyi said, “The reason I call them parasites is because of this. Look at the earliest annual ring of the World Tree; it experienced eight hundred billion years. But by the outermost ring, it’s only six hundred million years. Each layer of annual rings is shorter than the previous one. It is precisely these beings who refuse to die that cause the new universe to be destroyed faster.”
Qin Mu fell silent.
The young Taiyi continued, “I call one cosmic era an epoch. If all the undying old monsters crowd into one epoch, it will certainly cause the new epoch to be unable to bear the burden. For example, to enter here, they used the World Tree to steal the ancient giant beasts from this place, creating Void Beasts and sending them in. They use the Void Beasts to cause death and steal the mass and energy of this universe, making it easier for them to enter this epoch.”
Qin Mu was startled: “The Void Beasts were created by them? Wait, if the Void Beasts were created by them, then how did they fall under the control of the Primordial Emperor? Could it be that the Primordial Emperor…”
“The Primordial Emperor is an ambitious man. The existences of the previous epoch merely used his ambition to control the Void Beasts, causing more deaths to hasten their own descent.”
The young Taiyi said, “The Primordial Emperor didn’t know this. He was conquered by his own desires, fearing that his people would create a new Primordial Emperor, or even more Primordial Emperors. So he used the Void Beasts to slaughter his own people. That massacre…”
He shook his head: “The Ancestral Court was nearly destroyed as a result. The undying monsters of the previous epoch obtained enough sacrifices, and the Ten Thousand Black Mountains of the Great Black Tree became an extremely terrifying place. They are about to descend completely!”
Qin Mu deeply felt a fear that came from the depths of his soul.
Just last night, a single terrifying existence preparing to descend had nearly wiped them all out. If even more powerful undying beings descended together…
He dared not imagine that scene.
“Later, seeing the situation deteriorate, I transformed into the Dao and told all the ancient gods that the Creators must be destroyed. If the Creators were not eliminated, the entire universe would be destroyed because of this.”
The young Taiyi said calmly, “Primordial Beginning, Heavenly Lord, Earth Lord, Mother Earth—all the ancient gods heard my call. The war between the Creators and the ancient gods thus erupted.”
Qin Mu’s eyes widened as he stared blankly at him.
“The battlefield was not in the Ancestral Court, but in the outer starry sky. I was afraid that the dead would become nourishment for the Great Black Tree. The brutality of that battle was unprecedented. No subsequent battle, not even the Dragon Han Unification War, the Crimson Extinction War, or the Supreme Emperor Annihilation War, could compare.”
The young Taiyi said indifferently, “In the end, the Creators were defeated, and the survivors migrated to the Great Void. I told Primordial Beginning and the others that the Ancestral Court held great terror and that they must not enter. I had them seal the Ancestral Court. They left this sacred land, sealed it, and imprisoned the Void Beasts. Only I remained here. It took me hundreds of thousands of years to seal those undying existences, preventing them from entering the Ancestral Court.”
Qin Mu was silent for a moment, then said, “Until the Opening Emperor split the Heavenly Court, creating a crack in the seal.”
The young Taiyi nodded and said, “Until you nine Celestial Venerables descended, and the Primordial Emperor once again controlled the Void Beasts to bloodbath the Ten Thousand Black Mountains, the seal loosened once more. The underground mineral veins were not dug by you, nor was the divine bow taken down by you, but you took on the responsibility and actively faced the existences of the previous epoch. So I thought…”
He paused: “As the master of the Ten Thousand Black Mountains, you can still shoulder more.”