Chapter 1327: Unification of Ten Thousand Paths (Third Update)
Fire Heavenly Venerate's path of fire only required shifting a single basic flame rune to cause a massive change in his techniques and divine abilities, thereby creating a flaw in his soul!
And judging by the performance of the human divine ability users and gods from the Southern Heaven, no one was aware that such a flame rune existed within Fire Heavenly Venerate's cultivation technique!
In other words, aside from Fire Heavenly Venerate himself, no one realized that not only did Fire Heavenly Venerate lack a weakness in his soul, but on the contrary, his soul was extremely powerful!
A powerful soul meant that his primordial spirit was also extremely powerful!
If anyone tried to deal with Fire Heavenly Venerate through his soul, they would certainly suffer a great loss!
"I wonder if Fire Heavenly Venerate has passed his cultivation technique on to Hao Heavenly Venerate?"
Qin Mu was lost in thought. If Fire Heavenly Venerate had given his cultivation technique to Hao Heavenly Venerate, then this flaw would follow Hao Heavenly Venerate, preventing him from refining his soul to an extremely powerful level through this technique, and even making him believe that Fire Heavenly Venerate had this weakness.
Of course, Hao Heavenly Venerate had other techniques and divine abilities to refine his soul, but the key point was that if Hao Heavenly Venerate thought he had grasped Fire Heavenly Venerate's weakness, he would definitely suffer a great loss.
"Among the Ten Heavenly Venerates, not a single one is a simple character!"
He couldn't help but sigh. Among the Ten Heavenly Venerates, the ones who seemed the simplest were Fire Heavenly Venerate and Ancestral God King. Fire Heavenly Venerate hated evil as if it were his enemy, and Ancestral God King had a fiery temper. They both appeared to be straightforward personalities.
But how could a straightforward person become one of the Ten Heavenly Venerates?
"Straightforward people are all dead."
He calmed his mind and began explaining to Medicine Master the sequence of dao patterns within the dao injury caused by Fire Heavenly Venerate. Medicine Master listened very attentively, meticulously recording everything, then selecting the spiritual medicines he needed.
Qin Mu couldn't help but say, "Grandpa Medicine Master, when you used to prepare medicine for me before, you were never this cautious!"
"You have thick skin and tough flesh, and you grew up soaking in all kinds of spiritual medicines, so you've built up a resistance." Medicine Master said to him casually.
Qin Mu was silent for a moment, recalling his childhood. Thinking of the others in the Village of Broken Elders brought back happy memories, but whenever he remembered Medicine Master, it was always the painful experiences of being tested with various medicines.
Back then, he wasn't thick-skinned or tough-fleshed at all; on the contrary, he was very thin and weak due to malnutrition. Granny Si had to carry him around to other villages to beg for milk, and only later did she kidnap the wife of the Xianglong City Lord and turn her into a cow to nurse him.
And even then, Medicine Master had already been putting him in medicine barrels to test drugs, claiming it was to strengthen his body and help the little one survive more easily.
He shook his head, pushing these unbearable memories aside, and said, "So the next one is Xiao Heavenly Venerate's sword strike, right?"
Xiao Heavenly Venerate's sword was the second attack, fast enough to sever Moon Heavenly Venerate's lumbar spine and pierce through her!
Qin Mu examined it carefully. The divine ability contained within Xiao Heavenly Venerate's sword was not the Primordial One Qi, but rather a cultivation technique from Yun Heavenly Venerate, the Purple Firmament Azurefall Art.
Qin Mu had seen Yun Heavenly Venerate's Purple Firmament Azurefall Art from Yun Jianli. The greatest characteristic of this technique was its all-encompassing nature, possessing extremely strong plasticity!
Although the Purple Firmament Azurefall Art was vastly different from Qin Mu's Overlord Body Three Dan Art, they shared a common trait: both excelled at absorbing other schools and the strengths of other techniques for their own use.
Qin Mu's ability to quickly merge the eighteen celestial palaces and elevate the Overlord Body Three Dan Art to the level of the Great Heavenly Court was related to the foundation of the Overlord Body Three Dan Art.
The Purple Firmament Azurefall Art also possessed this peculiar quality. The number of Imperial Throne-level techniques contained within Xiao Heavenly Venerate's sword strike was considerable, and they operated without any sense of stagnation!
He examined for a long time, pondering deeply, his expression shifting between uncertainty and contemplation.
Medicine Master waited quietly by the side. Qin Mu stood up, paced back and forth, then suddenly stopped and said, "Moon Heavenly Venerate, I need two people to help. One is Cloud Luo Emperor Wei Suifeng, and the other is Yun Heavenly Venerate's descendant, Yun Jianli. They are both in Yankang right now."
His divine sense pulsed, sending a message to Wei Suifeng.
Moon Heavenly Venerate said, "Please wait a moment."
After a short while, Moon Heavenly Venerate summoned a palace maid and instructed, "Two honored guests have arrived in the peach grove outside and are searching for the path. Go to the palace gate, take down a lantern, and lead them here."
The palace maid acknowledged and walked out of the palace. She took down a lantern and entered the peach grove. From within the grove came the voices of two men, exclaiming in surprise, "Strange! Strange! What place is this? How did I suddenly end up here?"
"Which divine being has transported us here? I implore the divine being to show yourself!"
The palace maid raised the lantern, its light illuminating their faces. Outside, it was already night. Wei Suifeng and Yun Jianli stood in the peach grove, looking wary.
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A moment later, Wei Suifeng and Yun Jianli followed the palace maid into the palace. When they saw Qin Mu and Medicine Master, both were startled but said nothing.
Qin Mu said, "Brother Yun, Senior Brother, this is Moon Heavenly Venerate. She has an injury and needs your help."
Yun Jianli hurried forward, bowed deeply, and said, "In my ancestor's final instructions, if I ever encounter Moon Heavenly Venerate, I must perform a grand kowtow to thank the Heavenly Venerate for her selfless and life-risking assistance back then!"
"Rise." Moon Heavenly Venerate let out a faint sigh, once again recalling the past.
Wei Suifeng also stepped forward to pay his respects, saying, "Moon Heavenly Venerate opened the Seven Star Divine Treasury, a great kindness and virtue to all later generations!"
Moon Heavenly Venerate smiled and said, "I merely saw the shortcomings of Imperial Heavenly Venerate, Hao Heavenly Venerate, and Ling Heavenly Venerate and made some minor repairs. There is no such great merit. Cloud Luo Emperor need not be so polite."
Qin Mu explained the sword injury caused by Xiao Heavenly Venerate and said, "Senior Brother has collected the most Imperial Throne-level techniques, and Brother Yun is the orthodox successor of Yun Heavenly Venerate. You two are the most suitable for deciphering the dao patterns within this sword strike!"
Wei Suifeng and Yun Jianli had already met in Yankang. They exchanged glances, and Wei Suifeng coughed and said, "Junior Brother, did you go search for those geographical maps I left you? Didn't you find the Imperial Throne-level techniques I hid?"
Qin Mu's face flushed slightly, and he tried to brush it off. Wei Suifeng sneered, "You really didn't go! I had to retrieve those Imperial Throne-level techniques myself! My Yulin Army soldiers needed higher-level techniques, so I risked exposure and ran around those places, digging everywhere for a long time to unearth the treasures I had hidden! You never went!"
Qin Mu stammered, "I had more important things to do. I brought out the Ancestral Court."
Wei Suifeng's expression softened slightly, and he didn't pursue the matter further. He said, "I handed those Imperial Throne-level techniques over to Emperor Yanxiu. She gathered some brilliant individuals and established the Dao Inquiry Academy, planning to revise these techniques, replacing the Divine Bridge with the Heavenly River. I'm part of it, and Brother Yun is too. If you have time, come back and help with the revisions."
Qin Mu nodded repeatedly, his gaze drifting.
Wei Suifeng snorted, knowing he was trying to avoid trouble. In fact, Wei Suifeng himself found it troublesome. The reforms and changes in Yankang weren't just about abolishing the Divine Bridge Divine Treasury; there were also the Jianmu Primordial Divine Bridge and all the divine abilities of the Imperial Throne-level techniques, all of which required major overhauls and revisions!
What's more, in recent years, after the Yankang reforms, each divine treasury had undergone subtle changes, requiring countless details to be revised.
Moreover, even the celestial palaces within the Imperial Throne-level techniques needed significant modifications!
Ever since the Opening Emperor split the Heavenly Court with a single sword, some audacious individuals in Yankang had even begun to doubt the celestial palace system itself, wanting to improve the various realms of the celestial palaces, and many results had emerged recently.
The Dao Inquiry Academy was established for this purpose, filled with those who had no respect for the rules.
"The dao injury left by Xiao Heavenly Venerate uses acquired dao runes!"
Yun Jianli was now examining Moon Heavenly Venerate's dao injury, and his surprise grew. He exclaimed, "Doesn't Xiao Heavenly Venerate cultivate the primordial path? Why does his Purple Firmament Azurefall Art incorporate only acquired-path Imperial Throne-level techniques?"
"Because he is the Heavenly Emperor."
Qin Mu said from the side, "His Primordial One Qi governs all the primordial paths under heaven. He doesn't need to use the Purple Firmament Azurefall Art to integrate the primordial paths."
Wei Suifeng and Yun Jianli's expressions changed drastically. "Do you mean..."
Qin Mu said solemnly, "Exactly! Heavenly Emperor Tai Chu intends in this era to sweep up all the primordial paths and all the acquired paths under heaven, achieving the unification of ten thousand paths!"