Chapter 1334: The Seal (Third Update)
Dawn Heavenly Sovereign felt a surge of inexplicable fear in his heart. Qin Mu's strike came so suddenly, something he had never anticipated.
He had originally planned to seize this opportunity to subdue Moon Heavenly Sovereign, defeat Nether Heavenly Sovereign, and force Earth Lord to back down, daring not to harbor any further dissent. With his current strength, he was fully capable of achieving this!
If he could subdue Moon Heavenly Sovereign and defeat Nether Heavenly Sovereign, making these two Heavenly Sovereigns pledge allegiance, then among the Ten Heavenly Sovereigns, he would no longer need to conceal his identity.
With his power, making Fire Heavenly Sovereign submit and his illegitimate son Langxuan swear loyalty would be effortless.
Add to that the Ancient God lineage; Heaven Lord and Earth Lord would not dare contend with him. Black Tortoise, Azure Dragon, and White Tiger could be easily subdued. Which other Heavenly Sovereign would dare oppose him?
The Grand Emperor would only continue to hide, for emerging would mean certain death.
Hao Heavenly Sovereign could only obediently play the son, Ancestral God King would only dare curse his father without overstepping, used as a blade to restrain Heaven Lord. Void Heavenly Sovereign would be used to restrain Earth Lord.
Kaihuang Qin Ye could only remain cowering in Carefree Village, not daring to show his face.
As for the Empress and Yuanmu, they could only obediently remain his women, daring not to harbor second thoughts!
The situation was perfect; he only needed to subdue these two Heavenly Sovereigns, and he could reclaim the throne!
Yet Qin Mu's strike filled him with terror. As this blow was unleashed, he felt his own primordial spirit tremble, his great dao hum, and an uncontrollable urge to return to his eggshell.
The matter within his body was also changing, making it nearly impossible for him to suppress.
His physical body did not belong to his original self; it was merely a reincarnated vessel. However, his primordial spirit was one with this body. The primordial spirit and great dao were drawn toward Qin Mu's eye, and he himself was pulled along, flying toward it.
More critically, Qin Mu had simultaneously withdrawn his divine power and divine consciousness from the Divine Artifact Yutian, causing it to spiral out of control!
The Divine Artifact Yutian was his most powerful weapon, even far stronger than his current physical body. Losing this artifact immediately put him at a disadvantage.
"Mu'er, well done!" Medicine King exclaimed with joy.
*Bang!*
Qin Mu's head suddenly exploded, everything above his neck vanishing into nothing. Blood splattered across Medicine King's face, leaving him stunned.
Along with Qin Mu's head, his vertical eye also exploded, including the Embryonic Divine Treasury hidden within his brow.
The Embryonic Divine Treasury resides in the brow of cultivators and deities. Dawn Heavenly Sovereign's finger had pierced through Qin Mu's vertical eye and head, and the force of this strike was so immense that even Qin Mu's Embryonic Divine Treasury could not withstand it, exploding along with everything else!
In the instant the vertical eye and Embryonic Divine Treasury detonated, countless treasures flew in all directions. There were pieces of Grand Primordial Divine Stone, Grand Ultimate Divine Stone, Grand Beginning Divine Stone, and Grand Beginning Rough Stone.
There were also mountains of Ancestral Court Divine Gold and Divine Ore, a great bow, half of a Grand Beginning eggshell, and two pieces of Grand Easy eggshell along with chaotic qi.
A round, smooth Grand Beginning egg also flew out.
Beyond these, from the divine eye burst Grand Ultimate Rough Stone, the shattered Qin Continent, and Yuanmu Lady's crystal coffin. The coffin was broken, and Yuanmu Lady's corpse flew out as well.
Yuanmu Lady's corpse had already given birth to a corpse demon, which had long been suppressed by Wei Suifeng's seal. Now freed, it joyfully scrambled to escape.
As for the other treasures, they were countless, dazzling to the eye.
Dawn Heavenly Sovereign breathed a sigh of relief after his finger had blasted apart Qin Mu's head and vertical eye. He withdrew his divine power and divine consciousness, reaching out to grab his eggshell. "I must obtain my eggshell no matter what... Mu Heavenly Sovereign's other treasures aren't bad either. This kid has hoarded so many treasures! And that divine egg's fellow daoist is also with him..."
His divine consciousness and divine power surged toward the Divine Artifact Yutian, which had fallen backward behind him, while his hand enveloped all the treasures that had burst from Qin Mu's head.
Just as he was about to succeed, the world spun. All of Qin Mu's treasures were directly teleported by Moon Heavenly Sovereign, hidden deep within space. For the moment, Dawn Heavenly Sovereign could not find where they had been concealed.
At the same time, his divine consciousness and divine power were about to surge into the Divine Artifact Yutian. Nether Heavenly Sovereign, who had been standing on the artifact's shoulder, immediately pressed a yellow talisman paper onto its back.
Nether Heavenly Sovereign let out a soft shout, and the yellow talisman paper split into two, then four, then eight. In an instant, the Divine Artifact Yutian was covered entirely, every inch of its body plastered with talisman papers.
Dawn Heavenly Sovereign's divine consciousness and divine power could not penetrate it. His heart skipped a beat, and he realized that Qin Mu had set a trap for him, completely losing the initiative.
*Whoosh!*
Earth Lord's severed hand came slapping down. The severed fingers rolling through the air returned to his palm.
Dawn Heavenly Sovereign's face darkened. He let out a long howl and turned to meet Earth Lord's massive hand.
Behind his head, a series of heavenly palaces materialized, interlocking seamlessly to form a great Heavenly Court!
This Heavenly Court consisted of as many as thirty-five heavenly palaces. The Heavenly Court formed by these thirty-five palaces caused his divine power to surge. Though not as powerful as the Divine Artifact Yutian, it was still formidable, by no means inferior to the strength Hao Heavenly Sovereign had displayed in his battle with the Grand Emperor!
Yet the moment it collided with Earth Lord's hand, he still felt an irresistible force, forcing him to take two steps forward.
He used this momentum to charge toward the Primeval Tree. If he could get his hands on the Primeval Tree, it would be equivalent to wielding the Earth Mother Yuanjun at her peak as a divine weapon.
Earth Mother Yuanjun could not unleash her full strength, and even she herself did not know the reason. But Dawn Heavenly Sovereign understood it perfectly.
Earth Mother Yuanjun was a great tree born in the Ancestral Court, a divine spiritual root of heaven and earth. The Creators had watered her with the Hongmeng Primordial Liquid from the Ancient Jade Pool, and she absorbed the spiritual energy and power of the Ancestral Court, thus giving birth to life and becoming the Earth Mother.
She was uniquely favored by heaven, the most powerful deity born of heaven and earth.
However, it was also because the Primeval Tree was so tall and vast that the Creators of the ancient era developed a custom of worshipping it. They offered sacrifices to this tree, causing the sacrificial power of countless Creators to converge within Earth Mother's body.
Thus, although Earth Mother was born of heaven and earth, she also absorbed the sacrificial power of the Creators, making her dao impure. This was the greatest factor limiting her own strength.
Heavenly Emperor Grand Beginning had also been similarly limited in his time. While this sacrificial power could allow the recipient to grow quickly and gain immense strength, it also made their great dao impure, even affecting their thoughts and judgment.
For example, the Grand Emperor had been wise and mighty in his early days, but after accepting sacrificial power, he slaughtered his own race.
However, as an egg-born Ancient God, Heavenly Emperor Grand Beginning's sacrificial power also came from the Grand Beginning vein's Grand Beginning Divine Stones and Grand Beginning Rough Stones. If the Primeval Tree fell into his hands, he could unleash its power to the fullest, even surpassing Earth Mother Yuanjun's own strength!
If Earth Mother's full power were unleashed, she would definitely be no weaker than beings like Heaven Lord and Earth Lord!
Just as his hand was about to grasp the Primeval Tree, Earth Lord and Nether Heavenly Sovereign's attacks came one after another. In the shadow beneath Dawn Heavenly Sovereign's feet, Nether Heavenly Sovereign moved like a mirror image of him, walking in step.
As they both took their first step, Dawn Heavenly Sovereign's hand had already touched the trunk of the Primeval Tree. But in the next moment, he found his primordial spirit plummeting into the Nether Realm, arriving beside Nether Heavenly Sovereign.
Nether Heavenly Sovereign held a horse lantern in his hand. The lantern blazed with light, and a beam of light blasted onto Dawn Heavenly Sovereign's primordial spirit!
*Boom!*
A terrifying wave of energy erupted within the Nether Realm. All the demon gods and demon kings of the Nether Realm fled in terror. At the center of that terrifying wave, Dawn Heavenly Sovereign's primordial spirit roared, forcefully resisting Nether Heavenly Sovereign's strike and forcibly breaking free from the Nether Realm to return to his body.
But what awaited him were Moon Heavenly Sovereign's strings of zither strings.
Moon Heavenly Sovereign's strings had already wrapped around the tree trunk, each string connected at the other end to her ten fingers. As the first string was plucked, Dawn Heavenly Sovereign had no time to react. The string sliced across his throat.
He felt no pain.