Chapter 1339: Dead End (Fourth Update)
Suddenly, a red light descended from the sky over the northern border of Yankang. Within the red light were two wandering souls—one was the Earth Soul, the other the Spirit Soul. They were in a miserable, desolate state, riddled with holes shot by Qin Mu!
Fortunately, the Heavenly Emperor’s two souls were incredibly powerful, so they weren’t instantly blasted into oblivion.
However, the Earth Soul and Spirit Soul of the Heavenly Emperor, Primordial Beginning, had also suffered severe damage to their vitality.
These two souls originally dated back nineteen years, before the outbreak of the Yankang Calamity. To get the Heavenly Emperor to help Yankang survive the disaster, Qin Mu had no choice but to summon his souls according to the Emperor’s conditions.
At that time, the Emperor’s two souls had already shattered into black sand of spirit. To reshape them, Qin Mu had to borrow power from the Heavenly Duke and the Earth Lord, kowtowing to them repeatedly before obtaining their strength.
After reshaping the two souls, Qin Mu was so drained of vitality that he collapsed unconscious.
Yet, after the Emperor’s two souls were reformed, he didn’t directly intervene to protect Yankang during the calamity. The Yankang Calamity still erupted, killing countless civilians and cultivators.
Only after the Heavenly Emperor gained control of the Yuan Realm did he order the Heavenly Court’s gods to stop targeting Yankang, allowing it to survive. But then he reneged, decreeing a ban on reform, suppressing Emperor Yankang and Yankang’s National Master Jiang Baigui, and executing Tai Zi Ling Yushu.
This series of bloody measures plunged Yankang into great terror.
By then, Qin Mu had lost his soul—his spirit had been given to his brother, Qin Fengqing—leaving only his indestructible divine consciousness and physical body, making him a walking corpse.
Qin Mu had fought desperately to protect Yankang, securing its future.
The Heavenly Emperor Primordial Beginning’s Earth Soul and Spirit Soul had also reincarnated in Yankang at that time. Qin Mu, soulless and spiritless, wandered for two or three years before arriving at the Heavenly Court. Now, Qin Mu was sixteen, soon to be seventeen, so he deduced that the Heavenly Emperor Primordial Beginning’s reincarnated body in Yankang was nineteen years old.
“That jumped-up Mu Tianzun, so vicious, assassinating my reincarnated body—unforgivable!”
The Heavenly Emperor’s Earth Soul and Spirit Soul tangled together in the air, seething with rage: “I’ve indulged him too much, never expecting such insolence! This Yuan Capital is my domain. He scrapes by under my roof, yet dares to act so outrageously—intolerable!”
The Yuan Realm was originally called Yuan Capital, but the Earth Mother later renamed it the Yuan Realm to claim it as her territory. However, some ancient gods still referred to it as Yuan Capital.
“He found me, likely using the Earth Lord’s Book of Life and Death, and the fact that my name contains the character ‘Xiao.’ It seems I can’t use ‘Xiao’ anymore!”
Primordial Beginning was the name given to him by the Imperial Emperor, while Xiao was a name he chose for himself. He actually hated the name Primordial Beginning. So, every time he reincarnated, his name had to include the character Xiao.
Gu Xiao, Chu Xiao, Xiao Weisu, Xiao Tianji, Xiao Chujue—all had the character Xiao.
Suddenly, the sky shook violently. A host of majestic gods descended from the heavens into the Yuan Realm, bypassing the Spirit Energy Transfer Bridges entirely and landing directly!
The energy of these towering gods was immense, causing the numerous Spirit Energy Transfer Bridges in the Yuan Realm to erupt with massive streams of spirit energy to maintain the realm’s energy balance.
After these gods descended, warships and great vessels sailed into the Yuan Realm, intensifying the spirit energy eruptions from the bridges!
When Xiao Tianzun’s divine artifact, the Imperial Heavenly Lord, and the Yuan Wood had suppressed the Yuan Realm, no one dared to commit such an act of rebellion!
But with the Imperial Heavenly Lord artifact and the Yuan Wood gone, the Yuan Realm was now masterless. Certain figures in the Heavenly Court could no longer restrain themselves and reached out toward the Yuan Realm!
“Damn it, I’ve been exiled by the Moon Tianzun—this Yuan Capital might not hold!”
The two souls were alarmed and quickly went into hiding, uneasy: “The fierce battle last night caused too much commotion. Even though I sealed the Yuan Realm with the Yuan Wood to keep the Heavenly Court from noticing the battle, they’ll surely send strong forces to investigate. Seeing me gone, those cunning opportunists will seize the chance to take Yuan Capital!”
From the warships in the sky, slender-waisted, long-legged black hounds leaped out, flooding the area and scattering in all directions!
“Howling Heaven Hounds!”
The Heavenly Emperor’s two souls grew even more alarmed. The Heavenly Court had a vast number of Howling Heaven Hounds, skilled at tracking people. These hounds were under the control of the Divine Capture Camp, meaning all divine capturers had likely been mobilized!
But only someone with immense authority could mobilize all divine capturers—at least on the level of the Four Emperors!
More and more Howling Heaven Hounds descended from the sky, sniffing everywhere. Some even charged toward the crescent moon in the sky, transforming into primordial beasts and opening their massive jaws to devour the moon of the Yuan Realm.
On the moon, a divine maiden swung a sword, cleaving off a dog’s head. The other hounds scattered in panic.
Just then, the sky brightened as three-legged Golden Crows pulled golden chariots into the Yuan Realm. These massive Golden Crows, drawing the chariots, blazed like small suns, rolling across the sky!
“The Golden Crow Army under the Great Sun Star Lord!”
The Heavenly Emperor’s two souls were even more shocked. The Golden Crow Army was the personal guard of Ancestral God King, commanded by the Great Sun Star Lord, Dan Feng.
These Golden Crows had incredibly sharp eyes, capable of detecting the slightest detail. Clearly, the Golden Crow Army had come to search for Xiao Tianzun’s whereabouts!
“This is bad!”
The two souls trembled with anxiety: “All thanks to Mu Tianzun’s meddling!”
Suddenly, a white cat descended from the sky, leaping agilely among the Golden Crow chariots, moving swiftly.
The Golden Crow soldiers dared not voice their anger.
The white cat then jumped onto the back of a Howling Heaven Hound, its large cat eyes scanning the mountains and rivers of the Yuan Realm.
The Heavenly Emperor’s two souls shuddered. This white cat, Xiao Qi, was a handsome man in the Heavenly Court, the lover of Yan Tianfei. Yan Tianfei had released the white cat, and its purpose was clear—to search for Xiao Tianzun!
“That vicious woman, sending her lover to kill me!” The two souls fled at top speed.
The sky grew even brighter. Though it was daytime, countless stars appeared in the heavens. On each star stood a god, hand shading their eyes as they peered down at the Yuan Realm.
These gods were the Heavenly Court’s divine generals guarding the star charts, many from the Heavenly Eye Clan. Even they had been mobilized!
The Heavenly Emperor’s two souls sank like stones into an abyss. Only a figure among the Ten Tianzun could mobilize all the gods of the entire star chart!
“When the wall crumbles, everyone pushes! Now that my Xiao Tianzun has been exiled, these vultures are all coming to tear it down!”
The two souls clung to a tree. Suddenly, a mournful cry of “Da Hong! Da Hong!” echoed from the sky as a giant blue bird soared past, like a floating continent.
“When did Hong Tianzun, that old goody-two-shoes, become so eager?”
The Heavenly Emperor’s two souls fumed but could do nothing. They waited until Hong Tianzun had flown far away before continuing their journey, thinking: “I need to reincarnate quickly. My Spirit Soul and Earth Soul are wounded—I must find a young body to conceal my soul’s aura.”
In the Exile Land, a chaotic space.
Xiao Tianzun fell with the Yuan Wood into the maze of this space. Fragments of incomplete universes collided chaotically around him. He was at the center of this chaotic space, unable to see its full scope.
If he stood outside this chaotic space and could see into its deepest reaches, he would notice a floating realm at its periphery.
That was the territory of the Crimson Bright Remnant Tribe, a bizarre spacetime formed from the Crimson Emperor’s physical body.