Chapter 1348: Future Heavenly Sovereign (First Update)
The Village Chief examined the divine bow. Although he couldn't understand all its wondrous uses or the various imprints on it, he still praised it endlessly, saying, "The bow is stronger than the man! The bow is stronger than the man!"
Qin Mu felt quite displeased.
"This divine bow is truly fine, far superior to the man!"
The Village Chief drew the divine bow, instantly drawing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. His heart was filled with awe, and he praised it repeatedly. His earlier remark was his habitual way of belittling Qin Mu, but now he was sincerely admiring this divine bow, which was far more powerful than himself.
The Village Chief set down the divine bow and said, "Leave the investigation of the gods to me for now. I'll go see Netherworld Sovereign and borrow his Book of Life and Death."
Qin Mu also had a copy of the Book of Life and Death, but it was a treasure belonging to the Netherworld Emperor. The Netherworld Emperor's Book of Life and Death had more functions, but it couldn't uncover the origins of a Heavenly Sovereign.
To investigate the origins of a Heavenly Sovereign's reincarnated body, he still needed to use Netherworld Sovereign's Book of Life and Death.
Qin Mu remained at the Academy of Dao, waiting for news from the Village Chief while studying the achievements of the Yan Kang reforms. What shocked him was that the research at the Academy of Dao was quite cutting-edge, focusing on reforming the Heavenly Palace, attempting to change its structure. The cultivators and gods of the Academy of Dao were trying to use the various gates of the Heavenly Court to transform the Heavenly Palace realm.
They planned to split the Southern Heavenly Gate realm into four smaller realms.
In the traditional realm system, a cultivator's primordial spirit ascended, arrived at the Southern Heavenly Gate, and passed through it to become a true god.
But the folks at the Academy of Dao intended to change it into four realms: the Southern Heavenly Gate, Northern Heavenly Gate, Eastern Heavenly Gate, and Western Heavenly Gate, having the primordial spirit pass through each of these gates!
Qin Mu laughed, but as he laughed, his expression grew serious. He tugged at his beard and muttered to himself, "Interesting idea, very interesting... The Primordial Emperor told me that in the Ancestral Court, there are actually four heavenly gates, which are also four sacred sites of the Ancestral Court, containing extremely unique great daos. From the Primordial Emperor's tone, the great daos contained in the four heavenly gates of the Ancestral Court are different. That is to say, splitting the Southern Heavenly Gate realm into four is feasible..."
He continued reading. The cultivators and gods of the Academy of Dao also planned to abolish the Jade Capital realm, believing it was too vague and hadn't fully tapped into the potential of that realm.
They wanted to split the Jade Capital realm into three realms: Mingde, Danfeng, and Chengtian. The Mingde realm was the gate of Jade Capital City, the Mingde Gate. Stepping through this gate meant entering the Mingde realm.
Danfeng was the gate of the inner imperial city of Jade Capital, the Danfeng Gate. Stepping through this gate meant entering the Heavenly Emperor's Forbidden City.
Chengtian was the gate before the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, connecting heaven and earth. Stepping through this gate, one could look up at the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
"The folks at the Academy of Dao are extraordinary!"
Qin Mu's heart trembled violently. He pondered for a moment, then got up to see Yu Chenzi. "Senior Brother, who came up with these four heavenly gate realms, as well as the Mingde, Danfeng, and Chengtian realms?"
Yu Chenzi said, "Does the Heavenly Sovereign know a girl named Hua Xuanxiu?"
"Hua Xuanxiu?"
Qin Mu's expression shifted slightly, and he immediately recalled a little girl he had saved while killing the ancient gods of the Nine Provinces in the Western Heavens. Her name was Hua Xuanxiu.
This little girl had been crushed to death by the Pillar One ancient god, her soul scattered. Qin Mu had used his resurrection technique to bring her back.
But staying by Qin Mu's side was too dangerous, so Qin Mu had asked his senior brother Wei Suifeng's disciple, Yu Chudu, to take her to Yan Kang. Yu Chudu, a disciple of Wei Suifeng, was also quite formidable.
"Who is Hua Xuanxiu studying under?" Qin Mu asked.
"She is Yu Chudu's disciple. She went to the Jade Capital City of the Heavenly Court with Old Man Wei."
The Old Man Wei Yu Chenzi referred to was Wei Suifeng. As the founder of the Heavenly Saint Cult, he was honored as Old Man. "Old Man Wei said he was taking Yu Chudu and Hua Xuanxiu to see the world. This trio of old, middle-aged, and young first went searching for many Imperial Throne cultivation techniques, then later broke into the Jade Capital City of the Heavenly Court, all the way to the Chengtian Gate. They were discovered before the Lingxiao Treasure Hall and barely made it back alive. After returning, Hua Xuanxiu said that Jade Capital City was too vast, and a single Jade Capital realm probably couldn't fully express its mysteries. So she conceived these three realms: Mingde, Danfeng, and Chengtian. Old Man Wei also praised them endlessly."
Qin Mu smiled. "These three realms are indeed profound and brilliant."
Yu Chenzi was unimpressed. He laughed and said, "Just a child's fanciful thoughts. Although there's some logic to them, Old Man Wei and the others have studied them for two years without making any real progress. Each breakthrough in the various realms of the Heavenly Palace brings a huge increase in cultivation and strength. But these realms Hua Xuanxiu conceived don't provide any increase in strength."
He explained, "The gods at the Academy of Dao tried it. Their primordial spirits passed through the Mingde Gate, Danfeng Gate, and Chengtian Gate of Jade Capital City, but there was no increase in cultivation. They only vaguely heard some indistinct sounds."
Qin Mu pondered for a moment, then asked, "What about the Northern Heavenly Gate, Eastern Heavenly Gate, and Western Heavenly Gate? Did the primordial spirits gain any increase in cultivation or strength when passing through these gates?"
Yu Chenzi clapped his hands and said, "That's the strange part! The gods at the Academy of Dao tested it. When the primordial spirit passed through these three gates, there was indeed an increase in cultivation, and their understanding of the dao deepened! Some gods who couldn't previously enter the dao actually comprehended the dao and entered it after crossing the four heavenly gates!"
Qin Mu smiled slightly, immediately understanding the reason. He said, "It's probably because the ancient god Heavenly Emperor and the other ancient gods, when building the Heavenly Court, had only seen the four heavenly gates of the Ancestral Court, as well as the Yao Pool, Yao Terrace, and Execution Terrace, but had never seen the real Jade Capital City."
Yu Chenzi didn't understand his meaning.
Qin Mu didn't elaborate. "What realm is Hua Xuanxiu at now?"
"She just planted the innate Jianmu tree. She should be at the Seven Stars realm now?" Yu Chenzi wasn't sure either.
Qin Mu's eyes widened. After a moment, he slowly exhaled a turbid breath and sighed, "The Seven Stars realm, and the senior brother dared to take her to the Heavenly Court to fool around? If the senior brother dies, it will be from being too reckless... Senior Brother, please invite Hua Xuanxiu to come here."
After a while, Yu Chenzi brought Hua Xuanxiu.
Hua Xuanxiu was wearing animal skin clothes, a short jacket and shorts, and carrying a ridiculously large beast bone—it was the thigh bone of the Pillar Two ancient god.
This girl looked like a little wild child raised in the forest, with a bubble coming out of her left nostril.
"Big bone uncle with three eyes!" Hua Xuanxiu said joyfully.
Qin Mu's face darkened, and he said angrily, "Call me Grandmaster Uncle! I'm your master's junior brother!"
Hua Xuanxiu stuck out her tongue. This girl was about ten years old. Unlike the cultivators of Yan Kang, she was filled with an untamable wildness.
Back then, when her soul was scattered, Qin Mu hadn't relied on the power of the Heavenly Duke. Instead, he had used his own power and the power of the Earth Lord to gather and reshape her soul, bringing her back to life.
Because of this, her soul was much stronger than that of an ordinary cultivator.
When Qin Mu had Yu Chudu take her away, this girl was still a timid little thing. Now she had developed a full set of wild traits, which puzzled Qin Mu.
What he didn't know was that Yu Chudu's journey to Yan Kang with Hua Xuanxiu was not smooth sailing. On the contrary, it was filled with pursuits and counter-pursuits. The pursuers from the Western Heavens were extremely powerful. Yu Chudu lived through a storm of blood and slaughter, living like a savage, before finally bringing Hua Xuanxiu alive to Yan Kang.
After experiencing all that, Hua Xuanxiu had also become a little savage. When the two arrived at Yan Kang, they were covered in blood and dirt, wearing animal skins, looking quite miserable.
"Your Mingde, Danfeng, and Chengtian realms are very interesting."
Qin Mu said kindly, "If you establish these three realms, you will be the Heavenly Sovereign of this era!"
"Big bone uncle... Grandmaster Uncle!"
Hua Xuanxiu quickly corrected herself and laughed, "These three realms are fake. My master and grandmaster have tested them, and so have the others at the Academy of Dao. They aren't real realms. I was just talking casually. It's not serious."
Qin Mu was stunned. Suddenly, he was deeply moved, and tears streamed down his face, startling both Yu Chenzi and Hua Xuanxiu. Hua Xuanxiu quickly stepped forward, put her big bone aside, crouched down, and comforted him softly, "Grandmaster Uncle, don't cry. You're such a big person, crying like that—aren't you embarrassed?"
Qin Mu sobbed loudly, "I'm crying because even with someone like the senior brother, with a sacred place like the Academy of Dao, with a place as enlightened as Yan Kang, they still managed to mislead a disciple and nearly ruin a Heavenly Sovereign! I grieve for this education, for the millions of years of history, for how many geniuses have been dismissed with a single sentence, missing out on achievements that could change heaven and earth!"
Hua Xuanxiu and Yu Chenzi were both completely baffled.
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