Chapter 1352: Am I Beautiful?
Yun Chuxiu hurried away.
Qin Mu watched her leave, finally letting out a sigh of relief as he returned to the tower ship.
Wei Suifeng asked quietly, "Was that Lady Yuanmu? Why did she look like someone had stepped on her tail?"
Qin Mu recounted the whole story, saying, "If the Empress Dowager gets her hands on her physical body, then she'll be in danger. They are ancient gods born from the twin lotus."
Wei Suifeng recalled the twin lotus in the Guixu Abyss and suddenly said, "Could the Empress Dowager and Lady Yuanmu merge into a single ancient god?"
Qin Mu was stunned. Although Wei Suifeng's idea was strange, it wasn't entirely impossible.
If the Empress Dowager or Lady Yuanmu obtained the other's physical body and merged the Dao of Guixu into one, wouldn't that mean the power of these two Dao-born ancient gods would completely fuse, elevating them to a level comparable to Lord Heaven or Lord Earth?
Perhaps they might even become stronger!
Qin Mu suddenly thought of a key point: the Empress Dowager's reincarnation, Yan Tianfei, and Lady Yuanmu's reincarnation, Shi Qiluo, were both existences at the level of the Ten Heavenly Lords. Even if their Heavenly Palace counts weren't as high as Hao Tianzun or Xiao Tianzun, they couldn't be far off!
If they devoured each other, they could likely immediately form a complete Heavenly Court realm and become invincible!
"But back then, when Lady Yuanmu killed the Empress Dowager, why didn't she directly devour her and become an existence like Lord Heaven or Lord Earth?" Qin Mu was greatly puzzled. "The opportunity was rare. Why did she instead ask you, Senior Brother, to place the Empress Dowager's corpse on the ghost ship?"
Wei Suifeng shook his head. "She had no chance. The Empress Dowager died right in front of me. I led the most powerful Imperial Guard, and I wouldn't have given her any opportunity to devour and refine the Empress Dowager's corpse. More crucially, she didn't obtain the Empress Dowager's primordial spirit. Although the Empress Dowager died, her primordial spirit escaped. Even if Yuanmu obtained and devoured the Empress Dowager's corpse, she couldn't merge into one."
Qin Mu thought it over and nodded in agreement.
In the Longhan era, Dao techniques and divine powers weren't as flourishing as they were now. Even someone like Lady Yuanmu could be routed by Wei Suifeng and the Imperial Guard.
"Those two sisters have been fighting their whole lives, and they'll probably keep fighting. I just wonder which of them will laugh last and become the most powerful existence," he mused inwardly.
The tower ship sailed into the Spirit Energy Transfer Bridge, heading toward the Ancestral Court.
Meanwhile, Yun Chuxiu, clever and mischievous, skipped and hopped to the Wen Dao Academy, where she found Yun Jianli.
Yun Jianli's head ached at the sight of her. Knowing that his adopted sister was Lady Yuanmu made him uneasy.
Yun Chuxiu grabbed him and wouldn't let go, pleading, "Brother, some little vixen wants to steal your adopted sister's treasure. You have to stand up for me!"
Yun Jianli shuddered and quickly said, "My lady, let go! Whatever you need, just say it. Which little vixen? I'll tear her apart!"
Yun Chuxiu gritted her teeth. "That little vixen Yan Tianfei!"
Yun Jianli shivered and begged for mercy, "How dare I provoke a Heavenly Lord? Please spare my life, my lady!"
"Then you dare provoke me?"
Yun Chuxiu's face darkened, but then she broke into a smile. "Don't worry. This time, the little vixen sent her little cat to cause me trouble. That little cat is only at the Lingxiao realm—easy to deal with. Besides, I have my sworn sisters, Di De Yuanjun and Yanxiu Emperor. I'll go find them, and you'll come with me."
Yun Jianli, though usually bold to the point of recklessness, now turned pale with fear as she dragged him off to find Gongsun Yan.
When Gongsun Yan heard their purpose, she said, "I have to guard the Di De Heavenly Palace, so I can't go with you, Sister. But I have a great expert here at the perfected Lingxiao realm named Feng Qiuyun. She can go with you and should be able to handle that corpse fiend."
Yun Chuxiu then planned to find Ling Yuxiu, but Gongsun Yan laughed and said, "All of Yan Kang's experts have been taken to the Ancestral Court by Mu Tianzun. Even if you see Fourth Sister, she won't be able to send any experts to help."
Yun Chuxiu had to give up. When Feng Qiuyun arrived, they set off immediately.
Over ten days later, they arrived at a battlefield where two major realms were about to clash. The war hadn't started yet, and both sides' troops were lined up in neat formations, exuding a grim silence.
Just as they were about to fly overhead, they suddenly froze. Every single god, demon, and cultivator on the battlefield was a headless corpse!
"What kind of fiend is causing this?" Yun Jianli exclaimed in shock.
Yun Chuxiu sighed. "It's the corpse fiend from my physical body. That little demoness must have comprehended some of the Dao laws in my body, allowing her to silently take so many lives."
Her long sleeves fluttered as she bit her nails, showing a girlish demeanor.
Yun Jianli and Feng Qiuyun both shuddered.
Feng Qiuyun, experienced and knowledgeable, thought of a key point and said solemnly, "Then, Heavenly Lord, as the master of Guixu, does your physical body govern destruction or creation?"
Yun Jianli realized something and looked at Yun Chuxiu. Yun Chuxiu giggled. "Creation, of course!"
"The Heavenly Emperor Taichu would only marry a goddess of creation, not one of destruction."
Yun Jianli said, "The Empress Dowager is the ancient god of creation. You are the ancient god of destruction!"
Yun Chuxiu giggled again. Yun Jianli frowned, warily scanning their surroundings, thinking, "A corpse fiend born from the body of a destruction ancient god must have an extremely strong urge to destroy!"
They passed through the battlefield, flanked by headless bodies, a sight that made their hair stand on end.
Suddenly, Yun Jianli spotted a white cat darting through the corpses. His heart stirred, and he signaled to Feng Qiuyun and Yun Chuxiu.
The three quietly followed. The white cat leaped swiftly, and they trailed it to the heart of the Yuan Realm. There, they saw more and more divine beings searching for something, even including the Heaven-Barking Hound!
Three-legged Golden Crows flew overhead!
Those targeting Yuanmu's physical body weren't just Yan Tianfei.
"Am I beautiful?"
Suddenly, a voice rang out. Yun Chuxiu rushed over but arrived too late. Several gods who had tracked to this spot were already dead, their heads missing!
"Am I beautiful?"
Another voice came. Before they could get there, they heard a scream. The question kept echoing, and the screams around them grew more frequent, rising and falling!
Cold sweat broke out on Feng Qiuyun's forehead. Yun Jianli was also on high alert. Suddenly, a cat's meow rang out, and a white cat leaped over their heads, fleeing in panic!
"Even Yan Tianfei's cat can't handle the corpse fiend!" Yun Chuxiu's face changed color.
All around fell silent, with no sound at all. The three steadied their breathing, not moving a muscle.
After a long while, a voice suddenly came from right beside Yun Jianli's neck. The woman's breath brushed against his skin, stirring the hair by his ear. "Am I beautiful?"
"I'll have to look first to know if you're beautiful."
Yun Jianli turned his head sharply, his face almost touching that of Yuanmu's corpse fiend.
The corpse fiend was very beautiful, smiling sweetly, then opening her mouth wide like a massive abyss!
Just then, a hand reached out, pressing a yellow talisman onto the fiend's face.
The corpse fiend, stuck with the talisman, instantly froze.
"You Tianzun!"
The three quickly looked, but it wasn't You Tianzun—it was Mingya Taizi. Mingya Taizi glanced at them and said, "I am here on You Tianzun's orders to suppress the corpse fiend. You Tianzun wants to use this fiend to intimidate the Yuan Realm. I'm taking it away!"