Chapter 1356: The First Divine Eye (First Update)
Heavenly Lord and Earth Lord exchanged a glance, each frowning.
They were also exceptionally intelligent and understood the reason for Qin Mu's dejection. Taiyi had not answered Qin Mu's question. Although there were two interpretations—one of success and one of failure—based on Taiyi's demeanor, the possibility of failure seemed greater.
Because when Heavenly Lord and Earth Lord had asked their questions, Taiyi had answered with success.
If Qin Mu were also destined to succeed, then Taiyi would have had no reason to avoid answering his question.
They knew that Qin Mu had also guessed the reason why Taiyi did not answer, and that was why he was so utterly disheartened.
They did not know how to console this Mu Tianzun. After all, this was the goal Qin Mu had striven for his entire life. From the moment this youth arrived at the Cripples' Village, from the moment he and Blind stood before the divine statue and urinated, he had begun to shatter the god within his heart.
From the moment he left the Great Ruins and entered Yankang, learning the ideals of the Yankang Imperial Preceptor and Emperor Yankang, and understanding the principles of the Heavenly Saint Cult, he had chosen his lifelong objective.
Everything he had done in his life was to achieve this goal.
Taiyi's refusal to answer dealt him a heavy blow, nearly shattering his Dao heart!
If it had been anyone other than Taiyi, he might not have been so utterly lost. It was precisely because it was Taiyi that his Dao heart was damaged.
Qin Mu's eyeballs trembled slightly, as if regaining a trace of vitality. A faint smile appeared on his face. "Two Dao brothers, I am fine. You may begin."
Heavenly Lord and Earth Lord exchanged another glance. Earth Lord took out the already refined Origin Horn. This piece of Origin Horn was also a fragment of Earth Lord's horn, which Earth Lord had been refining with the Netherworld Great Dao for a long time.
On the refined Origin Horn, the textures and patterns of sixty-four Netherworld Great Daos were visible. These were sixty-four Dao patterns, radiating outward from the hollow center like wheel ruts, or like the radial patterns in a human eye.
The Qin Continent Qin Mu had obtained last time was also a piece of Earth Lord's horn. However, Earth Lord had refined that Qin Continent not to make an eye for Qin Mu, but to seal his demonic nature.
And that horn was merely an ordinary piece of Earth Lord's horn.
But this time, Earth Lord was using his own Origin Horn to personally forge an iris for Qin Mu, which was naturally far more powerful!
Heavenly Lord also took out the Heavenly Dao crystal from his divine eye. This Heavenly Dao crystal was not jade; on the contrary, this substance was extremely soft, transparent, as clear as the blue sky itself!
The two prepared everything. Qin Mu opened his vertical eye on his brow, took out the Primal Chaos Egg, but his expression was somewhat dazed. He murmured softly, "Man proposes, Heaven disposes, right? If the outcome is already predetermined, then what joy is there in striving... I am the Overlord Body, I never admit defeat!"
Earth Lord barked, "Mu Tianzun, this is a critical moment. Do not let your mind wander, or you might ruin your eye!"
A smile appeared on Qin Mu's face, as if he had suddenly set down a great burden. He hesitated for a moment, then put the Primal Chaos Egg aside.
After all, the Primal Chaos Egg was the birthplace of Heavenly Emperor Primal Chaos. If he encountered Xiao Tianzun again, would he have to gouge out his own eyeball to seal him?
"If I'm going to do it, I'll do it big!"
From the ancestral court vein of his Spiritual Fetus Divine Treasury, he dug out two pieces of Taiyi's Chaos Eggshells. He took one piece, channeled his divine power, and stuffed it into his third eye!
Taiyi had not told him the result he wanted to know, and this act was somewhat retaliatory, even though this Chaos eggshell was useless to Taiyi now.
After he had placed the Chaos eggshell properly, Earth Lord made the second move, striking the Origin Horn into Qin Mu's vertical eye!
Then, with a gentle flick, he spun the radial patterns like gears, slowly coming to a stop.
Qin Mu took out the Taiji Primeval Stone, which flew into his vertical eye and became the pupil.
Heavenly Lord followed immediately, filling the anterior chamber of his vertical eye with the Heavenly Dao crystal, repeatedly imprinting it with his own Heavenly Dao cultivation!
Earth Lord said in a deep voice, "Mu Tianzun, activate your eye pupil, and I will lend you my strength!"
Qin Mu did as he was told, activating his eye pupil. The Taiji Primeval Stone within immediately began to spin, the Yin and Yang Qi rotating faster and faster, transforming into the Taiji Dao!
At the same time, Earth Lord activated the sixty-four Netherworld Great Daos, repeatedly imprinting them, working together with Heavenly Lord to enhance the power of this vertical eye!
After an unknown amount of time, the two deities each withdrew their divine power and stepped back, while the Yin and Yang Qi swirling within Qin Mu's eye pupil gradually calmed down.
This eye was filled with the aura of Heavenly Dao, Netherworld Great Dao, and Taiji Dao. Just this single eye alone gave a sense of power and might no less than that of a Tianzun's treasure!
Heavenly Lord and Earth Lord showed expressions of delight.
Heavenly Lord smiled and said, "Mu Tianzun, how is the power of this divine eye? Can it match your original divine eye?"
Earth Lord also looked expectant. "Why not activate it and let us witness the combined power of Heavenly Lord's strength and Earth Lord's strength?"
"Alright!"
Qin Mu shook off his earlier dejection and closed both eyes, only activating the vertical eye on his brow. The vertical eye opened, and his divine power surged into it, first triggering the power of the Chaos eggshell!
Heavenly Lord and Earth Lord waited for a moment, but saw no movement from this eye. They were puzzled.
Heavenly Lord coughed. "Mu Tianzun, you can now activate the power of this eye."
Qin Mu remained still.
Heavenly Lord reminded him again, only to see Qin Mu looking utterly bewildered, muttering, "I'm blind... This eye of mine can't see anything! I can only see a blur of Chaos!"
Heavenly Lord and Earth Lord were startled and quickly checked. The iris and crystal they had forged for Qin Mu were correct, and the Taiji Primeval Stone was also correct, yet Qin Mu still couldn't see a thing!
Not only that, but wisps of Chaos Qi were seeping out from the depths of his eye pupil, gradually plunging the Netherworld Great Dao into chaos, and soon the Heavenly Dao also fell into chaos—vast, boundless, and murky!
"Could it be the effect of that eggshell?"
The two deities were at a loss. Heavenly Lord ventured, "Mu Tianzun, how about you gouge out this eye, remove that eggshell, and replace it with the other Primal Chaos eggshell?"
Qin Mu hesitated. At that moment, the little green sparrow transformed from Yan'er fluttered over, holding a leaf in its beak. It hovered in front of Qin Mu, flapping its wings.
At the tip of the leaf hung a drop of water, crystal clear.
That drop of water fell off and slid into Qin Mu's eye.
As this drop of water entered his eye, the Chaos Qi within Qin Mu's vertical eye gradually dissipated. The Heavenly Dao and Netherworld Great Dao regained clarity, and the Taiji Dao within the Taiji Primeval Stone became clearly visible.
Qin Mu shook his head, and his vertical eye could once again see everything around him, even the layers of void, and everything beneath the Great Dark Wood!
He could even see the Dao composition of Heavenly Lord's primordial spirit and Earth Lord's primordial spirit!
His brow eyelid slowly closed, shutting the vertical eye.
"Thank you, Dao Brother Taiyi!"
Qin Mu bowed deeply. As he bowed, he reached out to take the leaf from Yan'er's beak.
The little green sparrow quickly clutched the leaf and fluttered away, laughing, "Taiyi said you can't have this leaf! This leaf is from his Dao Tree; giving it to you would cause a huge disaster!"