Chapter 1370: Unstable Realm (Third Update)
Palace Heavenly Sovereign returned to the Grand Simple Mineral Vein and summoned the disciple guarding this place, Nian Sihua. She said, "Your master has here a great divine ability of reverse summoning. Deliver it to the territories of the other Heavenly Sovereigns and tell them that with this ability, they can reach the reverse side of the Ancestral Court. The reverse side of the Ancestral Court holds countless treasures!"
Nian Sihua was startled and quickly said, "Master, since the reverse side of the Ancestral Court contains such great wealth, why does Master wish to share it with others? The other Heavenly Sovereigns are all like wolves and tigers; whenever there is any benefit, they wish to monopolize it. When have they ever shared with us?"
Palace Heavenly Sovereign said calmly, "When the benefits are too great for them to swallow alone, they will also share with us. Back then, when they occupied the Heavenly Court, weren't they also worried about being unable to swallow it alone? That's why they each sought allies, found me, and invited me to join the Heavenly Alliance. Do not ask further. Go quickly."
Nian Sihua's eyes darted around, and she asked, "Mu Heavenly Sovereign is also a Heavenly Sovereign. Should we notify him?"
Palace Heavenly Sovereign shook her head and said, "No need."
Nian Sihua felt a surge of joy and laughed, "If we were to divide the benefits with Mu Heavenly Sovereign, it would have to be split into eleven shares. With him absent, we can each take a larger portion."
"Then you would be wrong. Mu Heavenly Sovereign must be given a share."
Palace Heavenly Sovereign shook her head and said, "He has a share on the front side of the Ancestral Court, and since he pioneered the reverse summoning divine ability, he naturally deserves a share as well. Although the Ten Heavenly Sovereigns are united in spirit, they also check and balance one another. Mu Heavenly Sovereign needs to be brought in as a catfish to keep things lubricated."
Nian Sihua was very puzzled.
Palace Heavenly Sovereign said calmly, "He is the leader of the Heavenly Alliance. There are many matters where we need to use him, where we need to act in his name. For some of the darker affairs of the Heavenly Alliance, there always needs to be someone to take the blame. Moreover, your master has no allies and needs one within the Heavenly Alliance. Bringing Mu Heavenly Sovereign into the Heavenly Alliance, making him the eleventh Heavenly Sovereign among the Ten, using him to restrain Hao Heavenly Sovereign and the others—this is not only my idea but also the idea of the other Heavenly Sovereigns."
Nian Sihua shuddered, not daring to speculate further on the thoughts of the Heavenly Sovereigns.
Although she was a being at the Imperial Throne realm, to her, the Ten Heavenly Sovereigns were all like dark abysses, unfathomably deep.
"Opening Sovereign cannot be drawn into the Ten Heavenly Sovereigns, but Mu Heavenly Sovereign should be possible."
Palace Heavenly Sovereign said unhurriedly, "Opening Sovereign's personality appears gentle and steady, honest and without much temper, but his Dao heart is too firm. Once he decides on something, it is absolutely impossible to make him change his mind. Mu Heavenly Sovereign is different. Mu Heavenly Sovereign is more changeable and has the possibility of being changed. You may go."
Nian Sihua bowed and departed.
Palace Heavenly Sovereign looked toward the Grand Simple Mineral Vein, her gaze flickering. She murmured softly, "Moreover, my identity as the Creator God King is always a hidden danger. With this identity, it is very difficult to find allies. Mu Heavenly Sovereign cannot fully reassure me. He walks too closely with the ancient gods..."
She shifted her gaze and looked toward the Ancestral Court.
This was the territory of the Creators, yet no Creators could be found. The Creators had two enemies: one was the Imperial Emperor, and the other was the ancient gods.
Among the Ten Heavenly Sovereigns, Fire Heavenly Sovereign was the most eager to eradicate the ancient gods, but that was merely his pretext for eliminating dissidents and strengthening himself. Only she was the one who truly wanted to exterminate the ancient gods!
The Heavenly Alliance's Ten Heavenly Sovereigns were her support.
On the reverse side of the Ancestral Court, Qin Mu was searching as he went. Suddenly, he looked up and saw ahead two towering mountains standing like a heavenly gate—it was the Southern Heavenly Gate.
"Dragon Xiao should not be far. Since I've come here, I might as well take a look inside the Southern Heavenly Gate."
He looked up at this gate formed by nature itself. This was the Ancestral Court's Southern Heavenly Gate, far more majestic and spectacular than the Heavenly Court's Southern Heavenly Gate. Between the two great mountains, Dao fire permeated the air. The Dao fire was constructed from Dao patterns, and within each flame were different configurations of Dao runes.
"If the Dao Ancestor were here, it would probably take him only a few days to analyze all this Dao fire and comprehend countless runic symbols from it."
Qin Mu walked into the Ancestral Court's Southern Heavenly Gate, and the Dao fire touched him. These Dao fires were very peculiar. When they made contact with him, they had no temperature at all, and they did not even ignite his clothes or hair.
Qin Mu let out a surprised sound and passed through the Southern Heavenly Gate. Nothing happened.
He stepped back again, examined this gate, and fell into contemplative silence.
Suddenly, his primordial spirit left his body and strode toward this Ancestral Court's Southern Heavenly Gate.
He wanted to try passing through the Southern Heavenly Gate using only his primordial spirit, without borrowing his physical body!
The moment his primordial spirit stepped into the Southern Heavenly Gate, a roar suddenly sounded in his ears, like the striking of a great bell, shaking everything!
A magnificent Dao sound rang out beside Qin Mu's primordial spirit. The Dao sound was grand and vast, making him feel as if he had entered the gateway of the Dao, bringing an unparalleled impact to his Dao heart!
"No wonder no one in the ancient era could discover the secrets of the Four Heavenly Gates. In that era, the Creators had no primordial spirit at all!"
He suddenly understood. At that moment, he felt the power of the Southern Heavenly Gate's Dao fire. The Dao fire invaded his primordial spirit, burning it from all directions, even penetrating his divine consciousness, his vital energy, and the Dao runes he had refined!
This was a trial. There was the danger of his primordial spirit being reduced to ashes by the Dao fire, but he would also receive the tempering of the Southern Heavenly Gate and take another step forward!
He let the Dao fire burn him and continued walking forward, hearing wondrous Dao sounds in his ears.
Qin Mu slowed his pace, allowing the Dao fire to refine him. Unconsciously, many insights and realizations came to him. As he went deeper, the wondrous feelings brought by the Dao sounds grew more and more numerous.
But the deeper he went, the stronger the Dao fire became, and it began to threaten the safety of his primordial spirit!
Of course, this level of Dao fire could no longer harm him, but it gave Qin Mu a feeling of instability in his foundation!
This instability in his foundation came precisely from the realm of the Southern Heavenly Gate within the Heavenly Palace system!
The Southern Heavenly Gate realm, also known as the True God realm, was when a cultivator before the Heavenly Palace's Southern Heavenly Gate walked into the gate, passed through this portal, and, after being tempered and refined by the Southern Heavenly Gate's Dao laws, elevated both their primordial spirit and physical body to the level of a True God!
This tempering and refinement were more reflected in terms of power.
Qin Mu had also passed through the Southern Heavenly Gate—not just one, but almost all the Southern Heavenly Gates of every Heavenly Palace. Only the Buddha Thief Heavenly Palace had not yet been completed, and the Carrying Extreme Heavenly Palace had just begun cultivation and had not yet passed through.
But now, as he walked into the Southern Heavenly Gate formed by the Ancestral Court's heaven and earth, he discovered that being burned by the Dao fire showed signs of an unstable realm!
This matter of an unstable realm was something he had never encountered before!
Since childhood, his realm foundation could be said to be unshakably solid. Especially after coming into contact with the Yan Kang reforms and reforming the various divine treasuries, an unstable realm was even more impossible for him.
When he abolished the Heavenly Palace and the divine treasuries, cultivating only the spiritual embryo, the Heavenly Palace's realms became part of his spiritual embryo realm. The realms of the Heavenly Palace's Revered Gods and True Gods had all been tempered to an unimaginably solid state.
If anyone said that his realm was unstable, then all the gods under heaven would have unstable realms!
"This is an opportunity—a chance for me to strive for the Great Perfection of the Southern Heavenly Gate realm!"
He devoted himself wholeheartedly to sensing the Dao fire around him, listening to the Dao sounds, and earnestly comprehending the mysteries of the Southern Heavenly Gate.
At that moment, above the Southern Heavenly Gate, two enormous eyes suddenly emerged from the clouds, hiding behind them, staring at Qin Mu's primordial spirit who was meditating within the gate. Then, their gaze shifted, landing on Qin Mu's physical body.
In the sky, a long dragon whisker silently descended, quietly wrapping around Qin Mu's physical body and slowly lifting it up.
Meanwhile, Qin Mu's primordial spirit within the Southern Heavenly Gate remained as if unaware.
"I'll wait for you to come and beg me, to become my mount, hehe..." A low laugh came from the sky, and the two eyes also vanished.