Chapter 1440: He Is Mu Tianzun! (Third Update)
From the moment Emperor Qing engaged Hong Tianzun in battle to the moment he fell in combat, the total time was no more than the span of a single incense stick. In such a short time, anyone else would have been unable to escape far.
However, the moment Emperor Qing left that continent, Qin Mu immediately activated the Overlord Body Three Dan Art, with the Supreme Extreme Heavenly Palace as the lead and the other heavenly palaces as support, gathering qi into a sword and slashing backward with a single stroke.
As this sword fell, layers upon layers of space continuously emerged. Within those emerging spaces, tens of thousands of stars surged forth from the void, stretching the distance between them and Hong Tianzun further and further apart!
He slashed out sword after sword, and space continuously expanded. Although even combining all their strength could not match Hong Tianzun, when it came to escape, not even a Heavenly Sovereign could capture Qin Mu.
The Supreme Extreme Void Sutra, the technique of Lunar Heavenly Sovereign. Although he had not fully mastered it, he had immersed himself in it for a long time. With this method, he was confident enough to escape the pursuit of any Heavenly Sovereign.
However, he lacked the power to lead the people on this continent to escape Hong Tianzun’s pursuit.
Emperor Qing had nothing to do with him, nor did Emperor Qing’s clansmen. But once he agreed, he would give his all to do it.
After slashing out over a dozen swords, his dharma power could barely hold out. He then stamped his foot, and the Overlord Body Three Dan Art changed the sequence of his heavenly palaces. Now, with his main heavenly palace as the lead and the others as support, he elevated his cultivation and power to the extreme.
Boom—
A Nirvana Divine Ship appeared beneath this continent, lifting the entire battered land, slowly accelerating. By the time the Nirvana Divine Ship reached its maximum speed, the entire continent crashed through the void and entered the first layer of void.
After a moment, the Nirvana Divine Ship carried the continent crashing into the second layer of void. However, when the continent crashed into the sixth layer of void, the entire land could no longer withstand the void’s pressure. The people on the land, within the ruins of Heavenly Square City, could also no longer hold on, their bodies beginning to etherealize.
Many Solar Guardians did their utmost, using their dharma power to protect them, temporarily slowing this trend.
But this fragment of Heavenly Square City could no longer sustain itself. Pieces of divine stone the size of mountains peeled off from the land, detached, and slowly dissipated into the void.
The fragment of Heavenly Square City grew smaller and smaller, quickly shrinking from a continent to an island, forcing the people on it to gather together, barely finding room.
Qin Mu’s primal qi surged, increasing the Nirvana Divine Ship’s speed to accelerate their departure from the Celestial Capital.
After an unknown amount of time, his dharma power was nearly exhausted. Using the last of his strength, he forced the fragment of Heavenly Square City to break free from the eighth layer of void. As soon as the fragment left the void, Qin Mu’s aura plummeted sharply, and he nearly collapsed to the ground.
“Everyone.”
Supported by Tian Shu and the Butcher, Qin Mu barely managed to stand steady. He addressed the hundred or so Solar Guardians and the people of the Celestial Capital: “This place is far from the battlefield. I cannot escort you out of the Celestial Capital, but it will be difficult for pursuers to catch up to you. You can make your own way to the Primordial Realm. There is no longer any sanctuary for you, the people of the Celestial Capital, in this world.”
He coughed violently, then after a moment, said: “Carefree Village has been sealed off by the Heavenly Court army. You cannot reach there, and you can no longer stay in the Celestial Capital. Only Eternal Peace can take you in. Go to the Primordial Realm and seek out the Eternal Peace Solar Guardian Yan Jingjing. She will take you in.”
“Benefactor!”
One Solar Guardian bowed and said: “We implore the benefactor to remove the black veil and leave your name, so we may remember the faces of our benefactors and know who saved us!”
Qin Mu shook his head and said: “There is no need for you to know our names or appearances. Go now, quickly…”
Suddenly, an elder from the Celestial Capital spoke tremblingly: “Benefactors, your righteousness is unmatched, saving us without leaving your names. But we cannot be ungrateful. We implore the benefactors to reveal your true faces and leave your true names. When we reach Eternal Peace, we will build living shrines for you, forge golden statues, and pray for you day and night!”
The tens of thousands of people from the Celestial Capital knelt down, all saying: “To know kindness and not repay it is to be no different from beasts! We implore the benefactors to grant this!”
Qin Mu shook his head and said: “There is no need for this. I saved you to ease my own conscience. It has nothing to do with you…”
“Ease your conscience?”
Zhe Huali suddenly erupted in fury. He tore off the black cloth from his face and roared angrily: “Can you truly ease your conscience? You might be able to, but I can’t! When I save people, I want to leave my name and my face! Take off the veils, all of you, take them off! Let these ignorant fools see our faces!”
The Butcher silently removed the black cloth from his face. Tian Shu and Luo Wushuang also took theirs off.
Zhe Huali strode up to Qin Mu and reached for the black cloth on his face. Qin Mu raised his hand, struggling: “Don’t…”
“Do you want to carry a curse of infamy for the rest of your life?”
Zhe Huali knocked his hand away and tore the black cloth from his face, laughing mockingly: “This is your benefactor! See his face clearly? He is your benefactor! The one you made straw dolls of, shot arrows at every day, and cursed every day—Benefactor Qin Mu, Mu Tianzun!”
His gaze was like a blade, sweeping across the faces of the people from the Celestial Capital, forcing not only their bodies but also their souls to kneel.
“That’s right! He is Mu Tianzun, the Mu Tianzun of the Heavenly Alliance!”
Zhe Huali slammed his demon blade heavily into the ground, grinding his teeth as he said: “The Mu Tianzun you hate to the bone! When the Ten Heavenly Sovereigns wanted to kill the Heavenly Duke, he obstructed them in every way, risking his own life to fight against them! He racked his brains to find a way out for the Heavenly Duke! When the Heavenly Court attacked the Celestial Capital, knowing he was no match, he desperately raised his own strength!”
“He also invited us!”
“If it weren’t for our friendship with him, what the hell does the life or death of some damned Heavenly Duke have to do with us?”
Zhe Huali gripped the hilt of his blade, twisting it, driving the demon blade inch by inch into the ground, chuckling darkly: “We came here risking our lives, not for the sake of some damned Heavenly Duke’s face, not for the sake of all your lives in the Celestial Capital, but because we are his friends, bound by life and death! He asked us to come, so we came, even if we had to hang our heads on our belts! What are you people?”
He had borne too much pressure, and at this moment, he finally released it with unrestrained joy, laughing loudly: “You have lives, and so do we. Why should our lives be exchanged for yours? It’s only because Mu Tianzun asked us to come! Heh, what have you people of the Celestial Capital done? Build living shrines for Mu Tianzun? Forge golden statues for him? Worship him? Pah! You made straw dolls and shot arrows at him behind his back every day, spat on him, and cursed him!”
The Butcher, Luo Wushuang, and Tian Shu stood in silence, saying nothing, letting him vent.
“You people of the Celestial Capital have guts!”
Zhe Huali coldly stared at these Solar Guardians and the populace, sneering: “If you have guts, then step forward and say, ‘I don’t care about being saved by Mu Tianzun, I don’t care about being saved by you all, I’d rather die!’ Step forward and say it! Say it now!”
“Enough, no need to say more. I can’t hold back Hong Tianzun for long.”
Qin Mu raised his hand, lifted his head, and looked directly at the people of the Celestial Capital, saying: “That’s right, I am Qin Mu of Eternal Peace.”
Tian Shu stepped forward and said calmly: “I am Tian Shu of Eternal Peace.”
The Butcher stepped forward, planting his Heavenly Blade in the ground: “Dao Liu Zhao of Eternal Peace.”
Luo Wushuang stepped forward, holding his single blade in his arms: “Luo Wushuang of Eternal Peace.”
Zhe Huali panted heavily, snorted coldly: “Zhe Huali of Eternal Peace.”
Qin Mu addressed the Solar Guardians and the people of the Celestial Capital: “Whether you build living shrines, forge golden statues, or offer worship, that is up to you. What we have done has nothing to do with righteousness or the right path; we only seek peace of mind. If we return alive, there is no need for you to spread our fame. If we die in the Celestial Capital, build us a grave in Eternal Peace. We go now—”