Chapter 1442: Heaven's Sea as a Mirror, Reflecting the Mystic Capital (First Update)
Qin Mu revealed a smile, waved to Lang Wo, and then left with the Butcher, Tian Shu, and the others.
No sooner had he left than a burly, towering figure came bounding over, stepping on the Heavenly River as he charged toward Lang Wo. It was none other than the Eleventh Heavenly Venerate, Shi Qiluo!
The Heavenly Court’s army might be captivated by the beauty of Divine King Lang Wo, but Shi Qiluo would not be!
Divine King Lang Wo dared not clash with him and immediately fled into the Thirty-Fifth Void. Shi Qiluo howled as he charged forward, but he could not breach the Thirty-Fifth Void and could only sigh in frustration.
At that moment, however, Heavenly Venerate Hong had already broken free. He punched toward the Thirty-Fifth Void, his combat power surging to the heavens, far surpassing Shi Qiluo. Even hiding in the Thirty-Fifth Void was not safe for Lang Wo.
Just then, Divine King Lang Wo actually visualized the Netherworld, conjuring a Netherworld realm within the Thirty-Fifth Void—dark and indistinct.
Heavenly Venerate Hong was puzzled, but then he saw that within the Netherworld realm visualized by Lang Wo, a faint lantern light appeared, and a paper boat floated behind her.
“Netherworld Heavenly Venerate!”
Heavenly Venerate Hong chuckled. The Mystic Capital was the holy land of Heavenly Dao. As the culmination of Netherworld Dao, Netherworld Heavenly Venerate’s participation in the battle of the Mystic Capital was likely at Qin Mu’s invitation. However, the Mystic Capital’s suppression of him was immense, so even Netherworld Heavenly Venerate had to rely on the Netherworld realm visualized by Divine King Lang Wo to gain a foothold.
In such a situation, even if Netherworld Heavenly Venerate joined forces with Lang Wo, they could not contend with him!
His Heavenly Dao fist surged mightily, shattering layers of void. On the paper boat behind Divine King Lang Wo, Netherworld Heavenly Venerate raised his horse lantern, shining its light toward that punch.
Just as the lantern’s light blazed to its brightest, suddenly, within that visualized Netherworld realm, countless paper boats, countless horse lanterns, and countless Netherworld Heavenly Venerates materialized!
In that instant, the Netherworld was emptied, leaving only Earth Lord and the souls on his body, along with some demons, little ghost kings, and ghost kings. The countless millions of Yin emissaries had vanished without a trace!
They had come to the Mystic Capital, now appearing behind Divine King Lang Wo!
These elderly Yin emissaries together raised their horse lanterns, their light flaring brilliantly as they met the fist of Heavenly Venerate Hong. The Thirty-Fifth Void trembled violently, drawing all eyes.
Although the power of Heavenly Venerate Hong’s punch had been weakened by passing through the Thirty-Fifth Void, it was still extraordinary. Yet Netherworld Heavenly Venerate blocked it, forcing everyone to reassess his strength.
After blocking this strike, Divine King Lang Wo seized the opportunity to flee, taking the countless Yin emissaries and ghost ships with her, vanishing without a trace.
Just as Heavenly Venerate Hong and Shi Qiluo were about to give chase, suddenly the Heavenly Fiend energy within the Mystic Capital surged wildly, converging toward a single point with a roar. The two Heavenly Venerates were startled. Shi Qiluo took down the treasure box strapped to his back, opened it, and retrieved an object, setting it upright.
It was a double-spired tower, the twin peaks of which were a divine creation eye.
Shi Qiluo peered through this divine creation eye and immediately saw a massive altar flying toward the direction of the Mystic Capital’s Heavenly Lord. Qiang Tianfei stood atop that altar.
The altar’s steps were strange. When Shi Qiluo looked, the altar had twelve steps, but when Heavenly Venerate Hong leaned in to look, it had nine.
On that altar, two streaks of blood-red fiendish energy coiled and writhed like furious dragons, very similar to the Heavenly Court’s Execution Platform’s divine execution blades.
“Clan God Execution Platform!”
Shi Qiluo cackled: “This little wench has moved this ancestral court holy land here too. What does she intend to do?”
Heavenly Venerate Hong’s face darkened, and he said coldly: “This Execution Platform is gathering Heavenly Fiend energy, devouring its power to forge divine blades.”
Shi Qiluo quickly leaned in to look and saw that within the blood fiend energy, the power of the two divine blades was skyrocketing, drawing in the Heavenly Fiend energy of the Mystic Capital to refine the might and potency of the fiendish divine blades!
These two divine blades were not yet a great threat to them, but their rate of increase was enough to make even them uneasy.
“The Heavenly Fiend energy is still not strong enough now. When the Heavenly Lord dies, the fiendish energy will become extremely potent.”
Heavenly Venerate Hong sneered: “Perhaps Qiang Tianfei even intends to devour the Heavenly Lord’s physical form to nurture these two Execution Fiend Blades!”
He said calmly: “Devouring the fiendish energy of all living beings under heaven, devouring Heavenly Fiend energy—how could that compare to devouring a Dao-born god like the Heavenly Lord?”
Shi Qiluo’s heart tightened, and he asked: “What does this little wench intend to do by forging these two divine blades?”
“You should ask, what does the Grand Emperor intend to do by forging these two divine blades?”
Heavenly Venerate Hong shook his sleeves and soared into the air: “Lady Yuanmu, you and I need to join forces to guard against the Grand Emperor!”
Shi Qiluo sprinted wildly, trying to keep up, but Heavenly Venerate Hong was still much faster.
Boom!
A Divine Vessel Imperial Heavenly Venerate descended from the sky. Shi Qiluo stood on the vessel’s shoulder, and the Divine Vessel Imperial Heavenly Venerate sprinted forward, catching up to Heavenly Venerate Hong.
“Hong, have you seen Langxuan and Ancestral God King?” Shi Qiluo asked.
Before he finished speaking, a terrifying beam of light erupted in the distance, piercing through the Mystic Capital. Its brilliance outshone the light of billions upon billions of stars!
Divine Origin Finger!
“Langxuan Divine Emperor is over there. Who is his opponent? Could it be Kaihuang Qin Ye? Only he could force Langxuan to unleash the full power of the Divine Origin Finger.”
Shi Qiluo was puzzled. Standing on the shoulder of the Divine Vessel Imperial Heavenly Venerate, he raised his divine creation eye and looked. Langxuan’s opponent was not Kaihuang Qin Ye, but another Divine Vessel Imperial Heavenly Venerate!
Shi Qiluo was startled: “That vessel belongs to Ancestral God King! It seems the Heavenly Lord is controlling the Divine Vessel Imperial Heavenly Venerate to hunt down Langxuan Divine Emperor! Strange, if Langxuan is here, then where are Kaihuang and Ancestral God King?”
In the Ancestral Court, Kaihuang stepped out of Langxuan Divine Emperor’s territory, the Yao Chi Yao Tai, still calm and composed, while all around him were Langxuan Divine Emperor’s subordinates, watching him nervously.
“The Four Heavenly Gates, the Ancestral Court’s Yao Chi Yao Tai—I’ve visited them all. Now there are still the Execution Platform, the Nine Prisons Platform, and the Jade Capital to go. The Jade Capital City is likely extremely dangerous, so I won’t go there for now. The Execution Platform was taken by Qiang Tianfei and is no longer in the Ancestral Court. Once I reach the Mystic Capital, I can enter the Execution Platform.”
He seemed to feel no urgency about the battle in the Mystic Capital, musing: “So after visiting the Nine Prisons Platform, I should head to the Mystic Capital. By then, Mu Heavenly Venerate should be holding out, and the Heavenly Lord should be able to endure as well.”
Just then, he saw Heavenly Venerate Hong’s territory, the Heaven’s Sea.
Kaihuang paused slightly, his gaze sweeping over the Heaven’s Sea. His eyes were sharp, like his sword Dao, capable of seeing through everything.
“This Heaven’s Sea also has Dao condensed within it, forming a reflection of the Mystic Capital in the sea. Could this also be a potential realm?”
Kaihuang hesitated for a moment: “But Mu Heavenly Venerate never mentioned a realm like the Heaven’s Sea Dragon Palace. Could it be that he doesn’t know such a realm exists?”
He stepped toward the Heaven’s Sea. The sea was calm, without a ripple, like a bright mirror, its light reflecting everything in the Mystic Capital.
Meanwhile, in the Yuan Realm, within the Heavenly Yin Realm.
Ancestral God King paid his respects to the Heavenly Yin Empress, smiling: “Empress, you are no longer an ancient god. There’s no need to fight to the death for the Heavenly Lord. Even if you don’t consider your own life, you should think of the lives in your Heavenly Yin Realm.”
He looked up, gazing at the soles of the Heavenly Lord’s feet. This was the only place where the Heavenly Lord could not achieve his omniscient divine form, and also the Heavenly Lord’s weakness—the flaw in the Heavenly Dao.