Chapter 1447: You Are About to Die (Second Update)
Qin Mu's eyelids twitched. He withdrew his gaze from Hong Tianzun and said in a deep voice, "Let's continue forward!"
At this moment, attacks from the Heavenly Lord were raining down all around them. Every single Heavenly Dao divine ability was so perfect, its power so surging. The void was collapsing everywhere, making it difficult for the five of them to advance.
Qin Mu led them, striving to climb upward. The five of them unleashed their blade techniques, slashing apart the void fragments that pressed in on them. Even so, they were soon covered in wounds.
Ahead, the Heavenly Lord's shoulder seemed like an endless road, with no end in sight.
Just then, a violent tremor came. Qin Mu braced himself against the crumbling void and looked back. The light was blinding, making it impossible to see what was happening.
He opened his vertical brow eye and saw Hong Tianzun breaking through the Heavenly Lord's attacks one by one. His magical power was overwhelming, his divine abilities exquisite. He dismantled the Heavenly Dao techniques as if he had done it a thousand times before, with effortless simplicity!
He rescued Langxuan Divine Emperor and the others. No matter how fierce or domineering the Heavenly Lord's attacks were, they could not harm him in the slightest.
This scene looked as if it had been rehearsed many times. He was intimately familiar with every single Heavenly Dao divine ability the Heavenly Lord used, and he had even figured out all the ways to counter them!
"Of course you can counter your own techniques, Hong Tianzun. Do you covet the Heavenly Lord's power that much..."
Qin Mu's face darkened. He turned back and said in a hoarse voice, "Keep moving!"
"Where are we going?"
Zhe Huali, covered in blood, burst out angrily, "Chief Qin, even if we manage to reach the Heavenly Lord's shoulder, what can we do against such an onslaught? Even the Heavenly Lord himself can't hold out! Can we?"
Luo Wushuang nodded silently. He glanced at the Imperial Que Divine Blade flashing past him, seeing his own reflection in the blade, battered and bruised. He said, "Mu Tianzun, we've done all we can."
"We can hold out!"
Qin Mu continued walking forward, his voice firm. "As long as we reach the Heavenly Lord's Lingtai, we can hold out!"
Suddenly, the sound of a zither came, drifting unpredictably from all directions. The chaotic void currents around Qin Mu and the others were stirred by the zither's notes and vanished without a trace.
"Now! Let's charge!" Qin Mu shouted.
The five of them sped up and rushed forward. Gradually, the Heavenly Lord's shoulder came into view, and they could faintly make out his face hidden within the light.
Suddenly, the zither music broke off. The sound of burning Dao fire and snapping zither strings echoed.
Qin Mu's heart sank. He didn't dare look back to check on Yue Tianzun's safety and instead charged forward madly.
At last, they reached the Heavenly Lord's shoulder. Here, it was calm—no terrifying void storms or currents, no void fragments.
On the Heavenly Lord's shoulder stood magnificent divine cities. In these cities, many divine demons of the Xuan Du guarded each city, standing ready.
The five of them, drenched in blood, broke into the nearest divine city.
Inside the city, countless subjects of Xuan Du knelt on the ground, prostrating themselves before the Heavenly Lord's statue at the city center, praying and offering sacrifices, begging for his protection.
Their prayers and offerings merged into a single, stirring torrent.
Breaking the god within one's heart is difficult because of people's worship of power, their fear of the unknown, and their longing for a better future without the will to strive and advance.
Especially in a place like Xuan Du, breaking the god within one's heart was even harder.
The Heavenly Lord was facing a great calamity, unable to save himself, yet these subjects of Xuan Du still prayed, hoping he would protect them.
The five of them bore the blessing of the Heavenly Dao, so the divine demons guarding the city did not stop them. Qin Mu quickly reached the city center. Zhe Huali drew his blade to cut down the Heavenly Lord's statue, but the Butcher reached out and stopped him, shaking his head. "Let them keep a little hope. If you cut down the statue, the hope in their hearts will be gone."
Zhe Huali wiped the blood from his face and snorted, "What good will that do?" Still, he sheathed his Dragon Fang demon blade and didn't destroy the statue.
Qin Mu approached the statue and bowed. "Brother, I have matters to discuss. Please shrink your body and guide us to your Lingtai!"
After a moment, the statue remained still.
But the divine city suddenly shook violently. The ground trembled, and buildings collapsed and crumbled.
Cries and wails filled the city. The subjects of Xuan Du kowtowed even more frantically before the Heavenly Lord's statue, muttering prayers faster and faster, their expressions growing more devout.
Hong Tianzun, personally leading the three Heavenly Lords in attacking the Heavenly Lord, had already begun to transmit the destructive force of their battle here.
With Hong Tianzun, who knew the Heavenly Lord and the Heavenly Dao inside and out, it wouldn't be long before all of the Heavenly Lord's attacks were dismantled, and this place would soon be destroyed!
Qin Mu frowned and said in a deep voice, "I came on the orders of Brother Tai Yi to discuss something important! The Heavenly Dao may control your actions and your body, but I know your consciousness is still here! Brother, won't you even give face to Brother Tai Yi?"
After a moment, the Heavenly Lord's statue suddenly came to life. It opened its eyes and looked at him, smiling. "Mu Tianzun, how transcendent is Brother Tai Yi? He is indifferent to everything happening in Xuan Du—not because he doesn't care, but because it cannot affect his Dao heart. Even beings like you and me are merely ripples in his Dao heart, insignificant waves. He would never send you here."
Qin Mu's gaze locked onto the statue's eyes. "You are not Tai Yi. Don't use your own thoughts to guess his. You'll be wrong."
The statue fell silent.
An even more violent shockwave struck here. The ground split, buildings collapsed, and the subjects of Xuan Du wailed in despair.
Qin Mu stared unblinkingly at the statue's eyes, seemingly oblivious to everything around him.
The Heavenly Lord's statue sighed. "I know you're deceiving me, but I truly cannot fathom Tai Yi's thoughts, so I cannot make a certain judgment. Fine. Come see me."
Suddenly, the Heavenly Lord's colossal body began to shrink. Hong Tianzun and the others, who were attacking him, were startled to see the Heavenly Lord, who had nearly filled all of Xuan Du, growing smaller and smaller. In an instant, a vast, empty void stretched between them and him!
"Mu Tianzun!" Hong Tianzun snorted. His sleeves billowed as he flew toward the Heavenly Lord.
Shi Qiluo, Langxuan Divine Emperor, and Qiang Tianfei quickly followed. The three Heavenly Lords exchanged glances, then looked at Hong Tianzun ahead of them, their eyes flickering with thought.
Even when shrunk to the extreme, the Heavenly Lord was still enormous. Qin Mu led Zhe Huali, the Butcher, and the others, soaring into the sky toward the Heavenly Lord's brow.
The Lingtai was located at the brow. There, the starlight was intense—the gathering place of his consciousness. Qin Mu led the four of them into the thick starlight and landed on a platform.
The platform was formed from condensed Heavenly Dao, as beautiful as jade, covered with all kinds of magnificent Heavenly Dao runes and marks. Around it were various Heavenly Dao treasures manifested from the Dao, also bearing countless Heavenly Dao imprints.
None of the five had ever been here before. They gazed at the exquisite structures and treasure forms, their hearts filled with awe.
Qin Mu quickly walked toward the celestial palace at the center of the platform. There, the Heavenly Lord's primordial spirit—white-browed, white-bearded, with snow-white eyes—was already waiting.
"You are about to die!" Qin Mu said bluntly.