Chapter 1477: The Nine Heavenly Lords Rescue Mu Tianzun (Second Update)
Blind couldn't help but grow tense as Taiyi set down his water pipe and continued, "The nine Heavenly Lords have already entered the city. I can no longer see them."
Blind clenched his fists. Mute was still urging him on, but Blind snapped angrily, "Wait a little longer!"
Just then, waves of terrifying tremors came from the direction of the Ancestral Court's Jade Capital City. Blind's heart leaped with joy as he stared expectantly at Taiyi.
Taiyi said, "There's no need to look at me. I can't see what's happening inside Jade Capital City either."
Blind, still unwilling to give up, kept his gaze fixed on him, waiting for him to reveal the battle's progress.
In the Ancestral Court's Jade Capital City, seven Heavenly Lords arrived together and joined forces with Fire Heavenly Lord and Void Heavenly Lord outside the city.
Fire Heavenly Lord and Void Heavenly Lord had arrived earlier than the others. They hadn't planned to enter the city immediately, after all, the appearance of Jade Capital City had caused such a massive disturbance that even they felt a sense of fear at the sight.
This fear was born of the unknown.
Faced with the unknown, even Heavenly Lords could feel intimidated.
Thus, the two Heavenly Lords, Fire and Void, had remained outside the city, waiting for the other Heavenly Lords.
"Mu Tianzun hasn't come out yet," Fire Heavenly Lord said to Hao Tianzun and the others. "He broke the seal of the Incense Burning Hall and has been staying inside this city ever since."
"The seal of the Incense Burning Hall was placed by nearly all the powerful figures throughout history, including the seals of us Ten Heavenly Lords. With his abilities, he can't break it," Hao Tianzun said unhurriedly. "He must have used external force to do it."
He surveyed the ancient, weathered divine city and said calmly, "That means there's something extremely terrifying inside this city, capable of breaking our Ten Heavenly Lords' seals, and even the seals of the Heavenly Emperor and the Primordial Emperor!"
Yan Tianfei, Qiang Tianfei, Shi Qiluo, and Gong Tianzun felt a chill run down their spines. If it could break their seals, the power Mu Tianzun had borrowed must be at least as strong as theirs, perhaps even stronger!
The other Heavenly Lords didn't know the terror of this place, but Yan Tianfei, Qiang Tianfei, Shi Qiluo, and Gong Tianzun had been here before and remembered it vividly.
Hao Tianzun said, "The Incense Burning Hall must not be compromised! The things suppressed inside that hall must never be allowed to escape."
Fire Heavenly Lord thought of Yu Tianzun and Ming Huang and quickly nodded. "They absolutely must not be allowed to escape!"
Yan Tianfei, Qiang Tianfei, Shi Qiluo, and Gong Tianzun also recalled the painting in the hall and the figure within it. Their hearts trembled violently, and they said solemnly, "He must not be released!"
Patriarch Shen King and Gong Tianzun followed Hao Tianzun's lead without question. Void Heavenly Lord and Langxuan Divine Emperor had no choice but to follow. The nine Heavenly Lords, along with the two Taiji Ancient Gods, walked into the city together.
The two Ancient Gods' gazes kept falling behind Hao Tianzun. Others couldn't see the figure of Taisu behind Hao Tianzun, but they could perceive Taisu's true form.
"This place is indeed strange. For Mu Tianzun to find such a location shows no small skill," Langxuan Divine Emperor said, his Dao Fruit spinning behind his head as he couldn't help but praise.
Hao Tianzun felt uncomfortable hearing him mention Qin Mu and quickened his pace.
The nine Heavenly Lords entered the city and saw the same sights as Wei Suifeng and Shu Jun had seen earlier. However, they were far more powerful than Wei Suifeng and Shu Jun. Even when they encountered the heat-death wind, they didn't bother to avoid it, and all nine of them suffered greatly as a result!
After dodging the heat-death wind, they came across a withered Dao Tree. Not knowing that the tree shouldn't be touched, Patriarch Shen King reached out and immediately felt a profound consciousness invading his mind. He hurriedly resisted.
"An evil tree dares to harm me?"
The Divine King flew into a rage, uprooting the withered Dao Tree and blasting countless Heavenly Dao great divine abilities into it, snapping who knows how many withered branches.
However, the Dao Tree harbored a strange Dao within it that struck back, injuring Patriarch Shen King in the process.
The other Heavenly Lords were horrified.
"Patriarch Shen King, this is a Dao Tree! Don't fight it head-on!"
Qiang Tianfei summoned the two divine blades from the Ancestral Court's Execution Platform. The blades twisted and crossed, slicing through the Dao Tree with a thunderous crash as she said, "In this world, the only one who has cultivated a Dao Tree is the invincible Primordial Emperor—undying, immortal, eternal, coexisting with heaven and earth. And I am the only one who can cut down a Dao Tree!"
They saw that at the cut, crimson blood flowed from the tree trunk, and the blood emitted a radiant glow. The glow flew up and attacked the group!
The nine Heavenly Lords each used their abilities to dispel the glow, their hearts growing uneasy.
Even they found the glow somewhat difficult to handle.
"How did Mu Tianzun find such a bizarre place?"
They dispelled the glow and were about to collect the withered Dao Tree when they saw the tree's trunk and branches rapidly disintegrate, vanishing without a trace in no time.
Only countless Dao patterns flew out in all directions, merging into the world and making the spiritual energy here so dense it felt like a sacred land.
"How strange!"
The nine Heavenly Lords pressed on, all of them secretly wary of Qiang Tianfei's two divine blades. Those blades had easily cut through the Dao Tree, making them arguably the most fearsome weapons in the world, likely capable of killing even them without much trouble.
Everyone kept a cautious eye on Qiang Tianfei. Before long, they encountered a bizarre ghost rising from the chaotic energy, spewing a cold, desolate wind. Fortunately, they were prepared. The group dodged the wind, and Langxuan Divine Emperor directly pointed a finger, killing the ghost in one strike!
The nine Heavenly Lords fought together, unstoppable. They charged through, and soon they saw a strange forest of withered Dao Trees. Even as Heavenly Lords, they couldn't help but draw in a sharp breath at the sight.
"This boy Mu Tianzun actually found such a strange place. He cannot be allowed to live!" the Heavenly Lords said in unison.
Then, their gazes fell on the Incense Burning Hall. The majestic hall was now in ruins, with the seals around it broken and tattered, most of them destroyed.
The hall was pierced through by a Dao Tree, on which hung a Dao Fruit. The Dao Fruit was withered and hung before the door, riddled with holes from the seals.
Inside the Dao Fruit was a woman, naked and dead.
"What a pity," Langxuan Divine Emperor said, shaking his head with a sigh. "That brute Mu Tianzun has no regard for beauty, only ruthless destruction. We can't indulge him any longer. He must be eliminated."
The other Heavenly Lords nodded in agreement.
Patriarch Shen King frowned. "The seals are broken. That cunning Mu Tianzun has likely already fled with the prisoners here."
"No," Gong Tianzun said calmly. "Even if he broke the seals of the Incense Burning Hall, he absolutely cannot escape from it. Once he enters the hall, there's no way out."
Hao Tianzun, Fire Heavenly Lord, and the others exchanged strange glances. Gong Tianzun clearly knew many secrets of the Incense Burning Hall.
Fire Heavenly Lord let out a sigh of relief and said solemnly, "Since Mu Tianzun can't escape and is trapped inside the hall, we should take this opportunity to send him on his way, to avoid further trouble."
They walked into the hall.
After a moment, an incredibly terrifying tremor erupted from within. Heavenly Lord divine abilities exploded, shaking heaven and earth. The entire Incense Burning Hall wobbled, quickly crumbled, and then split apart!
Whoosh—
Fragments of the Great Luo Heaven burst forth from the hall, expanding wildly. Within those fragments, the nine Heavenly Lords fought fiercely around a scholar. The nine of them bled freely but relentlessly struck at the Dao Fruit and felled the Dao Tree!
No matter how skilled the Primordial Lord of the Miluo Palace was, his strength had not recovered from the cataclysm of the universe's destruction. The nine Heavenly Lords brutally killed him within the Great Luo Heaven fragments!
At that moment, in the Great Black Mountain of the Ancestral Court, Qin Mu slowly awoke.