Chapter 1482: Before the Hongmeng Sky Opened, This Tree Was Planted by Me
The crowd hurriedly gathered around, only to see that although Qin Mu had turned into a dried-up corpse, the vertical eye on his forehead hadn't dried out and was still rolling its eyeballs around.
"It's fine, it's fine! Everyone, scatter, scatter!"
Blind waved his hand, shooing the onlookers away, saying, "Nothing worth seeing. He won't die."
"What a pity Deaf isn't here. If he were, he could paint this scene and it would be passed down through the ages." Granny Si said regretfully.
Qin Mu's vertical eye cast a resentful glance at her, and Granny Si hurriedly left.
This World Tree was still devouring and absorbing the energy within his body, leaving him with not a shred of cultivation. Not only that, but all the Dao runes, Dao patterns, and Dao chains he had cultivated were completely absorbed, not a single bit remaining!
His dharma power had been stored in the myriad heavens and realms of the Spirit Embryo Divine Treasury and the various Heavenly Palaces. However, in a short span of time, his myriad heavens were annihilated, including the Ancestral Court, which was also shrinking continuously!
Even his Heavenly Palaces were collapsing, transformed into pure, attribute-less energy and devoured by the World Tree!
What was even more terrifying was that countless root tendrils even coiled around his primordial spirit, seizing its power!
Qin Mu's primordial spirit was also shrinking rapidly, eventually losing all its energy and becoming a tiny soul and spirit embryo, standing forlornly under the tree, looking quite helpless.
In just a short moment, the Ancestral Court had shrunk to its limit, leaving only four mineral veins and one piece of Taiyi's eggshell.
Then, the four mineral veins disappeared one by one, each divine stone having all its power devoured by the World Tree, turning into powder!
After the four mineral veins vanished, only the Taichu eggshell, Taisu eggshell, Taiji eggshell, Taiyi eggshell, and a complete Taishi egg remained.
*Smack!*
Suddenly, the Taisu eggshell shattered, then was ground to dust by the World Tree's power, becoming pure Taisu Dao that was absorbed by the tree!
Even the Taisu Primordial Liquid was absorbed completely!
A terrified scream came from the Taishi egg floating in the air. This large egg whistled away, trying to escape, but Qin Mu's Divine Treasury was now small, only covering the area where the World Tree stood. No matter how hard it rammed, it couldn't escape!
*Crack, crack.* The two pieces of Taichu eggshell also shattered.
Then, the two pieces of Taiji eggshell were destroyed.
Only the piece of Taiyi eggshell was extremely tough, not worn away by the World Tree.
*Whoosh!*
The Taishi egg flew over and hid trembling inside the Taiyi eggshell. Root tendrils extended over. The Taishi egg rolled, using the eggshell as a shield, hiding beneath it, trying to shrink its divine egg.
*Crunch, crunch* sounds came, as if something was gnawing on the eggshell. Even on the surface of the Taiyi eggshell, fine cracks began to appear.
Before long, the cracks multiplied and became dense. The Taishi egg sensed something was wrong. Then, the Taiyi eggshell exploded. Pieces of eggshell were annihilated by the World Tree's power, transformed into Taiyi Dao and absorbed by the tree!
The Taishi Ancient God inside the egg almost fainted. He saw the World Tree's roots curling towards him, likely to crush his eggshell and even absorb the primordial liquid inside his egg!
Absorbing the Taishi Primordial Liquid was one thing, but if this strange tree absorbed him as well, wouldn't he die before even being born?
Just then, a beam of light shone down from the sky. The Taishi egg immediately flew up, heading straight for that light.
Behind it, countless root tendrils lashed out like tentacles, reaching for him. Just as the roots were about to grab him, the Taishi egg barely managed to fly out through that beam of light.
After rushing out of the light, he realized that the place where the light shone down was actually the eye on Qin Mu's forehead. This eye had opened, allowing the light to shine down and giving him a chance to escape.
Otherwise, if the World Tree's roots had caught him, they would have absorbed him clean!
The Taishi egg escaped death and finally breathed a sigh of relief. He saw Qin Mu lying on the ground like a mummy. He quickly landed beside Qin Mu, only to see Qin Mu's body stiff and unable to move, while the eyeball in his vertical eye was rolling around wildly.
The Taishi egg stood beside him, still shaken, and said, "You always like to mess around and cause trouble. Now you've stirred up a big mess, haven't you? This tree is meant to absorb the power of the Heavenly Dao. Since there's no Heavenly Dao power left, it has to absorb you..."
As he said this, the World Tree in Qin Mu's Spirit Embryo Divine Treasury had nothing left to devour, so it stopped absorbing.
In his Spirit Embryo Divine Treasury, besides Qin Mu's spirit embryo and soul, there was only the World Tree. Everything else was gone!
Fortunately, most of the treasures Qin Mu had collected were stored in his vertical eye, not in the Spirit Embryo Divine Treasury. These treasures were preserved and not devoured by the World Tree.
Suddenly, the World Tree swallowed Qin Mu's spirit embryo and primordial spirit as well.
Just then, a miraculous thing happened.
Qin Mu felt himself merge with this tree. His primordial spirit seemed to completely fuse with the World Tree, allowing him to sense its branches, leaves, and roots.
Those branches were like his arms, the leaves like his palms, and the roots like his sensory nerves, clearly perceiving everything outside.
Not only that, but he also felt that his body seemed to be composed of Dao. Some of these Daos were the ones he had painstakingly comprehended, such as Creation, Divine Consciousness, various innate Daos, and various acquired Daos.
Some were Daos he had only just touched upon, like Taichu, Taisu, Taiji, and Taishi. And there were some Daos he had never encountered before, like Taiyi!
Now, all Daos became incredibly clear, as if they had become his instinct, his consciousness. The mysteries contained within the Daos seemed to have become his thoughts.
In his Spirit Embryo Divine Treasury, the World Tree suddenly trembled slightly.
Chaos was cleaved open. In an instant, his Spirit Embryo Divine Treasury seemed to experience the creation of heaven and earth!
At the moment of cosmic creation, there was first boundless, infinite nothingness—a void where nothing existed, like the legendary Ultimate Void Great Luo Heaven.
But in the next moment, this creation of heaven and earth evolved into the birth of Qi. This Qi was the Primordial One Qi, surging forth within his Divine Treasury!
As the Primordial One Qi emerged, the universe became like a thick soup of primordial liquid, transforming into a pure energy state. Formless yet substantial energy filled the entire primordial universe.
Energy exploded, and the primordial universe expanded outward rapidly. Space was born. Primordial matter, accompanied by the pouring energy, sprayed into countless dimensions without coalescing, thus having form and substance but no body.
Finally, the primordial universe expanded to a certain extent. Primordial matter accumulated and coalesced, forming brilliant stars and galaxies orbiting each other. Yin and Yang separated, revolving around each other, creating Taiji diagrams across the universe.
The most ancient continent became the Ancestral Court. The World Tree took root upon it. Dao accumulated, forming the Four Heavenly Gates, the Yao Lake, and the Yao Terrace on the Ancestral Court. Malice condensed into the Execution Platform. Starlight gathered to form the Heavenly River and Heavenly Sea.
The Heavenly Sea reflected the boundless starry sky. The Xuan Du appeared. The Heavenly Dao gathered the stars of the Xuan Du, shining upon the matter in various dimensions. That matter formed countless heavens.
At this point, the Yuan Realm rose, the You Du was established, and the Four Extremities Heavens came into being.
Among the stars, constellations, and celestial bodies of the heavens, ancient gods were born. Above was the Heavenly Duke, below was the Earth Lord, in the center was the Earth Mother, and at the four poles of the universe were the Four Ancient God Emperors.
Beneath the Heavenly Duke's feet was the Tian Yin Realm. Beneath the Earth Lord's feet was the Gui Xu.
Qin Mu's primordial spirit, at some point, separated from the World Tree and stood beneath it, looking around. He saw that the five types of Dao born from the five stages of cosmic creation had formed five mineral veins in the Ancestral Court.
In those mineral veins, divine stones were being born, embedded deep within the veins. Radiant light and Dao light gathered there, containing surging Dao power.
Even more, the Taiyi mineral vein, which he had longed for the most, was also forming!
In the Taiyi mineral vein, chaos was dense and hazy, and divine stones were also forming.
Qin Mu stared blankly at this scene. Various insights into the Five Great Innate Daos came flooding in. Some were things he had never comprehended before, but now they appeared in his mind like innate knowledge.
"...That World Tree is fundamentally a monster that seizes the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Now do you know fear?"
The Taishi egg was still chattering beside Qin Mu, saying, "But being afraid is useless! I can't save you now. I'm powerless against that strange tree. Even my Taishi Primordial Stone was devoured by it... Hold on for a moment. I'll go find Taiyi. We're both egg-born ancient gods; he should at least show me some face..."
Just as he was about to hop away, Qin Mu suddenly sat up straight, turned his head to look at him, and said, "Brother Taishi, quickly come into my Divine Treasury!"
The Taishi egg was startled and immediately fled: "A corpse rising! That demon tree is controlling Mu Tianzun's body to trick me. Do you think I'd fall for that?"
*Whoosh!*
Just as he jumped up, a beam of light shot out from Qin Mu's vertical eye, shining on the Taishi egg and pulling it towards his forehead.
Inside the egg, Taishi was both angry and anxious. He pounded the eggshell with his fists, but couldn't break it open.
He got closer and closer to Qin Mu, finally pressing against the inner wall of the eggshell, kicking his feet wildly, but he was still inevitably sent into the Divine Treasury by Qin Mu.
*Thump.*
The Taishi egg landed in a brand new Taishi mineral vein, right on the altar.
Inside the egg, Taishi was stunned for a moment. The round, massive egg spun once on the altar, feeling that this altar was more complete than the previous one, and this mineral vein was also more complete. The Taishi Dao it contained was so pure, no longer containing impurities.
He was both surprised and delighted, momentarily forgetting to escape, and settled down here to nest.
Suddenly, he saw the World Tree. The round egg trembled a few times, wanting to flee but reluctant to leave his new nest, so he had to stay on guard.
Just then, he saw Qin Mu's primordial spirit sitting under the tree, as if comprehending or cultivating.
"Mu Tianzun is so pitiful. All the Heavenly Palaces he worked so hard to cultivate are gone..."
Just as he thought this, countless Dao runes interwove, turning into bricks, tiles, pillars, beams, stone steps, pavilions, and towers.
All kinds of magnificent Dao runes stacked together, building towers, halls, and palaces. Soon, a Heavenly Palace took shape.
In the distance, more Heavenly Palaces were rapidly forming, gradually creating a vast Heavenly Court!
Qin Mu's body was also slowly regaining its color.
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Surgery Today, Taking Leave
Surgery today. Zhai Zhu will be in the hospital all day. No midday update. Will code after returning home in the evening.