Chapter 1543: Eternal Solid Seal
Ling Tianzun suddenly felt her heart filled with an indescribable warmth.
This feeling had never existed before.
She wanted to say, "I have waited for you for so long," but the words stuck in her throat.
She could no longer remember how many times she had died. Each death came so swiftly, so painfully, yet this cycle would never end.
Her disciple, Yi Shisheng, sealed the Upper Emperor Heaven and collected her bodies downstream on the Heavenly River. Each coffin buried one of her corpses, but when the Immutable divine ability erupted, her corpses would transform into river water.
Thus, over the long span of more than forty thousand years, her coffins had filled the Upper Emperor Heaven to overflowing.
For forty thousand years, she was repeatedly killed, even wishing to end it all herself. But even she could not break her own divine ability. The time Tai Di Ming Fang Yu had left her was too short, leaving her no chance to figure out how to unravel her own power.
In this endless cycle of death, even the strongest-willed person would collapse. Ling Tianzun was no exception.
When she saw Qin Mu in that moment, the shock and gratitude in her heart were unimaginable.
She was a person of unshakable resolve, but even that resolve had been worn down to the breaking point by years of death.
That was why her gaze could not leave Qin Mu's face. The warmth transmitted from his hand was no longer the coldness of a spear piercing her body—it gave her a feeling of being alive.
She dared not believe her own senses.
Only when she heard Qin Mu's voice did this wild joy bloom from the depths of her heart, surging through her entire being, turning into a warm current.
On the other side, the moment Tai Di's primordial spirit, Ming Fang Yu, was forcibly knocked out of the Taichu physical body by the staff, he immediately halted his retreat and charged back toward the Heavenly Emperor's physical body.
"Tai Di, I've knocked you out of the Taichu body, and you still want to return?"
Qin Mu turned his head, smiling at the approaching Tai Di primordial spirit. "You probably don't know me yet. My name is Qin Mu—Qin from 'three people farming,' Mu from 'herding cattle.' You may call me Mu Tianzun. Though you don't recognize me yet, we have hated and fought each other for a long time."
Even as he smiled, his attack was utterly ruthless. He reached out, grabbed the two God-Slaying Mystic Blades, merged them into one, and slashed directly at the Heavenly Emperor's physical body's brow!
This strike was majestic and overbearing, displaying the full dominance of the blade dao!
Ming Fang Yu was at the thirty-fifth level of the Heavenly Dao realm, and the God-Slaying Platform was also at thirty-five levels. The platform was activated, pushing the power of the God-Slaying Mystic Blade to its peak!
This strike could severely wound even the Kai Emperor, shattering his dao heart. Yet when such a terrifying blow landed on the Heavenly Emperor's brow, it didn't even break the skin of that physical body.
Clang!
A violent shockwave erupted, sending the God-Slaying Mystic Blade in Qin Mu's hand flying high. Qin Mu was startled: "Such a powerful physical body?"
He could hardly believe it. He had never seen such an indomitable physical form!
The God-Slaying Mystic Blade could even cut down the Heavenly Duke's body, yet it couldn't even scratch the skin of the Heavenly Emperor's physical form!
The strength of this body far surpassed that of Tai Di's body, reaching an unprecedented level!
"As expected of the strongest ancient god!"
At that moment, even Qin Mu's heart was stirred by the Heavenly Emperor's physical body.
To control such a body meant being invincible!
He made a snap decision. Spreading his divine storage domain, he abandoned the blade and used his fingers instead, drawing in the air.
Swish, swish, swish—he drew stroke after stroke, and layer after layer of space surged outward, pushing Ming Fang Yu further and further away from the Taichu body.
Ming Fang Yu howled as he charged forward. Tai Di's primordial spirit was vast and boundless. With a single step, he crossed layer after layer of continuously expanding space. His palms pushed forward, folding the space ahead, displaying unparalleled magical power and divine ability mastery!
Qin Mu frowned slightly. Logically, Xiao Tianzun should have acted by now, reclaiming his own physical body. Yet he had made no move at all, which was somewhat unusual.
But Tai Di's primordial spirit attack was imminent, leaving no time for overthinking.
He released Ling Tianzun's hand, brought his palms together, and pushed forward.
One Qi Mixed Yuan Dao Tong You!
His palms collided with Tai Di's massive hands. Their divine abilities erupted, and with a whoosh, Qin Mu's black hair flew wildly. The blood fiend aura of the entire God-Slaying Platform roared upward like a waterfall, shooting straight into the sky!
On the opposite side, Tai Di's primordial spirit withdrew his hands and forcibly tried to squeeze back into the Heavenly Emperor's body, attempting to regain control.
Though Qin Mu was strong and a worthy opponent, once he took over the Heavenly Emperor's body, even ten Qin Mus attacking together would be killed in a single blow!
Just then, the God-Slaying Mystic Blade flew up and slashed toward him.
Tai Di's primordial spirit frowned, ignoring the blade light, and forcibly drilled into the Heavenly Emperor's body. But he only managed to get halfway in before Qin Mu pointed at the Heavenly Emperor's brow and said softly, "Eternal Solid Seal."
The Immutable divine ability erupted, flowing through every part of the Heavenly Emperor's body.
Ling Tianzun's eyes lit up, and she praised, "That use of the Immutable divine ability is excellent!"
Tai Di's primordial spirit drilled into the Heavenly Emperor's body, but the Immutable divine ability activated instantly. With a flash of light, half of his primordial spirit was expelled again.
The other half remained inside the Heavenly Emperor's body.
Tai Di's primordial spirit was horrified. He tried again to enter the Heavenly Emperor's body, but the result was the same—the Immutable divine ability still affected him, leaving half of his spirit exposed.
"You taught me well," Qin Mu said modestly.
But the blade in his hand showed no mercy as it slashed toward Tai Di's primordial spirit!
His use of the Immutable divine ability was indeed formidable. The technique he employed was not the complete Immutable divine ability but a fragment of it, to avoid falling into the predicament of becoming Immutable matter himself.
Yet even a fragment of the Immutable divine ability was enough to trap Tai Di's primordial spirit to death!
Tai Di's primordial spirit grew increasingly frantic. He controlled half of the Heavenly Emperor's body to block Qin Mu's incoming blade light. A thunderous crash rang out, and Qin Mu's body shook violently. He pulled Ling Tianzun and rapidly retreated, dodging the divine spear thrust by Tai Di!
Sssss—
The surface of the Heavenly River exploded. The divine spear's power surged mightily, actually tearing the Heavenly River apart. Where the spear passed, waves rose on both sides like rolling mountain ranges, towering higher and higher.
Qin Mu immediately raised the Taiyi Staff to meet this strike!
The Heavenly Emperor's physical body was too powerful. He had to use the Taiyi Staff to stand a chance; otherwise, even with his Tribulation Sword, he couldn't block Tai Di's attack!
Boom!
Qin Mu's body shook violently, his robes flapping. The scabbard of the Tribulation Sword at his waist shattered into pieces, and the sword fell into the water.
The Heavenly Emperor's body stood on the God-Slaying Platform. With one strike, it shattered both God-Slaying Mystic Blades. Tai Di's primordial spirit once again desperately tried to control the Heavenly Emperor's body.
But no matter how many times he tried, the result was the same—half of his spirit was outside, half inside, and he could never fully master the Heavenly Emperor's body.
Qin Mu attacked again, laughing: "Tai Di, when I drowned Qiang Tianfei, I told you that before your death, I would give you a chance for a fair fight. Now I'm here to fulfill that promise!"
The Heavenly Emperor's body roared, stomping heavily. The thirty-five levels of the God-Slaying Platform were actually cracked!
Qin Mu's eyelid twitched. He knew exactly how astonishing the God-Slaying Platform's power was. Even the Kai Emperor at the thirty-fifth level of the dao realm couldn't harm this platform in the slightest.
Because the God-Slaying Platform was condensed from the great dao of the Ancestral Court, a natural dao artifact. Only after the Kai Emperor achieved the dao could he possibly break this platform.
The Heavenly Emperor's physical body's strength was truly terrifying. Even though Tai Di could only control half of it, its power could probably kill a Heavenly Lord!
—But strangely, neither Xiao Tianzun, Hao Tianzun, nor the Kai Emperor had made any move!
None of them had appeared or acted, which was eerily suspicious!
A cold gleam flashed in Qin Mu's eyes. Holding Ling Tianzun's hand, he charged swiftly toward Tai Di. Tai Di stomped again, and the God-Slaying Platform emitted cracking sounds, nearly breaking apart!
The Heavenly Emperor's body's blood and qi boiled, growing more vigorous, dispersing the blood fiend aura of the God-Slaying Platform.
Compared to the blood and qi contained within the Heavenly Emperor's body, the God-Slaying Platform's blood and qi were nothing!
This blood and qi was so powerful that it not only dispersed the platform's blood fiend aura but also evaporated the Heavenly River, revealing the surrounding majestic mountains and rivers!
It was a landscape of devastation, as if it had endured apocalypse after apocalypse. As far as the eye could see, there was no sign of human habitation for ten thousand miles.
Everywhere was yellow sand and vast desert. Occasionally, broken divine cities stood amidst the sand. The wind howled, whipping sand dunes across the desert in frantic motion.
When the dunes shifted, they revealed the countless bones buried beneath the sand.
This should have been a celestial realm, but for some reason, it had turned into a desert. Beneath the entire desert lay countless skeletons, remnants of some ancient battlefield from an unknown era.
Even Qin Mu didn't know what era this was.
By unraveling Ling Tianzun's Immutable divine ability, he should have returned to the time before she was ambushed and killed. But Ling Tianzun had already undergone countless cycles within the Immutable divine ability. Though the matter in the Heavenly River remained unchanged, the outside world had transformed.
"Such a magnificent physical body—if I could kill it and use it to nourish the God-Slaying Platform and the God-Slaying Mystic Blades, then these two divine blades could even slay a dao achiever!"
Ignoring the outside world, Qin Mu couldn't suppress his excitement. He charged onto the God-Slaying Platform, using the Taiyi Staff as a sword to meet Tai Di's thrusting divine spear!
The moment the spear and staff collided, blood sprayed from Qin Mu's eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. His body crackled and popped, every bone shattering inch by inch!
At the same time, the Tribulation Sword suddenly leaped out of the Heavenly River and stabbed into the sole of the half of Tai Di's primordial spirit that was exposed outside.
This sword contained tens of thousands of variations in technique. The blade light surged from Tai Di's toes upward, climbing in an instant from the toes to the sole, to the ankle, to the knee, to the thigh!
Wherever the sword light passed, Tai Di's primordial spirit disintegrated!
Swish—
The sword light pierced through Tai Di's primordial spirit's chest and abdomen, passing from the throat to the brain.
With a pop, the Tribulation Sword shot up from the top of Tai Di's primordial spirit's head, rising high above the Heavenly River. Countless sword techniques continued to rain down wildly, forming a brilliant canopy of sword dao!
Half of Tai Di's primordial spirit was completely shattered, destroyed by the Tribulation Sword!
At the same time, Qin Mu, who was flying backward, struck out with his palm, dispelling the Immutable divine ability on the Heavenly Emperor's body. The teaching staff flew over and, with a crack, knocked the other half of Tai Di's primordial spirit out of the body!
Boom!
He crashed into the endless yellow sand, dust flying everywhere, leaving a bloody trail behind him—his own blood.
The moment he knocked out the other half of Tai Di's primordial spirit, a figure appeared abruptly behind that half-spirit, grabbed it, opened his mouth wide, and swallowed it whole.
That person was Xiao Tianzun!
Just as Xiao Tianzun swallowed half of Tai Di's primordial spirit, a peachwood hairpin pressed against his brow.
"Eternal Solid Seal," Ling Tianzun said softly.
Xiao Tianzun's face changed dramatically.
This time, Qin Mu was not holding Ling Tianzun's hand. She had remained on the God-Slaying Platform all along, standing beside the Heavenly Emperor's body, waiting for this opportunity to ambush both him and Tai Di.
Now, he and half of Tai Di's primordial spirit had merged together, both transformed into Immutable matter.