Chapter 1563: The Path of Reincarnation
The Empress Dowager spoke with tender affection, her voice soft and gentle: "Qin Lang, don't worry. I'm refining my sister to death, and you'll die a magnificent death too—a death with value!"
Qin Mu struggled with all his might, but he simply couldn't break free.
In the past, Qin Mu wouldn't have feared any divine ability from Lady Yuanmu or the Empress Dowager. But after the two women merged, their Dao techniques and divine powers became extremely bizarre and terrifying, so much so that even he couldn't unravel them for the moment.
This kind of Dao technique and divine power contained the force to destroy everything, while simultaneously harboring the power to nurture everything. When these two forces fused together, they stimulated Qin Mu's own Great Dao, causing him to almost lose control over it, igniting it as Dao Fire!
Even the Five Tai Great Dao he had comprehended were set ablaze by the Empress Dowager!
What was even more terrifying was that he couldn't stop his own Dao cultivation from turning into Dao Fire!
"Yuanmu, I can help you refine the Empress Dowager."
Qin Mu's eyes flickered as he said, "Do you think that by burning us to forge this furnace, you'll definitely be able to kill her? You're thinking too simply. You simply cannot refine her. Her consciousness and thoughts have completely merged with yours. No treasure can extract her consciousness—except me! In the Dao of Creation, your skills are far inferior to mine!"
The Empress Dowager gave him a very feminine glare and chuckled: "You little troublemaker, the way you brag with such a serious face really makes my heart flutter. After you die, I'll come often to pay my respects."
Qin Mu groaned inwardly. This woman was now a madwoman, completely unreasonable, and there was no way to use logic or consequences to make her change her mind!
"Empress Dowager, if you kill me, you'll offend Heavenly Lord Haotian!"
Gong Tianzun was also suffering greatly, gritting her teeth and saying, "Do you think Heavenly Lord Haotian will let you off?"
"Let me off?"
The Empress Dowager giggled: "He's my son. Would he kill his own mother for your sake?"
Gong Tianzun's face turned pale, and she couldn't speak.
Feeling his own Great Dao burning, Qin Mu said in exasperation: "Yuanmu, I can use the Path of Reincarnation supplemented by the Dao of Creation to help you refine the Empress Dowager. But if I die, you'll never have another chance!"
Suddenly, the Empress Dowager's expression changed, and she said coldly: "Mu Tianzun, you say you can refine me to death?"
Qin Mu blinked and cautiously probed: "Empress Dowager?"
"Indeed, it is I!"
The Empress Dowager gritted her teeth and sneered: "That little wench thought she could suppress my consciousness while I wasn't paying attention, fooling heaven and crossing the sea to refine a treasure and kill me. She underestimates me too much! I've suppressed her consciousness, forcing her into slumber. Otherwise, you adulterous pair would have succeeded with your scheme! You conspired with that little wench—how could I possibly spare you?"
Qin Mu quickly forced a smile and said: "Your Majesty, allying with Yuanmu was never my wish. Allying with you is my best choice. That little wench Yuanmu is moody and unpredictable..."
"Qin Lang, what did you say?" The Empress Dowager's eyes were seductive as she spoke with a smile.
Qin Mu's face was as dark as iron, filled with helplessness, feeling a deep sense of powerlessness.
Talking to a madman truly left no room for his schemes to work.
The seductiveness on the Empress Dowager's face vanished, and she resumed her cold expression, saying flatly: "That little wench has jumped out again, but do you think I'll let you have your way? After burning two Heavenly Lords and forging this supreme treasure, I'll refine that little wench into ashes!"
Gong Tianzun felt despair in her heart. She could see that even Qin Mu was helpless now, without any ideas at all.
Qin Mu was always cunning, facing all kinds of dangers, even seemingly certain death, and he would always come up with unexpected ideas to escape with his life.
But now, the Empress Dowager was a madwoman, an unreasonable madwoman!
Gong Tianzun also felt her own Great Dao burning and draining away, and her heart darkened: "I never thought that after living since the Primordial Era, surviving countless calamities without dying, I would ultimately die at the hands of a madwoman..."
Suddenly, Qin Mu spoke in a clear voice: "All desires and causes, falling into the three evil paths, cycling through the six realms of reincarnation, enduring all sufferings! Sentient beings revolve, spinning within it."
Gong Tianzun was startled, but she heard Qin Mu reciting a scripture, speaking of the Path of Reincarnation. The scripture's Dao techniques were profound, explaining the mysteries of the Path of Reincarnation one by one.
The Path of Reincarnation did not originally exist in this world. It was created by the Netherworld Emperor. However, due to the limitations of the Netherworld Emperor's talent and comprehension, although he had opened up the Path of Reincarnation, he had not perfected it, so his reputation was not widespread.
But the scripture of the Path of Reincarnation that Qin Mu recited was far more profound than the Netherworld Emperor's. Even she, upon hearing it, couldn't help but marvel and nod repeatedly.
On the other side, the Empress Dowager listened with rapt attention. Unconsciously, the Dao Fire on Qin Mu and Gong Tianzun gradually diminished. Clearly, the Empress Dowager was listening, learning, and cultivating at the same time, momentarily forgetting to turn their Dao cultivation into Dao Fire.
Qin Mu continued reciting. The scripture grew deeper and more obscure, explaining reincarnation's ability to change one's fate, to eliminate delusions and disasters, and how to maintain one's original heart and guard one's foundation within reincarnation, so as not to be invaded by inner demons.
Even Gong Tianzun listened with intoxicated fascination, silently praising: "Mu Tianzun is truly remarkable. His Great Dao of Reincarnation seems to incorporate the Buddhist Great Brahma Heaven's Scripture of Infinite Kalpas, far surpassing the Netherworld Emperor's Sacred Method of Reincarnation by an unknown degree. No wonder the Netherworld Emperor passed out directly when he used his reincarnation divine ability on him."
The Empress Dowager listened even more intently than she did. Although the Dao Fire on their bodies was still burning, its intensity had greatly decreased.
The scripture of the Path of Reincarnation that Qin Mu recited happened to be able to resolve the Empress Dowager's current state. That was why it was so attractive, making them stop fighting each other and focus solely on comprehending the scripture.
Qin Mu deliberately made the scripture obscure and difficult to understand, drawing all their attention away.
The deeper Qin Mu recited, the more the Empress Dowager unconsciously loosened her grip on their hands.
Qin Mu's eyes flickered. He continued reciting without pause, but quietly moved his feet, stepping away from beneath that furnace.
Seeing this, Gong Tianzun's heart stirred: "Mu Tianzun truly is an expert at escaping death. Even in this seemingly hopeless situation, he still has a way!"
She also quietly moved her feet.
Just as she lifted her foot, suddenly the Empress Dowager's aura changed. Two streams of energy shot up into the sky, colliding with each other.
Gong Tianzun's heart jumped in alarm, and she quickly stopped. She saw the two streams of energy from the Empress Dowager intertwining and attacking each other. It turned out that Lady Yuanmu and the Empress Dowager were simultaneously activating the Path of Reincarnation, trying to use it to refine each other!
Gong Tianzun breathed a sigh of relief, but saw that Qin Mu had already walked far away. She immediately rushed toward him and, without any explanation, erupted with her divine consciousness, attacking Qin Mu!
Qin Mu was furious. He stopped reciting and defended with all his might, lowering his voice: "Gong Yun, are you trying to die? If you alarm her, none of us will be able to leave!"
Gong Tianzun attacked him frantically, saying coldly: "Heavenly Lord Haotian gave me the task of filling the sea eye. If I let you escape, I will also die! No matter what, today you must be thrown into the Guixu Great Abyss!"
Her divine consciousness was powerful, and her attacks were swift. Although Qin Mu's divine consciousness achievement was also extremely high, he was still slightly inferior to her by a degree or two. He had to defend, otherwise, if her divine consciousness divine ability invaded his body, although it wouldn't kill him, it would bring him great trouble.
As he defended against her attacks, Qin Mu resolutely drew his sword. As soon as the Tribulation Sword was drawn, it was the Thirtieth Heaven of the Sword Dao, Breaking Tribulation!
The sword light flashed, cutting across Gong Tianzun's throat, and a flash of blood appeared.
Gong Tianzun sidestepped, avoiding this sword strike. Her body spun, and a long whip flew out, wrapping around him with a *shua* sound.
Qin Mu took the opportunity to get close to her. His martial arts great divine ability erupted, activating the Chiming Divine Body Art, and punched at her.
Gong Tianzun raised her hand to block. Behind her head, layers of heavenly palaces emerged to form the Great Heavenly Court, boosting her primordial energy to counter his martial arts divine ability, using her magical power to suppress him!
The moment the two made contact, their bodies shook violently, and they tumbled backward.
*Boom!*
In the Great Abyss, pillars of light surged up like columns. The Guixu tidal wave erupted, grazing their bodies, and instantly both were covered in blood.
In the Great Abyss, the twin lotus flowers rose gracefully in the tide of light, resplendent and beautiful.
Above Gong Tianzun's head, the heavenly palace transformed into a war horn that stood upright. With a *toot* sound, her qi and blood surged. She shook her whip, turning it into a spear, and thrust it at Qin Mu. Qin Mu clasped his hands together, forming a Taiji Diagram. The long spear pierced into the Taiji Diagram, and Gong Tianzun pushed him, pressing him into the Guixu tidal wave of light!
Qin Mu rapidly retreated, and the next moment he landed on the twin lotus flowers. The lotus flowers were free from the tidal wave's assault.
Gong Tianzun frowned and stopped.
Qin Mu looked at her across the tide of light and suddenly laughed: "Gong Yun, the Empress Dowager is right behind you."
A chill ran down Gong Tianzun's spine. She immediately leaped, hurtling toward the twin lotus flowers.
She forcibly crossed the tide of light, and instantly her body was covered in wounds. She hurriedly looked back, only to see the Empress Dowager still standing in place, muttering to herself like a madwoman, not standing behind her at all!
"Fooled!"
The moment she thought this, a sword light pierced through her chest from the front and out her back, stopping her momentum!
Qin Mu, having succeeded with his sword strike, immediately changed his technique, intending to completely knock her into the Guixu. Suddenly, a long whip swept over with a *shua* sound, locking onto Qin Mu. Qin Mu planted his feet, stabilizing himself. The next moment, Gong Tianzun had already entered the lotus flower.
Qin Mu stomped heavily, and his divine storage domain expanded. Behind his head, layers of heavenly palaces floated, combining into a vast Great Heavenly Court!
At the same time, fifty-eight precious halls emerged, jointly guarding his Heavenly Court!
Gong Tianzun's eyelids twitched. The long whip that had bound Qin Mu was forced open by the terrifying power erupting from within his body, unable to hold him any longer!
"Gong Yun!"
Qin Mu stretched his body, reached out, and grabbed the Tribulation Sword, which flew back into his hand. He said calmly: "What do you think of my fifty-eight precious halls?"
Gong Tianzun's pupils contracted sharply: "You've thoroughly studied Heavenly Lord Haotian's Myriad Dao Heavenly Wheel?"
"Not only that, I've also deduced his various heavenly palaces on the side."
Qin Mu revealed a smile and said calmly: "These past days, I've been roaming freely within the Myriad Dao Heavenly Wheel, exploring all his lifetime's learning and insights, analyzing the various runes within the Myriad Dao Heavenly Wheel. Then, I reassembled them over and over, trying to deduce his techniques and divine abilities. Whatever he knows, I know it all."
He flicked the Tribulation Sword and said leisurely: "Even when you were trying to refine me in the Heavenly Court, I roughly understood your divine techniques and Dao methods as well. Whatever you know..."
He let out a derisive laugh: "I know it too! In a little while, I might even use them better than you, more skillfully, and reach a higher Dao realm!"
Gong Yun's pupils shrank: "But your cultivation realm is still insufficient. You still can't contend with a Heavenly Lord!"
"Why not give it a try?" Qin Mu said with a smile.
Outside, the Guixu tidal wave grew even more violent, the light dazzling.