Chapter 1596: Know It Like the Back of His Hand
The Primordial within the egg spoke with a tearful voice, continuing to sprint while carrying the eggshell on his head, trying to repair it. However, the power from the Taiji Star Domain outside grew increasingly vast and surging, striking the round egg with more and more cracks, making it impossible to mend in time.
“My egg fluid is going to leak out!” he wailed.
As the eggshell cracked, the Primordial Origin Fluid inside began to seep out through the gaps between his legs.
The Primordial wanted to cry but had no tears. He took a long breath and sucked all the Origin Fluid in the eggshell dry in one gulp!
“Not a single drop can be wasted!”
With tears in his eyes, he licked the egg fluid from the corner of his mouth, grabbed a piece of fallen eggshell, stuffed it into his mouth, crunched it a few times, tilted his head back, and swallowed.
“That bastard Mu Tianzun has been eyeing my eggshell for a long time—I can’t leave a single piece for him!”
Crash—
The eggshell shattered. The Primordial hurriedly grabbed around, scooping up all the eggshell pieces and clutching them to his chest, shoving them into his mouth nonstop.
The two Taiji Ancient Gods charged over fiercely. Just as they caught up, they saw a fat man with blue hair and blue robes, disheveled and unkempt, with a ring of eggshell still wrapped around his waist, clutching a pile of eggshells in his arms and devouring them wildly.
Because he had swallowed the Origin Fluid from the egg, the energy accumulated in that fluid couldn’t be fully refined and had to be stored in his body. On top of that, eating so many eggshells caused his body to become obese.
Moreover, he was still getting fatter, becoming round and plump at a visible rate.
However, in terms of appearance, if he could shed a few layers, he could be considered a handsome and elegant man. Unfortunately, he couldn’t bear to part with his Primordial Origin Fluid and Primordial eggshells, so he forced himself to eat them even though he couldn’t digest them.
“The Primordial has followed Mu Tianzun for too long and has truly gone mad—he’s even eating his own eggshells!”
Taiyin Niangniang sneered, striking at the fat man wearing the eggshell skirt: “Just now, I heard you spout a bunch of grand principles and thought you were so righteous and dignified, but I never expected you to be so despicable!”
The Taiji Ancient God hesitated for a moment: “Since we’ve started, we have to see it through! The Primordial is stubborn and refuses to see reason, so we have no choice but to kill him! Back then, my sister and I wanted to assist Mu Tianzun, but he refused, saying we two were more trouble than help. Since we can’t be allies, we can only be enemies!”
He activated the Taiji Sand Table, and the two Ancient Gods intertwined their serpent tails, combining their power to push the Taiji Sand Table to its limit!
Whoosh—
The sand table formed a pattern of yin and yang intermingling, like two thick serpent tails twisting and spinning together, grinding everything to pieces!
The fat man clutching the eggshells scrambled frantically, sending the eggshells in his arms flying. He rummaged through them and suddenly pulled out a bronze-colored mirror, placing it behind his head.
Boom!
The Taiji Sand Table engulfed the fat man. The two Taiji Ancient Gods saw clearly that the bronze-colored mirror behind the Primordial’s head emitted a clear, hazy light, shining on his body. The power of the Taiji Sand Table howled through his form without harming him in the slightest!
The two Taiji Ancient Gods were startled: “Is this the Primordial’s companion treasure? Why is it so strange?”
The mirror wasn’t made of bronze; it was just green in color. The back of the mirror seemed to have many strange patterns, and when its light shone, their divine abilities lost all power.
The Primordial hurriedly gathered the other eggshells, hugged them to his chest, and continued stuffing them into his mouth.
The two Taiji Ancient Gods were both annoyed and amused, thinking, “Who’s going to steal them from you?”
They closed in to attack, but suddenly the Primordial Ancient God rolled in a circle and charged at them. The two struck out together—one with a pure yin divine ability, the other with a pure yang divine ability—blocking left and right to stop the fat man.
Yet the Primordial passed right through their divine abilities. How terrifying were their powers? But it seemed as if they hadn’t touched him at all.
Thump! Thump!
Taiyin Niangniang was hit on the left cheek, and Taiyang Ancient God on the right cheek. Both were shocked and furious, but they saw the Primordial’s hands forming a pulling motion left and right, drawing them together. The divine ability he used was one he had comprehended from the Dao of Taiji!
“Using our own skills against us?”
The two Ancient Gods were enraged: “You’ve only learned the surface, yet you dare to show off in front of us—you underestimate us too much!”
Suddenly, the Primordial changed his technique, turning the yin-yang Taiji into the Dao of Taishu, catching the two Ancient Gods off guard.
He clasped his hands together, and chaotic energy spread, forming a huge flower bud around the two Ancient Gods.
Taishu Suddenly Opens the Chaotic Bud!
This was Qin Mu’s divine ability, yet the fat man executed it without any hindrance, as if he had practiced it a thousand times.
The two Ancient Gods roared, activated the Taiji Sand Table, and shattered the chaos. Then they saw the round young man bow to them and push forward.
One Qi Hunyuan Dao, Traveling Together!
Another of Qin Mu’s divine abilities!
Boom!
Taiyang and Taiyin spat blood and flew backward. The two Ancient Gods nearly separated, realizing the danger, and quickly intertwined their tails mid-flight to avoid being forced apart.
If they separated, the Primordial would pick them off one by one.
They finally stabilized themselves and saw the Primordial rolling forward rapidly, shouting: “Did you think I was only eating Origin Fluid inside the egg all these years? To be honest, nothing about Mu Tianzun’s divine abilities escapes my perception! I learn whatever I can of his skills, and ignore what I can’t! He goes to gnaw on Kaihuang, gnaw on Yue Tianzun, gnaw on Langhuan, gnaw on Xu Tianzun—I just need to gnaw on him, and I get everything!”
The half-formed mirror behind him hung high, its light shining, preventing any of their divine abilities from hitting the Primordial’s true body, passing straight through him.
The two Ancient Gods were constrained, fighting while retreating, grinding their teeth in hatred at this fighting style but unable to do anything.
The Primordial rolled around them, furious: “I planned to keep gnawing on him until I achieved Dao, so that when I emerged, I’d be a Dao-achieving expert. But you ruined it! Now that I’m out, how can I go back into his divine repository to gnaw on him? I can’t swallow my pride!”
“Focus on his companion treasure!”
Taiyin Niangniang immediately saw the key point and shouted: “It’s the effect of his mirror! As long as the mirror’s light shines on him, we can’t attack him! We must take down his treasure first before we can hit his true body!”
The two immediately combined their power to activate the Taiji Sand Table. Their bodies spun within the sand table, merging into a single Earth Lord with an ox head and human body. Three eyes spewed intense Netherworld demonic fire, and a fist smashed toward the bronze-colored mirror.
The Primordial had just emerged and didn’t know the full function of his own mirror. He simply raised it and activated its power. Seeing the Taiji Ancient Gods transform into the Earth Lord and attack, he became a bit flustered.
The two Ancient Gods’ fist struck the green mirror, passing through it as if hitting nothing. Suddenly, the mirror rumbled and flipped, and a fist imbued with the Dao of the Netherworld slammed into the face of the Earth Lord formed by the two Ancient Gods.
The Earth Lord fell backward, his body collapsing, star sand scattering. Taiyin and Taiyang bled from the corners of their mouths, showing expressions of confusion.
The Primordial’s courage surged. He unleashed all of Qin Mu’s divine abilities with superb skill, his form slippery and elusive.
The two Taiji Ancient Gods dodged repeatedly, accumulating more and more injuries, and lamented inwardly: “This Primordial fights like a rogue—how can there be such a rogue among the Five Primordials? Utterly shameless!”
Unable to bear it any longer, they exchanged a glance and let out a simultaneous roar, activating the Dao-domain divine abilities they had comprehended from the Dao of Taiji. The Taiji Sand Table evolved into a primordial universe, like the dawn of heaven and earth, with chaos unformed and the four poles unestablished—a vast, boundless scene.
This sight was terrifying: as many as twenty-six layers of primordial universes overlapped, forming twenty-six Taiji patterns, the Taiji universes stacked together!
The Primordial fell into the divine ability and was about to use the same trick, but he sensed danger alertly and immediately changed his technique. A roar erupted from his round body!
The Azure Mirror behind his head rose and spun, its light shining, also overlapping twenty-six layers of Azure Mirror universes!
The two sides roared and collided with a thunderous impact!
Langhuan leaped up from the Salvation Golden Ship and rushed to rescue Yue Tianzun. Huo Tianzun was about to refine Yue Tianzun to death when suddenly his mind became hazy. Sensing something was wrong, he quickly retreated, his right hand spread wide and thrust forward.
Langhuan nearly fell into his grasp but vanished into the void. Five finger-like flames pierced through layers of void, grabbing around her form, leaving scorched marks in the void.
Seizing this opportunity, Yue Tianzun broke free from Huo Tianzun’s restraint.
Langhuan waved her hand, and a ribbon flew out, forming a rainbow bridge to guide her over.
Huo Tianzun stopped, his gaze piercing through the void, landing on the two of them.
Yue Tianzun, still shaken, whispered, “How did you escape?”
“The Saint Child’s golden ship saved me.”
Langhuan looked toward the golden ship, which was crossing the Netherworld, heading toward Xu Tianzun, who was attacking Qin Fengqing.
Xu Tianzun raised a hand to block, but immediately sensed the ship’s unstoppable momentum. She hurriedly dodged as the golden ship howled past. A beam of golden light fell from the ship, sweeping up Qin Fengqing.
The next moment, Qin Fengqing landed on the ship’s bow.
Xu Tianzun attacked the ship, but layers of golden light blocked her assault. However, the light wouldn’t hold her off for long—she would likely break through soon.
Just then, Ling Tianzun approached. Golden light fell, and Ling Tianzun landed on the ship’s bow.
Xu Tianzun’s heart skipped a beat, cold sweat forming on her forehead. Even if she attacked the golden ship now, she would have to face Ling Tianzun and Qin Fengqing’s counterattacks!
“In that case, I’ll take the Earth Lord’s physical body first! Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun!”
She abandoned the ship, her primordial spirit soaring, reaching for the Earth Lord’s body.
At the same time, deep in the Netherworld, amidst boundless darkness, fire suddenly blazed. Demonic fire spread rapidly, illuminating a pitch-black Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun.
The Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun’s forehead blazed with fire, forming two long horns as it rose into the air, pressing down toward the golden ship!
Meanwhile, the Earth Lord’s physical head had collapsed to the forehead. In the crumbling hall of the brow, a Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun shot up, flying out from between the fingers of Xu Tianzun’s primordial spirit toward the heavens!
“Xiao Tianzun’s Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun!”
Xu Tianzun was startled, immediately recognizing the Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun as Xiao Tianzun’s. Back then, when Xiao Tianzun was exiled by Yue Tianzun, the Divine Artifact was left in tatters and taken by You Tianzun.
That artifact was originally unusable, but Qin Mu had made a deal with Yuanmu Furen, who repaired it.
“Damn it, You Tianzun took that artifact to deal with Zushen Wang! You Tianzun’s physical body is weak, but the artifact’s body is strong. This artifact is enough to compensate for his weakness, giving his powerful primordial spirit a place to shine!”
Although Xu Tianzun guessed You Tianzun’s purpose in taking the artifact, she had no intention of going to support Zushen Wang. She thought, “The Earth Lord’s body is still the priority!”
Her primordial spirit grabbed at the Earth Lord’s head. The moment it touched, the Earth Lord’s head collapsed, shedding fragments as large as entire worlds.
Xu Tianzun froze, an expression of disbelief on her face.
The Earth Lord’s body was just a hollow shell!
Her gaze dropped, and she saw that the immensely huge Earth Lord’s body was empty inside—only a layer of shell remained!
“Where did the Earth Lord’s flesh and blood go?”
She was about to go mad, then noticed that within the Earth Lord’s body, countless karmic fires blazed fiercely, converging into a huge golden sphere of karma. In the fire, a figure burned.
She paused, looking at the man in the karmic fire—it was Achou, the Earth Lord.
Her gaze shifted to the Earth Lord’s feet, where the Jade Lock Pass stood.
The Achou in the Jade Lock Pass and the Achou inside the Earth Lord’s body were the same person, but a great power had twisted the Netherworld’s space, making it seem like there were two Achous.
On the other side, Qin Mu had already reached the Earth Lord’s feet and stepped into the Jade Lock Pass.
Inside the Jade Lock Pass, Langxuan Shenhuang sat on a karmic merit stele, his hands propping him up under his buttocks, swinging his legs leisurely as he watched Qin Mu enter.
“Mu Tianzun, have you come to seek Achou, the Earth Lord, or the reincarnation of the Heavenly Lord?”
Langxuan Shenhuang smiled faintly, saying leisurely, “You’re too late. My brother, Hao Tianzun, long ago calculated that you would come here, and also calculated the Earth Lord’s scheme, the Heavenly Lord’s scheme. He knows everything about you like the back of his hand!”
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