Chapter 1626: Chicken-Dragon Will Never Be a Slave
At the deepest level of the Guixu, the Chaos Sea radiated boundless radiance. Amidst the light, the Guixu lotus seed gifted to Qin Mu by the Second Young Master of the Miluo Palace suddenly split open. From within emerged a root covered in sharp thorns, with a curled, dark red lotus leaf rolled into a tube.
The root grew, and the lotus leaf emerged from the Chaos Sea, revealing its pointed tip.
Qin Mu’s heart stirred. Ever since obtaining this lotus seed, he had tossed it into the Guixu Abyss within his divine storage and had paid it no further attention.
He hadn’t expected that, after studying the techniques of the Heavenly Emperor Hao from the human skin sent by Xing’an and comprehending the Guixu path that Hao had realized, the seed would take root and sprout!
“Hao Tianzun and Xing’an are truly my lucky stars!”
The Guixu lotus seed taking root and sprouting solved the most critical link in his cultivation system!
Qin Mu gazed at the abyss within his divine storage. The lotus leaf was slowly unfurling, growing larger, its veins extending continuously, embodying the principles of the Guixu path.
His understanding of the Guixu path was no less than that of Heavenly Emperor Hao, and even rivaled that of the Guixu Goddess, Lady Yuanmu, and the Empress. He had thoroughly studied the physical forms of Yuanmu and the Empress, unifying all their Guixu runes through micro-mathematics and macro-mathematics.
However, the true Guixu path was not so simple. It contained the principles of cosmic creation and destruction. Qin Mu had accumulated many insights in this area, but they were still insufficient to make the Guixu lotus seed grow.
The Guixu lotus seed held the complete Guixu path; triggering its germination was the crucial step. This time, comprehending Heavenly Emperor Hao’s techniques precisely filled the missing link.
Although the Guixu lotus leaf grew in the Chaos Sea, floating on its surface, it remained untouched by any chaotic energy, spotless and pure.
As the leaf grew, another lotus leaf emerged from the Chaos Sea, followed by a flower bud poking its pointed head above the surface.
Twin lotuses on a single stem!
As the lotus leaves and flowers grew, countless profound principles of the Guixu path flooded into Qin Mu’s mind. Among them were principles of the heat-death wind, the extreme opposite of the ultimate void. But the heat-death wind was just one aspect; the most important was the wondrous principle of the universe being destroyed by chaos and reborn from it!
His comprehension deepened, and he gradually seemed to fall into a state of his own flourishing and withering.
His aura rapidly decayed. The power of the Guixu within his spirit embryo divine storage grew stronger, devouring the Netherworld, devouring the Primordial Realm, devouring all the myriad realms, dragging the Celestial Realm into it, plunging his divine storage universe into heat death!
Finally, even the Ancestral Court collapsed, falling into the Guixu.
In the end, everything in his divine storage returned to chaos. The thick chaotic energy was like an ocean, leaving only the twin lotuses and the World Tree remaining.
Even his Heavenly Palace and Celestial Court were buried in the Guixu chaos!
Not only that, but the thirty layers of void hidden within his divine storage also annihilated, vanishing without a trace!
Qin Mu’s aura completely dissipated. There was no sign of life. A few chicken-dragons boldly approached, peering at Qin Mu and pecking at the hem of his robe.
“Cock-a-doodle-doo——”
The chicken-dragons, confirming Qin Mu was dead, crowed joyfully and flapped their wings. One chicken-dragon was about to fly onto Qin Mu’s head to declare that this Heavenly Palace, visualized by Qin Mu, would become their territory, when suddenly a thunderous sound like the creation of the world erupted from within Qin Mu!
Before the chicken-dragon could reach Qin Mu’s head, it was roasted by a burst of flames and fell to the ground with a thud, emitting a sweet, meaty aroma.
The other chicken-dragons, seeing this, scattered like birds. Only a few cows in the distance lazily swished their tails, glanced over, and then quietly chewed their cud.
Two small red fish leaped from the Heavenly River. With a thunderous roar, they transformed into two enormous red kun, using their fins to prop themselves up on the ground, shaking their heads and tails as they awkwardly advanced, trying to catch a few cows to eat.
The cows stood up alertly, staring at the approaching red kun, and quietly backed away.
Boom——
An incredibly terrifying aura suddenly erupted from within Qin Mu. A surge of vigorous life force burst forth, and in an instant, countless stars exploded around him, rapidly appearing!
The sky spun, the earth rotated. The vast Ancestral Court swept past the cows and the red kun, overtaking the fleeing chicken-dragons, and quickly incorporated them all into the Ancestral Court.
The red kun, cows, and chicken-dragons were stunned. A torrent of life force surged into their bodies. The yellow cows mooed, their bodies helplessly spinning in the air, growing larger and larger. Their spirits and souls, nourished by this vigorous life force, also grew rapidly!
The big yellow cows underwent physical changes. With a hissing sound, patches of red dragon scales burst through their skin, replacing their cowhide. Their tails became as hard as steel, covered in sharp thorns!
Their heads swelled, their horns grew sharper, gleaming coldly!
A surge of divine power erupted from within them. Their muscles grew stronger and stronger. They couldn’t help but stand on two legs, transforming into kui dragons. Their cries mixed the mooing of cows with the roars of dragons!
They brought their two front hooves together in front of their chests, their muscles bulging in a terrifying manner!
These cows, having received the opportunity of Qin Mu’s creation of the world, transformed into kui dragons, awakened their intelligence, and felt a surge of malice. They wanted to avenge their companions and kill the two enormous red kun.
They looked up and saw that the two red kun had also devoured this creation opportunity. Their bodies had grown even larger, floating in the air, shaking their heads and tails as they joyfully swam toward them.
The kui dragons immediately turned and fled. The chicken-dragons in the distance also grew magnificent feathers, their bodies expanding more than tenfold, filled with divine power. But their brains were too small, their intelligence not awakened. Seeing the cows charging toward them, with the ferocious red kun chasing behind, they quickly flapped their wings and fled.
Just then, the creation of the world ended, and everything calmed down.
The red kun, cows, and chickens all stopped and looked back. Floating around them were the Celestial Realm, the Netherworld, the Ancestral Court, and all the myriad realms, along with countless ancient gods, all shrunk countless times.
A chicken-dragon pecked at a glowing sun, swallowed it, and soon after, with a pop, laid an egg.
“Cluck-cluck,” it called out in surprise.
Suddenly, the newly created universe contracted violently. The red kun, cows, and chickens couldn’t keep their footing and were swept backward. The Guixu Abyss appeared, devouring everything. All the myriad realms twisted and fell into the bottomless pit, everything destroyed!
Chickens flew, cows bellowed, fish swam, all struggling, but they were powerless against this world-destroying force.
Whoosh——
They were sucked into the Guixu and quickly disintegrated into chaos.
A dead silence fell.
Only a large carrot in the distance poked its head out of the soil, watching this scene in terror.
After a while, another thunderous sound of creation echoed. Chaos around Qin Mu split open and evolved again. The carrot crawled out of the soil and ran for its life.
But although it was fast, the torrent of creation quickly caught up. The myriad realms were born from nothingness. The carrot grew wildly, then fell into the Netherworld.
In the Netherworld, a few dead chicken-dragons appeared, lonely and helpless, reduced to souls, watching the carrot fly past them, flailing its limbs.
The carrot also saw a few kui dragons in soul form, and the two enormous red kun swimming around with their mouths wide open, devouring everything.
They immediately cooperated, struggling to swim out of the Netherworld. Suddenly, behind them, a monster with the head of a cow, the body of a human, and the face of a tiger was born. Its body was terrifyingly huge, with two long, winding horns on its head, like rivers of molten lava flowing down.
This cow-headed deity had Qin Mu’s face. It held the River Styx, using it as a whip. Noticing them struggling in the Netherworld, its three eyes showed surprise.
Crack——
The River Styx lashed out, wrapping around these “little things.” They flailed their limbs as they were sent out of the Netherworld.
Thump, thump, thump——
They landed on the ground, dazed and confused.
The chicken-dragons, kui dragons, red kun, and carrot stood up. They found themselves in front of the Heavenly Palace gates. Looking back, they saw the newly born universe collapsing and being destroyed again, and they felt a lingering fear.
“Cluck-cluck…” A chicken-dragon hugged its egg, jumping for joy.
A kui dragon quickly checked its body, found it intact, its physical form restored, and couldn’t help but look up and weep.
“We survived a great disaster; there must be good fortune ahead!”
A kui dragon spoke, startling itself. It bellowed, “Moo! I can talk? Have I become a demon?”
A group of kui dragons rejoiced, mooing incessantly. The kui dragon shouted, “Let’s swear a blood oath and become sworn brothers! From now on, we’ll be the tyrants of the Heavenly River!”
The carrot and the two red kun flying in the air each spoke in human tongues, saying, “Surviving a great disaster means good fortune. Let’s become sworn siblings! What do you think?”
They looked at the chicken-dragons. The chicken-dragons blinked their small eyes at them and called out, “Cluck-cluck?”
The carrot said suspiciously, “It seems they haven’t awakened their intelligence… Do we need to sacrifice a chicken for our blood oath? How about…”
After a while, the surviving chicken-dragons huddled in a corner of the Southern Heavenly Gate of the Heavenly Palace, trembling in fear, staring at their companion, now a roasted chicken.
“Why are these chicken-dragons hiding here?”
Grandma Si’s voice came from within the palace: “Blind, what’s for lunch today?”
“The two fish from Mu’er’s place are pretty good.”
Blind’s voice came: “Add some carrots and beef.”
Splash——
The chicken-dragons, along with their sworn siblings—the carrot, red kun, and kui dragons—immediately scattered in all directions.
That evening, in the dark forest outside the Heavenly Palace, a dozen chicken-dragons built a bonfire and spat a stream of fire to ignite it.
They gathered around a simple altar made of dry wood, pacing around it in a circle, chanting in low voices, “Cluck, cluck, cluck,” performing a mysterious ritual.
After an unknown amount of time, a faint cracking sound came from the chicken-dragon egg at the center of the altar. The eggshell split open.
A small chicken-dragon, still wearing the eggshell on its head, stood up from the egg. It pointed its left wing to the sky and its right wing to the ground, letting out its first cry after being born!
“Chicken-dragon will never be a slave! Cluck——”
Qin Mu, through his own cultivation, evolved the cycle of creation and destruction within his divine storage universe. With each cycle, his understanding of the Guixu path deepened, and the World Tree in his divine storage continued to grow.
The Guixu lotus seed had transformed into twin lotuses on a single stem, finally completing the grand cycle of his cultivation system!
After an unknown amount of time, Qin Mu opened his eyes. The vertical eye on his forehead was a vast, chaotic expanse. He activated his technique, and behind him, the branches and leaves of the World Tree swayed. A grand Celestial Court appeared. Within the Jade Capital, chaos surged, and a treasure hall faintly sat between reality and illusion.
At the Star-Picking Peak of the Wen Dao Academy, Xing’an received a letter sent by Ling Yuxiu. After reading it, his eyes flickered. He said to the box, “This is why I wanted Qin Mu’s brain. He has only one brain, yet he found what I couldn’t.”
He stood up and said, “Pack your things. We’re going to the Celestial Court.”
The box immediately searched the palace, stuffing everything it could carry into its body. Soon, it had packed all the treasures in Xing’an’s palace. Then, with a snap, it closed its lid and followed Xing’an with light steps.
“Palace Master Zao Fu? Xing’an Tianzun?”
Xing’an closed the palace door and walked toward the energy transfer bridge in the Eternal Peace capital. He muttered softly, “Not interested. I just want to see what treasures the Celestial Court has worth collecting…”
—Today, the public account will reveal the eleventh-ranked among the Ten Tianzun in terms of strength. Wait, the Ten Tianzun? The eleventh? How can there be eleven among the Ten Tianzun? Pig, when your gym teacher taught you math, you definitely weren’t paying attention!
That’s right, the Ten Tianzun aren’t ten. What was revealed yesterday was the combat power and achievements of the twelfth Tianzun among the Ten Tianzun…