Chapter 1633: Two Similar People
"I shouldn't be called Qin Mu. I should be called Qin Ken, Qin Fen!"
Qin Mu clenched his fists. The Chaos Hall was right before him. As long as he stepped into this hall, entered it, and ascended the Emperor Throne within, he would be an existence at the Emperor Throne realm!
These past days, from the battle of the seventy-two Ascenders in Jade Capital City to the Q&A session on the stone steps, had consumed too much of his energy and time. Fortunately, in the end, it was the wisdom of all people that helped him reach this point.
As long as he ascended the Emperor Throne of the Chaos Hall, every one of his Primordial Spirit avatars in the Heavenly Courts of his Great Heavenly Court would also enter the Emperor Throne realm!
At that point, he would be only one step away from the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Court realm!
He had absorbed the Emperor Throne techniques of Madame Yuanmu, Heavenly Lord Hao, and others. Currently, the number of his Heavenly Palaces had already reached thirty-three. He was only three Heavenly Palaces short of the thirty-six, needing three different types of Emperor Throne techniques.
As long as he made up for these three types of Emperor Throne techniques, he could achieve Ascension through power, just like Heavenly Lord Hao!
Even if he didn't make up for them, once he reached the Emperor Throne realm, he would be immeasurably stronger than Heavenly Lord Hao. Beating Heavenly Lord Hao into the ground wouldn't be difficult!
Even now, Qin Mu felt he was no less than an Ascender. Even if he couldn't beat Heavenly Lord Hao into the ground, he wouldn't lose.
Of course, he had never sparred with Heavenly Lord Hao, so he didn't know who was stronger.
This time, by "gnawing" on all people, he had made tremendous progress. He absolutely had the capital to contend with Heavenly Lord Hao!
However, when his gaze fell on the Chaos Hall, he couldn't help but fall into a daze.
He saw that the hall before him was a mass of chaos on all sides, up and down, with no door!
Qin Mu walked forward and circled the hall several times, but still couldn't find its entrance.
This Chaos Hall was a true Chaos Hall in name and reality. It had no door and no windows, only the shape of a hall. It seemed to be composed of pure chaos, impossible to enter, and impossible to see what was inside.
Even when he opened his vertical eye on his forehead, he couldn't see what was inside the hall.
Qin Mu's Primordial Spirit reached out its hands, inserting them into the chaos of the hall, trying to part the chaos and explore what was inside. However, the chaotic energy was incredibly heavy. Even when he exerted all his strength, he couldn't part the chaos of the hall!
He tried again and again, but still couldn't enter.
"Is anyone there?"
He tried to knock, smiling: "The person inside, I heard your Dao questions. You asked me so many questions, why not open the door and talk face to face?"
No one answered from within the Chaos Hall.
After a long time, Qin Mu sat on the stone steps, quietly staring into space, his brows tightly furrowed. From time to time, he turned his head to look at the Chaos Hall, and his brows furrowed even more tightly.
The Chaos Hall was at the highest point of his Heavenly Court. Even sitting in front of this hall, he could take in the magnificent and majestic sacred realm of the Heavenly Court at a single glance.
Thirty-three Heavenly Palaces, countless palace buildings, mountains, and rivers, vast and magnificent. Dao light formed rosy clouds, and Dao energy formed clouds, drifting among the various Heavenly Palaces.
Even the Lingxiao Halls of those Heavenly Palaces seemed much smaller compared to this Chaos Hall.
Above his head was the Mystic Capital. The face of the Heavenly Duke of the Mystic Capital emerged, blocking billions of stars, also examining this Chaos Hall, his brows tightly furrowed.
This Heavenly Duke also had Qin Mu's face; he was one of Qin Mu's divine incarnations.
After a long while, the face of Heavenly Duke Qin Mu faded away.
On the stone steps, Qin Mu rested his chin on his left hand, deep in thought, wondering what he had done wrong. Why did the Chaos Hall have a hall but no door, making it impossible to enter?
Suddenly, a voice came from behind him, chanting in a long tone: "Chaos, dim and dark, like an egg; murky and silent, filling the void. Vast and grand, the Great Simplicity embraces the Primordial Chaos! One Qi circulates, congealing heavily."
Qin Mu was surprised. He turned around and saw that within the Chaos Hall, a mass of Primordial Purple Light enveloped a silhouette, moving through the chaos and walking outward.
That voice was a Dao sound, using Dao language. When it spoke of "Chaos, dim and dark," there was indeed the Dao of Chaos and Grand Beginning flowing in the Dao sound. When it spoke of "murky and silent," it was as if the universe was unopened, the scene of chaos before heaven and earth were separated!
When the silhouette's voice spoke of "Great Simplicity," the Dao of Great Simplicity circulated. When it spoke of "One Qi," the Dao of Grand Beginning was truly contained within!
Qin Mu stood up, staring blankly at the figure walking out of the Chaos Hall. His steps were heavy, his form seemed to be walking from an ancient, ancient age to the present. The light and shadow around him seemed to pass through one cataclysmic destruction after another, the cold light of the chill wind and the firelight of the heat-death wind intertwining around him.
In the blink of an eye, Qin Mu saw that figure pass through seven cataclysmic destructions, getting closer and closer!
And that person's voice also seemed to come from a pre-historical universe, not the Sixteenth Universe Era, but an even more ancient universe!
"Inwardly concealing True Water and True Fire, dense and misty, coiled like ice. The center, Primordial, creates mysterious work! Three Qi divide together, Great Stability."
That figure passed through sixteen cataclysmic destructions and finally reached the edge of Qin Mu's Chaos Hall, about to step out. His Dao sound became clearer and clearer, praising: "What a fine Chaos Hall! Standing at the end of time and space, guiding me here! This is the universe of the future, the Seventeenth Era, isn't it?"
He paused before the last layer of chaotic energy, unable to advance further, unable to step out of Qin Mu's Chaos Hall.
Qin Mu stared blankly at this figure, his heart filled with shock.
In a universe era that had already been destroyed, there was an incredibly powerful existence. Taking advantage of Qin Mu's cultivation reaching the Chaos realm, he actually followed the chaotic energy within the Chaos Hall and came here!
Of course, this person had traveled through the cataclysms of universe after universe, using the chaotic energy transformed from the destruction of the universe as a medium to reach this place.
Qin Mu's situation was extremely special. His Divine Treasury had experienced countless cycles of birth and death, and the World Tree within his Divine Treasury had once entered the Jade Capital City of the Ancestral Court, absorbing the chaotic energy caused by the destruction of many universes, causing his Divine Treasury to connect with the destruction cataclysms of these universe eras.
And his Chaos Hall had formed a passage connecting the destruction cataclysms of these universe eras.
Qin Mu had not returned to the past universes and had not experienced those cataclysmic destructions, but he could imagine such a scene.
In the cataclysmic destruction of each universe era, countless living beings struggled to survive in the catastrophe. The Ascenders, with their Dao Trees swaying behind them, did their utmost to preserve themselves, also struggling in the catastrophe.
They looked up and could see the Ancestral Court's Jade Capital City floating above the destruction cataclysm, magnificent and spectacular, indestructible even by the destruction cataclysm!
But after Qin Mu comprehended the Return to Ruins Planting the Golden Lotus and completed the birth and death of his Divine Treasury universe, forging his own path, what they saw was not just the Ancestral Court's Jade Capital City!
They would also see a Chaos Hall floating above the universe's destruction cataclysm!
Presumably, this unparalleled powerhouse saw Qin Mu's Chaos Hall and therefore walked through the destruction cataclysms to come and investigate!
Qin Mu's heart stirred. Looking at the silhouette within the Primordial Purple Light, he had a guess about who this person was, but he didn't dare to be sure if it was him.
The figure in the purple light asked: "Dao friend of the future world, it is truly not easy for you to have cultivated to this step. Your universe hasn't experienced a destruction cataclysm yet, has it?"
Qin Mu bowed and said: "A latecomer and a beginner, Qin Mu, Mu Heavenly Lord of the Seventeenth Universe, pays respects to you, elder brother. Our universe is still in the 'Formation' stage of the 'Formation, Existence, Decay, Emptiness' cycle, and has not yet experienced a destruction cataclysm."
The figure in the purple light said in surprise: "Without having experienced a destruction cataclysm, you were able to comprehend to this step. That is truly extraordinary. Dao friend, how did you manage to reach this step?"
Qin Mu told him about obtaining the World Tree and planting the Return to Ruins lotus seed in his Divine Treasury, and said: "I also once went to the Ancestral Court's Jade Capital City and learned many things there. After accumulating enough, I naturally reached this step."
The figure in the purple light was silent for a long time, then praised: "The path you walk is truly strange and wonderful, but your ideas are even stranger and more wonderful. Perhaps others may have had similar experiences, but they may not have had your brilliant ideas, nor your achievements."
Qin Mu asked: "Elder brother, I have already reached the Chaos Hall, but I still cannot enter it. What is the reason for this?"
"Your ideas are there, your techniques are there, but your Dao conduct is insufficient."
The figure in the purple light said: "Although you have comprehended the Dao of the birth and death of the universe and thus cultivated the Chaos Hall, you have not truly experienced the great destruction of a universe, nor have you truly experienced the true creation of a universe. What you have experienced are your own simulations, not reality. Therefore, your Chaos Hall only has its form but not its substance. With only its form and no substance, naturally you cannot enter it."
His voice was deep and powerful, unhurried: "If you experience a few cycles of universe birth and death, you should be able to perfect your Dao conduct."
His voice was full of anticipation, smiling: "I have also never met someone as strange as you. I don't know what will become of you after you achieve Ascension. I see in your Dao techniques and divine powers the shadow of my Primordial Runes. You must have been to the Miluo Palace. We are fated. If you don't mind, I can lend you a hand, allowing you to return to past universes and experience the cataclysmic destructions, helping you achieve Ascension."
Qin Mu asked respectfully: "May I ask who you are?"
"The Primordial Runes you learned were created by me."
The figure in the purple light smiled: "They call me the Master of the Miluo Palace, some call me Teacher. Others simply call me Miluo, or the Undying Thief. I have many followers, six who have inherited my mantle, each with their own achievements, similar to you. Mu Heavenly Lord, are you willing to return to the past?"
Qin Mu was greatly tempted.
The figure in the purple light reached out his hand. The chaotic energy surged, forming a palm. The voice of the Master of the Miluo Palace came: "Take my hand, and I will bring you into the past. I can teach you everything I know, and you will surely achieve Ascension in the past universe!"
Qin Mu reached out his hand. This was a rare opportunity, the best time to become the Seventh Young Master of the Miluo Palace!
With the guidance of the Master of the Miluo Palace, he would surely make up for his shortcomings, witness and experience those magnificent cataclysmic destructions, achieve Ascension, and become an eternal existence!
But...
Qin Mu withdrew his hand and said: "Elder brother, there is a Yan Kang Cataclysm about to break out. I cannot abandon my people, abandon Yan Kang. I appreciate your kindness, but after the Yan Kang Cataclysm, I will return to the past to find you and seek your guidance."
The figure in the purple light withdrew his hand and said: "Your personality is truly like mine. Very well, after the Yan Kang Cataclysm, come to the Ancestral Court's Jade Capital City to find me."
His form dispersed and disappeared.