Chapter 1641: Primordial Chaos Transforms into Dao
When Tai Chu faced Qin Mu's sword strike, he merely moved his fingers but chose not to block it.
With his strength, blocking Qin Mu's sword would not have been difficult, but guided by some inexplicable impulse, he chose to let it pass.
As the phantom of the Lingxiao Treasure Hall collapsed, he immediately felt the power from that hall dissipating.
This Lingxiao Treasure Hall was a power bestowed upon him by the Third Young Master of the Miluo Palace, not the Lingxiao Hall of his own Heavenly Court. The dissipation of this power made him breathe a sigh of relief, but at the same time, it made him even more wary of Qin Mu's strength.
Within the One Qi Great Luo Heaven, figures rose and fell one after another, countless Dao chains interweaving. The attacks of the twenty prehistoric cultivators who had achieved the Dao became extremely peculiar. They did not seem to be directly attacking Qin Mu, but instead used their own physical bodies as mediums to drive their respective treasure halls.
Those treasure halls were manifestations of their own Dao. Their achievements were so high that their current bodies could not unleash the full power of those halls.
Their current bodies were merely fleshly forms that Tai Chu had shaped for them using his own blood and the Art of Creation, far inferior to the power of their true bodies.
If they drew too much power from the treasure halls, their current bodies would collapse and disintegrate.
Using themselves as mediums, they desperately mobilized the power of their respective treasure halls. Their bodies cracked under the terrifying force, each one becoming bloody, as if they might burst apart at any moment!
Soon, Dao chains crisscrossed within the One Qi Great Luo Heaven and Qin Mu's divine treasury domain.
Countless Dao chains combined with each other, like a precision machine, interlocking tightly together.
Qin Mu raised his sword and struck down several people in succession, a growing sense of anxiety rising within him. There were too many Dao chains. The thick, massive Dao chains formed a net that restricted his divine treasury domain and also limited his movements.
Even his World Tree was now entangled and locked by these Dao chains!
Qin Mu felt his magical power flow becoming increasingly sluggish, and his primordial spirit gradually had no room to maneuver.
"This is not good. The structure of these Dao chains seems to be a divine ability specifically created to counter my techniques! That's right! I fought them before ascending to the Chaos Hall, and they figured out my techniques and divine abilities. They studied my weaknesses and created a coordinated attack technique targeting those flaws!"
Just as he thought this, the surviving dozen or so prehistoric cultivators who had achieved the Dao suddenly shouted in unison!
"Seventh Young Master, this is a divine ability created by the Third Young Master targeting your weaknesses!"
Boom!
Countless Dao chains erupted, bursting the bodies of those dozen-odd cultivators who had achieved the Dao. Their flesh exploded, mixing with the Dao chains and fusing with them!
On the Dao chains, flesh crazily proliferated, making the chains thicker and thicker!
In an instant, strips of writhing, fleshy Dao chains locked Qin Mu's divine treasury domain in place. Qin Mu's Dao realm had thirty-two layers, with thirty-two layers of divine treasury domains, and now all were pierced through by strips of Dao chains composed of flesh!
In that single moment, Qin Mu's thirty-two layers of divine treasury domains became covered in rust. Those massive Dao chains lay crisscrossed, some piercing the sky, some boring through the earth, some plunging into the five mines, some delving deep into the Guixu Great Abyss!
On the Dao chains, flesh spread like silk threads in all directions, rusting his domain, polluting the sun, moon, and stars!
Only one of those dozen-odd cultivators who had achieved the Dao retained his physical body; the others had all exploded and merged into this bizarre Dao chain formation. He alone preserved himself.
"Seventh Young Master."
That prehistoric cultivator who had achieved the Dao wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, let out a sly laugh, and bowed deeply: "This is a divine ability prepared for you by the Third Young Master. The Third Young Master sends his regards!"
He straightened up and activated this divine ability.
"Primordial Chaos Transforms into Dao!"
Countless Dao chains erupted. Boom, boom, boom! Qin Mu's layers of divine treasury domains instantly collapsed and disintegrated, crushing together!
The collapsing divine treasury domains crazily shrank back into Qin Mu's body, along with those fleshy Dao chains, all drilling into him!
Qin Mu immediately felt his Dao within his body spiral out of control. Dao techniques, runes, Dao patterns, and Dao chains all disintegrated, and even his primordial spirit was crushed into dust!
Bang—
Beneath the World Tree, his physical body exploded, transforming into Primordial Chaos energy!
This mass of Primordial Chaos energy was purple, clear and translucent. Within the purple energy, one could see all of Qin Mu's Dao shattered, even the Guixu Dao had not been preserved!
The power of this strike was truly terrifying. The Third Young Master of the Miluo Palace had suffered a setback earlier, ambushed by Qin Mu's red rope knot, his Lingxiao Treasure Hall phantom broken by a single sword strike. Now, he had evened the score!
However, strangely enough, within the Primordial Chaos purple energy that Qin Mu had transformed into, there was still an eyeball floating. That eye suddenly emitted a beam of light, causing the Primordial Chaos purple energy to expand, drawing the World Tree into the purple energy!
Within the purple energy, the World Tree's branches and leaves floated, its roots slowly stretching out.
The only thing not destroyed by this terrifying Primordial Chaos Transforms into Dao divine ability was Qin Mu's eye. Within this eye was not only Tai Yi's Dao dew but also a drop of Dao dew from the Miluo Palace Master's Dao tree.
Everything about Qin Mu had been destroyed, shattered into Primordial Chaos energy, but this eye alone was preserved.
This eye became his hope for revival.
"Seventh Young Master, no need to struggle!"
That prehistoric cultivator who had achieved the Dao laughed slyly, exerting all his strength to activate the Dao chains entangling the World Tree. Strips of Dao chains whistled and wove around this mass of Primordial Chaos energy, quickly forming a Primordial Chaos purple energy pagoda, sealing both the Primordial Chaos energy and the World Tree within.
On the surface of this Primordial Chaos pagoda, flesh writhed again, and in no time, it transformed into a giant pagoda composed of flesh, standing tall within the One Qi Great Luo Heaven.
That cultivator who had achieved the Dao spat out a mouthful of blood, then his spirits lifted. He glanced at Tai Chu and said, "The Seventh Young Master has been suppressed by me. Tai Chu, quickly take me to your Netherworld!"
Tai Chu was greatly puzzled and asked, "Dao brother, since we cannot kill the Seventh Young Master of the Miluo Palace, why not sink him into the Chaos Long River instead of taking him to the Netherworld? In my opinion, we should send him to the ancestral court's Jade Capital City right now. I fear that delays will lead to unforeseen changes!"
That cultivator who had achieved the Dao shook his head and said, "There is a flesh sacrifice grand formation in the Netherworld. The Third Young Master's goal is not merely to capture him but to sacrifice him. Although he is difficult to kill, we can use the blood sacrifice grand formation to offer him up to the Sixteenth Epoch!"
A smile appeared on his face, tinged with excitement: "His power is not enough to replace the Third Young Master, but it is sufficient to replace one of the Third Young Master's Dao fruit avatars! Once the Third Young Master's Dao fruit avatar arrives in this world, then all the cultivators who have achieved the Dao in the ancestral court's Jade Capital City can descend..."
Before he could finish speaking, Tai Chu raised his hand and a finger pierced through his brow!
That cultivator who had achieved the Dao's head exploded with a bang, his body swaying before collapsing to the ground.
Tai Chu's face darkened as he looked up at the writhing, fleshy Primordial Chaos pagoda. Through the squirming, fleshy Dao chains, he could see the Primordial Chaos purple energy within and the World Tree floating in the purple energy.
"Allowing the Third Young Master to descend would render me useless... Right now, Emperor Hao is the Heavenly Emperor, and I am the Supreme Emperor, at least second only to one. If the Third Young Master comes and summons all of you over, wouldn't it take sacrificing half the universe's chaos to replace all of you?"
He walked around the Primordial Chaos pagoda, muttering softly, "Where would I rank then? Would I still have enough benefits?"
He let out a cold laugh. Suddenly, the One Qi Great Luo Heaven moved rapidly, carrying him and the Primordial Chaos pagoda toward the ancestral court.
"Hao'er is still too inexperienced. If it were him, he would probably agree to exchange Mu Tianzun for the Third Young Master. But I am different."
Tai Chu stood beneath this fleshy pagoda, staring at the floating eyeball within the purple energy, and said calmly, "I will not do that. I will send Mu Tianzun into the Chaos Long River, sending him back to the past universe, letting him fight to the death with the Third and Fourth Young Masters! Meanwhile, we can rule this universe in peace."
"Well said."
Suddenly, Qin Mu's voice came from within the Primordial Chaos pagoda. The voice came from that eyeball floating beside the World Tree.
Tai Chu frowned, touching the sword wound on his forehead. The injury Qin Mu's sword had inflicted, piercing through his skull, was still there.
"Mu Tianzun, the fact that you can still be alive truly surprises me."
Tai Chu sat down beneath the tree, looking up at this fleshy pagoda, and said leisurely, "You are right, I have lost my former edge. But I am still alive, while you have become a prisoner."
He smiled slightly: "I am outside now, while you are inside. Soon, you will be sunk into the river and sent to the prehistoric era. That way, you can be the Seventh Young Master in the collapsed spacetime of the past, and this universe will no longer need you."
"Hahahaha!"
Qin Mu's loud laughter came from within the Primordial Chaos pagoda, leisurely: "A good plan, but even if you can send me to the prehistoric universe, you will still be number two, and your son will still be number one."
Tai Chu smiled and said, "That's hard to say. No matter what number I am, you will always be number seven."
"Not necessarily. Heavenly Demon Du Tian, please bring out Lan Yu Tian."
Within the purple energy, that eyeball suddenly spoke: "Have him help me resolve this Primordial Chaos Transforms into Dao."
Tai Chu's heart trembled. He quickly stood up and looked into the pagoda. He saw that within that eyeball, there was a world of heaven and earth, its internal structure extremely complex. It actually contained the Netherworld transformed from the Earth Lord's horn, the Mystic Capital forged by the Heavenly Duke, and even a piece of Tai Yi's eggshell!
Within that eye-world, there was a four-headed, eight-armed demon god, holding a jade pot in his arms.
That demon god raised the jade pot, and instantly a layer of heavens emerged!
Tai Chu thought to himself, "This is bad." He saw the eight-armed demon god bow and say, "Master Lan, the Sect Leader invites you."
"Coming, coming!"
A familiar figure walked out from within that layer of heavens. It was none other than Yu Tianzun!
Tai Chu's eyelids twitched. Yu Tianzun, his heart demon. The moment he met this person a million years ago, he knew that he was absolutely no match for this human youth. He saw the future decline of the ancient gods, the rise of humanity and the post-natal races, destroying his rule and trampling the ancient gods underfoot!
Therefore, he had harbored murderous intent and ordered Hao Tianzun and the Dark Heavenly King to assassinate Yu Tianzun!
And now, that Yu Tianzun had appeared again!
"Primordial Chaos Transforms into Dao divine ability?"
That "Yu Tianzun" examined the fleshy Dao chains through Qin Mu's eye. After a moment, he said, "Brother, this is a divine ability targeting your techniques. Your techniques have flaws, and someone has found them!"
"Brother?"
Tai Chu was stunned: "Yu Tianzun calls Mu Tianzun 'brother'?"
"Nonsense!"
Qin Mu said impatiently: "I beat them up, and they found my flaws. Is there any way to break it? If we delay any longer, Tai Chu will sink us into the Chaos Long River!"
Lan Yu Tian examined it carefully and said, "If Xu Sheng Hua were here, it wouldn't be difficult to break this divine ability together with him. Unfortunately, you left him in the ancestral court... Brother, don't you know Primordial Chaos runes? Primordial Chaos energy is your specialty, isn't it?"
Qin Mu grunted: "I've only cultivated up to Tai Chu energy. Because I haven't fully integrated the Dao of divine consciousness and the One Qi of Primordial Beginning, my Tai Chu energy is barely passable. I haven't cultivated it to the level of Primordial Chaos energy..."
Lan Yu Tian laughed and said, "Brother, you're thinking wrong. Tai Ji energy, Tai Su energy, Tai Shi energy, Tai Chu energy, and Primordial Chaos energy are not cultivated in sequence! There is no hierarchy among these five. As long as you comprehend it, you can refine it! Let me teach you!"
Tai Chu's face darkened. He took out a piece of Tai Chu primordial stone and embedded it in his brow, activating his divine consciousness. He blasted it into the Primordial Chaos pagoda, intending to kill Lan Yu Tian!
Unexpectedly, his divine consciousness divine ability rushed into the pagoda and then dissipated into smoke, devoured by the pagoda, disappearing without a trace.
Tai Chu's eyelids twitched. He repeatedly activated his divine consciousness, but could never break through the pagoda formed by the Primordial Chaos Transforms into Dao divine ability. He had no choice but to grit his teeth and fully activate the One Qi Great Luo Heaven, speeding toward the ancestral court!
"As long as I reach the ancestral court before Yu Tianzun breaks the Primordial Chaos Transforms into Dao divine ability and sink them into the river, there will be no need to worry about them causing trouble!"
The One Qi Great Luo Heaven flew like the wind, racing through the ultimate void, whistling away.
However, before he could reach the ancestral court, he heard sounds of snapping coming from within that fleshy pagoda, as if something was breaking!