Chapter 1646: Probing (Happy Holidays!)
"The eldest son of the Miluo Palace, the inheritance of his techniques and divine arts also comes from the Hongmeng runes!"
Qin Mu attempted to activate the runes within the door panel. This door panel was likely refined from the Dao tree of some enlightened being. However, that enlightened being was too powerful, and their Dao tree had become indestructible. Yet, as he studied the runes within, he immediately discovered clues.
This eldest son of the Miluo Palace should be the direct disciple of the Miluo Palace Master. His divine arts and techniques followed the path of the Miluo Palace Master, and his Hongmeng runes were the most pure. This could be seen from the rune imprints on this door panel.
Because all the rune imprints within this door panel, in the final analysis, were a single rune—the Hongmeng rune!
The Hongmeng rune possessed uniqueness; different arrangements and sequences formed different functions.
As for the second, third, and fourth sons of the Miluo Palace, besides the Hongmeng rune, their foundational runes also included other runic compositions, indicating that they were not disciples of the Miluo Palace Master but rather followers.
Among them, the second son was the most obvious.
The path taken by the Guixu Goddess was completely opposite to that of the Miluo Palace Master. She did not cultivate the Dao tree, Dao flower, or Dao fruit, and she even disagreed with the Miluo Palace Master's actions.
"The eldest son likely inherited the complete legacy of the Miluo Palace Master. His inheritance is the most pure, but it is still impossible to comprehend his cultivation technique from this door panel."
Qin Mu fell into deep thought. The second son of the Miluo Palace was suppressed, while the third and fourth sons held power in the Jade Capital of the Ancestral Court, with the enlightened beings of the Miluo Palace following them.
So where was the eldest son?
Logically, the eldest son should be the heir of the Miluo Palace. How could the third and fourth sons have seized the power of the Miluo Palace?
Studying this door panel was greatly beneficial to him. He was currently cultivating Hongmeng primal energy, but his own energy cultivation had not yet recovered. The door panel contained many insights from the eldest son, which would help him comprehend more.
Qin Mu settled down to cultivate. His two frail little legs were also slowly growing, but the pace was sluggish.
One day, a sudden earth-shattering tremor occurred. The sky of the Yuan Realm underwent a drastic change as stars shattered one by one. The stars of the Yuan Realm were formed by the Heavenly Lord using the supreme treasures of the Heavenly Dao. The shattering of stars clearly indicated that Ancestral God King had made his move!
Over the past two years, Ancestral God King had occasionally harassed the Yuan Realm, but each time, the Heavenly Lord had blocked him with the supreme treasures of the Heavenly Dao. Moreover, with Moon Venerable present, Ancestral God King found it difficult to gain any advantage, so he often struck and then retreated, causing little damage.
However, this time, Ancestral God King's assault was incredibly fierce, shaking the fifty supreme treasures of the Heavenly Dao violently. Before long, the sky tore open, and a massive face filled the entire celestial dome!
Qin Mu stood up, looked up, and his expression turned grave.
Ancestral God King had torn through the sky of the Yuan Realm. Below, the Heavenly Lord slowly rose, with white brows, white beard, and white robes, his body growing larger and larger, preparing to battle Ancestral God King beyond the heavens.
On the other side, Moon Venerable immediately ascended and flew beyond the heavens, intending to join forces with the Heavenly Lord against Ancestral God King.
But the moment Moon Venerable moved, the earth shook. The demonic energy of the Netherworld suddenly invaded the Yuan Realm, forming a dark vortex in the Eastern Sea, spinning with a roar!
The Heavenly River flowing through the Yuan Realm was also polluted by the demonic energy. Countless Netherworld monsters and demon gods surged out from the Heavenly River, numbering in the millions, densely packed, stepping across the surface of the Eastern Sea. Wherever they passed, some underwater divine kingdoms were directly destroyed by these monsters and demon gods!
The Netherworld monsters and demon gods blackened the sea surface, surging toward the eastern coast of Yankang.
Behind the overwhelming tide of demon gods and monsters, the Styx invaded the Yuan Realm, with Void Venerable's figure standing behind those monsters!
Qin Fengqing and Netherworld Venerable immediately stomped heavily, causing the entire Yuan Realm to shake violently. The Netherworld of the Yuan Realm emerged, pulling all the Netherworld monsters and demon gods into the Netherworld of the Yuan Realm, preventing them from invading the mortal world!
The demon gods and monsters surging toward the eastern coast of Yankang rushed onto the shore but suddenly found nothing.
The geography of the Netherworld of the Yuan Realm was identical to that of the Yuan Realm, being two overlapping spaces. After years of development, the Netherworld of the Yuan Realm also housed many ghost deities, led by King Yan of Fengdu, who led a great army to meet the Netherworld's demon god army.
As those demon gods and monsters charged forward, massive treasures rose from their ranks, flying forward with a roar—they were gates.
These gates landed and stood tall.
During the Netherworld War, many demon gods and monsters had escaped the Netherworld, fleeing to the Yuan Realm and other worlds, establishing various ghost domains in the mortal world, forming numerous considerable forces.
And the places where these gates landed were precisely the locations of these ghost domains.
After the gates landed, the demon gods in the ghost domains in the mortal world struggled to push them open!
The Netherworld monster army did not clash with the ghost deity army of Fengdu but instead roared as they surged into these gates, flooding into the mortal world!
The number of these demon gods and monsters was too vast. If they surged into the mortal world, they would inevitably wreak havoc on the Yuan Realm, causing immense destruction!
King Yan was leading his army to meet the enemy. Seeing this, his heart tightened, and he shouted, "Build bridges! Set up the Bridge Between Life and Death!"
From the Fengdu army, countless flying bridges shot into the sky, with one end placed in Fengdu and the other end in the mortal world.
The Bridge Between Life and Death was a treasure created by the First Ancestor of the Human Race, Emperor Qin Wu. Back then, missing his deceased wife, he refined this treasure, intending to use it to connect the Netherworld and the mortal world, meeting his wife on the bridge.
Later, he became disheartened, abandoned his physical body, and went into seclusion in Fengdu. But still worried about the mortal world, he often came out, so he left the Bridge Between Life and Death in Fengdu, becoming the only bridge connecting the dead and the living.
After Qin Mu became the Human Emperor, he retrieved this bridge. Fox Ling'er collected tolls for crossing it, accumulating their first pot of gold.
During the Yankang Reformation period, the people of Yankang understood the principles of the Bridge Between Life and Death, improved it, and refined many such bridges, also called the Bridge Between Life and Death.
At this moment, bridges were erected, and countless ghost deities from Fengdu charged onto the Bridge Between Life and Death, killing their way from Fengdu to the Yuan Realm!
On the other side, Void Venerable swung the Styx, and with a swoosh, wherever the Styx passed, the bridges of the Bridge Between Life and Death collapsed one after another. Many Fengdu ghost deities crossing the bridges were swept into powder, their primordial spirits shattered into black soul sand!
The Styx whip was unstoppable, but the next moment, Qin Fengqing stepped sideways to block in front of Fengdu, grabbed the Styx whip, and wrapped it around his arm with a series of swishes.
Void Venerable shook the whip violently, lifting Qin Fengqing and pulling him toward her.
Her gaze was icy, and she raised her palm to strike Qin Fengqing.
Just as her palm was about to land on Qin Fengqing, Netherworld Venerable's primordial spirit passed through Qin Fengqing's body from behind, and their palms collided heavily!
Void Venerable's hair flew wildly, and her primordial spirit expanded with a boom behind her, blocking Netherworld Venerable's attack.
Qin Mu stood on the Surging River Heavenly Palace, watching this scene from afar, his heart tightening.
Ling Yuxiu quickly walked to his side and said softly, "Husband, logically, Ancestral God King and Void Venerable shouldn't be so reckless. Attacking the Yuan Realm won't cause much damage, and it will give us a chance to kill them."
"The reason they are making a move is that Hao Venerable, Lady Yuanmu, the Taiji Ancient God, and Taichu have arrived."
Qin Mu looked up at the sky and murmured, "Only with them here do Ancestral God King and Void Venerable have this confidence."
He exhaled a turbid breath and said, "The Taiji Ancient God can be blocked by Taishi, and Taichu can be stopped by Cloud Venerable in the Ultimate Void. Lady Yuanmu and Hao Venerable are enough to cause massive destruction to the Yuan Realm."
Ling Yuxiu's heart tightened and said, "The Heavenly Court's main army cannot arrive this quickly!"
Qin Mu shook his head and said, "Of course, the Heavenly Court's main army cannot arrive; it will take them over ten years to get here from the Heavenly River. Hao Venerable's move is merely to probe the strengths and weaknesses of Yankang and me."
He looked into the distance at Yankang, where above the various divine cities, massive silver spheres rose from the cities, trailing long silver flames, ascending high into the sky.
The silver spheres were composed of many hexagonal mirrors, constantly rotating. The mirrors spread out like silver panels, with hundreds of gods and demons standing on them.
Mirror light shone downward, protecting each city and region. The gods and demons on the mirror surfaces activated various divine weapons, continuously striking downward, killing the Netherworld demon gods and monsters charging toward the various cities and regions of Yankang.
At that moment, the sky suddenly brightened. A massive sand table appeared on the celestial dome, pressed against the world barrier of the Yuan Realm.
It was a Taiji sand table, the enlightenment treasure of the Taiji Ancient God, black and white distinct. It rotated slightly, cutting through the world barrier of the Yuan Realm.
A giant sun squeezed through the world barrier of the Yuan Realm from the Taiji sand table while the Heavenly Lord was battling Ancestral God King beyond the heavens. The flames burned fiercely, scorching the sky red!
From within that sun, golden crows flew out, dragging long golden crow sacred flames, pulling chariots as hundreds of golden crows dragged hundreds of chariots, carrying numerous Xuan Du gods and demons!
Those gods and demons stood on the chariots, raising their hands high, with massive fireballs like small suns between their palms, crashing down toward the Yuan Realm below!
From the divine cities of Yankang, massive Sun-Shooting Divine Cannons rose into the air, and beams of cannon light streaked across the sky, flashing with dazzling light above the Yuan Realm, blasting those golden crows and chariots to pieces!
Boom!
Another violent tremor came as another giant sun squeezed into the Yuan Realm, followed by continuous tremors of the world barrier as more giant suns emerged.
Countless golden crows pulled chariots, charging toward the Yuan Realm!
At that moment, the thirty-three heavens of Carefree Realm rose into the air, and countless gods and demons from the Kaihuang Era rushed into the sky to meet the Xuan Du gods and demons.
The main army of the Heavenly Court had not yet arrived, but the forces of Xuan Du and the Netherworld alone were enough to put the gods and demons of the Yuan Realm under great pressure.
If the main force of the Heavenly Court's army arrived, even the full strength of the Yuan Realm might not be able to withstand the first wave of assault.
Qin Mu turned to Ling Yuxiu and said, "Wife, you all should leave here quickly and go to support Yankang. This place is probably no longer safe."
Ling Yuxiu hurried back to the palace and said loudly, "Village Chief, Grandpa Tu, let's go to Yankang!"
Village Chief and the others had long been prepared and laughed, "We can't interfere in the battles of venerables. Let's go, let's go!"
"Take care, Mu'er!" Grandmother Si instructed.
Qin Mu waved his hand, watching them leave the Surging River Heavenly Palace. He then returned to the palace, sat cross-legged in front of the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
After a moment, Qin Mu smiled and said, "Hao Venerable."
Hao Heavenly Emperor walked in from the main gate of the Surging River Heavenly Palace, looking around leisurely, and said, "This is such a peaceful place for retirement, but the person living here is unwilling to be content and still wants to rebel. Mu Venerable, you have disappointed me."
Qin Mu watched him approach, and behind Hao Venerable, Lady Yuanmu stepped out from his shadow, a smile curling at the corner of her lips: "Little nemesis, we meet again."
Her gaze fell on Qin Mu's legs as he sat on the ground. He was wearing baby pants, with short little legs and baby shoes on his little feet. She was momentarily stunned and then laughed: "Little nemesis, you're getting younger and younger!"
Qin Mu smiled slightly. Behind him, the Lingxiao Treasure Hall suddenly opened. Ling Venerable was buried in a sea of scriptures, writing furiously.
Ling Venerable looked up, threw down her brush, and stood up.
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