Chapter 1653: Heavenly Capital's Heaven-Opening Chapter
The scene before Qin Mu abruptly shifted. He saw chaotic qi surging wildly all around him, terrifyingly immense, as if he stood at the center of a great cataclysm that was annihilating the entire universe.
He felt an incomparably powerful pressure and heat!
Here, there was no longer any ultimate void. The entire universe had become a mass of chaos, with immeasurable pressure and immeasurable heat!
Within that rolling chaos, only a few who had attained the Dao survived. He saw the Jade Capital City within the chaos, which should belong to the master of the Miluo Palace and his followers. Besides them, there were other strange things floating in this final chaos, such as the World Tree and the Return to Nothingness Great Abyss.
Qin Mu "saw" the figure of the master of the Miluo Palace, standing tall and distant before the Miluo Palace. His Dao Tree radiated brilliant light, guarding the Jade Capital City of the Sixth Epoch Universe.
There, purple qi permeated the area, a peaceful place within the chaotic universe.
He also "saw" that around him was a stretch of palaces and towers, their layout resembling the Miluo Palace. The altar beneath his feet was still there, forged from chaos stone.
He looked around and "saw" various Dao attainers standing around him, their eyes filled with expectant gazes.
Then, Qin Mu was horrified to "see" a familiar figure!
Ling Tianzun!
Qin Mu's mind roared. He had actually seen Ling Tianzun!
Ling Tianzun was actually among the Dao attainers of this divine city! How could this be possible?
However, how familiar was he with Ling Tianzun? The two were both teachers and friends to each other. In their early years, Qin Mu had taught Ling Tianzun the Dao of Creation, encouraging her to create the Unchanging Divine Ability. Later, Ling Tianzun had taught him Dao techniques and divine abilities, and had even sent him back to the early Dragon Han Era!
He would never mistake her!
The woman beside the altar, the one among the Dao attainers of the Sixth Epoch Universe, was Ling Tianzun!
"How could Ling appear in the past?"
However, his "vision" was not under his control. He should have placed his feet in the footprints of this person called Heavenly Capital, and thus his perspective became that of Heavenly Capital.
He saw the figure of "himself," saw the axe in his own hand.
Qin Mu was stunned for a moment, feeling that this axe was somewhat familiar. He had seen a similar axe in the hands of Taiyi.
When Taiyi transformed into a giant and cut down the World Tree, he used a similar axe. After the World Tree was reborn, Qin Mu had borrowed the axe from Taiyi to fell the tree and had once tried to thoroughly study the axe. Although he hadn't figured it out, he wouldn't mistake it!
However, the axe in "his" hand was still somewhat different from Taiyi's axe, not completely identical, but one could see the traits inherited from the same lineage.
"Could this Heavenly Capital be Taiyi?"
Just as Qin Mu thought this, he suddenly saw "himself" pour all his strength into swinging that divine axe!
At the same time, the Dao attainers beneath the altar also poured all their strength, joining "him" to push the power of the divine axe to its limit!
At that moment, chaos was cleaved open!
Qin Mu, viewing all this from the perspective of the opener, felt a shock and awe beyond compare. There was no scene more magnificent and grand than what he saw now, nor any scene more stirring and exciting!
He witnessed the birth of a universe!
He saw these Dao attainers use their own strength to open the heavens and establish the earth, unleashing their Dao techniques and divine abilities to cleave a new universe from the chaos!
Qin Mu had simulated this magnificent scene countless times within his own Spirit Embryo Divine Treasury, but only when he "witnessed it with his own eyes" did he realize that what he had simulated was not the true opening of heaven and earth. His simulations within his divine treasury had not surpassed his imagination.
But what "Heavenly Capital" and these Dao attainers did was the true opening of heaven and earth, the evolution of the universe and the primordial chaos!
After they cleaved open the chaos, infinite energy burst forth—immeasurable heat, immeasurable light, immeasurable space—expanding outward!
At this time, there was no matter. The entire primordial universe was a mass of rapidly expanding energy and hot liquid. At this time, there was also no Dao.
However, in the very next instant, the two innate Daos of Taiyi and Taichu emerged in succession!
The evolution speed of these two innate Daos was astonishing. Even before a single instant had passed, the evolution was complete, and the void was born at the same time!
The power of the void pushed the entire universe to expand rapidly, causing energy to move away from each other.
Qin Mu stood there, watching as this primordial universe continued to evolve. The entire universe was a mass of Taichu Primordial Qi, existing only in the form of a single qi, with no other matter.
About three hundred thousand years passed, and only then did the primordial universe, driven by the power of the void, enter the Taishi form. The Taishi Dao was born from the Taichu Primordial Qi.
Layer after layer of void was born, pushing the evolution of cosmic matter, from Taishi to Taisu, and from Taisu to Taiji.
By the time stars evolved, the sun, moon, and stars began to interact, star rivers, star clusters, and galaxies formed, the Taiji Dao began to evolve the myriad things of the world, and the ultimate void also appeared on its own. The grand cosmic blueprint unfolded, transitioning from a primordial state to a nascent state.
And this had already taken tens of millions of years.
Of course, Qin Mu was standing on the altar, viewing all this from the perspective of "Heavenly Capital." The real time had not passed so long.
He came to his senses, hearing the voice of "himself" say joyfully: "The Seventh Epoch has been opened. Fellow Daoists, we of Heavenly Capital have finally opened up this universe!"
"We of Heavenly Capital?"
Qin Mu was surprised. He had originally thought that the "Heavenly Capital" mentioned on the stone tablet referred to this person who opened the heavens and earth, that Heavenly Capital was his title. But hearing this person's meaning, it seemed that Heavenly Capital did not refer to a single person, but to this group of Dao attainers!
Among them was Ling Tianzun!
Heavenly Capital referred to the Dao attainers in this divine city. Perhaps this divine city was also called Heavenly Capital!
"Wasn't Ling Tianzun in the Primordial Realm? How did she come here? To the end of the Sixth Epoch Universe, to open the universe and the world together with these Dao attainers of Heavenly Capital?"
His mind was in a daze. He really couldn't figure out when Ling Tianzun had gone to the Sixth Epoch.
The chaos around him gradually dissipated. Qin Mu felt a sense of loss, but also some joy and encouragement. The scene of opening the heavens and earth was truly shocking, providing him with immense inspiration and enlightenment. In a short time, he had experienced the evolution of the Five Tai from the beginning of the universe, greatly enhancing his techniques and divine abilities!
His understanding of the Five Tai had also reached an unprecedented height!
He felt that if he could absorb the gains from observing this heaven-opening, his Overlord Body Three Elixir Art could advance further. Perhaps in less than ten years, he could fully recover his cultivation, or even ascend to a higher level, reaching an even greater realm!
However, this observation of the Dao attainers of Heavenly Capital opening the heavens and earth was too short. He wanted to ponder it over and over again, but unfortunately, it only happened once.
He closed his eyes and concentrated, carefully contemplating. His own Dao resonance surged, and his immersion in the Dao deepened.
This observation of Heavenly Capital's heaven-opening had improved him immensely. It not only enhanced his understanding of the Five Tai but also increased the power of his Dao realm divine abilities.
Whether it was the Void Form Guest Taiji, the Mixed Yuan One Qi Dao Roaming Together, the Taiji Evolution Yin Yang Travel, or the Five Tai Unification, their power had all greatly increased!
Not only that, but he also gained a deeper understanding of entering the Dao through his divine abilities, vaguely on the verge of entering the thirty-third heaven of the Divine Ability Dao Realm!
The Dao resonance emanating from within Qin Mu reached its peak. Suddenly, a rumbling sound came from within him. His divine treasury was also evolving the scene of opening the heavens and earth, re-cleaving chaos, evolving the Five Tai, and evolving the universe and the world!
Within Qin Mu's divine treasury, heaven and earth and chaos evolved over and over again. He stood within those two footprints, took out the Calamity Sword, and imitated the axe technique that Heavenly Capital had used when opening the heavens and earth, slashing emptily.
The sword in his hand grew heavier and heavier, appearing clumsy yet profound. A simple slash, however, contained supreme mystery!
He tried to integrate the Hongmeng runes and the Hongmeng purple qi, perfecting this move.
He practiced it over and over again, and this move became more and more perfected. Any intricacy, any Dao mystery, was all hidden within a single sword strike.
This sword strike seemed not like a divine ability, but a natural Dao. He seemed to enter a brand new realm, where one sword strike contained one Dao.
After an unknown amount of time, Qin Mu slashed out another sword. The Dao resonance contained in this sword strike was intense to the extreme. With one slash, it was as if the Great Dao rampaged. Where it passed, the chaos around the altar was cleaved open, revealing the phenomenon of heaven and earth being opened!
Qin Mu sheathed his sword and opened his eyes. The phenomenon of heaven and earth opening within the Heavenly Capital city slowly dissipated, and the path leading to the outside world appeared, no longer blocked by chaotic qi.
Qin Mu exhaled a turbid breath and said softly: "This sword strike can no longer be described as a technique. It is not a move, but a Dao. Back then, the Kai Emperor, when his sword Dao entered the thirty-third heaven of the Dao Realm, named it the Taiqing Realm Dao Sword. He knew that his sword Dao at the thirty-third heaven was no longer sword techniques or sword moves, but the Dao. My sword strike is even more intense than the Taiqing Realm. It is difficult to describe even with 'realm.' Let me call it the Heavenly Capital Heaven-Opening Chapter."
He had comprehended the Heavenly Capital Heaven-Opening Chapter. Within his divine treasury domain, the universe was opened, and the thirty-three layers of void appeared. His own Dao realm became more refined, his cultivation gradually increased, and his primordial spirit also slowly grew.
Not only that, but Qin Mu's stature was also gradually increasing. His two legs were no longer so thin, but were slowly growing.
"If the master of Heavenly Capital is Taiyi, then what did he mean back then when he said he saw me abandon my own path and shed a tear?"
Qin Mu did not feel the great joy of enlightenment. Instead, he fell into deep thought.
"Taiyi said he was saddened that I abandoned my path. So now, have I returned to the path I abandoned? Perhaps not... At that time, my path should have also been his path. So when he saw me abandon it, he turned into a tear..."
Qin Mu composed himself, lifted his right foot, and prepared to step out of the footprints. Suddenly, the Heavenly Capital city changed again!
He hesitated for a moment and put his right foot back.
In his eyes, the Heavenly Capital city was no longer a ruin. It was as if it had just been created, resplendent and magnificent, with strands of Dao light, standing at the highest point of the universe.
However, this Heavenly Capital city was collapsing!
Qin Mu's vision once again became the perspective of the footprint's owner. The last scene he saw was the Hongmeng purple qi of the master of the Miluo Palace, the Dao Tree of the Miluo Palace, and behind the Dao Tree, the collapsing Heavenly Capital city, and the figure of himself falling!
The Chaos Divine Axe slipped from his hand.
Qin Mu also fell along with it, his Dao heart ashen and dead.
"Fellow Daoist, what you are doing is not right." He heard the voice of the master of the Miluo Palace, growing increasingly faint.
After a long time, Qin Mu came to his senses, and his vision gradually recovered. It was then that he realized he had fallen onto the altar. He hurriedly got up and looked around. Here, it was still the ruins of Heavenly Capital. Nothing had changed.
A look of bewilderment appeared on his face. He walked down the altar and stumbled out of the ruins, his mind filled with only one great doubt that circled endlessly.
"Why did the master of the Miluo Palace kill the master of Heavenly Capital? Why..."
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