Chapter 1679: Lotus Seed Plants the Lotus Pond
“So it’s the Spirit Officer. You’ve already landed in the Seventeenth Era?”
The voice of a woman came from the mouth of the Heavenly Emperor Hao, who had transformed into a woman, and she sneered, “How pitiful, you don’t even have a head! From your wound, I can see the residual Dao techniques of Old Seven and Lord Shang…”
Just as she said this, her appearance changed again, reverting back to the face of the Heavenly Emperor Hao.
A look of panic appeared on the face of the Heavenly Emperor Hao, and he said in a deep voice, “Brother Spirit Officer, quickly help…”
His appearance shifted once more, turning into the visage of Second Young Master Wuji!
The Spirit Officer Hall Master raised his hand, staring in shock at the scene. He saw the faces of the Heavenly Emperor Hao and the Second Young Master of the Miluo Palace constantly switching back and forth, while the Heavenly Emperor Hao’s body also alternated between male and female!
This scene was extremely eerie, but he dared not ask any questions.
The Second Young Master of the Miluo Palace was extremely ruthless. Within the Miluo Palace, no one dared to offend her; only the master of the Miluo Palace dared to scold her.
The Second Young Master was vengeful and extreme in her actions. By the end of the Sixteenth Era, she had committed heinous massacres!
—She didn’t just kill ordinary living beings, but also those who had achieved the Dao, even including those from the Miluo Palace who had achieved the Dao!
When the Second Young Master rampaged in all directions, countless worlds collapsed and were destroyed within her body—a scene that was also a nightmare for those who had achieved the Dao!
Although Lord Shang, who achieved the Dao through slaughter, was notorious, compared to the Second Young Master, he was a mere novice.
There were even rumors within the palace that the Second Young Master hadn’t gone mad and started killing indiscriminately in the Sixteenth Era; in fact, she had begun targeting those who had achieved the Dao long before, just that no one had discovered it.
The Spirit Officer Hall Master was drenched in cold sweat. He quietly stood up and retreated. If the Second Young Master of the Miluo Palace was using the Heavenly Emperor Hao’s physical body to descend, not even the Heavenly Emperor Hao could stop her, and even if he himself intervened, it would be useless.
“I’ve already offended the Seventh Young Master. If I offend the Second Young Master as well, then my destruction is truly imminent!”
He retreated to the palace gate. Suddenly, behind the Heavenly Emperor Hao’s head, the phantom images of the Purple Firmament Hall and the Jade Firmament Hall appeared simultaneously, and both divine halls blazed with brilliant light!
The power of these two halls instantly surged to their peak. The Purple Firmament Hall shrank, came to the Heavenly Emperor Hao’s brow, reduced to an inch in length, and adhered to his brow, protecting his physical body!
The Heavenly Emperor Hao’s body immediately stopped changing!
Meanwhile, the Jade Firmament Hall remained in the Heavenly Emperor Hao’s celestial court, guarding his primordial spirit and protecting it from being invaded by the Second Young Master!
“Third Brother, Fourth Brother, the Teacher has retired from the world, but you two have become quite impressive!”
The voice of the Second Young Master came from the Heavenly Emperor Hao’s mouth, laughing: “Do you insist on opposing me?”
Within the Heavenly Emperor Hao’s celestial court, the Dao of Return to Nothingness took the form of the Second Young Master—a woman more beautiful than the Empress herself, with a black mole at the right corner of her mouth, like a scar left by a wound.
She stood beneath the Southern Heavenly Gate, and even the Heavenly Emperor Hao’s celestial court twisted, as if the very space-time where she stood was collapsing around her!
She only occupied a small portion of the Heavenly Emperor Hao’s cultivation, taking over his other, yet-to-be-achieved Dao of Return to Nothingness, but the combat power she could unleash even surpassed the half of the Heavenly Emperor Hao that had achieved the Dao!
The Third and Fourth Young Masters were also extremely wary of her and did not attempt to refine her.
Suddenly, obscure Dao words came from the Purple Firmament Hall, clearly the Fourth Young Master speaking to her through the destruction tribulation of the Sixteenth Era. However, these Dao words were extremely profound, using the Hongmeng Dao language, which even the Spirit Officer Hall Master could not understand.
The Second Young Master tilted her head, listened for a moment, sneered, and also replied in the Hongmeng Dao language.
Her Hongmeng Dao language was even more mysterious and profound than that of the Fourth Young Master, Purple Firmament, clearly indicating that her attainment in the Hongmeng Dao was higher!
At this moment, the voice of the Third Young Master came from the Jade Firmament Hall, also in the Hongmeng Dao language.
The Heavenly Emperor Hao was completely bewildered, having no idea what the three of them were saying.
However, during the exploration of the Ancestral Court’s Jade Capital City, the Fourth Young Master, Purple Firmament, had taught him some Dao words, which he used to ambush Qin Mu. Although he couldn’t understand them, he could vaguely grasp the meaning of some syllables.
But any single syllable of the Hongmeng Dao language contained an immense and complex amount of information. If one tried to explain a single syllable using divine language, it would take a year or more!
Even then, it might not be possible to fully explain the Dao principles contained in one syllable of the Hongmeng Dao language!
The three Young Masters of the Miluo Palace conversed in the Hongmeng Dao language for a while. After a moment, the Second Young Master snorted, and her form suddenly dissipated.
The Heavenly Emperor Hao breathed a sigh of relief. From the Jade Firmament Hall, the voice of the Third Young Master, Jade Firmament, came: “Daoist Hao, the Second Young Master needs to borrow your body for a period of time. During this time, she will coexist with you.”
The Heavenly Emperor Hao’s heart tightened, and his scalp went numb.
The Fourth Young Master, Purple Firmament, said: “Don’t worry too much. She is merely lodging in your body and will leave eventually. Moreover, with her here, your conquest of the Eternal Peace will be just around the corner.”
Just as the Heavenly Emperor Hao was about to speak, the two divine halls fell silent. The Third and Fourth Young Masters had already departed.
The Heavenly Emperor Hao’s Dao heart was somewhat unsettled. Having a terrifying existence hidden within him that could change his gender and appearance at will, and could devour him and refine everything he had at any moment, was a thought that made him extremely uneasy.
“Perhaps I can refine her…”
Just as he thought this, the voice of the Second Young Master, Wuji, came, laughing: “That’s not a bad idea. No wonder you’ve climbed to your current position. But there are too many people who want to kill me—the other Young Masters of the Miluo Palace, the Dao Desecrators of the Heavenly Capital, and various other small fry. Even the Teacher wants to get rid of me!”
She seemed very cheerful: “But even though the universe has been born and destroyed thirteen times in succession, it hasn’t managed to destroy me. Instead, it has made me stronger. I’m going to use your body now. Step aside for a moment.”
The Heavenly Emperor Hao’s face changed drastically as he saw his body immediately transform, shifting from male to female, with all male characteristics disappearing!
Madam Yuanmu poked her head in, saw this scene, and giggled.
The Second Young Master, Wuji, turned to look. Madam Yuanmu quickly withdrew her head and vanished, her voice drifting from afar: “Hao’er, you’re just like your mother now! Truly my own child! There’s another person living inside me too!”
The Heavenly Emperor Hao felt his primordial spirit and consciousness being pushed aside. He hurriedly activated his divine techniques, trying to separate the Second Young Master from his body!
His attainment in the Dao of Creation was also considerable, which was why he could split off a clone to go to the Netherworld during the battle at the Nether Capital.
However, just as he activated his Dao of Creation, the Purple Firmament Hall and the Jade Firmament Hall blazed with light, suppressing his Dao of Creation!
The Heavenly Emperor Hao’s heart turned cold.
“Don’t waste your energy.”
The Second Young Master laughed: “Third Brother and Fourth Brother are both quite sly. They won’t let you release me. They’re also worried that if you separate from me, I’ll go rescue my true body, and then they’ll lose control of this universe. Those two bad boys are very shrewd. That woman just now was your mother? Sacrifice your mother to me, and I’ll leave you.”
The Heavenly Emperor Hao’s heart pounded violently. The Second Young Master giggled: “You’re tempted. You really want to sacrifice your mother to me.”
The Spirit Officer Hall Master quickly said: “Your Majesty, you cannot!”
The Second Young Master’s gaze swept toward him. The Spirit Officer Hall Master hurriedly retreated, backing out of the hall, and said: “Your Majesty, if the Second Young Master separates from you, this universe will be destroyed soon! You absolutely cannot release her!”
The Second Young Master strode out of the hall. The Spirit Officer Hall Master stood at a distance, not daring to approach.
The Second Young Master glanced at him and sneered: “You’re just the gatekeeper of the Miluo Palace, and you dare to spout nonsense? If you act presumptuously again, I’ll eat you!”
The Spirit Officer Hall Master dared not speak.
The Second Young Master strode out of the palace. He saw countless heavenly army troops attacking the Supreme Heaven and the thirty-three heavens of the Carefree Realm. All kinds of divine and demonic techniques were being unleashed, causing heaven and earth to shatter.
“The reason Third Brother and Fourth Brother reached an agreement with me is to use my power to deal with Old Seven!”
The Second Young Master looked into the distance toward the Carefree Realm, his gaze falling on the World Tree, and laughed: “And coincidentally, I also want to deal with Old Seven, so we hit it off perfectly!”
Suddenly, his shoulder shook, and another head grew out—this head was the face of the Heavenly Emperor Hao, who said: “Since we have the same enemy, then I… I will temporarily share a body with the Second Young Master to deal with Lord Mu together!”
The Second Young Master glanced at him, shook his head, and laughed: “How could you possibly be a match for Old Seven? Without me, you would definitely lose this battle!”
The Heavenly Emperor Hao was greatly unconvinced. Suddenly, the Second Young Master raised his hand and flicked his finger. The Heavenly Emperor Hao immediately felt a portion of his own magical power drain away, forming a lotus seed that flew forward.
His heart stirred: “A divine technique of Return to Nothingness?”
Although the Spirit Officer Hall Master had no head, he had five eyes on his body, and he watched this scene in terror.
He saw that what the Second Young Master had flicked out was a divine technique shaped like a lotus seed. The lotus seed flew at an astonishing speed, leaving a black line in the air, crossing over the armies of the Heavenly Court and the Carefree Realm that were locked in battle, and landing in the Supreme Heaven.
The Supreme Heaven had already been thinned by the fierce fighting of the divine and demon armies on both sides, seemingly on the verge of collapse. Yet the armies continued to fight fiercely, with countless gods and demons dying every moment.
Where the lotus seed landed, wisps of chaotic energy spread out, quickly forming a chaotic pond.
The armies fighting all around were completely unaware of this. Everywhere, divine weapons were flying, terrifying techniques were being unleashed, and enemies were displaying the immense power of gods and demons, moving mountains and draining seas. No one had time to notice the chaotic pond that had appeared on the ground.
The chaotic pond grew to about four or five acres in size and then stopped expanding. Suddenly, a ripple moved across the pond’s surface, and a lotus leaf grew out.
As this lotus leaf emerged, a terrifying phenomenon appeared!
Centered on the lotus pond, the surrounding earth twisted and spun, and space instantly collapsed toward the pond!
The Supreme Heaven was also an extremely vast world. With a thunderous roar, it was twisted into a tube-like shape!
The edges of the Supreme Heaven folded like lotus petals. The armies of both sides fighting within the Supreme Heaven could no longer stand firm and fell one after another into the chaotic pond!
On the large warships and vessels, the furnace fires were pushed to their maximum, but they still couldn’t fly out of the Supreme Heaven. The gods and demons on board watched in horror as both they and their ships were stretched infinitely long!
Bang, bang, bang!
One by one, the gods and demons exploded uncontrollably as they fell, blown by the heat-death wind, turning into streams of chaotic energy that sank into the lotus pond!
The Heavenly Emperor Hao watched this scene from afar, his heart trembling.
This scene was so terrifying that even those who had achieved the Dao would find it hard to withstand such an attack, let alone the Supreme Heaven and those gods and demons!
“If I possessed such power…”
His heart burned with desire. Even though the number of heavenly army troops fighting in the Supreme Heaven far exceeded those of the Carefree Realm, he felt no pity. All he could think about was how to master such power!
At that moment, above the Carefree Realm, Qin Mu raised the Taiyi Staff and hurled it into the distance!
The Taiyi Staff pierced through layers of space and, in the next moment, plunged into the chaotic pond, pinning the lotus leaf to the bottom of the pond!
A tremor resounded. The Supreme Heaven was pierced through by the Taiyi Staff, which carried the chaotic pond out from behind the Supreme Heaven. Then, with a bang, the chaotic pond exploded!
The Second Young Master’s divine technique was completely broken!
However, although her technique was broken, the Supreme Heaven remained twisted into the shape of a lotus. The surviving gods and demons of the Heavenly Court and the Carefree Realm did not continue fighting. Instead, they stood dumbfounded in this bizarre lotus-shaped world, at a loss!
“Old Seven.”
The Second Young Master looked up and met Qin Mu’s gaze from afar on the Supreme Purity Realm of the Carefree Realm. She smiled charmingly, a very alluring sight.
The two stared at each other across the distance. Qin Mu raised his hand and made a throat-slitting gesture.
The Second Young Master giggled, and her head shrank and disappeared: “Old Seven, aside from the Teacher, who hasn’t suffered a loss at your hands? But I’m an exception…”
The Heavenly Emperor Hao’s body returned to its male form, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Above the Carefree Realm, Lord Yun stood quietly, observing this scene, analyzing the Second Young Master’s personality and weaknesses: “As long as there are weaknesses in her personality, there is a possibility of killing her!”
At the same time, in the Southern Heaven, Shang Pingyin finally held out until the arrival of the Third Heavenly Master Bai Yujiong and Wing Luo Heavenly King.