Chapter 1707: You Are Not Worthy (Big Chapter, Asking for Monthly Votes!)
Five days later, the remnants of Carefree Haven finally arrived at Maple Wind Valley. Due to the ambushes, attacks, and losses along the way, less than three-tenths of Carefree Haven’s army remained.
Fortunately, Wei Suifeng, the Northern Emperor Black Tortoise, the Southern Emperor Vermilion Bird, the Red Emperor Qi Xiayu, and others led the Yan Kang army to join forces with Emperor Yi Yue and her group, preventing the Heavenly Court’s Divine Master Navy from acting rashly, allowing them to reach Maple Wind Valley.
Whether it was the soldiers under Wei Suifeng and the Northern Emperor, or those under the Southern Emperor, the Red Emperor, and Carefree Haven, morale was not high.
Especially the soldiers under Wei Suifeng, who were the Feather Forest Army. Their cultivations were mostly at the Jade Capital and Empyrean realms, making them a fierce force capable of battling Heavenly Venerables. Now, everyone had plummeted directly to the Execution Platform or Nine Prisons Platform realms, severely weakening their strength.
Many soldiers from Carefree Haven had also cultivated to the Jade Capital and Empyrean realms, and they too were all slashed down to the Execution Platform realm.
Even the powerful, such as War Heavenly Master Zhuo Cha, Yan Yunxi, Emperor Yi Yue, Emperor Shakti Li Youran, the Green Emperor, Tian Shu, and others, had all become Execution Platform realm!
The worst off were not them, but the Red Emperor Qi Xiayu.
Qi Xiayu had originally cultivated nine heavenly palaces and formed a Minor Heavenly Court, but now she had also fallen directly to the Execution Platform realm, losing three and a half realms!
They were, after all, leaders of their respective armies, with extraordinary Dao hearts, so they wouldn’t collapse on the spot. But the blow to the soldiers of each army was extremely severe.
Going forward, there was no path for cultivation. The main generals of each army were so severely weakened—if the Heavenly Court attacked again, how could they resist?
What’s more, the Divine Strategy Left Guard had already led the Youdu Demon army to the rear of Maple Wind Valley, attacking from both front and back with the Heavenly Court army. Above, there was the Xuan Du army, and below, the Youdu army, forming an encirclement!
This battle offered no hope.
This caused many to lose the courage to continue fighting.
However, many Yan Kang soldiers were not greatly affected. First, Yan Kang had existed for a relatively short time, with few cultivating to the Jade Capital, Empyrean, and Throne realms, and only Qin Mu alone reaching the Heavenly Court realm. Second, Yan Kang’s reforms had added realms like the Four Heavenly Gates, Heavenly Sea, and Nine Prisons Platform to the Heavenly Palace realm.
Even without the Jade Capital, Empyrean, Throne, and Heavenly Court realms, it didn’t affect them much.
Moreover, some generals, like the Bright Emperor, the Red Emperor, Shu Jun, Granny Si, the Butcher, the Village Chief, and other elders, had not followed the traditional Heavenly Palace system; they walked the Dao Realm system.
Although the First Human Sovereign followed the Heavenly Palace system, he walked the path of simultaneously cultivating Heavenly Palace and Dao Realm.
And the reborn A Chou and the Heavenly Duke also walked the Dao Realm path, so they were not greatly affected.
The younger generation, like Yun Jianli, Zhe Huali, Wang Muran, and Qi Jiuyi, came from the Yan Kang Dao Academy. During their cultivation, they had long benefited from the Academy’s reform results. They didn’t follow the traditional cultivation system but, after entering the Heavenly Palace realm, learned from the achievements of Lan Yutian and Xu Shenghua, each making remarkable accomplishments.
As for the even younger generation, like Hua Xuanxiu and Wen Yuan Patriarch, they had learned the Ancestral Court Dao Realm system of Lan Yutian and Xu Shenghua from their foundations, so they had no such concerns.
However, this matter had a huge impact on the battle situation. If the Third Young Master and Fourth Young Master hadn’t launched the Jade Capital trap to strip away the four realms, Qin Mu could have counterattacked the Heavenly Court after his return!
Now, it was already fortunate that Yan Kang could hold on without being destroyed!
Moon Heavenly Venerable, You Heavenly Venerable, Lang Wan, and others wore hidden worries. After this sudden change erupted, they decisively cut off the Jade Capital City in their heavenly palaces, resolutely leveled the Empyrean Hall, and only kept a single heavenly palace.
Their cultivation in the Dao Realm was extremely high. Without these four realms, although it had some impact on their cultivation, their strength could still retain sixty to seventy percent.
But for someone like the Red Emperor Qi Xiayu, her cultivation strength was only a few thousandths of what it was before—that was the most terrifying.
And there were many others similarly weakened!
The Red Emperor Qi Xiayu looked at Emperor Shakti Li Youran, hesitating. She saw that this person was no longer the handsome monk he once was, but a ferocious demon god, making her hesitate to recognize him.
She still mustered her courage and stepped forward, saying, “This senior brother, you look like an old acquaintance of mine.”
Li Youran felt ashamed of his appearance and avoided her without responding.
Qi Xiayu stepped forward again, saying, “I know a monk from Carefree Haven named Li Youran, who was once the Emperor Shakti King Buddha of the Buddhist Realm.”
Li Youran couldn’t avoid her and said, “Female benefactor, you have mistaken me. Over there are the Buddhist soldiers going down the mountain to save people. That War Void Tathagata should know the Emperor Shakti King Buddha you mentioned.”
Qi Xiayu didn’t go to see War Void Tathagata but stared at him intently, saying, “No matter what Li Youran becomes, I recognize him.”
Li Youran remained unmoved.
“Younger brother, you begin the lecture.”
Above Maple Wind Valley, Qin Mu looked down, taking in the myriad expressions of the crowd, and said, “Speak about your cultivation system for three days, telling everyone in Maple Wind Valley.”
Lan Yutian scratched his head and whispered, “Brother, Xu Shenghua once told me that what I say is too deep for most to understand. If I lecture on the Ancestral Court Dao Realm cultivation system, I’m afraid these gods and demons won’t grasp much. And in three days, even if they can comprehend the Ancestral Court Dao Realm system, they probably can’t cultivate it.”
“It doesn’t matter.”
Qin Mu said, “Just speak. Those who can comprehend the various realms of the Ancestral Court Dao Realm system within these three days are exceptionally talented, and they must also be experts in the traditional Heavenly Palace system. They will gain a lot and can later teach others. After you speak for three days, Village Chief, Granny, you each speak for another three days.”
Village Chief Su Muzhe and Granny Si each nodded. Granny Si asked doubtfully, “Our understanding is certainly far inferior to that of a founder like Lan Yutian. What use is it for us to speak?”
Village Chief Su Muzhe laughed, saying, “Granny, Mu’er means that what we say is shallower and easier for others to understand. Isn’t that right, Mu’er?”
Qin Mu nodded.
Granny Si spat, saying, “After Lan Yutian speaks, we speak, for a total of nine days. In nine days, the Heavenly Court army will have already pushed here!”
“They won’t be able to push through.”
Qin Mu said calmly, “I am here. Who can push through? Jiang Yunjian, Hua Xuanxiu, Wen Yuan Sect Leader, after Granny speaks, you will lecture on the Ancestral Court Dao Realm system.”
Jiang Yunjian, Hua Xuanxiu, and Wen Yuan Patriarch stepped forward. Hua Xuanxiu asked curiously, “Uncle Qin, is it because we have an even shallower understanding?”
Qin Mu shook his head, saying, “No. It’s because you started learning from the foundation, while Granny and Village Chief had their own unique skills before cultivating the Ancestral Court Dao Realm system, with preconceived notions. You, on the other hand, don’t have those preconceptions during your cultivation journey. You understand the new system more deeply and subtly, often thinking of things they wouldn’t.”
Wen Yuan Patriarch was very happy.
Qin Mu glanced at him and said, “Wen Yuan Sect Leader will speak first. He also cultivated the traditional Heavenly Palace system before, so it’s hard to avoid preconceptions.”
Wen Yuan Patriarch’s face darkened.
Qin Mu said to Moon Heavenly Venerable, You Heavenly Venerable, Lang Wan, and others, “You might as well listen too. Without the four traditional realms, it’s like cutting off a limb to save the body. The new cultivation system might allow you to achieve even higher accomplishments.”
Moon Heavenly Venerable said, “With the support of the Third and Fourth Young Masters of Miluo Palace, can Hao Heavenly Emperor really be stopped?”
Qin Mu laughed, saying, “I am the Seventh Young Master of Miluo Palace, so naturally I can stop him. You don’t need to worry.”
You Heavenly Venerable said, “The Divine Strategy Left Guard is leading the Youdu Demon army to attack from the rear, attacking from both front and back. How do we resist?”
Qin Mu said, “My junior brother, Yan Kang National Teacher Jiang Baigui, has already pacified the East Sea rebellion and is coming from behind the Divine Strategy Left Guard and the Demon army. The Divine Strategy Left Guard is no match for him.”
Lang Wan said, “Jiang Baigui’s Jade Capital realm is also gone, isn’t it? Will he be a match for the Divine Strategy Left Guard?”
“There are not many in this world unaffected by the Jade Capital trap, but Jiang Baigui is one of them.”
Qin Mu stood up, laughed, and said, “Stay here and listen to the lecture. I will go meet the Third and Fourth Young Masters of Miluo Palace.”
Lan Yutian’s voice rang out, Dao tones echoing, as he began to preach his Ancestral Court Dao Realm system. Qin Mu walked down Maple Wind Valley, heading unhurriedly toward the Heavenly Court army.
In Maple Wind Valley, the army was originally mournful with low morale. However, Lan Yutian was naturally close to the Dao. As his Dao tones sounded, his own Dao resonance involuntarily spread, and a World Tree rose behind him, causing people to unconsciously fall into the wonder of the Dao, unable to resist thinking and comprehending along with his Dao tones.
He spoke to the various divine races in Maple Wind Valley about the new cultivation system, starting from the Spirit Embryo realm, which was not much different from what people had learned before. The second realm was the Star River Divine Treasury, which when opened, evolved into Xuan Du.
The third realm was the Heavenly River Divine Treasury, which when opened and flowed, led to the fourth realm, the Four Extremes Heaven.
The Four Extremes Heaven realm had four subsidiary divine treasuries. After establishing the Four Extremes Heaven realm, the three realms of Yuan Du, Youdu, and Guixu were opened.
After these seven realms, the most critical realm arrived.
That was the opening of the Ancestral Court, the largest divine treasury!
After opening the Ancestral Court, one established the Ancestral Court’s Four Heavenly Gates, Jasper Lake and Jasper Terrace, Heavenly Sea, Execution Platform, Nine Prisons Platform, and other realms, enhancing one’s understanding of the Dao Realm!
This was why Qin Mu said the Dao Realm system was most compatible with the Ancestral Court system.
The Ancestral Court’s Four Heavenly Gates, Jasper Lake and Jasper Terrace, Heavenly Sea, Execution Platform, and Nine Prisons Platform greatly enhanced the Dao Realm. When cultivating these realms, Dao Realm cultivation advanced almost by leaps and bounds!
This was the greatest and strongest advantage of the new cultivation system!
After cultivating these realms, without the Jade Capital, Empyrean, Throne, and Heavenly Court realms, Lan Yutian directly arrived at the Five Tai realms, comprehending the Innate Five Tai, forming five major mineral veins in the Ancestral Court divine treasury: Taiji, Taisu, Taishi, Taichu, and Taiyi!
If these five realms were cultivated, one could go further and cultivate the World Tree!
The World Tree was the Dao tree of every cultivator in the new system, fully integrated with the Dao Realm system. As one’s Dao Realm advanced layer by layer, voids would appear within the divine treasury, and the Dao Realm’s imprints would be stored within. The World Tree would gradually become clearer, grow, and mature.
When the Dao Realm reached the Thirty-Six Heavens, the World Tree would fully mature, becoming the cultivator’s Dao tree!
However, Lan Yutian and Xu Shenghua had only comprehended up to this point before the Heavenly Court invaded en masse, forcing their research to stop.
But presumably, there were other realms behind, such as Dao Flowers, Dao Fruits, and so on.
Amid Lan Yutian’s Dao tones, Qin Mu walked toward the Heavenly Court camp. The Heavenly Court army was steadily advancing, and the camp moved with it.
Ahead, scouts were constantly probing, flying in the sky, running on the ground, diving in water, traveling underground, appearing and disappearing unpredictably.
From afar, a scout spotted Qin Mu, his heart leaping, frozen in place, not daring to move.
“You can go back and report to Hao Heavenly Emperor, saying that the Seventh Young Master Qin Mu has arrived.” Qin Mu said with a smile.
The scout fled in panic, rushing straight toward the Heavenly Court army.
After a moment, the various armies of the Heavenly Court ahead suddenly halted, each setting up killing formations, waiting in strict formation!
The foreheads of the main generals of each army were drenched in sweat, but they dared not wipe it, staring with eyes like copper bells, fixedly watching ahead, their spirits highly tense.
In the sky, killing intent filled the heavens, driving away all birds and beasts for millions of miles. Divine eyes appeared in the sky, rolling around, shooting beams of divine light, searching everywhere!
Those divine eyes in the sky were as large as the sun and moon, and the smallest were several acres in size. Some had various formations imprinted in them, some were tempered with the Great Dao, some were the demon eyes of demon gods, with many types and different functions.
These divine and demon eyes searched the heavens and earth, looking for Qin Mu’s whereabouts.
At the same time, news had already been transmitted to the Heavenly Emperor’s Detached Palace, informing Hao Heavenly Emperor, Tai Chu, the Empress, and others.
Hao Heavenly Emperor dared not be negligent, ordering the Divine Strategy Right Guard and the Left and Right Feather Forest to set up formations, guarding around the Heavenly Emperor’s Detached Palace, waiting in strict formation.
Tai Chu, the Empress, and the Taiji Ancient God surrounded Hao Heavenly Emperor as they walked out of the great hall. Hao Heavenly Emperor was still uneasy, looking up to see the Jade Capital Hall and Purple Firmament Hall growing brighter, only then feeling relieved.
They looked ahead and saw the countless divine and demon eyes in the sky suddenly extinguish one after another, becoming dim. The suns pulled by the Xuan Du army in the sky seemed to be covered by a huge dark cloud, with no light shining down, causing the Sun Guardians of Xuan Du to stop their great sun chariots, turning back to look, afraid their suns would go out.
They breathed a sigh of relief. Their suns had not gone out, but a towering tree had passed below, its leaves vast and boundless, blocking the suns of Xuan Du.
As for those extinguished demon and divine eyes, they were not so lucky. Those eyes were blinded by a surge of overwhelming killing intent, as if slashed by a knife!
In the Heavenly Court camp, many gods and demons suddenly wailed, their voices shrill, raising their hands to cover their eyes, with black and red blood flowing between their fingers.
Almost all the gods of the Surveillance Department went blind at the same time!
“It’s Shang Jun!” Tai Chu said hoarsely, feeling his wounds ache again.
Hao Heavenly Emperor glanced at him and suddenly called out loudly, “Pass my order! Let the Shepherd Heavenly Venerable enter, no resistance!”
After a moment, Qin Mu walked through the various formations of the Heavenly Court, indifferent to the overwhelming killing intent around him.
He arrived at the Heavenly Emperor’s Detached Palace and stood before Hao Heavenly Emperor and the others.
Hao Heavenly Emperor sneered, about to speak, when Qin Mu raised a finger and shook it, saying calmly, “The dogs of the young masters are no longer worthy to speak with me. Third, Fourth, I am here. Will you come out and speak with me, or will you watch me beat your dogs to death?”
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