Chapter 1780: The Daughter of Mu Tianzun
The injuries that Third Young Master Lingxiao sustained this time were Dao wounds from the battle between Tiandu and Miluo Palace, a conflict that also reached its conclusion in this era.
Although Ling Tianzun's strength was extraordinary and inflicted heavy casualties on Miluo Palace, Tiandu's power was still far inferior to Miluo Palace's. In this era, Miluo Palace had completely defeated Tiandu City.
In truth, if the Master of Miluo Palace had acted personally, the struggle between the two sides should have ended in the Seventh Era. But after the Lord of Tiandu died, the Master of Miluo Palace did not strike down the other Kai Tian cultivators of Tiandu, which is why a war lasting three eras ensued.
To the Master of Miluo Palace, those who achieved the Dao were all fellow Daoists. Unless necessary, he would not ruthlessly kill them.
He rarely killed, even if the opponent was a Kai Tian cultivator of Tiandu.
But this only made things difficult for the several young masters of Miluo Palace.
Third Young Master Lingxiao, dragging his Dao-wounded body, came to block Qin Mu, feeling somewhat despairing, yet his battle intent remained at its peak.
In the Tenth Era, he failed to stop the Ferry of the Ages and also failed to defeat Qin Mu. In the Ninth Era, dragging his severely injured body, he tried to intercept Qin Mu and prevent the so-called Sacred Child from descending into the world. His hope was even slimmer.
But no matter what, he could not allow Qin Mu's child to be born!
Their battle on the Chaos River erupted once more. Qin Mu was also severely wounded, covered in injuries, no better off than him.
This time, the two were truly fighting for their lives, neither willing to retreat a single step!
Ling Yuxiu and Nanxiang Yuanjun stood on the golden ship, watching this fierce battle, their hearts pounding with terror.
In this fight, the two used every means at their disposal, even fighting until both had exhausted their magical power, then engaging in close-quarters combat. The Dao Spear and the Chaos Sword erupted with terrifying might in close combat!
By the end, Qin Mu's Lotus Platform was riddled with holes, the World Tree was bare, and the Chaos Hall was battered and broken.
However, Third Young Master's injuries were even worse. Qin Mu had fought him into the Great Luo Heaven, and his Dao Tree and Dao Fruit were nearly shattered. The damage to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall was even more severe.
Finally, Third Young Master let out a great roar and, somewhat unwillingly, sank into the Chaos River.
"Third Brother, in the Eighth Era, you were no longer my match. There's no need for you to appear again!" Qin Mu shouted.
Third Young Master Lingxiao's face was dark. He said nothing, sinking into the Chaos River and disappearing.
Qin Mu came to the ship, anchored the Ferry of the Ages, regulated his breath, and treated his injuries.
Nanxiang and Ling Yuxiu came forward to protect him. After a while, Qin Mu entered a dream, using his own dreamscape to heal the Dao wounds on his body.
His Dao wounds slowly recovered, and his complexion improved, but his cultivation base hadn't recovered much. Qin Mu stood up, looked at the waters of the Chaos River, and remained silent.
"Husband, if you're not confident, then let's go back." Ling Yuxiu couldn't bear it and whispered softly.
Because of the Chaos River, Qin Mu had been able to use it along the way to keep his cultivation and strength at their peak. But now, a terrifying force was suppressing the Chaos River, making it difficult for him to borrow its power. Quickly recovering his cultivation was no longer possible.
And the road ahead was likely still dangerous. If Qin Mu lost his combat power, then they would all be in danger.
"There's no problem at all."
Qin Mu smiled slightly, moving his gaze from the Chaos River to Ling Yuxiu's face, and laughed: "The one Third Brother invited to suppress the Chaos River should be Second Sister Wuji."
Ling Yuxiu's abdomen occasionally manifested the strange phenomenon of a Guixu Lotus. Sometimes the lotus was a bud, sometimes a lotus platform. Vaguely, one could see an infant lying within it, connected to the mother by an umbilical cord.
At other times, the lotus would disappear, replaced by the strange phenomenon of a sapling, with a thousand auspicious rays of light. An infant sat beneath the tree, appearing very miraculous.
Sometimes, one could see the wondrous scene of the universe's first opening, with an infant lying in the center of a galaxy, surrounded by billions of stars.
Nanxiang Yuanjun was secretly astonished and dared not speak much.
When the Ferry of the Ages reached the Chaos River of the Second Era, Ling Yuxiu's due date was getting closer. The child in her belly was like a glutton, sweeping up the Chaos Primordial Energy.
Qin Mu was very careful, using the Guixu Lotus and the World Tree to draw power from the Chaos River, softening the violent energy and sending it into Ling Yuxiu's body.
Suddenly, the Ferry of the Ages gave a slight jolt and came to a stop.
Qin Mu looked up and saw a Dao Tree blocking the way ahead, obstructing the golden ship's path.
"Senior Brother Taishang."
Qin Mu came to the bow of the ship, greeted the old man under the Dao Tree, and asked in confusion: "Brother, why are you blocking my path?"
The old man under the Dao Tree sighed and said: "Junior Brother, you are doing things too perfectly. It's not good for this child. If you enter the First Era and absorb the power of its destruction tribulation, it may not be a blessing for this child. Don't go any further. Let this child be born in the Second Era. His future trials can also be fewer."
Qin Mu was slightly stunned. He thought for a moment, then looked up and smiled: "Senior Brother Taishang thinks I cannot withstand the tribulations for him?"
Taishang shook his head: "Chaos naturally has the ability to withstand all tribulations, but it may not be a good thing for this child. When the moon is full, it wanes; when water is full, it overflows. The Seventh Young Master wasn't the Seventh Young Master from the moment he was born; he needed a process of growth. Junior Brother, what do you think?"
Qin Mu thought for another moment and laughed: "I'll follow Brother's advice."
Taishang said no more. He and his Dao Tree withered together, gradually sinking into the destruction tribulation, as if they had transformed into the Dao.
Qin Mu chuckled lightly and shook his head: "Learning from the Teacher, but he can't quite get it right."
Nanxiang quietly asked: "Seventh Young Master, what is the First Young Master learning from the Teacher? Every time I see him, I feel uneasy and dare not look directly at him. I always feel like I'm seeing the Teacher. He really looks like the Teacher. Why does the Young Master say he doesn't learn it well?"
Qin Mu laughed: "He learns the Teacher's death. The Teacher's Dao heart is dead; he transformed into the Dao and entered nirvana. Just now, Senior Brother Taishang seemed to have a dead Dao heart and transformed into the Dao, but he can never truly die."
Nanxiang clicked her tongue, her expression strange: "How does the First Young Master have such a strange habit? Back in Miluo Palace, it was impossible to tell..."
Although First Young Master Taishang had left, Qin Mu did not take the opportunity to enter the destruction tribulation of the First Era. Instead, he let the golden ship stop on the Chaos River of the Second Era.
He was not a man of his word, but he felt that Taishang's words indeed made a lot of sense.
If Qin Mu had been a natural prodigy from the start, with unparalleled talent, he might not have achieved what he has today!
The same goes for his child.
If, during this trip to Miluo Palace, his child absorbed the energy of the destruction tribulations of sixteen cosmic eras, being born too perfect and without any flaws, it would not be beneficial for the child. On the contrary, it would be a great disadvantage.
Too perfect, learning without studying, understanding without comprehending, would only lead to knowing the 'what' without knowing the 'why'.
Leaving a flaw would give the child the opportunity to seek ways to make up for it during the process of growth, slowly comprehending what they possessed before birth. This would actually be a good thing for the child.
Moreover, being too perfect would indeed attract many tribulations.
These tribulations would come from the cognitive barriers caused by excessive perfection and the covetousness and jealousy of external powerhouses.
The more perfect and flawless, the stronger and more numerous the tribulations!
After more than ten days, Ling Yuxiu finally went into labor. Nanxiang Yuanjun drove Qin Mu out to help deliver the baby. Qin Mu paced anxiously outside. Suddenly, a cry was heard, and Qin Mu's heart finally settled. He couldn't help but laugh heartily, yet tears streamed down his face.
"You can come in now!" Nanxiang poked her head out of the golden hall and beckoned.
Qin Mu hurriedly walked in, asking hastily: "Boy or girl?"
"Boy or girl, don't you know yourself?" Nanxiang was surprised and glanced at him.
Qin Mu rubbed his hands together and chuckled: "I never dared to look..."
"It's a girl." Ling Yuxiu's voice came.
Qin Mu hurried over, laughing: "I've always wanted a girl. Let me hold her."
Nanxiang smiled as she watched the young couple snuggling together, thinking to herself: "So the Seventh Young Master also has humanity. The Seventh Young Master of the past was utterly inhumane..."
"Now I can go see the Teacher!"
After a long while, Qin Mu walked out of the golden hall, his spirits soaring, and laughed: "I'll ask the Teacher to name my daughter!"
The Ferry of the Ages finally arrived at Miluo Palace. The palace was still quiet and desolate. Qin Mu anchored the golden ship. Ling Yuxiu, holding their daughter, walked with him towards Miluo Palace.
Nanxiang Yuanjun hesitated for a moment, then followed them forward. Looking at the approaching Miluo Palace, her heart was filled with mixed emotions: "Is the Teacher really dead? Then what Third Young Master and Fourth Young Master are doing now, is it correct? Even the Teacher has lost confidence..."
She followed Qin Mu and his wife to the front of Miluo Palace. Qin Mu knocked on the door. The palace gate opened, and the Hongmeng Purple Qi swirled and surged. Nanxiang secretly looked inside the hall but couldn't see anything.
Qin Mu and his wife, carrying the child, walked into the hall. Nanxiang Yuanjun gritted her teeth and followed them into Miluo Palace.
"Disciple has an offspring, so I have brought my grand-disciple to pay respects to the Teacher."
Qin Mu bowed and said: "I humbly request the Teacher to bestow a name upon the grand-disciple."
Nanxiang Yuanjun looked up and saw a Dao Tree bearing sixteen Dao Fruits. It was the Dao Tree of the Master of Miluo Palace. Under that Dao Tree, a skeleton sat in the lotus position.
Nanxiang Yuanjun's heart ached with grief. She knelt down and prostrated herself deeply on the ground.
The Master of Miluo Palace, the teacher of all beings across sixteen cosmic eras, had indeed, as Qin Mu said, transformed into the Dao and entered nirvana!
Suddenly, the voice of the Master of Miluo Palace came, saying: "Bring the child forward and let me have a look."
Ling Yuxiu hesitated. Qin Mu nodded beside her. Only then did Ling Yuxiu muster the courage to carry the child forward, approaching the skeleton under the Dao Tree.
The skeleton reached out its hands, took the child, and looked down at it for a long time.
"Excellent. Perhaps there is still a possibility in the future."
The skeleton returned the child to Ling Yuxiu, who quickly stepped back, afraid that the skeleton might startle the child.
The voice of the Master of Miluo Palace came, carrying a hint of surprise: "Daoist Mu, you may have given birth to a fine child. Very good, very good... I calculate the future, and it is all void, without any vitality. Perhaps the vitality will fall upon her."
He did not treat others as a teacher would, often addressing them as 'Daoist', and did not look down on them for their low cultivation or junior status.
"She was born to meet the calamity's fate, and she carries the spirituality and vitality of fifteen cosmic eras. Perhaps there is a possibility for her to transform the void in the future."
The Master of Miluo Palace said: "I will take the character 'Ling' and the character 'Yun'. May she carry the spirituality of past universes and become the foundation stone of the Seventeenth Era."
"Qin Lingyun?"
Qin Mu was very happy, and Ling Yuxiu also liked it very much, thinking to herself: "It also carries the 'Ling' surname from my family. The Teacher is truly considerate."
The Master of Miluo Palace said: "You can go back now. Be careful on the road."
Qin Mu was slightly stunned, feeling that his words 'be careful on the road' held great significance.
PS: Zhai Zhu is still typing on his phone, but he changed his input method. The previous input method was too troublesome. This time, there shouldn't be any symbol errors. Yesterday, I uploaded in a hurry and didn't understand that the operation of the Writer's Assistant APP was different from the web version. After publishing, I realized there was no chapter title. However, the APP couldn't change it. I modified it three times, but still couldn't change the chapter title. I can only say I'm sorry.