Chapter 1798: Sacrificing Wuya
The two of them silently watched the great battle within the Jade Capital City, each lost in their own thoughts, saying nothing.
The Moon Venerable trusted him deeply.
Thus far, Qin Mu had never let her down. She understood his concerns—he worried that she might not trust him—but she had always trusted Qin Mu completely. However, this was a trust she could not convey to him in words.
After a long silence, Qin Mu suddenly took a step forward, charging into the city, heading straight for the Ascended being controlled by the Fourth Young Master. The Moon Venerable followed closely behind him, like a fallen leaf drifting in the wind behind Qin Mu, swaying with the breeze.
Seeing this from afar, the old man Wuya finally relaxed and also charged into the Jade Capital City, rushing toward the Hao Tian controlled by the Third Young Master, Ling Xiao.
With the two major forces joining hands, the ancestral court’s Jade Capital City was in grave danger.
The Jade Capital City had been accumulating blood sacrifice energy for years, refraining from summoning new Hall Masters and Ascended beings, all to allow the Dao soldiers of the Third and Fourth Young Masters to descend, granting them the power to contend with Qin Mu and the old man Wuya.
Since the Young Masters themselves could not descend, sending their Dao soldiers was the best option to counter the two major forces.
Moreover, the two Young Masters could descend through their respective followers, using their followers’ physical bodies to exert a portion of their combat strength.
Yet, the joint siege of the Jade Capital City by Qin Mu and the old man Wuya still placed immense pressure on the city.
Although Qin Mu had secretly met with the Third and Fourth Young Masters, agreeing to ally against the old man Wuya and the Second Young Master Wu Ji, Qin Mu showed no mercy whatsoever. He launched a ruthless assault on the Fourth Young Master Zi Xiao, unleashing a barrage of lethal techniques!
Boom!
Qin Mu erected the Cosmic Bell, and with a single resonant clang, countless foreign realms around him trembled. The vast array of foreign realms showed signs of being shattered by Qin Mu’s bell!
“Fourth Brother, this alliance of ours is meant to trap and kill Second Sister and the old man Wuya.”
Qin Mu, having shaken the Fourth Young Master Zi Xiao’s blood and Qi into turmoil, suddenly produced the Tai Yi Divine Axe in his hand. He executed the technique “Tai Yi Fells the Tree,” swinging the axe at the Fourth Young Master Zi Xiao while lowering his voice: “I hope Fourth Brother will hold back, so that when Second Sister makes her move, we’ll have the strength to oppose her!”
“Easily said!”
The Fourth Young Master Zi Xiao raised his hand, pressing three fingers against three strings of his zither, holding nothing back. As he released the strings, the divine abilities within them erupted, sending countless foreign realms like blades clanging against the axe’s edge!
Those foreign realms, like thin mirrors, were split apart by Qin Mu’s axe. They flew past him on both sides, expanding with a roar behind him, transforming into numerous Great Luo Heavens.
Qin Mu’s muscles bulged as “Tai Yi Fells the Tree” cleaved through these foreign realms, striking the Fourth Young Master Zi Xiao’s palm and splitting it open. However, the Fourth Young Master’s figure vanished, leaving only the severed hand. The next moment, he appeared in the Great Luo Heaven formed by the foreign realms behind Qin Mu. With a flick of his zither strings, he sliced across the back of Qin Mu’s neck!
Qin Mu’s head shot into the air, then suddenly exploded with a bang, turning into a mass of chaotic energy. From within that chaotic energy, a Chaos Sword flew out, landing in Qin Mu’s hand.
A new head grew from Qin Mu’s neck, and as he stepped forward, the Heavenly Capital’s Heaven-Opening Chapter erupted!
The Fourth Young Master Zi Xiao’s ancient zither flew around him, its strings strumming without a player. In an instant, countless foreign realms danced through the air, each transforming into a Great Luo Heaven to counter Qin Mu’s strike!
The two figures clashed, both drenched in blood.
The Fourth Young Master Zi Xiao’s expression remained calm, exuding an imposing aura without anger. If he held back against Qin Mu, he would surely be beaten to death!
If Qin Mu were given an opening, he would definitely seize the chance to steal or even destroy the Fourth Young Master’s treasures!
Suddenly, the Fourth Young Master Zi Xiao’s eyelid twitched. His gaze fell on the Moon Venerable, who danced in the wind behind Qin Mu. It was this Moon Venerable who had repeatedly played the zither melody of his deceased wife, constantly disturbing his Dao heart and causing many of the Jade Capital City’s plans to fail.
The Fourth Young Master Zi Xiao had once ordered the Moon Venerable’s death, but she had escaped every time.
“What does Old Seventh truly want? To ally with us against Second Sister, yet still bring this woman along—his intentions are far from pure!”
He had no time to dwell on it. Qin Mu’s thoughts were erratic, making it difficult to grasp his intentions. For instance, this time, everyone in the Jade Capital City had assumed Qin Mu would join forces with the old man Wuya to oppose the city and prevent the Fourth Young Master’s Dao soldiers from descending.
No one had expected Qin Mu to come to the Jade Capital City and ally with it against the old man Wuya and the Second Young Master Wu Ji.
To guess the thoughts of someone as uniquely minded as Qin Mu, one would first have to twist their own mind to match his peculiarity. The Fourth Young Master Zi Xiao, holding himself in high regard, naturally would not “lower” himself to that level.
“But this woman must be eliminated!”
The Fourth Young Master Zi Xiao’s eyes flickered as he sent a telepathic message to the Third Young Master Ling Xiao. At that moment, the other Hall Masters of the Jade Capital City were locked in bitter struggles, and the Ascended beings had no spare strength. Only the Third Young Master Ling Xiao, when the Second Young Master Wu Ji made her move, would have the spare power to kill the Moon Venerable and remove this future threat!
He and Qin Mu exchanged lethal techniques, both sustaining injuries in an instant.
The Fourth Young Master Zi Xiao let out a long roar, his Imperial might erupting. The zither’s music transformed into divine abilities that became countless foreign realms. His figure could appear anywhere within these countless realms at any time, like an emperor of myriad universes!
The vibration of the zither strings made his divine abilities elusive and unpredictable, impossible to guard against!
This was the pinnacle of cultivating the Dao realm domain.
His domain could no longer be called a mere domain; it was a Dao domain.
A domain improved with the Dao realm—the more layers of the Dao realm, the more layers of the domain. Cultivating to the Thirty-Sixth Heaven, the thirty-sixth layer of the domain would imprint upon the Ultimate Void, becoming the Great Luo Heaven.
But the Fourth Young Master Zi Xiao’s domain was different from others. His cultivation technique was unique, and his Dao was extraordinarily marvelous, capable of transforming into countless Dao domains. Each Dao domain resembled a Great Luo Heaven, though these domains lacked Dao trees, Dao flowers, or Dao fruits.
Each Dao domain corresponded to different Dao divine abilities. In terms of Dao achievement, the Fourth Young Master Zi Xiao was certainly no weaker than the First Young Master Tai Shang, the Second Young Master Wu Ji, or the Third Young Master Ling Xiao—perhaps even surpassing them!
To achieve in a certain domain what even the master of the Mi Luo Palace could not was to be called a Young Master. The Fourth Young Master Zi Xiao had reached a level of Dao achievement that the master of the Mi Luo Palace had never attained!
Within his myriad Dao domains, the Fourth Young Master Zi Xiao attacked both Qin Mu and the Moon Venerable almost simultaneously. The Third Young Master Ling Xiao’s killing of the Moon Venerable was merely a backup plan; the Fourth Young Master preferred to personally slay her and eliminate this enemy who could disturb his Dao heart!
Qin Mu, with the Moon Venerable in tow, charged into the Fourth Young Master’s myriad foreign realms. He pushed his divine storage domain to its limit, standing at its center, ready to counter any attack from any direction the Fourth Young Master might launch.
However, the Fourth Young Master Zi Xiao’s strength still exceeded his expectations. The myriad Dao domains invaded his domain, hanging like bright mirrors around it, each mirror containing a different world.
The Fourth Young Master Zi Xiao’s figure appeared in countless worlds, attacking him and destroying his domain.
Even harder to withstand were the divine abilities the Fourth Young Master directed at the Moon Venerable, forcing Qin Mu to divert his attention to protect her. His injuries grew more severe.
In a duel between experts of their caliber, even a moment’s distraction could lead to being killed by the opponent!
Protecting the Moon Venerable put him at a significant disadvantage.
The Fourth Young Master Zi Xiao’s current body was merely that of a Mi Luo Palace Ascended being, not particularly accomplished in itself. But with the ancient zither, his strength even surpassed Qin Mu’s.
The Moon Venerable frowned. Standing behind Qin Mu, she watched as his wounds multiplied, yet Qin Mu never asked her to intervene. She had no choice but to remain still.
Suddenly, Qin Mu raised his hand, and the Chaos Sea hanging in the sky came whistling toward him.
His Chaos Sea and Return to Nothing Lotus had been suppressing the Return to Nothing Abyss, guarding against the Second Young Master. Now, seemingly unable to withstand the Fourth Young Master Zi Xiao, he was forced to recall the Chaos Sea and Return to Nothing Lotus to return to his peak state!
In the distance, the battle between the old man Wuya and the Third Young Master Ling Xiao had reached a critical point. The old man Wuya’s combat strength was extremely high. If Qin Mu hadn’t relied on the Chaos Long River, he wouldn’t have been a match for him. In this fight against the Third Young Master Ling Xiao, even with the Dao Spear in hand, the old man Wuya fully displayed the might of the World Tree, unleashing a myriad of divine abilities and Dao techniques that kept the Third Young Master Ling Xiao on the defensive!
“That Chaos kid has recalled the Chaos Sea and Return to Nothing Lotus. It seems he’s going all out.”
The old man Wuya’s eyes flickered. “Without his suppression, the Second Young Master Wu Ji can make her move! This time, I can finally deal with both the Mi Luo Palace and Chaos!”
As he thought this, the sky of the ancestral court remained unchanged, still and calm. The Second Young Master Wu Ji did not strike as he had expected.
A flicker of panic crossed the old man Wuya’s mind, and the Third Young Master Ling Xiao seized the opportunity. Breaking through the World Tree’s roots, the tip of the Dao Spear spun, piercing through countless divine abilities, and aimed at the old man Wuya’s brow!
The old man Wuya retreated repeatedly, growing more flustered, his conviction strengthening: “The Second Young Master Wu Ji is also a Dao Desecrator! She’s waiting for me and the Third Young Master Ling Xiao to wound each other, then she’ll strike and finish us all off!”
His Dao heart wavered, and his techniques immediately became disordered.
Though his cultivation was formidable, it mainly came from Ascended beings who had cultivated Dao realms and imprinted upon the void. The old man Wuya himself had not cultivated Dao realms to strengthen his Dao heart.
This meant his Dao heart couldn’t keep pace with his strength—a fact Qin Mu had long noticed.
The old man Wuya’s wounds multiplied as he was forced back step by step, nearly driven out of the Jade Capital City. He cried out, “Chaos, switch opponents!”
Qin Mu recalled the Chaos Sea and Return to Nothing Lotus, his momentum surging. He activated the Cosmic Bell, which expanded and contracted, ringing incessantly, blocking all the divine abilities erupting from the Fourth Young Master Zi Xiao’s myriad Dao domains.
Behind him, the Chaos Hall spread out. The World Tree took root in the sixteen Chaos Long Rivers, its Dao fruit and Dao flower blazing with brilliance, pouring forth endless power. Finally, he managed to hold off the Fourth Young Master Zi Xiao’s assault!
The old man Wuya lunged forward. The World Tree’s roots, like ten thousand dragons dancing, wove and stabbed into the Fourth Young Master Zi Xiao’s myriad Dao domains. He shouted, “I’ll handle the Fourth Young Master Zi Xiao! You take on Ling Xiao!”
“Fine!”
Qin Mu and he crossed paths, and Qin Mu met the charging Ling Xiao.
The old man Wuya immediately felt a pang of regret. His divine abilities were vast, and his mastery of Dao techniques and divine abilities far exceeded even Zi Xiao’s. But in clashing with Zi Xiao, he quickly realized that while his techniques were numerous, they were far less refined than Zi Xiao’s. Countless World Tree roots were severed by Zi Xiao!
On the other side, Qin Mu, facing the Third Young Master Ling Xiao, also suffered greatly. The Third Young Master’s Dao Spear pierced his Cosmic Bell time and again, puncturing it and weakening the power of his treasure.
Having Qin Mu fight Zi Xiao and the old man Wuya fight Ling Xiao had been the optimal arrangement. Now, with the opponents swapped, both sides lost their advantage!
Qin Mu and the old man Wuya were in dire straits, their wounds multiplying and worsening. Just then, a pair of enormous eyes appeared in the sky of the ancestral court, watching the battle in the Jade Capital City with keen interest.
Those eyes descended lower and lower, nearly pressing down upon the Jade Capital City.
“The scent of the weak…”
The Second Young Master Wu Ji’s figure materialized in the sky. Behind her, Return to Nothing Lotuses stood tall, rooted in sixteen Return to Nothing Abysses. She giggled, “Third Brother, Fourth Brother, Seventh Brother, and Wuya—you all reek of weakness!”
Behind her, chains formed from red knots bound her, but they could no longer suppress her cultivation and strength!
“Let me send you all on your way!”
The Second Young Master Wu Ji laughed heartily. The Return to Nothing Lotuses merged with one another, and the Return to Nothing Abysses began to devour each other, threatening to form a single great abyss!
Behind her, the red knot chains snapped with a series of bangs. The seals Qin Mu had placed with his red knots were rapidly unraveling, while the other seals had already been half-broken by the old man Wuya!
At this moment, the Second Young Master Wu Ji could no longer be suppressed!
“Now!”
Qin Mu, the Third Young Master Ling Xiao, and the Fourth Young Master Zi Xiao suddenly shouted in unison. Their divine abilities, which had been locked in combat, abruptly turned, all converging on the old man Wuya!
Caught off guard, the old man Wuya was utterly unable to withstand the combined assault of the three Young Masters!
In an instant, the old man Wuya was suppressed by the trio!
“Sacrifice Wuya!”
The three shouted in unison. The old man Wuya, along with the entire World Tree, was lifted by the three Young Masters and hurled toward the Return to Nothing Abyss in the red sky!
The old man Wuya’s mind went blank.
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