Chapter 522: I Can Do It!
Several more books were destroyed, and Qin Mu was utterly enraged. The First Ancestor Human Sovereign simply didn't care about the life's work of generations of Human Sovereigns. The lifelong efforts of Village Chief, Qi Kang, and the others were being destroyed right before his eyes by the First Ancestor!
Qin Mu's primal energy trembled, erupting violently. His crimson primal energy transformed into a sea of blood, filled with floating corpses and drifting shields. Countless divine and demonic corpses floated within that bloody ocean.
Village Chief's second style of the Sword Diagram: One Sword Opens the Imperial Bloody Ocean!
His swordsmanship differed from Village Chief's. Village Chief's swordsmanship was the Fourteen Styles of the Sword, while Qin Mu integrated the eighteen basic sword stances into this one move. Apart from lacking the same artistic conception and having a few minor flaws, the power of his sword technique far surpassed Village Chief's.
The moment he executed this move, the First Ancestor Human Sovereign's figure rose slowly from within the sea of blood. Using his sword technique to clear a path, he broke through the bloody ocean. Countless divine and demonic corpses flew about, instead becoming his allies, charging at Qin Mu.
*Bang bang bang—*
Multiple bloody wounds exploded on Qin Mu's body, and he was sent flying backward. These were wounds inflicted by the First Ancestor Human Sovereign's primal energy swords piercing his flesh.
He slammed heavily into the wall of the Human Sovereign Hall, then fell to the ground, lying prone.
Dragon Qilin was furious. He roared and lunged at the First Ancestor Human Sovereign.
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign's fingers twitched. From the tips of his splayed fingers, streaks of runic symbols shot forth, forming a seal of runes about a zhang in size. This seal imprinted itself onto Dragon Qilin's wide-open, bloodthirsty maw.
The Qilin True Fire within Dragon Qilin's mouth was immediately blocked. The First Ancestor flicked his sleeve, sending Dragon Qilin flying to crash against the wall.
The Box strode forward and charged in. Its lid opened, intending to swallow the First Ancestor. But the First Ancestor tapped the Box with his toe, and the Box whooshed through the air, crashing into Dragon Qilin, who had just fallen from the wall. They tumbled and rolled out of the Human Sovereign Hall, falling down the steps.
"You see? Your so-called Overlord Body, your so-called Imperial Bloodline—they amount to nothing."
The First Ancestor waved his sleeve, and a bookshelf floated into the air. The books on the shelf rustled and flipped through the air. With another flick of his sleeve, each volume of the Human Sovereigns' life's work turned into paper butterflies.
The First Ancestor's expression was indifferent. "These books, like you, are nothing. No amount of effort will ever change that. Why bother? Why keep struggling and fighting for your laughable ideals?"
Qin Mu stood up. His ten fingers flew, rapidly tapping acupoints around the wounds on his body to seal them. He charged at the First Ancestor once more. "You may not be able to do it, but that doesn't mean I can't! Seal!"
"Forbid!"
"Fix!"
"River!"
"Mountain!"
He charged forward frantically, activating Kong Xian Human Sovereign's technique of Speaking the Law. The character 'Seal' appeared beneath the First Ancestor Human Sovereign's feet. The character 'Forbid' enveloped the First Ancestor. The character 'Fix' appeared before the First Ancestor. The character 'River' coiled around him like a flood dragon. The character 'Mountain' pressed down on the First Ancestor's head.
Speaking the Law, unleashing five characters simultaneously—this was the exquisite technique and divine ability created by Kong Xian Human Sovereign.
However, these five large characters shattered with a crash in the next instant. The First Ancestor Human Sovereign's palm came down like the overturning of heaven and earth, slamming down with a thunderous force.
Qin Mu roared. Dragons coiled around his body surface. His muscles and sinews wrapped around his bones like great dragons, his physique ferocious. His spine seemed to rise up like a true dragon.
True Dragon Overlord Body!
He had painstakingly cultivated the technique he had comprehended from the True Dragon Nest, merging it with the Overlord Body Three Dan Art, allowing his physical body to reach heights previously unattainable.
This was his strongest physical divine ability.
His right hand turned over, palm facing up as Yang. His left hand turned over, forming a seal as Yin. Between the overturning, the palms of his two hands pressed together to meet the First Ancestor Human Sovereign's strike.
Yin Yang Heaven Overturning Hand!
This was the technique and divine ability of the Third Ancestor Human Sovereign. The Third Ancestor Human Sovereign had only taught him the starting stance of the Yin Yang Heaven Overturning Hand, but Qin Mu had been able to infer the usage of the overlapping hand technique by analogy.
Now, he superimposed the pure Yin palm force with the pure Yang palm force. Pure Yin and pure Yang erupted simultaneously, and their intersection caused the power to multiply!
*Boom—*
Qin Mu staggered backward. He then switched, left hand as Yang and right hand as Yin, using the overlapping hand technique again to meet the First Ancestor's fist. But before the power of this move could fully erupt, the force contained within the First Ancestor's fist shattered the Yin and Yang, sending him flying!
"The Third Generation Human Sovereign was also a failure. Using his techniques, you are destined to lose."
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign's palm wind struck the ground. Qin Mu, who had just landed, was involuntarily lifted into the air by the shockwave. He was then slammed down by a seal from the First Ancestor, crashing heavily to the ground.
*Hum.*
Two beams of divine light shot from the First Ancestor's eyes, striking Qin Mu. The powerful visual force felt as if it would cut Qin Mu in half. The ground around him was scorched red.
Qin Mu rolled over, running on both feet to dodge the gaze. He darted through the Human Sovereign Hall like lightning. Divine light brewed in his own eyes, and two beams shot forth, colliding with the First Ancestor's gaze.
*Bang.*
His divine eyes were repelled, and he was pinned to the wall.
"You've seen him?"
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign withdrew his gaze. He walked to the Third Ancestor's bookshelf and took down a book—it was the Third Ancestor's technique manual. His expression was wooden. "Now you know that the Yin Yang Heaven Overturning Hand, which he spent his entire life perfecting, is utterly useless. It should have been thrown into the latrine long ago! The book he wrote isn't even fit for wiping your ass."
Qin Mu slid down from the wall, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. He watched the First Ancestor Human Sovereign, who was now tearing up books beside the bookshelf, feeling disheartened.
Such a powerful opponent was unprecedented in his experience. The First Ancestor was using the same cultivation realm as him—both had opened the Seven Star Divine Treasure. The only difference was that Qin Mu's Seven Star Divine Treasure had merged with the Six Harmonies Divine Treasure, eliminating the realm barriers, while the First Ancestor still had those barriers.
From this point alone, Qin Mu's primal energy cultivation had already surpassed the First Ancestor by a significant margin. Yet, when it came to actual combat, it was a completely different story!
The First Ancestor was like a figure with no weaknesses in any aspect. He hadn't merged his divine treasures, but in terms of physical body, he far surpassed Qin Mu!
He was like a young True God. His fists, legs, muscles, skin, hair, bones, and sinews had all reached an achievement that surpassed Qin Mu's!
His five internal organs were exceptionally developed. His heart, which supplied blood to the body, beat powerfully, like the booming of a great bell or a massive drum, sending blood and energy to all four limbs in an instant, allowing his dharma power to circulate at a much faster speed.
His lungs had a long, deep breath. With each inhalation and exhalation, wind and clouds surged, allowing his lungs to store more air. His kidneys regulated and coordinated the power of his physical body, keeping it in an extremely stable state.
His heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys; his gallbladder, stomach, bladder, and the three burners; his small and large intestines—the functions of his five viscera and six bowels corresponded to the Five Luminaries and Six Harmonies, perfectly integrating with his divine treasures.
His eyes were like the sun and moon, forming a perfect combination with the Five Luminaries and Six Harmonies, transforming into the Seven Stars.
His understanding of the cultivation realms had reached a height that Qin Mu had never seen or even imagined!
His dantian was like a silent furnace, burning like a blazing brazier, radiating light like the sun, acting as the driving force for his physical body, keeping its power at its peak at all times!
This state of the physical body was like the flawless Xing Han, even more formidable than Xing Han!
His primordial spirit had also reached an inconceivable level.
The primordial spirit was the spiritual fetus, the soul, the god of primal energy. What Qin Mu was most proud of was that his primordial spirit was stronger than others', his soul more stable. He had been able to achieve primordial spirit out-of-body travel in the void even at the Six Harmonies realm.
He had also cultivated both the primordial spirit and the soul, creating the Primordial Spirit Guide. He had trained in the Six Harmonies realm for a period of time, and the growth of his primordial spirit was unmatched among his peers. Even Xu Shenghua's primordial spirit was slightly inferior to his.
However, compared to the First Ancestor Human Sovereign, his primordial spirit was inferior.
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign's primordial spirit and physical body were perfectly unified. The movement of the mind became physical attacks, the movement of the spirit became primal energy techniques, and the movement of the will unified both types of attacks.
This resulted in the First Ancestor's attacks being incredibly fast, making it impossible for anyone to withstand his storm-like onslaught!
Whether it was his physical body or his techniques, they were perfectly unified. This was the perfect divine ability user.
The youthful form of a True God!
Yet, such a powerful person, seemingly invincible, had been a deserter during the calamity and great war at the end of the Imperial Era!
If even such a powerful being, seemingly unbeatable, had fled the battlefield, unwilling to live or die with his comrades, then how powerful must the enemy be?
"Stop tearing them up..." Qin Mu panted heavily.
The First Ancestor continued tearing up the books, shredding the Third Ancestor's life's work into pieces. He said indifferently, "What's the point of keeping them? The people who wrote these books were useless in life, and their books are useless too. Since that's the case, keeping them just takes up space. It's better to tear them up. You're the same. In the future, you'll become just as useless as them. Even if you cultivate to my level, you'll still be useless."
He revealed a mocking expression, walked to the Second Ancestor's bookshelf, picked up a book, and continued tearing. He sneered, "They regarded the Heavenly Court as their lifelong opponent. Hmph, the Heavenly Court is worthy of that? The Heavenly Court is just a dog! If you can't even beat a dog, what's the point of talking about a counterattack? You're also useless. You can't even beat me. What's all this bullshit ambition, bullshit ideal? Go back early, find a woman, have a child..."
Qin Mu roared and lunged at him. The spiritual fetus in his brow merged with his soul to form the primordial spirit, which then merged with his physical body. He had seen the reason for the First Ancestor's strength and immediately learned to use it for himself.
"I told you to stop tearing them up!"
His speed increased dramatically, and his palm force became vast and terrifying. But in the next moment, he was sent flying by the First Ancestor.
"Great Luo Heavenly Star Palm Force!"
Qin Mu charged again. *Boom.* He was sent flying once more.
*Bang.*
*Bang, bang.*
Muffled sounds of heavy blows came from within the Human Sovereign Hall. After a long time, the sounds of heavy blows ceased. The First Ancestor Human Sovereign looked at Qin Mu, who was struggling to get up, and shook his head. "Still haven't given up? You're different from the previous Human Sovereigns. They were deceived by their masters into becoming Human Sovereigns. If I had allowed them to quit, they would have been overjoyed and gladly given up. And you? You were probably deceived too, right?"
Qin Mu staggered to his feet, sealed the wounds on his body, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and panted heavily. "Village Chief didn't deceive me. He told me that becoming the Human Sovereign wouldn't bring any benefits. On the contrary, I would be hunted down, become a target for everyone, and put myself in danger..."
"Then why do you still stand up?"
The First Ancestor was puzzled. "Why haven't you given up? Something that brings no benefit—why do you do it? Are you stupid?"
Qin Mu grinned, his teeth stained red with blood. "If no one does it, there will never be any hope, right? If you won't do it, why won't you let me do it?"
"Because you're an idiot!"
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign attacked him, each blow heavier than the last. He roared, "A fool who doesn't know how to give up! You'll only get yourself killed! Among your future enemies, there will be countless people like me. You can't even contend with me, so how can you compete with them? I cannot let future generations bear the burden of my mistakes! Give up!"
*Boom!*
Qin Mu met the attack head-on, staggering backward. The First Ancestor attacked like a storm, each strike as heavy as a mountain, as sharp as a blade. He raged, "Give up! Give up! Give it up!"
Qin Mu tumbled and rolled, being knocked out of the Human Sovereign Hall. The moment he got up, the First Ancestor was already in front of him. One seal was Heaven, one seal was Earth. The two seals combined and sent him flying.
Qin Mu landed among several grave mounds. The First Ancestor Human Sovereign's figure suddenly appeared, stepping on his chest. "Give up or not?"
Qin Mu grabbed his ankle, threw him off, stood up again, and charged at him, shouting fiercely, "The title of Human Sovereign wasn't something you claimed for yourself! It was given to you by all the races! You can't take it back!"
"The Human Sovereign is a lie! Let me shatter this illusion in your heart!"
The First Ancestor's gaze was cold. He reached out and grabbed Qin Mu by the neck, lifting him into the air. Qin Mu grabbed his hands, his body twisting like a giant python, suddenly flipping over to ride on his arm, throwing him off balance.
*Bang—*
He was punched into the air by the fallen First Ancestor and fell back down.
The First Ancestor stood up, walked over to the thatched hut, and sneered, "It's these incompetents who created the illusion for you that the Human Sovereign should dedicate himself to the world and fight for the people's lives, filling a young man's head with hot blood like yours. Let me destroy their bones instead, smash these fame-seeking frauds' remains into mud, into powder!"
He burst into the thatched hut, stomped the Second Ancestor's stone tablet into pieces, and grabbed the Second Ancestor's remains.
"You dare!"
Wind howled outside. Qin Mu roared. The First Ancestor turned around, raising his palm to meet the incoming fist. It was a bloody fist, a fist filled with boundless rage, shaking his fingers.
*Boom—*
Countless bolts of lightning struck, hitting the First Ancestor square in the face, blasting him out of the thatched hut.
The thatched hut exploded. A blood-soaked figure caught the Second Ancestor's remains from amidst the lightning, carefully placed them back, knelt down and bowed once, then shot out like an arrow from a bowstring, chasing the First Ancestor in mid-air!
"You can't do it! Let me! I can do it!"
A muffled sound of impact came from afar, and a dark cloud slowly rose into the sky.