Chapter 647: The Heavens Collapse and the Earth’s Pillars Snap (Second Update!)
“Remnants of two dynasties, all gathered on this ancient ship.”
The Great Sun Star Lord stood tall and imposing, like a humanoid giant bird perched at the ship’s stern. His three eyes opened wide as he looked down upon Red Creek and the First Ancestor Human Sovereign. Tilting his bird-like head, he glanced curiously at the building and chuckled, “Capturing you this time will lead me to Carefree Haven and the Floating Void Realm, allowing me to wipe out the remnants of both dynasties in one fell swoop. What a stroke of luck! Who was it just now that said they wanted to take my blood?”
“I did!”
Qin Mu opened the window and raised his hand. “Star Lord, it was me. I’m right here!”
The Great Sun Star Lord smiled. “You’re already dead.”
Qin Mu quickly felt himself over, found he was perfectly fine, and laughed. “I’m clearly still alive and well. How am I dead?”
The Great Sun Star Lord said leisurely, “In my eyes, you little brats are all dead men. Only those two friends at the stern who dare to resist me might survive, because I still need them to find Carefree Haven and the Floating Void Realm.”
Banggong Cuo rushed up and slammed the window shut with a bang.
The window was pushed open again, and Qin Mu stuck his head out, grinning. “We’re obviously still alive.”
The Great Sun Star Lord’s pupils contracted, and he sneered, “You’ll be dead soon.”
Bang! The window was shut by Banggong Cuo again.
Then, with a creak, the window opened once more. Qin Mu poked his head out and said, “Then why did you say we were already dead? We’re still chatting and laughing, hopping around lively. That doesn’t add up.”
The Great Sun Star Lord frowned, and flames flickered in his three eyes, ready to shoot down this brat.
Qin Mu closed the window, and his laughter came from inside the building: “He thought I’d be scared out of my wits, but I got him so angry with just a few words he couldn’t speak. Look, his face has turned green.”
Voices came from inside: “Master Qin! Ancestor Qin! Could you please stop talking? I’m begging you!”
“He’s still glaring at me with those eyes…”
“Stop it!”
“Great Lord, even if you kneel and beg for mercy, he won’t let you go. Why not at least enjoy yourself first?”
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Before the Great Sun Star Lord could unleash his divine light, the First Ancestor Human Sovereign swung his sword. The Great Sun Star Lord raised one bird-like leg, his talons meeting the blade, and laughed, “Your swordsmanship is sloppy.”
His sharp claws blocked the strike, but then his expression shifted slightly. He quickly withdrew his talons and shot three beams of divine light from his eyes at the First Ancestor’s sword, saying coldly, “But the sword itself is excellent!”
His toes had nearly been severed by the Jade Bright Sword, saved only by his swift retreat.
The First Ancestor sheathed his sword and used the Heaven and Earth Seal to withstand the three-eyed divine might. On the other side, Red Creek the Divine Being immediately lunged forward, six sword lights flashing, while the Thousand-Layer Heaven Suppressing Tower behind him crashed down.
The Great Sun Star Lord met the First Ancestor Human Sovereign’s seal technique with one hand, his body trembling slightly in surprise. As Red Creek charged, he flapped both wings to dodge the sword lights and the tower.
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign and Red Creek burst out of the ship, engaging the Great Sun Star Lord in a fierce battle among the stars.
Clang, clang, clang! The divine feathers on the Great Sun Star Lord’s wings parted, and from beneath them flew many Fire Crow Divine Beings, soaring toward the ship. He laughed, “Little things inside the building, now you can die!”
As these Fire Crow Divine Beings landed on the ship, they swarmed toward the building. Suddenly, the door swung open, and Qin Mu stood in the doorway, holding a small box in his hands.
Behind him, Banggong Cuo and Ling Yuxiu quickly shut their eyes, not daring to look.
With a soft click, a terrifying, murderous aura erupted, as if some cruel, bloodthirsty entity had awakened and wanted to devour!
The jade-like head inside the box opened its eyes, revealing an excited gleam. The membrane connecting it to the box suddenly spread open like a fan, rustling violently!
Two beams of blood-red light shot from the head’s eyes, twisting like dragons as they swept and snipped wildly!
Suddenly, the ship fell silent. The hundreds of Fire Crow Divine Beings charging toward the building froze in place, motionless.
The two beams of light retracted, slowly sinking back into the box. Qin Mu closed the lid, and as the red light vanished, a thick, bloody aura nearly overwhelmed him, making his heart pound.
From the box came the sound of a burp—whether it was his imagination, he couldn’t tell.
Outside the building, the Fire Crow Divine Beings remained frozen. Then, as the shockwaves from the distant battle between the First Ancestor, Red Creek, and the Great Sun Star Lord reached them, the beings’ heads slowly slid from their necks, thudding to the ground one by one.
Thump, thump, thump. Bodies fell.
“Cowherd, you’re covered in blood aura!” Ling Yuxiu opened her eyes and suddenly saw a crimson haze clinging to Qin Mu. She quickly called out.
Qin Mu was startled. He looked down at himself and indeed saw a faint, intangible red mist swirling around him. The mist was like vapor, untouchable but visible to the naked eye—a truly bizarre phenomenon.
“Blood aura clinging to you, Lord Qin, you’re blessed.”
Banggong Cuo laughed. “You’ve killed so many gods and demons—hundreds, right? Their vengeful spirits have latched onto you. You’re doomed!”
Qin Mu made a move to open the box, and Banggong Cuo’s face turned pale as he quickly fled.
“This blood aura must be from the box. Why is it clinging to me? If the box isn’t satisfied, will it come for me next?” Qin Mu felt uneasy.
He couldn’t make sense of the blood aura, but he vaguely sensed a connection to the box.
Suddenly, the blood aura turned into smoke and drilled toward his brow, slipping under the willow leaf into his third eye. Soon, all the blood aura was absorbed by that eye.
From his third eye came a burp.
Qin Mu tilted his head. The box had burped, and now his eye had burped too. The strange occurrences in this world were multiplying.
Inside his eye world, a sinister voice rose from the blood aura: “Which little brat is stealing my food? That kid is the prey I’ve chosen, and you’re taking my blood essence. I’ll eat you…”
Qin Fengqing sucked the blood aura in like a noodle, burped, and shook his fist viciously toward the sky outside: “Being mean to me? Once I escape from here, I’ll smash you to pieces and eat you!”
Out in the starry sky, a great battle raged. The ship was pushed farther and farther away by the shockwaves of the three gods’ and demons’ techniques.
The Great Sun Star Lord clashed with the First Ancestor and Red Creek. Red Creek had the Thousand-Layer Heaven Suppressing Tower above his head and six swords in hand, his physical body and divine techniques incredibly powerful. He fought with savage ferocity, and even Qin Mu’s eyesight struggled to keep up with his speed.
With three heads and six arms, wielding six swords of supreme divine weaponry, Red Creek’s combat style was wild and close-quarters, his speed unimaginable. He was far weaker than the Great Sun Star Lord and the First Ancestor Human Sovereign, relying on the Heaven Suppressing Tower’s power to withstand the Star Lord’s attacks.
Three heads and six arms were undoubtedly the strongest physical form. An ordinary person gaining an extra arm would revolutionize their combat style, allowing mastery of more techniques.
Each additional arm doubled the attack methods, and with three heads and six arms, the physical combat potential was nearly fully unlocked!
Qin Mu walked out of the building and stood at the ship’s stern, watching the battlefield in awe. “The Red Ming Dynasty didn’t achieve much in divine techniques, but their physical cultivation was astonishing. Each extra arm or head is like adding a move to the fourteen basic sword techniques. I underestimated Banggong Cuo’s Invincible Battle God Technique!”
In the Great Ruins, he had seen many statues of gods with multiple heads and arms. The physical techniques they practiced—three heads and six arms, three faces and eight arms—were likely imitations of the Red Ming era.
From this, one could imagine how high the Red Ming Dynasty’s physical achievements were!
However, the Great Sun Star Lord focused most of his power on the First Ancestor Human Sovereign. In their first exchange, the Star Lord sensed the First Ancestor’s formidable combat strength.
The First Ancestor’s seal techniques could withstand his attacks, posing a threat, while Red Creek, though troublesome, was far weaker.
The Great Sun Star Lord’s combat style also opened Qin Mu’s eyes.
This divine being had three legs, all bird-like with sharp talons, which he used as deadly weapons in the starry sky, capable of splitting mountains and rocks with ease.
He also had two wings, which clanged loudly as they slashed in all directions like divine blades, blazing with endless fire!
These wings vibrated, allowing him to move at incredible speed, leaving Red Creek and the First Ancestor unable to catch up.
He also had two arms, which he used to unleash techniques. Each seal he formed conjured a great sun from his palm, exploding into flames that filled the starry sky like miniature suns.
Even more terrifying was his bird beak, a formidable weapon that could peck a hole straight through the First Ancestor’s or Red Creek’s head!
But the most fearsome were his three divine eyes, each containing a formation. When activated, they shot divine light like Qin Mu’s Sun Jade Eye, but with far greater power!
Red Creek, with three heads and six arms, had a complex combat style, but the Great Sun Star Lord was no less impressive. His three claws struck back and forth, his form flashed like lightning, his wings fluttered like blades, his hands unleashed a storm of techniques, his bird head pecked down unexpectedly, spewing solar divine fire, and his three eyes fired beams of light. Soon, the First Ancestor and Red Creek were covered in wounds.
“At this rate, both the First Ancestor and Red Creek will die at the Great Sun Star Lord’s hands.”
Qin Mu’s eyes blurred from the chaos. He wanted to open the small box and use the God-Slaying Mystic Blade to help, but the three moved too fast—especially the Star Lord, who was faster than both the First Ancestor and Red Creek. Recklessly unleashing the blade might end up killing the First Ancestor or Red Creek.
More likely, it would miss all three and then turn on Qin Mu himself!
Suddenly, the Great Sun Star Lord flew above Red Creek, his three claws gripping the Thousand-Layer Heaven Suppressing Tower. He lifted the tower and hurled it away.
“Damn it!” Qin Mu’s heart sank.
Red Creek was also shocked. As the Star Lord’s wings slashed toward him, he quickly blocked with his six swords. But the force of the wings sent him tumbling and rolling, knocked into the dark starry void.
At the same time, the First Ancestor Human Sovereign slammed a seal into the Great Sun Star Lord’s back. Layers of feathers burst from the Star Lord’s back, blocking the strike, though it still made him spit blood.
The Star Lord twisted his head around to face backward, spewing solar divine fire like a waterfall from his mouth while firing three beams of divine light from his eyes, sharp and unstoppable.
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign’s face darkened, his melancholy aura growing thicker. The Great Sun Star Lord suddenly felt an intense sense of danger, and his divine feathers exploded outward like a startled chicken-dragon.
He had taken a blow from the First Ancestor to knock Red Creek away, intending to face the First Ancestor alone. The First Ancestor was the strongest, and only by eliminating him first could victory be secured.
Now, it seemed the First Ancestor had seized the initiative and decisively used his ultimate move.
Qin Mu watched from afar, his expression grave. He murmured, “The first form of the Heaven-Toppling Three Styles: The Heavens Collapse and the Earth’s Pillars Snap…”
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign’s Heaven-Toppling Three Styles were three seal techniques Qin Mu had never learned. It wasn’t due to a lack of talent or insight, but because these techniques required the courage and strength to perish alongside heaven and earth!
Qin Mu knew he couldn’t do it.
From the ship, Qin Mu saw that region of the starry sky suddenly blaze with light. A magnificent, golden celestial court appeared beneath the First Ancestor’s feet. Sun and moon rose, stars shone brightly, and then the heavens collapsed, the sun and moon were destroyed, and stars fell like rain. The destruction of the entire world was so spectacular and beautiful!
Qin Mu’s face changed drastically. He immediately hugged the box and spun around, sprinting toward the building. Ling Yuxiu, who had bravely stepped out to watch the battle, was met by Qin Mu charging toward her. Without a word, he hoisted her onto his shoulder and dashed inside.
Boom!
An earth-shattering shockwave hit. The two were flung high into the air, crashing into the building’s ceiling. The entire ship spun wildly, twisted by the terrifying force. Creaking sounds came from the hull, followed by cracking and snapping.
Qin Mu and Ling Yuxiu’s hair stood on end. This treasure from the Red Ming Dynasty could break apart at any moment under the violent tremors!
—Second update here. Third update at 8 PM!