Chapter 687: Resurrecting Heavenly Yin
Qin Mu took a long, deep breath, suppressing the agitation in his heart.
Gathering the soul of the Heavenly Yin Empress was impossible with just the Soul-Pulling Incantation alone. The Soul-Pulling Incantation was a divine ability that pulled souls from the Netherworld, allowing the dead to return to their physical bodies.
However, the Heavenly Yin Empress had been devoured by the Ghoul Demons until only her skin remained. Her soul had likely been devoured clean as well, merging into the Heavenly Yin Realm and becoming part of the countless black sands.
To gather her soul, he would need to modify the Soul-Pulling Incantation!
Qin Mu had been “enlightened” by the Kai Huang Divine Being, and it was then that he thought of using a modified Soul-Pulling Incantation to gather the Heavenly Yin Empress’s soul.
As long as the Heavenly Yin Empress’s soul returned, they could block the Netherworld’s control over the darkness of the Great Ruins.
Moreover, the Heavenly Yin Empress surely knew countless hidden secrets, which might help Qin Mu unravel many of the Great Ruins’ mysteries. Additionally, the Heavenly Yin Empress was a naturally born divine being. With such a powerful ally, the pressure on Yan Kang might be somewhat alleviated.
Of course, all of this depended on whether his modified Soul-Pulling Incantation would work and successfully gather the Heavenly Yin Empress’s soul. If the soul-gathering failed, then he would certainly be unable to escape the Heavenly Yin Empress’s pursuit, and death would be the only outcome.
The sound of footsteps grew heavier and heavier. The majestic figure of the Heavenly Yin Empress could be seen flickering in and out of view through the murky air.
She had followed the sound of Qin Mu’s voice to this spot, but since it was the Ghoul Demon occupying this skin, not the true Heavenly Yin Empress, it lacked vast divine powers. Thus, it could not see what was in the darkness and could only locate him by sound.
Qin Mu focused his mind. Suddenly, the Gate of Heaven-Bearing appeared behind him, and a scroll in his hand gradually became clear, emerging from obscurity.
Standing on the tip of the pagoda, he opened this ancient scroll and began reciting the Netherworld script written upon it. His voice rose and fell in a rhythmic, unhurried cadence, deep and profound.
Behind him, the Gate of Heaven-Bearing suddenly flipped. Originally, the door opened outward, but now it opened inward. Where the lintel had been was now the threshold, and where the threshold had been was now the lintel.
The Gate of Heaven-Bearing, as its name implied, was a gateway connecting heaven and earth. Heaven was the Celestial Realm, and earth was the Netherworld. Above the lintel of this gate was the domain of the Celestial Realm, and below the threshold was the domain of the Netherworld.
In the past, Qin Mu had never considered what lay between heaven and earth. Now, he understood. Between heaven and earth was the mortal world, but there was also a place known as Heaven’s Shadow.
He had now inverted the Gate of Heaven-Bearing, flipping heaven and earth. Thus, Heaven’s Shadow would change from being beneath heaven to being above it.
Of course, this change did not mean he had actually flipped the Heavenly Yin Realm and placed it above the Celestial Realm. Rather, he had altered the structure of the Gate of Heaven-Bearing divine ability.
By changing the structure of the divine ability, its function differed from before. This time, he had completely reversed it.
The scroll in his hand was not a tool for casting the divine ability, but rather a tool to ensure he did not mispronounce a single word. It was essentially a Netherworld script dictionary.
As the rise and fall of his voice grew more pronounced, the high-pitched parts becoming more intense and the low-pitched parts more resonant and vibrating, the Gate of Heaven-Bearing was no longer filled with gusts of yin wind. Instead, a light gradually began to emanate from within.
At the same time, the Heavenly Yin Empress finally pinpointed his location. She walked toward him, her figure becoming clearer and clearer.
By the time the black mist before her dissipated, she stood before the tall pagoda.
Without a second thought, the Kai Huang Divine Being opened the Book of Life and Death. Its light instantly shone upon the face of the Heavenly Yin Empress!
The Heavenly Yin Empress’s features twisted, and she let out a piercing shriek. Thick black smoke billowed from her eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
Whoosh—
Her palm rose, shielding her face. Then, her five fingers writhed like insects at an incredible speed, rapidly shriveling and becoming gaunt.
Her other palm lifted, reaching for the Kai Huang Divine Being at the top of the pagoda. However, this hand also deflated under the illumination of the Book of Life and Death. By the time it landed on the pagoda’s peak, it had become a light, flimsy piece of skin, failing to harm Qin Mu or the Kai Huang Divine Being.
Qin Mu, undistracted, continued reciting the Netherworld script. The light within the Gate of Heaven-Bearing grew stronger and stronger, and more and more radiance poured out. The incredibly bright light shone from the gateway, accompanied by a grand, earth-shaking sound.
That sound actually overlapped with Qin Mu’s voice, as if it were a single voice, but amplified countless times by the Gate of Heaven-Bearing, echoing back and forth between heaven and earth!
With a hum, the light from the Gate of Heaven-Bearing shone upon the Heavenly Yin Empress’s body. Her screams became even more piercing, nearly drowning out the Netherworld script coming from Qin Mu and the gate.
Suddenly, her form shifted, dodging the light of the Book of Life and Death, and her palm rapidly recovered.
This naturally born divine being actually grabbed the base of the pagoda with one massive hand and lifted the immeasurably tall treasure pagoda!
The Kai Huang Divine Being quickly moved the Book of Life and Death, its light once again shining on her face. Her face spewed thick black smoke, and her features visibly shriveled, turning her into a faceless woman.
Qin Mu’s Gate of Heaven-Bearing also moved with her, its light never leaving her face from start to finish.
The light within the gate grew brighter and brighter. The high-pitched parts of the sound coming from the gate grew louder, and the low-pitched parts grew deeper, causing ears to ring and chests to resonate.
Her body was illuminated. Darkness surged wildly, pouring into her body. At the same time, the darkness within her body surged wildly out of her facial orifices!
The Heavenly Yin Empress struggled, roared, and swung the tall pagoda like a small toy. Such terrifying power was truly astonishing, befitting a naturally born divine being!
Qin Mu stood firmly on the tip of the pagoda. No matter how she swung it, he remained unmoved, continuing to flip through the book and recite.
The Kai Huang Divine Being also did his utmost to stabilize himself, keeping the Book of Life and Death shining on the Heavenly Yin Empress’s face, expelling more black sand.
At the same time, the surging black sand formed a rolling, dark torrent, as thick as a dragon, madly rushing into the Heavenly Yin Empress’s body.
This was soul-summoning!
Qin Mu’s modified Soul-Pulling Incantation summoned the soul of the Heavenly Yin Empress. Among all the black sand in the entire Heavenly Yin Realm, any fragment of the Heavenly Yin Empress’s soul, even the tiniest particle, would be drawn by his divine ability and fly into her body.
Not only that, but his divine ability could also reach the Great Ruins and reach every celestial realm connected to the Heavenly Yin Realm!
The Soul-Pulling Incantation was originally a Netherworld spell. However, because the divine ability practitioners of Yan Kang had little research on the Netherworld script, they gradually replaced the Netherworld script with demonic language during its transmission.
Even so, the Soul-Pulling Incantation could still allow the power of the divine ability to reach the Netherworld and snatch the souls of the dead from the Earth Lord.
This demonstrated the peculiarity of this divine ability.
It was only after Qin Mu became proficient in the Netherworld script that this divine ability was restored to its original form. The first time Qin Mu used this divine ability to shine was in the Unhallowed Ground of the Grand Heavenly Emperor, where he awakened thousands of fallen divine spirits and demons!
That time, he had snatched the souls and primordial spirits of gods and demons from the Earth Lord, which was why the Netherworld emissaries had come charging in with such fury.
Today, Qin Mu was using a modified Soul-Pulling Incantation to summon the soul particles of the Heavenly Yin Empress from the various celestial realms connected to the Heavenly Yin Realm and from the Great Ruins. This was naturally within his capabilities.
But he intended to do more than this.
Besides summoning all the soul particles of the Heavenly Yin Empress, he also wanted to reshape her soul and resurrect this naturally born divine being who had been dead for who knows how many tens of thousands of years!
Even within the seal of the Qin Continent deep within his third eye, his obscure and profound voice faintly reached that place. The Celestial Being’s avatar, the Red Emperor’s consciousness, and the great infant Qin Fengqing were all lost in thought, listening intently.
“Bad little brother isn’t too bad.”
The infant sat on the ground, pulling his thumb out of his mouth, and said in a childish voice, “After we catch him, we’ll tear off his head and eat it.”
The Celestial Being’s avatar’s expression was grave, and he said softly, “He’s starting to take advantage of me.”
The Red Emperor’s consciousness found Qin Mu’s Netherworld script unfathomably profound and difficult to understand. He asked, “How is he taking advantage of you?”
The Celestial Being’s avatar sighed. “He inverted the Gate of Heaven-Bearing and stole my light to reshape someone else’s soul.”
The Red Emperor’s consciousness was startled and exclaimed, “He dares to steal your power? Has this kid rebelled against heaven?”
The Celestial Being’s avatar said, “What wouldn’t he dare? He dares to imprison even you and me here without release. Stealing a little of my power is nothing to him. Fortunately, he isn’t stealing much. He should be inverting the Gate of Heaven-Bearing, borrowing my light to illuminate the Heavenly Yin Realm, in order to resurrect the Heavenly Yin Empress.”
The Red Emperor’s consciousness’s expression turned serious, and he said in a deep voice, “The Heavenly Yin Empress is dead?”
“She died before you did.”
The Celestial Being’s avatar said calmly, “I sensed her death back then, but I couldn’t see the Heavenly Yin Realm, so I could only sigh. I move, and the Heavenly Yin Realm also moves. This world is always hidden in my shadow, so I couldn’t save her either.”
The Red Emperor’s consciousness’s eyes flickered. “The Heavenly Yin Empress died before me? Then she must have died in the Dragon Han Era. If she had died in the Red Emperor Era, it certainly wouldn’t have escaped my notice. The Dragon Han Era was divided into three parts, with three heavenly courts opposing each other. May I ask, Celestial Being, which heavenly court of the Dragon Han Era killed the Heavenly Yin Empress?”
The Celestial Being’s avatar glanced at him and said indifferently, “You are already dead, so don’t ask about so many things. What interests me is this son of the Qin family. This kid has created a divine ability that can even reassemble the soul of someone whose soul has been scattered. If he really succeeds, it will likely be the beginning of a great change in the world… How can there be such a clever and eccentric person in this world?”
The Red Emperor’s consciousness sighed. “He is not clever and eccentric, but rather able to think what others dare not think and what others have never thought. Where others cannot think, he can think. Where others dare not think, he dares to think. Others see these as rules and theorems, but in his heart, there have never been these rules or theorems. This is the reason he can create divine abilities that even the Celestial Being must marvel at.”
The Celestial Being’s avatar laughed. “Although he has many ideas, whether he can succeed remains to be seen.”
Just then, the sound of Qin Mu’s voice passing into the Qin Continent suddenly became heavy and staccato, almost bursting out syllable by syllable.
The Celestial Being’s avatar’s expression turned serious again, and he said softly, “If he succeeds, the great Dao rules of heaven and earth will change accordingly. Red Emperor, do you sense the subtle changes in the great Dao of heaven and earth?”
At that moment, above the Qin Continent, the great Buddha, who had been sleeping in meditation, suddenly woke up. Opening his eyes, he said in surprise, “A subtle change in the great Dao? Who… Eh? Celestial Being Dao Brother, and Red Emperor, when did you two arrive here?”
“Old Buddha, don’t come down! Don’t come down!”
The Red Emperor’s consciousness quickly waved his hand, stopping the great Buddha who was about to descend from the sky, and said, “If you come down, you won’t be able to escape either, and you’ll end up in the same situation as us, getting beaten horribly by the big-headed monster infant!”
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