Chapter 757: Brothers United
The two demon gods exchanged a glance, and one of them said lazily, "You've come to visit your mother? Do you have a travel pass?"
Qin Mu shook his head. "No."
The other demon god looked around, lowered his voice, and asked, "Do you have any 'gifts'?"
Qin Mu was puzzled. "What do you mean by 'gifts'?"
"You, this fellow, why are you so clueless? 'Gifts' naturally refer to heavenly treasures and earthly rarities—things worth taking a look at."
The demon god barked, "This is a place where great evils are suppressed. You have no travel pass, nor anything valuable to bribe us, and you still want to enter? Get lost!"
Qin Mu quickly smiled and said, "I do have some treasures. What do you think of this ship of the Heavenly Equalizer Sage King? Could it be used to trade for entry into the pass?"
The demon god sneered, "What use do we have for a ship? We can't leave here..."
The other demon god's expression shifted slightly as he looked at the ship. He quickly tugged at his companion and said to Qin Mu with a flattering smile, "He was just joking with you. Go on in."
Qin Mu thanked them and walked into the Netherworld Jade Lock Pass.
"Are you out of your mind?"
Behind him came the voices of the two demon gods: "That's the Heavenly Equalizer Sage King's ship! When has the Heavenly Equalizer Sage King ever lent his ship to anyone else? This kid named Qin Fengqing has the Sage King's ship, so he must be one of the Sage King's trusted men. If you drove him away and he complained to the Sage King, we'd be in for it!"
"You have good judgment, elder brother. I was too rash. What's the relationship between this youth and the Sage King? He can even borrow the Sage King's ship—he must have a significant background."
"He's most likely a visitor from the Heavenly Court... Wait a moment, what did he say his name was? I was too focused on squeezing something out of him and didn't catch it."
The two demon gods stared at each other. One of them mustered the courage to call Qin Mu back, saying, "Young man, hold on. What did you say your name was? Could you say it again?"
Qin Mu turned back, his smile radiant. "Two esteemed gods, my name is Qin Mu, Qin Fengqing."
The two demon gods' minds went blank as they watched him walk into the Jade Lock Pass. Just then, two more demon gods arrived for a shift change. They passed by Qin Mu, glanced at him, shook their heads, and laughed, "Someone's come to the Jade Lock Pass? Senior brothers, have you checked him out?"
The two demon gods stood there like wooden chickens. The demon gods coming for the shift frowned and approached, only to smell a stench of urine. They saw a wet patch under the two gods' feet.
"Qin..."
One of them stammered, "Qin, Qin, Qin... the one whose name cannot be spoken has returned!"
His voice suddenly became thunderously loud and piercing as he screamed, "Disaster! The one whose name cannot be spoken has returned and broken into the Jade Lock Pass! Sound the alarm! Sound the alarm!"
"Notify all the divine beings! That tyrant whose name cannot be spoken has come back to fetch his mother!"
...
Inside the Netherworld Jade Lock Pass, Qin Mu heard the shouts behind him and was startled. He turned to look, and the four demon gods, seeing him glance back, were terrified. With a series of thuds, the four demon gods fainted dead away.
"That existence whose name cannot be spoken? Could they mean me?"
Qin Mu chuckled to himself. After a moment, he shook his head and thought, "Twenty-two years ago? So I'm twenty-two this year. Village Chief said I was twenty-two, Granny said I was twenty-one. Now there's a final answer, and they don't have to argue anymore. Hey, you four!"
He called out, kindly reminding them, "Aren't you going to flee? Or do you plan to be eaten?"
The four fainted demon gods immediately flipped up, transformed into four streaks of demonic light, and vanished.
"My brother's fearsome reputation is really something."
Qin Mu sighed inwardly. This trip to the Jade Lock Pass had gone unusually smoothly, beyond his expectations.
From within the pass came the thumping of war drums, filled with murderous intent. He immediately sensed countless powerful and terrifying auras emanating from inside. Clearly, the Netherworld Jade Lock Pass housed a large garrison, strictly guarding against any escape by the beings suppressed within.
Qin Mu steadied himself, silently peeled back the willow leaf on his forehead, and whispered, "Brother, I've come to see Mother..."
His eyes suddenly grew hot and sore, and a gentle smile appeared on his face. "You've seen Mother, but I never have. Mother held you, kissed you, but she never held me or kissed me. If it weren't for your great transgression, I wouldn't have been unable to meet Father or Mother..."
In his third eye, within the Qin Continent, the big-headed infant sat there, looking up at the sky.
The Heavenly Duke and the Crimson Emperor's consciousnesses tensed up. The Heavenly Duke's avatar shouted, "Qin Feng... Qin Mu, what are you trying to do? Don't act recklessly!"
Qin Mu's voice came through: "Who doesn't want a childhood spent at their parents' knees? Who doesn't want their parents by their side as a child? But I didn't have that. Brother, I've come to see Mother, and you owe me this. Today..."
His body swayed, and his voice grew hoarse. "I need to borrow your power, brother! I can't control the demonic nature, but you can. You can't control the divine abilities, but I can. Brother, Qin Fengqing, come forth!"
The Heavenly Duke's avatar and the Crimson Emperor's consciousness both roared in anger, shouting, "Don't do it—"
Above the continent, the sky shook as Qin Mu's thoughts pierced the heavens: "Brother, merge with me. Let's go see Mother together!"
The big-headed infant shot up into the sky, flying beyond the heavens.
"No—"
The Heavenly Duke's avatar and the Crimson Emperor's consciousness both flew toward the sky, only to see the seal suddenly strengthen. Qin Mu had covered it with the willow leaf, sealing them within the Qin Continent.
The two landed, their hearts icy cold.
"That little bastard Qin Mu can't control the demonic nature at all, can't control Qin Fengqing!"
The Heavenly Duke's avatar was furious, pacing anxiously. Suddenly, he looked up at the great Buddha floating in midair and shouted, "Old Buddha, wake up quickly! Something terrible has happened!"
The great Buddha was fast asleep, completely oblivious to his words.
"Is this old Buddha here to suppress Qin Fengqing or to sleep?" the Crimson Emperor's consciousness also fumed.
Qin Mu's body swayed, his flesh expanding in bursts. Arms sprouted one after another, and at the same time, two more necks grew from his neck, giving him six shoulders, six arms, and three heads.
One of the heads suddenly transformed into the form of a toddler, and Qin Mu immediately felt an overwhelmingly terrifying power surging in like a tidal wave!
This power wasn't the kind gained from opening divine hideouts or heavenly palaces; raising one's realm couldn't bring such power. It was the power of rules, the laws of the Netherworld, the force of heaven and earth, the power of the Netherworld's Dao!
He was like a primordial ancient god born of heaven and earth, or a demigod growing stronger with age, possessing the strengths of both!
"Bad little brother, I'll control the power, and you control the rules!" the infant head said in a child's tender voice.
Qin Mu felt the surging power flooding into his body like an ocean. His flesh expanded again, muscles bulging continuously. The various great Dao laws of the Netherworld poured into his mind as countless streams of information, self-evident and self-understood, as if he had been born to master and control them.
The big-headed doll that Qin Fengqing had become controlled the demonic nature, while Qin Mu himself controlled the power and rules.
His height grew taller and taller, towering into the clouds, as high as a mountain.
Sss—
Qin Mu tore off the willow leaf again. Inside the Qin Continent, the Heavenly Duke and the Crimson Emperor's consciousness looked out at the outside world. The seal had weakened, and the Crimson Emperor tried to break it, but the Heavenly Duke's avatar shook his head. "Don't bother trying to escape. There's no way out. Qin Mu and Qin Fengqing, working together, have fully grasped the power of the Netherworld Divine Child. The reason he lifted the seal is that with the power he now controls, he doesn't have to worry about us causing trouble."
The Crimson Emperor's consciousness flew into the sky and indeed saw the seal had become incredibly thick, with no possibility of breaking it.
"Accept defeat."
The Heavenly Duke sighed. "Now we can only hope Qin Mu still has his wits and isn't controlled by his brother."
Inside the pass, the divine demon camp guarding the Jade Lock Pass was filled with a murderous atmosphere. Divine beings and demons stood atop high towers, holding bows, their gazes sharp as they stood on high alert.
Thump, thump, thump.
Heavy footsteps came, shaking the earth and mountains. Sweat beaded on the foreheads of the divine beings and demons, large drops rolling down from their temples.
"Don't be afraid!"
A mighty demon general stood tall and imposing, with extraordinary bearing and high cultivation, clearly the commander here, stationed by Lord Tu's order. He shouted sternly, "Don't be afraid! He was sealed by Lord Tu for over twenty years. Even if he breaks the seal, he's only as strong as he was twenty years ago. We hold the treasures Lord Tu gave us—there's no need to fear him in the slightest!"
He called out loudly, "Our Jade Lock Pass army has never feared the Netherworld Divine Child! If he comes, we'll take him down!"
Just then, he saw a three-headed, six-armed divine demon approaching, covered in Netherworld runic marks. Those marks seemed to have become the Netherworld's great Dao, branded onto the surface of this divine demon's skin!
It had three heads: one was a toddler, the other two were youths—one with a calm gaze, the other with a fiery one.
The demon general's gaze went dull, and the corners of his eyes twitched violently. "It's over, it's over. Before, he didn't understand divine abilities or Dao techniques, so we could still fight him. Now his mastery of Netherworld divine abilities and Dao techniques surpasses anyone here... It's over."
The three-headed, six-armed Qin Mu walked past the divine demon camp, looking down at the divine and demon soldiers within.
Qin Fengqing turned his head, licking his lips excitedly. "Bad little brother, with your skills, you could swallow this whole place in one bite! Once you taste these little things, you'll be hooked and fall in love with eating them. They're very tasty!"
Qin Mu suddenly bowed deeply, saying solemnly, "I've come to see my mother. If you don't block me, no one will die. Please, fellow Daoists, make way."
The demon general's body stiffened, and his voice was hoarse. "I am stationed here by Lord Tu's order..."
Boom—
Qin Mu suddenly erupted. His three heads and six arms unleashed martial divine abilities in an instant. "Heavenly Outer Peaks, a Thousand Palms Return" filled the air with palm strikes, fists, seals, and fingers, each like a mountain. The violent power poured out in all directions, shattering the sky and earth, directly creating a massive abyss!
The demon general looked at the abyss before the camp, the corners of his eyes twitching violently. The size of the abyss exactly matched the size of the divine demon camp!
That meant if Qin Mu had struck them with this move, he could have wiped out all the soldiers in an instant, reducing them to ashes!
"Divine Child, please—" The demon general clasped his hands in salute.
Qin Mu took two steps, then stopped. The demon general's forehead dripped with cold sweat. Qin Mu said, "I don't know the way. Would you trouble yourself to guide me?"
The demon general gritted his teeth, flew out of the camp, and said solemnly, "I will personally guide the Divine Child!"
Qin Mu thanked him.
The demon general led the way reluctantly, feeling a pair of eyes staring at the back of his neck. He secretly glanced back and saw the chubby baby head staring at him, drooling.
"So plump and tender, hehe... Good little brother, let me have just one lick. I won't eat him, just let me have a taste..."
In the Netherworld, ancient heavenly palaces trembled as incredibly powerful beings awoke one after another.
"The Netherworld Divine Child has returned?"
"Back then, Lord Tu made the decision to spare his life, only exiling him. And now he dares to return?"
"This time, if we kill him, Lord Tu will have nothing to say, right?"
"To the Jade Lock Pass! Seek revenge!"
In the Netherworld, at Lord Tu's body, streaks of light flowed, carrying overwhelming auras toward the Jade Lock Pass. The entire Netherworld seemed to boil in that moment.
At Lord Tu's Eye, the old yin messenger looked down at the commotion below, sensing the ancient auras. He couldn't help but feel uneasy and said, "Lord Tu, should we intervene now? I'm worried that Mu Tianzun won't be able to hold them off."
"He is another Lord Tu."
Lord Tu's voice came from within the hall. "A Lord Tu without any restraints—how could he fail to hold them off?"
The old yin messenger's heart trembled slightly.
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