Chapter 885: The Indestructible Great Mage
(The previous chapter had a bug. The soul of the Supreme Emperor should have been suppressed in the Imperial Coffin. I remembered it wrong and have corrected it. The subsequent plot will follow the revised version.)
Although the eight Supreme Emperor Monarchs were born of the Earth Mother, their races were all different. One demigod monarch was conceived when the Earth Mother Primal Deity sensed the ancestral dragon vein of the Primal Realm Continent, giving birth to a son with a dragon head and a human body, honored as Supreme Emperor Dragon Seal.
One was conceived when the Earth Mother Primal Deity sensed the sky's qi, giving birth to a daughter with a phoenix head, human body, and wings, honored as Supreme Emperor Phoenix Nether.
One was conceived when the Earth Mother Primal Deity sensed the Heavenly River, giving birth to a son with a turtle shell and human body, honored as Supreme Emperor River Luo.
One was conceived when the Earth Mother sensed the most colossal Mount Sumeru of the Primal Realm, giving birth to a son whose body was like solid rock, honored as Supreme Emperor Kama.
One was conceived when the Earth Mother sensed the Nether Capital, giving birth to a son with an ox head, human body, and three eyes, honored as Supreme Emperor Night Earl.
One was conceived when the Earth Mother sensed the Mystic Capital, giving birth to a daughter whose entire body was snow-white, with eyes lacking pupils that emitted white light, honored as Supreme Emperor Mystic Maiden.
Supreme Emperor Abyss Lord was conceived when the Earth Mother sensed the Returned Void, born with a black body covered in spiral patterns.
Only the Earth Mother Primal Deity's eldest daughter, Supreme Emperor Mei Ying, was formed when the Earth Primal Dao Fruit she had borne fell off and landed on the ground.
Apart from these Supreme Emperors and the one whose corpse was taken into the Ghost Ship by Feng Qiuyun, the other Supreme Emperors died outside, their souls scattered. There were also rumors that several Supreme Emperors had been picked up by others and refined into treasures.
These Supreme Emperors were born powerful. Although they were born of the Earth Mother, because the Earth Mother had sensed different energies of heaven and earth, their appearances were vastly different, and each possessed unique divine abilities from birth.
Their divine abilities were related to the Earth Mother, and also to the energies of heaven and earth that the Earth Mother had sensed, but they had no blood relation to Heaven Duke or Earth Count.
The Supreme Emperor era was also a wild era. When these Supreme Emperors cultivated to become immensely powerful and charged into the sky to confront the "Imperial Heaven Lord," the heavenly palaces fluttering behind the eight Supreme Emperors were tattered and worn, yet they displayed unrestrained boldness!
Their powerful physiques twisted space. Supreme Emperor Mystic Maiden directly reached out to grab the myriad heavens floating in the sky, plucking the sun, moon, and stars from within the heavens. Her terrifying power probed into the sun, dug out the star core, and directly refined it into a weapon to attack the "Imperial Heaven Lord"!
Stars were like playthings in her hands—real stars, with primal magnetism and starlight erupting, the planets even burning!
Supreme Emperor River Luo directly severed a section of the Heavenly River, refining it into a weapon. The immeasurably long Heavenly River was like the most magnificent whip in the sky, or like the most colossal divine dragon!
Supreme Emperor Night Earl waved his hand, and within a radius of hundreds of thousands of miles, countless demigod flesh and blood exploded. He inhaled all the blood energy into his belly in one breath, boosting his combat power.
His blood energy lit up his two horns. The curved ox horns were burned red-hot, like two streams of the Nine Nether Yellow Spring descending from the sky. Where his ox hooves trod, a Nether Sea was born!
Supreme Emperor Kama was like a Buddha, standing there as if he were the center of heaven and earth. His Buddhist dharma was vast and mighty, outwardly compassionate yet filled with boundless great wrath, like a great Buddha of raging fire destroying the world.
Supreme Emperor Phoenix Nether was draped in colorful wings. The wings fluttered, transforming into a rainbow light ten thousand miles long. It was the sharpest blade and the hottest fire of the Supreme Emperor era. In those days, it could cut through anything, and even ordinary Throne experts found it hard to face its edge!
Supreme Emperor Dragon Seal was renowned for his transformations. His physical body expanded until it was no less than the "Imperial Heaven Lord." Behind him emerged a myriad heavens, within which countless azure thunderbolts surged. He used thunder as his sword, unleashing a world-destroying thunder tribulation. A sea of thunder surged toward his palm, becoming the sharpest sword of the Supreme Emperor era!
Above Supreme Emperor Abyss Lord's head appeared a massive vortex, devouring all things. In the Supreme Emperor era, he could tear apart any divine ability or divine weapon of his opponent.
Supreme Emperor Mei Ying was like a small Earth Mother Primal Deity, wielding the most majestic power of the Primal Realm's earth. Her bloodline was the most orthodox, and her understanding of primal magnetism was the purest.
The eight Supreme Emperors each displayed their divine abilities. For a time, heaven and earth shattered. The sky was crushed by their abilities, and space cracks ten thousand miles long appeared, shocking to behold.
The "Imperial Heaven Lord" laughed and said, "Ants."
Primal magnetic divine light burst forth from his body. His palm met Supreme Emperor Mei Ying's. The next moment, this Throne expert, who was said to possess the most powerful physical strength, was crushed by him, smashed from the sky to the ground, breaking bones and tendons, forcing her to kneel!
Supreme Emperor Mei Ying struggled to stand, but a giant foot stomped down, crushing her to pieces, leaving nothing behind!
The "Imperial Heaven Lord's" other palm met Supreme Emperor Night Earl's attack—a Nether Capital divine ability, Nether Capital against Nether Capital.
Supreme Emperor Night Earl's Yellow Spring ox horns snapped, the Nether Sea beneath his feet evaporated, and he was slapped by the "Imperial Heaven Lord" flat against the earth, his physical body nearly disintegrating.
"Since you didn't obtain Earth Count's Dao runes, you've escaped by luck."
The "Imperial Heaven Lord" laughed heartily and did not pursue Supreme Emperor Night Earl. However, the moment he turned around, his hair flew wildly. Thousands of strands of hair, like the finest swords, swept across Supreme Emperor Night Earl's body as if encountering no resistance.
Supreme Emperor Night Earl froze. His physical body and primordial spirit were instantly sliced into thousands of pieces, each perfectly uniform in thickness.
"From today onward, the Throne realm is no longer an invincible level!"
The "Imperial Heaven Lord's" hair retracted. His palm met Supreme Emperor Dragon Seal's world-destroying thunder tribulation sword. The divine sword, said to cut through anything, was severed by his palm. Dragon Seal's head fell from his neck, spinning as it flew, with thick bolts of thunder crackling and scattering in all directions from his eyes.
The "Imperial Heaven Lord's" eyes shone brightly. Two beams of light shot directly into Abyss Lord's divine ability, the Great Abyss of Returned Void, piercing through the abyss. Two bloody holes burst open on Abyss Lord's forehead!
The Heavenly River coiled around, striking the "Imperial Heaven Lord" fiercely, drawing blood from his body, and then wrapped around him.
But the next moment, the long whip formed by the Heavenly River exploded. Supreme Emperor River Luo's palm was also blasted into a bloody mess.
The "Imperial Heaven Lord" actually recondensed the Heavenly River. The river's water surged, washing over Supreme Emperor River Luo until his flesh was a bloody pulp, soon revealing bare bones.
Supreme Emperor Phoenix Nether's sharpest blade could only cut into his skin's surface, unable to penetrate his body. The formation of primal magnetism and starlight set up by Supreme Emperor Mystic Maiden could not trap him either.
The "Imperial Heaven Lord" moved with great force and speed. In a short time, he had beaten the eight Supreme Emperors until they could no longer stand.
He raised his hand to grab the Primordial Tree, which was growing larger and taller. The friction between his palm and the air ignited a blazing heavenly fire.
Qin Mu was still flying around the Primordial Tree, casting spells to reshape the Earth Mother Primal Deity's soul.
The "Imperial Heaven Lord's" hand reached out, and he had no way to dodge.
Just then, from within the Gate of Heaven's Succession, the power of Heaven Duke and Earth Count suddenly erupted. Vast and mighty power surged out from the Gate of Heaven's Succession. In that instant, the power unleashed was a hundred times greater than what Qin Mu had borrowed!
This deep and profound energy, within Qin Mu's divine ability, transformed into the power to reshape the soul, surging into the Primordial Tree.
Qin Mu's heart stirred. "Heaven Duke, Earth Count, can't you sit still any longer?"
The "Imperial Heaven Lord's" hand had already reached his side, about to grab him along with the Primordial Tree. He laughed, "Qin Mu, the Tyrant Body among the three heroes of the Yan Kang Reformation, there is a rumor among the ancient gods that you are the Indestructible Great Mage who sees the mind and nature clearly, capable of bringing the dead back to life, indestructible through countless tribulations. Great Mage Qin Mu, we finally meet!"
Suddenly, the Primordial Tree uprooted itself. Endless light surged with the fluttering branches and leaves. With a heavy sweep, the "Imperial Heaven Lord" grunted, tumbling and rolling, smashed toward the outer heavens!
"Finally..."
Countless roots rose from the earth, following the ascending Primordial Tree, churning and boiling. The Earth Mother Primal Deity stood beneath the Primordial Tree, rising from the ground, giggling, "Finally seeing the light of day again! Everything you owed me, everything you took from me, today you will return it all to me!"
The Primordial Tree flew through the sky like a colossal squid, breaking through the barriers of the Primal Realm, heading straight for the outer heavens under the Earth Mother's command.
Qin Mu was pressed tightly against the trunk of the Primordial Tree, carried along with her toward the outer heavens.
The Earth Mother flew so fast that the air and space pressed against Qin Mu, forming oscillating shockwaves that tore his skin.
"Earth Mother, even if you are resurrected, what can you do?"
The face of the "Imperial Heaven Lord" appeared on the canopy of the Primal Realm. Although he had taken a blow from the Earth Mother Primal Deity at her peak, he seemed not to have suffered serious injury. He laughed heartily, "After your resurrection, you will only die again! But this time, when you die, there will be no chance of resurrection."
His physical body shrank rapidly, but even when reduced to its smallest size, it was still a hundred zhang tall.
The Earth Mother Primal Deity dared not be careless and quickly shrank her own body.
Against an opponent weaker than oneself, a colossal body creates a terrifying deterrent effect. But against an opponent of equal strength, the larger the body, the more flaws it has.
However, even when she shrank to her smallest, she was still eight hundred zhang tall. Compared to the "Imperial Heaven Lord," she was still enormous, which put her at a disadvantage.
The Primordial Tree also shrank. Countless roots contracted rapidly, forming a massive object like a ball of thread.
As the tree shrank, Qin Mu, pressed against its trunk, felt his body creak and groan. Just then, a surge of Nether power flowed from his brow, as Qin Fengqing lent him his strength.
Qin Mu immediately climbed up the tree trunk into the canopy. In the canopy was a phoenix nest, golden and radiant, surrounded by terrifying divine light. Only within the phoenix nest was there peace.
Qin Mu rushed into the bird's nest and finally found safety.
"Earth Mother, you are no match for Heavenly Lord Hao. You have only one chance."
Qin Mu's indestructible divine consciousness surged out from the bird's nest, transmitting into the Earth Mother Primal Deity's ear. He said solemnly, "I have fought him before and know where his weakness lies."
At that moment, the Earth Mother Primal Deity, wielding the Primordial Tree, clashed with the "Imperial Heaven Lord." The two mighty beings collided in the starry sky, and their surging might pushed back the myriad heavens perched on the surface of the Primal Realm.
The Earth Mother Primal Deity grunted. In the first exchange, she experienced how terrifying a Heavenly Court realm expert was.
This was an expert who could mobilize the power of the myriad heavens' ten thousand Daos. Although the Heavenly Court of Heavenly Lord Hao, who wielded this weapon, was not yet perfect—having not constructed the thirty-six Heavenly Palaces and seventy-two Precious Halls—in terms of pure magical power, Heavenly Lord Hao's power was already no less than hers.
Even more terrifying was the completeness of Heavenly Lord Hao's divine abilities and Daos, something she, as an ancient god, could never match!
The Earth Mother Primal Deity clashed with the "Imperial Heaven Lord" again. Her divine ability was broken, and she spat blood.
The "Imperial Heaven Lord's" attacks came like a storm. Even with her wielding the terrifying weapon of the Primordial Tree, she could not harm the "Imperial Heaven Lord" in the slightest, while she herself was constantly injured.
She was undoubtedly powerful, but her own Dao runes had long been thoroughly studied by the Heavenly Court. The primal magnetic divine abilities the "Imperial Heaven Lord" used were even more exquisite and terrifying than her own!
And every move she made seemed full of flaws, with no possibility of hitting the "Imperial Heaven Lord."
This was the most terrifying part.
She had no secrets left.
Her thoughts fluctuated, connecting with Qin Mu's indestructible divine consciousness: "Where is his weakness?"
One was an indestructible divine consciousness, the other a vast and profound mind. In the moment of collision, the Earth Mother Primal Deity's vision blurred, as if she had returned to the Heavenly Court of the Long Han early era.
She stood on the Jade Pool, facing Heavenly Lord Hao.
And she seemed to have become a young man filled with rage, demanding justice for the true Imperial Heaven Lord.
She seemed to have become another Heavenly Lord lost to history, Heavenly Lord Mu.
"Watch my divine ability!"
Qin Mu's divine consciousness pulsed: "Remember, you only have one chance!"
The "Imperial Heaven Lord" attacked. His divine abilities were exquisite and perfect, possessing an indescribable beauty and brilliance. But the Earth Mother Primal Deity seemed not to see any of this. Her mind merged with Qin Mu's indestructible divine consciousness.
She held the Primordial Tree but did not use its primal magnetic divine ability to sweep back and forth. Instead, she used the tree as a sword, executing a sword technique.
Her sword technique pierced through the "Imperial Heaven Lord's" seemingly perfect divine ability, and the tree crown struck heavily against his chest.
Surprise appeared on the "Imperial Heaven Lord's" face. Surprise turned into shock, and shock turned into fear.
The branches of the Primordial Tree moved with a strange and unpredictable rhythm, breaking through this seemingly perfect physical body and thrusting into him.
This was a sword technique. Every branch, every leaf of the Primordial Tree was executing a sword technique—the sword technique of someone who had given him nightmares for thousands and tens of thousands of years!
"Heavenly Lord Mu——"
A piercing scream escaped his throat as he tore himself free from the Primordial Tree, blood gushing from his wounds: "Long time no see!"
Qin Mu stood in the bird's nest, his robes fluttering in the divine light emitted by the branches. He smiled and said, "Indeed. Long time no see."