Chapter 927: Ancestor Long Pi (Second Update!)
Long Qilin looked up and saw Qin Mu and Yun Chuxiu leaping like flying figures above the shattered palace, their forms crisscrossing in combat at incredible speed.
"Yun Chuxiu might be the Empress Dowager or her sister, Lady Yuanmu," Long Qilin said. "Just now, the wooden staff the Sect Leader took out is called the Heart of Yuanmu, with annual rings over fifty million years old. It's incredibly powerful, a heavy treasure refined by Mother Earth Primordial. The Sect Leader couldn't unleash the full power of this ancient god's heavy treasure, but the Heart of Yuanmu's power suddenly burst forth, so the Sect Leader guessed Yun Chuxiu tampered with it."
"The Empress Dowager? Lady Yuanmu?"
Yun Jianli was horrified upon hearing this, feeling a chill of fear. He had actually sworn brotherhood with such an existence and even brought such a terrifying being to monitor her, to see what she was planning. Thinking about it now, it made his hair stand on end!
But he couldn't help being curious as well. "Brother Long Pi, how did you know Yun Chuxiu was the Empress Dowager or Lady Yuanmu?"
Qi Jiuyi exclaimed in disbelief, "How could such a beautiful woman be the Empress Dowager or Lady Yuanmu?"
At the same time, he was extremely curious. All these days, Long Qilin had been by their side, either eating or sleeping, dazed and confused. They hadn't seen him communicate with Qin Mu at all.
How could Long Qilin see through Yun Chuxiu's true identity while they remained completely in the dark?
Langxuan Divine Palace had been nearly reduced to ruins by the Heart of Yuanmu. Countless palaces and halls had broken free from their original formations, crashing into each other in utter chaos.
Qin Mu stood on a wildly flying divine hall, while Yun Chuxiu stood on another divine palace far away. The two buildings flew in completely different directions—one soaring upward, the other plummeting down. Between them were countless giant pillars, collapsed palaces aimlessly colliding, and numerous divine mountains whistling through the air. The scene was extremely chaotic.
Yun Chuxiu had just suddenly unleashed the power of a Heavenly Lord, activating the Heart of Yuanmu's might and destroying most of Langxuan Divine Palace. This was why Qin Mu was so furious.
He had come this time only intending to stir up a minor conflict, not to completely break ties with Langxuan Divine Sovereign, Heavenly Lord Lang. As long as he wasn't in the wrong, Heavenly Lord Lang couldn't do anything to him.
But Yun Chuxiu's actions were equivalent to grabbing Heavenly Lord Lang by the neck and slapping him back and forth a dozen times!
Even if he was the Shepherd Heavenly Lord, one of the five founding elders of the Heavenly Alliance, Heavenly Lord Lang would absolutely not sit still. He would shift from covert attacks to open confrontation.
This shit pot was too big and too stinky; he simply couldn't carry it.
Although Qin Mu was bold and seemed fearless, charging into the Heavenly Court and diving into the dragon's den without regard for life or death, he was actually methodical. Every seemingly dangerous move had hidden opportunities for survival.
He could tear apart the Heavenly Court, but he also left himself enough room to maneuver and save his own life.
But Yun Chuxiu's actions had suddenly pushed him into opposition with Heavenly Lord Lang, and in a position where he was in the wrong!
Qin Mu raised his hand and sent a palm strike flying across the chaotic, flying palaces toward Yun Chuxiu. As his palm struck out, countless stars gathered behind him, instantly filling the sky with a brilliant Milky Way!
Starlight converged, and the magnetic divine power between the stars erupted. The Milky Way turned into a torrent, surging forward with Qin Mu's palm strike!
In the air, the chaotic flying buildings were pulled by his divine ability. The magnetic divine power captured these massive heavy objects, and the immense geomagnetic force locked onto Yun Chuxiu's body, dragging these colossal objects down toward the girl!
The geomagnetic force was so powerful and terrifying that it twisted the space around Yun Chuxiu. The girl fell through the twisted space, along with the giant palaces, shattered stone pillars, broken walls, and rubble, all crashing down on her!
The scene was terrifying. Qin Mu used his magnetic divine ability, seizing the advantage of time and place. Besides the power of his divine ability, the buildings of Langxuan Divine Palace were made of divine metal, extremely heavy, which amplified his ability's power.
The combined weight was so immense that even a true god couldn't lift it!
Qi Jiuyi and the others looked up at this scene, watching the ruins streak like meteors toward Yun Chuxiu. Space was twisted by the geomagnetic force, making the ruins even faster, their power no less than divine weapons!
Long Qilin said, "Sister Yan, do you still remember the twin lotuses in the Guixu? There was a crystal coffin there, burying a woman. The Sect Leader said she was the Empress Dowager's sister, Lady Yuanmu."
Yan nodded repeatedly. Of course, she remembered.
She had even caught a big bug in the flower world of Guixu and ate it for a long time before finishing it.
Although Qin Mu told her that the beauty snake wasn't a bug but an ancient god born from Guixu, a Dao spirit formed from the stamens of the twin lotuses, Yan still treated it as a bug. She ate that ancient god beauty snake and still hadn't fully digested it, which was why she was still chubby.
Long Qilin continued, "During the Jade Pool incident, two Heavenly Lords were jointly dealing with the Nether Heavenly Lord. The situation was critical, so the Sect Leader took out that crystal coffin and placed it in front of Yun Chuxiu, planning to revive Lady Yuanmu. Then a Heavenly Lord arrived, balancing the situation. The Sect Leader didn't revive Lady Yuanmu. So, who came to help?"
Qi Jiuyi and Yun Jianli stared at this dragon qilin in astonishment.
Long Qilin said, "Naturally, it was Yun Chuxiu who helped. So Yun Chuxiu can only be Lady Yuanmu or the Empress Dowager."
As his words fell, the girl Yun Chuxiu spread her hands and traced a circle in the air. A bottomless abyss appeared, and Qin Mu's seemingly unstoppable attack instantly collapsed!
Yun Chuxiu stood above the abyss. It was the Guixu Great Abyss formed by her divine ability, seemingly capable of swallowing heaven and earth. Even the surging Milky Way from Qin Mu's attack, the twisted magnetic divine power, and the countless ruins and broken palaces all fell into the Guixu Great Abyss!
Qi Jiuyi, Yun Jianli, and the others were shocked. This divine ability was exactly the one rumored to be mastered by the Empress Dowager and her sister!
It seemed Yun Chuxiu could indeed be one of those sisters!
Qi Jiuyi exclaimed, "Second Brother, weren't you sleeping all this time? How do you know so much?"
Long Qilin glanced at him disdainfully and said calmly, "You only saw me sleeping, but you don't know how diligent I am in learning. I was meditating and cultivating! The most diligent person in this world is the Sect Leader, and the second most diligent is me."
Yan praised him and took out a divine pill. Long Qilin opened his mouth at the right moment, and Yan's pill flew right into his mouth.
Long Qilin ate the pill, squinting his eyes, and said calmly, "I've followed the Sect Leader for so many years, meeting all kinds of famous gods—some with profound cultivation, some with deep schemes, some strong in reform, some as sacred as Heavenly Lords. Naturally, my vision and knowledge have improved!"
Yun Chuxiu's Guixu Great Abyss divine ability swallowed Qin Mu's attack along with the broken buildings. The abyss twisted and shook, then suddenly erupted. The swallowed matter turned into a dark torrent, about to spray toward Qin Mu, when the subsequent Milky Way suddenly transformed into the shadow of the Heavenly Duke, punching into the Guixu Great Abyss!
Yun Chuxiu's expression changed slightly. Qin Mu had first used magnetic divine power to perform his ability. The magnetic power between the stars was extremely strong, but she hadn't expected him to use the stars to evolve the Heavenly Duke.
His earlier attack seemed like one move but was actually two!
Mother Earth Primordial and the Heavenly Duke had many unclear relationships. Mother Earth had even sneaked into the Xuan Du to steal the Heavenly Duke's essence and bore several children.
The Dao of these two ancient gods complemented each other, but Mother Earth Primordial also had unclear relationships with other ancient gods. She had sneaked into the Netherworld to steal the Earth Lord's essence and had children, and other ancient gods had also experienced her stealing their essence. So the Heavenly Duke didn't think highly of Mother Earth.
Qin Mu's attack succeeded, and his body had already appeared above Yun Chuxiu. His martial Dao great divine ability erupted, punching down!
"Didn't you say you had broken free from the shackles of ancient gods?" Qin Mu's cultivation burst forth freely as he sneered, "Then why are you still using ancient god divine abilities?"
The great hall beneath Yun Chuxiu's feet shattered into pieces. With a whoosh, the two of them crushed the hall and fell like meteors, disappearing from everyone's sight.
The next moment, a long river appeared. Yun Chuxiu stood on the river, and the Five Cloud Thunder transformed into Fire Bell divine weapons. Huge bells vibrated around Qin Mu. The Heavenly River coiled around, tightly trapping Qin Mu within.
Behind her, a dragon turtle and a soaring snake coiled around, roaring angrily. A thousand-feathered great snake merged with the Heavenly River. The river spun, and feathered blades like swords slashed out from the water, chopping at Qin Mu trapped in the center, fast as lightning, fierce as thunder!
Meanwhile, the Five Cloud Thunder-formed Fire Bell divine weapons vibrated incessantly, blasting the space around Qin Mu until it crumbled and cracked.
The dragon turtle shook its body, and pieces of its shell flew up, assembling in the air with a bang into a thick, cube-shaped seal, trapping Qin Mu inside so he couldn't escape, leaving him to be refined to death by the Five Cloud Thunder and the Heavenly River Soaring Snake!
"If Yun Chuxiu really is the Empress Dowager or Lady Yuanmu, then she has truly broken free from the shackles of ancient gods!" Qi Jiuyi's expression changed as he turned to Yun Jianli. "Sick Prince, how did you meet her and become sworn siblings?"
Yun Jianli's face was pale, and he smiled bitterly. "How was I to know her strength was this great? Fighting at the same level, even the Shepherd Heavenly Lord can't defeat her..."
At that moment, Heavenly Lord Lang's senior disciple, Chang Xiting, flew through the air, charging toward Qin Mu and Yun Chuxiu from afar. He had been severely wounded by the Heart of Yuanmu, and Langxuan Divine Palace was shattered. He was furious, with no other thought in his mind but to kill Qin Mu!
Yan flapped her wings, transforming into a Vermilion Bird. Her primordial spirit flew out, blocking his attack.
Chang Xiting was enraged and was about to fight Yan to the death when Yun Jianli suddenly called out, "Senior Brother Chang, calm down! It wasn't the Shepherd Heavenly Lord who destroyed your Langxuan Divine Palace, but the Empress Dowager!"
"Bullshit..."
Chang Xiting was about to curse when he suddenly felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over him, chilling him to the bone. He trembled, "Sick Prince, what did you say?"
Yun Jianli didn't mind and said, "The Empress Dowager used the Shepherd Heavenly Lord's divine weapon to destroy your Langxuan Divine Palace."
Chang Xiting's face changed dramatically. He looked at the girl and Qin Mu fighting in the chaotic ruins and stammered, "The Empress Dowager?"
Long Qilin glanced at him and said slowly, "I wonder if it's too late for you to run now. Langxuan Divine Palace is destroyed. Your master, Heavenly Lord Lang, won't let you off. And now that you know the Empress Dowager was behind it, she won't let you off either..."
Chang Xiting's hands and feet turned cold. He immediately turned and fled, whistling away.
He knew the stakes. Heavenly Lord Langxuan wouldn't kill him, but he would make his life worse than death, suppressing him for who knows how many years before releasing him. After all, the destruction of Langxuan Divine Palace was a huge loss of face for this Heavenly Lord, and he had to be punished.
But knowing that the Empress Dowager had acted was a different matter entirely.
The Empress Dowager would definitely not let him go, allowing him to tell Heavenly Lord Langxuan the truth!
So he made a prompt decision, abandoning Langxuan Divine Palace and fleeing for his life.
On the other side, the Xuanwu seal suddenly exploded. Qin Mu held a blade in both hands, forcibly splitting open Yun Chuxiu's great divine ability and slashing at the girl. His divine power became incredibly violent and frenzied.
"Qin, don't be ungrateful!" Yun Chuxiu was almost struck on the head by his blade. She grew angry and lowered her voice, saying, "I've already let you off! Otherwise, how could my divine power be something you can withstand? This shit pot, I'm graciously giving it to you. Just carry it firmly!"