Chapter 937: The Strongest Physical Body in History
Wei Suifeng's divine ability spanned hundreds of thousands of miles across the void, its length terrifying. This was not a technique Wei Suifeng could normally unleash; although his cultivation and strength were formidable, they were not yet at this level.
That meant there existed a method here to use the Great Void to amplify one's own divine abilities!
Moreover, Wei Suifeng had already discovered this method!
This method might only be usable within the Great Void, because only the Great Void possessed such pure and masterless divine consciousness.
"Perhaps Wei Suifeng hid this method within his divine ability, using the arrangement of stars to convey information..."
Qin Mu's gaze flickered as he observed the trajectory of each star, performing rapid calculations. However, to his disappointment, Wei Suifeng's divine ability contained no other information; it was merely one of his techniques.
"The direction this star river points..."
Qin Mu paused. This star river was like an arrow, pointing deep into the Great Void.
This divine ability was likely used by Wei Suifeng to indicate direction.
The tower ship was currently advancing along this star river, clearly indicating that the Heavenly Court also knew the purpose of Wei Suifeng's technique.
Yun Chu Xiu, seeing him studying the star river, smiled and said, "This divine ability was left behind by Cloud Luo Emperor when he explored this place, used to determine directions within the Great Void. You should know Cloud Luo Emperor; he is a very capable man who once caused quite a stir in the Heavenly Court."
Qin Mu nodded. "Cloud Luo Emperor Wei Suifeng is my senior brother."
"In the last twenty thousand years, no one has reached the Imperial Seat realm. He is the only one to cultivate to that level, so the Heavenly Court valued him greatly, appointing him as the Emperor of Cloud Luo Heavenly Palace, governing a region and commanding Cloud Luo's two hundred and fifty-six heavens and countless Cloud Luo star domains."
Yun Chu Xiu continued, "However, the Heavenly Court later investigated his origins and discovered he had fabricated his background, falsified his name, and even altered the Book of Life and Death of Black Emperor Yin Tianzi. He didn't just alter the Heavenly Court's copy; there are nine copies of the Book of Life and Death, and this man changed all nine! He even tampered with the Book of Life and Death belonging to Tu Bo of the Netherworld! Truly audacious!"
Qin Mu laughed bitterly. "My senior brother is indeed audacious and reckless."
"The Heavenly Court, if it wants to investigate someone's roots, can find out everything about them, no matter who they are. But investigating him was a huge ordeal. Later, they traced it to Yin Tianzi and discovered he had changed his identity, become Yin Tianzi's disciple, and served for several hundred years! Yin Tianzi valued him immensely, treating him as his most prized disciple and entrusting him with important tasks. Later, he faked his death to escape, and Yin Tianzi grieved for a long time."
Yun Chu Xiu said, "The Heavenly Court continued investigating and made another startling discovery. He had not only been to the Nether Capital but also to the Red Emperor, White Emperor, Green Emperor, and even studied under several Heavenly Venerables. He even went to the Heavenly Lord and called the Great Sun Star Lord his brother! Each time, he used different names and faces, all false, mingling for a few hundred years before faking his death and escaping!"
Qin Mu was at a loss for words.
He knew that Wei Suifeng had once infiltrated the Nether Capital; one of the geographical maps Wei Suifeng left behind was of the Nether Capital's great prison. The Woodcutter Sage had used this map to sneak in and rescue Emperor Yi Yue.
"The Heavenly Court also thought he was a promising talent. If he hadn't committed great evils, they would have entrusted him with important duties. However, when they investigated his origins, they finally discovered he was from the ruins of the Kaihuang Era, one of a small group of Kaihuang survivors! Only then did the Heavenly Court become afraid."
Yun Chu Xiu said, "At that time, those survivors numbered at most ten million, and their inheritance of divine techniques and Dao methods was severed, even the Divine Bridge was broken. They were abandoned by the gods, with no future at all. Yet from a place like a mud pit, an Imperial Seat emerged! The Heavenly Court was truly shocked, finding this matter extraordinary, so they captured and suppressed him. However, Cloud Luo Emperor was indeed a capable man. He did many things for the Heavenly Court, such as exploring the Great Void, where he ventured the deepest."
Ahead of the tower ship, another star river appeared, guiding their direction.
"He even went further than the Heavenly Venerables, leaving these star rivers and some void fortresses to help us establish the spatial geography of the Great Void."
Yun Chu Xiu said sincerely, "Pastoral Celestial Venerable, you and your senior brother are both geniuses."
Qin Mu shook his head. "Senior brother is indeed a genius. I am not."
"How hypocritical. Although Cloud Luo Emperor caused quite a stir, he was ultimately discovered by the Heavenly Court, captured, and suppressed, causing no damage to the Heavenly Court."
Yun Chu Xiu smiled. "But you are different. You entered the Heavenly Court openly and legitimately, causing its division. The Ten Heavenly Venerables were also estranged by you. I doubt the current peace in the Heavenly Court will last long. Yet despite this, the Heavenly Court cannot touch you, and many are willing to protect you with their lives. This is where you surpass him. Compared to what you have done, your senior brother's deeds are like a small witch meeting a big witch."
Qin Mu smiled faintly.
The tower ship sailed on. After a long time, real stars suddenly appeared ahead.
These should be stars created by the Creators. Among them, five stars were connected by chains, and at the center of the chains was a giant fortress, like a massive war machine.
Blood and bones floated around the fortress, indicating many battles had taken place here.
Divine beings from the fortress came forward to verify the identities of those on the ship, then invited them into the fortress to rest.
Due to the chaos caused by Luo Wu Shuang's coma-induced heart demons, many had died on the ship. Of the three hundred, only a little over two hundred and sixty remained, and many were injured.
Entering the fortress, Qin Mu looked around and saw that the divine demons stationed here had numb expressions, their faces and bodies covered with scars from healed wounds, like red centipedes clinging to their skin.
These divine demons often had three heads and six arms, holding various weapons. They seemed devoid of any emotion, their eyes empty and hollow.
"What's wrong with these divine demons?" he wondered inwardly.
"They have lost their emotions."
Yun Chu Xiu smiled. "They are prisoners of the Heavenly Court, stripped of all emotions, retaining only their combat abilities. When the Heavenly Court discovered the Great Void, they suffered heavy losses. So they thought of using waste, placing these prisoners here to guard the void fortresses, allowing the Heavenly Court to establish a foothold. Because they have no emotions, they are like walking corpses, so heart demons cannot arise."
Qin Mu looked at these three-headed, six-armed divine demons, his heart stirring. "Are they from the Red Ming Era?"
Yun Chu Xiu called over a Daoist and said, "This is Pastoral Celestial Venerable, ordered to come and receive Fire Celestial Venerable and Void Celestial Venerable. Go and bring out the big fellow from the void fortress."
That Daoist should not have been stripped of his emotions; he was still clear-minded, responsible for the fortress's safety and controlling the prisoners from the Red Ming Era.
The Daoist looked at Qin Mu, surprised by his low cultivation, but still greeted him, saying, "Celestial Venerable, please wait a moment."
He shouted, his voice carrying a mysterious rhythm, likely a Dao tone used to control treasures.
Suddenly, the sound of chains vibrating came from outside the void fortress, and space trembled. Qin Mu followed the sound and was horrified to see a divine demon even larger than the void fortress slowly rising behind it, lifting its head!
This colossal deity had three heads and six arms, expressionless, with its three heads facing different directions!
His body was wrapped in divine rune chains, formed from his own vital energy. Each chain flickered with runic light, constantly flowing around his massive form!
His runes interwove, covering an increasingly wide area, enveloping the entire void fortress.
This was an Imperial Seat powerhouse!
Judging by his cultivation, he was likely at the peak of the Imperial Seat realm!
Qin Mu looked at the runic light on those chains, finding them somewhat familiar, like the runes from the Flawless Creation Sutra. He couldn't help but exclaim, "Who is he? Is he the Emperor of the Red Ming Era?"
Yun Chu Xiu giggled. "Guess!"
Qin Mu's heart shook, and he shook his head. "It can't be Ming Emperor. Ming Emperor died in the battlefield ruins outside the Heavenly Court. On my way to the Heavenly Court, I heard Qi Jiu Yi say we passed through Ming Emperor's battlefield!"
Yun Chu Xiu smiled. "Naturally, it's not Ming Emperor. Ming Emperor possessed the strongest physical body in history and almost stormed the Heavenly Court. Back then, countless divine demon armies besieged him, cutting off his head countless times, but each time it grew back. He was impossible to kill. Even the Heavenly Venerables found it extremely difficult to refine him to death. The battlefield ruins you passed through contain countless corpses of Ming Emperor and other divine demons. Over a dozen Imperial Seat powerhouses from the Heavenly Court also died there, a brutal scene."
Qin Mu looked up at the giant deity behind the void fortress. This deity was too powerful, standing there and pressing the surrounding space into a funnel shape, collapsing inward toward him!
"No insight! The Great Emperor Ju Yu's clan had the strongest physical body in history!" Shu Jun's voice rang in his mind.
"Besides Ming Emperor, has anyone else possessed such a formidable physical body?" Qin Mu asked Yun Chu Xiu.
"Ming Emperor is dead."
Yun Chu Xiu said with a smile, "He died a miserable death. His physical body was the strongest in history, but his primordial spirit was not cultivated to three heads and six arms. His weakness was found, and so he was killed by Yin Tianzi."
Qin Mu's heart stirred. Ming Emperor's Flawless Creation Sutra indeed could not cultivate the primordial spirit.
His technique lacked the method to cultivate a three-headed, six-armed primordial spirit, leaving a significant flaw.
If combined with Red Emperor's Three Primordial Spirits Indestructible Divine Consciousness, it would be perfect.
Of course, that was in the past.
Now, with the advancement of Dao techniques and divine abilities, the Ten Heavenly Venerables of the Heavenly Court had begun to march into the Heavenly Court realm. Even combining two Imperial Seat techniques could not achieve invincibility.
"Is this Imperial Seat giant deity actually Ming Emperor?"
Qin Mu had a trace of doubt. Red Emperor's Indestructible Divine Consciousness could ensure his consciousness never perished. Could Ming Emperor's Flawless Creation Sutra ensure his physical body was immortal and indestructible?
Ming Emperor died; it might have been his soul that died, but his physical body could still be alive.
Was it possible that this giant deity was Ming Emperor's physical body?
In the void fortress, they rested for a while. The fortress, shielded by the giant deity's runes, blocked the Great Void's eerie divine consciousness, allowing them to relax without worrying about the Great Void creating their heart demons.
After recovering from their injuries, the tower ship set sail again, following Cloud Luo Emperor Wei Suifeng's star river divine ability deeper into the Great Void.
Qin Mu looked back and saw the void fortress looked as if it had been pulled out of a pool of blood, covered in blood rust.
What had attacked this fortress, leaving bones scattered everywhere?
They had been here too short a time to see the monsters of the Great Void attack, which was a pity.
Qin Mu's gaze fell again on the giant deity. "Who is he? If I summon his soul, would he come back to life?"
A few days later, they arrived at a second void fortress, but it had been shattered. A terrifying force from the Great Void had destroyed it.
Luo Wu Shuang frowned, ordering the tower ship to stop outside. He entered the ruins alone to search. After a while, he returned to the ship, shaking his head. "No corpses. The garrison's bodies have disappeared."
Qin Mu said solemnly, "Then continue forward."
The tower ship set sail again. Cloud Luo Emperor Wei Suifeng's divine ability still guided them, but the people on the ship soon felt that the Buddhist state of Neither Thinking Nor Not Thinking could no longer resist the Great Void's eeriness.
Outside the tower ship, a huge eyeball suddenly appeared, rolled around, and then vanished.
"Whose heart demon?" Luo Wu Shuang drew his blade, alert.
At that moment, a massive, slippery body appeared outside the ship, rubbing against the hull as it swam, making a screeching sound.
Luo Wu Shuang quickly went outside the ship, but that long body gradually faded into nothingness.
He was startled and uncertain. Suddenly, thick tentacles rose from beneath the ship, grabbing hold of it. Luo Wu Shuang was about to cut them off, but the tentacles also grew fainter and disappeared.
Qin Mu leaned over the side, peering down, and shouted, "Divine Blade Luo, this is because some people, while cultivating Neither Thinking Nor Not Thinking, cannot suppress their heart demons, causing strange phenomena to arise!"
Yun Chu Xiu came to his side and whispered, "Kill those who can't suppress their heart demons, or we'll all fall into danger!"
Qin Mu glanced at her. Suddenly, beside the tower ship, a majestic divine figure slowly appeared, radiating divine light, with thousands of Dao tones roaring and echoing endlessly!
It was the ancient god, the Heavenly Emperor!
Qin Mu said coldly, "Lady, you also can't suppress your heart demon. Should we eliminate you too?"
As his words fell, he suddenly saw the figures of the Ten Heavenly Venerables appear around the tower ship, surrounding it.
Among these Ten Heavenly Venerables, only Hao Tian Celestial Venerable, Fire Celestial Venerable, and Ancestral God King had clear faces; the others were shrouded in mist.
His heart demon had also appeared!
The Ten Heavenly Venerables gradually blurred and returned to nothingness, and the ancient god Heavenly Emperor also vanished.
Luo Wu Shuang returned to the ship, staring blankly at the running chest outside. On the chest appeared his heart demon, Qin Mu.
Cold sweat broke out on Qin Mu's forehead. The Great Void's illusions were growing stronger. Sooner or later, they would become real again and annihilate them all!
Just then, they saw a row of tall corpses walking on the star river above the tower ship.
"Corpse Walkers!"
Cheers erupted from the tower ship. Everyone was overjoyed. "Corpse Walkers have appeared! We're saved!"
Qin Mu was bewildered. What were Corpse Walkers?
"My people..."
Suddenly, the voice of the Creator Shu Jun rang in his mind, trembling. "How did they die here?"
—Happy Teachers' Day!