Chapter 953: Inviting the Enemy into the Trap
In an instant, the Grand Emperor’s phantom was overwhelmed by the phantoms of ancient gods like Heaven Duke and Earth Count!
Boom—
The Grand Emperor’s phantom was blasted apart by countless attacks, transforming into surging streams of divine consciousness that shot into the sky, reforming into the Grand Emperor’s phantom. He flicked his cloak, covering the heavens.
He activated his Supreme Unbounded Divine Consciousness, and countless ancient god phantoms began to emerge from beneath his cloak.
Heaven Duke Qin Mu raised his hand, grasping heavily, and roared: “Come down!”
The Heavenly Net descended like a bucket, trapping him tightly.
Just as the Grand Emperor’s phantom was about to break free from the Heavenly Net, a host of Star Lords activated the full starry sky, forming a Heavenly Net that fell from above, ensnaring him, locking him down, and dragging him onto the Taiji Diagram!
Earth Count Qin Mu’s twin horns transformed into two streams of yellow springs, coiling around his body, preventing him from escaping. Mother Earth Qin Mu grabbed the Primordial Tree and struck him with a single blow, shattering him once more.
The Grand Emperor’s divine consciousness surged, skimming across the Taiji Diagram in all directions, but the phantoms of the Four Ancient Gods—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise—appeared around him, sealing him off and trapping him in the center.
At the same time, Qin Mu’s Primordial Spirit, the Heavenly Emperor, soared into the air. With a palm strike, ten thousand paths converged into one, slamming heavily into the seal of the Four Emperors.
Amid the violent tremors, the Grand Emperor’s divine consciousness shattered again!
“Grand Emperor, you don’t truly understand me.”
Qin Mu landed, stepping into the shattered divine consciousness of the Grand Emperor. He looked around and saw countless fragments of soul-stuff shimmering like glass. The Grand Emperor’s divine consciousness was so powerful that it could almost materialize without visualization—truly admirable.
“My greatest strength is not my cultivation realm, nor my profound vitality comparable to true gods, but my divine consciousness.”
Qin Mu examined the fragments of soul-stuff, observing their mysteries, and continued: “Years ago, I could survive without a soul or spirit, relying solely on my indestructible divine consciousness. Since meeting Shu Jun and cultivating the Three Enclosures Upper Consciousness with the aid of the Primordial Origin Stone, my divine consciousness has advanced by leaps and bounds. You entered my divine repository, seemingly breaking through the Heavenly Origin Three Dippers I set up, but how do you know it wasn’t all my design? What if I deliberately let you in, to take the opportunity to refine you and devour your divine consciousness?”
“You want to devour my divine consciousness?”
Those fragments of soul-stuff, like pieces of glass, flowed with a rustling sound, forming a massive vortex around Qin Mu. The Grand Emperor’s voice came through, sneering: “Do you think that with a few days of cultivating the Three Enclosures Upper Consciousness, you can stand against me?”
“Of course, relying solely on that is not enough to counter the Grand Emperor’s divine consciousness.”
Qin Mu picked up a fragment of soul-stuff, examining it closely, and said: “After all, you were the Heavenly Emperor of the Primordial Era, the original owner of the Primordial Origin Stone. And you obtained the complete Primordial Origin Stone, while the one I got is merely a fragment of yours.”
Heaven Duke Qin Mu rose up, covering the sky, surrounded by the Star Lords, while the sun and moon sank into the Taiji Diagram. The great sun shone brightly, containing a Sun Star Lord Qin Mu, and the moonlight was pure, containing a Moon Star Lord Qin Mu.
Beneath the Taiji Diagram, Earth Count Qin Mu stood with a long whip in hand, on high alert.
Outside, Yue Tingge, Luo Wushuang, Shu Jun, and the others were still fighting fiercely. Now, the Grand Emperor’s phantom had no path of escape left.
“Your strength is not limited to this. You also gathered countless ancient creators to visualize you, strengthening your physical body and your divine consciousness. You are undoubtedly the strongest of the Primordial Era. Shu Jun praised you, saying you possess the strongest physical body in history.”
Qin Mu continued: “In my view, the strongest physical body might not necessarily be you, but the strongest divine consciousness is definitely yours! However, times have changed…”
Suddenly, the Grand Emperor’s divine consciousness fragments coalesced, reforming his body. His divine consciousness erupted, and demons danced wildly. The next moment, he broke through the blockade of the Four Ancient God Qin Mus and shot into the air.
“…Times have changed. You are already dead, killed by the schemes of many creators, dying in this strange place called the Grand Void.”
Qin Mu looked up, watching him charge into the Heavenly Net set by Heaven Duke, and said: “You perished together with those creators. Your divine consciousness formed the Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain. The vast majority of your divine consciousness became part of that domain, and the amount you can now mobilize is truly limited.”
Boom!
The Grand Emperor’s phantom shattered again, blasted apart by Heaven Duke and Mother Earth. His fragments of soul-stuff turned into surging torrents that plunged into the Taiji Diagram, trying to escape from beneath it, but the next moment, they encountered Earth Count Qin Mu.
Qin Mu’s voice came from above the diagram. He looked through the Taiji Diagram at the Netherworld below: “When you broke through the Heavenly Origin Three Dippers I set up, each Dipper you shattered damaged your divine consciousness. By the time you reached my Spirit Embryo Divine Repository, you were no longer at full strength. Add to that the obstruction of the Primordial Spirits of two great experts, Yue Tingge and Luo Wushuang—Yue Tingge being a being at the complete Emperor Throne level—you had to expend even more divine consciousness to deal with them.”
He didn’t continue, but the Grand Emperor understood his meaning.
With Shu Jun, one of the Three Primordial Kings, blocking the way, the Grand Emperor had to split half of his divine consciousness to deal with him.
The divine consciousness that actually reached Qin Mu was not much. Qin Mu had seized this opportunity, intending to capture and refine the Grand Emperor’s divine consciousness.
The Grand Emperor had come to borrow life, planning to seize Qin Mu’s body and erase his consciousness, while Qin Mu’s goal was to lure him in, refine his divine consciousness, and obtain his memories and techniques.
While you watch your prey, the prey watches you.
Qin Mu was very interested in his Supreme Unbounded Divine Consciousness, especially after arriving at the Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain, which showed him another path of cultivation.
Although Shu Jun’s Three Enclosures Upper Consciousness was good, even Qin Mu could recognize its shortcomings, so he urgently desired the Grand Emperor’s Supreme Unbounded Divine Consciousness.
The Four Ancient God Qin Mus sank into the Netherworld, joining forces with Earth Count Qin Mu. The Grand Emperor’s phantom was forced out of the Netherworld, and as soon as it emerged onto the diagram, it met Qin Mu’s full-force strike, shattering it once more!
“Very strong, Mu Tianzun…”
The Grand Emperor’s divine consciousness fragments shot into the sky, and his laughter came from within: “I underestimated you. You seized the initiative and outmaneuvered me. Unfortunately, you don’t know what Supreme Unbounded Divine Consciousness is!”
Heaven Duke Qin Mu immediately led his forces to block him, but unexpectedly, the shattered divine consciousness surged, and upon contact with Heaven Duke Qin Mu, it frantically flowed into his body!
Heaven Duke Qin Mu’s face changed drastically, twisting and deforming. The next moment, it seemed as if he had two faces rapidly shifting, as if two beings were fighting for control of his body!
It looked like two selves were trying to tear themselves apart from this body, splitting it in two!
Qin Mu’s expression also changed. He rushed forward, but before he could reach Heaven Duke Qin Mu, the divine consciousness within him was already refined and devoured by the Grand Emperor’s consciousness!
Heaven Duke Qin Mu’s face turned into the Grand Emperor’s face!
Heaven Duke Grand Emperor laughed heartily, and the divine consciousness fragments flowed in all directions, burrowing into the bodies of the three hundred and sixty Star Lord Qin Mus.
Those Star Lords suffered the same fate as Heaven Duke Qin Mu—their faces twitched violently, and soon, one by one, they transformed into the Grand Emperor’s faces!
“If I wished, I could turn all beings under heaven into me!”
The Grand Emperor’s divine consciousness flowed everywhere, like a flood, rushing toward the Four Emperor Qin Mus, Mother Earth Qin Mu, Heaven Yin Qin Mu, and others, laughing: “But that would be too boring.”
Qin Mu charged forward, sneering: “Unfortunately, you’re still dead. First, you were besieged by ancient gods, then schemed against by creators! You’ve lost twice, and now you’ll lose a third time!”
Heaven Duke Grand Emperor, leading the three hundred and sixty Star Lord Grand Emperors, blocked him. The Grand Emperor’s phantom, with countless divine consciousness fragments fluttering like birds made of jade glass, rushed toward Mother Earth Qin Mu, trying to assimilate her.
Qin Mu’s face darkened. He struck down Heaven Duke Grand Emperor and shattered many Star Lord Grand Emperors, but faced with the unpredictable Supreme Unbounded Divine Consciousness, he felt somewhat helpless.
The Grand Emperor’s strength exceeded his expectations. He had thought it would be easy, but he didn’t realize that the Supreme Unbounded Divine Consciousness was so marvelous that even in such adversity, the Grand Emperor could turn the tables!
“But in the Spirit Embryo Divine Repository I created, I am the Heavenly Emperor! This is my domain, my world, and I am its master!”
Qin Mu roared. The sky suddenly changed, revealing the Forty-Nine Heavenly Daos. Heavenly Net, Heavenly Order, Heavenly Begging, Heavenly Seal, Heavenly Mystery, Heavenly Mechanism, and other great paths all deified, transforming into ancient-looking divine beings descending from the sky, trapping Heaven Duke Grand Emperor.
Twenty-three Heavenly Gods also emerged, joining the Forty-Nine Heavenly Dao divine beings. Each reached out, grabbing Heaven Duke Grand Emperor, and pulled outward with force. Instantly, they tore out the Forty-Nine Heavenly Daos and the Twenty-Three Xuan Du Great Daos from his body, causing Heaven Duke Grand Emperor to collapse on the spot, leaving only a patch of divine consciousness.
Those divine consciousness fragments tried to flee, but were immediately trapped by the Forty-Nine Heavenly Dao divine beings and the Twenty-Three Xuan Du divine beings. With a combined strike, they shattered the consciousness into pieces.
Among them, the Heavenly Vase Divine Being waved his hand, producing a Heavenly Vase that collected the fragments into it.
Seventy-two divine beings rapidly circled the Heavenly Vase, imprinting various divine abilities onto the vase, suppressing the Grand Emperor’s divine consciousness.
On the other side, the Grand Emperor’s phantom rushed into Mother Earth Qin Mu’s body. Just as he began to assimilate her, thirty-six Primordial Dao divine beings emerged from the Primordial Tree, surrounding Mother Earth Grand Emperor. They pulled the Thirty-Six Primordial Daos out of her body, leaving only the Grand Emperor’s divine consciousness.
The Grand Emperor’s phantom quickly fled, diving into the Netherworld, while the divine consciousness within Mother Earth Grand Emperor was also refined by Qin Mu.
Just as he assimilated Earth Count Qin Mu, sixty-four demon gods emerged from the darkness—the deified forms of the Netherworld’s sixty-four great paths—and together, they dismantled Earth Count Grand Emperor.
The Grand Emperor’s phantom was furious, charging straight at Qin Mu’s Primordial Spirit: “Mu Tianzun, can you deify yourself and break down into different great paths?”
Qin Mu’s Primordial Spirit trembled violently as the Grand Emperor invaded his body. His face twisted, with two faces rapidly shifting.
At that moment, countless divine beings—Heaven Duke, Earth Count, Mother Earth, Heaven Yin, and others—descended, surrounding Qin Mu. They all reached out their hands.
“This is inviting the enemy into the trap!”
The many divine beings pulled hard, and Qin Mu instantly split apart, turning into countless great paths composed of runes, torn away, leaving only the Grand Emperor’s divine consciousness!
Just as the Grand Emperor’s divine consciousness tried to break out, the runic great paths shot into the sky, reforming into Qin Mu’s body. His hand pressed down, while the other divine beings pushed their palms forward.
Clang, clang, clang—a series of crisp sounds rang out as an impenetrable four-sided wall trapped him inside!
The Grand Emperor’s divine consciousness dashed about wildly but couldn’t break the cage. He was both shocked and furious: “Your Primordial Spirit is wrong—how can it automatically decompose?”
“That’s because I originally had no soul. I am merely a cluster of consciousness. My soul was created by me when I opened the heavens and established the world.”
Qin Mu looked up. The Grand Emperor’s divine consciousness, which had been fighting Shu Jun, Yue Tingge, and Luo Wushuang, immediately surged outward, no longer daring to fight. Qin Mu couldn’t help but laugh: “Grand Emperor, you’ve lost your nerve.”
“Hmph!”
—Commemorating September 18th, never forget the national humiliation!