Chapter 956: Vast and Mighty Divine Abilities
"Void Heavenly Venerable is dangerous?"
Qin Mu fell into deep thought. What exactly did Fire Heavenly Venerable mean by this sentence?
Was he referring to the woman Void Heavenly Venerable being dangerous, or was there something wrong with Void Heavenly Venerable as a person?
"Fire Heavenly Venerable is still so hot-tempered and hasty, never speaking clearly."
Qin Mu couldn't help but shake his head. In the past, Fire Heavenly Venerable had always been explosive-tempered. He had once fought Qin Mu over a trivial matter and was thoroughly beaten by him. Now, he was still the same.
"But he didn't try to kill me, and he asked me to take care of Cloud Heavenly Venerable's physical body. Back then at the Jade Pool, among the three Heavenly Venerables who protected me, was he one of them?"
Qin Mu sighed. He had also intended to ask Fire Heavenly Venerable who the sword-path expert he encountered in the Creator city was, and whether it was Opening Emperor. But Fire Heavenly Venerable left so quickly that he didn't have time to ask.
If Opening Emperor was also in the Great Void, then it meant that Carefree Village was here too.
They walked out of the Supreme Spiritual Awareness Domain, only to see a cluster of rootless fire burning fiercely ahead. The flames were two to three zhang tall, sometimes large, sometimes small.
A golden rope hung down from the top of the fire, its other end tied to a cloud in the sky. At the rope's end, a person was bound hand and foot, hanging upside down over the fire, screaming in agony as the rootless fire scorched him.
Qin Mu and Luo Wushuang looked closely—it was Yue Tingge, Heavenly Master Yue.
When the Daoist saw them, he immediately suppressed his pain and shouted loudly, "Pastoral Heavenly Venerable, Little Friend Luo, I offended Fire Heavenly Venerable and couldn't escape. He's vengeful and caught me, hanging me here to roast me for a few hundred years to vent his anger before he'll let me go! Please, the two of you, rescue me! Little Yue would be eternally grateful!"
Qin Mu looked away, turning a blind eye and deaf ear.
Luo Wushuang was kind-hearted and said, "Fire Heavenly Venerable hung you here instead of killing you—there must be a reason. If we untie you without permission, wouldn't that offend Fire Heavenly Venerable? Heavenly Master Yue, just burn the rope to free yourself. Rub against the fire..."
Yue Tingge was furious: "This rope is a treasure he refined, and this fire is his fire—how could it possibly burn through? You're even worse than Pastoral Heavenly Venerable!"
The two were about to leave when Yue Tingge quickly called out, "I know a secret!"
Qin Mu and the others continued forward, and Yue Tingge shouted, "I know where the remaining Creators went!"
Qin Mu stopped and turned around, feigning surprise: "How did Heavenly Master Yue end up hanging here? Who would be so bold as to put Heavenly Master Yue over a fire? Luo Divine Blade, quickly, lend a hand to rescue Heavenly Master Yue!"
Yue Tingge glared at him, eyes wide with fury.
Qin Mu remained expressionless, cast a teleportation formation, and sent the rootless fire dozens of li away. Luo Wushuang tried to untie the golden rope but couldn't; instead, the golden rope bit him, leaving his tiger's mouth bleeding.
The head of the golden rope was a dragon's head, small but fierce.
Qin Mu stepped forward, examined the golden rope, and said, "This golden rope is a dragon, probably Fire Heavenly Venerable's mount or belt. He's refined it into a weapon, so it's not easy to break... Heavenly Master Yue just said you know where the Creators went? Why don't you tell us in detail?"
Yue Tingge's eyes darted around, and he said, "I've been trapped here for over fifteen thousand years. I know this place like the back of my hand. I've been to the Supreme Spiritual Awareness Domain and other dangerous places. I found the last gathering place of the Great Void Creators—they migrated. If you rescue me, I'll tell you what I know."
Luo Wushuang shook his head. "I can't untie this golden rope."
Qin Mu pondered for a moment, then bowed to the golden rope and said, "Fire Heavenly Venerable, could you grant me this favor?"
The golden rope automatically detached, transforming into a golden dragon. It opened its huge mouth, sucked the distant rootless fire into its maw, then shook its head and tail, flying into the clouds. Its head hung down, but it didn't leave.
Luo Wushuang was stunned.
Yue Tingge fell to the ground, stood up, brushed the dust off his clothes, glanced at the golden dragon, and still shuddered with lingering fear. "I found the Creators' final gathering place and saw their arrangements there. They opened up a void within the Great Void, evolved heaven and earth, and ultimately escaped into the void. Based on my speculation, the Great Void collapsed and became uninhabitable. They should have left the Great Void during the middle to late Dragon Han Era, and they had guidance from a Dragon Han expert."
Qin Mu mused, "Could that expert be Cloud Heavenly Venerable? Otherwise, why would Cloud Heavenly Venerable leave Opening Emperor the geographical map of the Great Void?"
"That's unknown."
Yue Tingge continued, "They went to another void, taking the path of the Void Bridge. I've also been to the Void Bridge, but it's extremely perilous, impossible to set foot on, so I could only stay trapped here. There's one more thing..."
He hesitated, uncertain whether to speak.
Qin Mu showed a puzzled expression.
Yue Tingge gritted his teeth and said, "I once saw a ship sailing from the end of the Void Bridge. About thirty-something years ago, there was a couple on that ship, not Creators. The ship appeared and disappeared in an instant. I couldn't catch up, and it sailed out of the Great Void."
Qin Mu's heart stirred. "Thirty-something years ago?"
Yue Tingge nodded. "About thirty-five years ago. Judging by the aura of the people on the ship, they should be descendants of the Opening Emperor lineage. Perhaps because of this, the Heavenly Court continued to explore the Great Void, and in the last thirty years, more people have entered the Great Void. But very few survive to reach here. For most of the past ten thousand years, I've been the only one here. I once saw Mahabrahma Deva—that old monk came here as if sleepwalking. I'm a Daoist, so I don't like monks..."
Qin Mu looked at the golden dragon and said, "Then, Heavenly Master Yue, please lead the way to the Void Bridge."
Yue Tingge shook his head. "I won't go there. I'm afraid of actually meeting Opening Emperor. The Opening Emperor Heavenly Court was destroyed by my hands. I can draw you a route map, and you can go yourselves."
Qin Mu took out paper and a brush. Yue Tingge bent down and drew the geographical map of the Great Void. Luo Wushuang couldn't help but ask curiously, "Heavenly Master Yue, don't you plan to leave the Great Void and return to the Heavenly Court? If we can cross the Void Bridge, we might find a way back to the Heavenly Court."
"Leave the Great Void and return to the Heavenly Court?"
Yue Tingge didn't look up, sneering, "Return to the Heavenly Court to die? The moment I leave the Great Void, I'll die immediately. Someone won't let me leave here..."
He finished drawing the map, then suddenly looked up warily at Qin Mu and Luo Wushuang. "Who are you?"
He had gone mad again.
Qin Mu put away the geographical map. Yue Tingge chuckled, "Ah, I remember you. You're Pastoral Heavenly Venerable. You're one hand. The Heavenly Court sent three Heavenly Venerables to kill me—heh, they really think highly of me. I know a good place. I'll take you there..."
He hooked the golden dragon's head hanging from the sky and laughed, "Good brother, I've finally found you! Shh, let's trick them into going there and kill them. Heh, I've already tricked Fire Heavenly Venerable and Void Heavenly Venerable into going there. I killed two Heavenly Venerables—killing one more is no big deal..."
Qin Mu stood up and said to Luo Wushuang, "Let's go."
Luo Wushuang quickly followed him, looking back at the now-crazed Yue Tingge, who was still talking to the golden dragon as if it were an old friend. He asked doubtfully, "Qin Overlord Body, is Heavenly Master Yue truly mad, or is he pretending to be crazy?"
Qin Mu shook his head. "I'm not sure either. He might be truly mad, or he might be truly mad. He always says he has a good brother, probably another Heavenly Master who came here with him, his closest friend. That Heavenly Master likely died in the Great Void, and he's never been able to accept it."
Luo Wushuang thought for a moment and said, "It could also be pretending to be crazy. He can't leave here—if he does, he'll die for sure. The Heavenly Court wants to kill him, and the Opening Emperor Heavenly Court was destroyed by his hands, so he can't go to the Void Bridge to find Carefree Village, or Opening Emperor would kill him too. He's forever trapped in this Great Void."
Fire Heavenly Venerable's golden dragon abandoned Yue Tingge, coiled up, shrank into the clouds, and disappeared.
Qin Mu looked back and saw Yue Tingge standing there alone, indescribably desolate. Suddenly, his face turned ferocious and vicious as he cursed heaven and earth.
"He's too smart. He has no choice but to go mad."
Qin Mu smiled faintly. "Luo Divine Blade, do you plan to go mad and stay in the Great Void, or do you plan to go out and head to Extension?"
Luo Wushuang was startled.
"The choices left for you are already few." Qin Mu reminded him.
Luo Wushuang was silent for a moment, then sighed with deep emotion. "If I return to the Heavenly Court, I'll die. Empress and Yuanmu won't let me live. If I stay in the Great Void, my wisdom is inferior to Heavenly Master Yue's, and I won't live long before dying. But I've always had an obsession that keeps me alive. Qin Overlord Body, do you know what this long-cherished wish of mine is?"
Qin Mu smiled slightly. "Your injuries are almost healed. Just now, you ran faster than I did."
Luo Wushuang walked side by side with him, showing a rare smile. "Yes. The Supreme Emperor Overlord Body cut off one of my arms, but also saved my life three times. I can wait forty thousand years for this arm, waiting for the chance to prove my blade technique to the Supreme Emperor Overlord Body. But these three life-saving debts—I don't know how to repay them."
The two walked side by side toward the Creators' final gathering place, their momentum growing stronger. Ahead lay a vast golden desert, where wind and sand rose, blowing golden grains of dust across the dunes.
Qin Mu stepped onto the golden sand, leaving a trail of footprints. "Revenge and repaying kindness are two different things. You lost an arm, and you spent forty thousand years suffering to take revenge. Three life-saving debts, you use twelve thousand years to repay the kindness. Can it be calculated that way?"
Luo Wushuang was like an unsheathed divine blade, his edge fully exposed. He said solemnly, "It can."
His momentum carved a deep blade mark across the golden desert ahead. The blade mark extended forward, and on both sides, the stirred airflow formed tornadoes that howled and spun, sweeping golden sand into the sky.
Within the tornadoes, countless blade lights flashed chaotically—his blade technique.
Qin Mu gazed into the distance. The sand dunes, shaped like crescent moons, all faced the same direction. He praised, "The Creators' miraculous craftsmanship created this golden desert—a magnificent and wondrous sight."
His momentum erupted. His blood and qi surged like a vast ocean, like blazing oil fueling a fire, burning with youthful passion and fervor!
Suddenly, his ocean of blood and qi stood upright, like an unfolded iron-and-blood banner sweeping across the sky!
The Extension Reformation required iron and blood to forge!
The two auras collided. In an instant, Luo Wushuang felt the spirit of the times—the spirit of reforming heaven and earth, replacing the old with the new—emanating from Qin Mu's momentum!
That spirit did not belong to Qin Mu but to Extension, to the essence and energy of an era!
He had not stolen Extension's spirit of the times; rather, he had cultivated that spirit within the great trend of the Extension Reformation. The revolution was as fierce as fire, and the transformation surged like a river.
The river flowed, rising when blocked, drowning all that was old.
The fire blazed fiercely; a single spark could start a prairie fire, burning away all decay.
"Supreme Emperor Overlord Body, please!"
Luo Wushuang resolutely drew his blade. In the desert, amid the golden sand, the blade light shone like a rainbow. The blade opened one layer of heaven, slashing toward Qin Mu!
Qin Mu raised his hand, and sword light rose. Blade and sword clashed. Their divine power erupted, and their bodies collided. Blade and sword sang in unison!
The next moment, the power within the blade and sword exploded, sending them flying apart.
Luo Wushuang's body retreated, laughing heartily. Facing the retreating Qin Mu, he slashed with his blade. No matter how grand and magnificent Qin Mu's momentum was, he would cleave it open!
Qin Mu thrust his sword. The sword light stirred up a torrent of golden sand from the desert. Countless sand dunes were swept up by the sword light, forming a golden passage that surged forward. At the end of the passage stood Luo Wushuang, his momentum terrifying.
Luo Wushuang's blade light cut into this golden sand passage. Countless blade lights and sword lights clashed within the passage, piercing through it, turning into a rain of blades and swords across the sky.
Luo Wushuang strode forward, charging through the rain of blades and swords ahead. One layer of blade path, one layer of heaven. With each slash of his blade, he formed a blade-path heavenly realm. By the time he reached Qin Mu, fourteen layers of blade-path heavenly realms formed an overwhelming power, descending upon Qin Mu!
His blade technique had found no equal in the Heavenly Court. He was truly the Heavenly Court's number one divine blade!
Just as his divine blade descended, suddenly heaven and earth fell silent. Countless stars emerged in the sky. The golden desert beneath Qin Mu's feet rotated, forming a black-and-white Tai Chi diagram.
Luo Wushuang's heart leaped. He saw a sun rise from the black-and-white desert, and a moon sink.
Behind Qin Mu, the Primeval Tree grew lush and towering, rising higher and higher.
"Divine flesh unified—soul and body as one?"
Luo Wushuang swung his blade down, roaring angrily, "No matter how vast and mighty your divine abilities, you cannot withstand my divine blade!"
Qin Mu raised his sword, piercing through layer after layer of blade-path heavenly realms, aiming straight for his brow!