Chapter 1345 — Divine Capital of the Ancestral Source

Amid the Grand Emperor's cries, the treasure seal spun up into the air, its precious light bursting forth, and the Grand Emperor's head within the seal gave a muffled groan as his spiritual consciousness was stirred beyond his control, strange Dao patterns surfacing across the face of the seal! Boom!

Shen Mu's strike with the seal shattered mountains and split the earth, and the Grand Emperor's head felt his own spiritual consciousness turned into the energy of the treasure seal, for Shen Mu had not used his own cultivation in this blow but only driven the Four Mines Seal, and it was those four mineral veins that absorbed his energy and transformed it into might!

"Damn it, you have refined me into a treasure! " The Grand Emperor's head cursed aloud, yet seeing Shen Mu about to drive the seal again, he cried hastily: "Mu Heavenly Venerable, let us talk this over! " Shen Mu stayed his hand and summoned the seal back, saying with a kindly face: "Brother Dao, will you not reconsider the matter of Yun Heavenly Venerable and Ling Heavenly Venerable?

" The Grand Emperor's head flickered between gloom and light, then said dejectedly: "I admit defeat.

But Yun Heavenly Venerable and Ling Heavenly Venerable I will never hand over to you, though we may yet discuss other matters.

" Shen Mu made as if to drive the seal again, and the Grand Emperor cried in panic: "Hold on!

This head of mine is worth nothing, merely visualized from Taichu Origin Stone, not to be compared with Yun Heavenly Venerable's soul, nor with Ling Heavenly Venerable's life! No matter how you humiliate me, I can never trade them with you!

We can trade for other things! " Shen Mu withdrew his hand and said doubtfully: "What else do you have to trade? Brother Grand Emperor, no disrespect, but to be frank, I hold the greatest treasure land in the Ancestral Court, enthroned over the Hundred Thousand Black Mountains, rich in mines and abundant in supplies!

And I trade besides with Gong Heavenly Venerable and Yan Heavenly Consort, so to be honest, I look down upon the paltry yield of your territory. If you mean to trade treasures from Qiang Heavenly Consort's territory, spare your breath. " The Grand Emperor's head sneered: "You call that Great Black Mountain of yours a treasure land? It would make a man laugh his teeth out!

Mu Heavenly Venerable, your Great Black Mountain is a place none of the Ten Heavenly Venerables would deign to glance at, only you treasure it like some precious lump! My territory in the Ancestral Court is also a treasure land, better than your Great Black Mountain by who knows how much, a place where baleful aura gathers. Of course, I will not trade it with you. " Shen Mu's heart stirred, and he asked humbly: "What is so particular about the baleful gathering land held by Qiang Heavenly Consort?

" The Grand Emperor laughed: "Nothing else, only that it is a natural God Execution Platform in the Ancestral Court.

" Shen Mu's heart pounded fiercely, and he said hoarsely: "A natural God Execution Platform?

" "Mu Heavenly Venerable, you are still too young.

" The Grand Emperor chuckled: "My treasure land is a natural God Execution Platform, while the treasure land of Langxuan Divine Emperor is the natural Yaochi Sacred Realm in the Ancestral Court!

And besides these, there are other treasure lands in this Ancestral Court, corresponding respectively to the Four Heavenly Gates, the Thousand Palaces and Myriad Halls, even the Jade Capital Holy City! Even the Chengtian Gate may be found in the Ancestral Court! Do you realize what that means? " Shen Mu's mind shook violently, and he cried out: "You mean there is a Heavenly Court from the Primordial Era in the Ancestral Court?

" "Wrong, not a Heavenly Court from the Primordial Era.

" The Grand Emperor said complacently: "Rather, the Heavenly Courts of later ages were all built to the measure of the treasure lands in the Ancestral Court of the Primordial Era.

When Taichu and those ancient gods built the Heavenly Court, one might say they copied the treasure lands of the Ancestral Court almost entire. The Yaochi answers to the Yaochi of the Ancestral Court, the Heavenly Gates answer to the Heavenly Gates of the Ancestral Court, and the God Execution Platform was likewise modeled on that of the Ancestral Court. Now you should understand why the Heavenly Palace realm matters? " Shen Mu's mind roared.

The Heavenly Palace realm was founded by Yu Heavenly Venerable, and when men of later ages cultivated according to the seven realms of the Heavenly Palace, they naturally gained mighty power.

Whence came such power? Why should each step forward in the Heavenly Palace bring so vast an increase in one's strength?

Why must gods, once cultivated to a certain realm, pass through the God Execution Platform?

If the Longhan Heavenly Court was laid out according to the geography of the Ancestral Court, then all could be explained.

Apart from the Five Primordial Mineral Veins, the Ancestral Court held other treasure lands such as the South Heavenly Gate and the Yaochi, and the Heavenly Court was built to the measure of these treasure lands, the Longhan Heavenly Court itself inheriting the Great Dao of the Ancestral Court!

When gods cultivated to the realm of the South Heavenly Gate, it was as if they passed through the South Heavenly Gate in the Ancestral Court to attain the Dao, and naturally gained the corresponding power!

Shen Mu steadied himself and said abruptly: "Then what is it Brother Grand Emperor means to trade with me? " "The location of the Jade Capital Holy City!

" The Grand Emperor said in a low voice: "The God Execution Platform is already my territory, and that place I will never yield to you, but I can tell you the location of the Jade Capital Holy City. That Jade Capital Holy City is better than your Great Black Mountain by who knows how much, and once you gain that treasure land, your rise will be swift, and becoming Heavenly Emperor will be but a matter of time!

" Shen Mu burst out laughing, his laughter growing louder and more ringing.

The Grand Emperor's head said coldly: "What are you laughing at?

" Shen Mu laughed heartily and shook his head: "Grand Emperor, do you take me for a three-year-old child? Let me tell you, I am already sixteen! If that Jade Capital Holy City were truly a supreme treasure land, would you not seize it yourself?

Would Xiao Heavenly Venerable, Yan Heavenly Consort and Gong Heavenly Venerable not seize it?

They too have gained secrets of the Ancestral Court, and know no less than you.

" The corner of his mouth lifted, and he said lightly: "You must indeed know the whereabouts of the Jade Capital Holy City in the Ancestral Court, but the peril there, I fear, is such that even a Heavenly Venerable can hardly set foot, surpassing even the perils of the Five Great Mineral Veins. With this news you merely cheat me to my death. " The Grand Emperor's head fell silent a moment, then sighed: "You guessed aright.

The Jade Capital Holy City of the Ancestral Court is indeed a forbidden place, a restricted zone, and when I sat enthroned as Grand Emperor I once led the mightiest ancient gods to explore it, yet we too knew our limits and withdrew. " Shen Mu asked: "Which ancient gods did you lead? " "Heavenly Emperor Taichu, Earth Mother Yuanjun, and Northern Emperor Xuanwu.

Besides them, there were Boyang, Shujun and Gongyun, and they each led other ancient gods and emperors to explore it together. " The Grand Emperor fell silent again, then said: "We could not explore it fully, only its outer reaches, and in the end we had no choice but to retreat. How is this, Mu Heavenly Venerable, I will tell you the location of the Jade Capital Holy City, and allow you to enter my God Execution Platform once, and you let me go.