Chapter 1418 — Slaying This Villain for the World

Heavenly Venerable Moon looked at him with a smile and said softly, "That is enough.

Rein it in.

" Shen Mu felt a chill in his heart and hastily restrained himself. Heavenly Venerable Moon took her seat, swept her gaze around the room, taking in the expressions of all the Heavenly Venerables, and said in a clear voice, "Fellow Daoists, the Heavenly Alliance was founded by the three of us together with Heavenly Venerable Yun and Heavenly Venerable Ling. You may oppose Heavenly Venerable Shen, but would you also oppose me? You may oppose me, but would you also oppose Heavenly Venerable Yun and Heavenly Venerable Ling? Then among us five founding elders, who is left that you do not oppose? " Divine Emperor Langxuan sneered, "Heavenly Venerable Moon, we do not oppose Heavenly Venerable Mu!

You and Heavenly Venerable Ling conspired to slay Mother Earth Primordial Sovereign. Mother Earth was of high virtue and great prestige, yet she fell to your foul hands! Heavenly Venerable Mu is clean and spotless, he has never done such evil! Why can we not oppose you?

" Shen Mu kindly reminded him, "Divine Emperor Langxuan, we were just speaking of how Mother Earth ran amok and slaughtered a million heavenly soldiers and generals of the Heavenly Court. Ancestral God King was on the verge of tears. Everyone said Mother Earth Primordial Sovereign was utterly wicked, an accomplice of the Heavenly Duke just like Heavenly Venerable Shen. Why does the Divine Emperor instead speak for this villain? Could you be a partisan of the Heavenly Duke?

I refuse to believe you are such a person.

" "You! " Divine Emperor Langxuan was left speechless, tongue-tied.

If they forcibly pinned the killing of Mother Earth Primordial Sovereign on Heavenly Venerable Moon, then Kaihuang would be absolved and become an innocent man. If they did not pin it on Heavenly Venerable Moon, then she had far too few stains on her name, leaving them no handle to grasp, and Shen Mu would smoothly install her into the Heavenly Alliance. That Heavenly Venerable Moon divided their interests was a small matter; the crux was that she divided hearts and minds.

Shen Mu and Kaihuang were skilled at bewitching the hearts of men.

Their words just now had already left them burned and battered. If Kaihuang and Heavenly Venerable Moon were allowed to infiltrate the Heavenly Alliance's leadership, it would not be long before many worlds among the heavens and myriad realms belonged not to the Ten Heavenly Venerables, but to them! He looked downward and saw that below, the gods and sages of the Second Heavenly Court and the First Heavenly Court were whispering among themselves, discussing heatedly. With three of the Heavenly Alliance's great elders arriving together today, the hearts of the Heavenly Alliance wavered.

Of the Heavenly Alliance's five founding elders, three had now arrived. Shen Mu was easy to handle, for his cultivation was not high, his strength still weak, and his faction could not compare with theirs. But Heavenly Venerable Shen commanded the great power of Carefree Land, was allied with the prehistoric Creators, and secretly communicated with the Heavenly Duke, Earth Earl, and other such beings.

If he also gained the support of certain forces among the heavens and myriad realms, with many Heavenly Venerable-level beings backing him, he could stand as an equal to the Ten Heavenly Venerables! Shen Mu wore a troubled expression, hesitated a moment, then said with fervor, "Moreover, Divine Emperor Langxuan, you do not know that Mother Earth Primordial Sovereign, that utterly wicked villain, has already been executed by me.

" At these words, an uproar arose, and the sovereigns of the myriad realms discussed it all the more. Shen Mu declared loudly, "That is right.

Mother Earth Primordial Sovereign did not die at the hands of Heavenly Venerable Moon and Heavenly Venerable Ling, but was killed by me. If Heavenly Venerable Moon and Heavenly Venerable Ling had killed Mother Earth, how could Mother Earth have gone to Xuandu to rebel and wreak havoc?

It was precisely because I grieved for the Heavenly Court soldiers who died at Mother Earth's hands in Xuandu, and was indignant on behalf of those soldiers' lives, that I disregarded life and death and challenged Mother Earth Primordial Sovereign of my own accord! " Tears seemed to glimmer in his eyes. Stirred and impassioned, he cried in a loud voice, "A million Heavenly Court soldiers, their bones not yet cold, cannot be allowed to die in vain!

A blood debt must be repaid in blood!

Ancestral God King cannot avenge them, the Heavenly Court cannot avenge them, but I, Shen Mu, Lord of the Heavenly Alliance, am willing to bear the infamy of slaying Mother Earth Primordial Sovereign! Mother Earth Primordial Sovereign was executed by me on the reverse side of the Ancestral Court. Heavenly Venerable Gong can bear witness, Heavenly Consort Qiang can also bear witness! Divine Emperor Langxuan, you too can bear witness for me! " He said indignantly, "The blood of my Heavenly Court soldiers cannot flow in vain! Divine Emperor Langxuan, if you wish to pursue the crime of Heavenly Venerable Moon killing Mother Earth Primordial Sovereign, you need not seek her out!

Come to me instead. All the blame, I, Shen Mu, will bear alone! " Divine Emperor Langxuan's face flushed red, and he was tongue-tied, unable to speak for a long while. Heavenly Venerable Gong coughed once and said calmly, "What Heavenly Venerable Mu says is true. I can bear witness. " Heavenly Consort Qiang hesitated, then smiled, "I can also bear witness. Divine Emperor, at that time we were all on the reverse side of the Ancestral Court, and witnessed the case of Heavenly Venerable Mu executing Mother Earth. " Divine Emperor Langxuan was utterly speechless.

He silently retreated to his original place and sat down. Heavenly Venerable Fire said coldly, "Even if Mother Earth had nothing to do with Heavenly Venerable Moon and Heavenly Venerable Ling, in the era of the Supreme Emperors the people had no means to live, and the Northern and Southern Supreme Emperors warred against each other, with untold multitudes of common folk dead and wounded! Both the Southern Supreme Emperor and the Northern Supreme Emperor had immense lust for power, intending to overturn the heavens, intending rebellion. Their crime is worthy of execution!

" Shen Mu said abruptly, "I have heard that the first Southern Supreme Emperor was Heavenly Venerable Xiao.

Heavenly Venerable Fire, as to whether the Southern Supreme Emperor's Heavenly Court was rebelling against the Heavenly Court, why not ask Heavenly Venerable Xiao?

" "You! " Heavenly Venerable Fire suddenly looked toward him, fire blazing in his eyes, a savage light in his gaze, killing intent surging!

"Enough.

" Heavenly Venerable Hao raised his hand, and at once silence fell all around. Everyone's gaze involuntarily gathered upon him. Heavenly Venerable Hao was expressionless, sitting there withered and still, and said calmly, "Enough. If we only vie with words, even if we argue for three days and three nights, for three years or five, we may still keep arguing, never reaching a result.

. . This world does not rely on glib tongues, but on strength.

" He slowly rose to his feet and said indifferently, "History is written by the victors.

No matter who is right and who is wrong, a thousand years from now none can escape the historian's brush.

We Ten Heavenly Venerables hold the power of the world, hold the Heavenly Court's divine artifacts, hold the strongest martial force!

" His gaze was grim with killing intent. Slowly he moved his eyes, sweeping over the faces of Shen Mu, Kaihuang, Heavenly Venerable Moon, and the others, over the faces of the other Heavenly Venerables.