Chapter 1440 — Taiji Transforms the Myriad Arts

The two Taiji Ancient Gods landed, blood seeping from the corners of their mouths. To have met such a situation the moment they emerged into the world, to be wounded—it was no small blow to them.

The two Taiji Ancient Gods wore robes of black and white, one male and one female, of strange and striking appearance; both had human heads and human bodies, and serpent tails.

The appearances of the ancient gods were myriad and bizarre. Many of them had been shaped by the Creator's imaginings of deities in the primordial age; there was a historical element at work in this.

The Creator imagined that gods who possessed different Great Daos and wielded different powers should differ in appearance and form from the Creator himself; thus were formed the Vermilion Bird, the Black Tortoise, the Azure Dragon, the White Tiger, and the ancient gods of the stars and constellations. But those ancient gods were sacrificial gods, whereas the other Dao-born ancient gods were formed by the Great Dao itself—such as Tian Gong, Tubo, Tianyin, the Empress, and others.

Apart from Tubo, their looks were more or less normal. As for the Five Primordial Tai, their forms were difficult to comprehend.

Taiyi had neither form nor state, and could transform into anything.

He was an inconceivable state.

Taisu had form but no substance; what was thought was what was seen—also an ineffable form.

Whatever appearance you imagined her to have, that was the appearance she had.

As for Taichu, the Heavenly Emperor, the reason he had form and substance was that he had been secretly plotted against by the Great Emperor, who caused the Creator to offer sacrifice to him, giving him a body—but at the same time limiting Taichu's power. Taiji: yin and yang engendered and transformed, and the Great Dao began.

From Taiyi's formlessness, statelessness, and breathlessness, to Taichu's primordial qi, to Taishi's form without substance or body, to Taisu's form and substance without body, and then to Taiji—the heaven-and-earth Great Dao of the universe, through the engendering transformation of the two qi of yin and yang, brought forth heaven, earth, the myriad things, and all living beings. The forms of the Taiji Ancient Gods were therefore not as inconceivable as those of the other four divinities, but they too were strange of appearance, possessing human shape and the bearing of the Dao. Their serpent bodies were the manifestation of the Dao's form.

Shi Qiluo, Qiang Tianfei, and the divine artifact Yutianzun came to kill again; in truth only two were controlling them—Lady Yuanmu and the Great Emperor. Lady Yuanmu knew well that with the Taiji Ancient Gods born into the world, if they joined hands with the Empress, her own situation would become extremely dire; therefore, whenever there was an opportunity, she must eliminate the Taiji Ancient Gods.

The Great Emperor, for his part, simply bore a grudge against the Taiji Ancient Gods, and feared nothing more than that these two ancient gods would take revenge on him.

Yan Tianfei and the Empress rushed over at top speed; both were the Empress, and no matter what, she had to protect the Taiji Ancient Gods. She ranked among the Ten Heavenly Venerables, and if she gained the aid of the Taiji Ancient Gods, the benefits would be truly immense.

Her power would soar straight up, and in one stroke she would become the foremost power among the Ten Heavenly Venerables. Likewise, if the Taiji Ancient Gods helped her refine her younger sister, Lady Yuanmu, her strength too would soar, and in one stroke she would cultivate the Great Heavenly Court!

By then, for a woman to become the Heavenly Emperor—why not!

"Though the Heavenly Venerables are strong, they do not know the true wonder of the Dao. " The two Taiji Ancient Gods exchanged a smile, then suddenly their bodies spun with a whoosh, and the entire Taiji Star Domain abruptly spun madly along with their bodies!

Shi Qiluo, the divine artifact Yutianzun, Qiang Tianfei, the Empress, and the others could not keep their footing; they looked around, and could no longer see the mining district—not only could they not see the mining district, they did not even know where they were! They saw only black sand and white sand converging and merging all around them, spinning madly about them—no above, no below, no heaven, no earth!

"The Heavenly Venerables are ordinary living beings.

Though their power is transcendent and sage-like, they are far from reaching the state of liberation.

" From within the surging wild sand came a voice, male and female overlapping, passing into their ears with utter clarity: "Though you may comprehend the Dao of Yin and Yang, the Dao of Yin and Yang is not Taiji! The so-called heaven-and-earth Great Dao you speak of is nothing but what has been engendered and transformed from the Dao of Taiji!

" The faces of Shi Qiluo and the others changed drastically. Within the wild sand, an incomparably tall and majestic figure loomed faintly.

It was a Tian Gong.

White brows and white beard, his long beard streaming; countless grains of wild sand made up his body, and countless more grains had become the millions upon millions of stars orbiting him in flight!

His Heavenly Dao aura was incomparably intense, making the corners of the three Heavenly Venerables' eyes twitch. "Tian Gong—a Tian Gong in complete form. .

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" Qiang Tianfei's lovely face paled.

This Tian Gong gave her a feeling no weaker than the Tian Gong in Xuandu; his strength was truly formidable.

She immediately made her decision, controlling the divine artifact Yutianzun to charge at this Tian Gong, while her own true body at once tore through the air and vanished into the void in an instant.

That Tian Gong raised his hand, and forty-nine Heavenly Daos transformed into forty-nine Heavenly Dao treasures, which shot all at once into the void!

The void shook violently, and Qiang Tianfei was blasted out, her clothes in disarray, her face full of shock and uncertainty.

The divine artifact Yutianzun charged at Tian Gong, but the next moment was struck down by that Tian Gong's massive fist; one punch left his legs weak and aching, and he knelt on the ground, both hands propping up Tian Gong's fist. "Useless Great Emperor—do you not even have the courage for a single battle?

" Lady Yuanmu's primordial spirit rushed into the divine artifact Yutianzun and said in a harsh voice: "Get back here!

My primordial spirit and your consciousness—can we not deal with him?

Attack together! " Her primordial spirit rushed into the body of the divine artifact Yutianzun, and mana erupted.

Her primordial spirit's mana was vast, and Qiang Tianfei's consciousness was powerful; together the two raised the divine artifact Yutianzun's strength to its utmost limit!

The divine artifact Yutianzun roared, stood up, and lifted Tian Gong's fist. Tian Gong withdrew his fist and smashed down with the other; the Heavenly Dao thundered, light filled the heavens, illuminating countless galaxies of the starry sky!

The divine artifact Yutianzun was worthy of being the strongest weapon forged by the Heavenly Court; a stretch of Heavenly Court divine light shot up from behind his head. Lady Yuanmu and Qiang Tianfei joined as one, forcibly raising this artifact's combat power to the level of Great Heavenly Court perfection, and hard-clashed with the Heavenly Dao.

The next moment, Tian Gong's fist exploded, turning into countless grains of dancing sand.

On the other side, Shi Qiluo attacked, brandishing the twin lotuses.

The Guixu twin lotuses fell into his hands; at a single motion of the twin lotuses, the Guixu Great Abyss swallowed and disgorged all things, descending to envelop Tian Gong! Qiang Tianfei, meanwhile, roused her consciousness and struck at Tian Gong's brow, disrupting his consciousness.