Chapter 1595 — The Fall of a Supreme

She drove the sword domain; the Taiji sword domain rotated and ground the Great Emperor's divine sense completely away! Xiong Qi'er let out a breath; countless sword lights returned one after another to the sword case on her back. The girl gathered her sable fur about her and strode out of this divine city of the northern frontier, into the ice and snow. Gong Tianzun left the Heavenly Court with the Wheel of Myriad Daos; Goddess Taisu floated behind her and said, "The Great Abyss of Guixu lies beneath Youdu, in the endless darkness at Tubo's feet. Why does Gong Tianzun not have Xu Tianzun send you to Youdu, instead of taking the road through the Yuan Realm?

" Gong Tianzun's divine sense rippled as she said, "I have always been aloof and dislike dealings with others; I have no friendship with Xu Tianzun. To ask her to act would only leave me owing her a favor.

" Shen Mu poked his head out of the Wheel of Myriad Daos.

"Tubo and I are on excellent terms. I can open the Gate of Heaven-Bearing and let you into Youdu.

" Goddess Taisu rang a bell that shook him back into the wheel, and said, "Then how do you intend to enter Youdu and go to Guixu?

" Gong Tianzun came to a spirit-energy transfer bridge and said, "Where the Yuan Realm joins Youdu, there is a god named Luli who guards the place. I will go there; Luli will guide me into Youdu.

" Goddess Taisu asked no more. Shen Mu said, "Why go to such trouble? My senior brother Wei Suifeng—you two know of him, surely?

He is Emperor Yunluo. He left behind the coordinates of Guixu within the cosmos.

Only let me out, and I can use a teleportation divine power to send you into Guixu. " The two women turned a deaf ear.

When they came to the Yuan Realm, Gong Tianzun entered the divine city the Heavenly Court had left here, worked her arts within the city, and summoned Luli from Youdu, saying, "Activate Youdu's spirit-energy transfer bridge; I wish to go to Youdu. " Shen Mu laughed heartily.

"Tubo is my elder brother! If you take the road through Youdu, my brother will certainly not let you off!

" Gong Tianzun frowned and said to Luli, "Is there any place where one can enter Youdu while avoiding Tubo?

" Luli said, "Replying to Tianzun, Youdu is everywhere, and so Tubo is everywhere. So long as one passes through Youdu, one cannot avoid Tubo. That ancient god has vast divine powers and boundless might.

" Gong Tianzun glanced at him, and Luli said hastily, "This subject has an idea: simply place the spirit-energy transfer bridge at Yusuo Pass.

Once the bridge is opened, Tianzun enters Yusuo Pass and departs at once; Tubo will not have time to act. " Gong Tianzun nodded. "Prepare it at once!

" Luli begged leave and returned to Youdu, going to Yusuo Pass to make ready. Gong Tianzun waited quietly.

Goddess Taisu's eyes flickered as she smiled.

"Gong Tianzun, you are a remarkable woman, long possessed of great ambitions. Can you truly be content to submit to Hao Tianzun?

If a man can be emperor, can a woman not? A woman as emperor is not impossible. What you lack is only someone to support you.

" Gong Tianzun's heart stirred slightly; she turned to face Taisu directly, but could see only a hazy figure, and said, "How would Lady Taisu instruct me?

" Taisu smiled.

"You have means, and you have cunning; what you lack is only fortune. Your fortune has come. You know my abilities, and you know my methods. I am one of the Five Innate Ultimates, an existence on a par with Taiyi, Taichu, and Taiji!

" She changed tack and said lightly, "The sword wound Kaihuang left you—it was I who healed it. I can heal you, and I can make the sword wound return, leaving you in a living death.

" Within the Wheel of Myriad Daos, Shen Mu could not help laughing aloud. Taisu ignored him and went on, "Huo Tianzun, Xu Tianzun, Langxuan, and the Ancestral God King were all wounded as well, and all healed by me. They too can hardly escape my grasp!

Hao Tianzun may seem to hold the reins of the Heavenly Court, but in truth, the one who truly holds power in the Heavenly Court is me! " Gong Tianzun seemed somewhat moved; Shen Mu laughed heartily.

Taisu frowned, still ignoring him, and said unhurriedly, "Gong Jun, so long as you submit to me, the seat of Heavenly Emperor will belong neither to Hao Tianzun nor to Xiao Tianzun, but to you!

What say you? " Shen Mu laughed so hard in the Wheel of Myriad Daos that he rolled on the ground. At last Taisu could not hold back her anger and said coldly, "Shen Mu, you brat, what are you laughing at? Before long you will lose your life, buried in Guixu, beyond all redemption!

Only by throwing yourself upon me and clinging to me will you have a chance to preserve your life!

" Shen Mu said leisurely, "Taisu, your premature birth had to do with me; in a manner of speaking, I owe you, and I cannot bear to watch you lose your life like this. But alas, you are too foolish. When you heard my laughter, you should have grown wary and shut your mouth.

For one thing, do you know what sort of person Gong Jun is?

" Taisu sneered. "What sort? " "A woman who clings to men.

" Shen Mu said meaningfully, "And one who puts profit above all, utterly selfish. For gain she would sell anything, clinging only to the strongest man. Since you grant whatever is asked, and to see you is to see one's most terrifying inner demon, one's most longed-for person—then why not ask Gong Tianzun what she sees when she looks at you? " Taisu looked at Gong Tianzun.

"Gong Jun, when you look at me, what do you see?

" Gong Tianzun concealed nothing.

"I can see only a mass of qi, a hazy figure, like a woman. " Taisu frowned. "Let me help you see more clearly, Gong Tianzun! " Shen Mu's upper body emerged from the Wheel of Myriad Daos; he raised a hand and lightly drew a line, and a pane of glass appeared before Gong Tianzun, transparent glass. Gong Tianzun looked through the glass at Taisu, and at last saw who that hazy figure was: herself!

Taisu's expression changed.

"Taisu, you fancy yourself able to grasp people's desires, to grasp their terrors, but you never imagined it, did you? That there could be someone like Gong Tianzun in this world.

" Shen Mu sighed.

"From the very beginning, you should never have chosen to help Hao Tianzun, for you cannot outmatch him; you cannot control him at all.

That was your most muddled move. By the time you realized it, it was already late—but not too late.

It was only that you misjudged people, choosing to turn Gong Tianzun against him. You are too full of yourself; I can no longer save you.

" Taisu's heart crawled with dread.

Then from behind her came Hao Tianzun's voice, very gentle, yet it made her shiver with cold, shiver with cold: "Auntie, you have disappointed Hao'er so. "