Chapter 1597 — The Elder Is My Brother

Shen Mu's face was grave. This journey of Heavenly Venerable Hao's must surely be to the Ultimate Void, to attain the Way through force, to brand his own power upon the Ultimate Void!

Once he reached that step, with the Way attained through force brought to perfection, Heavenly Venerable Hao would accomplish something no one before him had ever accomplished!

Before him, no one in this universe had ever attained the Way through force. He would be the first!

"To brand the Void with the Way attained through force — perhaps in ages past this universe has seen it, but in the present it has not. After Heavenly Venerable Hao attains the Way through force, what effect will it have upon this universe?"

He sat within the Myriad Ways Heaven Wheel, sunk in thought.

What Heavenly Venerable Hao cultivated was the Lingxiao Hall and the Zixiao Hall, borrowing the power of these two treasured halls of Miro Palace to grant himself a strength unprecedented in all history.

If his power were branded upon the Ultimate Void, then would it not mean that the Zixiao Hall and the Lingxiao Hall were branded into this universe's Ultimate Void?

And would that not cause the two young lords of Miro Palace to arrive ahead of their time?

The Spirit-Energy Transfer Bridge opened. Heavenly Venerable Gong hesitated a moment, then entered the bridge with the Myriad Ways Heaven Wheel.

To enter the Transfer Bridge was to enter Tu Bo's domain, and she could not help feeling uneasy.

Tu Bo was an existence ranked alongside the Heavenly Duke; with her strength alone it would be hard to contend against Tu Bo, and to enter Guixu one must first pass through Youdu.

At Yusuo Pass, the Spirit-Energy Transfer Bridge blazed with light. Heavenly Venerable Gong emerged from the altar with the Myriad Ways Heaven Wheel. Lu Li was waiting nearby, and was about to bow in salute when Heavenly Venerable Gong waved a hand and said, "No need for words. We go to Guixu at once!"

Lu Li hurriedly led the way, speaking rapidly: "Venerable One, please follow this little god! As for Guixu, this little god did not know its whereabouts either, until the Ming River appeared once more, and only then did I discover where Guixu lies. That Ming River flows to Yusuo Pass and pours into Guixu..."

Heavenly Venerable Gong looked back, and saw the Heavenly River vast and surging, rushing forth from the Yuan World, flowing into Youdu, where it turned into the Ming River; the Ming River flowed on, streaming between Tu Bo's two horns — a sight of tremendous awe!

That Ming River circled Tu Bo's enormous body, flowing all the way down to his feet, and at last fell into the darkness before his feet — that is, into the Jade Capital City.

"...This little god has been suppressed by Tu Bo these years, and my days have been exceedingly hard. Tu Bo is fierce and cruel, and treats us deities of the Heavenly Court faction ill — especially that Benevolent Sage King of Heavenly Parity, who is a very fiend. These years he has not permitted us to meddle in Youdu at all... Ah, yes, one more thing!"

Lu Li said, "Some time ago, Her Majesty the Empress came running here and wounded several of our people!"

Heavenly Venerable Gong was slightly startled. "Heavenly Consort Yan came running here, and wounded your people? What did she come here for?"

She thought for a moment. Ever since the Primordial Deity of the Great Ultimate in the Jade Capital City of the Ancestral Court turned traitor and seized Heavenly Consort Yan and Shi Qiluo, she had heard no news of Heavenly Consort Yan.

Yet she did not fear Heavenly Consort Yan, and gave it no mind.

"...This little god has suffered much oppression, and so I wonder whether the Venerable One might put in a good word for me in the Heavenly Court, and transfer me to the Nether Capital? This little god is willing to serve as a general under the Yin Son of Heaven, and to labor like horse and hound." Lu Li spoke with great caution.

Heavenly Venerable Gong was about to speak when she suddenly sensed something amiss. She hurriedly looked around, her expression shifting, and said at once, "Lu Li, why has the aura of the demonic Way at Yusuo Pass suddenly grown heavier?"

Lu Li was slightly startled, and hastily looked around. Within Yusuo Pass the aura of the Youdu Great Way grew ever thicker, and the demonic qi of Youdu had grown denser than before; even those demon-gods who had not entered the Way could now sense the Youdu Great Way suddenly turning violent!

Suddenly Shen Mu thrust his head out from the Myriad Ways Heaven Wheel and sneered, "Heavenly Venerable Gong, disaster is upon you! Having been brought here by you, I have already been detected by my elder brother Tu Bo! You are dead — you are about to die!"

Heavenly Venerable Gong was furious. "Heavenly Venerable Mu has been trapped in the Myriad Ways Heaven Wheel all along. With me here, his divine consciousness cannot be transmitted out. So who leaked the word and let Tu Bo know you are here?"

Her face took on a look of suspicion, and her gaze swept toward Lu Li.

Lu Li's blood ran cold, and he dared not speak.

Shen Mu laughed. "Heavenly Venerable Gong, look up. Tu Bo has already noticed you!"

Heavenly Venerable Gong raised her head, and her expression changed drastically. The Great Way of all Youdu was boiling; the Youdu Great Way gathered into streams, sixty-four in all, brimming with a murderous aura that surged to the heavens, all pouring into Tu Bo's towering body!

Tu Bo's enormous body was entwined with demonic qi and the demonic Way, and his body began to stir. That incomparably vast head lowered, and he was looking at the top of his own foot!

Yusuo Pass was right beneath Tu Bo's feet!

When the third eye at Tu Bo's brow opened, even Heavenly Venerable Gong could not help feeling dread, and she cried sharply, "Who leaked the word?"

Lu Li's face was ashen, and he shrieked, "Venerable One, how would I know..."

Before his voice died away, his head had burst apart. Heavenly Venerable Gong killed him with a single blow, smashing even his primordial spirit and soul to powder!

Shen Mu's face now showed some alarm as well; his heart convulsed violently, but he forced himself to calm and said, "Tu Bo is my elder brother. You cannot escape death, unless you flee into Guixu before he strikes! Heavenly Venerable Gong, surrender! Will you not release me?"

He was trapped in the Myriad Ways Heaven Wheel. This wheel was a supreme treasure refined by Heavenly Venerable Hao from the divine metals and divine materials of the Ancestral Court, divided into an inner and an outer Heavenly Court, each Heavenly Court possessing thirty-six heavenly palaces and fifty-six treasured halls.

Fearing he might escape, Heavenly Venerable Hao had laid down layer upon layer of seals. Though these were no obstacle to Shen Mu, with Heavenly Venerable Gong present, a slight suppression was enough to keep him from getting out.

Heavenly Venerable Gong gave a cold laugh. She saw the demonic fire in the vertical eye at Tu Bo's brow burning madly, brighter and brighter. Terror rose in her heart; she knew she could not withstand a single blow from Tu Bo!

Creators are born with weak souls, and because they possess the system of cultivating divine consciousness, they do not cultivate the soul and primordial spirit; thus Tu Bo was the natural bane of the Creator race.

Though Heavenly Venerable Gong had been reincarnated, and had spent these years making up for her deficiencies in soul and primordial spirit, her primordial spirit was still inferior to that of other Heavenly Venerables.

Facing an existence like Tu Bo, a single blow would likely reduce her primordial spirit to dust!