Chapter 1636 — The Old Zither's Melody Passes Down to This Day

"Who is this man?

" Ling Tianzun asked, uneasy.

"Why, after striking at Hao Tianzun, would he strike at you as well?

" "Lingyu Shangzun. A Dao-achiever from the prehistoric age.

" Shen Mu tried to restore his fleshly body, but Lingyu Shangzun's Dao of Taichu had done him enormous harm, so that his body could not recover for a time. Lingyu Shangzun had seized the body of the previous cosmic epoch's Taichu and had comprehended the Dao of Taichu to the thirty-sixth heaven of the Dao realm; though he had not yet had time to entrust his Dao fruit to the ultimate void of this universe, his strength was nonetheless out of the ordinary.

A moment ago Shen Mu had tried to use the Unchanging divine art to make matter flow backward, to revive Langxuan and set him to contend for the primordial spirit, so as to throw Lingyu's cultivation and strength into disarray; but before a being of such ferocity, the Unchanging divine art had no chance to be used at all. Lingyu Shangzun could suppress the Unchanging divine art outright!

One could see to what a height his Dao and Dharma had been refined!

Had Shen Mu not used Yue Tianzun's Zaiji Void divine art to send Ling Tianzun to his side, it was to be feared that no one at all could have done anything to him.

Ling Tianzun uttered a sound of acknowledgment and walked toward the Artifact of Creation.

To grasp clearly why Lingyu Shangzun would kill Hao Tianzun and then also try to kill Shen Mu was a little too difficult for her; in any case the killing was already done, so she simply gave up thinking about the reason.

She was indeed incomparably clever, but of the ways of the world and of human feeling she understood nothing at all. The Artifact of Creation in the Zaofu Heavenly Palace was still running of its own accord, and another Yutianzun artifact was taking shape; the Artifact of Creation was driven by the Taisu Divine Maiden's companion supreme treasure.

The Dao of Taisu answers every request; Hao Tianzun had killed Taisu and seized her Dao and Dharma and her companion treasure, and now this companion treasure held the Artifact of Creation in its grip, and Tubo's fleshly body was ceaselessly drawn over, falling into the Artifact of Creation to manufacture Yutianzun artifacts.

The moment one Yutianzun artifact was made, it at once soared into the air and went howling off into the distance, flying toward Xu Tianzun. Ling Tianzun gave chase, but could not catch up, and had to stop.

She came to the side of the Artifact of Creation. This artifact was a mighty tool she herself had created; in those years it had been used to manufacture Jue Wuchen.

Later, when the Xiaohan Celestial Court was destroyed, the Artifact of Creation had been seized by the celestial court, only no one had been able to fathom its mysteries.

It was not until Lady Yuanmu transformed into Shiqiluo and took possession of the Zaofu Heavenly Palace that the Artifact of Creation was finally put to use, forging Yutianzun artifacts for the celestial court.

From the time Ling Tianzun made the Artifact of Creation to the time Shiqiluo took control of it, across a span of several hundred thousand years, this artifact had always stood for the supreme Dao of Creation, and no one could comprehend it! Ling Tianzun gazed up at the Artifact of Creation, and was just about to destroy this artifact, when Shen Mu's voice suddenly came: "Ling!

Stop!

" Ling Tianzun halted and looked back. Shen Mu activated the Mystic Body Three Elixirs art and employed the divine arts of the Five Innate Primordials to refine away the remnants of Lingyu Shangzun's divine arts, barely suppressing his injuries, and said in a low voice: "Hao Tianzun told me earlier that the Third and Fourth Young Masters of the Miluo Palace bestowed a treasure upon him, and that this treasure is capable of killing you.

If you go near the Artifact of Creation, you may fall victim to it!

" Ling Tianzun looked the Artifact of Creation up and down, but saw only the Taisu Divine Maiden's companion treasure, and no other treasure besides.

Leaning on the Taiyi staff, Shen Mu walked forward with difficulty; the vertical eye on his brow opened, and he examined the Artifact of Creation, trying to find that treasure from the Fourth Young Master, saying: "You have mastered the immutability of matter and energy; there is no one left in the world who can kill you. But the Dao arts of the Miluo Palace are truly unfathomable; it may be that the Fourth Young Master really does possess such a skill. We must guard against it.

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. " The vertical eye on his brow could see through chaos, yet as his gaze swept the Artifact of Creation he could not see where that treasure was, and he could not help frowning deeply. The Artifact of Creation was still manufacturing Yutianzun artifacts, and another was about to take shape. Shen Mu gritted his teeth, activated the Mystic Body Three Elixirs art to suppress his injuries, and paced around the immense Artifact of Creation, murmuring: "Perhaps it is not a treasure.

Perhaps it is only a divine art, or perhaps a rune-mark. Hao Tianzun was so certain, so he must have something to rely on.

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. " Whoosh. Another Yutianzun artifact came howling up out of the Artifact of Creation, a giant soaring into the air, flying toward Zu Shenwang.

Ling Tianzun could not block it in time and could only watch helplessly as it flew away.

Now the tide of battle had already turned.

Now that Huo Tianzun had obtained a Yutianzun artifact, it would be very hard for Yue Tianzun and Langwan to suppress him, and they had fallen into danger; Tian Gong and Shen Fengqing stood upon the golden ship, and Xu Tianzun, controlling a Yutianzun artifact, had forced his way into the golden ship, leaving them in deadly peril!

And You Tianzun's primordial spirit taking possession of another Yutianzun artifact could only fight Zu Shenwang, who controlled Tian Gong's fleshly body, to a draw. Now Zu Shenwang had obtained yet another Yutianzun artifact, and this would crush that balance entirely! The Yutianzun artifacts flying out of the Artifact of Creation differed from the former Yutianzun artifacts; these new Yutianzun artifacts were refined by the Dao of Taisu controlling the Artifact of Creation, and within the body of each Yutianzun were one or several celestial palaces, exactly able to complete what Huo Tianzun, Xu Tianzun, and Zu Shenwang lacked, merging into one whole celestial court!

Hao Tianzun had refined the Taisu Divine Maiden and obtained the Dao of Taisu; the influence upon the battle was indeed immeasurable!

Cold sweat rolled down Shen Mu's forehead, and Tubo's fleshly body was still endlessly decomposing, turning into a surging flood, one stream rushing toward Shen Fengqing, one stream rushing toward Xu Tianzun, and another flowing toward the Artifact of Creation in the Zaofu Heavenly Palace, continuing to manufacture Yutianzun artifacts!

Another Yutianzun artifact was still taking shape! "What thing, after all, would the Fourth Young Master of the Miluo Palace give Hao Tianzun? And where would he hide it? " The more he thought, the more frantic he grew, when suddenly Ling Tianzun said: "Mu, there is no need to search.

If we keep delaying, Yue'er will die.

" "Give me a little more time! " Shen Mu's voice was hoarse; marshaling all his strength and gathering it in the vertical eye on his brow, he looked at the Artifact of Creation. At last, he saw a line hidden within the Artifact of Creation.

A string, exceedingly slender.

One end of this string was joined to the Artifact of Creation; where the other end was joined, no one could say.

The string was submerged within the void, yet when Shen Mu's gaze followed it, he found no terminus for it in the void.

The zither string stretched without limit, passing through Youdu and reaching the Ancestral Court; following it, all he could see was a vast chaos!