Chapter 1745 — A Youth's Chance Meeting with the Venerable Lord

" The Third Young Master, controlling Emperor Hao Tian's body, walked over with his hands clasped behind his back: "Even if this strike of mine held the power to destroy the entire Yuan Realm, not a trace of it would leak out. Old Seven, you have learned only a smattering of the Miluo Palace's Dao arts and divine powers; you have not truly mastered them.

The Master's abilities are beyond anything you can reach.

You have walked into the net of your own accord — better that we defeat you here today and send you back to the past. " Shen Mu laughed heartily, glanced at the two of them, and said: "Which of you two will go first?

" "Old Seven, with us here, you cannot kill a single one.

" The Fourth Young Master's gaze passed over him, and he said in a deep voice: "Everyone else, raise your armies and march on Jingping!

Not a single person is to remain here!

" Behind Shen Mu's head, layer upon layer of void suddenly unfurled; with a swish, every person in the Heavenly Court was drawn into his divine treasury domain. The armies of the Heavenly Court, even the Xuandu army in the heavens and the Youdu army overlapping with the Yuan Realm, all fell into his divine treasury domain in that instant! Every god and demon, every soldier of the Heavenly Court, no matter which direction they looked, saw Shen Mu! Whichever direction they went, they went straight toward Shen Mu!

And there was more than one Shen Mu!

In the Thirty-Three Heavens there were thirty-three World Trees, and thirty-three Shen Mus stood beneath them!

Shen Mu stood motionless with his hands clasped behind his back; layer after layer of void spread out, his divine power establishing the Dao as the Thirty-Three Heavens.

The Thirty-Three Heavens did not wholly overlap, but placed the various armies of the Heavenly Court in different positions across them. After all, the Heavenly Court's formations were exceedingly powerful; if its armies joined forces as one, breaking open his Thirty-Three Heavens divine treasury domain would be no great feat. He had to scatter the strength of those armies.

Suddenly a Heavenly Court soldier collapsed with a thud, frightened until his liver and gall split and his soul scattered!

The Fourth Young Master frowned.

"Old Seven's Dao of Reincarnation is indeed a masterpiece of the Miluo Palace.

" The Third Young Master let out a sneering laugh, stepped forward with his hands behind his back, and the two auras clashed; four of Shen Mu's Dao-realms shook with a thunderous roar, and the Youdu demon army immediately broke free of his domain!

"Heavenly Venerable Xu, you shall preside over the great sacrifice and march on Jingping. " The Third Young Master said calmly: "In this battle, among the soldiers of Jingping, even the Heavenly Venerables will hardly be able to withstand a single blow from you.

Go quickly! " Heavenly Venerable Xu had been locked in Shen Mu's domain, seeing Shen Mu in every direction, and despair had filled her heart; but with that stamp of the Third Young Master's foot she was freed from Shen Mu's domain, and she could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Facing Shen Mu head-on, she doubted whether she could survive even a single complete exchange with him!

Yet the Third Young Master's words gave her pause: presiding over the blood sacrifice would surely draw the Miluo Palace's Dao-attainers down into this world, and if they descended, would she still hold her present position?

But the thought lingered in her mind only for an instant before she cast it aside.

"Sons of Youdu, follow me to war!

" She cracked the long whip of the Ming River and led countless Youdu gods, demons, and monsters toward the Lanfeng Valley of Jingping. The Fourth Young Master's aura erupted; he raised his foot and stamped down hard, and another four of Shen Mu's Dao-realms shook.

The Ancestral God King, greatly relieved, immediately led the Xuandu army free of Shen Mu's divine treasury domain.

"Ancestral God King, go with Heavenly Venerable Xu and blood-sacrifice Jingping!

" the Fourth Young Master said calmly. The Ancestral God King bowed, then led the Xuandu army away.

The eyes of the Third and Fourth Young Masters fell upon Shen Mu.

In the Lanfeng Valley, Lan Yutian's three days were drawing to a close; Granny Zhu took over at once, preaching the Dao and expounding her understanding of the Zuting Dao-realm system. Heavenly Venerable You frowned.

The army of Youdu gods, demons, and monsters coming from the Yuan Realm's Youdu could not escape his notice; but now, with three and a half of his realms crippled, he was no match for Heavenly Venerable Xu at all!

What was more, the gods, demons, and monsters under Heavenly Venerable Xu's command were beyond counting; even if he could hold her off, he could never hold off such a vast army of gods and demons!

At the same moment, Heavenly Venerable Yue looked toward Langwan; the two women understood each other without a word, rose, and prepared to meet the Xuandu Ancestral God King in battle.

A Chou rose to his feet and said to Tiangong: "Brother in the Dao, none of the others can be sent out; to go out is to risk their lives. Only you and I have not cultivated the Heavenly Palace system, and so we still preserve the strength of our peak.

This is our battle; today it cannot be avoided.

If we succeed today, we may attain the Dao; if not, we die and our Dao vanishes.

" Tiangong hesitated, then rose and fetched fifty supreme treasures of the Heavenly Dao, saying: "That unfilial son, the Ancestral God King, does indeed require me to deal with him.

But, brother in the Dao, you must be careful — Heavenly Venerable Xu is one of the Ten Heavenly Venerables, and she is no longer your daughter. Take good care of yourself!

" A Chou smiled: "In this life, I mean to become human, to make this life of mine complete. Heavenly Venerable You, can you hold off the Youdu gods, demons, and monsters?

" Heavenly Venerable You looked at him, his expression complicated. A Chou's eyes showed hope; Heavenly Venerable You nodded and said: "The Benevolent Sage King of Tianqi commands Youdu — that was conferred by Lord Tu.

Of course I can hold them off.

" The Benevolent Sage King of Tianqi was the Sage King of Youdu, personally invested by Lord Tu; Heavenly Venerable You's bond with Lord Tu was even closer than his bond with Shen Mu. Though Lord Tu had been reincarnated as A Chou, so long as he asked, Heavenly Venerable You could not bear to refuse, even knowing how great the peril of A Chou's errand would be! A Chou's ugly face broke into a smile; his figure slowly sank into the Yuan Realm's Youdu, and he said joyfully: "Today is the day my Dao-heart reaches perfection. " Heavenly Venerable You trod upon a paper boat and followed him into the Yuan Realm's Youdu.

His figure swayed, and with a swish-swish-swish, countless old underworld runners appeared, treading paper boats, dense beyond counting, hundreds of millions of them, quietly awaiting the arrival of the Youdu god-demon army!