Chapter 1776 — Death to Trespassers

No matter how Palace Master Chuge changed his powers, he paid no heed and hacked down with his axe! As the axe light fell, blood burst forth in every mirror, and countless Palace Master Chuges were cut down by Shen Mu at once!

Blood flowed from the mirrors.

Shen Mu dispersed his divine axe and stepped out of the mirror, and as he emerged, all the Shen Mus in the mirrors merged back into one. With a crash, the mirrors all shattered into dust.

These mirrors were fragments of the divine swords of Wuyou Village.

Though each broken sword was extraordinary, how could they withstand his divine powers? Amid the dust, Palace Master Chuge lay prone upon the ground, his waist sundered in two, cut clean through by that axe.

The Great Dao within him had been severed by Shen Mu as well!

"You too inherited your arts from the Miluo Palace.

Strange though your Dao arts and divine powers are, they cannot escape the framework of the Miluo Palace.

" Shen Mu stood before him, gazing past him, his face calm, saying: "And before coming here, I already met the Eldest Young Master.

The Taishang Hall of the Eldest Young Master was felled by my axe as well.

After felling his Taishang Hall, I see through your Dao arts and divine powers as clearly as fire.

" Behind Palace Master Chuge, a Dao tree slowly rose, strange and wondrous, every leaf like a bright mirror, as if countless mirrors hung upon the tree, refracting light of different colors.

Palace Master Chuge braced with both hands, his upper body flying up to land upon the tree.

His lower body strode swiftly to stand beneath the tree.

Palace Master Chuge's face was grave, for where Shen Mu's axe had wounded him, upper and lower, a Dao wound remained, ceaselessly ravaging his flesh, so his wounds could neither close nor grow together to heal as before. "Years ago this axe of Taiyi was used to fell the World Tree. Later he was captured by Eldest Young Master Taishang and suppressed within a coffin, and so he refined this axe to break the arts of the Eldest Young Master.

" Shen Mu strode forward, the Dao of Taiyi in his hand turning once more into the divine axe of Taiyi, saying: "If Taiyi were to escape and meet Eldest Young Master Taishang again, he too would likely be felled by this axe. " All former arrogance and ease gone from his face, Palace Master Chuge swiftly drove his Dao fruits, seeking to undo the Dao wounds.

"All Dao trees under heaven are born in imitation of the World Tree.

No matter how many Dao fruits you hold, before this axe of mine the end is the same.

The axe falls, the tree breaks, the body dies, the Dao perishes. " Shen Mu came before the Dao tree of Palace Master Chuge and looked up at him, saying: "Before, hiding in the mirrors, you did not use your full strength. Now you have your Dao tree, but your Dao tree has not fully descended, only two Dao fruits have come, and through overconfidence you are gravely wounded.

You are no longer my match. " Shen Mu's gaze fell upon the two Dao fruits behind him, saying slowly: "After you return to the Miluo Palace, carry a message for me.

" Scarce had the word message fallen when Shen Mu struck with violent force! The legs of Palace Master Chuge's lower body flew out in a linked assault, kicking toward Shen Mu in rapid succession, while behind him his Dao tree unleashed its full might, myriad branches dancing and wielding different powers to assail Shen Mu from all sides!

Every blow was perfect to the extreme!

The leaves upon his Dao tree were like mirrors, every mirror rising at once, the bright mirrors reflecting the figure of Palace Master Chuge. His two Dao fruits floated beside his head, spinning madly about him, Dao patterns, Dao chains, and Dao realms erupting together, two thirty-six heavens Dao realms overlapping!

And those Dao patterns, chains, and realms, refracted through the countless mirror leaves, instantly became countless great powers rushing to meet Shen Mu! As Shen Mu had said, Palace Master Chuge at his peak was an incomparably mighty existence. Had his five Dao fruits and one Dao flower all been present, a single blow from the mirror leaves of his Dao tree could have grievously wounded any who had attained Dao!

Shen Mu's form suddenly grew immensely tall, his foot shifting to reveal a vast altar beneath his soles!

He swung his axe with all his strength to cleave through every power!

As the axe light fell, the surviving powers slipped past the divine axe and struck Shen Mu's body almost at once! At the same moment, the divine axe of Taiyi cut across Palace Master Chuge's brow, its edge slicing through the two Dao fruits and through the Dao tree behind him!

Thud, thud!

Palace Master Chuge's legs kicked in succession against Shen Mu's chest, driving Shen Mu back several steps.

"Seventh Young Master, what message would you have me carry back? " Palace Master Chuge's upper body stood rigid upon the tree, motionless, his face grim as he spoke.

Blood seeped from the corner of Shen Mu's mouth.

He dispersed his great axe and said faintly: "You already carry my message. " Palace Master Chuge nodded, and his form and Dao tree slowly faded away.

In the Great Calamity of Destruction of the Sixteenth Era, Yujing City of the Ancestral Court floated above the Calamity of Destruction, when suddenly the Dao tree of Palace Master Chuge emerged, drawing cries of alarm.

The many who had attained Dao in the Miluo Palace hastened forth.

Palace Master Chuge, together with Palace Master Huanxi and Palace Master Changfeng, had journeyed to the universe of the Seventeenth Era and were all but fully entered therein, yet now he had returned, and they could not but be shaken.

"Third Young Master, Fourth Young Master!

" Palace Master Chuge's face was solemn and expressionless, his upper body standing upon the crown of the tree, saying in a low voice: "The Seventh Young Master bade me return to bring a message to the Miluo Palace.

" Third Young Master Lingxiao frowned slightly: "What message?

" With a splatter, Palace Master Chuge's skull split open, the crown flying off, the two Dao fruits cracking apart, their Great Daos severed!

The crown of the Dao tree beneath him flew backward with a whoosh, its canopy flying out of the Miluo Palace to fall into the Calamity of Destruction.

The corpse of Palace Master Chuge swayed and toppled down.

This was the message Shen Mu had him carry back. Those who trespass into the Seventeenth Era shall die!