Chapter 1810 — Siding with Outsiders

"Everyone, you now have but one road to survival.

" Shen Mu raised a single finger, his gaze sweeping across the faces of Hehuan, Phoenix, Huang Tang, and the others, and smiled. "That road lies in sending you back to the past. Before that, however, I need you to hand over everything you know of the blood sacrifice grand array. I will lay out the array and send you back. Once you return, the energies you blood-sacrificed will go back to the Seventeenth Epoch, returning to their original owners. What say you all?

" "Dream on!

" Palace Master Phoenix looked up at him and cried with murderous intent: "Seventh Prince, you are a prince of Miluo Palace. Why are you siding with outsiders? Not helping Miluo Palace is one thing, but actually turning against Miluo Palace?

If the Master were to learn of this. .

. " Shen Mu struck out with a Primordial Finger. Palace Master Phoenix's heart skipped a beat, and she was about to defend herself, only to see that finger thrust toward the Golden Ship of Salvation behind him.

On the Golden Ship, Palace Master Zengcheng was leading two Dao-attainers of Miluo Palace in combat against Kaihuang and others.

Suddenly sensing danger, Zengcheng hurriedly shifted, transforming the Zengcheng Hall into a divine city, and as he moved he slipped into that city to take refuge.

The Zengcheng Treasure Hall was exceedingly ingenious, its internal structure infinitely complex; he thought Shen Mu's strike could not harm him. Swish!

He dodged into Zengcheng, and one of the Dao-attainers who had been fighting shoulder to shoulder with him against Kaihuang was caught off guard, the Primordial Finger piercing straight through his brow! The finger was absolutely overbearing. In the instant the primordial qi passed through the man's brow, it transformed into Taiyi primordial qi, then into Taichu primordial qi, cycling through the order of the Five Tais; by the time it became Taiji primordial qi, the power of that finger had already issued forth from his brow.

When the Primordial Finger passed through the back of the man's skull, it was no larger than a fingertip, but when it burst out through his forehead, it was already the size of a bowl.

The Taiji primordial qi spun, and yin and yang energies instantly evolved into countless innate great Daos. With a resonant clang, the ten thousand innate Daos exploded from the shattered brow, spreading outward in the form of a cosmic great bell swelling at tremendous speed. All seven princes of Miluo Palace had received the teachings of the Master of Miluo Palace and all cultivated primordial qi and primordial runes, yet even the same divine ability manifested differently in each person's comprehension.

Most of the other princes had also trained in the Primordial Finger, but when Shen Mu's Primordial Finger erupted in power, it formed a bell-shaped Dao pattern domain that evolved the birth of a universe, and its might was extraordinary. This was due to his cultivation method, and also to the Dao he practiced. Shen Mu withdrew his finger, and his gaze fell once more upon Palace Master Phoenix.

"I have long experienced your abilities, Palace Master Phoenix. When I escaped the Yujing trap, you and the other palace masters surrounded and attacked me. How audacious of you to besiege a prince of Miluo Palace, and now you come before me to talk of siding with outsiders?

A fine joke indeed.

" On the Golden Ship, the Dao-attainer of Miluo Palace who had taken the hit was exceptionally resolute. He immediately cut off his own head, attempting to regenerate himself and grow a new one. But to his horror, when his new head grew forth, the Dao wound left by Shen Mu's finger remained on his forehead and the back of his head! He could feel that wherever the might of that finger had passed, the Dao he had cultivated was directly destroyed, leaving an indelible brand.

Not only that, the Dao wound was wantonly destroying his physical body and primordial spirit, causing his cultivation and strength to sink lower and lower. Moreover, with time, the wound showed signs of worsening.

His Dao Fruit flew forth and was about to descend into his brow to suppress the injury when suddenly the Dao Fruit split apart with a sharp clang, splitting into hundreds of pieces. It was the Moon Venerable, who had seen an opportunity and struck out to cleave the Dao Fruit apart.

Lan Yutian flew over, and in a few bounds drove the Dao-attainer into the Sea of Chaos, where he died a violent death. "Seventh Prince, you cannot keep us here!

" Palace Master Hehuan shouted upon seeing this: "You have committed outrages and murdered your fellow disciples. Once we leave this place, we will surely report to the princes of Miluo Palace and rid the palace of a scourge!

" Swish!

Shen Mu again pointed a finger, indeed another Primordial Finger. On the Golden Ship, Palace Master Zengcheng had just left the Zengcheng Treasure Hall when the force of that finger came at him. He hurriedly dodged, and another Dao-attainer was the next to suffer, his Dao Tree and Dao Fruit pierced through by the Primordial Finger.

His strength plummeted at once, and he was promptly slain by the Dark Venerable, Lang Wan, and others.

Now freed up, the Dark Venerable and her company flew forward and attacked Palace Master Zengcheng's Dao Tree, trying to destroy it and weaken him first.

Xu Shenghua did not go forward; he continued to calculate the esoteric mysteries of the Zengcheng Treasure Hall. Shen Mu's gaze fell on Huang Tang, and he proposed, "I bear no enmity toward the Five Elders of Fengshu.

If Brother Huang Tang leaves this small World Tree behind, I will send you back to your own era.

What say you?

" Huang Tang's white brows flew up, and he sneered, "Seventh Prince, what do we Dao-attainers toil so bitterly in cultivation for? For eternal life, for unending years. When heaven and earth are destroyed, I do not perish; when the universe decays, I do not decay!

If you send me back to my era, would that not be killing me?

Moreover, while the World Tree remains, I am not my own master. " Shen Mu smiled slightly, his gaze resting on that small World Tree.

"Even Elder Wuya cannot reach the Great Abyss of the Ruins.

. . " "Not necessarily.

" From within the small World Tree came Elder Wuya's voice, sneering: "Seventh Prince of Miluo Palace, you are far too arrogant. The Third Prince of Miluo Palace has hidden a divine ability in the lass's brow, specifically to deal with you. You may not escape this tribulation. This time, there is no Taiyi to help you.

" The smile on Shen Mu's face froze. His gaze fell on the brow of Palace Master Hehuan.

"Do you think I do not know that the Third Prince hid a divine ability in Palace Master Hehuan's brow?

There are two divine abilities within her brow; one was already used in the struggle against you - most extraordinary! Yet when she employed that ability, I saw through her brow and knew there was still another. " He parted his feet and turned his head, saying, "My lady, go take refuge on the Golden Ship for now. " Ling Yuxiu straightened his clothes and said, "Be careful.

If you cannot win, do not be reckless. " Shen Mu nodded and smiled, "I understand. " Ling Yuxiu flew away from the Chaos Hall and landed on the Golden Ship of Salvation. Shen Mu suddenly let out a low shout. The Chaos Hall rumbled, chaos qi swirled, and the treasure hall vanished.

Then there appeared behind Shen Mu long rivers of chaos, laid out in a row, immeasurably long.

Each of the chaotic rivers surged and churned, and faintly visible beneath them were great thousand worlds, the primeval wilderness of the universe - these were actually prehistoric universes!

In the Sea of Chaos, the Second Prince Wuji, who had been suppressed by the Red Rope Knot and dragged into the sea, had only barely freed herself.

She had kept silent all along, looking for a chance to ambush Shen Mu.