Chapter 1817 — The Young Man's Bloodline

Third Young Master Lingxiao could not bring himself to decide.

If he pulled the sixth red rope, he would release Second Young Master Wuji. In the past he had known little of the Master of Miluo Palace's Red Rope Knot Seal, but Shen Mu had once used that seal against him, sealing away a portion of his power and consciousness for eight full years, and so he had come to know this seal art deeply. In those eight years, he had comprehended every variation of the Red Rope Knot that Shen Mu had deployed.

After all, he too was an heir of the Master of Miluo Palace; once he understood the variations of the Red Rope Knot Seal that Shen Mu commanded, he could reason by analogy and discern still more profundity and mystery in the Master of Miluo Palace's Red Rope Knot Seal.

The greatest mystery the Master of Miluo Palace had left behind was the sixth red rope. Second Young Master Wuji might not understand the mystery of the sixth red rope; long ago she had abandoned the Daoist arts and divine powers of Miluo Palace and turned to study the Daoist arts of Guixu. But Third Young Master could see the mystery of the sixth red rope.

This was the thread of life the Master of Miluo Palace had left for Second Young Master.

The Master of Miluo Palace was merciful; even facing the strongest enemy, he would leave a thread of life, let alone for his own disciple. "As long as the sixth red rope is pulled, the Red Rope Knot Seal will turn to flying ash, and Wuji will be released.

Old Seven grows harder and harder to deal with; the only one who can restrain him is Senior Sister Wuji.

Yet to release Senior Sister Wuji.

. .

" A sudden chill ran through him. To release Second Young Master Wuji might be even more dangerous than Shen Mu! Shen Mu only wanted to prevent Miluo Palace from descending upon the Seventeenth Epoch; if Miluo Palace did not descend, he could not be bothered to provoke it.

But Second Young Master Wuji was different.

If she were released, she would likely destroy the world, annihilate everything--Miluo Palace, the World Tree, even the Seventeenth Epoch, all of it! Wuji was extreme in her actions; during the Sixteenth Epoch, she had already begun to strike at those who had achieved the Dao in Miluo Palace, and at other Dao-attainers as well!

Outsiders, even some hall masters, thought it was Lord Shang who had slaughtered the Dao-attainers, but no one had expected that the one who had done the killing was Second Young Master.

The Dao-attainers who died by Lord Shang's hand were not even a fraction of those who had died by Second Young Master's! Yet if Shen Mu's child were allowed to be born, it would likely add to Miluo Palace a powerful enemy--an enemy that could bring about Miluo Palace's destruction!

Third Young Master descended upon the Red Rope Knot Seal, his voice entering Guixu: "Senior Sister, your junior brother has come to pay his respects. " Within Guixu all was silent.

After a long while, Second Young Master Wuji's voice came, giggling: "So it's Old Third. Lingxiao, what have you come to see me for? Ah, yes--you haven't yet descended into the Seventeenth Epoch.

You were blocked by Old Seven, so you came to see me, wanting to use my passage to enter the Seventeenth Epoch, isn't that right? Come down here--" Her voice turned uncanny and unfathomable: "You should know that in this world there are only two immutable substances: one is the World Tree, the other is Guixu.

The people of the world are foolish; they only think of smuggling through the World Tree, never imagining that smuggling through Guixu is the simplest of all.

Old Third, you can go down along the Guixu Lotus, and I will point out which lotus stem is the road to the Seventeenth Epoch. " Third Young Master was unmoved. To enter Guixu was to risk destroying his own cultivation. With an old monster like Second Young Master Wuji there, who would dare enter Guixu? It was the Master of Miluo Palace who had suppressed her in the great abyss of Guixu in the Sixteenth Epoch!

"I came to tell Senior Sister that Old Seven's child is about to be born," Third Young Master said. "Old Seven's child is still in the womb. Old Seven is bringing his wife through sixteen rivers of chaos, intending to go to Miluo Palace to see Master. Along the way, he has been using the power of the Guixu Lotus and the World Tree Lotus to break the Kalpa of Destruction and nourish the child in the mother's womb. " In the great abyss of Guixu there was silence. After a long while, Second Young Master Wuji's voice came: "Old Seven is playing with fire!

Does he mean to cultivate his child into the Child of the Epoch for all the cosmic epochs?

What nonsense!

" Third Young Master said, "Senior Sister, if this child is born, then the fortunes of the previous sixteen universes will surely converge upon the Seventeenth Epoch.

Miluo Palace will bear the brunt.

You will not escape it either!

" "What do you want me to do? " Second Young Master asked. Third Young Master said with finality, "Kill this child, or seize this child! He must not fall into anyone else's hands!

" Second Young Master sneered, "I am suppressed here.

How can I kill him? Old Third, undo Master's seal, and I will go kill him! " Third Young Master shook his head.

"This concerns the life and death of Miluo Palace. . .

" "What the hell does that have to do with me?

" Second Young Master said coldly. Third Young Master Lingxiao's expression shifted slightly.

He said patiently, "It also concerns the fortunes of Guixu. This child was born by seizing the essence of the Kalpa of Destruction; as he grows, he will continuously absorb the power of Guixu, until Guixu is evaporated clean.

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" "What the hell does that have to do with you? " Second Young Master giggled. Third Young Master's expression changed greatly. He said in a low voice, "What Senior Sister needs to do is very simple: stir the power of Guixu so that Old Seven cannot draw upon the rivers of chaos.

I will go into the later rivers of chaos to intercept him, and I must erase that child!

In return. . . " He hesitated, then gritted his teeth: "I will help Senior Sister undo one rune of Master's seal, so that your power can leak out.

" In the great abyss of Guixu there was silence. After a long while, Second Young Master Wuji's voice came, laughing: "Then, one rune.

As long as you undo one rune, I will lend you a hand, so that Old Seven cannot borrow any power from the rivers of chaos!

But Old Third, you must think clearly: if you return to the Kalpa of Destruction of a past universe, you will grow weaker and weaker. You are not chaos; when you return to the past, the cultivation you possess is the cultivation of that past life. I worry you are no match for Old Seven. " Lingxiao examined the Red Rope Knot carefully, cautiously erasing a rune mark, and said in a low voice, "As long as Old Seven cannot borrow any power from the rivers of chaos, he will be no match for me. Senior Sister, I have done what I promised you. It is time for you to fulfill your word!

" "Go on to the Fifteenth Epoch. There, he can borrow no power at all. " Hearing this, Third Young Master Lingxiao was greatly heartened, and at once he rose and departed. Not long after he left, within the Red Rope Knot Seal, a wisp of Guixu's power overflowed from the place where the Primordial rune was missing, transforming into a tiny Guixu rune that filled the gap.

"A dike of a thousand li collapses from an ant's hole; this one rune is the beginning of my escape!

" Third Young Master Lingxiao entered the great Kalpa of Destruction of the Fifteenth Epoch, and immediately felt his cultivation plummet.