Chapter 1086 — Old Friends Reunited in the Wuming Palace
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 5
The Heavenly Emperor's voice came from on high, yet it passed with perfect clarity into Tubo's ears: "The daughter of the underworld is Void. Then let her be called Void. Youdu's demonic qi and yin qi are too heavy. Let Void remain in the Heavenly Court. What say you, my friend Daoist?"
Tubo lowered his head and watched his reincarnated body, Achou, falling without cease, plunging into deeper darkness.
"Your Majesty is sagacious," he said.
The Heavenly Emperor smiled.
Within the Jade Capital City, Crown Prince Qi witnessed the scene of the Heavenly Emperor driving back Achou, and terror seized his heart: "It seems that to be rid of my father, I still lack the strength. Yet I have struck at Tubo and stirred up such a commotion — I fear my father will no longer tolerate me. I have no choice but to rebel... I still have the demigod clan, I still have the Empress, and many ancient gods support me! I may not necessarily lose to my father!"
At this time, Shen Mu was walking with light, brisk steps through the Heavenly Court, heading toward the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Palace. A fine, pattering rain had begun to fall from the sky — the Rain Master God of the Heavenly Court sending down rain to wash away the bloodstains on the heavenly streets.
On the streets, the gods who had not died were carrying away corpses.
Achou-Tubo had mobilized the power of Tubo's true body and inflicted tremendous damage upon the Heavenly Court. Yet Shen Mu's mood was not poor. Wealth and honor are sought amid danger — only what he sought was not wealth or honor, but the Primordial Stones of the Great Beginning that he had obtained from the Tai Emperor.
Perhaps these stones could be pieced together into a complete Primordial Stone of the Great Beginning!
Now, he need only go to see the Southern Emperor Vermilion Bird, obtain a treasure from her, or warn her in advance to divide out one of her souls and reincarnate it — and thus evade the death tribulation that was to come.
He walked faster and faster. As he passed the Wuming Heavenly Palace, a figure leaned against the palace gate and said mildly: "Luoxiao. It has been a long time."
Shen Mu's heart and spirit were shaken. He turned to look at the man: "Yun Tianzun. It has been a long time."
Yun Tianzun gave a humph and walked toward the interior of the Wuming Heavenly Palace, saying: "Come in. The Wuming Heavenly Palace was the heavenly palace where the Five Luminaries Ancient Gods dwelt. Those five ancient gods have already died at the hands of Mu Tianzun. This place has long been empty."
Shen Mu suppressed the joy in his heart and followed him into the Wuming Heavenly Palace. He was just about to reveal his true form when, at that very moment, he happened to catch sight of Hao Tianzun trailing behind him.
Shen Mu's heart stirred slightly, and he held himself back.
The two walked into the Wuming Heavenly Palace. Shen Mu came to Yun Tianzun's side.
"I saw you die with my own eyes. You died on the Heavenly River, and your corpse was carried away by its waters."
Yun Tianzun suddenly halted his steps: "It is impossible that you survived. And yet I see you again."
Shen Mu sensed that Hao Tianzun had also entered this heavenly palace, and said: "I was rescued."
Yun Tianzun said: "You entrusted me to carry your eyes and your divine consciousness to the Great Void. There I saw your clanspeople, and witnessed you become a primordial spirit. I cannot fathom how, if your divine consciousness became a primordial spirit, your physical body could still be alive."
Shen Mu said: "We Creators are different from you. The death of the soul is not true death for us. The annihilation of the divine consciousness — that is true death."
"Perhaps."