Chapter 1324 — The Firmament Draws Nigh
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 3
Toward Hao Tianzun, I am wholly won over. " Ancestral God-King was full of feeling. "What I admire most in him is that he dared join hands with Yun Tianzun to do away with his own father. To speak frankly, the reason I left Xuandu in those years was that my father was too craven: he saw plainly that the later-born creatures would rise, that they were certain to set upon the ancient gods and the demigods and destroy the glory of demigod and ancient god alike, and yet he did nothing, lifting not a finger to intervene.
" "My Father God has grown old.
As the Heavenly Lord he intervenes in nothing in this world, striving to be fair and just.
Heh heh, where in this world is there any fairness or justice to speak of?
I mean to change all of it! " He raised his head and gazed into the sky, his eyes deep. "In those years, from the moment Mu Tianzun slew the first ancient god, I resolved to change all this, and never to let those base creatures steal the orthodox lineage of heaven and earth! I had thought the ancient gods might join hands with the demigods and together rid the world of these vermin, but to my disappointment, those among the ancient gods willing to join me were all men of no account, while those of true power were every one of them like my Father God.
From that time I knew. .
. " He smiled coldly. "The ancient gods and the demigods are not of one road! Though the demigods were born of the ancient gods, they are not the same race; rather, the ancient gods will become the demigods' stumbling block! When we demigods joined hands with the ancient gods in those years, we slew the Creator and seized the orthodox lineage of the world — and that glory does not belong to the ancient gods alone! Since the ancient gods will not contend for it, then let power fall to the demigods!
Therefore I resolved that whatever bars my way, even my own Father God, must be removed! " He smiled. "Father God is old, and it is time he stepped aside for his better. If he will not, then he shall have to die in office! " Heavenly Consort Yan chuckled softly, and was about to speak when of a sudden she raised her head to look at the sky, and saw a pillar of light blasting furiously upward!
Her expression could not help but shift.
Ancestral God-King looked that way as well, and said doubtfully, "Consort, that seems to be your domain.
" Heavenly Consort Yan nodded, her face shifting between light and dark.
Ancestral God-King's gaze flickered, and he smiled.
"Congratulations, Consort!
It seems your lode has yielded a great treasure. Of the five great lodes of the Ancestral Court there are five kinds of primordial stone; the Great Emperor obtained one, and reigned supreme over the cosmos for billions of years. Now you have obtained one too, and your position hereafter is secure.
" Heavenly Consort Yan gave a humph, somewhat vexed and unsettled, only to see that light turn the sky to void, turn the seal of the gods to void, joining the Ancestral Court wholly to the outside world! The light dispersed.
Heavenly Consort Yan steadied herself and thought, "To raise such a commotion — it must be that Mu Tianzun, while I was away, found the primordial stone and provoked the mine's fury.
An eruption of that strength could not even be withstood by the seal the gods wrought from the shadow sides of the great worlds; he could certainly not withstand it, and is dead within my mine! " Scarce had the thought formed when another pillar of light shot up into the heavens, lighting the sky! Heavenly Consort Yan stared, and Ancestral God-King could not help but stare too, murmuring, "Consort, are there two primordial stones in that lode of yours? " Heavenly Consort Yan gave no answer, but of a sudden rose and flew off, fury towering in her heart: "That wretch Mu Tianzun is not dead, and instead is making havoc in my lode!
" Scarce had she set out when the third eruption of the Great Beginning mine burst forth!