Chapter 1326 — A Youth Awakens to the Dao
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 3
" Though Shen Mu was in the midst of enlightenment, knowing and feeling nothing, his pace was not slow; at his present speed, three to five days would carry him across the thousand mountains and ten thousand rivers of the ancestral court to the Great Black Wood. Just then, all at once heaven and earth shook, and the sky turned incomparably bright.
One strange treasure after another hung in the heavens—the Gang, the Yin, the Yuan, the *, the Suo, the Ce, the Gong, the Men, the Jing, and other treasures of the heavenly dao, their might surging to the heavens, hammering down without cease! The ground trembled, and the Earth Mother emerged, driving the heart of the Origin Wood to resist with all her might.
At the same time, the Ancestral God King, his body ten thousand zhang tall, wreathed in divine light, holding up the Heaven Umbrella, came striding slowly forward, his face dark. The sky darkened with him. Wherever he passed, the treasures of the heavenly dao followed at his heels like shadows, forming another Xuan Capital world within the ancestral court!
This Xuan Capital world was immeasurably smaller than the true Xuan Capital, yet it was highly condensed, shrouding a radius of ten thousand li!
Over these ten thousand li of ancestral court, the majesty of heaven rolled, the treasures of the heavenly dao hung on high, ceaselessly bombarding the Earth Mother, leaving her no way to flee!
"Earth Mother, you slew my sons and juniors.
Today it is time to see you on your way.
" The Ancestral God King's tone was indifferent, as though he spoke of some trivial matter, as though he were merely executing an ant that had angered him.
"Little wretch!
" The Earth Mother flew into a rage and cried shrilly: "How many years have you lived?
When I made my name, I stood in the ancestral court, my canopy blotting out the sky, the greatest tree in the ancestral court!
Even the Creator revered me, sacrificed to me, worshipped me, and built altar after altar around me!
I have passed through ten great calamities, and small calamities beyond counting. You cannot kill me! " She resisted desperately, then suddenly gave a shrill cry, and countless giants came charging, hurling themselves against the Ancestral God King's Xuan Capital world, battering it until it streamed with light and teetered on the brink. The ancient giants were too powerful!
The Earth Mother, as mother of the earth, commanded these giants and assailed the Xuan Capital world from all sides at once; even the Ancestral God King found it somewhat taxing! "Earth Mother, you do have means, but before me your means are all useless.
" The Ancestral God King held up the Heaven Umbrella, which was as though a complete heaven and earth in itself; its ribs grew longer and wider, transforming into the forty-nine great daos that propped up the Xuan Capital world, making it unbreakable.
Seeing this, the Earth Mother felt despair, and suddenly cried out to the heavens: "Heavenly Lord, will you not rein in your son?
" The Ancestral God King sneered: "Even if my father descended upon the ancestral court, he could not bring much of his power; he must keep his true body to guard the Xuan Capital.
If he comes only as a clone, what can he do to me? Father, do you dare?
" He roared at the sky.
Suddenly the Xuan Capital world split open, and a white light descended from the heavens, becoming on landing the Heavenly Lord in white robes, white brows, white hair, and white eyes, who sighed: "Wicked son, stay your hand. Do you truly mean to make your old father deal with you?
" The Ancestral God King laughed heartily, then suddenly sealed the Xuan Capital world and burst forth with all his strength, crying: "Father, today your son will see your clone on its way, and another day he will see your true body on its way!