Chapter 1389 — First Arrogant, Then Respectful
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In the Hundred Thousand Great Black Mountains of the Ancestral Court, upon the altar, Shen Mu's divine consciousness returned to his body. He opened his eyes, his expression somewhat grave.
Seeing him come back safe, Granny Zhu, Wei Suifeng, and the rest all set their hearts at ease.
Smack.
Granny Zhu brought her palm down hard on his backside.
Shen Mu rubbed his rump, a little puzzled, but he did not take it to heart, thinking, "Long Xiao is mighty and headstrong, and he will certainly not let Shu Jun, Lan Yutian, and the others go. It seems I must go to the back of the Ancestral Court myself and rescue them. " He exhaled a turbid breath.
For all that Long Xiao's strength was absurdly great, he had still not reached the height of the Ten Celestial Venerables; against the Ten Celestial Venerables he fell far short. And the back of the Ancestral Court was so rich a prize that the Ten Celestial Venerables would not fail to covet it.
When Wei Suifeng, Long Qilin, Crown Prince Youming, and the others saw Shen Mu take that slap on the rear, a wave of satisfaction washed through them, yet the next moment their hearts clenched again with worry for the First Ancestor, Xu Shenghua, Lan Yutian, and the rest.
"Rest easy, all of you. They are alive still. Long Xiao has them caged, not killed; he means only to break them and make them his mounts.
And there is a great turn in this affair, for that fellow Shu Jun carried the Grand Emperor's head into the back of the Ancestral Court! " Shen Mu waved his hand, and the nine-tiered altar collapsed, dissolving into a current of divine consciousness that flowed back into his mind. In a low voice he said, "Long Xiao can do as he likes with Shu Jun and the others, but can he do as he likes with the Grand Emperor? Shu Jun brought the Grand Emperor's head into the back of the Ancestral Court, and the Grand Emperor must surely have discovered the riches there, and the mighty power of those primeval giant beasts.
" "The Grand Emperor's head? " The hearts of all present went cold; none of them knew when the Grand Emperor's head had fallen into Shu Jun's hands. Wei Suifeng frowned and said, "Did the Grand Emperor's head not fall into the hands of Celestial Venerable Hao? Celestial Venerable Hao has already refined the Grand Emperor's head into a treasure, to overawe the Yuan Realm! " "It is another of the Grand Emperor's heads, the one I subdued and suppressed," Shen Mu said.
"The head in Celestial Venerable Hao's keeping is the strongest. The one I suppressed is a body the Grand Emperor visualized into being; its strength is not great, but it will not be easy for Long Xiao to see through it.
" He looked into the distance, toward the God-Slaying Platform of the Ancestral Court, which Celestial Venerable Qiang occupied. Celestial Consort Qiang was one of the Grand Emperor's identities.
Though little of the Grand Emperor's true body remained, one hand fallen into the Earth Mother's grasp and one head into Celestial Venerable Hao's, Celestial Consort Qiang still lived, and she possessed boundless power.
As one of the Ten Celestial Venerables, she would surely be unable to sit still. "Celestial Consort Qiang will not break the seal on the Ancestral Court herself and let the back of it be revealed; were she to do so, she could no longer claim the back of the Ancestral Court for herself alone. She must swallow it whole, and the simplest way to swallow the back of the Ancestral Court whole is to subdue Long Xiao.
" Shen Mu narrowed his eyes.
Celestial Consort Qiang ought already to have reached the Ancestral Court. "There are two paths by which she may hope to enter the back of the Ancestral Court. One is to come to me.
The other is to go to Earth Mother Yuanjun.