Chapter 1428 — Yao Pool Reappears
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"Langxuan's talent is extremely high, no less than my own, yet he is no fellow seeker of my Dao.
Sooner or later he and I must meet with blades. " Shen Mu stood upon the Yao Terrace, gazing far across the Yao Sea, thinking silently to himself: "The aptitudes of the Ten Tianzuns are none of them poor, their present attainments are no fluke.
If only such brilliance could be turned to the righteous path, how fine that would be. " In his heart, whether Langxuan or Haotian Tianzun, both had rendered merit in those early years, and the Longhan Revolution had been led by them above all, it was they who ended the rule of the ancient gods.
Yet after overthrowing the ancient gods, they chose to become ancient gods themselves.
High above all, they strained every nerve to preserve their dominion, and every hope of change was erased by their hands.
To hold their thrones they would do anything, even if children must slay father and mother, even if kin must slaughter kin, even if every evil under heaven must be done! That they have not destroyed Jingping is not from pity, but for the sake of their rule!
This is their irreconcilable contradiction with Jingping, a contradiction that must one day erupt!
Shen Mu cast aside distracting thoughts and surveyed the Yao Terrace and the Yao Pool.
The primeval Yao Pool and the Heavenly Court Yao Pool were broadly alike in layout, differing only in small details, for since the Heavenly Court Yao Pool was the residence of Her Majesty the Empress, its arrangement had been subtly altered.
Though the primeval Yao Pool still kept its original pattern, its Hongmeng Yuan Liquid was gone, and that liquid was the greatest treasure of the primeval Yao Pool. Now Langxuan Divine Emperor had laid throughout the primeval Yao Pool all manner of formations to draw the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, borrowing this precious land to refine Hongmeng Yuan Liquid.
By now a fair amount had gathered, filling a small pond some ten-odd zhang across. That was already much, yet beside the Yao Pool of the primeval age, this little was but a drop in the ocean.
The primeval Yao Pool sprawled vast and wide, everywhere exposing the seabed, and the seabed lay parched, with the ridges of the seafloor jutting out in places. Shen Mu frowned, spirit-gathering formations set by Langxuan Divine Emperor covered the ground, so that the original landform could scarcely be discerned.
"If the Yao Pool can serve as a realm, it must hold some wonder, like the Four Heavenly Gates, like the Nine Prison Terrace.
Then where exactly does that wonder lie? " He rose from the Yao Terrace into the air, skimming above the dried seabed, looking about on all sides.
After a long while Shen Mu wheeled back, flying toward the Yao Terrace with doubt on his face. He had found no marvel of the Dao in the Yao Pool.
Yet the Yao Pool realm within the Heavenly Palace system truly existed, which proved the Yao Pool must harbor some wondrous great Dao of heaven and earth, that Earth Mother Yuanjun could become a spirit root of heaven and earth must rely on the working of the Yao Pool, and likely not merely because she had been watered with Hongmeng Yuan Liquid.
Suddenly Shen Mu started slightly and halted in midair, his robes fluttering. His gaze fell upon the Yao Terrace.
The primeval Yao Terrace was almost identical in form to the Heavenly Court Yao Terrace, plainly the latter had been built to the measure of the former.
But the primeval Yao Terrace was naturally formed, the whole terrace one mass of fine jade, and jade at its fairest is yao, this natural jade terrace yet had steps and railings and a broad platform from which one could gaze upon the Yao Pool and descend to the Yao Sea.
Shen Mu counted, the jade stair of the Yao Terrace ran eight hundred steps, with a landing every hundred steps, and climbing step by step one could reach these jade terraces.