Chapter 1436 — I Know Your Body Better Than You Do
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
Her Majesty the Empress was roused to killing intent, and Shen Mu, sensing it, said mildly, "Empress, you have stirred your killing intent. You are one step further from attaining the Dao.
" "Daoist Lord Mu, when you attain the Dao in the future, it will be a Dao attained by your tongue!
" Her Majesty raised a hand and pointed, and a vast Guixu abyss surfaced above Shen Mu's head. "That Guixu Sea Eye of mine has ground to nothing I know not how many divinities, how many heroes and champions. You, Daoist Lord Mu, are not the first, and you will not be the last! Today I will use you to fill the sea eye.
If you can hold out a hundred years without dying, then I will spare your life! " Shen Mu's fighting spirit soared to the heavens. He extended a single finger and drew it lightly across the air, and at once a boundless flood appeared, surging and spreading, and in an instant a Yao Sea lay between the two of them, pushing them ever further apart. Shen Mu stood upon the Yao Terrace at the edge of the Yao Sea, gazing at the Empress from afar, his eyes cold.
Behind him light blazed forth, and heavenly palaces appeared one after another, each with a primordial spirit enthroned within it, standing above the Yao Sea — only the Zaiji Heavenly Palace was not yet complete. "If my primordial spirit crosses the Yao Pool and passes through the God-Slaying Terrace into the realm of the Nine Hells Terrace, could I then stand against a Heavenly Venerable and keep from dying?
" The essence-light flickered in his eyes, and a terrible conviction stirred restlessly in his heart: he wanted to contend with a Heavenly Venerable head-on! Her Majesty the Empress was not Venerable Yan herself descended in person; had Venerable Yan come in person, he would not have dared harbor such audacious thoughts.
Consort Yan's strength was unfathomable, but Her Majesty the Empress was merely an ancient god — even if she were driven by Consort Yan's primordial spirit, she could hardly match the full battle power of Consort Yan. If Shen Mu crossed two realms in succession, even if those realms were incomplete, his cultivation and strength would still surge, and the increase would be terrifying.
Under such circumstances, could he contend with a Heavenly Venerable? Ever since he had perfected the Yao Pool, he had needed a chance to show what he was — to see just how far his cultivation, his strength, his Dao realm had truly come!
The two stood on the verge of eruption! Her Majesty the Empress was about to strike when suddenly the Taiji ancient gods within the egg sighed and said in one voice, "Let both of you cool your tempers!
" The primordial spirits in Shen Mu's heavenly palaces had already come to the edge of the Yao Pool, driving his cultivation ever higher, and his primordial spirit was walking toward the God-Slaying Terrace of each heavenly palace. The words of the Taiji ancient gods made him halt his primordial spirit. The Empress's brows lifted, and she too held herself back.
The Taiji ancient gods said, "Empress, Daoist Lord Mu, take one step back and the sea and sky lie open; take one step forward and blood will soak the ground. There is no need to lose your temper over so small a matter.
Daoist Lord Mu, after we emerge into the world, we will temper ourselves in the red dust and grind our Dao-hearts.
We promise you that in the future we will never be your enemies. Does this promise satisfy you?
" Shen Mu dispersed his killing intent and his fighting spirit, laughed heartily, and bowed deeply to the ground. "I am endlessly grateful for the goodwill of you two Daoist brothers!
I only hope the two of you will not forget today's words!