Chapter 1475 — The Vaulted Sea Mirrors the Heavenly Capital
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Shen Mu smiled, waved to Langwan, and then departed with Zaifu, Tian Shu, and the others.
Scarcely had he gone when a burly, thick-limbed giant came leaping swift as flight, treading the heavenly river, charging straight at Langwan — none other than the Eleventh Heavenly Venerable, Shi Qiluo! The armies of the Heavenly Court might be bewitched by the beauty of Divine King Langwan, but Shi Qiluo would not be!
Divine King Langwan dared not cross blades with him, and at once fled into the thirty-fifth void.
Shi Qiluo howled and charged forward, but he could not reach the thirty-fifth layer of the void, and could only sigh in vain. Yet by now Heavenly Venerable Hong had broken free, and he hurled a fist at the thirty-fifth layer of the void.
His battle strength was monstrous, far surpassing Shi Qiluo's, and even hidden within the thirty-fifth layer of the void, Langwan was not safe. Just then, Divine King Langwan unexpectedly visualized Youdu, and within the thirty-fifth layer of the void conjured a world of Youdu, dim and unlit.
Heavenly Venerable Hong was puzzled by her intent, but then saw that in the world of Youdu she had conjured, a faint, ghostly lamplight appeared, and a paper boat floated up behind her.
"Heavenly Venerable You! " Heavenly Venerable Hong chuckled.
Xuandu was the holy ground of the Heavenly Dao; Heavenly Venerable You, as the one who had perfected the great Dao of Youdu, had surely joined the battle of Xuandu at Shen Mu's invitation.
Yet Xuandu's suppression of him was too great, and so even Heavenly Venerable You had to rely on the world of Youdu conjured by Divine King Langwan merely to stand his ground. Under such circumstances, even if Heavenly Venerable You joined hands with Langwan, they could not contend with him! His fist of the Heavenly Dao surged vast and mighty, shattering layer upon layer of the void, and on the paper boat behind Divine King Langwan, Heavenly Venerable You raised a storm lantern and shone it at his fist.
Just as the lantern's light grew incomparably brilliant, suddenly, within that conjured world of Youdu, countless paper boats, countless storm lanterns, countless Heavenly Venerable Yous emerged!
In that moment, Youdu was emptied. Only Tubo remained, and the ghosts upon Tubo's body, along with some of the demon clans and the little ghosts and ghost kings — while those underworld couriers, numbering in the countless millions, had all vanished without a trace!
They had come to Xuandu, and now they appeared behind Divine King Langwan! These aged underworld couriers raised their storm lanterns as one, and the light blazed forth, meeting the fist Heavenly Venerable Hong hurled at them.
The thirty-fifth layer of the void shook violently, a sight to make one's eyes start. Though the force of Heavenly Venerable Hong's fist had been weakened by the thirty-fifth layer of the void, its power was still extraordinary, yet it was blocked by Heavenly Venerable You — forcing one to reassess Heavenly Venerable You's strength.
Heavenly Venerable You blocked the blow, and Divine King Langwan seized the chance to flee, vanishing without a trace along with those countless underworld couriers and ghost ships.
Heavenly Venerable Hong and Shi Qiluo were about to give chase when suddenly the heavenly baleful energy within Xuandu surged madly, howling as it converged toward a single place. The two Heavenly Venerables were startled, and Shi Qiluo took down the chest of a hundred treasures from his back, opened it, drew out an object, and set it upright.
It was a tall tower with two spires, and atop the twin spires sat a god-made eye. Peering through the god-made eye, Shi Qiluo at once saw a massive altar flying toward the Heavenly Lord of Xuandu, with Heavenly Consort Qiang standing upon it.
The altar's steps were strange: when Shi Qiluo looked, the altar had twelve flights of steps, but when Heavenly Venerable Hong leaned in to look, there were nine.