Chapter 1489 — The Azure Heaven Falls, Part One
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Shi Qiluo glanced at Venerable Hong with a half-smile: "During the Kaihuang era, Lord Heaven propped up the Kaihuang Heavenly Court to compete against the Heavenly Court. I thought Lord Heaven's purpose was truly to borrow the Kaihuang Heavenly Court's power to eliminate us. Heh heh, so I still hadn't thought deep enough. Lord Heaven's true purpose was to transform into Venerable Hong, and thereby absorb the achievements of the Kaihuang Reform, so as to cultivate the Heavenly Court realm one step ahead of us! Old fox..."
Though she had used this opportunity to verify Lord Heaven's identity, she did not make it known, but continued watching Venerable Hong fight Lord Heaven.
Venerable Hong fully piloted the divine artifact Yukong Venerable, driving this divine artifact's power to its utmost extreme. Behind the divine artifact Yukong Venerable's head, even the Martial Dao Heavenly Palace of the Martial Dao Great Emperor Zhuocha had appeared!
The achievements of the Kaihuang era's Reform were displayed in him to the fullest!
Even Kaihuang himself had never fused the Imperial Throne cultivation methods of the Kaihuang era into one—because Kaihuang needed to expend all his wisdom on walking the single path of the sword Dao. Had he devoted thought to other acquired Great Daos, he would not have achieved what he did.
But Venerable Hong was different.
He too was a part of Lord Heaven. The achievements of the Kaihuang era's Reform had not been hidden from Lord Heaven. Lord Heaven's true body could not absorb these Reform achievements—but he could.
In but a short time, behind the divine artifact Yukong Venerable's head, a Heavenly Court composed of thirty-five Heavenly Palaces had already emerged. Not only that, but the thirty-sixth Heavenly Palace was also taking form!
This sight filled Emperor Langxuan with dread and horror, and left Shi Qiluo both delighted and regretful.
Spying on Venerable Hong's cultivation method, he perceived that though Venerable Hong had a thirty-sixth Heavenly Palace, it was not perfect.
With the addition of the thirty-sixth Heavenly Palace, flaws appeared in the cultivation method—flaws that caused the pressure on the mortal body to reach the very limit of what flesh could bear!
In other words, even a body as mighty as a Venerable's could not withstand the pressure of a Great Heavenly Court composed of thirty-six Heavenly Palaces—it would inevitably be crushed to powder by the Great Heavenly Court!
In the past, Venerable Hong had never dared to deploy this imperfect cultivation method of his. Now, with the divine artifact Yukong Venerable, he had no scruples!
Now, the divine artifact Yukong Venerable's strength had already surpassed Venerable Hong's own. Its divine power's attack force even exceeded Emperor Langxuan's—and its combat might was still rising!
Emperor Langxuan and Shi Qiluo were shaken to their core, somewhat unable to comprehend. The divine artifact Yukong Venerable was already at the Heavenly Court realm—how could it possibly still be increasing its strength?
Shi Qiluo quickly perceived that this enhancement did not come from the Heavenly Palaces, but from the temples within the Heavenly Court!
The temples providing the divine artifact Yukong Venerable with power beyond the Heavenly Court realm numbered eight in total. The power of these eight temples corresponded respectively to eight kinds of acquired Dao—not among the innate Daos!
"The Kaihuang Reform was nearly monstrously remarkable!"
Shi Qiluo was so exhilarated he nearly wept. The greatest achievement of the Kaihuang era's Reform lay right before his eyes.
Though he had not yet seen the path to Heavenly Court completion where seventy-two Treasure Halls guard the thirty-six Heavenly Palaces, he had already perceived the perfection of this path!
This path, supported by acquired Great Daos, greatly reduced the pressure of the Great Heavenly Court formed by the thirty-six Heavenly Palaces!