Chapter 1536 — The Seventy-Two Palaces of the Imperial Capital
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And once power is borrowed, it must be repaid in the future! After a Dao-Achiever's Jade Capital is returned to the Ancestral Court Jade Capital, the decline of his personal strength is the least of matters—the Jade Capital will become even more stable, able to resist the Annihilation Tribulation with greater might!
It is even possible that some prehistoric Dao-Achiever will break free of the Annihilation Tribulation and step from the prehistoric universe into the present one! What the Ten Heavenly Venerables were doing was to ask a tiger for its hide, to act as the tiger's accomplice, and to make bridal robes for another's wedding!
Shen Mu pressed his hand upon his sword hilt, unable to resist the urge to draw his blade and chop the Dao patterns of this hall to pieces—but he forced himself to forbear.
Heavenly Venerable Hao and the others had already been here and comprehended the mysteries of the Dao hidden within this hall; even if Shen Mu cut these Dao patterns to shreds now, it would avail little.
Moreover, the Dao patterns in this divine temple were indeed exquisite and profound, concealing extremely deep principles—this was no simple matter of borrowing power.
Shen Mu steadied his mind, sat down, and quietly set about comprehending the Dao patterns on the temple walls, grasping the arcana within. He had to understand their arcana; whether to practice them could only be decided after he had explored the Jade Capital City.
After a little while, Shen Mu fell peacefully into a dream.
Layer upon layer of dreams unfolded, and countless tiny Shen Mus flew out, racing along the four walls of the temple, shouting "Maha, maha! " as they reasoned over the mysteries of the runes.
More than ten days later, Shen Mu withdrew his dreams, rose, and walked out of that treasure hall.
Following the path that Heavenly Venerable Hao and the others had trod, he continued onward, and before long he came upon another treasure hall.
"There couldn't be seventy-two treasure halls here, could there?
" A chill shot through Shen Mu's heart: "Seventy-two treasure halls—wouldn't they correspond to the seventy-two halls of the Heavenly Court? If so, what Hao and the others wish to complete is not the Jade Capital realm.
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but the thirty-six celestial palaces and the seventy-two treasure halls—they wish to complete the Great Heavenly Court!
This method was created by the Sage Woodcutter—so who taught Heavenly Venerable Hao to cultivate in this way? " His face grew somber.
If Hao had come up with it himself, then Hao's intelligence and comprehension would have to be reassessed!
And if Hao had not comprehended it himself, then who had guided him?
"The Woodcutter and Junior Brother Jiang Baigui could not have guided him.
Taisu does not have such wisdom. The one behind Heavenly Venerable Hao is not Taisu—it is someone else! " "The intelligence of that someone is no less than Master Woodcutter's. Yet look across the whole world today—aside from Master Woodcutter, no such wise one exists at all.
Unless.
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. unless he came from the previous universe!
A Dao-Achiever who crossed over! " His face was heavy with thought. In his mind rose the figure of Heavenly Venerable Hao, and behind that figure an immense shadow loomed down.
"Taisu is a little lamb that has fallen into the wolf's mouth—he is as good as dead! "