Chapter 1554 — The Duel of the Dao-Achievers
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
"Only two rivers left.
. . " He rested a while; his wounds had healed considerably; then he boarded the boat and pressed on.
The outcome between Hao Tianzun and Xiao Tianzun no longer concerned him much.
He had only one thought now: to find Miluo Palace, to meet the master of Miluo Palace, and ask him about everything concerning Jade Capital City.
If he could return alive, then he must still linger a while on the Chaos River transformed from the fourth cosmos, and track down where Taiyi had gone.
Day by day the time flowed on. Shen Mu poled the boat onward alone; his wounds were nearly healed.
He possessed a complete Jade Pool realm, and the Jade Pool could produce the primeval liquid of Hongmeng, most beneficial for mending injuries to flesh and primordial spirit.
He came to the last Chaos River and took his boat into it. "Once I cross this river, Miluo Palace should be there.
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" A Dao Tree stump came gently to rest, and at last reached the far bank of the final Chaos River. Down from the stump stepped an old woman, her body so bent and bowed that her face nearly touched the ground.
She was Consort Qiang, who after countless hardships had finally come to this place.
Trembling, she climbed down from the stump, shuffling and stumbling, dragging her feet with difficulty toward Miluo Palace. "Great Emperor. " Suddenly a voice came from behind her.
Consort Qiang strained to turn her head, and of a sudden her body went light: a hand had lifted her up. With effort she raised her head, her old eyes dim, and dimly glimpsed Shen Mu's face. "Mu Tianzun.
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" Consort Qiang struggled, trying to swing the two God-Slaying Mystic Blades and cut Shen Mu down, but now she could scarcely lift those two divine blades. The blades too had lost all their divine power, and hung limp.
Shen Mu pried open her withered claw of a hand and took the two blades from her, then carried Consort Qiang by the collar to the riverbank.
She struggled with all her might, clawing at his collar, her voice hoarse: "Let me go!
I must see the master of Miluo Palace.
You cannot kill me, Mu Tianzun, I am the master of Miluo Palace's guest.
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. " "Forgive me, Great Emperor.
" Shen Mu pressed her down into the Chaos River and let her two hands tear at his collar and his face, watching her turn to powder in the Calamity of Destruction, and murmured, "I must kill you, I must. If I do not kill you now, I will have no certainty when the time comes to rescue Ling Tianzun.
. . Hao Tianzun and Xiao Tianzun are close to attaining the Dao.
I can wait no longer; I must go save Ling Tianzun.
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. Do not struggle.
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" Little by little, he sank Consort Qiang into the river.