Chapter 1595 — The Fall of a Supreme
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
"You have means, and you have cunning; what you lack is only fortune. Your fortune has come. You know my abilities, and you know my methods. I am one of the Five Innate Ultimates, an existence on a par with Taiyi, Taichu, and Taiji!
" She changed tack and said lightly, "The sword wound Kaihuang left you—it was I who healed it. I can heal you, and I can make the sword wound return, leaving you in a living death.
" Within the Wheel of Myriad Daos, Shen Mu could not help laughing aloud. Taisu ignored him and went on, "Huo Tianzun, Xu Tianzun, Langxuan, and the Ancestral God King were all wounded as well, and all healed by me. They too can hardly escape my grasp!
Hao Tianzun may seem to hold the reins of the Heavenly Court, but in truth, the one who truly holds power in the Heavenly Court is me! " Gong Tianzun seemed somewhat moved; Shen Mu laughed heartily.
Taisu frowned, still ignoring him, and said unhurriedly, "Gong Jun, so long as you submit to me, the seat of Heavenly Emperor will belong neither to Hao Tianzun nor to Xiao Tianzun, but to you!
What say you? " Shen Mu laughed so hard in the Wheel of Myriad Daos that he rolled on the ground. At last Taisu could not hold back her anger and said coldly, "Shen Mu, you brat, what are you laughing at? Before long you will lose your life, buried in Guixu, beyond all redemption!
Only by throwing yourself upon me and clinging to me will you have a chance to preserve your life!
" Shen Mu said leisurely, "Taisu, your premature birth had to do with me; in a manner of speaking, I owe you, and I cannot bear to watch you lose your life like this. But alas, you are too foolish. When you heard my laughter, you should have grown wary and shut your mouth.
For one thing, do you know what sort of person Gong Jun is?
" Taisu sneered. "What sort? " "A woman who clings to men.
" Shen Mu said meaningfully, "And one who puts profit above all, utterly selfish. For gain she would sell anything, clinging only to the strongest man. Since you grant whatever is asked, and to see you is to see one's most terrifying inner demon, one's most longed-for person—then why not ask Gong Tianzun what she sees when she looks at you? " Taisu looked at Gong Tianzun.
"Gong Jun, when you look at me, what do you see?
" Gong Tianzun concealed nothing.
"I can see only a mass of qi, a hazy figure, like a woman. " Taisu frowned. "Let me help you see more clearly, Gong Tianzun! " Shen Mu's upper body emerged from the Wheel of Myriad Daos; he raised a hand and lightly drew a line, and a pane of glass appeared before Gong Tianzun, transparent glass. Gong Tianzun looked through the glass at Taisu, and at last saw who that hazy figure was: herself!
Taisu's expression changed.
"Taisu, you fancy yourself able to grasp people's desires, to grasp their terrors, but you never imagined it, did you? That there could be someone like Gong Tianzun in this world.
" Shen Mu sighed.
"From the very beginning, you should never have chosen to help Hao Tianzun, for you cannot outmatch him; you cannot control him at all.
That was your most muddled move. By the time you realized it, it was already late—but not too late.
It was only that you misjudged people, choosing to turn Gong Tianzun against him. You are too full of yourself; I can no longer save you.
" Taisu's heart crawled with dread.
Then from behind her came Hao Tianzun's voice, very gentle, yet it made her shiver with cold, shiver with cold: "Auntie, you have disappointed Hao'er so. "