Chapter 1596 — The Unfathomable Human Heart
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As the second existence in that age of primal ignorance to open up a realm, his gifts and his comprehension were peerless. In the years she had dealt with Heavenly Venerable Hao, he had already comprehended the Way of Taisu from her — and his comprehension ran even deeper than her own! Heavenly Venerable Hao had been playing along with her all along, all along spying out her power, comprehending her Dao, squeezing out her worth!
And now, to Heavenly Venerable Hao, her last remaining value was herself, was her Dao. Heavenly Venerable Hao completed the mass of Taisu qi in his hand, tipped back his head, and swallowed it.
He turned around, and his palm reached out to seize the Goddess Taisu.
The Goddess Taisu screamed again and again and struggled with all her might, yet all her divine powers and divine arts were of no use whatsoever before an existence that commanded two Heavenly Courts.
Shen Mu watched this scene in silence; what Taisu could see was little, but he could see far more.
Of Heavenly Venerable Hao's two Heavenly Courts, the one headed by the Way of Taichu had its center of power in the Lingxiao Hall, while the one headed by the Way of Guixu had its center of power in the Zixiao Hall.
"In other words, he possesses the power of both the Third Young Master and the Fourth Young Master of Miluo Palace at once. " "He threw in his lot with the Fourth Young Master of Miluo Palace; by rights he ought to have replaced all his own heavenly palaces with Zixiao Halls, yet he did not — he replaced only half.
" Shen Mu's eyes flickered, and he thought: "His purpose in doing so is most likely to make preparation for the elimination of Heavenly Venerable Xiao.
Eliminate Heavenly Venerable Xiao, and he gains the support of the Third Young Master of Miluo Palace. Once Heavenly Venerable Xiao is dead, the Third Young Master, to achieve his own ends, will have no choice but to support him.
In this way his position is made eternal, and none can ever overthrow him.
" Heavenly Venerable Hao's methods and his ambition made even Shen Mu feel a chill. This Heavenly Venerable was harder to deal with than he had imagined!
Taisu's fate was already sealed, and none could change it; Shen Mu could only lament. He had once tried to save Taisu, and more than once, but Taisu had time and again spurned his goodwill, misunderstanding his intent or simply failing to grasp it, leaving him to sigh in vain. The Goddess Taisu fell into Heavenly Venerable Hao's palm and, like the Taiding Cauldron, burst apart with a bang, becoming a mass of Taisu qi and the Way of Taisu. Delight showed in Heavenly Venerable Hao's eyes; he examined and re-examined the Taisu qi and the Way of Taisu in his hand, his Adam's apple rolling up and down, and at last he wiped away Taisu's consciousness, swallowed it, and refined it.
Shen Mu sighed and sank back into the Wheel of Myriad Daos.
Of the five innate primordials, two were now gone.
Heavenly Venerable Xiao had become utterly isolated, with only two Taiji Ancient Gods at his side, and the Taiji Ancient Gods, more hindrance than help, could never prevail against Heavenly Venerable Hao and the other Heavenly Venerables who backed him.
"Heavenly Venerable Xiao obtained the Taichu fleshly body — a body of immense power, yet already covered in wounds, and all of them dao-wounds. Were I in his place, I would carry that body to Yujing City of the Ancestral Court and beg the Third Young Master to heal it.
Only thus could he stand as an equal against Heavenly Venerable Hao. " Shen Mu's eyes flickered, and he thought: "No doubt Heavenly Venerable Xiao has already hurried to Yujing City of the Ancestral Court.
Yet even so, his odds of victory are slim. Heavenly Venerable Hao's momentum is already established.
The next step, and he will begin to imprint his power upon the Ultimate Void and bring forth a Dao Tree!
How terrifying will he be then?