Chapter 1598 — Burning the Body as an Offering to Heaven
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Gong Tianzun's heart lurched. She hurried to look for Shen Mu within the Myriad Dao Heavenly Wheel, and saw that Shen Mu was clutched in the madwoman's palm, looking utterly innocent.
The madwoman was using him as a torch, lighting him to melt down the furnace.
Gong Tianzun was appalled. What a formidable being Mu Tianzun was! In a head-on clash, Gong Tianzun would not dare claim certain victory over him!
And now Shen Mu had been brought to heel by Her Highness the Empress, his whole cultivation set alight to become Dao fire!
Gong Tianzun felt both dread and a certain amusement. She thought, "That thieving Mu is doomed. Even if she does not throw him into Guixu, he is doomed. The Empress has gone mad — I must not be caught here with him."
She was about to leave when Her Highness the Empress suddenly collapsed and fell into a snoring sleep.
Gong Tianzun was startled. Just as she meant to seize the chance to go, Her Highness the Empress suddenly stood bolt upright, and in the blink of an eye appeared behind her, a cold smile on her face. "The little slut wants to plot against me — did you think I would not know? It is very hard for me to refine her to death, but the little slut is the Palace Master of Zaofu, versed in the way of creation and the way of casting, keeper of the Creation Divine Artifact. The treasures she makes can refine me to death — so they can refine her to death as well! Therefore I gave her this chance, to make this great furnace. Tell me, Gong Tianzun, is my scheme not ingenious?"
Gong Tianzun forced a smile. "The Empress's wisdom is boundless..."
The Empress seized her and clutched her in her palm, walking toward the furnace, murmuring, "Mu Tianzun's cultivation is high, but his magic power is weak; I must light one more Celestial Venerable before this treasure can be refined..."
After a moment, Shen Mu and Gong Tianzun, like two enormous human-shaped torches wreathed in blazing Dao fire, were placed beneath the furnace.
The two exchanged a glance, and saw that each other's face was quite helpless.
"Have you seen that little slut, my elder sister?"
Suddenly Her Highness the Empress had switched back to Lady Yuanmu's tone, and she said excitedly to the two beneath the furnace, "That little slut must be scheming how to plot against me, isn't she?"
Shen Mu said helplessly, "Sister Yuanmu, stop making trouble..."