Chapter 1625 — Pure Goodness and Evil Thoughts
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 5
More terrifying still, the World Tree within his spirit treasury likewise became a tree of darkness, and under the contagion of that dreadful might, all of his great Daos blackened!
His aura erupted, plunging the Tianqi Rensheng Prince Manor into darkness. Nor was that all: the darkness swiftly invaded the Earth Lord's twin horns, so that the long rivers of magma coursing along them burned no longer, and the Nether River froze solid!
The Ling Heavenly Venerable frowned slightly and was about to speak, when the You Heavenly Venerable raised a hand and stayed her.
The Ling Heavenly Venerable was astonished. She glanced at him, and the You Heavenly Venerable shook his head.
The demonic nature about Shen Mu grew ever more intense, the darkness spread ever wider, until it swallowed even the Earth Lord's incomparably horrifying long horns.
His face too was devoured by the darkness, only his eyes glittering with demonic light—light so fierce that his face flared bright again and again, making him all the more ferocious!
"Once I have the Book of Life and Death!"
Shen Mu's voice brimmed with dark demonic nature, his Dao-heart warped; the primordial spirit behind him sank into darkness as well, like a demon king standing in the murk of night!
"Once I have the Book of Life and Death, I can shatter the power of the Ten Heavenly Venerables in a single stroke, destroy the Heavenly Court, and all will bow at my feet!"
"Once I have this golden volume, I will hold the most awe-inspiring power of all; I will be bound by nothing; I can become the master of desire, I can become the king of the dark world! No—the king of the entire universe!"
He laughed aloud, his face contorted, his palm trembling, about to seize the Book of Life and Death.
"I will become the most savage tyrant in the world, the mightiest emperor of countless worlds; my station will be firmer than Taichu's, my methods crueler than the Ten Heavenly Venerables'! No one will dare defy me; all will eke out their wretched lives beneath my tyranny! Even the Ten Heavenly Venerables will be powerless against me!"
"My might will pierce through the sixteen primal chaos rivers and drape darkness over sixteen universes; I will rule over the prehistoric age, and the six young masters of the Miluo Palace will bow at my feet as well!"
Just as his palm was about to touch the Book of Life and Death, he suddenly withdrew it swift as lightning. Dismay surfaced on Shen Mu's face; he retreated again and again, shaking his head. "No! I cannot do this! If I did, then I would be the Ten Heavenly Venerables, I would be those ancient gods! I cannot do this..."
The darkness shrouding the Earth Lord's horns slowly receded, and light returned once more to the Tianqi Rensheng Prince Manor.
Shen Mu's face was gradually lit by the radiance he himself gave off; the heavenly palace and Heavenly Court behind his head slowly emerged from the fading darkness, and his primordial spirit surfaced as well.
The World Tree was still a mass of darkness, but little by little the darkness withdrew from that precious tree.
Shen Mu clenched his fists and looked no more upon the Book of Life and Death. His clothes were soaked with sweat, as though he had just been hauled out of water.
"What a heavy demonic nature."
He closed his eyes and struggled with all his might against the Book of Life and Death's temptation, murmuring, "I cannot do this, nor can anyone else. If it were done, the human race would have no hope left at all."