Chapter 1635 — The Venerable One Perishes
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" Shen Mu laughed heartily and burst out of the Ten Thousand Dao Heaven Wheel. He had barely freed himself when the wheel spun at furious speed and went whistling away to land behind Hao Tianzun; Hao Tianzun raised a hand and struck heavily forward, and boom, boom, boom, layer upon layer of dark Ten Thousand Dao Heaven Wheels spread out ahead of him. Shen Mu's Hongmeng Finger came killing through, piercing layer after layer of heaven-wheel divine art, passing through twenty-eight layers of heaven wheels, its power still not wholly ground away!
Hao Tianzun roared, clenched both fists, and hammered madly forward, striking countless blows in the space of a breath.
By the time the power of Shen Mu's finger was completely wiped away, his hands were drenched in blood, trembling with pain.
Shen Mu raised a hand and summoned the Tribulation Sword, standing not far from him. On the other side, Lingyu Shangzun, now familiar with the Yutianzun artifact, strode over as well. Behind Hao Tianzun's head the heaven wheel turned slowly, and his gaze flickered: "Lingyu Shangzun, if I die I will be devoured by Youdu's great blood sacrifice formation.
The Third and Fourth Young Masters of the Miluo Palace have already gathered power enough; not enough to bear their own descent, but to bring a Dao-achiever down is no difficult matter.
" Lingyu Shangzun halted. Hao Tianzun retreated step by step, a smile appearing on his face: "Lingyu Shangzun, you and we Ten Tianzuns are the same kind of people; you harbor very lofty ambitions. You did not throw in your lot with the Miluo Palace not because you distrust its young masters, but because you will not be another man's underling.
Your aim is to surpass the young masters of the Miluo Palace and become the overlord of this universe. Is that not so?
" A chill went through Shen Mu's heart.
He turned to look at Lingyu Shangzun: "Shangzun, surely you are not such a common man as that?
" Lingyu Shangzun sighed and said bleakly: "I would very much like to deny it, but such a common man is precisely what I am.
What meaning is there in merely staying alive?
One who has achieved the Dao ought to have greater pursuits, to while away the years ahead and make life interesting. " Shen Mu said in disappointment: "So you too cannot be relied upon. " Hao Tianzun halted, and from behind him came the sound of footfalls; it was the footfalls of Ling Tianzun. Ling Tianzun had come to this Zaofu Heavenly Palace.
Lingyu Shangzun's gaze fell upon her, and at once he saw that her cultivation was not high and gave it no weight, saying with a smile: "This body does not suit me; it can only be called barely serviceable, and it cannot be relied upon to carry me into the Ultimate Void and lodge my Dao fruit. " His gaze swept around, toward the fragments of Daluo Heaven and the hexagonal pillars within them. "The Fourth Young Master of the Miluo Palace does have talent, to have devised so ingenious a method of blood sacrifice. A slight alteration on my part, and the blood sacrifice will serve me. " He spread his arms wide and laughed aloud: "Once the fleshly body of Taichu descends, I shall rule this universe forever; from the azure heavens above to the Yellow Springs below, I shall have no rival!
You!
" His gaze settled on Hao Tianzun: "You and all the forces of your celestial court, submit, every one of you, and you may live. " Cold sweat broke out on Hao Tianzun's brow, and he at once perceived that Lingyu Shangzun had locked onto him; the aura was that of the pure Dao of Taichu, the Dao of Taichu of the thirty-six-fold Dao realm, a Dao realm for which even his father Taichu had dreamed and yearned! So mighty was this power that it threatened not only this body of his; even were his Dao-achieved body to arrive, it would be no match for Lingyu Shangzun!
Nor was that all; he could hear Ling Tianzun's footsteps drawing nearer to him!