Chapter 1637 — The Dao Heart Shatters
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
Jingping shall live, and the Land of No Sorrow I will not touch either. But if you dare speak one word of refusal, Jingping and the Land of No Sorrow alike shall be ground to dust and scattered on the wind!
" Huo Tianzun lifted an eyebrow.
"Your Majesty, they are traitors — how can they be granted amnesty? " Hao Tianzun laughed. "Huo my dear minister, do you take me for a sovereign of no breadth of mind? " Huo Tianzun dared say no more. Suddenly the golden ship sailed away and vanished into the darkness. Seeing this, Huo Tianzun let out a breath of relief.
Hao Tianzun smiled. "He will go to the Heavenly Court. He is a man who understands.
" He lifted his head, drew a long breath, and slowly spread his arms.
"This world is mine alone at last!
" The Golden Ship of Salvation went faster and faster, sailing through the gloom of Youdu; for the Earth Earl's fleshly body was ever crumbling, and the very space of Youdu crumbled with it.
"Where I stand, there is Youdu!
" The Earth Earl's flesh split into great pieces of land that drifted through Youdu, and Youdu too split piece from piece, no longer a single whole.
Some fragments of Youdu overlapped with several heavens, some with the Origin World, and some joined with the Ancestral Court.
The others stood at the prow and said nothing.
With Kaihuang's death this battle had collapsed utterly, and there was no hope of turning it back.
Suddenly Tiangong saw the body of A'Chou the Earth Earl floating upon a continent, and hurriedly reached out and scooped him onto the ship. He wanted to ask Shen Mu to summon the Earth Earl's soul, and he opened his mouth — then said nothing.
Because of the Earth Earl's unasked-for act, Kaihuang had died, and this great rout had come about; to open his mouth and ask Shen Mu to revive the Earth Earl would make them, the ancient gods, look utterly selfish.
"I will revive the Earth Earl. " Shen Mu's eyes shifted, and he said suddenly, "But Yun Tianzun is still in the Ultimate Void, in battle with Taichu; we should go there first.
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I need quiet, a little quiet.
. .
" His strength failing him, he sat down, and suddenly felt heaven and earth spinning about him; he fell over backward.
"Let him rest a while. " Yue Tianzun said in a low voice, "I will take Ling Tianzun to the Ultimate Void. Frightening Taichu away should be no great matter.
" Ling Tianzun nodded lightly.
Hearing her words, Shen Mu slowly closed his eyes. Before him all was dark and heavy, and two lines of tears ran from the corners of his eyes to his temples, soaking the hair behind his ears. Is there no hope left?
Yes.
There is no hope left at all, he said silently in his heart.
Yue Tianzun led the others away; she knew that Shen Mu did not wish anyone to see the weak side of him, and they in turn did not wish to see the weak side of Mu Tianzun.