Chapter 1664 — Boundless Magic Power
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 5
. " Shen Mu smiled faintly and said nothing.
The Lord of Heaven shuddered and did not utter another word.
Achou said, "The Shepherd Heavenly Venerable keeps his word. If we truly break our oath, we are lost beyond all redemption.
Brother Daoist, let us go.
" The Lord of Heaven followed after him and said in a low voice, "That brat Shepherd Heavenly Venerable, how obedient and well-behaved he was in the old days!
And now he even threatens the likes of us. .
. " Achou's voice drifted back.
"We were in the wrong; we have no case to stand on. Brother Daoist, say no more.
. . " Shen Fengqing brought the Book of Life and Death and roused his divine powers.
"Little brother," he said, "I need a little time.
I must search through every living being in Jingping, examine their past lives, and trace back a hundred lifetimes before I can determine which one is Taichu's reincarnation. " Shen Mu waited quietly, watching him work his art. Having received Achou's instruction, Shen Fengqing at once roused the Book of Life and Death, and the images of countless humans, gods, and demons rose from its pages; all the myriad beings of Jingping, of whatever race, were mirrored therein.
With a slight stir of thought he sifted out those who had past lives, and the myriad beings in the Book were reduced to a few hundred thousand, still a vast number. Shen Fengqing roused the Dao of Youdu; the twin horns on his head grew blazing hot, and the vertical eye at the center of his brow shone upon the Book of Life and Death, and wherever its light passed, the past and present lives of each living being surfaced one by one.
He searched with minute care, and after a long while every being in the Book, no matter how many past lives they had, was seen through by him with perfect clarity. Gradually, only a dozen or so remained. Shen Fengqing searched again.
The twin horns on his head were like vast mountain peaks standing between heaven and earth, winding through nine bends and eighteen turns, scorched red by magma. The vertical eye at his brow grew brighter and brighter, setting the horns alight, and between the two horns the Dao of Youdu seemed to gather into one enormous eye, blazing upon those dozen-odd people.
Their deeper past lives were illuminated, and several more vanished, leaving only seven.
"This one is me. " Shen Mu lifted a hand and pointed.
"I am well versed in the Dao of Reincarnation; elder brother, you will never find my roots. This one is the Youdu Heavenly Venerable, and his roots you cannot find either.
This one is the Ling Heavenly Venerable, and this one is Taishi; they have clouded the Book of Life and Death, so there is no need to seek them out.
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. This one should be the Void Heavenly Venerable's reincarnation in Jingping; her Dao of Youdu is no whit inferior to yours, so do not alarm her. " Shen Fengqing excluded these few, and only two were left in the Book of Life and Death. Shen Mu studied them closely. Of the two in the Book, one was named Du Yufei and the other Yan Duxing.
Their past lives were even more numerous than those of the Heavenly Court's Celestial Master Bai Yuqiong, which made Shen Fengqing's search through their past lives incomparably hard.
"It must be these two.
" Shen Mu rose to his feet, and Ling Yuxiu said hurriedly, "Husband, how will you lay hands on the remaining fourteen treasure halls without alarming them? Taichu may live in seclusion in Dongji Heaven, but he is one who has attained the Dao, after all, and he holds the One-Qi Great Luotian.
No action of his reincarnations can hope to escape his eyes!
" Shen Mu smiled faintly; his form vanished, and only his voice remained. "My divine powers long ago passed beyond Taichu's understanding. " The Ultimate Void. Taichu's One-Qi Great Luotian.