Chapter 1666 — Burying the Great Dao
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Beneath a Dao tree, a burly Dao-attainer, his face hazy and misted, halos of light spinning behind his head, said in a deep voice: "The Chaos Hall is the manifestation of his Great Dao; we must shatter this hall and not let him make a comeback!
" Someone was puzzled: "The Seventh Young Lord has already been beaten by us until his soul scattered—how could he make a comeback?
" The Guixu swept up all the chaotic qi; only the Jade Capital remained, which it could not swallow.
Just then, the Guixu tide suddenly erupted; twin lotuses rose slowly from the stream of light, the twin lotuses spinning, and within the spinning figure the buds' petals bloomed outward one by one!
"Not good! It is the kalpa of universal creation!
" Suddenly someone cried out sternly: "Our Dao trees and Dao fruits can escape the kalpa of destruction, but they cannot pass the kalpa of creation!
" Before his words faded, from the Guixu Abyss came a sound like a bell, and also like the Dao-sound of the supreme Dao; accompanying this sound, a new universe burst forth from the Guixu!
Countless worlds gushed out from the Guixu; time and space took shape, in the form of a universe-bell, ever expanding outward along the bell's walls, with the Ancestral Court at its center!
The myriad heavens and worlds, immeasurable stars and starry skies, all emerged at once, growing more numerous, the universe growing vaster.
This kalpa of creation even the Jade Capital could not avoid; the projections of those Dao-attainers felt an unmatched power surging from within their bodies, from their Dao trees, Dao flowers, and Dao fruits!
Peng! Peng!
Peng!
Dao fruit after Dao fruit cracked open and swelled; Dao flower after Dao flower swayed and withered; Dao tree after Dao tree toppled and dried up.
Their Daos disintegrated and collapsed in the kalpa of creation, becoming nourishment for this new world! Guang— The bell's sound was like a warning to the world, and also like the sound of creation, shaking their thoughts and consciousness into scattered drift.
The bell's sound faded, and within the Jade Capital all was desolation.
Some had not yet died, but they had no strength left either, collapsed before their treasure halls.
Dimly, they saw a figure walking from beneath the World Tree, drawing nearer and nearer; that figure walked into the Jade Capital, came before them, and stepped over them. The phantoms of the fallen Dao-attainers burst apart one after another, swallowed by the Guixu Abyss; their withered, toppled Dao trees, their cracked Dao fruits, their scattered Dao flowers—all became nourishment for the world.
Suddenly, a hand seized Shen Mu's primordial spirit by the ankle. Shen Mu halted and looked down; the Dao-attainer's voice was hoarse, rasping: "Seventh Young Lord, we too have the right to live.
.
. " Shen Mu shook her off and continued forward.
"Nanxiang, you do have the right to live, but not at the cost of our lives to fulfill you, to let you live on.
" As his figure passed, the phantom of Lady Nanxiang burst apart, transforming into howling Dao light that was swallowed by the Guixu.
Shen Mu walked to the center of the Jade Capital; the seventy-two Dao-attainers and their Dao trees had all dissipated, and the Jade Capital was entirely renewed.
He paused, his gaze falling upon the chaotic qi at the center of the Jade Capital, where stood a Chaos Hall—the treasure hall condensed from the Great Dao of his entire life!
The power of these Dao-attainers and their Dao trees, Dao flowers, and Dao fruits had all transformed into his power, giving him sufficient strength to step into this chaos!
Shen Mu drew a long breath and walked into the chaos!