Chapter 1687 — Though Dead, Their Heroic Spirit Lives On
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
A million years of accumulation had left the court far beyond Jingping not only in numbers of gods and devils but in wealth and resources.
Emperor Haotian returned to the central camp, his face dark, for this trial against Shen Mu had filled him with a keen sense of peril. The probe had shown him that Jingping's highest battle strength no longer fell short of the court's, lacking only in middle and lower gods and devils, where the court held overwhelming advantage.
Yet if their highest strength were damaged, this battle would surely be lost. "The only plan now is to borrow the strength of the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince," his eyes flickered, when suddenly a divine general came to report: "Your Majesty, the Tianhu heavens have risen in revolt.
The rebels would not obey the levy, slew the master of Tianhu, and would set themselves up as emperors! " Emperor Haotian smiled faintly and said softly: "Command the ghosts and gods to descend to Youdu and tell Celestial Venerable Xu to offer up the Tianhu heavens in sacrifice.
Remember, give Celestial Venerable Xu my exact words, that the Tianhu heavens are to be sacrificed!
" The general took the order and hurried away. Emperor Haotian leaned back, murmuring: "Sacrificing one heaven to the Third Prince should purchase one who has attained the Dao.
The Third Prince will see my loyalty and surely lend me greater strength!
And I lack but one step to bring my second Celestial Court art to completion, when both methods of attaining the Dao will be mine.
" He relaxed completely: "Celestial Venerable Mu, oh Celestial Venerable Mu, I will not let you become my inner demon again. This battle you are doomed to lose!
" To trample Jingping flat was but a matter of days.
In the Ultimate Void, in the Forsaken Land, before a great square stele a door plank floated, and Shen Mu looked up at the obelisk, which had been refined from Chaos stone and endured undamaged through the ages.
Shen Mu studied the writing upon the stele, and after a moment reached out and wrenched a chunk from it, tilted his head back, and swallowed the Chaos stone. "This Chaos stone must be greatly nourishing.
If I eat this stele and refine it into Hongmeng purple qi, perhaps I can return to my peak. "