Chapter 1724 — The Steed Treads the Heavens
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 5
Shen Mu dismissed the altar, withdrew his primordial spirit, and said with admiration, "Taichu is truly formidable; he wounded me.
My estimate of him was a little off.
He must have completed the Seventy-Two Treasure Halls, advanced another storey in cultivation, and grown more seasoned in attaining the Dao through force.
" Ling Yuxiu came forward, fetched medicine and wiped the wound on his knuckles, saying with heartache, "You must not push yourself so hard next time. " Shen Mu nodded.
"My lady's reproof is just. Next time I shall have Lord Shang hold him off.
" Heavenly Venerable Yun stared at the wound on his knuckles and said nothing.
Shen Mu had just been working his rites, summoning the Azure Dragon's soul; while he did so, Taichu's divine power had stolen in without the slightest warning, a perilous moment indeed!
Taichu's divine power followed the vine to the melon, striking straight at the source of the soul-summoning lure; it was impossible to guard against, and even Heavenly Venerable Yun had felt the extreme danger of it.
In that instant Shen Mu had unleashed every method at his disposal, standing upon the altar as divine powers burst forth one after another, blocking and breaking each of Taichu's attacks in turn! And the most terrifying thing of all was that the might of Taichu's divine power had not even managed to travel beyond the altar before it was wholly dissolved. That was what shook Heavenly Venerable Yun to the core. Heavenly Venerable Mu, who had established the Dao through divine power, had attained a mastery of divine power that was past all understanding.
Heavenly Venerable Yun had contended with Taichu many times, knew his mastery of divine power like the back of his hand, and held him in the highest admiration.
Though Taichu had attained the Dao through force, his attainment in the Innate One Qi was exceedingly high; he could be called the foremost man of the Innate One Qi.
Likewise, he was deeply versed in Taichu's Dao; his Dao Realm had been cultivated to profound depths, to more than twenty heavens of the Dao Realm. And yet a being such as this, striking from the shadows, could not push the might of his divine power beyond the altar!
Understand: the divine power of a Dao-Achiever, once unleashed, could likely destroy more than half of the Taiqing Realm of Wuyou Township; yet so immense a force had been confined by Shen Mu to the altar alone! In the end, Taichu's divine power had wounded only Shen Mu's knuckles.
Shen Mu lamented that his own divine power was not yet perfect, but the shock he gave others was without equal. When Ling Yuxiu had finished tending the wound on his knuckles, Shen Mu looked up at the sky, and saw the Lord of Heaven's enormous face hooding the west, countless sun guardians dragging their suns together beneath that face; Xuandu's armies were ready. "The Heavenly Court's power is truly too great.
" He frowned slightly.
The Heavenly Court's forces outnumbered those of Wuyou Township and Jingping tenfold, several tens of fold. At present the Heavenly Court's armies were held in check by Wuyou Township and the battlefield had not yet been spread open; but once it was, Wuyou Township would likely not escape calamity. "By then, even Heavenly Venerables and Dao-Achievers will have to take the field.
" Shen Mu's chest swelled.
What was most perilous was not Wuyou Township, but the Western Lands.
The Western Lands, he feared, could not be preserved at all.
"Before Wuyou Township suffers a great defeat, the powers of the east, south, and north must be put down; otherwise we shall be encircled and annihilated at Jingping.
" The Eastern Sea.
The envoy from Jiangling stepped out of the teleportation gate and hurried to the camp at the Eastern Sea, passing through army after army of Jingping gods and demons. Beneath the tiger tent, the Imperial Preceptor of Jingping, Jiang Baigui, raised his head and saw him.