Chapter 1753 — Sealing the Coffin and Sinking It in the River
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 4
Half a year would complete the refining. But I require the aid of all Emperor Throne experts in the Heavenly Court, as well as several Celestial Venerables and those who have attained the Dao. " The Haotian Emperor frowned and said: "Half a year is too long. Should Old Thief Mu awake, it will be too late!
I give you three months!
" Xing'an considered carefully and said: "In three months, I fear the refining will bear some slight flaw.
" The Haotian Emperor asked: "How great a flaw?
" Xing'an calculated again for a moment and said: "A flaw of one part in a hundred. Give me three more months, and I could refine the most perfect coffin, into which whoever is put could never escape.
" The Haotian Emperor was delighted and laughed: "A mere hair's breadth of a flaw is nothing to fret over. Proceed as you will.
I permit you to employ at will the heavy treasures among the armies!
" Xing'an bowed, and thereupon set about his preparations. Among the armies of the Heavenly Court there were many treasures refined from the precious mountains, mines, lakes, rivers, and seas of the Ancestral Court, as well as all manner of divine materials.
Though not equal to the World Tree and the Yuanmu, they were nonetheless extraordinary.
Bearing the Haotian Emperor's decree, Xing'an demanded them, and the armies dared be angry but dared not speak. Up and down the Zaofu Heavenly Palace, tens of thousands of celestial artisans fired their furnaces and smelted all kinds of divine weapons, while Xing'an designed the parts of the Dao-Burying Divine Coffin.
After two months, the coffin had already taken preliminary shape. The Haotian Emperor personally led the civil and military officials to sacrifice and refine this divine coffin under Xing'an's direction, and even the Empress and the two who had attained the Dao, Taichu, were called upon.
After another month, the Dao-Burying Divine Coffin was completed.
Xing'an fetched the ninety-nine refined Dao-Slaughtering Nails and said: "Of these nails, half pinned into Mu Tianzun's body and half pinned into the coffin will merge into one with the coffin, and he will never escape again. " After交差, he thought a moment and said: "Your Majesty, I have always wished to obtain a Mu Tianzun brain.
I would go myself to see if I might sever Mu Tianzun's head. " The Haotian Emperor laughed: "Your loyalty is commendable.
But Thief Mu's lingering might is dreadfully fearsome, and with your strength you cannot draw near. Let the Retired Emperor and the Empress Dowager go to do this.
" Xing'an could only let the matter drop.
Taichu and the Empress Dowager at once carried the Dao-Burying Divine Coffin and the ninety-nine Dao-Slaughtering Nails to Shen Mu's 'burial place. ' Upon arriving there, Taichu felt the great dao within himself stirring restlessly, nearly ground away into chaos, and could not help praising: "What formidable lingering might! " The two came beneath the World Tree and were about to approach Shen Mu when suddenly the Empress Dowager's eye twitched.
With a shout she waved her hand, and a great abyss of Guixu stamped toward Shen Mu's shadow! Shen Mu's shadow squirmed, and suddenly a saber light cut into the great abyss, and with a hiss actually split the abyss open!
"Lord Shang!
" Taichu's heart leapt, his wound faintly aching again, and he hastily said: "Zitong, you hold off Lord Shang, and I will put Mu Tianzun into the coffin!
" The Empress Dowager gave a cold snort, and about her floated tiny black fissures as she fought fiercely with Shen Mu's shadow.
Shen Mu's shadow squirmed upon the ground, twisted and grew, becoming the figure of a saber-bearer, fighting her hand to hand upon the ground!
Taichu hurried to move Shen Mu's 'corpse,' but when he tried to lift the 'corpse,' the chaotic pool below was lifted too, and the World Tree rose into the air with it, incomparably heavy and solid!