Chapter 1768 — Supreme Father and Son
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
" Hope shone in his eyes: "Youdu stands opposed to Xuandu, and the great Dao of Youdu overcomes the great Dao of Xuandu, yet amid the karmic fire of Youdu I for the first time drew so near the Heavenly Heart, so near the Heavenly Dao. I wailed within the karmic fire, yet was moved to tears; I bore my own karma, yet I grasped that the Heavenly Heart is the hearts of men!
My son, this time I give this chance to you. Stand up and walk out from the Nine Prisons Terrace.
" The Ancestral God King's Dao heart clambered up unsteadily and chuckled: "And what if I walk out? " The Heavenly Duke's Dao heart urged him: "So long as you comprehend the Heavenly Heart, you may walk out, and once out, go to Youdu and bear the karmic fire wrought by your own karma, burning away your sins in the fire and enduring torment.
" "Ha ha ha ha!
Father!
" The Ancestral God King's Dao heart laughed until it could not straighten: "After you have tasted power high above all, tasted glory and riches, tasted the worship and dread of all beings, can you still return to the past?
You can, I cannot! You can cast all this aside, I cannot cast it aside, much less willingly confess defeat and go to Youdu to suffer and be tormented, I cannot!
" He struck again at the Heavenly Duke's Dao heart, yet struck empty air, for the Heavenly Duke's Dao heart rose slowly, flew from the Nine Prisons Terrace, and faded into the sky. The Ancestral God King's Dao heart looked up to see the Heavenly Duke's face growing ever larger, filling the whole sky of the Nine Prisons Terrace.
"Walk out.
" The Heavenly Duke said: "First become a man, then comprehend the hearts of men and the Heavenly Heart, and walk out from the Nine Prisons Terrace. " "A demigod is nobler than a man by birth, nobler than any postnatal being!
" The Ancestral God King's Dao heart rushed madly upward and cried shrilly: "Even among men there are high and low, how much more am I a demigod?
I possess the mightiest bloodline in the world, the most peerless spirit body, boundless wisdom and boundless power; why should I become a man? Why should I comprehend the hearts of men and the Heavenly Heart? My heart is the Heavenly Heart! I am so mighty that even the Heavenly Dao, even my father, even the countless beings of all heavens and worlds must kneel at my feet! " With a rushing howl, at the instant he burst from the Nine Prisons Terrace, countless thorned mountains stabbed forth from the terrace and surged from every side, and innumerable thorns pierced his Dao heart!
The Ancestral God King's Dao heart was nailed dead in midair, then melted and scattered. And in the outer world the Ancestral God King went utterly mad and charged to kill the Heavenly Duke, while the Heavenly Duke closed his eyes, starlight like tears.
With dull tearing sounds, huge thorns burst from within the Ancestral God King and stabbed in every direction, and when he reached the Heavenly Duke's side his blood had splashed the Heavenly Duke all over. "I am unwilling. . . " The Ancestral God King raised a blood-drenched palm and smeared blood across his father's face, chuckling: "Father, I am unwilling, I was not defeated by your hand.
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. " Blood welled from his mouth and choked his throat. ". .
. I was defeated by Mu.
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. by Shepherd Heavenly Venerable's hand, I never lost to your Heavenly Heart. . .
" He fell backward, eyes staring wide, white and empty.