Chapter 1785 — World-Shaking Giants
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
She had not seen the clash between the lute strings and the World Tree's leaves; she had seen only the divine cities suddenly splitting open, then two leaves flying over, abruptly curling, and then burning. That conflict of effortless mastery, she had not seen.
"How powerful is the one beneath the World Tree?
" she asked. Shen Mu's face was grave.
"No less than a young master of Miluo Palace!
" "Take care of yourself!
" Yue Tianzun shouldered her ancient lute and left, her figure vanishing from sight.
Shen Mu steadied himself and walked toward the World Tree.
Behind him the Heavenly Court collapsed; the surviving three Elders of Fengshu, drenched in blood, hurled themselves with frenzy at the Master of the Hall of Joy and Emperor Haotian. The Master of the Hall of Joy fled with Emperor Haotian, taking any road that offered escape, making straight for the Heavenly Court's armies led by the Empress. Shen Mu came to Mount Dahei. There the World Tree stood taller and more majestic than ever, holding up the firmament of the Ancestral Court and making the sky above the Ancestral Court higher than before; standing here and gazing up, it seemed the heavens and myriad worlds had all drawn much nearer.
But Shen Mu knew this was only an illusion. In truth, the heavens and myriad worlds were drawing away from the Ancestral Court at every moment. As the World Tree grew, the Ultimate Void expanded without cease, pushing the heavens and myriad worlds ever farther apart from one another.
By the reckoning of the Master of Miluo Palace, eighty billion years hence the entire universe would be utterly voided and become a void membrane. Behind Shen Mu all was a vast blur of chaos; the Chaos Hall sat upon the breath of chaos. He stepped into Mount Dahei and called out in a clear voice, "Which daoist brother has taken up lodging in my territory?
" "Your territory? The Seventh Young Master, Chaos, since when did you become the landlord here?
" Beneath the World Tree, an aged voice said, "I have dwelt here for more than ten chaos years. When you came beneath the World Tree in those years to pay your respects to me, that was not what you said.
"