Chapter 1797 — The Sacred Venerable Descends Again
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He roared; his fleshly body swiftly grew young, becoming a youth, his primordial spirit vast behind him, holding a lantern whose light shone forth, illuminating the Empress's face.
The Empress was charging in; struck by his lantern light, the primordial spirit within her screamed shrilly, nearly driven out of her body.
"You, you have not yet attained the Dao, and you dare to be insolent before this palace?"
The Empress giggled; in an instant she rushed in. Emperor Xuan at once transformed into a dragon-headed, turtle-backed, human-bodied form, blocking hard, while Emperor Wu became the Soaring Serpent coiling around him, launching a fierce attack!
At the same time, Lang Wan activated her peerless divine consciousness, and Heavenly Venerable You's primordial spirit activated the Dao of Reincarnation and the peerless primordial spirit domain of Youdu, attacking the Empress together!
Boom!
An incomparably terrifying throb came; the attacks of the group vanished like a clay ox into the sea. Whether Lang Wan's peerless divine consciousness, Heavenly Venerable You's peerless primordial spirit domain, or the Two Emperors of the Black Tortoise's combined strike—all were utterly useless.
The group could not keep their footing and tumbled toward the Empress. Emperor Xuan and Emperor Wu bore the brunt; with a wave of the Empress's hand they were cut in two, their fusion broken at once.
The Primordial Divine Stone at Lang Wan's brow exploded; blood seeped from the corner of her mouth. Heavenly Venerable You's fleshly body burst into flame, reduced to flying ash by the wind of heat death!
The Empress was about to deal the four a killing blow when suddenly the roots of the two World Trees stabbed madly at her, piercing into her flesh.
The Empress broke free of the World Tree roots, and saw Xu Shenghua and Lan Yutian walking side by side, blocking her way.
"You two gentlemen were both once men this palace's heart was moved by. Heavenly Venerable Mu sending you to deal with this palace—how cunning."
The Empress's gaze swept over Lan Yutian's and Xu Shenghua's faces; she said indifferently, "This palace truly does not wish to kill you, but must nonetheless send you two gentlemen on your way."
Her figure spun; space collapsed, and even the heaven and earth of the Ancestral Court twisted. Heavenly Venerable Moon's Void of Ultimate Load domain could barely hold, and at the same time she dealt a killing blow to Lan Yutian and Xu Shenghua!
To attain the Dao through Guixu—such was its power!
"Mother."
Suddenly, amid the mountain of corpses and sea of blood, Xie Wuqi rose from the pile of bodies, standing before Lan Yutian and Xu Shenghua.
The Empress was startled; she hastily withdrew her hand, looking at her son. Heavenly Venerable You's primordial spirit appeared behind Xie Wuqi, and Lang Wan and the Two Emperors of the Black Tortoise immediately broke free of Guixu's control.
Xu Shenghua and Lan Yutian struck at the same time; all manner of Dao arts and divine abilities fell upon the Empress. In the instant she was distracted, caught off guard, she was gravely wounded by the two and fell to the ground.
"Empress, if you stop now, you may leave with Xie Wuqi!"
Heavenly Venerable You shouted, "You may dwell in the Great Abyss of Guixu; no one will disturb you and your son!"
Xie Wuqi looked at the gravely wounded Empress; he stepped forward to her side and helped her up. "Mother, the Heavenly Court is finished. The powers of the world are no concern of ours; the struggle between the Miro Palace and Jingping is no concern of mother and son. Better to live in seclusion, to pass a life in the ordinary way. This world is no longer ours to sway."
The Empress looked up at him. Xie Wuqi was no longer in a mad state but had recovered his senses; Heavenly Venerable You must have helped regulate his soul.
"You are flesh of my flesh, the one I worried for most..."