Chapter 1815 — Henceforth, Each to the Ends of the Earth
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 5
In the capital, Emperor Yanfeng and the others were filled with astonishment and doubt. This was almost certainly the anomaly formed when the two Taiji Ancient Gods fell, plunging together with their companion supreme treasure, the Taiji Sand Table, into Jingping!
These two Ancient Gods were of a strength that could be called half a dao-attainer, and the dao of Taiji was one of the Five Primal Great Daos that evolved all things and all daos of heaven and earth—only thus could this place be transformed into a supreme holy land! Yet why had the Taiji Ancient Gods suddenly died?
These two Ancient Gods had fought Taishi in a war that dragged on endlessly; they could be called the hardest Ancient Gods to kill, for any attack could be easily dissolved and dispelled by them.
When Emperor Yanfeng and the others led Jingping's army of gods and demons back to the Yuan Realm, the battle between Taishi and the Taiji Ancient Gods was still raging. Emperor Yanfeng and other mighty ones had once personally charged beyond the heavens to aid Taishi, only to discover to their horror that with them or without them it was exactly the same.
None of their attacks could inflict any harm upon the Taiji Ancient Gods. Even a fearsome being like Shen Fengqing, driving the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel, could not wound the two Taiji Ancient Gods in the slightest! This time even the Dao Ancestor had set out, yet he returned utterly defeated in the arts of divination, vomiting three dou of blood, listless and dispirited.
The Lord of Heaven, a dao-attainer, also hurried from Xuandu to lend aid, only to be wounded by the Taiji Ancient Gods after entering the formation, and forced to withdraw. He was a dao-attainer of the heavenly dao, yet he too could do nothing at all against the Taiji Ancient Gods.
When Emperor Yanfeng and the others joined the battle, far from being of any help, they only added to Taishi's troubles.
Taishi, enraged, flung them out one by one, and the crowd, having lost face, had no choice but to withdraw their troops.
Afterward, for several years on end, the fighting beyond the heavens never ceased.
By reckoning the time, the war between Taishi and the Taiji had already been fought for more than twenty years! Could it be that Taishi had slain the two Taiji Ancient Gods?
Emperor Yanfeng and the others raised their heads and looked up, and saw beyond the heavens of the Yuan Realm a shimmering of waves, like an azure lake drifting beyond the sky.
That azure lake was like a mirror, reflecting the myriad aspects of the countless living beings of the Yuan Realm.
The crowd peered closely, yet could not see clearly; they could only see the azure qi endlessly interweaving.
"Taishi is about to attain the dao. " The face of the Lord of Heaven emerged in the sky of the Yuan Realm, also gazing beyond the heavens.
A look of envy appeared on his face, and he praised, "The Five Primal Ones of the Innate, ancestors of all daos—now at last there are two dao-attainers!
" Emperor Yanfeng knew the reason behind it, and shook his head, saying, "Among the Five Primal Ones, there is only one dao-attainer.
Taiyi does not count; Taishi is the sole dao-attainer among the Five Primal Ones of the Innate. " Beyond the heavens the azure qi surged, and the azure lake transformed into a Great Luo Heaven.
Upon the Great Luo Heaven stood a single dao tree, and Taishi transformed into a young Daoist, sitting beneath the tree. Gazing at the Taiji holy land that had risen in the Yuan Realm, he could not help but shed tears.
The youth Taishi, through this one battle, had at last grown up, and become a young man.