853 Corpse Demon (1/2)
Qin Mu's body froze. The celestial emperor of the extraterritorial celestial heavens was the Heaven Alliance?
Did the blind elder mean that someone in the Heaven Alliance was the celestial emperor, or was it the entire Heaven Alliance?
He had never thought of this problem before.
Could there be a possibility that the celestial emperor of the extraterritorial celestial heavens wasn't a person but a group of people, and in this group of people, there were all kinds of disputes regarding interests?
If this guess was established, he would be able to draw the outline of the High Emperor Era.
The High Emperor Era was caused by Mother Earth.
Mother Earth had groomed her own children and supported them to create the High Emperor Era and establish the High Emperor Celestial Heavens, making them be known as North High Emperor.
On the other side, the Heaven Alliance supported another group of people to create South High Emperor and establish the South High Emperor Celestial Heavens, which went against North High Emperor.
The fights between the two celestial heavens lasted for three hundred thousand years.
At that time, the extraterritorial celestial heavens was just a bystander, sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight.
At that time, the extraterritorial celestial heavens was still the Dragon Han Celestial Heavens.
After the Dragon Han Celestial Heavens annexed the Heaven Han Celestial Heavens and the Dragon Heaven Celestial Heavens, it had become an oversized monster, and the ancient gods in this celestial heavens also had gods that were cultivated from half-gods and lifeforms after the beginning.
Meanwhile, the Heaven Alliance became stronger and stronger, and they used various methods to gradually replace the pillars of the extraterritorial celestial heavens, taking the extraterritorial celestial heavens into their control.
The ancient gods all felt themselves to be in danger. Heaven Duke, Earth Count, they felt their own benefits at stake, and they were also in danger of being replaced.
The internal structure of the Heaven Alliance also started to crack due to the appearance of power and benefits.
The Heaven Alliance that had controlled the extraterritorial celestial heavens also ended up having conflicting views that couldn't be mediated. The ideals of South High Emperor were that human lives were greater than heaven, that gods had to serve the people as well.
On the other hand, after the Heaven Alliance in the extraterritorial celestial heavens gained control of incomparable power and authority, the South High Emperor Celestial Heavens had become a thorn in their eyes, becoming a colossus that had threatened their rule.
The conflicting views erupted right after Mother Earth was wiped out by the Heaven Alliance. With Mother Earth's death, the North High Emperor Celestial Heavens was erased, and eradicating South High Emperor became the number one mission for the Heaven Alliance.
The battle had erupted right when Celestial Venerable Ling was intercepting the Celestial River to test out her divine art, which was at the most perfect state. If Celestial Venerable Ling didn't die, the South High Emperor Celestial Heavens wouldn't be defeated.
That terrifying existence fought his way into the fog and assassinated Celestial Venerable Ling. At the same time, the gods of the extraterritorial celestial heavens attacked the South High Emperor Celestial Heavens, which resulted in the complete annihilation of the High Emperor Celestial Heavens.
This was Qin Mu's guess.
Even though there were still many questions left unanswered, he felt that this guess was more or less close to the truth.
He followed the blind elder to the side of the Celestial River again, and the blind elder continued to store the ”corpse” of Celestial Venerable Ling that came floating down the river. The exact same situation happened, and the ”corpse” of Celestial Venerable Ling turned into clear water again.
Qin Mu couldn't resist saying, ”Elder, Celestial Venerable Ling's divine art allows substances to not change, not increasing and not decreasing. Even if she's dead, her corpse will vanish and transform into her again, coming back to life. That is because her divine art is none other than unchanging substances. You will never collect her body, it will merely be the water in the river. The true her has already transformed into that lump of eternal substance on the Celestial River. She has already become the fog on the river. She doesn't care what you are doing! She doesn't care that you are erecting a tombstone or creating a tomb for her!”
If one was to choose someone that understood Celestial Venerable Ling, that person would definitely be Qin Mu.
He understood Celestial Venerable Ling's divine art the most, and it was also him and Founding Emperor that had imparted the art of creation which hadn't taken shape to Celestial Venerable Ling. Celestial Venerable Ling's divine art was still at the fledgling stage, and it was also completed under Qin Mu and Founding Emperor's guidance.
After Qin Mu entered the ghost ship, it was also Qin Mu that had borrowed the power of the four deities to break apart Celestial Venerable Ling's divine art. However, Celestial Venerable Ling's divine art back then was still not perfect.
However, in regards to understanding Celestial Venerable Ling's divine art, he was indeed the number one person.
In his eyes, the blind elder guarding by the riverside and collecting Celestial Venerable Ling's body was something that was completely unnecessary. That was because Celestial Venerable Ling had already fused with her divine art, and it could completely be said that Celestial Venerable Ling had already become her divine art.
She would live eternally in her divine art, dying and reviving, reviving and dying, over and over again.
Qin Mu even guessed that the fog he had met at the source of Surging River was Celestial Venerable Ling's divine art. It was Celestial Venerable Ling that had brought him back to ancient times and brought him to the end of the High Emperor Era.
However, Qin Mu just didn't know at that time.
The blind elder finished using all of the stone coffins and began dragging the coffins back to bury. He said with a muffled voice, ”No one cares about her, even she doesn't care about herself. Teacher only lives for the Dao, she is a pure person, she is so innocent that her heart only has the Dao! She doesn't have all those thoughts you guys have, she isn't crafty and scheming, she doesn't care about power and authority, she was no threat to everyone, so why did she have to die? Why couldn't she be left alive?”
This blind elder was furious, and he raised his head to howl like an injured beast.
”Why did such a pure person have to die? Why could both of you, the two Celestial Venerables, not take the initiative to carry the responsibility? Why did you have to return back to the day you met her and throw the heavy responsibility onto her?”
His hair rose up from his anger, and he roared sternly, ”Couldn't both of you have carried the responsibility? Why did you have to leave? Couldn't you have walked down the path with her? Why did you let her face the dangers alone?”
”She doesn't understand, Celestial Venerable Mu! She really doesn't understand—”
Two streaks of bloody tears rolled down his old face as he pulled the coffins forward. His voice gradually became softer and softer.
”Why do I have to bury her? Why do I have to guard here over and over again to bury her? Celestial Venerable Mu, do you not understand? That is because she's dead. In her divine art, she has died time and time again, do you not understand the pain of death?
”She has experienced countless deaths, so I have to bury her countless times. That is because every death is very painful, every death is real. She has to go through countless repetitions of such a death...”
Qin Mu was stunned, and he saw him off.
Yan'er flew down from his shoulder and transformed into a beautiful girl. She took out her silk handkerchief to wipe the tears off his face.
Qin Mu forced a smile and croaked, ”I'm alright, thank you, Big Sister Yan'er.”
Violent clashes came from the Jade Capital City, and Dragon King Tian suddenly laughed loudly. Disregarding everyone and rushing over, he jumped into the black coffin beside the dock with a loud bang and shouted, ”Celestial Venerable Ling's treasures belongs to me now! There's hope for Mother Earth's resurrection now!”
This old dragon carried another coffin on his shoulder and happily sealed him and this coffin into the suspended coffin.
”Celestial Venerable Ling's treasures are right in this coffin...”
Dragon King Tian's laughter came from the inside of the coffin, and Qin Mu suddenly heard his laughter becoming miserable cries. The suspended coffin then vibrated violently, causing the surface of the Celestial River to sway uncertainly, raising huge waves!