855 One Sword Soaring Through the Heavens (1/2)

Dragon King Tian's head was incomparably huge, and it was suspended in midair between the two of them. The dragon king's head had already become a zombie; it was lush green, and even the strands of his dragon beard were now a green color and covered in corpse liquid.

The divine arts of Qin Mu and 'Celestial Venerable Yu' exploded on either side of Dragon King Tian's head. Qin Mu raised his hand and grabbed a flying sword that was circling him, stabbing forward. The numerous flying swords that had been encircling him followed the movements of this sword and flew towards Dragon King Tian's head. Every single flying sword was tainted by corpse poison.

When Qin Mu's flying sword reached the other side of Dragon King Tian's head, the group of green swords had transformed into a sword formation and engulfed 'Celestial Venerable Yu' within.

At this very same instant, 'Celestial Venerable Yu' directly executed the divine arts of heaven's path—the Forty-Nine Heavenly Dao. He cultivated the 49 paths, transforming them into 49 different forms of divine arts.

Xuandu's Heaven Duke had countless devil gods living on his body, and through observation and measurement day and night, the heaven's path divine arts had already been thoroughly studied by the celestial heavens. Heaven Duke's body had been constructed by the celestial heavens, and the heaven's path divine arts had also been derived.

Qin Mu had only been able to deduce the Great Dao of Heavenly Fire from the crystals of the prism of heavenly fire, yet the celestial heavens had already long been able to derive the other Heavenly Daos. The only deficiency was that the Heavenly Dao of the celestial heavens was constructed solely from macroscopic algebra, and it lacked a microscopic level of construction.

The Heavenly Dao divine arts of 'Celestial Venerable Yu' had split into different forms. There was a heavenly web, a crystallized tower of divine fire, a celestial boat, a divine monument, a dome of heaven, a sun-like day, a moon-like night, and a celestial abyss. The various Heavenly Dao divine arts suddenly gathered together, transforming into a single mudra. The intricate runes that formed the divine arts actually went straight through Dragon King Tian's head, as if there was no obstacle in front of them, and aimed straight at Qin Mu!

The divine arts of the two didn't meet; instead, they had aimed to attack the true body of their opponent at the first chance, aiming to finish off the opponent in the first strike.

Dragon King Tian's head was still between the two of them, and though he was now muddle headed after the reanimation, his level of cultivation still remained.

If he had made a move on them, neither would be able to fend it off, so it was the best strategy to finish off the opponent first in order to be able to retreat safely.

The Heavenly Dao mudra was as though Heaven Duke had made a personal appearance—it gave off an aura of magnificence and unparalleled heavenly might.

On the other side of Dragon King Tian's head, Qin Mu faced the Great Heavenly Dao divine arts head-on. He tore the willow leaf off the heart of his brows, opening his third eye. Its gaze was as deep as the abyss.

”Where I am, it's Youdu!”

The savage devil qi of Youdu surged forth, and in that instant, Qin Mu felt as though he was sinking amidst the darkness of Youdu. Blazing flames raged on top of Qin Mu's head, it was the devil horns formed by the Yellow Springs.

He was like Earth Count emerging from Youdu, raising the Great Dao of Youdu. The rules of the Great Dao of Youdu transformed into countless chains that coiled around his body.

With the chains around him, Qin Mu stretched his hands and took on the mudra of the Heavenly Dao.

On the other side, the power of sword formations burst out. Countless flying swords leaped around with peculiar frequency, and every technique executed was the second form of Calamity Sword, Raising Calamity. Furthermore, the flying swords vanished and reappeared unpredictably, grouping into different formations.

Qin Mu's Sword Dao had two parts, Opening Calamity and Raising Calamity, and his comprehension of Sword Dao principles contained within differed vastly.

Initially, the Opening Calamity Sword and Raising Calamity Sword were very easy—the principles within were very complex, but the sword moves were incredibly simple.

Now, the Raising Calamity Sword form executed by any of the flying swords remained simple, yet when the Raising Calamity sword move was grouped together with it, it became an incredibly complicated sword formation.

It wasn't just that. Every sword formation that emerged after every sword movement differed from the others!

This was the result of Qin Mu's study of Eternal Peace's reforms under the guidance of Blind.

The reforms of Eternal Peace had attained many achievements on the path of formations, and this was built on the foundations of the formation skill attainments of the Founding Emperor Era.

Blind epitomized the success of Eternal Peace's formation skills. He led the reforms of Eternal Peace's path of formations, gathering the righteous and using it to improve the people's welfare.

On the contrary, Qin Mu used the path of formations on his own moves and divine arts, adding transformations to the formation of the Raising Calamity Sword.

Caught in the ever-changing Raising Calamity sword formation, the aura of 'Celestial Venerable Yu' changed suddenly. A divine bridge stretched across the sky behind him, and his primordial spirit towered at the end of the divine bridge, standing before the Southern Heavenly Gates.

Behind him, layers of Heavenly Palaces emerged, forming a boundless Celestial Heavens—brilliant golden rays permeated the skies.

Of the Thirty-Six Heavens and Seventy-Two Halls of the Celestial Heavens, the highest hall was the Numinous Sky Hall.

There were layers of light radiating from it, with innumerous phenomena spinning around it. They transformed into a display of an indomitable ancient Celestial Emperor sitting in a lotus position.

”The Supreme of Ten Thousand Paths, The Convergence of Ten Thousand Paths into One!”

'Celestial Venerable Yu' raised his hand, his mudra meeting with Qin Mu's Raising Calamity sword formation. The sword formation was bursting with power, yet when confronted with his divine art, the sword formation became stuck, with countless flying swords coming to a still. The sword formation was instantly thrown into chaos.

The divine arts of 'Celestial Venerable Yu' burst out, breaking and shattering numerous flying swords from the sword formation.

After breaking through the formation, 'Celestial Venerable Yu' leaped into the air, only to see Dragon King Tian's lush green dragon beard curling in his direction and flying past him by a narrow margin.

On the other side, Qin Mu had managed to shatter his Great Heavenly Dao divine art. Immediately turning on his side, Qin Mu flattened his body, standing there like a black line, merging with the darkness.

Dragon King Tian's thick dragon beard passed by without touching him.

The eyeballs of the dragon king's huge head rolled about, stopping before this black line yet still unable to see where Qin Mu was.

Qin Mu had learned this move from Pangong Tso; on the path of escaping and disguise, Pangong Tso was peerless in his skills.

”Oh yes, you are still the Son of Youdu.”

On top of Dragon King Tian's head, 'Celestial Venerable Yu' had quickly dashed over, laughing. ”Using the Great Dao of Youdu to combat the Heavenly Dao is child's play to you.”

Dragon King Tian's beard stopped pursuing Qin Mu, piercing towards the 'Celestial Venerable Yu' atop his head instead.

'Celestial Venerable Yu' moved like a phantom, avoiding the attacks of the dragon beard. The dragon beard was able to interchange between being soft and hard, and it managed to pierce through the dragon scales, revealing the rotting flesh beneath the scales.

At the same moment, the scattered flying sword came whooshing over, and a single palm reached out from the black line, striking hard on the sword. The corpse poison flew off the sword's surface, revealing the gleaming true body of the flying sword.

The clattering noise continued, the flying sword reformed into the sword pellet, and Qin Mu grabbed it in his hand.

Dragon King Tian's head charged towards him, mouth opened wide. Fishy-smelling corpse air spewed out, and he went to swallow Qin Mu in one bit. However, in the split-second that Qin Mu entered his mouth, teleportation runes broke out.

When Dragon King Tian closed his mouth, the teleportation light appeared, and Qin Mu had vanished.

In the next moment, a bright light suddenly appeared behind 'Celestial Venerable Yu', who was still running atop Dragon King Tian's head, and Qin Mu stabbed towards the back of his heart.

The body of 'Celestial Venerable Yu' transformed quickly—he had the head of a bird and the body of a human, and a huge sun halo appeared behind his head. The huge sun descended, and Qin Mu's sword stabbed into the sun's glow. The divine sword was instantly scorched red hot, and metal liquid dripped off of it.