868 The Son of Heaven Duke (2/2)
Mahakala stood up, the darkness flowing behind him, and smiled. ”Back then, there were far too many existences that were more formidable than I was, smarter than I was, but those that survived were few. On the contrary, I was evergreen and was respected as the devil ancestor. If I wasn't shameless, I would have long been dead.”
Mo Santong and the rest didn't know where to look.
In truth, the behaviors and mannerisms of these disciples were fairly similar to those of Mahakala.
For instance, in the few days that Qin Mu had stayed in the palace, there were many disciples of Mahakala who used the excuse of challenging Qin Mu in an attempt to have Qin Mu guide them on where they lacked in their cultivation.
They weren't fools. They were aware that their actions would expose Mahakala's Dark Mo Jia Sutra to Qin Mu, yet to advance their own levels of cultivation, they did it anyway. This was what it meant to be in the same vein.
”The more chaotic the world is, the more beneficial it will be for the devil race.”
Mahakala continued in a leisurely tone, ”Only with chaos can there be a possibility for devils like us to survive. If the celestial heavens created a completely stable future, then that will truly be the end of our devil race. My purpose for inviting that existence from the celestial heavens to come and fight was also to see if this weapon of the celestial heavens could really be unrivaled. Looking at it now, the celestial heavens cannot achieve that.”
He laughed with great happiness. ”Suddenly, a weight was lifted off my chest. Purely because of this, I cannot kill the Overlord Body of Eternal Peace. Moreover, I don't have the confidence that I can kill him.”
Mo Santong and the others were slightly puzzled, not understanding why Mahakala attached such importance to Qin Mu.
”Little Earth Count is the Overlord Body of Eternal Peace.”
Mahakala finally said the words that sent chills down their spines. With an odd expression, he continued, ”As I was, he too was born in Youdu. I was born of Youdu's grudges, demonic aura, and devil qi—the first devil god. On the other hand, he was the first lifeform of Youdu that was born from a womb. We both have our own prominent and extraordinary areas. However, innately, I am slightly inferior to him. What's strange is that he seems to be unable to control his own power. His power seems to have its own consciousness...”
Celestial Heavens, Guardian Pavilion.
Dao Master of the celestial heaven Dao Sect sliced off a piece of fine jade from the top of the Guardian Pavilion. He watched as the jade pillar regenerated, quickly patching up the gap from the missing piece.
The old Daoist shook his head, bringing the fine jade that held Celestial Venerable Yu's mark down and handing it to the person below. ”Ancestral God King, what happened to the last weapon?”
”Shattered.”
The person below was a handsome looking man. His entire body radiated a mixture of white light, and his pupils were a pure white color. The man shook his head and said, ”This weapon is still lacking. Heaven Duke's Great Dao is imperfect. I controlled this weapon to go to the lower bound, and it was shattered by the Overlord Body.”
The old Daoist questioned in astonishment, ”Overlord Body?”
”Speaking of which, this Overlord Body is also a Celestial Venerable.”
Ancestral God King had an odd look on his face. ”Back in the day, at the Jade Pool Meeting, while I was congratulating Celestial Emperor for his ascension to power, the Overlord Body was wreaking havoc at the Jade Pool. After that, I saw the wounds left behind by his sword techniques. This time, I recognized him from his sword techniques. I didn't expect him to be the Overlord Body of Dragon Han from back then. He even beat up that existence until he was half dead...”
He stopped mentioning that existence and laughed. ”I went down to the lower bound this time to test out the weapon, it was by that old scoundrel Mahakala's invitation to go deal with him. I ended up losing my hand, and thus I can only make another weapon. Hahaha!”
He burst out laughing, patting the old Daoist on his shoulder. ”Why am I telling you all this? If you weren't the Dao Master who only seeks the Dao wholeheartedly without care for worldly affairs, purely based on what I just said, I would have had to silence you for good.”
The old Daoist lowered his gaze and gave a slight smile without replying to him.
Ancestral God King said, ”Send this treasure to the place with the creation divine weapon and build another weapon, then send it to my palace. Also, have the runes of the Great Dao at Heaven Duke's been sorted out?”
The old Daoist shook his head. ”Xuandu's Heaven Duke's corporeal body is too huge, it's hard to measure it completely. Furthermore, Heaven Duke is too powerful, the gods stationed there dare not step too far over the line.”
”The old man is truly very powerful, very strong. His body is also very sturdy.”
Ancestral God King took a step to leave, continuing in a leisurely manner, ”However, it won't be long before I replace him. I will personally make a trip to Xuandu and sort out the remaining Great Dao runes.”
The old Daoist watched him leave, and he heard the joyful voice of the Ancestral God King in his ear. ”My father, very soon, I will replace you, become you, surpass you...”
In the darkness, the dragon qilin carried Qin Mu and sprinted. The surroundings were dim, making it hard to identify the routes or differentiate between north and south.
The dragon qilin gradually lost his sense of direction and started to feel a sense of panic. It was pure darkness there, and if he lost his sense of direction, he wouldn't be able to carry Qin Mu and leave this place within half a day's time.
Qin Mu was still trying his best to regenerate his corporeal body. He said weakly, ”Fatty Dragon, fly upwards to the topmost part of the sky and follow the sky map.”
The dragon qilin came to a realization, and he gathered all his strength, flying upwards into the sky with his fastest speed.
The time limit of half a day was approaching as the dragon qilin ran as swift as wind and lightning. With qilin fire at his feet and thunder and lightning around his body, he increased his speed to the maximum.
Gradually, there was light in the sky.
The dragon qilin was overjoyed, and he neared the area with light. The sky was leaking, and the light was streaming down from where there was a leak in the sky.
At the area of the leak, a huge formation could be seen faintly—it was probably the moon in the sky map. The formation had moved to this place and was tugged until it was all crooked and slanted where the sky map had been damaged. This caused the moonlight to spill all over the surroundings.
Upon seeing this moon, Qin Mu suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
The dragon qilin's heart jolted. ”Cult Master, are you still alive?”
Qin Mu raised a hand shakily, pointing towards that crooked moon, and said in a trembling voice, ”Ugly, change place...”
”Cult Master, be content!”
The dragon qilin carried him and sprinted towards the damaged part of the moon, continuing in an angry voice, ”If we still don't leave Mahakala's territory, Mahakala will come out and kill you!”
Qin Mu still wanted to choose death over submission, but the dragon qilin had already carried him and dashed into the sky map, entering the formation that was radiating a bright moon-like glow.
”I wonder if there are still gods of the celestial heavens within this sky map?”
The dragon qilin looked around carefully, whispering, ”The astrological phenomena are in disorder now, so the gods that were stationed here by the celestial heavens should have long escaped by now.”
”Who's there?” suddenly, someone behind the moonlight asked.