909 Crisis of the Third Eye (1/2)

”Would I lie to you?”

Qin Mu rolled up the geographical map and said, ”I have a senior brother who likes to roam around freely, finding mysteries of the past and uncovering truths of history. He has left me many geographical maps. This is one of them.”

Qi Jiuyi ordered the gods on the ship to close in on the vast dilapidated piece of land and said, ”This senior brother of yours is more daring than you. Since he is able to leap out of the Primordial Realm into here and then retreat completely, his cultivation and abilities shouldn't be weak. He isn't a nobody. What's his name?”

”Wei Suifeng.”

”Wei Suifeng?”

Qi Jiuyi gave it some thought and shook his head. ”I haven't heard of him before.”

A god under Red Deity heard this name, and his expression changed slightly. He whispered, ”Young Master, Wei Suifeng isn't a nobody, he's the Emperor of the Endless Clouds Palace.”

Qi Jiuyi got a fright and tilted his head to whisper, ”The Emperor of the Endless Clouds Palace? This Wei Suifeng is the ruler of one of the 36 celestial palaces? That's a high position, just slightly inferior to my master. How did he become the senior brother of Qin Mu, the rebel?”

That god softly said, ”That Emperor of the Endless Clouds is also a rebel. He rebelled a few thousand years ago but was seen through by the celestial venerables of the celestial heavens. They captured and suppressed him, making his life a living hell.”

Qi Jiuyi suddenly came to a realization and laughed. ”One is marked by the company one keeps. It seems that the family of Cult Master Qin are all rebels.”

Qin Mu coughed and reminded him, ”Brother Qi, I'm listening.”

Qi Jiuyi pretended he didn't hear that as the phoenix ship began to slow down. Qin Mu opened the geographical map and located the position marked by Wei Suifeng. He compared and matched this to the vast piece of land, looking for the location of Wei Suifeng's hidden treasure.

The phoenix ship flew above the vast land and began to descend slowly. Suddenly, the phoenix ship shook violently as a ferocious force lifted it up, sending it tumbling!

The more than six thousand gods on the ship roared in unison as they executed all of their magic power. In an instant, various celestial palaces materialized above the ship, and countless primordial spirits stood within the celestial palaces, bursting forth with all of their magic power to activate the power of the phoenix ship!

The ship's phoenix wings started spinning and slicing, giving off knife light. In a split second, that strange power was sliced into countless pieces, hence stabilizing the ship!

At this moment, a majestic sound traveled from among the ruins below. This sound had a strange rhythm, as though countless people were performing sacrificial offerings.

Light burst forth from where the sound came from, and it was becoming brighter, becoming so intense that it looked like it was capable of coagulating into solid matter. The light charged towards the just stabilized phoenix ship!

Everyone on the ship looked on with terrified gazes as that light condensed into a huge and imposing god. It looked like a spirit body with no corporeal body. The pulsing light formed various strange-looking patterns on his body surface.

His body was much bigger than the phoenix ship, and his head rose from the left side of the ship, many halos spinning wildly at its back. He then reached out his hand and smacked the phoenix ship!

Qin Mu's mind was blown as he looked dazedly at that majestic giant god.

”Heaven Duke…”

The giant god looked very similar to Heaven Duke with its white brows, beard, and eyes, except that the markings on his skin were different. Also, the actual Heaven Duke didn't have such complicated light halos behind his head.

The more than six thousand gods on the ship bellowed in anger and mobilized their power to its limits. However, as the hand of the giant god that looked like Heaven Duke came down, everyone's qi and blood churned, and they puked out fresh blood and grunted.

At this moment, powerful energy exploded from within the ship. It was as though a strong practitioner of Emperor's Throne had emerged. Qin Mu looked up and saw the figure of a nine-headed phoenix materializing in the sky above the phoenix ship.

The nine-headed phoenix soared as fast as lightning, and the phoenix ship moved with frightening speed, dodging the second attack of that Heaven Duke look-alike. In an instant, it penetrated the forehead of the giant god, exiting from the back of his head!

The giant god then crumbled and collapsed, its light descending like a waterfall.

Everyone on the ship was still in shock as they climbed to their feet.

Qin Mu watched until his eyes twitched randomly. The earlier explosion from the phoenix ship wasn't because of the six thousand or so gods executing their power. Rather, it was the magic power of Red Deity Qi Xiayu that pushed the ship's power to its limits, hence crushing that fake Heaven Duke!

Qi Xiayu, however, wasn't on the ship. Instead, she was in the Primordial Realm, which was who knows how far away. She mobilized the phoenix ship's power through her magic power from the Primordial Realm because she was able to sense that the ship was in danger.

This was what actually made Red Deity so frightening.

Qin Mu had met Qi Xiayu a few times. In the past, Qi Xiayu pursued him and Sakra Buddha. Although she was in the Buddha Realm, separated by infinite space-time, they were still pursued by her zither notes. This was indeed terrifying yet dazzling.

In the Primordial Realm, Qin Mu also witnessed Qi Xiayu and Scholar Zi Xi competing with each other on their zither skills. When the two Mother Earths fought each other, Qi Xiayu didn't participate and immediately escaped.

Subsequently, they met again several more times. During the calamity of the Primordial Realm, Qi Xiayu fought against Qin Mu and Qin Fengqing, defeating them repeatedly.

She didn't give off the impression that she was too strong. Instead, her ultimate art seemed to be the Dao of Melody.

It was only when Qin Mu entered the peach forest that he realized Qi Xiayu was the disciple of Celestial Venerable Yue. Celestial Venerable Yue had reached a terrifying level in the art of space. Her peach forest of a thousand miles folded and overlapped space countless times, connecting innumerous heavens!

Qi Xiayu had learned the art of space from her. Hence, despite being so far away, she was able to channel her magic power to mobilize the phoenix ship and help them overcome this difficult encounter.

'It will be very tough for Sakra Buddha to catch up with her,' Qin Mu thought.

The phoenix ship stabilized, and the image of the nine-headed phoenix gradually disappeared.

Qi Jiuyi's face was pale. Suddenly, he shouted, ”Leave this place and return back!”

Qin Mu quickly said, ”Hold on!”

Qi Jiuyi shot him a fierce glare and shouted, ”Return back!”

Qin Mu reached out, grabbed the dragon qilin, and jumped off the phoenix ship. Qi Jiuyi hurriedly said, ”Hold on, Cult Master Qin! This place is dangerous, so why are you insisting on going? The earlier attack of Heaven Duke was a sign that he doesn't want us to explore this place. If not for my teacher mobilizing the phoenix ship, we would be dead!”

Qin Mu released the dragon qilin and laughed. ”That wasn't Heaven Duke earlier. It was a type of bizarre spirit body from the ruins, similar to a spirit embryo. In my opinion, that spirit body won't be able to recover so quickly after being smashed by Red Deity. Hence, there won't be much danger for now. Since we are here, we might as well do a search.”

”If you wish to die, no one will accompany you!”

Qi Jiuyi snorted coldly and said to the dragon qilin, ”Second Brother, please come back to the ship. There's no need to fool around with him!”

The dragon qilin hesitated and whispered, ”Cult Master, is it true that the Heaven Duke spirit embryo won't be able to regenerate?”

Qin Mu nodded.