924 The Ripping of the Celestial Heavens (2/2)
Yet, some suspicion remained. For instance, why was Celestial Venerable Ling's hairpin stuck in the back of Mistress Yuanmu's head?
According to Qin Mu's theory, Celestial Empress had already reached an agreement with the Heaven Alliance then, and when she returned home, she encouraged Dragon Count Country to rebel and trap the Ruins of End.
Celestial Emperor sent out the Feathered Forest Guards as reinforcements, and Celestial Empress created the facade of another Celestial Empress attacking her in front of Wei Suifeng to make the world believe that she died.
In reality, she killed Mistress Yuanmu and faked her death to get away with it, creating a facade of her death in the process.
Afterward, when Celestial Venerable Ling intervened and saw the incident where the Feathered Forest Guards and their ship became a ghost ship, she made up the transmigration incident involving the Feathered Forest Guards to get rid of any evidence.
Meanwhile, the body of Mistress Yuanmu wasn't put into the pair of flowers in the Ruins of End. This was because the primordial spirit of the empress was injected into Mistress Yuanmu's corpse so that it could return to the celestial heavens and announce to the world that Celestial Empress hadn't died yet.
The ancient Celestial Emperor was particularly fond of Mistress Yuanmu, so he reveled in helping her hide the fact that she wasn't the real Celestial Empress, not knowing that the person within her body was indeed the real Celestial Empress.
As such, Celestial Empress rid herself of a disobedient sister and completed the process of substitution.
After that, she schemed with Celestial Venerable Ling to create Jue Wuchen, using her to trick him and bury the adulterous couple that betrayed her.
After getting rid of the ancient Celestial Emperor, she, Celestial Venerable Yun, and Celestial Venerable Hao flew towards the celestial heavens to take the body of Celestial Emperor. In the end, the identity of the person who ultimately took it remained a mystery.
After connecting the dots on these events, Qin Mu was left with only one mystery—why was Celestial Venerable Ling's hairpin stuck in the back of the head of Mistress Yuanmu?
'Could it be that after Celestial Venerable Ling tried to use her hairpin to kill Celestial Empress, Celestial Emperor unexpectedly exploited this opportunity to rid himself of the body?'
That was Qin Mu's theory, but whether it was the truth, one couldn't tell.
On the Jade Sea, the four Celestial Venerables faced off against one another, which made the scene stifling, causing the people on the island to be unable to catch their breath.
Besides them, there were numerous palace maids that were squeezed together on the island. Although they were either gods or half-gods and thus had extraordinary bloodlines, if the four Celestial Venerables fought, they would die!
”Shu Jun, now you can find out the identity of this master of creation, right?”
Qin Mu rallied his consciousness and told the big ball of flesh on the Grand Primordium Origin Stone's sacrificial altar, ”The deal between us is complete.”
The master of creation he was talking about was the third Celestial Venerable to appear on the Jade Sea.
This person was the prehistoric master of creation that was hidden within the celestial heavens, the person who cursed Celestial Venerable Yun's bloodline!
His arrival tipped the balance between Celestial Venerable You and the mystery person, forcing Celestial Venerable You to strike first.
On the sacrificial altar, the big ball of flesh became a big eyeball and helped Qin Mu observe that person.
That Celestial Venerable's build was imposing, and he was shrouded in dense light, which made it impossible for one to see his face clearly.
”Incomplete. I can't see his face clearly,” Shu Jun retorted.
Qin Mu apathetically laughed. ”I have helped you find the master of creation you sought, the deal is complete! As for the fact that you can't see his face clearly, that's because of your incompetence, which is none of my business!”
Shu Jun replied, ”It's not that I'm incompetent, it's that you are! I borrowed your eyes to look at him. The reason I can't figure out his face is that your cultivation is too weak and can't penetrate the light surrounding his face! As long as I don't know which Celestial Venerable of the celestial heavens he is, the deal between us isn't complete.”
Qin Mu felt resentful.
At this moment, the face-off between the four Celestial Venerables formed a weird balance, and no one dared to strike first.
”Celestial Venerable You, you came from afar. Unexpectedly, your arrival made my celestial heavens suffer from internal strife.”
Suddenly, a loud voice came from beyond the skies, and a god with white eyebrows, a white mustache, and white eyes descended from the heavens, surrounded by rays of light behind his head. He laughed as he said, ”All of you hide your faces, not daring enough to reveal your identities. But I, Ancestral God King, am not afraid. I want to kill even my father, Heaven Duke, so why would I not want to kill a mere Celestial Venerable Mu?”
The sky lit up as a large glow descended from the heavens and smashed onto the surface of the Jade Sea. The light was restless as it appeared with the gray-haired Heaven Duke. His body slowly rose up as it grew taller and larger.
”Old man…” Ancestral God King saw the descent of Heaven Duke, and his eye violently pulsated.
Heaven Duke was silent.
At that moment, space violently shook again as another Celestial Venerable, who also hid his identity, arrived. He laughed and said, ”Heaven Duke, your arrival from afar helps to elevate the celestial heavens.”
The situation lost its balance again.
Heaven Duke grunted as a sound arrived, rumbling like thunder, proclaiming, ”Earth Count, you still want to sit this one out?”
The masses were shocked. Black qi rumbled from deep inside the Jade Sea as the sea cracked open, and the twin horns of Earth Count rose from the surface!
”Even Earth Count can't sit back and watch anymore!”
In the pavilion, Yun Jianli suddenly felt relieved as he said, ”The more people that arrive, the safer our situation. After all, if these people strike, the outcome of the battle is less than certain. In addition, the celestial heavens might be shattered because of it. Thus, they won't strike!”
Qi Jiuyi also felt relieved as he cautiously whispered, ”However, the celestial heavens will fracture because of this.”
”Earth Count, Heaven Duke, why didn't the two of you tell us that you were going to arrive simultaneously?” Another Celestial Venerable approached the scene on the Jade Sea whilst hiding his identity.
Before he stopped, flames suddenly emerged as South Deity's vermillion bird appeared in the center of all of these existences. In its hand was a peach flower, and she smiled and said, ”Everyone, my capabilities are weaker than yours. I'm merely here to deliver an item, not to interfere with the situation.”
She stuck the peach flower onto the surface of the sea, and suddenly, countless peach trees appeared. They extended for thousands of miles, blanketing the surface of the Jade Sea.
Within the peach trees, there were multiple young ladies who hung lanterns underneath the palace's roof before returning to the palace.
Qin Mu was relieved with Celestial Venerable Yue's arrival.