958 Giving Someone a Taste of Their Own Medicine (1/2)
In a split second, the Grand Emperor apparition was drowned in the apparitions of ancient gods, like Earth Count and Heaven Duke!
Boom—
The Grand Emperor apparition was bombarded to pieces by countless attacks. It morphed into rolling consciousness that rose into the sky, then morphed into the Grand Emperor apparition again, with a cape that covered the sky.
He utilized the Great Overarching Supreme Consciousness, and countless apparitions of ancient gods walked out from under his cape.
The Qin Mu Heaven Duke lifted his hand, grabbed him, and hollered, ”Get over here!”
A heavenly net fell from the sky like a cape and locked him in place.
The Grand Emperor apparition was about to break out of it when the heavenly cycle star gods utilized the starry sky, which morphed into another heavenly net that fell from the skies and kept him locked in place on the taiji diagram!
The Qin Mu Earth Count's horns became two flaming springs that wrapped around his body, preventing his escape. Mother Earth picked up the Primordial Tree and smashed it on him, shattering him.
The Grand Emperor's consciousness flowed again and flew everywhere on the taiji diagram. Yet, around him, the figures of ancient gods like Green Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, and Black Tortoise surrounded him and kept him in the center.
At the same time, Qin Mu's primordial spirit rose into the air. It lifted its palms and smacked down hard on the seals of the four deities!
After a violent tremor, the Grand Emperor's consciousness shattered again!
”You don't understand me at all, Grand Emperor.”
Qin Mu landed and stepped into the broken consciousness of the Grand Emperor. Around him were countless consciousness fragments that glowed like glass. His consciousness was almost strong enough to morph into matter without any visualization, which was impressive.
”The strongest part of me isn't my cultivation realm, nor is it my vital qi, which is as deep as a god's, it's my consciousness.”
Qin Mu sized up a soul fragment and observed its marvels as he continued, ”A long time ago, I was able to rely on my Undying God Consciousness to not die even when I lost my soul. However, after I met Shu Jun and used his Grand Primordium Origin Stone to cultivate the Three Enclosures Higher Knowledge, my consciousness cultivation became extremely strong. You entered my divine treasure, which made you think that you broke the Three Types of Heavenly Aeons that I had set down. How did you know I didn't do that on purpose? What if I let you in to refine you and swallow your consciousness?”
”You want to swallow my consciousness?”
Those consciousness fragments that were like glass started to flow, encircling Qin Mu to form a giant whirlpool. The Grand Emperor's voice came and laughed at him. ”Just because you cultivated a couple days' worth of Three Enclosures Higher Knowledge, you think you can fight me?”
”Of course not, I wouldn't be able to defeat your consciousness with these alone.”
Qin Mu picked up a piece of the consciousness fragment, sized it up, and said, ”After all, you're the celestial emperor of the primordial era and the original owner of the Grand Primordium Origin Stone. In addition, you have the complete version of that stone, while I only have a fragment of it.”
The Qin Mu Heaven Duke rose and covered the skies. The heavenly cycle star gods orbited the skies while the sun and moon sank into the taiji diagram. The great sun shone brightly as there was a Qin Mu Great Sun Sovereign within. The full moon shone brightly as well, as there was a Qin Mu Great Moon Sovereign within.
Under the taiji diagram, the Qin Mu Earth Count held his whip in anticipation.
Outside, Yue Tingge, Luo Wushuang, and Shu Jun were battling hard now that the Grand Emperor apparition had no way to escape.
”The reason that you're strong isn't just that. You amassed countless ancient masters of creation to visualize you, to strengthen your corporeal body and your consciousness. You are, without a doubt, the strongest practitioner of the primordial times. Shu Jun praised you and said that you had the strongest corporeal body in history.”
Qin Mu continued, ”In my opinion, the strongest corporeal body might not be you, but you had the strongest consciousness! However, times have changed…”
Suddenly, the Grand Emperor's consciousness fragments amassed again. He recovered his body and used his consciousness, letting multiple devils loose. He broke out of the lock of the ancient four deities that had Qin Mu's face and rose into the air.
”Times have changed. You're already dead, killed by the scheming of many masters of creation in a peculiar place like the Great Void.”
Qin Mu looked up and saw that he had rushed into the heavenly web that the Heaven Duke had placed down, and he said, ”You died with those masters of creation, and all of your consciousnesses formed this supreme consciousness realm. Most of your consciousness became a part of it, and the amount of consciousness you can use now isn't much.”
Boom!
The Grand Emperor apparition broke again, Heaven Duke and Mother Earth hitting it until it shattered. His divine stone fragments morphed into torrenting currents that went into the taiji diagram as he attempted to leave from beneath it. In the next moment, he met the Qin Mu Earth Count.
Qin Mu's voice came from above the taiji diagram. Separated by it, he looked down at the Youdu world beneath and said, ”Every time you broke the Three Types of Heavenly Aeons that I set up, your consciousness was injured. When you came to my Spirit Embryo Divine Treasure, you were already not in great form. Add to that the defending done by the primordial spirits of masters like Yue Tingge and Luo Wushuang, the former of which being at the Emperor's Throne Grand Completion Realm, and you were forced to expend your consciousness to deal with the both of them.”
He didn't continue on, but the Grand Emperor understood him.
When Shu Jun, one of the three primordial kings, blocked him, he had to spend half of his consciousness to deal with it.
The amount of consciousness that faced Qin Mu wasn't much, so Qin Mu seized this opportunity, intending to capture the Grand Emperor's consciousness and then refine it.
He was here to borrow and occupy Qin Mu's body, to live by wiping out his consciousness. Yet, Qin Mu had lured him in to refine his consciousness, with the end goal of obtaining his techniques and memories.
When one eyes the prey, the prey eyes back.
Qin Mu was moved by his Grand Overarching Supreme Consciousness, especially after he came to the supreme consciousness realm, which allowed Qin Mu to see another path of cultivation.
Although Shu Jun's Three Enclosures Higher Knowledge was good, even Qin Mu saw its inadequacies, which made him desire the Grand Emperor's Grand Overarching Supreme Consciousness.