993 The Path Ahead Is As Tough as Steel (2/2)
Starlight shone on the ancient gods' Great Dao runes, which allowed them to reflect colorful light. The light was shone on him as a result. Heaven Duke's Xuandu, Earth Count's Youdu, Celestial Empress' sister's Ruins of End, Goddess of Heavenly Yin's Heavenly Yin World, and the four deities of the ancient gods' four extreme heavens all shone their Great Dao on him, blessing him.
He was like the ancient Celestial Emperor, high up and with incomparable power to control people's lives!
Meanwhile, Founding Emperor, the Founding Emperor Era, and the masses of the Founding Emperor Celestial Heavens were like ants to be casually crushed!
He held the strongest power in the world!
Founding Emperor ran forward with the Carefree Sword in his hands. He stabbed forward with the 33 heavens of his sword, like a brave warrior who attacked the heavens.
Boom boom boom!
Southern Heavenly Gates rose in front of him as he cruised forward with his sword. Every Southern Heavenly Gate that he passed through crushed his body like a celestial palace. He crossed through 14 of them, jumped up, and faced Qin Mu's punch.
The giant punch had enough power to make people feel helpless as it smashed the 33 heavens of his sword path and his body, smashing him onto the sand.
This scene caused the cheering in the Founding Emperor Celestial Heavens to stop, and everyone looked at this scene, stunned. It didn't matter whether it was the old guards or the new gods and devils. They saw the invincible leader in their hearts get crushed by a punch.
Suddenly, Founding Emperor rose into the air as the Carefree Sword orbited him, shining countless teleportation runes. It caused his figure to become a teleporting sword light that orbited the vast celestial heavens at a quick pace, moving around the impressive-looking Qin Mu to find flaws.
The cheering began again, and the grand wave of sound came one after another. It was the cheer of the people of the Founding Emperor Celestial Heavens to encourage Founding Emperor.
Founding Emperor used his sword again, and the Upper Clarity Sword Realm burst forth once more. Facing it, however, was a giant palm that slammed it against the ground as if it was swatting a fly.
The cheering stopped again.
Founding Emperor stood up shakily. Blood seeped out of his mouth as he looked up at the impressive torso towering over his celestial heavens.
He howled again and rushed forward with his sword to fight.
Boom!
He was swatted on the ground again. It was more serious this time, as his limbs became like jelly. He struggled to get up, but he failed and crawled on the ground.
Finally, he climbed up and saw the incoming fist. He barely raised his Carefree Sword.
Boom!
He was smashed into the desert again, and his body rolled like a tattered sack. He carried sand waves with him.
Qin Mu struck again and again. The masses of the Founding Emperor Celestial Heavens looked at the sight dumbfounded. Qin Mu's punches weren't on Founding Emperor but on them, on their worship and their pride.
”You want to reform?”
Qin Mu's voice was like that of the gods of the nine heavens above. It was high up and cold. He said, ”You want to change this world?”
”By yourself?
”You alone?
”What a joke!”
Boom!
He lifted his leg and crushed Founding Emperor beneath it harshly as he laughed. ”The so-called Founding Emperor Era never existed! Only you persisted! Who did you rely on? What Dao friends do you have? All you have are a bunch of slaves who depended on you. They aren't your Dao friends, just slaves that worship you!”
”Why don't you collude with them? Why don't you become a Celestial Venerable Qin that smiles towards everyone and is kind to everyone? Why do you still lift your head?”
Qin Mu stepped on him again, hollering, ”Why do you still climb up?”
Founding Emperor held his feet and kneeled on the ground shakily as he tried to stand up.
”Stand down!”
A young god cried, ”Emperor, please don't climb up! Admit defeat!”
Qin Mu activated his leg again and smashed Founding Emperor in the dust. He ferociously said, ”You don't owe anyone! You didn't let anyone down! If you continue kneeling, you are still Celestial Venerable Qin, not traitor Thief Qin, not the Founding Emperor that people in Carefree Village worship! Stay down and be Celestial Venerable Qin!”
He lifted his foot, and Founding Emperor lay in his footprint.
Qin Mu extended two fingers and squeezed him like a small ant.
He looked down and laughed. ”These are your Dao friends? These people are the main driving force of your reform? They are just a bunch of pitiful bugs!”
”Qin Ye, surrender. These people aren't worth your life! Take off your clothes, come to the celestial heavens, kneel down, and confess to the ten Celestial Venerables. You are still high up. As Celestial Venerable Qin, countless people still worship and revere you.”
At that moment, Qin Mu felt an endless amount of blazing flames.
At the Founding Emperor Celestial Heavens below, a member of the old guard took off his clothes and raised two giant hammers, smashing the battle drums at the Southern Heavenly Gate of the Founding Emperor Celestial Heavens' Southern Heavenly Gate. The rumbling of the drums became a thick battle song, ”The Blazing West Wind.”
Fang Youji took off his shirt and his hat and spread his shoulders as he raised his own coffin. He tapped on it and sang, ”The Blazing West Wind! The wild goose cried in the frost for the tattered moon in the sky!”
Yan Yunxi pulled out her sword, and it resonated crisply. ”The tattered moon in the sky! The hoof sound shattered while the horn was sounded! The path ahead is as tough as steel!”
From the bodies of Founding Emperor's old guards, wave after wave of the energy that they had in the disastrous period burst forth. It was like a long rainbow. Their sound wasn't a cheer of worship, and their Dao hearts no longer placed all of their hopes on Founding Emperor's twisted Dao heart.
Their voices became low but were filled with penetrating power as they displayed that glorious era's hardship and hope to Carefree Village's new generation, shocking them.
”The path ahead is as tough as steel, and today we trudge forward again!”
”Today, we trudge forward again, trudge forward again!”