1004 Meeting Dutian Devil King Again (1/2)
There were, in total, two eggshells. When Celestial Emperor's true corporeal body was around, the Heaven Alliance was even messier internally. One only needed to control Celestial Emperor's corporeal body to enter the ancestral land and steal the eggshells.
Except that, at that time, none of them wanted anyone to possess the eggshells. The strongest objection came from Celestial Venerable Hao. The other Celestial Venerables and other members of the Heaven Alliance also objected to taking away the eggshells based on their own reasons.
Later, the Heaven Alliance was unified internally. Celestial Venerable Ling, Celestial Venerable Yue, and the rest of the elders dropped out of the picture, leaving only Celestial Venerable Hao, Celestial Venerable Hong, and their forces. Although their detractors were now gone, Celestial Emperor's corporeal body wasn't around anymore. Hence, they were unable to take the eggshells.
Despite the fact that everybody incessantly coveted the treasure in Celestial Emperor's ancestral land, no one had the power to take away the eggshells, so they gave up.
Celestial Venerable Hao also made several attempts, even driving the divine weapon version of Celestial Venerable Yu into the ancestral land. In the end, he still wasn't able to get close to the sacrificial altar.
All along, he had considered the two pieces of eggshells as something he could retrieve easily.
Moreover, since Celestial Emperor was born from the egg and was his father, he felt that anything belonging to Celestial Emperor would naturally be his to inherit.
Little did he expect that, while they were guarding against each other, someone would actually take the opportunity to infiltrate the ancestral land and steal one of the eggshells!
Celestial Venerable Hao looked around his surroundings as he suppressed the anger in his heart. He lowered his voice and said, ”Dao friends, it wasn't an easy journey to achieve what we have today and to gain the status we are currently enjoying. As long as you return the treasure, we are still Dao friends. If not, I'm afraid the ten Celestial Venerables might become nine.”
The various Celestial Venerables around him were quiet.
They also coveted the two eggshells of the egg that Celestial Emperor was born from.
In the eggshells were the complete imprints of Celestial Emperor's Great Dao runes. However, that wasn't the most important thing. Its greatest use was actually to seal the ancient Celestial Emperor!
Even if the other Celestial Venerables had the ancient Celestial Emperor's corporeal body, as long as one had the eggshells, he could seal the ancient Celestial Emperor in it, suppressing him!
If it could seal the ancient Celestial Emperor's corporeal body, it could seal the divine weapon Celestial Venerable Yu as well!
With this treasure, one would have the upper hand among the ten Celestial Venerables. Pity that there was only one half of it left.
Who stole the other half? This was what the ten Celestial Venerables were most concerned about.
Celestial Venerable Hao surveyed his surroundings. Suddenly, he got so angry that he laughed. As he swept his sleeves and left, he said, ”It looks like the ten Celestial Venerables aren't going to be reduced to nine but eight!”
He left in a rage, leaving behind the rest of the seven Celestial Venerables, who remained silent.
Suddenly, Heavenly Lady Qiang broke the silence. ”When I got here, things were already the way they are now. The treasure wasn't taken by me. I suspect a Dao friend controlled Celestial Emperor's corporeal body and came here with Crown Prince Ming Ya.”
Celestial Venerable Xiao said insipidly, ”After Crown Prince Ming Ya left this place, he left the celestial heavens in a rush. We don't know where he is now. Most likely, he knows something. Why don't we capture him for interrogation?”
Heavenly Lady Yan stroked her white cat's head and chuckled. ”Crown Prince Ming Ya has deserted the celestial heavens? That is interesting.”
Lang Xuan God Emperor coughed and said, ”Whichever Dao brother has taken the treasure, it's best to return it, or else it will put us in danger.”
No one responded.
Celestial Venerable Hong held his white beard and solemnly said, ”To be able to enter this forbidden area, apart from Celestial Emperor's corporeal body, I suppose only the Grand Emperor would have such capability. Ancestral God King, you have seen the abilities of the Grand Emperor and should be familiar with his methods.”
Ancestral God King said indifferently, ”The Grand Emperor indeed has such capability. If he really has infiltrated the celestial heavens and the Heaven Alliance, there's no one who can uncover him.”
The seven Celestial Venerables fell silent again and were expressionless.
Who was the Grand Emperor?
Could it be that the Grand Emperor was really hidden among them?
The seven who were present, could one of them be the Grand Emperor?
The seven Celestial Venerables looked at each other, but at the same time, they avoided each other's gazes. At this moment, any of them could be the Grand Emperor. Even Celestial Venerable Hao, who just left, was one of the suspects.
Suddenly, Heavenly Lady Yan took her white cat and left, smiling as she said, ”Celestial Venerable Huo and Celestial Venerable Xu are back.”
The other six Celestial Venerables hid.
Celestial Venerable Huo and Celestial Venerable Xu had rushed back to the celestial heavens. They spent quite a bit of time on their journey, so they were later than Qin Mu by a few days.
The Celestial Venerables gathered to listen to Celestial Venerable Huo and Celestial Venerable Xu. They were shocked by their encounters in the Great Void.
The encounters described by Celestial Venerable Huo and Celestial Venerable Xu were similar to that of Qin Mu. They consisted of many bizarre encounters like the walking corpses, the city of the masters of creation, the crazy Heavenly Master Yue, the supreme consciousness realm, and the Void Bridge.
Qin Mu unexpectedly didn't lie, truthfully sharing what he had heard and seen in the Great Void!
Celestial Venerable Mu had been a rebel all along. Since when did he become a fiercely loyal and faithful subject?
However, according to Celestial Venerable Huo and Celestial Venerable Xu, the Grand Emperor could indeed be hiding among them!
Celestial Venerable Huo and Celestial Venerable Xu could immediately sense something strange among the Celestial Venerables. They were guarding against each other, even revealing some animosity!
Although the ten Celestial Venerables weren't very close to each other, they usually guarded against each other secretly. Since when did they start doing so openly?
Celestial Venerable Huo frowned slightly as he thought to himself, 'Ever since Celestial Venerable Mu returned to the celestial heavens, the gulf between the ten Celestial Venerables has grown. It seems that the Heaven Alliance breaking up is almost inevitable. However, the ancient gods aren't eradicated yet. The reason the Heaven Alliance was originally established was to eliminate the rule of the ancient gods…'
”In that case, I suppose you didn't manage to find Carefree Village at the end of the Void Bridge?” Ancestral God King asked.
Celestial Venerable Huo and Celestial Venerable Xu nodded at the same time. Celestial Venerable Huo said, ”We were trapped in the middle room. By the time we got out, half a year had passed.”