Chapter 1009: Ultimate Void
Over a hundred thousand gods and demons flew toward the Fallen God Valley, streaking through the air like trails of light—like over a hundred thousand meteors tearing across the sky, passing over the Primordial Realm.
These hundred thousand-plus gods and demons continuously shifted their formation mid-flight. As the Grand Emperor Juyu, the most ancient existence in the present world, his knowledge was immeasurably vast. Any formation came to him effortlessly, ever-changing, profound beyond measure.
It had been a long time since he had been this angry.
There were few things that could truly provoke his wrath. When Cloud Heavenly Venerable conspired with the Creator race of the Great Void to ambush him, trapping his physical body, he had been angered.
When Ling Heavenly Venerable created the Indestructible Matter Divine Ability, allowing him to witness his own divine ability being broken, he had been angered—knowing full well how terrifying that ability was against him. If he did not eliminate Ling Heavenly Venerable, he would eventually die at that woman's hands.
In a million years, only those two matters had provoked his anger.
And now, he was angry once again.
Back when the Primordial Realm broke its seal, he had deployed the Divine Weapon Imperial Heavenly Venerable, only to be killed by Qin Mu in the Fallen God Valley. Though he had not revealed his true identity at the time and had not used his real methods, dying at this brat's hands had still been extremely displeasing.
Yet this brat had actually gone to the Heavenly Court's Jade Pool and removed the Bloodline Grand Curse he had left in Yun Jianli's bloodline!
That could not help but make him angry.
And it didn't end there. Qin Mu had gone deep into the Great Void, stolen Cloud Heavenly Venerable's corpse from the Supreme Divine Sense Domain, and even refined a portion of his divine sense, attempting to probe the mysteries of his divine art!
Moreover, after returning to the Heavenly Court, this brat had actually told the Heavenly Court's Heavenly Venerables that the Grand Emperor was not dead and was hiding among the Ten Heavenly Venerables of the Heavenly Court, putting him in a very difficult position.
When he had come to kill him, he had been intercepted and killed by Emperor Kaihuang midway—a death that was unjust, a death that was inexplicable.
And now, Qin Mu had returned to the Fallen God Valley, planning to summon his divine sense and refine him once again!
Even if one were shearing a sheep, one could not keep shearing the same sheep endlessly. This brat seemed determined to target him, shearing him without pause!
He could no longer tolerate this brat. Today, no matter what, Qin Mu had to be eliminated!
"Foolish little creature, I roam the cosmos. I have seen countless geniuses, numerous as the stars, and they have all fallen—only I remain!"
The hundred thousand-plus gods and demons soared through the void, charging toward the Fallen God Valley. Their divine senses plunged into violent fluctuations, coalescing into a grand, thunderous voice.
"You are not even worthy to be called my enemy!"
"The enemies I have faced in my long life were stronger than you, smarter than you. You are merely an ant I can crush with a flick of my finger!"
"My lifespan stretches from the dawn of antiquity to this very day. I am the most ancient life in the universe, the undefeated legend! My experiences are a river of time!"
In the Fallen God Valley, Qin Mu looked toward the west. There, radiant clouds blazed brilliantly, surging like tides. The Grand Emperor's divine sense had already exploded in his ears—shaking heaven and earth, deafening!
"In my life, you are nothing more than an insignificant figure in my long river of time—a drop of water beneath my notice, not even worthy of being called a ripple!"
Within the great tide of radiance, the figures of the hundred thousand-plus gods and demons had already come into Qin Mu's view.
That was the most profound and mysterious killing formation of the Heavenly Court, radiating overwhelming killing intent as it howled toward them. Before it even reached the Fallen God Valley, the earth of the valley began to shatter, the ground floating loose in the terrifying tremors, rising into the air!
This surging divine tide rushed forward, sweeping across heaven and earth. The sky seemed to shatter like crushed glass, the ground completely vanished, and the floating soil and stones continuously broke apart, dissolving into nothingness!
Now, only the ground beneath Qin Mu's feet remained intact, and only the sky above his head remained pure, untouched by the killing formation.
The hundred thousand-plus gods and demons charged forward, speaking in unison, their voices merging into an earth-shaking roar: "So-called Shepherd Heavenly Venerable, so-called Ten Heavenly Venerables—nothing more than this, all the same!"
Before the words even faded, Divine King Langhuan suddenly raised her palm, tore off the willow leaf from her brow, revealing the diamond-shaped vertical eye, and clasped her hands together. Her divine sense ability erupted!
Her divine sense swept across the void in an instant. Wherever it passed, the hundred thousand-plus gods and demons fell from the sky like rain, plummeting into the Fallen God Valley, which had already become an abyss!
Even that Divine General at the Lingxiao Realm had the Grand Emperor's divine sense forced out of his body, falling straight down!
Divine King Langhuan clasped her hands together, and the abyss vanished. Under her visualization, the earth rapidly regrew, filling the chasm!
Even the shattered, chaotic sky around them was restored in an instant.
Divine King Shujun roared, activating the seals hidden in the Thirty-Fifth Void.
These seals were jointly laid by him and Divine King Langhuan. With his current divine sense cultivation alone, he could not possibly contend with a terrifying existence like the Grand Emperor Juyu, but he had abundant experience, while Divine King Langhuan possessed terrifying cultivation.
The Grand Emperor's divine sense, struck by Divine King Langhuan's ambush, immediately awakened. His terrifying divine sense rippled like waves, desperately condensing to resist Qin Mu's Soul-Summoning Art. Yet he still could not resist Qin Mu's divine ability and was dragged toward the jade bottle at Qin Mu's feet.
At that moment, the seals in the Thirty-Fifth Void activated layer by layer. Starting from the Thirty-Fifth Void, the seal leaped to the Thirty-Fourth Void, merged with the seal there, and then leaped again to the Thirty-Third Void.
One void after another, the seals merged. It sounded slow, but in truth it was extremely fast—in the blink of an eye, they reached the First Void, which was the Primordial Realm where Qin Mu and the others stood.
The Grand Emperor's divine sense was already trapped by the seals, pressed down toward the jade bottle!
By the time all of the Grand Emperor's divine sense had poured into the jade bottle, a ring of seals revolved around it—thirty-five layers in total, covering every part of the bottle, leaving no gap!
"So it's you!"
The jade bottle vibrated, and the Grand Emperor's furious voice came from within: "I recognize you—the little woman who conspired with Cloud Heavenly Venerable to ambush me! The Creator of the Great Void! And you, Divine King Shujun!"
Divine King Shujun burst into laughter: "Juyu, long time no see! Back then you beat me to a pulp, and now you're in the bottle while I stand outside!"
The Grand Emperor roared: "Shujun, you are a Divine King of the Creators, yet you betray your own kind and conspire with the humans to ambush me! And you, woman—as the leader of the Creators, you have schemed against me twice, ambushing the Grand Emperor of your own Creator race!"
Divine King Langhuan said calmly: "You destroyed the Creator race long ago. You are no longer our Grand Emperor. Juyu, this is merely collecting a little interest."
Shujun's expression tensed, and he hurriedly said: "Don't waste words with him! Watch the Thirty-Fifth Void—beware of his Divine Sense Grand Heaven coming to attack!"
Qin Mu dispersed the Soul-Summoning Art and picked up the jade bottle. The bottle was still hopping around in his palm, as if trying to break free and fly away.
Fortunately, with the seals of Divine King Langhuan and Divine King Shujun in place, the force coming from within the bottle was not great—still within his control.
Shujun and Divine King Langhuan each sat cross-legged. From their brows, layer upon layer of light emanated like twisted bubbles, continuously extending into the void. They were likely preparing to jointly seal the Thirty-Fifth Void, preventing the Grand Emperor's Divine Sense Grand Heaven from arriving.
Regarding the theory of voids, the wisdom passed down to Qin Mu by the Creators of the Spirit Realm had specific descriptions.
In the ancient era of the Creators, the soul was not important—what mattered was divine sense. Protecting one's divine sense was especially crucial. By entrusting one's divine sense to the void, one could merge with heaven and earth and exist for far longer.
The Creators used divine sense to create things. For them, any place where one could create and entrust divine sense was a void—the physical universe being the First Void.
Breaking through the First Void, reaching another illusory level of consciousness, was the Second Void.
Those who could create within the Second Void could attempt to break through to the Third Void.
The Third Void was even more illusory, ethereal and insubstantial.
And so on—one void after another was developed by the Creators. The deeper the void, the longer one's divine sense could be preserved. However, in the wisdom of the Spirit Realm, there was only the Thirty-Fifth Void. There were no records of the Thirty-Sixth Void—the Ultimate Void.
In truth, upon reaching the Thirty-Fifth Void, a Creator's divine sense already lived as long as heaven and earth, never to be extinguished, enjoying eternal tranquility there. Only when the universe was destroyed would they die.
However, even in the ancient era, there were Creators who could find the Thirty-Fifth Void and refine the divine sense of others entrusted there, erasing their enemies. Clearly, this so-called entrusting to the void was not entirely safe.
The Thirty-Sixth Void—the Ultimate Void—Qin Mu had only heard Shujun mention that such a void existed. What its specific function was, he did not know.
With his current divine sense cultivation, being able to enter the Tenth Void was already quite good.
The only one who had entered the Thirty-Sixth Void was the Grand Emperor. He had entrusted his divine sense there, forging his Divine Sense Grand Heaven. From antiquity to the present, he had survived countless great calamities without dying—a testament to the power of the Ultimate Void.
"In the future, when my divine sense cultivation reaches the Grand Emperor's level, I must go see the Ultimate Void! But for now..."
Qin Mu put away the jade bottle and shouted: "Dutian, activate the chariot—prepare to run!"
In the distance, Dutian Demon King immediately roused the nine heavenly dragons, urging the Heavenly Dragon Chariot to race over at lightning speed. Qin Mu grabbed the seated Shujun and Divine King Langhuan, leaped onto the chariot, and said in a low voice: "Run as fast as possible—try to shake off the Divine Sense Grand Heaven!"
Dutian Demon King roared, raising his whip and lashing it at the nine heavenly dragons. The dragons, stung by the pain, ran with all their might, racing away with lightning crackling around them.
Dutian Demon King cracked his whip forward again and again. One of the heavenly dragons could not bear it and turned its head, calling out: "Hey, fellow, stop lashing! We're not dumb beasts who know nothing. If you say 'run for your lives,' we'll naturally run for our lives. Do you have to whip us so cruelly?"
Dutian Demon King was startled, quickly put away his whip, and fell silent.
The Heavenly Dragon Chariot grew faster and faster. But on the chariot, Qin Mu saw that both Divine King Shujun and Divine King Langhuan had cold sweat beading on their foreheads. The divine sense radiance flowing from their diamond-shaped vertical eyes grew denser and denser, reaching all the way to the Thirty-Fifth Void.
They seemed to be under tremendous pressure. Clearly, the enraged Grand Emperor still had them locked on tightly—he had not lost track of them just because the chariot had left the area.
Qin Mu frowned and said: "Dutian, can't this chariot enter the Netherworld? Have them drive into the Netherworld!"
Dutian Demon King quickly relayed the order. With a thunderous boom, the chariot plunged into the Netherworld. All around, darkness reigned, with only the nine heavenly dragons wreathed in cyan lightning, pulling the chariot at full speed through the gloom.
Divine King Shujun and Divine King Langhuan suddenly relaxed, both waking up at the same time.
"Close call, close call!"
Divine King Langhuan wiped the cold sweat from her brow and praised: "The Grand Emperor is indeed extraordinary—he pressed us so hard we could barely breathe! However, I also took this opportunity to locate the Ultimate Void!"
Seeing that the two were unharmed, Qin Mu finally let out a breath of relief.
Shujun looked around and his expression changed slightly: "Holy Infant, where is this place?"
Divine King Langhuan also looked around, and her face changed dramatically. Her voice trembling, she said: "Could this be the Netherworld?"
Ahead of the Heavenly Dragon Chariot, two long rivers of fiery yellow springs descended from the sky. Those were the horns of Tubo—horns composed of countless destroyed worlds, their waters blazing magma.
And before this incomparably vast ancient god floated a Divine Weapon Imperial Heavenly Venerable. Though only one-tenth the size of Tubo's true body, it was still extremely massive—immeasurable!
"Quick, go!"
Shujun shouted harshly: "Tubo is a mortal enemy of us Creators!"
Qin Mu was momentarily stunned, about to order Dutian Demon King to turn the chariot and leave the Netherworld, when he saw the majestic, unmatched Tubo slowly turn his head, his three eyes looking in their direction.
Cold sweat broke out on Divine King Langhuan's brow again. She flew out of the chariot, standing in front of the Heavenly Dragon Chariot.
"Holy Infant, you promised me you would take care of my Creator race! Don't forget your promise!"
Without looking back, she said: "You all go first!"
Suddenly, Qin Mu appeared before her, raised his hand, and drew a line—opening a Gate of Heaven's Succession.
Tubo's gaze swept over, and the Gate of Heaven's Succession collapsed and dissolved.
Veins bulged on Qin Mu's forehead. He surged his primordial energy and opened another Gate of Heaven's Succession. This gate too was immediately destroyed.
"It's useless."
Shujun sighed, came to Qin Mu's side, and stood shoulder to shoulder with Divine King Langhuan, shaking his head: "Creators and ancient gods are natural enemies. Back when the ancient gods slaughtered us, Tubo was one of their leaders. He won't let us go. Holy Infant, you leave. Langhuan, you leave too. This old man staying here is enough!"
Qin Mu let out an angry snort and opened another Gate of Heaven's Succession.
Tubo seemed somewhat angered, but then he turned his head away, no longer looking at them. Divine King Langhuan and Shujun were stunned, not understanding why Tubo had not struck them down.
Qin Mu let out a breath of relief and said in a low voice: "Tubo did me a favor—he pretended not to see us. Let's go, quickly!"