Chapter 1215: The Coffin Procession Tour (First Update)
The Woodcutter Sage was quite displeased and scolded: "You're causing trouble again! You carry the fate of Yan Kang on your shoulders. If you were to appear on the battlefield, would the Ten Heavenly Venerables still tolerate Yan Kang? Go back!"
Qin Mu smiled and said: "I am proficient in the art of creation. Isn't it easy for me to avoid being recognized?"
The Woodcutter Sage was choked with anger: "The Outer Heaven Court is full of talented people, and there are many who cultivate various divine eyes. Do you really think no one can see through your art of creation?"
Qin Mu consoled him: "Teacher, rest assured. Even if they recognize me, what can they do if I don't admit it? We'll just argue and quibble. Besides, this time I'm going to fight against you rebels—I won't cause any trouble. The Heaven Court's Shepherd Heavenly Venerable, righteous and loyal, though young in age, bravely charges to the front lines, defeating rebels like Qin Ye and Lang Wan."
The Woodcutter Sage widened his eyes, and after a moment, said helplessly: "You've learned to quibble? Fine, I can't control you anymore."
Qin Mu stayed on the Ark of the Other Shore. The Ark of the Other Shore suddenly vanished into the void, disappearing from the Netherworld.
Qin Mu couldn't help but admire the craftsmanship of the Kai Huang era. Every era in history has its strengths. The Long Han era was the age of enlightenment, where various divine powers and techniques emerged endlessly, and the Divine Treasury Heavenly Palace system was formed and developed during that era.
The Chi Ming era excelled in physical body and primordial spirit, refining them to be incomparably powerful.
The Shang Huang era was the great culmination of Dao techniques and divine powers. The most Emperor Throne realm experts emerged during the Shang Huang period—in the Primordial Realm alone, there were at least thirty Emperor Throne realm experts.
The Kai Huang era left behind numerous great artifacts and divine weapons: the Land of No Worries, the Sword of No Worries, the Ark of the Other Shore. The Heavenly Craftsmen held tremendous weight in this era.
The current Yan Kang era is still young, not yet as prosperous as the four previous eras.
In the Land of Ultimate Void, because only Fire Heavenly Venerable and Void Heavenly Venerable were stationed there, the war between both sides became a war of attrition and stalemate. Both sides built cities and attacked each other.
Fire Heavenly Venerable and Void Heavenly Venerable, having to face the two great experts Kai Huang Qin Ye and Lang Wan Divine King, dared not act rashly. Moreover, the Land of Ultimate Void contained the Ultimate Void Netherworld, and the Little Earth Count of this Netherworld was a partial one. Without capturing the Ultimate Void Netherworld, they could only fight a war of attrition.
The number of Creators from the Land of No Worries and the Other Shore Void was far fewer than that of the Heaven Court. In a war of attrition, Qin Ye and Lang Wan would surely be the ones unable to bear it.
The Nether Emperor led the armies of the Northern Heaven and the Nether Capital to station at Little Netherworld, intimidating Qin Fengqing, with the front line stretching across the Ultimate Void Netherworld. On the Land of Ultimate Void, even more armies were scattered like stars, each setting up camps and cultivating cities.
The Heaven Court's Four Great Heavenly Masters and Four Great Heavenly Kings each commanded a great army. The Heavenly River Navy also diverted the waters of the Heavenly River, causing it to descend upon the Ultimate Void, attacking from the water route.
With the Heavenly River entering the Ultimate Void, transporting supplies became much easier. However, the Heaven Court still needed heavy troops to guard the Heavenly River, using the newly forged Four Emperor divine artifacts to suppress the collapsing void, which consumed enormous financial and human resources.
This war had already dragged on for several years. Both sides attacked each other, each winning some and losing some. But large-scale battles were difficult for both sides to bear due to too many casualties.
Thus, large-scale battles only occurred in the first two years. Both the Heaven Court and the Creators of the Land of No Worries and the Other Shore Void suffered great losses. The Heaven Court's Four Great Heavenly Masters were countered by the enemy's mysterious Heavenly Master—all their schemes and formations were broken by that person.
Moreover, the enemy even knew the personalities of their Heavenly Masters thoroughly. Whether in frontal confrontation or in ambushing supply convoys and intercepting provisions, they were no match for that person.
On the side of the Land of No Worries and the Other Shore Void, they suffered from having far fewer troops than the Heaven Court. Shang Pingyin set up his formations in an upright manner, never taking unconventional paths, always using superior forces to encircle and annihilate the enemy. As a result, the Land of No Worries and the Other Shore Void lost quite a number of troops.
The Nether Emperor attacked the Ultimate Void Netherworld, even once reaching the Void Bridge. If not for the Little Earth Count Qin Fengqing fighting desperately, and the Qin family disciples arriving carrying coffins to risk their lives in a final gamble, they would never have been able to retake the Ultimate Void Netherworld!
After that, because both sides' front lines were stretched too long, they could only resort to small-scale harassment.
The Land of Ultimate Void was too vast, with endless territories. Building divine cities and forging mighty fortresses was the inevitable choice for both sides.
In other areas without cities or fortresses, those became the battlegrounds for both sides' gods, demons, and divine power users. Gods, demons, and divine power users from both sides often roamed there, seeking opportunities to kill enemies and earn merits.
At this point, the focus of the contest between both sides shifted to the Supreme Divine Sense Domain.
Both sides were determined to obtain the body of the Great Emperor and the bodies of the clan leaders and elders of the Creator races there.
However, the Supreme Divine Sense Domain was incomparably terrifying. Anyone who entered would be assimilated—transformed from three-dimensional to two-dimensional, then to a single point. At the center of the Divine Sense Domain, even Heavenly Venerables would be frozen by the solidified time and space.
Therefore, although both sides' forces eyed the Supreme Divine Sense Domain covetously, no one dared to set foot in it easily.
On this day, over a hundred large banners rustled as they flew rapidly close to the ground, passing over mountains, rivers, and lakes. Not far from the Supreme Divine Sense Domain, these hundred-odd banners suddenly lay flat against the ground, motionless, blending with the earth. If one didn't look carefully, these banners would be impossible to spot.
In the sky, dozens of gods and demons from the Land of No Worries carried a coffin that had been polished to a gleaming shine as they flew overhead. Those dozens of gods and demons had blazing eyes, their gazes like pillars of light shining down from the sky. After surveying the area once, they went on their way.
After they had gone far, the ground rippled, and the hundred-odd banners slowly revealed themselves, then rustled forward again.
Suddenly, the banners stood upright one by one, their surfaces rapidly rolling up, transforming into beautiful young women.
"That one who just flew past should be a rebel leader from the Land of No Worries, named Fang Youji, the Crown Prince's Junior Guardian of the rebel Qin Ye."
The leading woman surveyed her surroundings and said with extreme calmness: "But our purpose here is not him, but the Great Emperor's body. No need to conflict with him."
She took out a mirror and shone it on the ground, surveying the area. Suddenly, the lake ahead split open, the great waters flowing to both sides, and the entire lake transformed into a giant eye.
That giant eye rolled around once, then its pupil contracted, focusing on those women.
The woman used her bright mirror to shine on that eye. The giant eyeball rotated, and strange void runes emerged in its pupil. Then the eye slowly rose, transforming into a colossal creature that towered into the clouds, vigorously shaking the bone mountain on its back.
A Void Beast!
This Void Beast was the one that the ancestor spirit Luo Xiao had brought out from the Ancestral Court. Luo Xiao thought he had tamed the Void Beast, but he didn't realize that the one who had tamed it was not him, but the Great Emperor!
Back then, Cloud Heavenly Venerable thought this Void Beast was Luo Xiao's mount, so he brought it into the Ultimate Void. It was also because of this that the Great Emperor learned that the surviving descendants of the Creators had hidden here.
That Void Beast's body merged into the void, making it difficult to detect from a distance.
"Take us to find the Great Emperor!" The woman put away her bright mirror and said in a deep voice.
The Void Beast's body grew fainter and fainter as it strode toward the Supreme Divine Sense Domain.
The hundred or so women, all dressed in identical gray-green palace robes, quickly followed the Void Beast. One woman looked at the Void Beast whose body was merging into the void and whispered: "Lady Ling Ren, we entered this place without notifying the two Heavenly Venerables. Isn't that a bit rash?"