Chapter 1239: The Strings of Nguyệt Thiên Tôn's Qin (First Update)
The beaded curtain of the Thiên Tôn carriage suddenly lifted, but the one sitting inside was not Hạo Thiên Tôn, but a Thần Khí Ngự Thiên Tôn!
Thái Đế saw this, his pupils constricting: "Hạo Thiên Tôn is not in the carriage, so where is he?"
Just as he thought this, the Thiên Tôn carriage suddenly exploded. The Thần Khí Ngự Thiên Tôn's face revealed a mocking smile, his body rapidly swelling as he struck forward with a palm.
Tần Mục's expression changed slightly. He hurriedly retreated while holding up the lantern. Seeing the opening stance of the Thần Khí Ngự Thiên Tôn, he knew something was wrong.
This Thần Khí Ngự Thiên Tôn was Hạo Thiên Tôn's treasure, and Hạo Thiên Tôn's greatest strength lay in his physique. He was the son of Thiên Đế and Nguyên Mỗ Phu Nhân. Nguyên Mỗ Phu Nhân was an ancient god from Quy Khư, while Thiên Đế was an ancient god of Thái Sơ born from the Thái Sơ mineral vein.
The most powerful aspect of their bloodline lay in Thiên Đế's Tiên Thiên Nhất Khí. Tiên Thiên Nhất Khí was the source of all ten thousand paths in the world—the "one" in "one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, three gives birth to all things"!
And Nguyên Mỗ Phu Nhân's Quy Khư Great Path was the end of all things, devouring the starry sky, devouring the ten thousand paths, ultimately returning to one!
The opening stance of the Thần Khí Ngự Thiên Tôn was precisely the divine power of Tiên Thiên Nhất Khí.
This divine power merged all paths into one. Tần Mục had witnessed it during the battle between Khai Hoàng and Hạo Thiên Tôn. Even Khai Hoàng could only pierce his palm before having his sword path domain broken apart.
This divine power was called Vạn Đạo Thiên Luân!
Although Tần Mục and the others were far from the point of collision, for the divine powers of Hạo Thiên Tôn and Thái Đế, the distance was actually quite close. The residual waves of their divine powers—let alone Tần Mục—even Bạch Ngọc Quỳnh could not withstand them.
Just as he retreated with the lantern, Thái Đế collided with the Thần Khí Ngự Thiên Tôn. At almost the same moment, a small figure suddenly appeared behind Thái Đế's head.
Hạo Thiên Tôn!
Hạo Thiên Tôn had actually appeared behind Thái Đế, his divine power erupting. What he unleashed was not the divine power of Tiên Thiên Nhất Khí, but the Quy Khư divine power, like the Vạn Đạo Thiên Luân operating in reverse—from one giving birth to ten thousand, to ten thousand returning to one!
The Thần Khí Ngự Thiên Tôn and his divine power, one in front and one behind, formed a cage, trapping Thái Đế within it!
Tần Mục's expression turned grave: "Hạo Thiên Tôn is no longer the Hạo Thiên Tôn from the Dao Trì a million years ago..."
Two supreme existences collided, yet no sound came from the void. Not only was there no sound, there wasn't even a ripple.
Tần Mục grew even more tense, retreating rapidly with the lantern.
Suddenly, a subtle vibration came from the void. The hem of Tần Mục's robe floating before him vibrated countless times in an instant, turning to dust!
The vibration traveled extremely fast. Even with Nguyệt Thiên Tôn's lantern, the vibration quickly caught up to him.
Tần Mục retreated swiftly, suddenly encountering a heart demon wandering in the void.
That heart demon was born from the evil in human hearts—ferocious and hideous, yet immensely powerful. Seeing him, it was overjoyed and lunged forward to devour him.
Then, the heart demon suddenly shattered, exploding as if crushed into infinitely fine dust!
"Watching this battle is not easy!"
Tần Mục held up the lantern, contracting space. Suddenly, Bạch Ngọc Quỳnh's voice came through: "The Moon Master's treasure is not meant to be used this way."
Tần Mục's heart stirred. He said solemnly, "Bạch Thiên Sư, you take control of the lantern."
Bạch Ngọc Quỳnh flew out from the lantern, extending her fair hand to take it. Her magical power circulated, and a fine beam of light shot out from within the lamp. The space around them instantly became infinitely minute, like a string with no thickness at all.
The residual waves from the collision between Thái Đế and Hạo Thiên Tôn surged forward. That terrifying wave plucked this string of light, like an invisible hand strumming a qin string.
Tần Mục, Lam Ngự Điền, and the others within the string all heard beautiful qin music. The collision between Thái Đế and Hạo Thiên Tôn produced extremely complex vibrations, yet when transmitted to the string, they played out a prelude of the Great Path.
Although Tần Mục was quite familiar with Nguyệt Thiên Tôn, he had rarely seen her use her divine powers. He had always been unfamiliar with her abilities.
In fact, having traveled back to the past, he had come into contact with her many times. Every time he encountered Nguyệt Thiên Tôn or those around her, Tần Mục could see that in every era—whether the early, middle, or late period of Long Hán, or the later Thượng Hoàng era—Nguyệt Thiên Tôn was always a supporting figure.
The supporting figure of Vân Thiên Tôn. The supporting figure of Lăng Thiên Tôn.
She rarely took the lead in driving change in an era. She always seemed like Vân Thiên Tôn's little sister, Lăng Thiên Tôn's little sister. Her radiance was always overshadowed by them, with everyone's attention focused on Vân Thiên Tôn or Lăng Thiên Tôn.
Yet Nguyệt Thiên Tôn was not an insignificant figure. On the contrary, it was precisely because of her support, her tireless efforts behind the scenes, that Tiêu Hán Thiên Đình and the later Thượng Hoàng Thiên Đình could shine so brilliantly.
Tần Mục had seen her qin, and he had seen the qin of her disciple Xích Đế Tề Hà Du. He had heard the qin music they played—it was beautiful.
He had never imagined that Nguyệt Thiên Tôn's qin playing was not merely playing melodies. It was only when Bạch Ngọc Quỳnh transformed the lantern light into a string that he saw the vastness of Nguyệt Thiên Tôn's divine powers, the inconceivability of her abilities.
Her music was not mere music, but the strings of the Great Path. Touch this string, and it would play a wonderful movement.
Thái Đế and Hạo Thiên Tôn's divine powers were certainly powerful and profound, containing their lifelong learning and enlightenment, containing their paths. Yet now, Tần Mục was captivated by the beautiful melody played by this string, as if this was the most beautiful thing of all.
He listened, entranced. The melody played by this string was not simply Nguyệt Thiên Tôn's space path, but rather using the space path to play out the paths of Hạo Thiên Tôn and Thái Đế.
"This Thái Xúc rhythm contains the law of Tiên Thiên Nhất Khí. Sensing the charm of Tiên Thiên Nhất Khí through its law—how wonderful—"
Tần Mục was enraptured. When he had obtained the innate runes from Thiên Đế Thái Sơ's eggshell, he had struggled immensely, finding it very difficult to comprehend the mysteries of Tiên Thiên Nhất Khí. But now, with Nguyệt Thiên Tôn's qin rhythm and music coming through, the innate runes he had previously been unable to understand suddenly became clear.
"This Vô Xạ rhythm is the law within Đại La Vô Thượng Thần Thức. Eh? The law of this Vô Thượng Thần Thức actually shares a wonderful similarity with Tiên Thiên Nhất Khí!"
Within the string of light, Tần Mục danced with joy. From the law of the Vô Thượng Thần Thức, he heard the same charm of the path as Tiên Thiên Nhất Khí.
If it were anyone else, they would certainly not know the reason. But he understood the relationship between the two.
In the ancient era, divine consciousness flourished. There were no later divine powers, nor the later Thần Tàng Thiên Cung cultivation system.
The cultivation of divine consciousness in the ancient era was built upon the foundation of Thái Sơ thần thạch. The Thái Sơ thần thạch came from the Thái Sơ mineral vein, and Thiên Đế Thái Sơ's Tiên Thiên Nhất Khí drew upon the power of the divine stones and primal stones within the Thái Sơ mineral vein.
In other words, the two were connected!
Tần Mục had never thought of this before. But in the instant Thái Đế and Hạo Thiên Tôn collided, when the fluctuations of their dharma and divine power transmitted to Nguyệt Thiên Tôn's string, he immediately discovered this point!
"My Tiên Thiên Nhất Khí can be cultivated!"
Tần Mục was incredibly excited: "My seventeenth heavenly palace, the Tiên Thiên heavenly palace, can also be cultivated!"