Chapter 1335: Exiling Celestial Venerable Xiao (Fourth Update)
The first string flew out from behind his neck, followed by the second, the third, the fourth!
Ten consecutive strings sliced through Celestial Venerable Xiao's throat, forehead, lower neck, eyes, chest, waist, life-gate, hip bones, knee joints, and ankle joints!
Celestial Venerable Xiao's skull flew up, and the rest of his body was blasted apart by the violent vital qi, only to forcibly fuse back together again.
Within the Gate of Inheriting Heaven, Lord Tu Bo's palm slammed down fiercely, smashing his physical body into a pulp!
Moon Celestial Venerable breathed a sigh of relief, and so did Lord Tu Bo in the Netherworld. Nether Celestial Venerable came from the Netherworld to beneath the tree and also breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.
At that moment, Celestial Venerable Xiao's flesh squirmed and regenerated. He reached out, grabbed the World Tree, and swung it. In that instant, terrifying power erupted from the World Tree, shaking the heavens and roaring through countless realms!
The entire Primordial Realm contained over ten thousand heavenly worlds. Even the dullest beings in these worlds sensed that this night was extraordinary.
Their worlds were moving at terrifying speed, stars were in chaos, the earth trembled, volcanoes erupted, hurricanes howled, oceans churned with fury, and tsunamis struck one after another!
They had no idea that this was a Celestial Venerable using immense divine power to wield the World Tree, and the catastrophic destruction caused by the World Tree moving the heavens!
Whoosh—
One swing of the World Tree sent Nether Celestial Venerable flying, and he vomited blood endlessly while still in midair!
Having scored a hit, Celestial Venerable Xiao used the World Tree as a sword and thrust it at Moon Celestial Venerable.
Moon Celestial Venerable retreated at lightning speed, her form leaping through one space after another, crossing layer after layer of heavenly worlds to evade the World Tree's attack. But what shocked her was that the space of all the myriad worlds was in utter chaos—no matter how many worlds she crossed, the World Tree's canopy was always right in front of her.
Shua shua shua—
Countless branches of the World Tree shot forth like swords, growing wildly as they stabbed toward her. Moon Celestial Venerable activated her space divine ability, like a hurried melody of zither strings, colliding with the stabbing canopy!
However, the sword technique Celestial Venerable Xiao employed this time came from Yan Kang—it was the sword technique refined by the Yan Kang Imperial Preceptor and Qin Mu, from Sword Fourteen all the way to Sword Nineteen, everything was there!
Even Moon Celestial Venerable, who was proficient in the way of space, found it difficult to withstand such fierce and ever-changing sword techniques.
Boom!
Her form smashed through one heavenly world after another, flying over them, while behind her were millions of cyan-green sword glints, dancing in the sky like countless writhing flood dragons, their length spanning entire heavenly worlds—utterly astonishing!
Moon Celestial Venerable tilted her head. With a hiss, a World Tree branch stabbed past her cheek, leaving a wound.
Just as she was about to be overwhelmed, Lord Tu Bo's attack arrived behind Celestial Venerable Xiao. The great hand turned into a fist, intending to blast Celestial Venerable Xiao apart once more!
Celestial Venerable Xiao withdrew the World Tree. The roots of the World Tree condensed together, forming an enormous black hammer, which met Lord Tu Bo's fist head-on.
The power of the two collided. Lord Tu Bo, far away in the Netherworld, frowned. His enormous fist crumbled, splitting apart into chunks of land.
"Old brother, without descending in your true body, you are no match for me and Mother Earth! Fighting across realms is boring—why not have a true duel?"
Celestial Venerable Xiao roared. Using the World Tree's roots as a hammer, he pierced through the Gate of Inheriting Heaven and smashed fiercely toward Lord Tu Bo.
Lord Tu Bo's third eye on his brow opened wide, genuinely enraged. The countless continents formed from his shattered right hand flew back and reassembled into a palm. He reached out and grabbed—the long-lost River of the Netherworld reappeared.
Lord Tu Bo shook the Netherworld River whip, about to fight him to the death, when suddenly the other divine artifact, Imperial Celestial Venerable, floating in the Netherworld, opened its eyes and stared at him.
Lord Tu Bo's heart skipped a beat: "My daughter has noticed this place!"
While he was on guard against Void Celestial Venerable's divine artifact Imperial Celestial Venerable, the World Tree hammer came smashing down fiercely.
Just as Celestial Venerable Xiao was about to succeed, Moon Celestial Venerable suddenly appeared above him, upside down like a descending celestial maiden, her robes fluttering. Her ten fingers moved, and with twang twang twang, strands of light wove into a net in all directions, completely sealing this place.
More strands of light crisscrossed, forming countless spatial cross-sections like a maze.
"Celestial Venerable Xiao, today I exile you!"
Moon Celestial Venerable's palm landed on the first string. The first note of the zither sounded, and suddenly all the light strings vibrated together—the five tones and twelve pitches erupted at once!
Countless spatial cross-sections churned, and violent spatial turbulence whooshed as it swept Celestial Venerable Xiao and the World Tree together, sending them deep into the spatial abyss!
Shua shua shua—thick, massive roots shot out from the chaotic space, taking root in the earth of the Primordial Realm. The twelve pitches of the zither within the chaotic space were in disarray, yet they could not completely push the World Tree into the chaotic space.
Celestial Venerable Xiao stood atop the World Tree, sprinting along the roots. Just as he was about to leap out of the chaotic space, Nether Celestial Venerable appeared at the entrance of the chaotic spatial rift, holding the horse lantern. The lantern light shone directly on Celestial Venerable Xiao.
Terrifying power struck Celestial Venerable Xiao's primordial spirit, knocking it out of his physical body!
Celestial Venerable Xiao roared in fury, forcibly pulling his primordial spirit back.
Nether Celestial Venerable gritted his teeth, desperately channeling the horse lantern. The light grew brighter and brighter, yet Celestial Venerable Xiao's primordial spirit stubbornly endured the lantern's assault, step by step approaching his own body.
On the roots, Celestial Venerable Xiao's physical body also took steps, walking forward along the thick roots one step at a time.
Moon Celestial Venerable descended before the spatial rift, her skirt spreading out around her as she sat down. The palace ruins flew over and shrank into an ancient zither.
Moon Celestial Venerable played before the rift, and countless attacks rained down like a storm upon Celestial Venerable Xiao's body and primordial spirit.
Celestial Venerable Xiao shrieked, suddenly manifesting three heads and six arms. His primordial spirit also manifested three heads and six arms. His body and primordial spirit shattered and reformed with every hit—losing a piece, growing a piece—leaving both Moon and Nether Celestial Venerables utterly shaken!
"Even if Red Emperor and Bright Emperor merged, they might not be able to do this!" Both thought simultaneously.
Celestial Venerable Xiao withstood the attacks of the two Celestial Venerables, walking out step by step.
"Where's Lord Tu Bo?" Moon Celestial Venerable called out loudly.
Nether Celestial Venerable gritted his teeth: "Held back by Void Celestial Venerable!"
Moon Celestial Venerable's heart sank. Lord Tu Bo could not descend in his true body, nor could he lend a hand. With just the two of them, they might not be able to exile Celestial Venerable Xiao—and might even be severely wounded by him if he fought his way out of the chaotic space!
"Mu'er, don't go!"
The Medicine Master's voice came. Moon Celestial Venerable and Nether Celestial Venerable were startled, and suddenly they saw the headless Qin Mu flying over, the peachwood hairpin in his hand pointing at Celestial Venerable Xiao who was about to charge out of the chaotic space.
Celestial Venerable Xiao's heart jolted. His body retreated at lightning speed, and the World Tree's roots rapidly withdrew from the soil of the Primordial Realm.
He, along with his primordial spirit and the World Tree, was sent into the chaotic space, vanishing without a trace.
Moon Celestial Venerable breathed a sigh of relief, straightened up, set the ancient zither aside, and flicked her sleeve forward. The entrance to the chaotic space vanished, and space returned to calm.
Qin Mu still pointed at where the chaotic space rift had been, majestic and imposing—except there was no head on his neck.
The Medicine Master flew over quickly, examining Qin Mu's neck, and complained: "Your neck is full of dao wounds left by Celestial Venerable Xiao, and you're still running around everywhere!"
"I'm fine!"
Qin Mu stiffened his neck, and a voice came from his chest cavity: "Yue'er, where's my piece of eggshell? Give me the eggshell, and I'll send Celestial Venerable Xiao back into the egg!"
"Celestial Venerable Xiao has already been exiled by Moon Celestial Venerable."
The Medicine Master said helplessly: "Also, don't talk to the air. I'm here, and Moon Celestial Venerable is behind you. This wound of yours... it's a bit hard to treat..."