Chapter 1359: The Cruel Truth (Fourth Update)
"If we can avoid conflict with an existence like Long Hao, we should try our best to do so."
Qin Mu couldn't help but feel worried. Long Hao was too powerful. When Earth Mother Yuanjun summoned him, those nine heads blotting out the sky was a truly shocking sight. Qin Mu had no desire to offend such a powerful existence.
He continued moving, following the trail of Shu Jun's soul aura.
Shu Jun's soul aura grew increasingly clear, and Qin Mu's spirits soared. His connection with Shu Jun also became more distinct, and now he could clearly sense Shu Jun's exact location.
"He's still alive after all!"
Qin Mu felt somewhat relieved. He sensed many people together with Shu Jun, likely Lan Yutian, Xu Shenghua, and the First Ancestor and others.
As long as these people were still alive, he could find a way to get them out of the back of the Ancestral Court first, then plan for the long term.
Whoosh—
Qin Mu led the others, their divine consciousness surging mightily, quickly approaching Shu Jun and the others. Once he got close, he could immediately form a summoning divine ability with his divine consciousness, sweeping Shu Jun and the others away in one go, summoning them to the Great Black Mountain!
Just then, Shu Jun's divine consciousness suddenly touched Qin Mu's. In an instant, Shu Jun understood his intention, and his divine consciousness was filled with panic: "Pastoral Heavenly Venerable, run—"
Qin Mu was momentarily stunned, not understanding the meaning, and was about to ask when Shu Jun's divine consciousness fluctuated violently: "Long Hao is here, he's trapped us all! He noticed you long ago, waiting for you to walk right into the net!"
Qin Mu was horrified and decisively withdrew his divine consciousness!
Suddenly, the void shook violently. An incredibly terrifying wave of divine consciousness cut across at the moment Qin Mu's and Shu Jun's consciousness touched, separating the two!
Divine consciousness has no physical form; it is merely consciousness and thought. Yet this terrifying divine consciousness was like a physical object, like a mountain range connecting heaven and earth, standing across the path of Qin Mu and the others' divine consciousness.
Shua—
Extremely bright light shone. Wei Suifeng, Granny Si, Youming Crown Prince and the others felt their divine consciousness and thoughts melting away rapidly like snow meeting the scorching sun.
They seemed to see an incredibly magnificent and terrifying scene—nine dragon heads filling heaven and earth crammed into their divine consciousness "vision," causing their consciousness to continuously collapse and disintegrate!
Long Hao, that incredibly terrifying ancient creature whose power approached that of Grand Emperor Taidi, merely by manifesting his divine consciousness, was enough to make them unable to withstand it!
"Grand Luo Supreme Divine Consciousness!"
Qin Mu's imitation of Grand Emperor Taidi's Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain erupted. The domain expanded, and suddenly everything became incredibly slow, as if time itself was condensing!
Long Hao's terrifying divine consciousness was also affected. The process of invading his Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain was infinitely stretched, unable to destroy their consciousness in one fell swoop!
Of course, time did not actually stop. This was merely an illusion created by the Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain—a suppression imposed on the invader's consciousness by the domain.
The pressure was mutual. Qin Mu's Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain was only a pseudo-Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain. His divine consciousness great path had not been cultivated to Grand Emperor Taidi's level. While he restricted Long Hao's consciousness invasion, his own pressure was also skyrocketing!
His Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain emitted crackling explosions, and shocking cracks appeared in the void of the domain, pressing him so hard that cracks appeared in his own divine consciousness!
Long Hao was so powerful he couldn't be suppressed!
However, Qin Mu finally gained a small opportunity and immediately sent Wei Suifeng, Granny Si, and the others' divine consciousness back to the Great Black Mountain.
The group woke up on the Great Black Mountain altar, their divine consciousness returning to their physical bodies. Granny Si, Wenyuan Ancestor and others immediately checked Qin Mu's physical body, and saw that his primordial spirit was still there, but his divine consciousness had not returned!
"Damn it, could Pastoral Heavenly Venerable's divine consciousness be trapped by that invincible creature?"
"This is bad, that creature is too terrifying!"
...
The group panicked. Wei Suifeng said in a deep voice: "Everyone, don't panic! If my junior brother could send us back, he can definitely escape on his own. The reason he didn't come back directly is probably because he wants to meet Long Hao."
Granny Si, Wenyuan Ancestor and the others breathed a sigh of relief. Worry had clouded their judgment; they hadn't thought of that, so they had lost their composure.
Since Qin Mu could send them back, he could certainly escape on his own.
"This kid, his guts are way too big."
Granny Si gritted her teeth and said angrily: "He deserves a good spanking!"
At these words, everyone's eyes lit up. Youming Crown Prince coughed and said: "Daoist Si, you must make good on your words. You can't just talk big and not follow through."
Wei Suifeng, Yu Chudu and others nodded vigorously, saying: "As an existence who has entered the Dao through divine abilities, your words carry the force of law. You can't go back on your word."
Long Qilin also excitedly wagged his tail, wanting to speak but afraid Qin Mu would notice. The little green sparrow on his forehead, however, raised its wing in agreement.
Granny Si still couldn't bear to hit him, and could only say: "We'll talk about it after he comes back..."
Suddenly, the nine-tiered altar shook violently. A vast and profound divine consciousness came directly to the Great Black Mountain from another space, lifting Qin Mu's physical body off the altar. Even the nine-tiered altar itself was lifted, about to fly toward another space!
The people on the altar staggered. Youming Crown Prince and Wei Suifeng were the first to react, each reaching out and grabbing one of Qin Mu's legs, preventing him from being pulled into the back of the Ancestral Court!
Their hearts were filled with terror. The owner of this divine consciousness was Long Hao. This terrifying creature had actually traced back along the divine consciousness of Qin Mu and the others, found this place, and attempted a reverse summoning—to summon Qin Mu's physical body to the back of the Ancestral Court!
Even though Wei Suifeng and Youming Crown Prince were both at the peak of the Imperial Throne realm, they could not resist Long Hao's terrifying divine consciousness summoning. Their bodies were lifted, floating involuntarily in the air.
"Hold on!"
Wei Suifeng roared. His primordial spirit erupted, the heavenly palace behind him floating, his primordial spirit rising abruptly from the Imperial Throne, fully mobilizing his magical power.
On the other side, Youming Crown Prince's Black Tortoise primordial spirit floated into the air, also exerting full force, desperately holding onto Qin Mu's body.
The others also made their moves, finally pulling Qin Mu's physical body back down onto the nine-tiered altar!
However, to their horror, the nine-tiered altar itself also flew up, heading toward another space!
The moment Qin Mu's feet landed on the altar, his eyes suddenly opened. His primordial spirit flew up with a whoosh, landing behind him, and he roared: "Divine Treasury Domain!"
His primordial spirit became immensely vast. The moment it landed on the altar, all the runes on the nine-tiered altar lit up. The runes of the summoning altar reversed, countless runes changing simultaneously, performing a reverse summoning, trying to pull his own divine consciousness back!
The group sighed in relief. Their power combined with the nine-tiered altar was now evenly matched with Long Hao's summoning. The two sides were locked in a stalemate in the air, wrestling, neither able to suppress the other's power.
"Use the Glazed Blue Sky Canopy!"
The Mute roared. Blind, Youming Crown Prince, Wei Suifeng and the others suddenly came to their senses. The power of the Glazed Blue Sky Canopy, the number one supreme treasure of that era, erupted. Shua shua shua—the power of all the supreme treasures in the twenty-eight heavens exploded simultaneously, pressing down on the nine-tiered altar, finally suppressing Long Hao's summoning.
The nine-tiered altar crashed to the ground, and everyone finally relaxed.
The Glazed Blue Sky Canopy truly lived up to its reputation as the number one supreme treasure. Combined with Blind and Mute leading the Yan Kang artisans in constant reforging, this treasure's power far exceeded what it had been before.
Although without the Grand Primordial Divine Egg as its core, its transformations were somewhat lacking, its power had increased by countless times.
Qin Mu's primordial spirit remained in a daze, clearly having not yet retrieved his divine consciousness.
The group exchanged glances, their expressions growing solemn again.
Meanwhile, in the back of the Ancestral Court, Qin Mu's divine consciousness condensed, taking the form of Qin Mu, floating before Long Hao's divine consciousness. His robes fluttered, and he smiled: "Long Hao, the mount of Boyang Divine King, can we talk now?"
"Boyang Divine King's mount?"
Long Hao's divine consciousness suddenly burst into laughter, a mocking expression on his face: "Young Creator, you're wrong. The three great divine kings of the ancient times were not Boyang, Shu Jun, and Gong Jun. They were Long Hao, Shu Jun, and Gong Jun. Boyang Divine King—was MY mount!"
—I finally saved two chapters of manuscript, but two days of business travel to Nanjing used them all up. Crying and running~ Piggy Zhai has to work hard on saving manuscripts again. I have to go out again in a couple days, and the Year of the Pig is almost here too. Speaking of the Year of the Pig, if you don't vote for Piggy Zhai's Pastoral God Record, your New Year pork won't even taste good, hmph~~~