Chapter 1771: The Elbow Turns Outward
"Ladies and gentlemen, right now you only have one path to survival."
Qin Mu raised a finger, his gaze sweeping across the faces of Hopeful Joy, Phoenix, Huang Tang, and the others. He smiled slightly and said, "That path to survival is for me to send you all back to the past. However, before that, I need you to hand over the blood sacrifice grand formation that you know. I will set up the blood sacrifice grand formation and send you back to the past. Once you return, the energy you sacrificed will return to the Seventeenth Era, returning to its rightful owners. What do you all think?"
"Dream on!"
The Phoenix Hall Master looked up at him, her voice filled with murderous intent as she shouted, "Seventh Young Master, you are a young master of the Mirage Palace. Why does your elbow turn outward? If you don't help the Mirage Palace, that's one thing, but instead you strike against the Mirage Palace. If the teacher were to know..."
Qin Mu pointed out with his Primordial Chaos finger. The Phoenix Hall Master's heart jolted in alarm, and she was about to defend herself when she saw Qin Mu's finger strike toward the Ferry World Golden Ship behind him.
On the Ferry World Golden Ship, the Zengcheng Hall Master was leading two Mirage Palace Dao Achievers in battle against Emperor Kaihuang and the others. Suddenly, the Zengcheng Hall Master sensed danger approaching and hastily shifted his form, transforming the Zengcheng Hall into a divine city. As he moved, he slipped into the divine city to take cover.
The Zengcheng Treasure Hall was extremely ingenious, its internal structure incomparably complex. He assumed that Qin Mu's strike would not be able to harm him.
*Chi!*
He dodged into the Zengcheng Hall, and the Dao Achiever who had been fighting alongside him against Emperor Kaihuang was caught off guard, his brow pierced through by the Primordial Chaos finger!
That finger was truly overbearing. The moment the Primordial Chaos primordial energy passed through the man's brow, it transformed into Grand Antiquity primordial energy, then further into Grand Beginning primordial energy. The five primordial sequences shifted and changed, and by the time it transformed into Grand Polarity primordial energy, the power of that finger had already burst forth from his brow.
When the Primordial Chaos finger passed through the back of his head, it was only the size of a fingertip. When it emerged from his forehead, it was already the size of a bowl.
The Grand Polarity primordial energy spun, and the yin and yang energies immediately evolved into countless innate great daos. With a resounding *bang* like a bell, the innate myriad daos erupted from his shattered brow, taking the form of a cosmic bell that expanded at terrifying speed, blooming outward.
Although all seven young masters of the Mirage Palace had received the teachings of the Mirage Palace Master and all cultivated Primordial Chaos primordial energy and Primordial Chaos runes, even with the same divine ability, each person comprehended something different.
The Primordial Chaos Finger was a divine ability that the other young masters of the Mirage Palace had mostly cultivated as well, but when Qin Mu's Primordial Chaos Finger erupted in power, it formed a bell-shaped dao pattern and dao domain, evolving the form of a universe's birth with extraordinary might.
This was due to his cultivation method, and also due to the great dao he cultivated.
Qin Mu withdrew his finger, his gaze falling once more on the Phoenix Hall Master. "I have long experienced the Phoenix Hall Master's skills. When I escaped from the Jade Capital trap, the Phoenix Hall Master and the other hall masters surrounded me. You were all quite bold, actually daring to surround and attack a young master of the Mirage Palace. And now you dare to speak to me about elbows turning outward? What a joke."
On the Ferry World Golden Ship, the Mirage Palace Dao Achiever who had been struck was exceptionally decisive. He immediately severed his own head, attempting to be reborn through creation, growing himself a new head.
But what horrified him was that when his new head grew out, his forehead and the back of his head still carried the dao wound caused by Qin Mu's finger!
He felt that wherever the power of Qin Mu's finger had passed, the great dao he had refined was directly destroyed, forming an indelible brand.
Not only that, the dao wound was also targeting his physical body and primordial spirit, wantonly destroying them, causing his cultivation and strength to decline further and further.
Moreover, as time passed, his dao wound showed signs of worsening.
His dao fruit flew over, about to descend into his brow to suppress the injury, when suddenly the dao fruit split apart with a *zheng* sound, cracking into hundreds of pieces. It was the Moon Heavenly Venerable who saw the opportunity and immediately struck, cutting apart his dao fruit.
Lan Yutian flew over, and in a few bounds, struck that Dao Achiever into the Chaos Sea, where he perished.
"Seventh Young Master, you cannot keep us here!"
The Hopeful Joy Hall Master shouted upon seeing this, "You are acting against the natural order, harming your fellow disciples! After we leave this place, we will surely tell the other young masters of the Mirage Palace to rid the palace of this pest!"
*Chi!*
Qin Mu pointed out once more, still the Primordial Chaos Finger.
On the golden ship, the Zengcheng Hall Master had just left the Zengcheng Treasure Hall when suddenly the power of that finger came rushing at him. He hastily dodged, and the other Dao Achiever suffered for it, his dao tree and dao fruit pierced through by the Primordial Chaos Finger.
His strength plummeted instantly, and he was immediately killed by the Nether Heavenly Venerable, Lang Wan, and the others.
The Nether Heavenly Venerable and the others freed themselves and flew forward, attacking the Zengcheng Hall Master's dao tree, attempting to destroy it and first weaken the Zengcheng Hall Master's strength.
Xu Shenghua did not advance but continued to calculate the numerological mysteries of the Zengcheng Treasure Hall.
Qin Mu's gaze fell on Huang Tang, and he proposed, "I have no enmity with the Five Elders of Fengshu. Daoist brother Huang Tang, after you leave behind this small World Tree, I will send you back to your era. What do you think?"
Huang Tang's white brows fluttered as he sneered, "Seventh Young Master, what do we Dao Achievers cultivate so painstakingly for? We seek eternal longevity, unbreakable lifespan. Heaven and earth may perish but I do not perish; the universe may decline but I do not decline! If you send me back to my era, wouldn't that be asking me to die? Besides, with the World Tree here, I am not in control of my own actions."
Qin Mu smiled slightly, his gaze falling on that small World Tree. "Elder Wuya cannot reach the Guixu Great Abyss either..."
"Not necessarily."
A voice came from within the small World Tree—the voice of Elder Wuya, sneering: "Seventh Young Master of the Mirage Palace, you are too arrogant. The Third Young Master of the Mirage Palace has hidden his divine ability within the girl's brow, specifically designed to deal with you. You may not escape this calamity. This time, there is no Grand Antiquity to help you."
The smile on Qin Mu's face froze. His gaze fell on the Hopeful Joy Hall Master's brow, and he said, "The Third Young Master hid a divine ability in the Hopeful Joy Hall Master's brow—do you think I don't know? There are two divine abilities in her brow. One of them was already used when fighting against you, and it was quite formidable! However, when she used that divine ability, I saw through her brow and knew there was still another divine ability."
He spread his feet apart, tilting his head and saying, "My lady, please go to the golden ship for the time being to take shelter."
Ling Yuxiu straightened his clothes for him, saying, "Be careful. If you can't win, don't be stubborn."
Qin Mu nodded and smiled. "I understand."
Ling Yuxiu flew away from the Chaos Hall and landed on the Ferry World Golden Ship.
Qin Mu suddenly let out a low shout. The Chaos Hall rumbled and shook, chaos energy pervading the air as the treasure hall faded from view.
Behind Qin Mu, streaks of Chaos Long Rivers suddenly materialized, spreading out in a line, immeasurably long.
Each Chaos Long River surged violently, and faintly visible beneath the rivers were vast worlds, primordial universes—these were prehistoric universes from before!
In the Chaos Sea, the Second Young Master Wuji, who had been suppressed by the Red Rope Knot and dragged into the Chaos Sea, had finally managed to break free. He had been silent all along, looking for an opportunity to ambush Qin Mu. Now, seeing these sixteen Chaos Long Rivers, he couldn't help but praise, "Seventh Brother, you are about to achieve the Dao! All you need is to cross these sixteen long rivers, and you will be the Seventh Young Master who has achieved the Dao! At that time, even I may not be your match!"
Qin Mu ignored him completely.
The Second Young Master Wuji sneered, letting out a cackling laugh: "Phoenix, Hopeful Joy, you two little girls listen well. You don't need to kill him. You only need to force him into the Chaos Long River, and he will naturally roll back to the past as the Seventh Young Master. This is the simplest way to deal with him..."
Qin Mu snorted coldly. With a flick of his five fingers, the power of the Red Rope Knot left by the Mirage Palace Master was triggered.
*Boom!*
The Second Young Master Wuji was bound tightly once more and dragged into the depths of the Chaos Sea.
Her laughter still echoed: "Seventh Brother, your most fatal weakness is your own cultivation method. You cannot step even half a step into the Chaos Long River..."
The eyes of Hopeful Joy, Phoenix, and Huang Tang suddenly became incomparably bright. The moment Qin Mu activated the Red Rope Knot, all three moved almost simultaneously!
The Phoenix Hall Master activated her Phoenix Treasure Hall. The hall clanged and rang out, the great dao within transforming into a phoenix that soared into the sky. Its wings spread wide, transforming into forty layers of heavenly dao fire!
The Phoenix Hall Master flew forward, pointing with her finger. The phoenix wings folded, rushing toward Qin Mu's brow, becoming a peerless strike!
At the same time, Huang Tang uprooted the World Tree. The World Tree transformed into a long wooden staff, which he thrust out with a single strike. The tip of the staff shifted through a thousand changes, attacking Qin Mu's waist!
The Hopeful Joy Hall Master followed closely behind the two, biding her time, searching for the optimal moment to unleash the Third Young Master's divine ability!
The light in her brow flickered unsteadily—the Third Young Master's divine ability could erupt at any moment!
Just then, Qin Mu reached out and drew his sword. Sword light blazed, one strike severing the phoenix's head. The sword light swept across, cutting through the Phoenix Hall Master's peerless strike!
*Chi!*
That streak of sword light sliced through the Phoenix Hall, cleaving the great hall in two!
The Phoenix Hall Master's heart jolted. She soared into the air, transforming into a fire phoenix soaring over the Chaos Sea, rushing toward Qin Mu at breakneck speed!
She skimmed close to the sea surface, moving with incredible speed, cutting through the chaos energy on the water's surface. Just as she was about to reach him, a lotus leaf suddenly rolled up from the sea surface, wrapping around her!
The Phoenix Hall Master was caught off guard. She struggled fiercely to break free of the lotus leaf, spreading her wings to rise—but carelessly passed through a Chaos Wheel.
That Chaos Wheel spun, twisting her body, and cracking sounds erupted from within her.
The Phoenix Hall Master knew something was wrong. She suddenly spread her wings, and a parasol tree rose from the ground, growing larger and larger within the Chaos Wheel, propping it open and preventing the wheel's power from erupting.
Her pressure immediately lightened. She landed on the parasol tree branch to catch her breath, when suddenly the other five Chaos Wheels flew over. Six Chaos Wheels stacked together, and the parasol tree snapped and cracked with a crunch, shattering into pieces!
The Phoenix Hall Master spread her wings to rise—but the moment she spread them, both wings exploded, turning into masses of chaos energy that fell away.
She rushed outward, but before she could escape the Chaos Wheel, she transformed into a mass of chaos energy and plunged into the sea.
On the other side, the wooden staff formed from the World Tree in Huang Tang's hands arrived before Qin Mu. Just as Qin Mu's sword light vanished, the staff struck Qin Mu's chest with a *ding* sound.
The terrifying power contained in that strike erupted, sending Qin Mu's body flying backward.
*Whoosh—*
Huang Tang twisted the staff with force. The staff spun in both his hands, and at its tip, a canopy of branches grew rapidly, larger and larger, transforming into a World Tree that slammed into Qin Mu's body once more with tremendous force!
Countless branches on that World Tree were like swords, countless leaves like palms. *Bang bang bang* like torrential rain striking pear blossoms, who knew how many heavy strikes landed on Qin Mu's body in succession!
This was no longer Huang Tang's own skill—it was Elder Wuya borrowing Huang Tang's hands to attack Qin Mu!
Qin Mu staggered backward, retreating toward the Chaos Long River behind him.
"He's falling into the Chaos Long River!"
Huang Tang's eyes widened, joy appearing on his face as he watched Qin Mu's footsteps descending into the Chaos Long River!
Just then, a Guixu Lotus Platform rose from the Chaos Long River, catching Qin Mu's body. The lotus platform floated on the river's surface, and not a single drop of the long river touched the soles of Qin Mu's feet.