Chapter 1803: The New God King
Hạo Thiên Tôn's heart pounded wildly. The numbers he saw before his eyes were unknown to anyone else, but Khai Hoàng Tần Nghiệp seemed able to see them, which was truly bizarre.
What made his heart race even more was that the numbers before his eyes had returned to zero, becoming a string of zeros!
Could it be that his death had truly arrived?
"You are already a dead man. I have no interest in killing a dead man."
Khai Hoàng Tần Nghiệp sheathed his sword, turned around, and walked with his back to him toward the other battlefield: "Once I thought that among the heroes of the world, only Nghiệp and Hạo were worthy of the title. I never expected that when I rose again, you had already become so pathetic. When I wanted to personally eliminate you, you were already a dead man."
Hạo Thiên Tôn flew into a rage: "What do you mean, already a dead man? Tần Nghiệp, I'm still alive and well!"
The moment his words fell, suddenly a divine ability came from nowhere, striking his physical body!
This divine ability was immensely powerful, and it came without warning, with no sign whatsoever. It struck directly at his forehead—precisely at the sword wound left by Tần Mục ninety-three years ago!
Hạo Thiên Tôn's head exploded with a thunderous boom. Even though he had achieved the Dao through raw power and had diligently cultivated over the years, comprehending the Mê La Cung ascenders' understanding of Hồng Mông runes, he could not block the might of this strike!
Hạo Thiên Tôn's head shattered, and his primordial spirit was blasted out of his body. He was both shocked and enraged—his primordial spirit had also been injured.
However, for a being as formidable as him, how could he die so easily?
His Đại La Thiên had already manifested, his Dao tree had already formed, and his Dao fruit had already grown. Although this strike was incomparably powerful, it could not take his life!
"Is Seventh Young Master's only means merely this?"
He was about to regenerate his physical body when suddenly those divine abilities that came from nowhere filled the sky and covered the earth—tens of thousands of them. Every kind of ascender's divine ability and Dao technique was among them, ever-changing, drowning him!
None of these divine abilities were repeated. Each one contained the ultimate achievement of the Dao, covering so many Daos that not only could Hạo Thiên Tôn not recognize them all, even the young masters of Mê La Cung probably couldn't recognize them all!
Boom!
Hạo Thiên Tôn's Đại La Thiên shattered, his Dao fruit was crushed, his Dao tree collapsed, his primordial spirit turned to flying ash, and his physical body was annihilated in that sky-covering flood of divine abilities—not a trace remained!
Those divine abilities were not Tần Mục's. They came from Vô Nhai lão nhân.
In the battle at Quy Khư ninety-three years ago, Vô Nhai lão nhân had attacked Tần Mục. The World Tree had hung tens of thousands of Dao fruits, its branches dancing, transforming into his countless arms, unleashing countless great divine abilities of ascenders.
When these great divine abilities attacked Tần Mục, they were blocked by his incomplete Dao realm of Thirty-Six Heavens and fell into the sixteen Chaotic Long Rivers.
Those great divine abilities of Vô Nhai lão nhân would, over the long passage of time that followed, one by one cross the Chaotic Long Rivers, traversing endless time, arriving one after another at Tần Mục's side.
But Tần Mục did not have the patience to deal with them one by one. So when he forged the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel from Chaos Stone, accompanying that sword strike aimed at Young Master Lăng Tiêu, he sent all of Vô Nhai lão nhân's divine abilities to today—ninety-three years later.
Those divine abilities of Vô Nhai lão nhân would appear today, ninety-three years later, at the sword wound of Young Master Lăng Tiêu.
If Young Master Lăng Tiêu had continued to control Hạo Thiên Tôn's physical body, it would naturally have been easy to handle. After all, Vô Nhai lão nhân from ninety-three years ago was trapped in the Quy Khư Great Abyss, his cultivation and strength greatly diminished, posing little threat.
But for Hạo Thiên Tôn, it truly was his time of death!
Although his talent was high, facing Vô Nhai lão nhân's miraculous divine abilities, he couldn't block even a single move!
Young Master Lăng Tiêu and everyone in Mê La Cung had failed to see the killing intent hidden in Tần Mục's sword strike because they had only just been introduced to this kind of divine ability of Tần Mục and did not understand its deeper mysteries.
But Khai Hoàng Tần Nghiệp, together with Lam Ngự Điền and others, had helped Tần Mục perfect his Dao realm of Thirty-Six Heavens and understood this divine ability deeply.
Therefore, when Khai Hoàng Tần Nghiệp faced Hạo Thiên Tôn head-on, he immediately saw that his death had arrived and lost the desire to contend with him.
Khai Hoàng Tần Nghiệp looked back and saw Hạo Thiên Tôn utterly destroyed in both form and spirit. His heart was heavy with gloom.
An era had completely come to an end with the death of Hạo Thiên Tôn.
The Ten Heavenly Venerables had completely become history.
Once he had matched wits and courage with the Ten Heavenly Venerables, contending for supremacy in the world. Now, the Ten Heavenly Venerables had all turned to yellow earth.
Ahead, Tần Mục was fighting against the Dao soldiers of Third Young Master and Fourth Young Master. Lãng Uyển, Thái Thủy, Khai Hoàng Đế Dịch Nguyệt, and others were also fighting desperately in the blood-soaked battle.
Tần Nghiệp drew his sword and charged into the battlefield. The enemies of Diên Khang were no longer the Ten Heavenly Venerables. The enemies of today were stronger and more troublesome. But he still had to advance with his sword—not for any other reason, but to protect the Vô Ưu Hương in his heart!
The death of Hạo Thiên Tôn was merely an unremarkable ripple in the trapped-beast battle at Tổ Đình. His death only made Third Young Master and Fourth Young Master of Mê La Cung sigh once before forgetting him.
And this battle was merely an ordinary engagement in the trapped-beast war at Tổ Đình.
Another three thousand years passed. In Tổ Đình, Tần Phượng Thanh achieved the Dao, and Tinh Hàn achieved the Dao. So Lam Ngự Điền left Tổ Đình, and Chu Tam Thông also followed him back to Nguyên Giới. Before long, Chu Tam Thông brought a group of Diên Khang's strong practitioners into Tổ Đình to continue this training.
As time passed, the situation in Tổ Đình became increasingly treacherous. Vô Nhai lão nhân and Young Master Vô Cực appeared, disturbing the situation in Tổ Đình.
Tần Mục's cultivation and strength grew ever stronger, becoming the pillar supporting Tổ Đình.
Another three thousand years passed. Công Tôn Yến, U Minh Thái Tử, and Đạo Tổ also achieved the Dao. Khai Hoàng Tần Nghiệp left Tổ Đình and returned to his homeland. Chu Tam Thông followed him, going with him to Nguyên Giới.
U Minh Thái Tử achieved the Dao and went to Nguyên Giới to find his reincarnated parents. He taught Huyền Đế and Vũ Đế well, and later sent them to Tổ Đình.
Another three thousand years later, Minh Hoàng and Xích Hoàng achieved the Dao at Tổ Đình.
Another three thousand years later, Khai Hoàng Đế Dịch Nguyệt, Village Chief Tô Mộ Trắc, and Granny Ti Ấu U achieved the Dao.
In the three thousand years that followed, people achieved the Dao one after another, such as Nam Đế, Hoa Tuyên Tú, Ngụy Tùy Phong, Giang Vân Gian. Later, Chu Tam Thông, Đông Dương, and others also achieved the Dao.
The people around Tần Mục changed constantly. Many returned to Tổ Đình, teaching what they had learned and comprehended, studying the results of the Diên Khang reforms, and educating the younger generation.
The only ones who never left were Linh Dục Tú and Lãng Uyển.
Later, Long Kỳ Lân Long Phi came over. After who knows how long, Long Phi also left.
After who knows how many more years, the reincarnated Thương Quân came, and Diên Phong Đế also came. After they arrived, they did not leave.
The reincarnated Thương Quân had forgotten the suffering of his previous life and had never awakened his past-life memories. He was now a very cheerful young man, always possessing an admirable optimistic attitude.
Finally, Lãng Uyển asked Tần Mục for leave, saying: "Thánh Anh, I plan to leave."
Tần Mục was cultivating the Quy Khư Lotus Platform. Hearing this, he raised his head and looked at her with some confusion in his eyes.
"Thánh Anh, in the past I was greedy for achievement and refined the Thái Đế's divine consciousness for my own use. Through this long passage of time, I have seen many people achieve the Dao, each finding their own path, cultivating Dao flowers and Dao fruits. But I know that my path has reached its end. I can no longer advance another step."
Lãng Uyển said softly: "After I return to Diên Khang this time, I will reincarnate. The Creator race is sparse in numbers, so I may not be reborn among the Creators. I might become a spirit in the forest, a fish in the water, or a human woman. I think I will be like Thương Quân and not awaken my past-life memories. Otherwise, the Creator race would become a burden on my path to the Dao."
Tần Mục stood up, his gaze complex: "Will you come back?"
"Probably not."
Lãng Uyển smiled: "Thánh Anh, can you leave me one more painting?"
Tần Mục took out paper, ink, brush, and inkstone. Looking at the woman he had once secretly loved, he could not bring himself to put brush to paper for a long time.
Lãng Uyển eventually left with a painting. After returning to the Creator race, two years later, she gave birth to a child and named him Tư Tần.
However, she did not reincarnate as she had told Tần Mục. Instead, she carefully taught Tư Tần, nurturing him with dedication, raising him to become the new God King of the Creator generation.
Giang Bạch Khuê came to visit her. After observing Tư Tần for a long time, he asked: "Who is his father?"
Lãng Uyển smiled but did not answer: "The Creators have very low fertility, which is why in the past they worshipped Đế Hậu nương nương, praying for fertility and many children. But Tư Tần will be an exception. He will grow the Creator race and prevent my people from disappearing into history."
Giang Bạch Khuê was silent for a moment, then shook his head: "Nữ Thần Vương, you have been moved by emotion, and your cultivation technique has been broken. Your technique requires severing emotions and desires. Once you have feelings, your technique is broken, and you will lose your cultivation. Both your divine consciousness and your vital energy will continuously weaken. I can sense that your cultivation is not advancing but retreating. Although Creators have long lifespans, you will slowly grow old as your cultivation gradually degenerates. You should reincarnate. I will arrange your reincarnation."
"No."
Lãng Uyển smiled: "All my life, I have been seeking a future for the Creator race. When I became pregnant, all kinds of emotions came flooding in. Only then did I feel that I was an ordinary person. I don't want Tư Tần to grow up not knowing his father or his mother. I will watch him grow into adulthood."
Giang Bạch Khuê's gaze was somewhat complicated. He took his leave and departed.
Lãng Uyển saw him off beyond the Creators' territory. Giang Bạch Khuê looked back at this extraordinary woman and suddenly said: "Who exactly is his father? If you are unwilling to tell me, then can you tell me how long it takes for a Creator from conception to birth?"
Lãng Uyển smiled and shook her head, waving him off: "His father is also just an ordinary person."
Giang Bạch Khuê left with regret.
Although he had some guesses, he could not be certain.
When Lãng Uyển's beauty faded with age, when she turned to dust, perhaps no one would ever know this secret.
Giang Bạch Khuê returned to Diên Khang. The reforms of Diên Khang no longer needed him to personally preside over them. Diên Khang had already formed a trend of enterprising progress. The Diên Khang of today was completely different from what it had been back then.
"Forty thousand years have passed. Is he still in Tổ Đình?" Giang Bạch Khuê looked up at the heavens beyond and murmured.
The stars beyond the heavens were growing more numerous. That was the expansion of the stars caused by the increasingly abundant spiritual energy. The spiritual energy overflowing from Tổ Đình had been causing the myriad worlds to grow continuously.
That man had never returned.
In the sky of Diên Khang, a bright moon hung quietly. In the moon palace, there was a woman who also occasionally looked in the direction of Tổ Đình.
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