Chapter 844 — The Steward of the Heavenly Tower Library

His primordial spirit was a toad-shaped demon god, standing upright like a man, a medicine pestle in one hand, a wood-chopping axe in the other, and a wooden stick clamped between its teeth. This demon-god primordial spirit stirred the great Dao of heaven and earth, making the stars of Qingyun Heaven blaze out endlessly and magnifying the power of his divine abilities.

In the briefest of moments, Xiao Chunfeng unleashed several hundred divine powers from different systems, dazzling Shen Mu! These divine powers encompassed the great Dao systems of the three hundred and sixty orthodox gods of the starry circuit, and also included the arts of the Sun Star Lord and the Lunar Star Lord! Each of those starry gods had a different nature of the Great Dao, some even conflicting with one another, yet he could mobilize them at will—clearly the Heavenly Court Dao school had explained all these Great Dao powers through the arts of number and restructured them completely. Not only that, Xiao Chunfeng also used the Great Dao powers of Xuandu, Youdu, and Yuandu.

He quickly discovered that the powers of Youdu were of little use against Shen Mu and were in fact suppressed by him, while Shen Mu was also extremely proficient in the primal-magnetic arts of Yuandu. So he immediately contended with Shen Mu using the Heavenly Dao powers of Xuandu and the starry-circuit divine powers.

The two figures rose higher and higher. In the vault of Qingyun Heaven, even the artificial sun, moon, stars, mansions, and asterisms were stirred into power by his spells and divine arts.

The divine temples on star after star trembled, and beam after beam of light blasted toward Shen Mu! Xiao Chunfeng held the advantage of time and place, like a fish in water.

Somewhere else he might not have been so overwhelmingly powerful, but here in Qingyun Heaven he was almost in an unassailable position!

Dao Lord Lin Xuan looked up at the starry sky, watching the two locked in combat in the River of Stars. In Xiao Chunfeng's hands, every kind of divine power and Dao technique came as if plucked from the air, and Lin Xuan could not help feeling a thousand emotions surge in his heart.

"This is a true heir of the Dao school. " Xiao Chunfeng was what moved him the greatest. This journey to Qingyun Heaven had shaken him more than anything else, nearly overturning his whole view of the world.

The Jingping Dao school had always prided itself on being the true orthodox school of the world, yet it had never occurred to anyone that it was founded by outcast disciples of the Heavenly Court's Dao school, for the very purpose of opposing the Heavenly Court.

If so, the Jingping Dao school was actually no different from its old enemy, the Heavenly Sage Sect—both had the same goal, and yet the Dao school and the Heavenly Sage Sect had fought for twenty thousand years for no reason at all. And the false heavenly phenomena that shrouded Jingping had been created by Qingyun Sect, a branch of the Dao school, which wounded his Dao heart even more. Now, seeing the true ultimate arts of the Dao school, he beheld the true beauty of the arts of number and the true transmission of the Dao school—the impact on him could well be imagined.

"Cult Master Shen has met his match. " He had just thought this when the River of Stars in the sky suddenly began to turn. All the stars swirled and revolved as if beyond control; at the river's center, a great sun gathered!

Then all the stars formed the body of the Heavenly Duke. The Daoists of Qingyun Heaven looked up in horror.

The Heavenly Duke was made of light—the artificial stars had actually formed an artificial Heavenly Duke! "Who is moving the starry sky?

" an old Daoist cried in terror.

No one answered him. This artificial Heavenly Duke was not controlled by any of the Daoists of Qingyun Heaven.

Those who had been cultivating in temples on the various stars flew away from the stars in panic, scattering into chaos. Shen Mu and Xiao Chunfeng, who had charged into the River of Stars, were also shaken by the star-formed Heavenly Duke until their bodies were thrown into disorder.

They could not steady themselves and were hurled out by the spatial waves raised by the moving stars. Under the gaze of everyone in Qingyun Heaven, the artificial Heavenly Duke slowly stood up, making Qingyun Heaven rock violently, as if this hundred-thousand-li heaven could not bear his might and was being crushed to the edge of collapse.

The Daoist palace swayed unsteadily, trembling without end.

Everyone on the mountain struggled to keep their footing, then saw the Heavenly Duke's head slowly lift, higher and higher, farther and farther away, while the eyes grew ever more brilliant, and the stars within them blazed with ever more dazzling light. Dao Lord Lin Xuan steadied himself and was about to search for Shen Mu and Xiao Chunfeng in the River of Stars when, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the Qingyun Sect Master emerging from the Daoist palace.

"Sect Master, Senior Brother!

" Lin Xuan was about to ask a question when the Qingyun Sect Master's voice reached him: "Young Friend Lin, I have made contact with the Dao Ancestor. The Dao Ancestor says he will see you before making his decision.

He has already been waiting at the Heavenly Court for quite some time.

" A boom went through Lin Xuan's head. "Then the Heavenly Duke in the sky.

.

.

" he blurted out. Before he finished, two immensely thick beams shot from the Heavenly Duke's eyes, struck down, and shone on Shen Mu and Xiao Chunfeng in the River of Stars.

Then, with a buzz, one beam flew toward the Southern Emperor's disciple on the net, and another came straight at Lin Xuan. When the light faded, four people had vanished.

And the Heavenly Duke in the sky suddenly scattered apart, transforming into countless stars fleeing in every direction, each returning to its own orbit. The sky returned to stillness, and the upheaval of Qingyun Heaven gradually settled. Many Daoists rose into the air and hurried to the Daoist palace.

An old Daoist landed with a shaggy-haired young Daoist and asked anxiously, "Sect Master, where are they?

" The Qingyun Sect Master stood before the Daoist palace, looked up at the sky, and said unhurriedly, "They have gone to the Heavenly Court's Archive Pavilion. The Dao Ancestor will see them there. " "The Heavenly Court's Archive Pavilion?

" the old Daoist was taken aback. The Qingyun Sect Master nodded, envy showing in his eyes.

"The Heavenly Court Archive Pavilion is where the Heavenly Court stores its books.

The Dao Ancestor serves as its pavilion master, keeping watch over the imperial household's various classics. Strange. " He suddenly gave a slight start, turned to look at the old Daoist and the young Daoist, and his pupils shrank.

"Junior Brother Feihe, how did you become so fast?

The other brothers have not yet flown to the Daoist palace, but you arrived first. " His aura burst forth and his qi locked onto the old Daoist. "You are not Feihe," he said coldly.

"Who are you, really?

Why have you stolen into my Qingyun Heaven?

" The old Daoist burst into loud laughter, and before the qi could lock onto him, he scooped up the young Daoist and fled.

His speed left the Qingyun Sect Master stunned. The Qingyun Sect Master pointed, and a flying sword soared forth like light and lightning.

Yet fast as the sword was, it fell farther and farther behind the old Daoist. A chill went down the Qingyun Sect Master's spine.

"Brothers, stop him!

" he cried. "He is the thief!

" Countless divine powers and divine weapons, trailing multicolored light, chased after the old Daoist in a grand and spectacular scene, but he left them all behind. "Seal off Qingyun Heaven! " the Qingyun Sect Master shouted.