Chapter 895 — All Is Lost

" The Molten Lava Earth Lord said, "If the Heavenly Court obtains you, it is as good as obtaining the Great Dao of Youdu—and then even I will be in peril. Return to Youdu. You were born in Youdu; you are one of us. You do not belong to Jingping.

Youdu is your homeland, your native soil.

" "I want to go back to Jingping! " Shen Mu suddenly clenched his teeth and said loudly, "I am going to Jingping! " The Molten Lava Earth Lord frowned. "First return to Jingping and take away some of your kin and friends.

I will have the Youdu Venerable come to fetch you.

" Shen Mu said no more.

Shen Fengqing ran on without pause. Two days passed, and ahead the continent of the Origin Realm came into view.

Suddenly Shen Fengqing was slightly startled.

He raised his head to look at the sky and blurted out, "There are things in this world even more gigantic than me!

How long would it take to eat that one? " In the sky, a majestic Imperial Heaven Venerable had crushed down the world barrier of the Origin Realm and descended from beyond the heavens. Even at the very edge of the Origin Realm's continent, this divinity could be seen.

Behind his head, wheel upon wheel of light revolved, flames of radiance leaping, as he fell toward the direction of what had once been the Wasteland Ruins. Ring after ring of ripples burst outward from him in every direction, pushing at the heavens above and sweeping the clouds from the sky. A dreadful pressure swept across the vastness of the Origin Realm in an instant—tens of thousands of miles, hundreds of millions of miles—so that everyone could feel this terrible might, so that in every heart it was as though a god blazing with ten thousand rays of light pressed down upon them.

Even powerhouses who had shattered the god within their hearts could not help but feel a profound helplessness when they sensed such a being. At this moment, nearly everyone in the Origin Realm sensed it, and saw it too—the Heavenly Court's strongest weapon.

The weapon that overawed all the heavens had descended on this day. Descending together with that "Imperial Heaven Venerable" were countless tower ships and great vessels.

As the Imperial Heaven Venerable's body crushed down the barrier of the Origin Realm, these tower ships and great vessels floated around that majestic form, descending along with him. Aboard the ships was the Heavenly Court's army of gods and demons. The "Imperial Heaven Venerable" had not come to deal with the remnants of Chiming, the Supreme Emperor, and Kaihuang. He had come to deal with the ruler of the Origin Realm—to slay the Earth Mother Primordial Sovereign.

To wipe out the remnants of Chiming, the Supreme Emperor, and Kaihuang was the task of the Heavenly Court's army of gods and demons that had descended with him. "I can't beat that.

" Shen Fengqing muttered, then set Long Qilin and Yan'er down from his shoulder and called out loudly, "Bad little brother, we're ashore! There's a big fellow out there, and I definitely can't beat him—you be careful!

" With that, his fleshly body rapidly shrank and soon returned to the form of Shen Mu.

"Mu Venerable, find your kin and friends as quickly as you can. The Youdu Venerable will come to take you to Youdu! " The Earth Lord's voice pierced into his ears. Shen Mu did not answer.

He took out the willow leaf and pressed it to his forehead, then smiled and said to Yan'er, "Sister Yan'er, my clothes are all disordered.

Won't you help me straighten them? " Yan'er was still stunned by that colossal "Imperial Heaven Venerable.

" At his words she hastily transformed into a plump little girl and, with some effort, straightened Shen Mu's clothes. "Young Master, the one who came down from the sky looks like Blue Fatty.

" Shen Mu nodded.

"It is a counterfeit, but its power is beyond all reason. " The Earth Lord's voice entered his mind. "Do not harbor the slightest hope.

If Jingping is destroyed, there can be no escape!

Return to Youdu—from first to last, you are the Divine Son of Youdu! " Shen Mu saw that Yan'er was truly struggling, and laughed.

"Let me do it myself. Sister Yan'er, if you carry me and Fatty Long and fly to the Peach Forest at your fastest speed, how long would it take? " Yan'er let out a breath, revealed her true form again, and became a plump dragon sparrow.

"One day, and we can reach the Peach Forest! " Shen Mu leaped onto her back and said in a low voice, "Then we go to the Peach Forest first! Fatty Long, get on! " Long Qilin hastily jumped onto Yan'er's back.

The dragon sparrow spread her wings and shot through the air with a whistling cry.

Though she could not match Shen Fengqing's full-tilt run, she was still no small thing—many times faster than Long Qilin! The next day, Yan'er flew to the Kunlun Realm and landed outside the Daoist Academy. When Dao Master Lin Xuan saw this divine bird descend from the sky, he hurried out of the academy, only to see Shen Mu slide down from the bird's back and, without greeting him, run toward the Peach Forest.

"Moon Venerable! " Shen Mu burst into the Peach Forest and called out loudly, "An old acquaintance, the Mu Venerable, requests an audience! " Dao Master Lin Xuan was taken aback.

He saw Shen Mu pressing ever deeper into the Peach Forest, yet all the while he only circled about its outer edges. "What has happened to Sect Master Shen?

" Dao Master Lin Xuan asked Long Qilin. Long Qilin glanced around and said, "Jingping is done for.

The Sect Master wants to ask the master of the Peach Forest for help, so he has invoked his own identity. If the master of the Peach Forest still remembers old ties, he will not refuse. " Dao Master Lin Xuan was bewildered, and said hastily, "Jingping is done for—does it have to do with that Blue Yutian who suddenly came down from the sky?

That divine being looks almost exactly like the Blue Yutian at the Sect Master's side, except a bit thinner!

" Just then, several Daoists came looking for him and called out loudly, "Dao Master, someone from Azure Cloud Heaven has come and asks for you! " Dao Master Lin Xuan had no time to ask further. He hurried back to the academy to receive the visitor from Azure Cloud Heaven.

To his astonishment, it was the Azure Cloud Sect Master himself who had come.

Dao Master Lin Xuan was about to exchange pleasantries when the Azure Cloud Sect Master raised a hand.

"Junior Brother Lin, I have come to see you on the Dao Ancestor's oral decree. Move the Jingping Daoist sect into Azure Cloud Heaven at once, away from this place of trouble!

Jingping cannot be held!

" Dao Master Lin Xuan was struck dumb. Suddenly all strength left him, and he slumped against a pillar, his voice hoarse. "The Dao Ancestor said this?

" "The Dao Ancestor said it! " The Azure Cloud Sect Master took his leave at once, saying in a low voice, "I still must inform the various heavens of the Heavenly Court's Daoist sects and tell them the Dao Ancestor's oral decree! Junior Brother Lin, the Dao Ancestor thinks highly of you—he had me notify you first.

Do not fail the Dao Ancestor's expectations! " He flew off.

Dao Master Lin Xuan's mind was in a daze.

A long while passed before he came to his senses, and he stumbled out of the Daoist Academy. He saw that Shen Mu was still struggling at the edge of the Peach Forest, trying to enter, but the master of the Peach Forest had still given no answer. Night came. In the Peach Forest, lantern light glimmered faintly, and a woman carrying a lantern walked out from the forest. "Young Master Shen, Her Highness says there is nothing she can do about this matter—she cannot help.

Please go back, Young Master. Her Highness also says that Young Master should keep himself safe by being wise, and not become too deeply entangled in the world.

If Young Master were not here seeking aid, he could enter the Peach Forest at any time.