Chapter 899 — The Dharma Lord Eternal Through Ten Thousand Kalpas

The Celestial Venerable Yu actually reconstituted the Heavenly River; its waters rushed forth, battering the Heavenly Emperor Heluo into a bloody blur, and soon his naked bones showed through.

The Heavenly Emperor Fengyou's sharpest blade could only cut into the surface of his body, never pierce within; and the formation wrought from the Heavenly Emperor Xuannü's primordial magnetism and starlight could not trap him either.

The Celestial Venerable Yu fought with sweeping, open strokes, and in but a short while beat the eight Heavenly Emperors until none of them could possibly rise again. He raised a hand to seize the primal tree that was growing ever larger and taller, his palm igniting in blazing heavenly fire as it rubbed against the air. Shen Mu was still flying around the primal tree, channeling spells to reshape a soul for the Primordial Sovereign of Mother Earth.

The Celestial Venerable Yu's palm reached for him, and he had no way to dodge. Just then, from the Gate that Bears Heaven, the power of the Lord of Heaven and the Earth Lord suddenly erupted.

A vast and mighty force surged out from the Gate that Bears Heaven, and the power unleashed in that instant was a hundred times greater than all the power Shen Mu had borrowed.

This vast, profound power, within Shen Mu's divine ability, became the energy that reshaped the soul, pouring into the primal tree.

Shen Mu's heart stirred slightly.

"Lord of Heaven, Earth Lord — so you could not sit still after all? " The Celestial Venerable Yu's palm had already come to his side, about to close around both him and the primal tree.

He laughed.

"Shen Mu of the Hegemonic Body, one of the Three Heroes of the Jingping Reform — among the ancient gods there is a rumor that you are the Great Dharma Master, indestructible through ten thousand kalpas, who sees his true nature with a clear heart, able to bring the dead back to life and endure ten thousand kalpas without perishing.

Great Dharma Master Shen Mu, we meet at last!

" Suddenly the primal tree tore itself from the ground; endless light whirled with its branches and leaves, and with one heavy sweep — the Celestial Venerable Yu gave a muffled grunt and was sent tumbling and rolling beyond the sky.

"At last. .

.

" Countless roots in the earth whirled and seethed along with the slowly rising primal tree.

The Primordial Sovereign of Mother Earth stood beneath the primal tree, rising from the depths, and cackled. "At last I see the light of day again! What you owed me in those years, what you took from me — today, every last bit, you will repay to this palace! " The primal tree flew through the sky like a colossal squid, bursting through the Yuan Realm's barriers, and under the Primordial Sovereign's command headed straight beyond the heavens.

Shen Mu was pinned hard against the primal tree's trunk, carried with her as she charged beyond the sky. Mother Earth flew so fast that air and space pressed upon Shen Mu, forming oscillating shockwaves that tore his skin.

"Mother Earth, even if you have revived, what power do you have?

" The Celestial Venerable Yu's face surfaced on the canopy of the Yuan Realm. Though he had taken a blow from the Primordial Sovereign of Mother Earth at her peak, he seemed to have suffered no great injury, and laughed. "After your revival, you will only die once more!

Only this time, there will be no possibility of revival again.

" His body shrank rapidly, but even shrunk to the utmost, it was still a hundred zhang tall.

The Primordial Sovereign of Mother Earth dared not be negligent and hastily shrank her body.

Against beings weaker than oneself, a majestic body inspired incomparable terror; but against an existence on one's own level, the larger the body, the more weaknesses it exposed.

Yet even shrunk to the utmost, she was still eight hundred zhang tall — still enormously large compared to the Celestial Venerable Yu, greatly to her disadvantage. The primal tree shrank as well; its countless roots contracted sharply, becoming a colossal thing like a ball of thread. As the trunk shrank, Shen Mu, on the primal tree's trunk, was squeezed until his body creaked and groaned.

Just then, streams of Youdu power poured into his brow — Shen Fengqing was lending him her own strength.

Shen Mu immediately climbed along the trunk up into the primal tree's crown.

In the crown was a phoenix nest, brilliantly golden; terrifying divine light surrounded it on all sides, but within the nest alone was great serenity. Shen Mu dashed into the nest and was at last secure.

"Mother Earth, you are no match for the Celestial Venerable Hao.

You have only one chance.

" Shen Mu's undying divine consciousness flowed from the nest into the ear of the Primordial Sovereign of Mother Earth, and he said in a low voice, "I have crossed hands with him before. I know where his weakness lies.

" At that moment, the Primordial Sovereign of Mother Earth, holding the primal tree, faced the Celestial Venerable Yu. The two great powers collided in the starry sky, and their surging might pushed aside the countless heavens that dwelt upon the Yuan Realm's surface.

The Primordial Sovereign of Mother Earth gave a muffled grunt; in the very first exchange she tasted how terrifying a powerhouse of the Heaven Court realm was.

That was a powerhouse who could command the power of the myriad heavens and ten thousand daos.

Though the Heaven Court of the Celestial Venerable Hao, who wielded this weapon, was still imperfect, having not yet built the Thirty-Six Heavenly Palaces and Seventy-Two Treasure Halls, in terms of sheer dharma power alone, the Celestial Venerable Hao's strength was in no way inferior to hers. What was more terrifying still was the completeness of the Celestial Venerable Hao's divine abilities and great dao — something she, an ancient god, could never attain.

The Primordial Sovereign of Mother Earth collided with the Celestial Venerable Yu once more; her divine ability was broken, and she could not help but vomit blood. The Celestial Venerable Yu's attacks came like a violent storm; though she held the terrifying weapon that was the primal tree, she could not wound him in the slightest — instead, she herself was wounded again and again.

Mighty as she was, her own great dao runes had long since been studied thoroughly by the Heaven Court; the primordial magnetic divine ability the Celestial Venerable Yu displayed was even more exquisite and more terrifying than her own.

And every one of her moves seemed riddled with flaws, with no possibility of ever striking him. That was the most terrifying thing of all. She had no secrets left whatsoever.

Her thoughts fluctuated, connecting with Shen Mu's undying divine consciousness.

"Where is his flaw?

" One undying divine consciousness and one vast, profound mind, in the instant of their collision, left the Primordial Sovereign of Mother Earth dazed, as though she had returned to the Heaven Court of the early Longhan years. She stood upon the Jade Pool, and opposite her was the Celestial Venerable Hao.

And she seemed to become a youth burning with wrath, seeking justice for the true Celestial Venerable Yu. She seemed to have become another Celestial Venerable who had vanished into history — the Celestial Venerable Mu.

"Watch my divine ability!

" Shen Mu's divine consciousness rippled.

"Remember, you have only one chance!

" The Celestial Venerable Yu attacked; his divine ability was so exquisite, so perfect, possessed of an indescribable beauty and dazzle — yet the Primordial Sovereign of Mother Earth seemed unable to see any of it.

Her mind had fused with Shen Mu's undying divine consciousness. She held the primal tree but did not channel primordial magnetic divine ability to sweep it back and forth; instead, she used the primal tree as a sword and executed a single sword move.