Chapter 972 — Catching the Turtle in the Jar

Heaven Emperor Shen Mu's face changed drastically, contorting. In the next moment, he seemed to have two faces flickering rapidly, as if two people were fighting for his body within him!

It was as if two selves were trying to tear out of his body, splitting into two! Even Shen Mu blanched.

He rushed forward, but before he could reach Heaven Emperor Shen Mu, the consciousness he had within that body was refined and devoured by the Tai Emperor's consciousness!

The face of Heaven Emperor Shen Mu became the face of the Tai Emperor! Heaven Emperor Tai Emperor laughed loudly, and the consciousness fragments scattered in all directions, drilling into the bodies of the three hundred sixty star-god Shen Mus.

The star-gods suffered the same fate as Heaven Emperor Shen Mu—their faces twitched violently, and one by one they turned into the face of the Tai Emperor!

"If I wished, I could make all beings under heaven become me!

" The Tai Emperor's consciousness flowed everywhere like a flood, pouncing toward the four-emperor Shen Mu, Earth Mother Shen Mu, Heaven Yin Shen Mu, and others, laughing, "Pity, that would be too dull. " Shen Mu rushed forward, sneering, "Pity, you are dead after all—first beaten by the ancient gods, then ambushed by the creators!

You have lost twice, and now you will lose a third time!

" Heaven Emperor Tai Emperor led the three hundred sixty star-gods to block him. The Tai Emperor's phantom flew with countless consciousness fragments, like a flock of birds made of jade glass, charging at Earth Mother Shen Mu, trying to assimilate her.

Shen Mu's face darkened. He knocked away Heaven Emperor Tai Emperor and shattered many star-god Tai Emperors, but faced with the unfathomable supreme Daluo consciousness, he felt somewhat helpless.

The Tai Emperor's strength exceeded his expectations. He had thought it would be an easy catch, but the supreme Daluo consciousness truly was marvelous—in such dire straits, the Tai Emperor could still turn the tables! "However, within the Primal Embryo Divine Treasury I created, I am the Heavenly Emperor!

Here, this is my domain, my world! I am its sovereign!

" Shen Mu bellowed. The sky abruptly changed, revealing forty-nine Heavenly Daos.

All sorts of Great Daos—Heavenly Rope, Heavenly Order, Heavenly Prayer, Heavenly Seal, Heavenly Mystery, Heavenly Mechanism—became deities, turning into figures of ancient visage who descended from the sky and trapped Heaven Emperor Tai Emperor. Twenty-three heavenly gods then stepped forth.

Together with the forty-nine Heavenly Dao divinities, they reached out, grabbed Heaven Emperor Tai Emperor, and pulled with all their might. Immediately they yanked out from his body the forty-nine Heavenly Daos and the twenty-three Mystic Capital Great Daos, causing Heaven Emperor Tai Emperor to disintegrate on the spot, leaving only a patch of consciousness. That consciousness flew about, trying to escape, but was immediately trapped by the forty-nine Heavenly Dao divinities and the twenty-three Mystic Capital divinities.

They struck together, smashing it to pieces. Among them, the Heavenly Vase divinity waved his hand, and a heavenly vase appeared, drawing that consciousness into it. Seventy-two divinities spun rapidly around the vase, imprinting various divine arts onto it in succession, suppressing the Tai Emperor's consciousness. On the other side, the Tai Emperor's phantom rushed into Earth Mother Shen Mu's body.

He had just assimilated Earth Mother when thirty-six Primal Dao divinities emerged from the Primal Wood, surrounded Earth Mother Tai Emperor, and pulled the thirty-six Primal Capital Great Daos out of her body, leaving only the Tai Emperor's consciousness. The Tai Emperor's phantom fled in panic into the Nether Capital, while the consciousness inside Earth Mother Tai Emperor was likewise refined by Shen Mu.

He had just assimilated Earth Lord Shen Mu when sixty-four demon gods walked out of the darkness—the deified forms of the Nether Capital's sixty-four Great Daos—and together disintegrated Earth Lord Tai Emperor.

Enraged, the Tai Emperor's phantom shot straight at Shen Mu's primordial spirit. "Lord Mu, can you turn yourself into deities and dissolve into separate Great Daos?

" Shen Mu's primordial spirit trembled violently as the Tai Emperor invaded his body. His face contorted, two faces flickering fiercely. At that moment, countless divinities—Heaven Emperor, Earth Lord, Earth Mother, Heaven Yin, and others—descended together, encircling Shen Mu, all reaching out their hands.

"This is inviting you into the jar!

" The many divinities pulled hard. Shen Mu instantly split apart, turning into strands of Great Daos made of countless runes, which were torn away completely, leaving only the Tai Emperor's consciousness!

The Tai Emperor's consciousness was about to charge out when the rune-daos shot into the air and re-coalesced into Shen Mu's body. His palm pressed down from above, while the other divinities thrust their palms forward.

Clang, clang, clang—a cascade of crisp sounds.

A sealed, airtight four-sided wall trapped him within! The Tai Emperor's consciousness dashed about wildly, but could not break through the prison.

Shocked and furious, he cried, "Your primordial spirit is wrong—how can it dissolve on its own?

" "That is because I originally had no soul. I am merely a mass of consciousness.

My soul and spirit were created by me when I opened heaven and earth. " Shen Mu looked up.

The Tai Emperor's consciousness, which had been battling Shu Jun, Yue Tingge, and Luo Wushuang, instantly scattered and rushed outward, no longer daring to fight.

Shen Mu laughed, "Tai Emperor, you are afraid. " "Hmph!

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