Chapter 1029 — The Heavenly Emperor's Will

" Luo Wushuang pressed his saber and sneered: "You kicked me into the Primordial Wood Heavenly Palace, causing me to fall into heavy encirclement. To avoid exposing my identity, I had to slaughter the Primordial Wood Heavenly Palace in blood.

The powerful experts under Heaven Venerable Xiao pursued me for two full years, making my life miserable!

" Shen Mu laughed heartily: "Were it not for that, Saber God Luo could not have cultivated the fifteenth heaven of the firmament of the Saber Dao. Put the saber down first, do not be impulsive.

Zhe Huali, come and talk some sense into your master! " Zhe Huali walked over and shook his head with a smile: "He is no longer my master but my Dao companion. I cannot talk him down.

Heaven Venerable Mu, your name as a Heaven Venerable carries great prestige—I wonder how much skill your saber arts actually hold? " Shen Mu snorted.

Luo Wushuang caught sight of Langwan the God King, felt a chill in his heart, and hastily said: "Yun Chuxiu? Lady Yuanmu? " Shen Mu hastily stopped him and shook his head, saying: "This is the real one.

" Luo Wushuang was filled with shock and doubt: "Can such a woman truly exist in this world? " Shen Mu stayed at Yongjiang Academy.

Langwan the God King saw that in these days Shen Mu fought the Three Great Saber Gods every day, was beaten black and blue, and never went without wounds on his body, and could not help but be filled with curiosity.

With Shen Mu's abilities, if he had used his divine consciousness to unleash divine power, even Luo Wushuang would have found it hard to break his consciousness divine power.

Yet he insisted on using saber arts to contend with these three saber gods, and was beaten quite miserably. Five days later, Zaifu lost his temper with him and said: "Your foundation is excellent, and you learn anything quickly, but you find it hard to enter the Dao through the saber.

It is likely that your mind holds too many heterodox thoughts. Go on, then.

" Shen Mu had no choice but to take his leave and continued on his way aboard the Heavenly Dragon Treasure Chariot. "Heaven Venerable Mu, come often to compare saber arts when you have time!

" Zhe Huali waved at him.

Shen Mu snorted, rather displeased.

The Heavenly Dragon Treasure Chariot traveled for several days and came near Fallen God Valley.

Fallen God Valley had already been razed flat. Shen Mu intended to skirt around Fallen God Valley and head for Jiangling Academy to seek word of Jiang Baigui, Imperial Teacher of the former Jingping era, when suddenly he saw a thatched hut in Fallen God Valley, and a youth walked out from the hut. It was a youthful Heaven Venerable Yu.

Shen Mu was taken aback and ordered the Dutian Demon King to halt.

The youthful Heaven Venerable Yu saw him and was likewise taken aback, then smiled: "Sect Master Shen, long time no see.

" As his voice fell, a box walked out from the thatched hut.

Seeing Shen Mu, it came running with a clatter, circling around Shen Mu's legs again and again, most affectionately. Then it ran to the Dragon Qilin's side and clattered its lid open and shut, as if it had a thousand words to say. The Dragon Qilin leaped onto the box and sat down, and the box immediately carried him running about joyfully.

Shen Mu stepped down from the chariot, left Langwan the God King and the others in the carriage, and came alone to the side of the youthful Heaven Venerable Yu, saying: "Dao friend Xing An, have you researched the mysteries of this body?

" Xing An glanced at the Heavenly Dragon Treasure Chariot, then withdrew his gaze and invited him inside, saying: "I have researched it seven or eight parts out of ten. This body encompasses various ancient god runes, exceedingly ingenious, constructing various heavenly palaces and various ancient gods, gathering ten thousand Daos into one body—truly remarkable!

Sect Master Shen, look! " His thatched hut seemed small, but inside the space was vast, and it actually held countless bookshelves, with books everywhere on the shelves. Shen Mu picked one up, opened it, and saw that what was recorded within was unmistakably the runes of various ancient god Daos!

Shen Mu closed the book and said: "Xing An, your talent is peerless, but it is a pity you have used it in the wrong place. " Xing An raised his eyebrows, exceedingly self-satisfied, and said proudly: "Though I have done few good deeds, and five years ago during the Jingping Tribulation I did not enter the world to save anyone, once I research the mysteries of this body, I can benefit the world and let all people share in my bounty! Sect Master Shen, you are merely jealous of me!

" Shen Mu shook his head, took out a mirror, and said: "The jade slips in this mirror record all the ancient god Dao runes in this body of yours.

I give them to you. " Xing An's mind roared. He hastily took the mirror and looked at the rows upon rows of jade slips within. They were indeed the Dao runes from the Heaven Venerable Yu divine artifact, and even more precise—Dao runes that Shen Mu had obtained by recalculating with micro-astrology!

He could not help but be dazed and distraught, unable to recover his senses for a long while. "You are too closed off, and you communicate far too little with the outside world.

" Shen Mu looked at him with pity and said: "These jade slips in the mirror I have already given to the high ranks of the Jingping Reform. Though I cannot say every person has one, the number is not small. If you had communicated more with others, you would not have wasted five years of your life here.

" Xing An snorted, put the mirror away, and said calmly: "Taking oneself as the foundation of the Dao, with the body containing the ancient gods of the whole heaven—have you also comprehended this achievement?

" Shen Mu's aura shook.

Divine light swirled around his body, and nearly two thousand ancient gods appeared throughout his flesh, and he smiled: "Do you mean this? " Xing An was struck dumb, speechless. Shen Mu dispersed the ancient god phenomenon and praised: "Groping alone, you actually managed to comprehend the ancient gods of the whole heaven hidden within the body.

Truly peerless talent—no wonder you were the sage of the previous generation. You should go to the Dao Sect and seek Dao Lord Lin Xuan.

His mastery of micro-astrology far exceeds mine, and he has studied the runes of the ancient god Dao for a very long time. Your intellect joined with his will surely yield twice the result with half the effort.

" Xing An was silent for a moment, then waved his hand to collect the entire thatched hut and prepared to set off.

Shen Mu reached out to stop him. Xing An showed a look of suspicion. Shen Mu smiled: "When you and I journeyed through Fallen God Valley back then, you captured this body, and within it was a thread of consciousness from a Heaven Venerable. Is that thread of consciousness still there? " Xing An nodded and said: "I could not refine it, so I sealed it away.

" "Give it to me," Shen Mu said, his gaze flickering.

Xing An took out a jade bottle and placed it in his hand, then turned and called the box, departing with it.

Shen Mu watched him go far away, then returned to the chariot, tossed the jade bottle in his hand, and showed a thoughtful expression. Shu Jun looked at the jade bottle and asked: "Holy Infant, what is in the bottle?

" "A thread of consciousness from a Heaven Venerable.

" The Heavenly Dragon Treasure Chariot set off.

Shen Mu gazed at Fallen God Valley outside the carriage, his eyes deep and distant: "Five years ago, after the divine artifact Heaven Venerable Yu was created, that Heaven Venerable rushed to Fallen God Valley at the first moment to check whether Heaven Venerable Ling was truly dead.

Back then I entered Fallen God Valley together with Yan Qiling, disciple of the Heavenly Emperor, and Xing An and the others.