Chapter 1042 — One Sword Shakes the Eastern Pole

But Yan'er too felt utterly exhausted.

Just then, Shen Mu's voice came: "Yan'er, stand down.

" Yan'er assented and withdrew.

"Pi, you go.

" Shen Mu's voice came: "Worthy nephews and nieces, since you have come to challenge me, I cannot pull rank on the young. I will let Pi duel you. If you can defeat Pi at the same realm, then I will fight you myself.

" As he spoke, an enormous creature with a dragon's head, a qilin's body, and a dragon's tail emerged from the hall.

As it walked, it transformed into a human form, growing into a burly youth.

"I am of the Venerable God realm. Who dares fight me? " The dragon sons and grandsons of the Azure Dragon Heavenly Palace continued to come down and challenge him, but this youth named Pi had fierce and domineering cultivation arts and divine abilities, and his various arts emerged in endless succession, dazzling the eye.

He defeated twenty or thirty dragon sons and daughters in a row. When Long Pi grew tired from fighting, Yan'er took his place. For three or five days running, they did not suffer a single defeat!

The eldest prince frowned, cleared his throat, and said, "Stand down, all of you. I will go. " He stepped forward.

Long Pi glanced at him, hesitated, then called into the hall, "Sect Master, this dragon has a full forehead and a square jaw. I fear he is a powerhouse who has forged the Emperor Throne.

I am no match for him.

" Shen Mu walked out of the hall and smiled. "Long Pang, stand down. " The eldest prince saluted Shen Mu.

"My younger brothers and sisters have been mischievous and have offended Heavenly Venerable Mu.

Yuanlong has come to apologize. .

. " Shen Mu raised a hand and smiled. "Say no more.

I already know why you have come.

My Dao-entering divine arts number eight moves in all. If you can withstand these eight moves, I will let bygones be bygones. " Crown Prince Yuanlong was delighted inwardly. He said in a low voice, "Heavenly Venerable, please—" Without further ado, Shen Mu unleashed the first move of his Dao-entering divine arts.

At once the heavens changed abruptly: the Heavenly Dao hung high, the Dao of Origin spread flat, heaven round and earth square.

The forty-nine Heavenly Daos merged with the thirty-six Daos of Origin, forming four smooth arcs. Upon those four arcs appeared four different faces of gods and demons: joy, anger, sorrow, and delight.

Crown Prince Yuanlong looked up.

Shen Mu had transformed into this four-faced god, giving him a sense of awe that shook heaven and earth, and dread rose unbidden in his heart. Shen Mu's hand seal fell, and Crown Prince Yuanlong could not help but forcibly raise his cultivation to withstand it! He had originally intended to fight Shen Mu at the same realm, but facing Shen Mu in truth, he found that at the same realm he was no match at all.

So he made a swift decision and raised his cultivation to the level of True God! He took Shen Mu's blow, and the mana within his body fell into chaos, his vital essence surging wildly beyond control, his divine consciousness nearly scattered. Terrified, he hastily unsealed the mana of the Jade Pool realm, and only then did the chaos within him subside. But at that moment, Shen Mu unleashed the second move of his great Dao-entering divine arts: the Mystic Gate of Heaven and Earth, descending from the sky to suppress him.

The Mystic Gate of Heaven and Earth, fusing the forty-nine Daos of Heaven and the sixty-four great Daos of Youdu, had become a terrifying divine art! Crown Prince Yuanlong had no choice but to raise his mana again, lifting his cultivation to the peak of the Jade Pool realm.

Yet it was as if Xuandu and Youdu pressed down upon him, suppressing his flesh, while raging karmic fire burned his soul, forcing him to unseal the seal of the God-Slaying Platform realm once more! Thereupon Shen Mu unleashed the third move of his Dao-entering divine arts, Gazing Across the Four Poles from the Heavenly River, and the fourth, Converging into Perfection in the Heaven of Daluo.

Move after move of the Dao-entering divine arts was unleashed, and Crown Prince Yuanlong struggled desperately to withstand them. Fortunately, he was, after all, an existence of the Emperor Throne realm; unsealing his cultivation to the God-Slaying Platform realm was enough to receive Shen Mu's arts, even the great Dao-entering divine arts. At last, the eight moves were spent. Shen Mu flicked his sleeve and turned back into the hall.

Crown Prince Yuanlong bowed to see him off. "Thank you, Heavenly Venerable, for your fulfillment!

" Shen Mu said, "Your father has already seen my divine arts. His reincarnated body should be arriving at the Eastern Pole soon, should it not? " Crown Prince Yuanlong was slightly startled, and his face flushed. He led his many younger brothers and sisters back to Lingxiao Hall, where he found the Eastern Emperor, the Azure Dragon, wearing a joyful expression.

"You did well!

Especially you, Yuanlong, you forced him to use eight great divine arts.

You have rendered great service! Still, I need a few more days to deduce the flaws in his cultivation arts and divine abilities.

" Crown Prince Yuanlong bowed.

"Your son wishes you victory at the first drum, Father God! " The Eastern Emperor, the Azure Dragon, laughed heartily and went into seclusion. More than ten days passed. The Eastern Emperor emerged from seclusion and summoned Crown Prince Yuanlong and the others, asking after Shen Mu's movements in recent days. Crown Prince Yuanlong said, "Heavenly Venerable Mu has remained on Dragon Island all this time, occasionally taking a walk, but he has not left the island.

" The Eastern Emperor, the Azure Dragon, smiled.

"This fellow is quite steady.

" Just then, his reincarnated body stepped out from behind him: an imperial form with a dragon's head and a human body, wreathed in dragon aura, golden dragon qi coiling about him, imposing and extraordinary. The reincarnated body of the Eastern Emperor, the Azure Dragon, walked toward the Jade Pool, with Crown Prince Yuanlong and the others following. The spectacle was mighty, drawing countless dragon sons and grandsons from the Azure Dragon Heavenly Palace to fly up into the air and watch.

Arriving at Dragon Island in the Jade Pool, the Eastern Emperor's reincarnated body raised a hand.

Crown Prince Yuanlong and the others halted and stood in the air. The Eastern Emperor's reincarnated body slowly descended onto Dragon Island and smiled. "Great Master, I have kept you waiting.

" Shen Mu said politely, "The Eastern Emperor is too kind. Today, as you test my abilities, I would like to wager a little something with you. I have here a jar of the Primordial Liquid of the Earth Mother, the Primordial Sovereign, and I would wager it against your Mount Lingbao.

I wonder if Your Majesty is interested? " The Eastern Emperor's reincarnated body widened his eyes, his breathing quickening.

"Primordial Liquid?

A whole jar of Primordial Liquid? " Shen Mu flipped his palm, and a jar of Primordial Liquid appeared in his hand, radiating a terrifying yet pure energy. He smiled. "What does Your Majesty think?

" The Eastern Emperor's reincarnated body hesitated. "Precious as the Primordial Liquid is, one jar cannot buy Mount Lingbao.

How about this: I will wager a single mountain peak with you. " Shen Mu smiled.

"Good, then a single mountain peak. Your Majesty, I am of the Venerable God realm. " The Eastern Emperor's reincarnated body nodded, sealed the Southern Heavenly Gate, and smiled.

"I will face you at the Venerable God realm.

Please! " Shen Mu smiled faintly, then boldly drew his sword.

A single sword flew forth, its light cold, its radiance illuminating all. At once, above Dragon Island in the Jade Pool appeared the Heaven of Supreme August, the Heaven of Supreme Brightness, the Heaven of Pure Brightness, the Heaven of the Mystic Womb. .

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