Chapter 1051 — Three Supremes Appear Together

"If the Ancient Gods are destroyed, the race of the Creator will never have another chance to rise again.

" Shen Mu's gaze was deep and far-reaching. "There is still a chance to turn the tables now.

Once the Ancient Gods are dead to the last one, then no one at all will have any possibility of resisting the Heavenly Court. " The Divine King Langwan stood in the chariot, his divine consciousness rippling, and the thousands upon thousands of gods and demons of the White Tiger Heavenly Palace charging toward Heaven Rampart City instantly tumbled from the sky like rain.

The Heavenly Dragon Treasure Chariot drove straight in, and wherever it passed, the gods and demons of the Western Pole Heaven fell one after another; yet those serpent demons that dropped were not injured in the least, only their formations thrown into utter chaos. Before the South Heaven Gate of the White Tiger Heavenly Palace, giant strongmen beat three rolls upon the drum, and two golden-armored deities came to the gate, covered the mouth of the golden bell hanging at the South Heaven Gate, and shook the great bell; the officers and soldiers before the gate lowered their banners.

The army of gods and demons of the White Tiger Heavenly Palace halted at once. The giant strongmen before the South Heaven Gate beat five more rolls, and all the gods and demons of the White Tiger Heavenly Palace immediately reordered their ranks. The giant strongmen beat a single roll, and every god-and-demon officer and soldier rectified his arms and equipment on the spot, in perfect unison.

The drumbeats ceased, and what faced the Heavenly Dragon Treasure Chariot was a boundless army of Western Pole Heaven gods and demons, standing in the air, motionless, eyes fixed straight ahead, while a murderous air filled all the space between heaven and earth.

Seeing this, the six heavenly dragons halted of their own accord, not daring to force their way further in. The Dragon Qilin barked a rebuke, and only then did the heavenly dragons summon their courage and advance, though at a far slower pace.

Shen Mu looked ahead and could not help but admire: the gods and demons of the White Tiger Heavenly Palace moved like a limb obeying the arm, a thing rarely seen in any army.

Of course, were it Jingping's army, with divine consciousness and arts like the Three Primes Divine Convergence Art to direct them, they would only do better than the Western Pole Heaven. At last the Heavenly Dragon Treasure Chariot arrived outside the South Heaven Gate and came to a stop. Shen Mu stood upon the treasure chariot and waited quietly.

After a moment, a female general came over and bowed, saying, "Heavenly Venerable, Her Majesty requests your presence.

" Shen Mu smiled a half-smile. "I have been to the Northern Pole Heaven and the Eastern Pole Heaven.

The Northern Emperor Xuanwu and the Eastern Emperor Qinglong both came out to welcome me. Yet the Western Emperor sits enthroned in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall. Is she telling me to go and pay her homage? " The female general's face was stern.

"Her Majesty wears armor and has taken the field in person; it is not convenient for her to come and welcome you herself. " Shen Mu gave a scoffing laugh. "Then farewell.

After the Western Emperor has died once, I will come again to offer my condolences to Her Majesty and collect her corpse. Fat Dragon, turn the chariot about. We are leaving.

" With that, he turned and went back into the treasure chariot and sat down. The Dragon Qilin hesitated a moment, then ordered the six heavenly dragons to turn the chariot about.

Just then a woman's voice came, laughing, "Heavenly Venerable Mu, stay your steps. " The Dragon Qilin reined in the traces and looked toward Shen Mu in the chariot; through the pearl curtain he could not tell whether Shen Mu was pleased or angry. Shen Mu's voice came from within the chariot, mild and cool: "Is that the Western Emperor? " A woman in armor walked out from the White Tiger Heavenly Palace, and behind her rose the head of a white tiger, crouched low with paws braced, poised to pounce, savage beyond measure; the tiger's head alone blotted out half the heavenly palace.

The woman was fully armed, heroic and dashing. She laughed.

"It is. Will the Heavenly Venerable step out for a meeting?

" "No.

" Shen Mu's voice came from behind the pearl curtain, neither warm nor cold: "I am a Heavenly Venerable, come to pay a visit. You would have me go to your Lingxiao Hall to pay homage to you, which is a breach of propriety. Today I will not leave this chariot, lest I bring disgrace upon your Western Pole Heaven.

You come up. " The Western Emperor frowned slightly, glanced at those to either side, suppressed her anger, and said, "Heavenly Venerable, do not press your luck.

" Shen Mu laughed heartily and said unhurriedly, "I have heard that in the Western Pole there are fierce tigers, untamable and proud.

The tiger is cunning and suspicious, yet when it sees its prey it rejoices, and fixes its whole attention upon it, with no thought for what lies around it. Therefore the hunter who would take a tiger sets a sheep before it. The tiger pounces on the sheep, the hunter kills the tiger, and the tiger meets its end. " The Western Emperor flew into a rage, strode forward, climbed onto the treasure chariot, pushed aside the pearl curtain and went in, saying, "If the Heavenly Venerable has something to say, say it plainly!

" Only then did she notice there was someone else in the chariot, and her gaze fell upon the Divine King Langwan. Doubt rose in her heart: "Her Majesty the Empress Consort?

" Her heart went cold, and the metal of her armor clashed and rang. She said coldly, "Heavenly Venerable Mu comes together with the Empress Consort. Do you mean to kill me? " Shen Mu raised a hand.

"Western Emperor, please sit. " The Western Emperor gave a humph and sat down, her gaze still fixed hard upon the Divine King Langwan.

Suddenly she said, "You are not the Empress Consort. You do not have that scent about you.

" The Divine King Langwan's face was indifferent. Faintly she said, "Then who does the Western Emperor think I am?

" The Western Emperor still stared at her, as if scrutinizing her origins.

"Western Emperor, do you know that your hour of death has come? " Shen Mu smiled.

"You raise your army now, and so long as you attack Heaven Rampart City across the way, the moment the two armies join battle will be the moment of your death.

Heavenly Venerable Hong has long schemed for this, waiting for you to enter the trap.

When your great army of Western Pole gods and demons reaches the city walls, Heavenly Venerable Hong's primordial spirit will take possession of the divine artifact Yutianzun, and in a few exchanges you will fall dead on the spot!

" The Western Emperor's gaze shifted from the Divine King Langwan's face. She opened the chariot window and looked far off at the divine artifact Yutianzun behind Heaven Rampart City. "You mean to say Heavenly Venerable Hong has already arrived? That is utterly absurd. My information is that all ten Heavenly Venerables are at the Heavenly Court at this moment, each restraining the others; with mutual threats between them, they cannot possibly extricate themselves from the Heavenly Court!

It is you, rather, who come bringing this fellow cultivator, with some ill design. I fear you mean to use her hand to do away with me! " She sneered. "I can sense the killing intent in her! " Shen Mu could not help laughing. "Why would I do away with you? You and I have no grievance and no enmity.

You wish to borrow my strength so as to have a way of retreat; I too wish to borrow your strength to oppose the Heavenly Court.