Chapter 1088 — Primordial Chaos First Divided, Taking Form Within the Egg

The round egg had still not cracked open. Shen Mu treated Wei Suifeng's wounds and set the broken bones. Wei Suifeng flexed his hand and, gazing at the great round egg, said gravely, "Did you see it?

What manner of dao is this? " Shen Mu nodded, his face graver than ever, and said in a low voice, "I saw it, and I heard it too. This is indeed an ancient god's egg, and the ancient god within is exceedingly strange. Once it matures, I fear it will be little inferior to the Ancient God Heavenly Emperor. The dao within the egg is like yin and yang made one, having form but no substance, and it suppresses Ling Tianzun's Unchanging Divine Power with great force.

Have you ever heard of such a dao, Eldest Brother? " For the first time, the Unchanging Divine Power had met its nemesis. The Unchanging of Matter was a divine power of material states, while yin and yang made one, having form but no substance, was form without matter; it was indeed an overturning of Ling Tianzun's divine power.

Wei Suifeng shook his head. "I have seen most of the ancient gods' daos. I have been to the Dao Ancestor's Shoucang Pavilion, and there is no record of such a dao there.

Of a power that counters Ling Tianzun's divine power, I have never heard. " The two circled the round egg several times, finding it a most thorny problem. Yet Wei Suifeng and the officers and men of the Yulin Army were, more than anything, elated: if the dao within the ancient god's egg could break the Unchanging of Matter, they could free the ghost ship from that state and be delivered from their plight at last! A gleam flickered in Shen Mu's eyes.

"This ancient god may well be the key to saving you, and to rescuing Ling Tianzun. . . The Ancient God Heavenly Emperor was named Taichu; it was the Grand Emperor who gave him that name.

You and I have a fate with the ancient god in this egg, so I shall name him too, and call him Taishi. " Wei Suifeng could not help saying, "Little Brother, if this ancient god hatches from its shell, it may well become another Ancient God Heavenly Emperor!

" Shen Mu put the ancient god's egg away. "Taichu was a divinity born in the Taichu primordial stone lodes; only by drawing on the power of the Taichu lodes could he be conceived and born. This round Taishi egg most likely likewise needs the power of a special lode in the Ancestral Court. If I keep it, it cannot be born, but I can study this Taishi dao instead.

" Wei Suifeng felt vaguely uneasy. "Then remember this well, Little Brother: you must never carry the round Taishi egg into the Ancestral Court.

Otherwise. . .

" Shen Mu nodded solemnly, then brought out the various treasures he had taken from Zhaoyang Hall. Treasures of every kind filled the deck, and there was no lack of divine mountains and treasure mountains among them, all of them heaven-formed treasures!

Wei Suifeng was startled and blurted out, "Little Brother, did you loot the Heavenly Emperor's vault?

So many treasures! " "Yes!

" Shen Mu's voice rang out loud, brimming with delight.

Wei Suifeng looked at these treasures, sorely tempted; such things were rare even among the ancient gods, and yet here a whole boatload was piled up! "So many rare treasures.

. . " He could not help drawing a cold breath and reached out to gently stroke a dragon-blood treasure tree.

At his touch, the tree blazed with radiance. Wei Suifeng at once sensed that the tree had an extraordinary affinity for vitality, and that beneath it one felt close to the dao, as though at any moment one might sink into a state of enlightenment!

Stranger still, he perceived that if one imprinted runes with vitality upon the branches and leaves of the dragon-blood treasure tree, it would surely go exceptionally smoothly!

"This treasure tree could absolutely be refined into a mighty treasure! " Wei Suifeng could not help exclaiming, and murmured, "Even a single branch of it could be refined into a remarkable treasure, enough for an Emperor Throne expert to use! I too have been to the ancient Longhan era, and even served as a general of the Yulin Army; I have seen my share of the world. The treasures I have seen are many, but most cannot compare with the treasures on this boat of yours, Little Brother. Only one treasure is finer than the treasures you stole from the Heavenly Emperor's vault. " Shen Mu took out the remaining pieces of Taichu primordial stone and probed them; finding no trace of the Grand Emperor's divine consciousness left within, he was reassured, and asked curiously, "Whose treasure?

Can it really surpass the holdings of the Heavenly Emperor's house? " The Grand Emperor's Taichu primordial stone had been shattered into many pieces; the larger one he had given to Yun Tianzun, and these remaining pieces Shen Mu intended to refine into his own vertical eye at the center of his brow. He tried to piece them together, but could not make one whole Taichu primordial stone; six or seven fragments were still missing.

"The Northern Emperor Xuanwu's house has a treasure, and that is a peerless, world-shaking treasure! " Speaking of the Northern Emperor Xuanwu's treasure, Wei Suifeng was unstinting in praise.

"The Northern Emperor and his consort, it is said, gathered treasures of the high antiquity and refined them into a single marvel called the Azure Heaven Lapis Lazuli Banner. I saw it once; Crown Prince Youming took me to see it.

It is truly the foremost treasure under heaven; no other treasure can compare with it!

The treasures you stole from the Heavenly Emperor's house are many, but none can match the Azure Heaven Lapis Lazuli Banner. " Shen Mu pinched up a piece of Taichu primordial stone and brought it to the center of his brow. Suddenly a force surged within his brow and captured the stone. With a swish, the Taichu primordial stone sank into his brow and merged with the Taichu primordial stone in his vertical eye! Shen Mu was delighted, and took out a second piece. "The Azure Heaven Lapis Lazuli Banner?

The treasure that Crown Prince Youming, the Northern Emperor's son, was cheated out of by that pair of curs? Is the Azure Heaven Lapis Lazuli Banner really so extraordinary that even the Heavenly Emperor's treasures cannot compare?

" He thought it over: the Northern Emperor Xuanwu was an ancient god visualized by the Juyu Clan, and the Juyu Clan was the Grand Emperor's tribe, the mightiest tribe of high antiquity, in possession of vast resources.

It was likely that when the Creator and the ancient gods warred, the Northern Emperor Xuanwu and his consort had seized the chance to plunder the Juyu Clan's vaults.

Wei Suifeng was still recalling the sight of the Azure Heaven Lapis Lazuli Banner, and sighed in admiration again. "Truly the foremost treasure under heaven! If you saw it, you would marvel too.

That Azure Heaven Lapis Lazuli Banner is exceedingly numinous: you need only bow to it and pay it reverence, and it transforms into twenty-four tiers of lapis lazuli heavens, truly invulnerable to all arts, harmed by nothing! " Shen Mu placed the other Taichu primordial stones at his brow; one by one they merged with his third sacred pupil, the stones colliding and fusing into one.

He blinked and found nothing different from usual.

But when he circulated the Profound Body Three Elixir Art, his divine consciousness advanced by leaps and bounds, rising several times faster than before! He sighed as if in a dream. "That the Grand Emperor could become the Grand Emperor was not without reason. I have at most half the Taichu primordial stone here, and yet it raises my divine consciousness so swiftly. If I found the complete Taichu primordial stone, the speed at which my divine consciousness cultivation advanced would be unimaginable!