Chapter 1183 — Concluding a Segment of Good Karma

" Shen Mu gave thanks and said, "Since you two know the Ancestral Court so well, may I ask where the ancient god of the Chaos Vein has gone? " The two ancient gods within the egg spoke in unison, their voices brimming with envy, and laughed: "He has achieved the Dao, has been liberated, has become the great Dao between heaven and earth -- formless and without substance, colorless and without scent, neither male nor female, present everywhere, omnipresent. " "He was the most gifted among us; at birth he escaped the bonds of form, free and unfettered, coexisting with heaven and earth.

He can become anyone, appear anywhere, appear in any age.

Yet we must still draw the power of the vein within the egg, and pass through calamity once more, before we can shed our shells and become as he is. " Shen Mu was greatly shaken: "What realm is this? " He steadied himself and said, "May I ask you two, among these Heavenly Venerables who entered the Ancestral Court, do you know which one is Lady Yuanmu?

" "She is not here. " The ancient gods within the divine egg said, "There is no Lady Yuanmu here. Fellow Daoist from afar, before you take your leave, we give you one more piece of advice: you carry upon you the aura of fellow Daoists of other veins. Do not entangle yourself in too much karma, and you may yet preserve your life.

" Shen Mu gave thanks, turned from the altar, and walked out of the mining district.

When he reached the middle of it, suddenly Taiji divine stones fell one by one from the vein walls. He gathered up the divine stones and counted them: no more, no less, exactly ninety-nine; with the one Taichu divine stone he had picked up, exactly one hundred.

"These two ancient divine eggs upon me are treasures, and scalding hot potatoes besides!

" Shen Mu thought of the Lapis Lazuli Azure Heaven Banner and the Egg of Taishi, and his head ached greatly: how in the end was he to deal with these two divine eggs?