Chapter 1491 — The Lament of the Fallen Heaven

"Brother Dao, have you transcended the Way of Heaven?

Should I congratulate you — or weep for you?

" Just then, the Taiji Diagram suddenly revolved, whirling around Tu Bo.

His expression shifted; he hastily released Gong Tianzun and Yan Tianfei, and set his palms left and right to block the Diagram.

A violent shockwave rolled out.

Tu Bo withstood the Diagram's power, his colossal body crackling and popping, chunks of molten rock sloughing from him, and countless ghosts of Youdu scattering in every direction, wailing to heaven and earth. Tu Bo hurried to soothe those ghosts and gods, when a man and a woman — two ancient gods — appeared before him, drenched in blood, their bodies covered in sword wounds, and swept Yan Tianfei up and fled. That Taiji Diagram was the Taiji Ancient God's supreme treasure, the Sand Table, transformed.

These two ancient gods had been locked in battle with Kaihuang; seeing Yan Tianfei wounded, they rushed to her rescue, only to be struck by Kaihuang's blow, leaving them badly hurt.

Tu Bo was about to reach out a palm when Gong Tianzun's wounds suddenly healed at a furious rate. Startled, he looked, and saw Hao Tianzun striding toward him.

Behind Hao Tianzun, figures swayed. Tu Bo looked closely: it was Xu Tianzun, twin horns on his head, following behind.

As Xu Tianzun walked toward him, his form shrank, his age dwindled, until he became a little girl whose twin horns were hidden behind two small braids sticking up from her head.

"Papa Ugly," the little girl called to him.

"Daughter. .

. " Tu Bo's heart quivered, and the Great Way of Youdu turned at once into dense shackles, winding around his heart, drawing tight.

"Daughter! " Tu Bo spat blood — molten lava, rolling from his mouth.

His mind thrown into chaos, he suddenly saw Hao Tianzun raise his hand, and the Wheel of Myriad Ways flew out, spinning furiously, growing ever larger, slashing toward his brow. The Wheel of Myriad Ways — ten thousand ways returning to one — became the Innate One Qi.

The Innate One Qi, like a blossom, incomparably sharp, arrived before Tu Bo in the next instant! "Tu Bo, wake up!

" You Tianzun, dragging his gravely wounded body, flew to him and stood before Tu Bo. His towering primordial spirit rose slowly, both hands blocking the Wheel of Myriad Ways — and at once he was drenched in blood!

His flesh and primordial spirit blazed with the demonic fire of Youdu as he fought to the death to hold back the Wheel, but his wounds were already so grave that he could not withstand even one blow from Hao Tianzun.

A sword-light flew in, flashing again and again, striking at Hao Tianzun and at Taisu behind him! Hao Tianzun laughed aloud and leapt into the air, vaulting over Tu Bo's head.

The two passed over Tu Bo in a single instant, and Taisu turned to look at Kaihuang, who held the Carefree Sword, surprise on his face: "You can see me?

" Kaihuang did not answer.

He bent his finger and flicked the sword — three flicks.

Gong Tianzun, who was about to slay You Tianzun, suddenly went pu, pu, pu — sword-light bursting from every part of him, blood streaming again, and he had no choice but to flee after Taisu.

The baleful aura of Heaven filled the void, growing ever thicker. In that moment the stars of all heavens and myriad worlds turned blood-red, and the canopy of heaven turned blood-red too, as though the sky itself were bleeding, as though a waterfall of blood might at any moment come crashing down.

Even the two divine sabers upon the God-Slaying Terrace could not swallow such thick baleful aura in time; the two sabers grew ever more distinct within it, gradually condensing true forms — form and substance both!

Upon the two blood-colored dragons, scale after inverted scale stood erect, glinting cold; their dragon bodies twined together atop the God-Slaying Terrace, their scales clashing, sparks flying!

Qiang Tianfei trembled with excitement, and her gaze turned at once to Lord Heaven's flesh. "Devour the Way of Heaven, devour Lord Heaven, refine the two divine sabers, make them stronger still — surely no weaker than Taichu's companion supreme treasure!

" At that thought she drove the two baleful divine sabers and once more charged at Lord Heaven, standing rigid where he was. "The Great Seal of the Way of Heaven!

" Within Lord Heaven's brow, Hong Tianzun paid no heed to the fleeing Ways of Heaven and Lord Heaven's vital essence.

He rounded his palm, and in a flash countless seals of the Way of Heaven stamped down upon the dao fruit. That dao fruit held immense dao-rhythm, but with no one to drive it, it was suppressed by Hong Tianzun's strength alone!

Hong Tianzun flicked a finger, and the sealed dao fruit shot howling out of Lord Heaven's brow. Qiang Tianfei, riding the Ancestral Court's God-Slaying Terrace, came swooping in, and saw head-on that the shriveled dao fruit held the power of the Way of Heaven within it.

Without a word she drove her two divine sabers to cut it down! At that very moment, Langxuan the Divine Emperor arrived flying, and at the sight his eyes nearly split with fury.

He loosed a Taichu divine power straight at Qiang Tianfei! The blow burst open her back; her delicate body shuddered and was flung off the God-Slaying Terrace.

She drew her saber and slashed backward, and two blood-baleful dragons swept with a shua across Langxuan the Divine Emperor's neck. His head rolled off.

Flesh writhed at his neck, and with a pop another head emerged.

He reached out and seized the dao fruit, raised it up, and let it float within his Heavenly Court. Qiang Tianfei turned; their eyes met, then slid apart, and each lunged for Lord Heaven's flesh — and Shi Qiluo was lunging too, the hulking brute laughing so hard he quivered like a blossom in the wind: "Devour Lord Heaven's cultivation, and the Heavenly Court realm is within reach!

" Just then the Wheel of Myriad Ways flew past, and Shi Qiluo's body was sliced clean in two.

His lower half sprinted on below, while his upper half reached up to snatch at Lord Heaven's flesh.

Langxuan the Divine Emperor's heart lurched; he spun to defend himself, and saw Taichu the Heavenly Emperor standing behind Hao Tianzun. His face changed drastically — and then Hao Tianzun's finger touched his brow. Langxuan the Divine Emperor vomited blood and turned to flee.

On the other side, Qiang Tianfei saw Gong Tianzun flying toward her and hastily withdrew her two baleful auras, afraid of hurting her — only to be lashed across the body by Gong Tianzun's whip, sent spinning like a top. Within Lord Heaven's body, Hong Tianzun's face was calm. Watching Lord Heaven's heavenly soul and earthly soul on the verge of collapse, he said hoarsely, "Why did you betray yourself?

" Lord Heaven smiled, his primordial spirit dissolving, his heavenly soul and earthly soul splitting apart.

A pain stabbed Hong Tianzun's heart. He reached out his right hand, as if to gather up those souls and keep them from breaking — then drew the hand back.

He flicked a finger, and Lord Heaven's last consciousness scattered. "You are no longer yourself.

To leave your consciousness behind would only pollute my purity. " Hong Tianzun let out a long breath, feeling a great deliverance, and tears streamed down his cheeks despite himself. His primordial spirit flew out of his body — so powerful — and swiftly took possession of Lord Heaven's flesh, beginning to draw in Lord Heaven's power.

"You are dead. I will live on your behalf, and on your behalf fulfill the wish you dreamed of — to grasp the Way of Heaven, transcend the Way of Heaven, and become the sovereign of this universe.

. .

" Suddenly Hong Tianzun's expression changed drastically.