Chapter 1542 — Stirring Muddy Waves in the Chaos River

Then Venerable Hao's Dao speech divine ability and his attainments in the Dao realm were all comprehended by Venerable Hao himself during his injury.

The Heavenly Venerables who in the early Longhan era founded the various realms that influenced later ages—not one of them can be underestimated! " Venerable Hao's gaze was cold as it fell upon Shen Mu's face. The little boat beneath Shen Mu's feet suddenly sped up and sailed ahead of him. "Tai Su, there are some people you cannot control. " Shen Mu's voice came from ahead, unhurried: "In the early Longhan era, Venerable Shen Kai Huang met Venerable Hao and observed him for a long while, then said: 'I shall contend with this man for the world, and decide who is the better.

' Do you think you can control Kai Huang? You cannot control Kai Huang, yet you still wish to control Venerable Hao, who stands shoulder to shoulder with Kai Huang?

You are too naive!

" Behind Venerable Hao, the Tai Su qi surged and roiled, and only after a moment did it settle. Venerable Hao said calmly: "Aunt believes his words? Has Aunt forgotten? My life is in Aunt's hands.

Everything I have now was given by Aunt.

Without Aunt, my heavenly palaces would collapse, my Dao wounds would relapse—not only would my position be lost, even my life would be in peril! And Aunt, on the strength of a single speech from him, doubts my loyalty to Aunt? " "Hao'er, turn your head and look at me! " Tai Su said suddenly. Venerable Hao turned his head, his gaze falling upon that mass of Tai Su qi, revealing an infatuated look.

Tai Su immediately sensed that what he saw was Lady Yuanmu, and her heart relaxed slightly.

Just then, Venerable Xiao urged his Dao Tree drifting past them.

Standing on the Dao Tree, he said unhurriedly: "My son truly has heaven-reaching methods—not only did he kill his old father, he can even toy with his aunt in the palm of his hand!

Sister Su, take care of yourself. " Venerable Hao could hardly conceal the killing intent in his eyes as his gaze fell upon the backs of Venerable Xiao and Shen Mu. Venerable Xiao paid it no mind and caught up with Shen Mu's little boat, sailing abreast of it.

Shen Mu glanced at him and gave Venerable Xiao a kindly smile.

Seeing his smile, Venerable Xiao could not help but recall how he had shot and killed two of his reincarnation bodies, and then recall how he had been jointly exiled by Shen Mu, Venerable Yue, Venerable You, and the others.

A nameless karmic fire surged in his heart, then was suppressed.

"The Heavenly Emperor's eggshells—both fell into Venerable Mu's hands, did they not? " Venerable Xiao inquired: "The one who twice robbed the Heavenly Court's treasury was also Venerable Mu, was it not? After robbing the Heavenly Court this time, you brought the Pixiang Hall here, using the Dao Trees and Dao fruits of this place to break the Pixiang Hall's seal and rescue Venerable Yu's soul.

And you used the Pixiang Hall to lure us here, attempting to wipe us all out with the perils of this place.

" Shen Mu was filled with trepidation: "Your Majesty, why say such things? " Venerable Xiao snorted: "You stole the Heavenly Emperor's eggshells in order to deal with the Grand Emperor trapped in the Unchanging divine ability, correct? " Consort Qiang's heart tightened, and her gaze fell upon Shen Mu's back. Venerable Xiao had not concealed these words from her, as though she did not exist. But these words also awakened her: if both Primordial Eggshells had fallen into Shen Mu's hands, then Shen Mu's goal was obvious!

Shen Mu laughed heartily and said loudly: "That is right!

The purpose of my stealing the two Primordial Eggshells was to return the Heavenly Emperor Tai Chu's physical body to the eggshell and rescue Venerable Ling! As for whose primordial spirit is within Tai Chu's body, it has nothing whatsoever to do with me.

Whoever it is.

. . " He glanced at Consort Qiang, and his words carried a note of killing intent and warning: ".

. . so long as they obstruct me from rescuing Venerable Ling, I would not mind sealing them together within the Primordial Eggshell! If that person is sensible and leaves of their own accord when I rescue Venerable Ling, without resisting me—" Yet though he spoke thus, Shen Mu's heart was convulsing.

The Primordial Eggshells no longer existed. When he revived the World Tree, the World Tree had shattered both Primordial Eggshells to pieces and devoured them as energy! "It seems I still need to fabricate two eggshells to frighten the Grand Emperor. " He thought to himself: "If the Grand Emperor's primordial spirit takes my bluff, perhaps he will not dare to clash head-on with me.

Otherwise, rescuing Venerable Ling may well be a bloody battle.

. .

" The Grand Emperor's primordial spirit, plus Tai Chu's physical body—it was simply an unsolvable situation!

If he could frighten off the Grand Emperor's primordial spirit and win without fighting, that would naturally be best. But the greatest variable was not Consort Qiang, but Venerable Xiao.

Tai Chu's physical body—Venerable Xiao would seize it back no matter what!

Consort Qiang neither agreed nor disagreed, and Venerable Xiao said no more.

Shen Mu was uneasy in his heart, not knowing what thoughts these two harbored. On the river's surface, the eleven Heavenly Venerables each nursed their own schemes.

Just then, thick Chaos qi surged in and submerged them, and the people on the river immediately lost track of one another's positions.

"Ah—" Shen Mu let out a miserable scream, shrill beyond measure, followed by the sound of something heavy falling into the water.

The Heavenly Venerables were startled: "Venerable Mu was killed by Consort Qiang? Thrown into the Chaos River?

" On the little boat, Consort Qiang watched coldly as Shen Mu hurled a lump of divine gold into the river, and sneered: "Venerable Mu is truly a master of swindling and deception.

But your scream was rather too miserable—a bit overdone.

If I wanted to kill you, I would be very quick about it. I would not let you scream for so long before dying. " Shen Mu glanced at her and smiled: "This mass of Chaos qi came at just the right time. We are being held hostage by them.

Even if we fight our way through, once we reach the destination they will still kill us. Better to take this opportunity to feign death and escape. " Consort Qiang snorted and said calmly: "Feigning death will not fool Venerable Gong's divine consciousness.

She is my woman, and her divine consciousness is incomparably powerful. .

.

" "She is also Tai Chu's woman.

" Shen Mu kindly reminded her: "And now she is Venerable Hao's woman. " Consort Qiang ground her teeth with a crunching sound, wishing she could immediately chop him into mincemeat.