Chapter 1543 — A Barrage of Hidden Moves

"Now that we are in the same boat, we naturally have to row in the same direction, don't we?"

Shen Mu said gently, "Palace Heavenly Venerable's divine sense is naturally formidable, but there is one person who can surpass her. And that person is none other than Your Majesty."

Qiang Tianfei's expression softened a little. "At least you can still talk like a human being," she said coldly. "I... We will not stoop to squabble with you."

Suddenly the chaos surged, and a powerful divine sense pierced through layer after layer of it, sweeping toward the little boat.

Qiang Tianfei smiled lightly and said lazily, "So Palace Heavenly Venerable has come to probe. It has been a long time since I played with her..."

Her divine sense erupted to meet the one surging out of the chaos. When the two forces clashed, which was stronger was at once made clear. Palace Heavenly Venerable's divine sense was mighty, but compared with an existence like the Great Emperor, she was still far weaker.

Fortunately, the Great Emperor cherished his consort and could not bear to hurt her; otherwise a single divine-sense strike could have thrown Palace Heavenly Venerable's perception into chaos and left her wits utterly reeling.

Qiang Tianfei's divine sense rippled, and she giggled, "My dear consort, I have already killed Mu Tianzun and taken the treasure of the Dao-achiever. You and I, husband and wife..."

Before she could finish, another divine sense came screaming in, utterly overbearing, and slammed into Qiang Tianfei's divine sense together with Palace Heavenly Venerable's!

"Langxuan Divine Emperor!"

Qiang Tianfei erupted in fury. "You little brat, daring to square off against me?"

She was genuinely enraged. Langxuan Divine Emperor was the child of Palace Heavenly Venerable, the woman she loved most, and the Heavenly Emperor Taichu. How could she tolerate it?

Qiang Tianfei's Great Luo Heaven of divine sense blasted outward. At that very moment, yet another vast divine sense came rolling in. Three divine senses joined forces, crushing and shoving Qiang Tianfei's divine sense back.

Her Great Luo Heaven of divine sense shook violently and was nearly blasted apart by the three great experts!

"Taichu Dawn Heavenly Venerable!"

Qiang Tianfei let out a muffled groan. A blinding light burst from her forehead, and her head nearly exploded.

Horror filled her heart. Dawn Heavenly Venerable's divine sense was almost as strong as Langxuan Divine Emperor's!

The Heavenly Emperor Taichu had been accomplished in the Primordial One Qi and unskilled in divine sense. For Dawn Heavenly Venerable, his reincarnation, to have such powerful divine sense now could mean only one thing.

He had obtained a tremendous opportunity and begun to unite the Primordial One Qi with the Way of Divine Sense, transforming it into the Great Dao of Taichu!

Though the Heavenly Emperor was named Taichu, he had never mastered the Great Dao of Taichu. He had only had time to master the Primordial One Qi before the Great Emperor ambushed him and forced him to be born ahead of time.

If Dawn Heavenly Venerable now commanded the Way of Divine Sense, then he was not far from mastering the Great Dao of Taichu!

Boom!

Qiang Tianfei's Great Luo Heaven divine art shattered under the assault of the three experts' divine senses. Yet she was tough. The Supreme Domain of Divine Sense exploded outward with a hum and spread open, and suddenly everything around seemed to become incomparably slow.

The divine senses of Palace Heavenly Venerable, Dawn Heavenly Venerable, and Langxuan Divine Emperor charged into the Supreme Domain and slowed down more and more. The shifts they made, the various divine abilities they visualized, were also pathetically slow.

But still more divine senses came howling in, crashing and colliding into the Supreme Domain!

At the same time, Palace Heavenly Venerable's illusory divine-sense domain burst forth, Langxuan Divine Emperor's Taichu divine-sense domain exploded, and Dawn Heavenly Venerable's divine sense transformed directly into Primordial One Qi, irresistible as splitting bamboo, aimed straight at Qiang Tianfei's brow!

With three Heavenly Venerables joining forces, Qiang Tianfei's divine-sense domain was actually showing signs of breaking open!

It must be understood that the Great Emperor's Supreme Domain of Divine Sense had always been an invincible existence, until Ling Heavenly Venerable broke it with the Unchanging Divine Art and brought it down from its unbeaten throne.

Even so, the Supreme Domain of Divine Sense remained a top-grade domain.

But now three masters of divine sense were using divine sense to break divine sense, and they were actually on the verge of dissolving the Supreme Domain. Cold sweat streamed from Qiang Tianfei's forehead.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

All sorts of sounds crashed through her mind. This was an illusion caused by backlash, as her divine sense was crushed back by the three Heavenly Venerables. But if their divine senses actually forced their way into her mind, it would be more than phantom sounds; her head might even burst open!

Layer upon layer of Dao fire came roaring in, forming a stack of heavens that spun madly and sliced into the Supreme Domain. Clearly, Fire Heavenly Venerable had struck.

With Fire Heavenly Venerable's help, the Supreme Domain was broken apart even faster.

Suddenly Qiang Tianfei's face flushed crimson, and she spat out a mouthful of blood. Seeing this, Shen Mu finally relaxed and drove the little boat rapidly into the chaos.

If Qiang Tianfei had not spat blood, he would have waited a while longer, until the assembled Heavenly Venerables had beaten her to the point of vomiting blood.

Whoosh!

Layer after layer of Dao-fire heavens rose up from the chaotic river ahead of the little boat like wheels of flame, blocking its way.

The three Heavenly Venerables, through their divine-sense struggle, had located Qiang Tianfei in the vast and boundless chaos. Fire Heavenly Venerable and the other Heavenly Venerables would certainly seize the chance to come looking.

Their concern for Shen Mu's life was far less than their concern for Qiang Tianfei.

Because beside Qiang Tianfei there was a Dao Fruit, and inside the Dao Fruit was a prehistoric Dao-achiever. Only this Dao-achiever could tell direction in this chaos, lead them deep into Jade Capital City, and explore its ultimate mysteries.

Of course, they also cared a great deal whether Shen Mu lived or died.

But more than that, they wanted to see whether Qiang Tianfei had actually killed him. If she had not, they would be very happy to kill him for her, putting an end to future trouble.

— The Great Emperor's character was poor, but Shen Mu's was not much better.

Shen Mu narrowed his eyes and steered the little boat past those rings of flame by the narrowest margin. The vertical eye in his brow pierced through the chaotic qi. The Ten Heavenly Venerables could not see him, but he could see them. That was his greatest advantage in the chaos.

Naturally, he knew how to grasp that advantage and press it to the limit.

Behind the little boat, Qiang Tianfei continued desperately fending off the attacks of Dawn Heavenly Venerable, Palace Heavenly Venerable, and Langxuan Divine Emperor, her heart growing more and more anxious. The chaos mist had come at just the right time, but Shen Mu's reaction seemed a beat too slow, with the result that she had been entangled by the three Heavenly Venerables' divine senses. Unable to escape, she had instead suffered severe wounds to her own.

"Lady Juyu, he is using the hands of the three Heavenly Venerables to weaken your strength," the woman inside the tattered Dao Fruit beside Qiang Tianfei suddenly transmitted through divine sense.

She had expended too much while crossing the first chaotic river, and now her aura was growing fainter and fainter.