Chapter 263 — The Sovereign Lord's Secret Treasury
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She smiled, and the smile was a little cruel, a little savage. "But by then you will discover that this bridge to the Heavenly Court is broken! Heh heh—broken! All your life's cultivation, all your life's persistence, all your life's ideals and convictions—utterly useless. When your final hour comes, everything is empty, all of it a void!"
"Cult Master Li, be calm," Shen Mu said.
Fan Xuanshu shot him a very feminine glare, and could not help asking: "Aren't you disappointed?"
Shen Mu was puzzled. "If one lives a life full of splendor, why be disappointed?"
Fan Xuanshu was taken aback a moment, then nodded. "That is why I must live this life brilliantly, and be the most beautiful woman in the world!"
Shen Mu's scalp went numb. He could not tell whether this former Holy Cult Leader had been unhinged by Granny Zhu's provocation, or whether practicing the Great Nurturing Dark Demon Sutra had left her brain somewhat out of order.
They walked into Emperor Yanfeng's Heaven-Man divine treasury, and Shen Mu at last saw the spirit fetus, the six directions, and the Pole of Heaven and Earth formed by the five luminaries and seven stars of which Fan Xuanshu had spoken.
When they reached the Life-and-Death divine treasury, Shen Mu saw the dark Nether Capital appear beneath his feet.
At last they came to the final divine treasury: the Divine Bridge divine treasury.
A divine bridge spanned the sky, stretching across life and death, sun and moon, the five luminaries, and the six directions. At the bridge's far end there seemed to stand a Heavenly Court of incomparable brilliance and glory, where the gods waited for them to come.
Emperor Yanfeng's bridge, however, had broken into more segments than one could count. Now and then a broken span came crashing down with a terrifying roar, punching straight through one divine treasury after another until it struck the Primal Fetus divine treasury itself!
Fan Xuanshu looked around. "The emperor really is beyond saving—finished. Give me his skin. I will go be emperor, and Jingping will become ours—the Heavenly Sacred Cult's!"
Shen Mu shook his head. "You are not emperor material. You are only fit to wreak havoc on the countless living beings under heaven."
Fan Xuanshu flew into a pout, glaring at him, cheeks puffed with anger. "If I become empress, I will grant you the title of Imperial Concubine!"
Shen Mu rolled his eyes upward until only the whites showed, and looked at her.
Fan Xuanshu was startled for a moment, then suddenly burst into giggles.
"A formidable enchantress!" Shen Mu hastily sealed off his five senses to keep himself from being disturbed.