Chapter 668 — The Demon King Breaks Free of the Seal
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. . " The Heavenly Duke's clone sighed.
"I was merely curious about what the Divine Son of Youdu was, and came here by accident, and was muddled into being sealed and suppressed here. You have seen me before. You once stared into my eyes for two days and two nights.
. .
" "You are the Heavenly Duke!
" Shen Mu blurted out. The Heavenly Duke's clone nodded helplessly. "It is enough that you know.
Do not spread it about — it would cost me too much face. Though you will have no chance to spread it about either. You are sealed here too.
" Shen Mu's expression went blank. He stared around him, dazed. The Heavenly Duke, the Crimson Emperor, the Great Brahma Heaven King Buddha, and the Earth Earl's horn — since when had his third eye held so many terrifying beings? "Elder brother? I have an elder brother? " He suddenly came to himself and said hurriedly, "When Divine Son Chiming was about to kill me, it was my elder brother who threw me in here? How did I not know I had an elder brother?
Is there not another me hidden inside my body? " The Crimson Emperor knew nothing of this and naturally could not answer. The Heavenly Duke, however, seemed to know a great deal. "That elder brother of yours is also Shen Fengqing. You, too, are Shen Fengqing.
I cannot explain it clearly either.
He was born a holy one, a demon king, knowing only slaughter. You were born later — only after the Earth Earl sealed him did you give birth to your own consciousness. He represents evil.
. . " Shen Mu said excitedly, "Then I represent good, is that right? " The Heavenly Duke's clone hesitated.
Looking at his excited expression, he could not bear to tell him the truth, and said vaguely, "An infant has neither good nor evil.
It depends on nurture and teaching. Born into a good family, good outweighs evil; born in a place where villains are everywhere, evil outweighs good. . .
" Shen Mu relaxed and let out a breath. He laughed. "I knew I represented justice and goodness. My upbringing was excellent. The old folks in our village are all famous good people! " White light shot three zhang from the Heavenly Duke's clone's eyes before it finally subsided. "This is not your fault either.
That Shen Fengqing is too cunning.
He deliberately let us break the seal so that he could escape in the confusion, and then threw you in to be suppressed. That way you can never take back the body, and can only be trapped here with us. By now, that fellow has most likely been wreaking havoc outside. Crimson Emperor, does your Suspended Void Realm have any power to defend itself? " The Crimson Emperor hesitated, then shook his head. "My mortal body has already been wholly transformed into the Suspended Void Realm, and my primal spirit dissolved itself.
When I entered this microcosm, I was gravely wounded. . .
" Shen Mu suddenly understood, and asked, puzzled, "You are the Crimson Emperor's thought? How did you get in here? Were you not in the Crimson Emperor's brain? How is it that you too are sealed here? If you had not suddenly vanished, Divine Son Chiming would not have struck to kill us! " The Crimson Emperor's three faces flushed red at once. Abashed, he said, "That. . .
it is a long story. " Shen Mu's eyes flickered. "We are all sealed and suppressed here. We have all the time in the world.
Your Majesty the Crimson Emperor may as well tell it in stages. " The Crimson Emperor hesitated, unwilling to speak it aloud. The Heavenly Duke's clone laughed. "Let me tell it for him. When he entered this microcosm, his soul scattered.
But he was unwilling to die just like that, so he turned his mortal body into the Suspended Void Realm and preserved his thought-consciousness as an undying divine consciousness. So long as someone could bear his thought-consciousness, he could live again.