Chapter 743 — A Conversation Without Accord
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The great Kun is also a god. " Yin Tianzi said, "The great Kun is in fact a descendant of an ancient god. At birth it was already mighty, but that was not its strongest period. The great Kun grows by eating Jade Dragon Pills. Unlike us, it has no process of cultivation. When it reaches adulthood, its flesh and its dharma power are both monstrously strong!
By then, the great Kun god's strength is no weaker than an ancient god's, and even if it falls short, it is not far off. " Kaihuang took up the thread. "But they too are bound by a lifespan limit, which is why they are called demigods and cannot live forever. We, on the other hand, first open the Primal Embryo divine treasury and cultivate step by step, opening one divine treasury after another, until we reach a very high realm. The difference between us and the demigods is this: our bloodline is lowly, and we are divine-ability practitioners who cultivate our way up, whereas demigods grow according to their blood and lineage. " Shen Mu was suddenly enlightened.
But the doubts in his heart only multiplied.
It was as though he had traveled back to an unimaginably ancient age.
In this age, even the Heavenly Palace cultivation system had not yet appeared; only the divine treasury cultivation system had begun to emerge. So what era was this?
The Heavenly Court seemed to have only just begun to take shape; it did not even have a name yet.
Could this Heavenly Court be the Heavenly Court of the ancient gods?
And if it was the Heavenly Court of the ancient gods, what connection did it have to the later Heavenly Court Beyond the Realm, the old Heavenly Court that the people of the Kaihuang Era so often spoke of? The Woodcutter Sage had always said that from beginning to end, the people of the Kaihuang Era never knew who their enemy truly was. The people of the Shanghuang Era seemed equally ignorant of who this Heavenly Court Beyond the Realm really was; they called it the outer-realm heavenly demons.
And the Red Emperor's own understanding did not extend to where the enemy that destroyed the Chiming Era had come from, or what its foundations were. Shen Mu turned it over and over in his mind, and still could not make sense of it.
Suddenly something stirred in his heart. The Woodcutter's eldest disciple, the founding patriarch of the Tiansheng Sect, Wei Suifeng, had been ceaselessly exploring these mysteries, and now his whereabouts were unknown.
The founding patriarch had traveled immensely far and wide, leaving behind map after map. Among them, the one entrusted to Old Man Qinghuang for safekeeping was an exceedingly ancient military tally, and that tally was still in Shen Mu's hands.
Just what era did that tally belong to?
"I cannot kill Yin Tianzi yet. " A kindly smile spread across Shen Mu's face as he thought: "Yin Tianzi is, after all, a local snake in this place.
I still need his connections to explore the secrets of this era and uncover more of the truth buried by history. And I need him to introduce me to those legendary figures, the founders who created the divine treasury cultivation system and the Heavenly Palace cultivation system! " His heart was ablaze, scalding hot. The founders of the later ages' system of divine-ability civilization, at last he would be able to meet them!
Old Ox surreptitiously nudged him.
Shen Mu came back to himself, and saw that Kaihuang was still watching him with that half-smile. His heart went cold. Clearly, one misspoken sentence had aroused Kaihuang's suspicion, but Kaihuang had not called him out on it. "In truth, I have always wanted to tell you that I am your one hundred and seventh generation descendant. " Shen Mu smiled, but said nothing, thinking: "I want so badly to tell you, and yet I cannot. .
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" Yin Tianzi dashed to the great Kun's head and called from afar, "Come over here, quickly!
Come and see, Lady Tianyin's carriage is approaching! " Kaihuang smiled.