Chapter 782 — Forty Thousand Years of Fleeting Time
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
We must warn the people within them! " Everyone nodded. Now was not the time to worry about Jingping; the safety of the Desolate Ruins' people mattered more. "True God Pang Yu, I must trouble you to ask the divine arts practitioners and gods of Taihuang Heaven to go to the various regions and warn the people there. " Shen Mu said, "The rest of you, go to the various regions as well, and make sure every city and every village is notified.
" True God Pang Yu said, "Rest assured, I will go at once! " He was about to head for the divine city of Taihuang Heaven when suddenly a dull, terrifying roar came from the mountains and wilds of the Yuan Realm.
True God Pang Yu halted and looked that way. There, amid the vast grey mountains, a colossal beast could be glimpsed moving among the ridges, its huge blue-green back showing.
Everyone was startled. Venerable God Sang Ye murmured, "What is that thing?
So enormous.
. . " Shen Mu was shaken to the core.
He let out a breath of turbid air: "A demigod.
" Puzzled by his meaning, the others all looked at him: "What is a demigod? A false god?
" Shen Mu said gravely, "These demigods are exceedingly dangerous.
They are the offspring of the ancient gods, bearing the bloodline of the ancient gods.
You must act with the greatest caution! Be on your guard. With the Desolate Ruins' seal opened and the realm become the Yuan Realm, many demigods have likely survived. " Sang Ye asked, puzzled, "What are the ancient gods?
" Shen Mu explained, "They are the innate divinities, like the Lord of Heaven, Tubo, and the Earth Mother.
Demigods are the descendants of those innate divinities. Long Qilin, for instance, is also a demigod; he grows stronger as he ages. These demigods rely on the power of their bloodline, but they can also cultivate as we do, and once they cultivate, they become even more formidable. You must be careful! " True God Pang Yu shouted in a loud voice, "Soldiers of Taihuang Heaven, follow me! " He led the others away.
Xu Shenghua said, "I must return to the Western Earth and see whether it is stable there.
" Shen Mu nodded, "It may take you a year or two, perhaps longer, to reach the Western Earth. Be careful on the road.
" "Rest assured. I did not die at your hands, and I will not die at a demigod's.
" Xu Shenghua hurried off. Granny Zhu, with the many scholars of the Heavenly Sage Academy, packed their baggage.
"Shen'er, I will go with these scholars to warn the villagers in the western Desolate Ruins. Take care of yourself. " Shen Mu said, "Rest easy, Granny.
You go west, I will go east. And one more thing: do not send out your primordial spirit to contact Jingping. The Yuan Realm has too many battlefields, peril lurks everywhere, and demigods roam abroad. Beware of harm to your primordial spirit.
" "You little rascal, now you are lecturing me.
" Granny Zhu led the group away, laughing, "I was the one who raised you. Every one of those schemes and tricks of yours, was it not Granny who taught you?
" Shen Mu watched them go into the distance and thought, "Now I should go find the Douniu Realm, find the Martial Combat Heavenly Master, and ask the martial artists of the Douniu Realm for help. That way the people of the Desolate Ruins can be warned all the faster. " He got his bearings, then led Yutian Tianzun down from Taihuang Heaven, heading straight for the small mountain village where the Douniu Realm lay: "I wonder whether the Douniu Realm has been flung out of the Yuan Realm by now.
. . " When the great upheaval of the Desolate Ruins occurred, world-realm after world-realm flew out from the cliffs.
These world-realms had been hurled beyond the heavens by the power of primordial magnetism when the Yuan Realm's seal was broken. The Douniu Realm was one such world-realm, forged by the Douniu Heavenly Palace.