Chapter 802 — The Numbering of the Great Dao Hides a Mystery
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"Dao One? Dao Two? Dao Twenty-Three?"
In a flash of lightning thought, a string of notions streaked through Shen Mu's mind. The Dao One and Dao Two on Yan Qiling's lips seemed to be numbers assigned to the various Great Daos — exceedingly strange.
And these numbers corresponded to the kinds of Great Dao: the Dao One of the martial Dao, the Dao One of the sword Dao, the Nether Capital's Dao Twenty-Three, the Mystic Capital's Dao Two.
Of the rest Shen Mu knew little, but the Mystic Capital's Dao Two was in fact the Great Dao of Heavenly Fire — the divine art he had constructed upon the Great Dao of Heavenly Fire.
If the Great Dao of Heavenly Fire was the Dao Two in Yan Qiling's mouth, then how many kinds of Great Dao existed in all?
Who would number these Great Dao divine arts?
Yan Qiling was so young — why did she know so much?
The Dao One she had just spoken of — the Dao One of which Great Dao was it?
Just then, he suddenly sensed a perilous throb coming from the other side of the mountain. The divine art Yan Qiling was using was utterly unfamiliar to him — an unfamiliar Great Dao, an unfamiliar divine art — and yet it possessed a grand and upright majesty!
"Not the Nether Capital system, not the Mystic Capital system, and it should not be the Primeval Capital's divine art system either!"
Shen Mu decided on the instant. Pressing his index and middle fingers together into the sword finger, he recalled the sword pellet he had sent flying and directed it to kill Yan Qiling on the far side of the great mountain.
He could not see Yan Qiling, but he could sense her position through her aura.
His feet moved at flying speed, his sleeves fluttering. A forward thrust of the sword finger was the Thrusting Sword Form; an upward flick was the Lifting Sword Form; with his arm still, the sword finger tracing a circle around his wrist was the Cloud Sword Form; a level slash was the Slashing Sword Form; a vertical cleave was the Cleaving Sword Form!
Point, Collapse, Hook, Scoop, Wipe, Sweep, Block, Intercept, Flower-Coil, Wander, Drill — seventeen fundamental sword techniques he unleashed.
He could not see Yan Qiling, yet every strike he executed with the utmost seriousness, gathering all his essence, energy, and spirit.
His greatest strength was his swordsmanship. His sword art struck where the enemy was forced to defend, achieving the aim of threatening the foe and compelling them to hold back their full power.
On the other side of the mountain, Yan Qiling danced like a startled swan, evading each streak of sword light. Then all at once her divine art erupted, striking through the mountain!
Separated by the mountain, Shen Mu could not see the divine art she was using. He could only feel an unmatched Dao resonance and hear a Dao sound as resounding as countless ancient gods chanting in unison.
Before his eyes there seemed to appear a magnificent and vast ancient Heaven Court. Upon the stars of the heavens stood the three hundred and sixty celestial star gods of the zodiac, the seventy-two Earthly Fiend gods, the thirty-six Heavenly Spirit gods, the five luminary gods, the sun and moon gods, forming a net of heaven and earth!
He also vaguely "saw" a giant of light and flame standing above the celestial gods — that was the Lord of Heaven!
Yet he also sensed mountains and rivers, dragons flying and phoenixes dancing, ancient gods such as dragons and phoenixes standing tall, the Primeval Tree lush and verdant, touching heaven and earth. Rivers, mountains, seas — countless ancient gods encircled the Primeval Tree, encircled a majestic female ancient god beneath it!
That was the Earth Mother.
And underground, in the realm of darkness, the Nine Bends' corners turned into magma and yellow springs flowing downward, and majestic beings with ox heads, tiger faces, and human bodies formed the Nether Capital.
That was the Earth Lord.