Chapter 815 — The Measure of a King
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 5
Shen Mu did not explain further, and continued, "One need only go to the Yong River and comprehend the power of the Yong River, and one can draw that power into one's own body to forge the Heavenly River Divine Treasury. Even in the capital, I can sense the intense power of the Heavenly River. At the Yong River's edge, that power will surely be even stronger, and comprehension even simpler. I mobilized the power of heaven and earth to forge my Heavenly River—that method is far too difficult, and few could succeed. But comprehending the Heavenly River and borrowing its power is infinitely simpler."
Emperor Yanfeng grew even more bewildered, murmuring, "The Yong River—is it the Yong River where Lord Dragon Keeper resides?"
At the mention of this, Shen Mu's face could not help but turn as black as iron. He said sullenly, "It is that Yong River."
The Yong River Dragon Emperor of Lord Dragon Keeper had been enfeoffed by Shen Mu himself, and he had even signed a Pact of the Earth Lord with Lord Dragon Keeper, stipulating that Lord Dragon Keeper would maintain the Yong River's waters and in return could enjoy sacrifices from the Yong River, including a portion of its aquatic yields.
"As for erasing a divine ability user's original incomplete Divine Bridge Divine Treasury, that is even simpler."
Shen Mu was full of confidence. "The Martial Arts Heavenly Master could destroy the Divine Bridge Divine Treasury with ease. Sister Emperor Shiyue, the Heavenly Master Zixi, King Buddha, the Primordial Ancestor, the King of Hell, my martial uncle the Fisherman, and Tian Shu—all of them should possess such ability."
The Village Head shook his head. "Shen'er, you've grown strong and your body is sturdy, so having your Divine Bridge destroyed does no great harm. But others are a different matter—I fear they'd lose a layer of skin even if they don't die. We must find someone less robust than you to test it on." With that, he looked toward the Human Emperor of Qikang.
The Human Emperor of Qikang shuddered. "Su Mozhe, I am your master—your own master! Your grandmaster Yishan has a sturdy body. Use him for the experiment!"
The Human Emperor Yishan was furious. "Am I not your own master too?"
Shen Mu calculated for a moment, then said, "Using my grandmaster and my great-grandmaster for the experiment is indeed not bad. They are no weaker than I am, so they should not die..."
The Imperial Preceptor of Jingping pondered aloud, "Can gods who have already cultivated to the Heavenly Palace also destroy their Divine Bridge Divine Treasury and instead open the Heavenly River Divine Treasury?"
Everyone's heart tightened. The Imperial Preceptor of Jingping had asked the crucial question!
By now the kingdom of Jingping already had two or three hundred gods, and the Woodcutter and others were gods from the Kaikhuang era. Their primordial spirits had long since leaped past the divine treasuries and entered the Heavenly Palace.
Judging from the effects of the Heavenly River Divine Treasury that Shen Mu had opened, in the future the Divine Bridge Divine Treasury would surely be eliminated by the Heavenly River Divine Treasury, and they would be called the Old Gods.
The Old Gods were inferior in combat power to the New Gods of the same realm—that was one aspect. Another was that their offspring, inheriting their divine treasuries, would also be inferior to the offspring of the New Gods, and even inferior to the offspring of divine ability users who had opened the Heavenly River Divine Treasury.
Although their offspring could also destroy the Divine Bridge and open the Heavenly River Divine Treasury, not everyone could open a Heavenly River. There would inevitably be some descendants who could not accomplish this step.
And those people would be eliminated by the era, just as they themselves would be.
"If the Divine Bridge Divine Treasury is destroyed, will the power of the Heavenly Palace crush down?"