Chapter 839 — The Chief Culprit
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"The Dao lineage's art of passing through walls is somewhat similar to the Heavenly Sage Sect's Shadow Demonization Art, and somewhat similar to Grandpa Lame's Heaven-Stealing, Sun-Swapping Hand," Shen Mu said after watching for a while, speaking to the Imperial Heavenly Venerable. "There is only a slight difference in the application of principle.
Once the underlying law is clear, learning it is not hard.
" The Imperial Heavenly Venerable was eager to try his hand. "I understand it.
May I give it a try? " Shen Mu nodded.
The Imperial Heavenly Venerable walked up to the bronze wall and passed straight through it, then came back through from the other side.
The old Daoist's eyes brightened, and he laughed, "This young friend has extraordinary spiritual insight—" Shen Mu hastily pulled the Imperial Heavenly Venerable away.
They came to another part of the Dao Palace, where some Daoists had gathered around a huge circular platform, drawing a formation diagram.
Shen Mu pressed close to look, and his expression changed drastically.
In a low voice, he said, "Elder brothers, are you drawing the Grand Star Chart of the Heavens? " "Your eyes are keen.
From which divine kingdom do you hail? " one of the Daoists looked up and asked.
Dao Master Lin Xuan stepped forward.
Looking at the array diagram, his expression also changed drastically, and he rasped, "The Heaven Chart covering Jingping was made by Qingyun Heaven? " Those Daoists were taken aback.
The formation diagram they were drawing was almost exactly the same as the Heaven Chart hanging over the kingdom of Jingping—the movements of the stars matched almost perfectly.
Shen Mu and Lin Xuan were both founding elders of the Sky Alliance. The original purpose of founding the alliance had been to tear open that false sky and let the people of Jingping see the outside world.
For twenty thousand years, none of the successive Dao Masters of the Jingping Dao lineage had been able to master the Fourteen Chapters of the Dao Sword. They had pored over the chapters until their hair turned white, devoting the utmost effort of their lives to deriving the Fourteenth Sword.
Lin Xuan's master, the old Dao Master, had spent his whole life and achieved only half a stance. He died fighting in the God-Sundering Mountains precisely because the Fourteenth Sword had never been completed; had he mastered it, he would not have fallen.
It was precisely because the celestial phenomena in the Heaven Chart were false that every generation of Dao Masters had been misled—no matter how they calculated, their results were all false, and thus the Fourteen Chapters could never be achieved! And it was because of this very Heaven Chart that Lin Xuan's Dao heart had nearly collapsed and he had lost his mind on the spot. Fortunately, Shen Mu, Xu Shenghua, and others had been at his side, rousing him from the shadows.
Now, seeing the array diagram drawn by these Qingyun Heaven Daoists, his Dao heart could not help but stir once more, filled with an utterly overwhelming fury! Those Daoists scrutinized Shen Mu and Lin Xuan, and one of them laughed.
"Are you referring to the Heaven Chart above the Primal Realm? Indeed, our Dao lineage forged it.
Our Dao lineage, on the orders of the Heavenly Court, forged the Heaven Chart to cover the Primal Realm, but the work was done in haste back then, and many flaws slipped in. This time we intend to repair the Heaven Chart and make good all the deficiencies of the formation.
" Another Daoist said, "The Heavenly Court commanded the Dao lineage to forge the Heaven Chart, so our predecessors designed into it several pitfalls of boundless calculation.