Chapter 864 — The Supreme Falls
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
"Naturally, the Shanghuang Heavenly Emperor. He died in battle protecting Heavenly Venerable Ling; I buried him in Lingxiao Palace."
The blind old man went on, "The Shanghuang Heavenly Emperor—he too was of the Heaven Alliance, a disciple of another Heavenly Venerable. Every Shanghuang Emperor in turn has been a disciple of a Heavenly Venerable. And yet the fall of the Southern Shanghuang Heavenly Court came not from my master's divine art, but from the Heaven Alliance's betrayal."
While Heavenly Venerable Ling was wielding her divine art and merging with the mist, the Heaven Alliance's betrayal caused the Southern Shanghuang Heavenly Court to be breached. Darkness descended, and Heavenly Venerable Ling reemerged from the mist.
And at that moment a terrifying force came without warning: a towering figure charged into the mist, making straight for Heavenly Venerable Ling.
The Southern Shanghuang Heavenly Court was defeated, and nothing remained but ruins.
"Later, I saw my master's corpse come drifting down the river."
The blind old man took out a token—Heavenly Venerable Ling's token—and said in a hoarse voice, "I built this tomb and left behind a mechanism that only Heavenly Venerable Shen and Heavenly Venerable Mu can unlock."
Shen Mu looked at Heavenly Venerable Ling's token. It was the same size as his own; the blind old man had designed the mechanism on the basis of this token.
"Then why did you say she is still alive?" Shen Mu asked abruptly.
The blind old man set down his axe and chisel and, dragging a coffin behind him on a chain, walked toward the riverbank. "Heavenly Venerable Shen came here and told me he had seen Heavenly Venerable Ling. She had come seeking him and told him many things."
Shen Mu was taken aback. He hurried after him. "What is the origin of the Heavenly Court Beyond the Realm? Who is the Heavenly Emperor of that court beyond the realm? Others may not know, but Heavenly Venerable Ling must!"
"The Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Court Beyond the Realm is..."
The blind old man turned back, and his wrinkled old face wore an expression that was neither smile nor tear: "The Heaven Alliance. Heavenly Venerable Mu—it was you who founded the Heaven Alliance."