Chapter 899 — The Dharma Lord Eternal Through Ten Thousand Kalpas
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The Celestial Venerable Yu's eyes blazed; his gaze shot straight into Yuanjun's divine ability, the great abyss of Guixu, pierced it through, and burst two bloody holes in Yuanjun's forehead. The Heavenly River lashed over, striking the Celestial Venerable Yu's body so hard that blood was drawn, and then coiled around him. But the next instant, the long whip into which the Heavenly River had transformed exploded, and the Heavenly Emperor Heluo's palm was blasted into a mangled mess of flesh and blood.
The Celestial Venerable Yu actually reconstituted the Heavenly River; its waters rushed forth, battering the Heavenly Emperor Heluo into a bloody blur, and soon his naked bones showed through.
The Heavenly Emperor Fengyou's sharpest blade could only cut into the surface of his body, never pierce within; and the formation wrought from the Heavenly Emperor Xuannü's primordial magnetism and starlight could not trap him either.
The Celestial Venerable Yu fought with sweeping, open strokes, and in but a short while beat the eight Heavenly Emperors until none of them could possibly rise again. He raised a hand to seize the primal tree that was growing ever larger and taller, his palm igniting in blazing heavenly fire as it rubbed against the air. Shen Mu was still flying around the primal tree, channeling spells to reshape a soul for the Primordial Sovereign of Mother Earth.
The Celestial Venerable Yu's palm reached for him, and he had no way to dodge. Just then, from the Gate that Bears Heaven, the power of the Lord of Heaven and the Earth Lord suddenly erupted.
A vast and mighty force surged out from the Gate that Bears Heaven, and the power unleashed in that instant was a hundred times greater than all the power Shen Mu had borrowed.
This vast, profound power, within Shen Mu's divine ability, became the energy that reshaped the soul, pouring into the primal tree.
Shen Mu's heart stirred slightly.
"Lord of Heaven, Earth Lord — so you could not sit still after all? " The Celestial Venerable Yu's palm had already come to his side, about to close around both him and the primal tree.
He laughed.
"Shen Mu of the Hegemonic Body, one of the Three Heroes of the Jingping Reform — among the ancient gods there is a rumor that you are the Great Dharma Master, indestructible through ten thousand kalpas, who sees his true nature with a clear heart, able to bring the dead back to life and endure ten thousand kalpas without perishing.
Great Dharma Master Shen Mu, we meet at last!
" Suddenly the primal tree tore itself from the ground; endless light whirled with its branches and leaves, and with one heavy sweep — the Celestial Venerable Yu gave a muffled grunt and was sent tumbling and rolling beyond the sky.
"At last. .
.
" Countless roots in the earth whirled and seethed along with the slowly rising primal tree.
The Primordial Sovereign of Mother Earth stood beneath the primal tree, rising from the depths, and cackled. "At last I see the light of day again! What you owed me in those years, what you took from me — today, every last bit, you will repay to this palace! " The primal tree flew through the sky like a colossal squid, bursting through the Yuan Realm's barriers, and under the Primordial Sovereign's command headed straight beyond the heavens.
Shen Mu was pinned hard against the primal tree's trunk, carried with her as she charged beyond the sky. Mother Earth flew so fast that air and space pressed upon Shen Mu, forming oscillating shockwaves that tore his skin.
"Mother Earth, even if you have revived, what power do you have?
" The Celestial Venerable Yu's face surfaced on the canopy of the Yuan Realm. Though he had taken a blow from the Primordial Sovereign of Mother Earth at her peak, he seemed to have suffered no great injury, and laughed. "After your revival, you will only die once more!
Only this time, there will be no possibility of revival again.