Chapter 904 — The Dark Night Approaches
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
Like you, he was arrogant to the point of madness. " The Heavenly Emperor's voice was mocking: "Like you, he was full of himself. He thought he could slip into the Heavenly Alliance; he thought he could pull the wool over heaven's eyes; he thought he could do something for the lower realms. But in the end he could not fool Us. Because his office was conferred by Us!
The very first moment he mingled into the Heavenly Alliance, I saw through him and had him seized!
He too had comprehended Heavenly Venerable Ling's divine art, and I have already ordered the Azure Emperor of the Eastern Heaven to take him and sink him in the river, to trade him back for the ghost ship! " His laughter was hearty and bright: "So long as the ghost ship can be exchanged out, I can likewise exchange out the physical body that Heavenly Venerable Ling has locked within the Heavenly River.
I can still use the Empress's body to threaten the Empress; I still have the Dao Ancestor as my helper; I can still seize Earth Count's daughter to threaten Earth Count! " "Why then should I still lean on you? I used you to reshape my souls, to make my three souls whole; I used you to wound Heavenly Venerable Hao grievously, forcing him to return to the Heavenly Court and not dare meddle in the Primordial Realm. I used Heavenly Venerable Hao again to do away with the Earth Mother, obtained the Earth Mother's body, and thereby obtained the whole of the Primordial Realm! Half of this cosmos, of heaven and earth, lies in my grasp! " "Heavenly Venerable Mu, do you truly believe you are qualified to treat with Us? " He was the true victor of this war over the Primordial Realm.
Whether it was Shen Mu, or the teeming multitudes of the Primordial Realm, or the god-and-demon armies of the Heavenly Court, the Four Emperors of the Heavenly Court, even the Earth Mother, even Heavenly Venerable Hao, all were his chess pieces. He would rise again, and he would gain half of heaven and earth. In the past he had lost because he stood in the light, and everyone schemed against him: demigods, acquired beings, ancient gods, all wished him dead. But now he stood in the dark.
Who could still scheme against him? He was the winner, the sole great winner of this war over the Primordial Realm. Shen Mu said indifferently: "The Azure Emperor of the Eastern Heaven? The Azure Emperor of the Eastern Heaven is right behind me. Why does Your Majesty not ask him how the exchange turned out?
" The Heavenly Emperor's voice vanished; his consciousness withdrew, plainly to question the Azure Emperor of the Eastern Heaven, who was walking toward Shen Mu from the east.
After a moment, Shen Mu felt another stream of thought-consciousness appear in his mind.
It was the Heavenly Emperor's. This time the Heavenly Emperor did not prattle on like the exalted victor he had been a moment before. He fell silent.
Shen Mu said flatly: "Wei Suifeng is my eldest senior brother.
The most pigheaded man under heaven is him, and the slickest man under heaven is him as well. He has ranged across the ages for a million years.
You cannot hold him.
" The Four Emperors of the Heavenly Court had already drawn near; at any moment they could seize Shen Mu, or snuff him out as easily as one blows out a lamp.
The Heavenly Emperor's voice sounded once more, this time not in Shen Mu's mind but from beyond the heavens: "Four Emperors, stay your hands. " Qi Xiayu, Yin Tianzi and the rest halted and looked up.
A single Primordial Tree, lush and verdant, descended from the sky and planted itself at the center of the Primordial Realm. Another "Heavenly Venerable Yu" descended together with the Primordial Tree: majestic, towering, his body streaming ten thousand rays of light, the very picture of august righteousness.
The root ball wrought from the Primordial Tree's roots slowly unfurled, and one enormous root after another stretched out and bored down into the earth.