Chapter 920 — Battle Will Unbroken
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
Within the dream world, Xu Shenghua at last finished mastering the fruits of the Reform. Time in dreams stretched long; he felt as though two or three years had passed, and the toil had been bitter indeed—yet in the waking world they had risen only two or three times to eat.
And yet Shen Mu's dream world had not collapsed.
Xu Shenghua was puzzled, but then saw Shen Mu draw forth a mirror. Shen Mu set it upright, and the mirror's surface grew larger and larger, until countless jade slips projected forth from within it.
Xu Shenghua stepped closer and watched for a moment, then said with suspicion: "Runes of the Ancient Gods' Great Dao? These are... Great Dao runes parsed through classical divination arts! Hmm, some of these runes you have already recalculated using the Taiwei Calculation Classic!"
He tilted his head in thought: "That day in the lower realm—the Heaven Venerable Yu—could he have been constructed by the Heavenly Court using classical divination runes?"
Shen Mu said: "That was the strongest divine weapon the Heavenly Court ever forged. It wore the outward form of Heaven Venerable Yu, but the one who steered that weapon was a titan of the Heavenly Court's Heaven Alliance. The Heaven Alliance can manufacture more of these strongest divine weapons at any time."
Xu Shenghua walked among the jade slips. Their number was truly immense; Shen Mu had recalculated many of them with the Taiwei Calculation Classic, yet those he had finished were but a drop in the ocean.
Within the dream world, countless Shen Mus were even now calculating the Great Dao runes upon the jade slips, restructuring them through the Taiwei Calculation Classic.
At such a scale, even Xu Shenghua was startled—though his expression remained that of a man unmoved by the sky itself collapsing.
Xu Shenghua browsed the jade slips and said: "The Heavenly Court is experimenting with a perfect Heavenly Court cultivation method. This method can unify the Great Daos of all the Ancient Gods. Forging the strongest weapon was never their goal—creating a unified Heavenly Court cultivation method, that is their true aim."
Shen Mu said: "Their Heavenly Court method is built upon the foundation of the Seven Great Divine Treasuries. The Reform in the lower realm altered the original Seven Great Divine Treasuries, so the Reform must be halted at all costs. Otherwise, a million years of their labor would be nothing but a joke."
Xu Shenghua said: "And yet this weapon is too powerful. The Heavenly Court is remarkable—to conceive of such a weapon, to forge it! A body comparable to the mightiest Ancient God, combined with a cultivation method of the Heavenly Court's realm—once complete, no power in existence could contend with the Heavenly Court! Its sole flaw is the absence of the Taiwei Calculation Classic. If the Taiwei Calculation Classic were added..."
He could not help but shudder.
Add the Taiwei Calculation Classic, and it would become the most powerful body in all history. Combined with the Heavenly Court's cultivation method, that person's cultivation and strength would likely be unmatched under heaven—even if the Ancient God Heavenly Emperor were reborn, even if the Heaven Lord and Earth Lord joined forces, they would be far from a match!
"Sect Master, do you truly intend to recalculate everything with the Taiwei Calculation Classic?"
Xu Shenghua said abruptly: "I suddenly find it terrifying."
Shen Mu looked at him, his expression turning puzzled.
Xu Shenghua said: "If this Taiwei Calculation Classic falls into the Heavenly Court's hands, the Heavenly Court will have no rival. Even if it does not fall into their hands but remains in ours, I still cannot suppress a shudder. I fear that in the future we may become the very Heavenly Court we now dread."
Shen Mu was taken aback, then laughed: "We can scarcely protect ourselves—why concern ourselves with matters so far off?"