Chapter 922 — The Calamity of the Third Eye
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He had intended to let the countless versions of himself in the dream explore this world, to avoid danger, but an invisible force in the Blood-Rust Domain could precisely interrupt the Infinite Kalpa Sutra and prevent the dream world from taking shape. Just now, when he tried to enter the dream, a most resounding sound of sacrifice had surged in and poured into his mind. The sacrificial sound held power and formed a terrible interference, so that the Infinite Kalpa Sutra simply could not become a dream world.
"Then can divine abilities be invoked in the Blood-Rust Domain? " Shen Mu tried to employ a divine ability. The ability still had power, and he could not help falling into thought—only, when he roused the ability, the sacrificial power still interfered with his thoughts and consciousness.
"The Great Brahma King Buddha's Infinite Kalpa Sutra is a study of the mind, and this sacrificial sound seems also to be a study of the mind.
Yet when I enter the dream I can hear the sacrificial sound, and when I wake I cannot hear it. This shows that the sound of sacrifice has already become an invisible force. I wonder whether the sacrificial power permeating the Blood-Rust Domain is connected to the Lord of Heaven who appeared just now?
" He walked forward. Ahead was the place where the light had erupted and become the "Lord of Heaven. " Qi Jiuyi caught up with him and said, "Second Brother, let that fellow Shen walk in front and probe the way. If there is no danger, we will follow. " Shen Mu stopped.
Where the "Lord of Heaven" had erupted with light stood a grand altar.
Around the altar lay enormous skeletons, ringing it three layers deep within and three layers without, vast in number. At the center of the altar was a funnel-shaped hollow, in which a faint, half-visible liquid light was gathering.
Shen Mu came to one of the dry bones. It was much like a human skeleton, only many times taller, and set into the space between its brows was a diamond-shaped crystal that gave off a faint glow. He rose into the air and circled the gigantic skeleton, examining it.
"There are no rune-and-Great-Dao brands on the bones. They were not divine-ability users, nor gods or ancient deities.
Yet their bones have not decayed for millions of years, which shows they were powerful by nature. " Shen Mu thought of the Heart of the Primeval Wood. The growth rings of the Heart of the Primeval Wood showed that in prehistoric times the Earth Mother had suffered ten great calamities and nearly died.
Could those ten great calamities of the Earth Mother be connected to these giants?
Shen Mu came to the brow of the giant's skeleton. The diamond-shaped crystal was about as tall as he was, and it refracted his reflection. "This crystal must be useful.
It is worth studying! " Shen Mu used his dharma power to pry the crystal loose, and suddenly the skeleton crumbled with a clatter, turning to flying ash!
Qi Jiuyi and the others below were startled, but fortunately the skeleton merely crumbled and triggered no danger.
Shen Mu stuffed the diamond crystal into his Taotie Pouch and came to another dry skeleton. This skeleton also had a diamond crystal set between its brows.
He looked around and saw that every one of the prehistoric giants' corpses had a crystal between its brows.
"Could these giants have used such crystals as their third eye?
What could their third eye do? "