Chapter 924 — Chronicle of Void Creation
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
He bent to examine them. Most of the slabs bore no trace of carving at all; someone had first erased their content, and then, still uneasy, destroyed the reliefs.
He inspected them carefully, wanting to see whether anything had been overlooked.
"Master Shen, you have forgotten the most crucial point! The ancient gods have souls, while the things the prehistoric creators made have no souls! The Heavenly Lord just now had no soul or spirit, and this little Tubo you created has none either!"
Qi Jiuyi said, "The prehistoric creators blasphemed against the ancient gods, imitating them to create life. They touched the ancient gods' interests, offended them, and used their deformed creations to fight. For such crimes they deserved death ten thousand times over! They deserved to be exterminated!"
Clearly he was somewhat agitated, his dao heart unsteady.
In the past Qi Jiuyi had never been talkative, yet now he trailed behind Shen Mu chattering on, seemingly trying to convince Shen Mu but in truth trying to convince himself.
That single sentence of Shen Mu's had struck him deeply, leaving him dazed and unmoored.
He had indeed seized on a crucial point: neither the Heavenly Lord that had attacked them nor the little Tubo Shen Mu had fashioned by the art of creation had a soul or a thinking mind.
Long Qilin said, "Third Brother, the Heavenly Lord here was only built from the remnants of the prehistoric creators' divine consciousness—not in its full glory. What if, back then, they truly could create a Heavenly Lord with a mind and a soul?"
Qi Jiuyi was stunned, and his voice trembled. "Second Brother, you too are blaspheming..."
Shen Mu raised his head and looked around, searching everywhere.
"Found it!"
He gave a cheer and hurried forward. Qi Jiuyi followed him in a daze, still wanting to convince him. "Master Shen, you must understand—harboring such thoughts is blasphemy against the ancient gods. You should repent..."
Shen Mu came to the center of the hall, looked up, and smiled. "Brother Qi, look up at the sky. What do you see?"
Qi Jiuyi looked up and saw stars inlaid in the dark heavens. "Naturally, the starry sky and its stars."
Long Qilin looked up and studied it. "There are some stars in the sky."
Yan'er's gaze was sharp, and she smiled. "Those stars are fake. They look far away, but they are not."
Qi Jiuyi was doubtful. "This starry sky is no different from a real one—how could it be fake... Yes! It is indeed fake! This is the Blood Rust Zone, full of shattered continents and planets flying wild, and countless colossal bones. There is no way to see the starry sky outside at all!"
Shen Mu smiled. "This is the treasure my eldest senior brother, Wei Suifeng, left me."
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