Chapter 938 — Tearing Apart the Heavenly Court
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The Heavenly Emperor dispatched the Feathered Forest Army to the rescue. In Wei Suifeng's presence, the Empress created the illusion of another Empress assassinating the Empress, making the world believe the dead woman was herself.
In truth, she had killed Lady Yuanmu, while she herself feigned death to escape, crafting the illusion of her own demise.
Afterward, Heavenly Venerable Ling made his move, transforming the Feathered Forest Army—witnesses to the entire affair—along with their tower-ships into the Ghost Ship, creating the Feathered Forest Army Transmigration Incident and obliterating every last trace.
At that time, Lady Yuanmu's corpse had likely not been placed among the Twin Lotuses of Guixu. The Empress's primordial spirit entered Lady Yuanmu's corpse, returned to the Heavenly Court, and announced to all that the Empress had not died.
The Ancient God Heavenly Emperor, who doted upon Lady Yuanmu, was happy to help her conceal that she was not the true Empress—never suspecting that the one within Lady Yuanmu's body was in fact the true Empress.
Thus had the Empress disposed of her disobedient little sister and completed the process of replacing her.
Then she conspired with Heavenly Venerable Ling to create Jue Wuchen, using Jue Wuchen to scheme against the Ancient God Heavenly Emperor and bury both of those treacherous curs who had betrayed her!
After disposing of the Ancient God Heavenly Emperor, she, along with Heavenly Venerable Yun and Heavenly Venerable Hao, immediately flew toward the Heavenly Court to seize the Heavenly Emperor's physical body. As for who ultimately obtained the Heavenly Emperor's body, that was unknown.
Shen Mu strung these events together, leaving only one thing unresolved: why Heavenly Venerable Ling's hairpin had been lodged in the back of Lady Yuanmu's skull.
"Could it be that Heavenly Venerable Ling wanted to dispose of the Empress, meaning to kill her with the hairpin, only to find the Empress a move ahead—who instead seized the opportunity to free herself from that body?"
Shen Mu had his conjectures, though whether they were the truth of history, there was no way to know.
Upon Yaohai, four Heavenly Venerables faced off, the atmosphere so oppressive that the people on the island could scarcely breathe.
Besides them, there were many palace maids upon the island, huddled together. Though they were all divine maidens—some of half-divine races, of extraordinary bloodline—if the four Heavenly Venerables made their move, they would have no path to survival!
"Shujun, can you now discern the identity of this Creator?"
Shen Mu stirred his consciousness and questioned the great fleshy mass upon the Taichu Primordial Stone altar: "My transaction with you is already complete."
The Creator he spoke of was the third Heavenly Venerable to appear upon Yaohai.
This person was the prehistoric Creator hidden within the Heavenly Court—the very one who had laid the bloodline curse upon the descendants of Heavenly Venerable Yun!
His arrival had shattered the balance between Heavenly Venerable You and the mystic, forcing Heavenly Venerable You to act first.
Upon the altar, the great fleshy mass had transformed into a single large eye, observing that person through Shen Mu's line of sight.
That Heavenly Venerable's body was magnificent, his face shrouded in layer upon layer of light—his features impossible to discern.
"Not complete. I cannot see his face clearly," said Shujun.
Shen Mu sneered. "I have found this Creator for you. The transaction is naturally complete! As for your inability to see his face—that is your own incompetence, and has nothing to do with me!"