Chapter 938 — Tearing Apart the Heavenly Court
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Shujun said coldly, "It is not my incompetence, but yours! I am borrowing your eyes to look at him. That I cannot make out his face is because your cultivation is too weak to pierce the divine light upon his face! Until we know which Heavenly Venerable of the Heavenly Court he is, our transaction cannot be considered complete."
Shen Mu was left sullen and resentful.
At this moment, the four Heavenly Venerables faced off, forming yet another strange equilibrium. None made the first move.
"Heavenly Venerable You has come from afar—I never expected it would stir up internal strife within my Heavenly Court."
Suddenly, a sonorous voice came from beyond the heavens. A divine being with white brows, white beard, and white eyes descended from the sky, rays of light streaming ten thousand fathoms around him, halos wreathing the back of his head. He laughed loudly: "You hide your faces, not daring to reveal your true identities—but I, the Ancestral God King, am not afraid. I would even kill my own old father, the Heavenly Duke, let alone a mere Shepherd Heavenly Venerable!"
The sky blazed with light. A beam of incomparable thickness descended from the heavens and struck the surface of Yaochi's sea. The light surged unceasingly, and then the white-haired Heavenly Duke appeared upon the water, his body slowly rising, growing taller and taller, larger and larger.
"Old man..." The Ancestral God King's eyes twitched violently several times at the Heavenly Duke's descent.
The Heavenly Duke remained silent.
Just then, space convulsed violently—another Heavenly Venerable arrived, concealing his true face, and laughed loudly: "The Heavenly Duke has come from afar, bringing glory to the Heavenly Court."
The balance tipped once more.
The Heavenly Duke gave a snort, his voice rolling like thunder: "Tubo, will you still sit by and watch?"
The crowd was startled. Black qi churned from the depths of Yaohai, and then the sea split open. Tubo's twin horns thrust straight up from the surface, rising slowly!
"Even Tubo cannot sit still!"
In the pavilion, Yun Jianli suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and whispered, "The more who come, the safer we are. For if these people make their move, victory and defeat would be uncertain, and even the Heavenly Court would be smashed to powder! They will not act!"
Qi Jiuyi also breathed a sigh of relief and said in a low voice, "But the Heavenly Court will be split apart because of this."
"Tubo and the Heavenly Duke have come together—why did they not give word ahead?" Another Heavenly Venerable walked forth, appearing upon Yaohai, likewise concealing his face.
Before he could halt his steps, flames suddenly blazed. The Vermilion Bird, the Southern Emperor, strode forth, appearing at the center of these beings, a peach blossom pinched between her fingers. She said with a smile, "My friends, my abilities are a touch weaker than yours, but I have only come to deliver a single item. I do not intend to interfere in your affairs."
She planted the peach blossom upon the surface of the sea. In an instant, countless peach groves surged forth, a peach forest spanning ten thousand li, veiling the surface of Yaohai.
Within the peach groves stood palaces and watchtowers. Several young maids carried lanterns, hung them beneath the eaves of the halls, and then returned within.
Shen Mu breathed a sigh of relief—Heavenly Venerable Moon had come as well.