Chapter 939 — Song and Dance to Celebrate the Peace
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
Though Heavenly Venerable Moon was a cripple, her legs long since ruined, she was, after all, the most ancient of the Heavenly Venerables.
Even though she had lived in seclusion for many years, she was not to be slighted.
The space around Yaochi had been crushed by those dreadful beings until it was all but shattered through; only the stretch of space about the island where the Manhui Corridor Pavilion stood remained something like a safe harbor. Standing on the island and looking out, one saw space broken into countless fragments, whirling into a dreadful spatial storm; and those fearsome beings stood motionless amid the broken torrents of space.
The sight was too terrible; it gave Shen Mu and the others a kind of illusion, as though the world outside had already been destroyed and only their lone island was left. "If a war of the Heavenly Venerables breaks out, I fear the Heavenly Court will be utterly destroyed.
" Shen Mu kicked the still-sleeping Dragon Qilin and thought with regret, "A pity it will not come to blows. " The Dragon Qilin woke, glanced around, and said in surprise, "Hierarch, it is not over yet?
" Shen Mu nodded, and the Dragon Qilin flopped back down to sleep.
Yun Jianli laughed.
"This fellow is blessed; he can actually sleep through this.
" The Dragon Qilin opened his heavy-lidded eyes and rumbled, "If the sky falls, the Hierarch will hold it up.
If the Hierarch dies, I die too; better to simply sleep.
" Everyone laughed, speechless. Yet on reflection, there was real sense in the Dragon Qilin's words.
The present situation was far beyond their control; even Shen Mu, the chief culprit who had set off this rending of the Heavenly Court's order, could not steer its course now.
However much they cared about the situation, they had no means to change it, so worry was useless.
Whereas the Dragon Qilin, at such a juncture of life and death, could still sleep; that was a truly enviable ability. "Heavenly Venerable-level beings have now reached ten, six of them of the Heavenly Court.
" Yun Jianli analyzed, "That being so, the Heavenly Court still has four Heavenly Venerables, and still holds an overwhelming advantage.
Heavenly Venerable Mu, the situation has not truly turned bright and hopeful.
If a few more Heavenly Venerables appear, do you have reinforcements?
Will Heavenly Venerable Shen appear? " Shen Mu smiled faintly. "Kaihuang keeps watch in the Land of No Sorrows; he would not appear before, and he will not appear now.
Besides, who says the remaining four Heavenly Venerables are certain not to help me? " Nearby, Yun Chuxiu was slightly startled and looked toward him, thoughtful.
Of the Heavenly Court's ten Heavenly Venerables, Hao, Huo, Xiao, Zu, Lang, Qiang, Yan, Hong, Xu, and Gong, only the Ancestral God King had revealed his true face; the rest had never shown their true countenances, lest they leave their political enemies evidence of the murder of Heavenly Venerable Mu.
And among them the Empress was hidden, one who aided Shen Mu. The Empress aided Shen Mu because Lady Yuanmu's corpse was in his hands; she feared her sister's revival, and so had no choice but to lend her help. Shen Mu declared with certainty that others would still come to his aid; so which of the ten Heavenly Venerables would that be?
The Heavenly Court's ten Heavenly Venerables had never been a single body.
In the past they had bickered and tripped one another up; not long ago Heavenly Venerable Hao had ridden the mightiest divine artifact down to the lower realm, and had only been forced back, so that the Yuan Realm fell into another's hands.
Another Heavenly Venerable came walking over; even the island where the Manhui Corridor Pavilion stood could not bear it, and its edges began to collapse, the rocks crumbling ceaselessly into dust.