Chapter 970 — Three Battles at the Heavenly Origin
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"The Supreme Domain of Divine Consciousness here is immeasurably strong, beyond what the Great Emperor's Seal can withstand."
Yue Tingge had marked the quickening too, and said in alarm, "We should turn back at once. There is still time to turn back!"
In the brief moment it took him to speak, the star ring had turned two circuits already — which meant two days had passed outside the Supreme Domain of Divine Consciousness!
Luo Wushuang looked at Shen Mu. Shen Mu's face shifted bright and dark by turns as he gazed far off at the Great Emperor's brow, where Heavenly Venerable Cloud's mortal body lay. Plainly Heavenly Venerable Fire had discovered this as well, and that was why he would stop at nothing to press on to that place.
Shen Mu had no thought of rescuing Heavenly Venerable Fire. The Heavenly Venerable Fire of old had been simple, rash, upright — but a million years had passed, and who could swear that the Heavenly Venerable Fire of today was still the one of those years?
His aim was simply to draw near Heavenly Venerable Cloud's mortal body!
He meant to summon Heavenly Venerable Cloud's soul, and ask after certain matters of the past.
Yet if they went on, the Great Emperor's Seal could not bear it, and in all likelihood they too would be trapped here.
Just then Shu Jun's voice sounded in his mind. "Little brat, the Great Emperor's Seal alone cannot stand against the Supreme Domain of Divine Consciousness — but add the altar, and it should serve."
Shen Mu's heart stirred, and he promptly brought out the altar.
But in the very moment he took that altar out, the star ring had already turned a dozen circuits. To them it was a brief instant; outside, half a month had gone by!
The corner of Shen Mu's eye twitched. He set the altar out, his divine consciousness quivering a little, and asked, "Shu Jun — and then?"
"Hang the seal above the altar. Drive it with the Three Enclosures Superior Consciousness, and call up the Great Emperor's supreme divine consciousness!"
Shu Jun's tone was grave. "But be careful," he said.
Shen Mu was briefly taken aback. "Careful of what?"
Shu Jun hesitated — and in that brief hesitation the star ring turned a dozen more circuits. From the moment they had set foot in this place, more than a month had passed!
"Careful of what?" Shen Mu urged.
"Be careful of the Great Emperor."
Shu Jun hesitated no longer. "Do you think the Great Emperor is truly dead? I do not. If even I could survive, the Great Emperor surely has means to preserve himself. I do not know why the Creators of Taixu moved against him — but the Great Emperor is the one who destroyed Taixu. He only seems dead now; in truth he waits to revive. If you use the altar to call up his supreme divine consciousness, he will seize the chance to snatch your mortal body and live again through it!"
Shen Mu looked back over his shoulder. Another ten-odd days had gone by.
The information Shu Jun had let slip was truly terrifying. Shen Mu had once suspected that the one who destroyed Taixu and brought death to countless Creators was the Great Emperor, yet he had never seen the face of Taixu's destroyer. Shu Jun had.
That Shu Jun admitted with his own lips that the man was the Great Emperor still shook him deeply.
"I will teach you an art called the Heavenly Origin Three Battles — though whether it can stop the Great Emperor from shattering your divine consciousness, I am not so certain."