Chapter 972 — Catching the Turtle in the Jar
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In a single flash, the Tai Emperor's phantom was engulfed by the phantoms of the ancient gods—Heaven Emperor, Earth Lord, and the others.
Boom!
The Tai Emperor's phantom was blasted to pieces by countless attacks, then surged upward as a torrent of divine consciousness, re-forming into the Tai Emperor's phantom. With a flick of his cape, he veiled the heavens.
He activated his supreme Daluo divine consciousness, and countless phantoms of ancient gods were about to step forth from beneath his cape.
The Heaven Emperor Shen Mu raised his hand, made a heavy grasping motion, and roared, "Come down!
" A heavenly rope, huge as a bushel, descended from the sky and lassoed him tight.
As the Tai Emperor's phantom was about to break free of the rope, suddenly the host of star deities of the firmament drove the stars of the heavens, weaving them into a heavenly net that descended, catching him, locking him, and dragging him onto the Taiji Diagram. The twin horns of Earth Lord Shen Mu turned into two fiery Yellow Springs, coiling around his body so he could not flee.
Earth Mother Shen Mu grabbed the Primal Wood and struck him with a single blow, shattering him once more. The Tai Emperor's divine consciousness churned, darting in every direction along the surface of the Taiji Diagram.
Yet all around him appeared the figures of ancient-god Shen Mus—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise—sealing him in, trapping him at the center. At the same time, Shen Mu's primordial spirit, the Heavenly Emperor, soared aloft.
Raising his hand and striking down—a myriad of Daos converging into his palm—he slammed a devastating blow into the seals of the Four Emperors. In the violent shock, the Tai Emperor's divine consciousness exploded again.
"Tai Emperor, you don't understand me at all.
" Shen Mu landed, stepping into the shattered divine consciousness of the Tai Emperor.
He looked around and saw countless fragments of consciousness glinting like colored glass. The Tai Emperor's divine consciousness was so powerful that it could become physical substance even without visualization—truly admirable. "My greatest strength is not my cultivation realm, nor my vitality that rivals the true gods in depth, but my divine consciousness.
" Shen Mu examined the soul fragments, observing their mysteries, and continued, "Years ago, I could live without a soul or spirit, relying on my indestructible consciousness. Since I met Shu Jun and cultivated the Supreme Consciousness of the Three Enclosures with the help of the Primal Stone, my divine consciousness has advanced by leaps and bounds.
You entered my divine treasury, thinking you broke through the Three Battles of Heaven's Origin I laid down—but how do you know it wasn't all my design? What if I deliberately let you in, to refine you, to devour your divine consciousness? " "You want to devour my divine consciousness? " The fragments of consciousness, like shards of glass, swirled and flowed, forming a great vortex around Shen Mu. The Tai Emperor's voice came, sneering, "Do you think that after cultivating the Three Enclosures Supreme Consciousness for a few days, you can stand against me? " "Of course, these alone are not enough to counter the Tai Emperor's consciousness.
" Shen Mu picked up a piece of consciousness and examined it carefully.
"After all, you are the Heavenly Emperor of the ancient era, the original owner of the Primal Stone. And you obtained the complete Primal Stone; the Primal Stone I got is merely a fragment of yours. " The Heaven Emperor Shen Mu rose, spreading across the sky, surrounded by the star deities of the firmament.
The sun and moon sank into the Taiji Diagram—the great sun radiant, containing a Sun Star Lord Shen Mu; the moon serene, containing a Moon Star Lord Shen Mu.