Chapter 972 — Catching the Turtle in the Jar
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Beneath the Taiji Diagram, Earth Lord Shen Mu stood with a long whip in hand, ready. Beyond the heavens, Yue Tingge, Luo Wushuang, Shu Jun, and the others were still fighting desperately. Now the Tai Emperor's phantom had no path of escape. "The reason for your strength is not only this.
You also gathered countless ancient creators to contemplate you, strengthening your body and your divine consciousness. You are truly the strongest being of the ancient age. Shu Jun praised you, saying you possess the strongest body in history.
" Shen Mu continued, "In my view, the strongest body may not be yours, but the strongest consciousness is certainly yours!
However, times have changed. .
. " Suddenly, the Tai Emperor's consciousness fragments coalesced, restoring his body. His consciousness burst forth, demons dancing wildly.
The next moment, he broke through the blockade of the four ancient-god Shen Mus and shot into the sky. ".
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Times have changed—you are dead, ambushed by many creators, dying in this strange place called the Great Void. " Shen Mu looked up, watching him rush into the heavenly net laid by the Heaven Emperor, and said, "You perished together with those creators.
Your consciousnesses formed the Supreme Consciousness Domain. Most of your consciousness has become part of that domain, and now you can only mobilize a pitiful amount. " Boom! The Tai Emperor's phantom shattered again, blasted apart by the combined force of Heaven Emperor and Earth Mother.
His consciousness fragments turned into a surging torrent that plunged into the Taiji Diagram, trying to escape beneath it.
But the next moment he encountered Earth Lord Shen Mu. Shen Mu's voice came from above the Diagram. Looking through the Taiji Diagram at the Nether Capital world beneath, he said, "When you broke through the Three Battles of Heaven's Origin I set up, each seal you destroyed cost you a portion of your consciousness.
By the time you reached my Primal Embryo Divine Treasury, you were no longer at full strength. Add to that the obstruction of the primordial spirits of two great masters, Yue Tingge and Luo Wushuang—and Yue Tingge is a being at the Great Perfection of the Imperial Throne—you had to expend even more consciousness dealing with them. " He did not finish, but the Tai Emperor understood his meaning. With Shu Jun, one of the Three Ancient Kings, blocking the way, the Tai Emperor had to split off half his consciousness to deal with him. In truth, only a small fraction of his consciousness could reach Shen Mu. Shen Mu seized this moment, intending to capture and refine the Tai Emperor's consciousness.
The Tai Emperor had come to borrow life, intending to seize Shen Mu's body and erase Shen Mu's consciousness.
But Shen Mu's goal was to lure him in, refine his consciousness, and obtain his memories and techniques.
While you watch your prey, your prey watches you. Shen Mu was greatly tempted by the Tai Emperor's supreme Daluo consciousness.
Especially now, in the Supreme Consciousness Domain, he saw another path of cultivation. Shu Jun's Three Enclosures Supreme Consciousness was excellent, but even Shen Mu could see its shortcomings.
Thus he desperately wanted the Tai Emperor's supreme Daluo consciousness.
The four ancient-god Shen Mus sank into the Nether Capital and joined Earth Lord Shen Mu. The Tai Emperor's phantom was forced out of the Nether Capital.
Just as he emerged onto the Diagram, he met Shen Mu's full-force strike, which shattered him once more. "Quite strong, Lord Mu.
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" The Tai Emperor's consciousness fragments shot into the sky, and from among them came his laughter: "I underestimated you.
You seized the initiative and tricked me. Pity you don't know what the supreme Daluo consciousness truly is! " Heaven Emperor Shen Mu immediately led the others to intercept, but unexpectedly those shattered consciousness surges swirled and, the instant they touched Heaven Emperor Shen Mu, wildly flooded into his body!