Chapter 1023 — The Snow-White Cat
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 5
Their Tianyu World has been occupied by another demon clan. Yu Zhaoqing, chieftain of the Tianyu, has asked me again and again to attack the Tianyu World and win back her people's territory. I agreed, but I have never found the time. In a few days I will make a trip down into the lower realms. Go and see Yu Zhaoqing, and help her take back the Tianyu World. The Tianyu World is one of the great heavens; there is enough of it to carve off a piece for your clan to stay in for a while. " Demon King Dutian hesitated. "To stay for a while—but in the long run, I fear it will stir up no end of trouble, and the debt of gratitude will turn into enmity. " Shen Mu praised his worldly wisdom, and laughed.
"Who can say clearly what the future holds? Perhaps in a hundred years this world will be thrown into chaos.
In chaotic times heroes rise on every side, and there may well be a place for you and your clan to shelter. " Demon King Dutian's eyes went wide, and he cried out, "The Heavenly Court rules all the heavens now, and the might of the ten Heavenly Venerables holds the myriad worlds down. How could chaos possibly arise? " Suddenly his other head understood, and he laughed.
"Of course. Heavenly Venerable Mu has entered the Heavenly Court—how could there not be chaos?
" Shen Mu cursed him with a laugh. Even as they spoke, Divine King Langwo came seeking them, parting the flowers and brushing aside the willows, and glanced at Dutian.
Her divine consciousness rippled: "Holy Infant, when will you go in search of the Ancestral Court?
" Shen Mu's divine consciousness rippled in answer: "A few days ago I stole the Heavenly Emperor's eggshell. The ten Heavenly Venerables already regard one another with suspicion, and some of them surely suspect me as well.
If I leave the Heavenly Court now, some Heavenly Venerable may grow restless and test me along the way. " He frowned. "There were cracks among the ten Heavenly Venerables to begin with, and mutual suspicion. Now I have brought them word that the Great Emperor is hidden among them—and to my surprise they still sit tight, without any in-fighting.
I stole the Heavenly Emperor's eggshell, and still they do not move; they are very steady, and on the surface as harmonious and united as ever. At this point I am rather powerless. " He shook his head and said with feeling, "I revealed the whereabouts of the Great Void and the Land of No Sorrow, and they were not moved either. I no longer have any confidence that I can set them at one another's throats. Is it only by exposing the news that the Heavenly Emperor, the Empress and Yuanmu are hidden among the ten Heavenly Venerables that they will go to war?
" "Holy Infant, you are rather too impatient. " Divine King Langwo tried to reason with him: "Haste does not bring success. What you should do now is leave the Heavenly Court and wait quietly to see how things change. Contradictions pile up day after day; hatred will run deeper and deeper, wider and wider. If you want to provoke a civil war among the ten Heavenly Venerables in a short span, you will only leave traces, and others will seize on the evidence.
As for using the Heavenly Emperor's body to steal the Heavenly Emperor's.
. . eggshell—I never approved of that to begin with. It was too dangerous. " Softly she said, "The Great Emperor is hidden among them, and so is the Heavenly Emperor. With so many able and extraordinary people among the ten Heavenly Venerables, you cannot be sure they will not discover your traces.