Chapter 1025 — The Venerable of the Human Race Who Comprehends Heaven's Secrets
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They rode the clouds and mist, drawing the treasure carriage, and a long river stretched across the sky toward the east. The nine heavenly dragons galloped along the long river, swift as wind and lightning, thunder and lightning accompanying them, their speed extreme.
At the same time, in the south of the Yuan Realm, where mountains stood towering, there was a range called Heavenly Venerable Ridge. It was unfathomably deep, wreathed year-round in rosy mists. Even if gods or demons strayed into it by mistake, they entered and never came out.
It was said that a Heavenly Venerable was buried here. All around were more than a dozen heavens, great and small, guarding the place—yet no one dared enter.
On this day, light and flame billowed within Heavenly Venerable Ridge, and ten thousand strange phenomena appeared. Rays of every color burst forth from deep within the mountains. The gods of the various heavens stationed here by order all stood atop the clouds and peered down, and saw the ridge wreathed in pearl-light and jeweled radiance—as though some treasure were about to emerge into the world.
Many gods and demons were greatly stirred, saying, "They say a Heavenly Venerable is buried in Heavenly Venerable Ridge. Could it be that the Heavenly Venerable's treasure is to be unearthed today?
We were ordered to guard this place—and it turns out to be to our advantage! " The many gods and demons flew toward the ridge in a rush, trying to seek the treasure. But Heavenly Venerable Ridge was indeed perilous. The gods and demons of the various heavens entered and vanished without a sound—only a belch came from within the ridge.
"With these fools sacrificing themselves to me, I can at least somewhat replenish my dried-up qi and blood. " From within Heavenly Venerable Ridge, a great many white-bone gods and demons flew out. Clad in long robes with wide sleeves, they carried a huge bronze coffin out of the ridge.
Their wide sleeves fluttering, the white-bone gods and demons rode the wind and clouds away.
Yuandu City. The general guarding Yuandu City hurried to the heavenly palace in the crown of the Yuanmu, strode quickly into Yujing City, entered the Lingxiao Hall, bowed before a divine statue enshrined on the throne there, and reported the matter of Heavenly Venerable Mu's arrival.
The statue was of clay, yet upon hearing this it opened its eyes and said, "I already know. You may withdraw.
" The general withdrew. The clay statue sneered, "This brat does nothing but make trouble for me! You should have gone to the Eastern Extremity—but no, you insist on returning to the Yuan Realm.
How could the Grand Emperor let you go?
If I save you, the other Heavenly Venerables will know that I am one of the three who acted at the Jade Pool that day. If I do not save you, I fear you are as good as dead! Wretched, wretched! " The divine artifact Yutianzun, floating above the Yuan Realm, was slowly reviving, its aura gradually rising.
Just then, a doorway abruptly appeared out of thin air in the Yuanmu heavenly palace. The clay statue was taken aback.
"This door has opened again!
The last time it opened, it was rumored that someone saw Heavenly Venerable Mu, and moreover a demon fiend burst in through this door and slaughtered freely, killing no small number of experts in my heavenly palace. My palace's great army surrounded and attacked him, yet could not keep him! Now this door opens again—could there be some new mischief? " He had scarcely thought this when the door opened, and a middle-aged man stepped out. Thick-browed and large-eyed, of uncommon bearing, with graying temples, his gaze revealed the vicissitudes of time.