Chapter 1026 — The Holy Emperor's Sword, the Youth's Tongue
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The Yong River was the Heavenly River. The Heavenly River flowed out from the other heavens, came to this place, and fell upon the earth; its waters rushed on without cease, pouring into the great sea of the Yuan Realm.
The Yong River was vast, its surface wide enough to rival the ocean itself; if the waters were drained, one could see countless heavens of the water tribes hidden within its depths. At this moment the mountains on both banks trembled like waves, and those towering, majestic divine mountains were like the crests of waves—one could imagine how terrifying the colossal thing beneath the ground must be!
Yun Chuxiu's expression shifted slightly, and she quietly hid behind Shen Mu, murmuring, "The Earth Mother Primordial Sovereign. .
. no, hasn't she already died?
" Shu Jun's expression also changed as he gazed at the mountains rising and falling along both banks of the Yong River.
"Rest assured, Divine King.
With me here, the Earth Mother cannot see us," the Langwan Divine King transmitted.
Shu Jun relaxed a little.
The nine Heavenly Dragons also trembled with fear and hastily halted. The river surged with towering waves, its flow nearly cut off—clearly some colossal creature had slipped from the bank into the river, and because its body was so vast, it had blocked the Yong River's current.
Boom!
A violent tremor came, and a massive stone coffin rose slowly from the river's heart, blocking the way before the Heavenly Dragon Treasure Carriage. Shen Mu put away the jade bottle, took the core of the Yuanmu as a bamboo staff, and stepped out of the carriage.
He looked up at the massive stone coffin; beneath it, enormous roots like tentacles writhed under the river's surface. "Heavenly Venerable Mu, of the ten years, five remain! " A roaring voice came from the coffin, and rolling corpse qi poured out, most terrifying—it must be the imperial corpse of the Northern Supreme Emperor.
"You have returned now—are you preparing to revive the Earth Mother Primordial Sovereign?
" Countless corpses of great fish floated on the river's surface, and after a moment the corpses suddenly stirred—infected by the corpse qi, they had turned undead. Shen Mu smiled.
"Five years remain. There is no need for Your Imperial Highness to worry.
" "Then why have you awakened the Primordial Sovereign?
" the imperial corpse in the stone coffin demanded in fury.
"I am in trouble now and need the Earth Mother Primordial Sovereign's aid.
" Shen Mu said gravely, "Earth Mother, do you know that the Yuan Realm once buried a Heavenly Venerable?
" The imperial corpse in the stone coffin fell silent, and from beneath the water came the voice of the Earth Mother Primordial Sovereign, drifting left and right, elusive and faint: "A Heavenly Venerable buried in the Yuan Realm? You mean the one buried at Heavenly Venerable Ridge forty thousand years ago? " Shen Mu smiled.
"That should be him. Earth Mother, this person is the Great Emperor, come to kill me.
I ask that you block him for me.
" "He is the Great Emperor? The Great Emperor is still alive? " The Earth Mother Primordial Sovereign gave a muffled snort and said angrily, "Do you know that I am already dead?
Sending me to block the Great Emperor—do you wish for me to die utterly? No one knows the Great Emperor's power better than I!
" Shen Mu said patiently, "The Great Emperor is dead too.
Rest assured, Earth Mother. His body from forty thousand years ago cannot be too strong.
" "Even so, he is far stronger than I am now! " Shen Mu glanced at the stone coffin and smiled.
"With your son's aid as well, surely you can block the Great Emperor?