Chapter 1039 — The Divine Dragon Soars Through the Clouds
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Divine King Langwo's eyes flickered as she gazed at the artifact Venerable Yu. "In the Yuan Realm I had no leisure to examine this artifact, but here I would like to look it over carefully and study whether it has any weakness."
Shen Mu nodded. "It is as well that Sister Divine King does not go to see the East Emperor. If he discovered that you are a Creator, it would surely stir up trouble again. My friendship with Tubo runs deep, but with the East Emperor I have little. The reason he helped me in the Heavenly Court was chiefly my standing as the Great Wizard of Undying Myriad Kalpas."
Divine King Langwo took her leave, walking into one of the divine cities in the palm of the artifact Venerable Yu.
Shen Mu went on with Dragon Qilin and Yan'er. Yan'er seemed anxious, and when Dragon Qilin hurriedly asked what was wrong, she said gloomily, "I have seen him, but I have never spoken a word to him. Most likely he does not know that I am his daughter."
Dragon Qilin laughed. "If the East Emperor does not acknowledge you, there is surely a reason—most likely he fears your identity would bring danger upon you."
Yan'er felt a little better.
Before they reached the Azure Dragon Heavenly Palace, a colossal azure dragon suddenly lowered its head from the sky, its body—how many tens of thousands of li long, none could say—undulating as it swam into Lingbao Mountain.
That enormous dragon body coiled around peak after peak; two dragon claws gripped a divine mountain, and the jaws opened wide to hug that mountain and grind its teeth, lightning flashing and thunder rolling within its maw, fire gushing forth.
Shen Mu, Dragon Qilin, and Yan'er were struck dumb, speechless for a long while.
"It's broken! It's broken!"
Many gods, devils, and divine arts practitioners had already flown to Lingbao Mountain. Not daring to draw near, they watched from afar, and saw one of the dragon teeth in the divine dragon's jaws ground through. The huge tooth fell from the sky and crashed into the mountains.
As it fell, the dragon tooth grew smaller and smaller, and then eyes sprouted upon it; blade aura spread all around, and riding the light of the blade it darted among the mountains, swift as light, quick as lightning.
A clang, clang, clang came from the mountains—the dragon tooth had become a monstrous living thing, and because Lingbao Mountain had severed it from the East Emperor, it bore a grudge, hacking ceaselessly at Lingbao Mountain and striking sparks of fire from the range.
The gods, devils, and divine arts practitioners stared at that flying dragon tooth with shining eyes, itching to make their move.
One man could not restrain himself and flew forward, but before he reached it, a monster born of dragon blood in the mountains seized him and swallowed him in a single gulp.
Watching from afar, Shen Mu saw that in grinding his teeth the East Emperor Azure Dragon had worn the skin at the corners of his mouth raw, and the dragon blood dripping into the mountains had become demons and monsters. It would not be easy, then, to lay hands on a dragon tooth.
"The East Emperor's vitality is truly too strong—whatever falls from his body turns into a demonic thing and takes on a life of its own!"
Shen Mu could not help but marvel, yet his gaze settled on the nine peaks of Lingbao Mountain. "But Lingbao Mountain is stronger still!" he thought. "If one could carry this mountain away and refine it into a treasure, it would truly be the foremost divine artifact!"
The azure dragon, eyes closed, was carefully grinding a tooth that had grown too long when Shen Mu's divine consciousness suddenly flew to him. "East Emperor, Shen Mu has come to visit."
Startled, the East Emperor Azure Dragon opened his eyes and swept his gaze along Shen Mu's divine consciousness. When he saw Shen Mu, he could not help feeling a little ashamed; his form rose into the air and flew toward the Azure Dragon Heavenly Palace.