Chapter 1041 — A Passing Guest Among the Purple Blooms
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Shen Mu stood at the prow, raised his palm lightly, and pinched off a petal. When that petal fell into his hand, the sea of flowers across the sky vanished in an instant; Guyan, Qingming, and all the dragon sons and grandsons lay limp upon the dragon island, utterly spent, the sea of flowers having drained their vital essence and cultivation to the very last drop.
Had the sea not vanished, they would likely have lost their lives as well, becoming nourishment for those petals. "The Art of Creation? The art of Creation?
" The Eastern Emperor Qinglong stared at the petal in Shen Mu's hand and said in a low voice, "You have employed many things in this art.
Besides the art of Creation, there is divination, swordsmanship, the Heavenly Dao, the methods of Youdu.
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. no, and the visualization arts of the Creator race, and Heavenly Venerable Ling's Art of Immutability. " Shen Mu came before Yan'er, took up the petal, and laid it gently upon the lotus.
When the petal returned to the flower, the energy stored within it flowed at once through the whole lotus; the lotus shone with golden light, and streams of dread energy gushed like fountains, most splendid to behold.
The lotus's power surged higher and higher, until in but a short while it had turned into a marvel of terrifying might.
This was because Shen Mu had drawn away all the cultivation of the dragon sons and grandsons on the island to refine the lotus; with so many divine dragons contributing their cultivation, how could the lotus be anything but mighty? "This art is the fourth form of the arts by which I entered the Dao. It is called 'Guest Amid the Purple Blooms. '" Shen Mu handed the lotus, now refined into a treasure, to Yan'er, then turned and smiled.
"Your Majesty, what you saw is only what I let you see.
The true mystery of my art is something you, as an ancient god, would not understand. Now.
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. " His aura gathered; the Mystic Body Three Elixirs Art revolved, and a broken Heavenly Court leaped out from behind his head, its radiance filling the whole Jade Pool.
Shen Mu clenched his fist and said calmly, "It is time for Your Majesty to test me himself.
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