Chapter 1060 — The Immortal Court Above the Nine Heavens
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
I had better find some place to sleep.
I think I am close to finding my Dao. .
. " The Celestial Venerable Moon, preparing her divine ability nearby, urged: "Sister Ling, come and help quickly.
Celestial Venerable Yun, you too, come and help; I am not at all sure I can split the Heavenly River! " Shen Mu stepped forward, his profound and mighty mana bursting out; he reached out and drew a line, parting the waters of the Heavenly River and cutting out a branch channel. The Celestial Venerable Moon was surprised and delighted.
She smiled: "Your mana has grown again. " She at once used her art of space to command the waters of the Heavenly River; her figure came down to the head of the branch channel and stood upon a wave, and she called in a loud voice: "Old Daoist, hurry and reckon out the load-bearing points of the Xiaohan Heavenly Court!
Celestial Venerable Yun, and the rest of you, all come and help!
" The crowd leapt up and came forward, together constraining the branch of the Heavenly River to descend from the heavens. The branch channel rolled on in vast torrents, flying down toward the half-built human Heavenly Court below. The Dao Ancestor swiftly reckoned out the load-bearing points and, flying at the front, imprinted them upon the load-bearing points of the Xiaohan Heavenly Court. The waters of the Heavenly River surged and plunged into the space beneath the Xiaohan Heavenly Court, stretching along the load-bearing points the Dao Ancestor had calculated, and little by little lifted that divine city up.
The Heavenly Court of the human race was immeasurably smaller than the true Heavenly Court; in the boundless Primal Realm it was no more than a paltry divine city, far inferior even to the grand heaven-system of the Earth-Mother Primeval Tree. Yet when the Xiaohan Heavenly Court rose into the air, all the same everyone broke into cheers.
Countless mortals below came from miles around to watch that magnificent sight, and wave upon wave of cheering rose from below, shaking heaven and earth. In the distance a few demigods flew over and gazed from afar, but they only gave cold laughs and turned away. "The humans are a pack of bumpkins, and their Celestial Venerables are no better.
" The demigods jeered: "His Majesty granted them leave to build a human Heavenly Court in the Primal Realm, and it took them all these years to hammer out one little divine city. " The Xiaohan Heavenly Court rose higher and higher. The branch of the Heavenly River kept drawing in, until at last it was like a single leaf holding the Xiaohan Heavenly Court aloft, standing beside the Heavenly River.
This Heavenly Court was indeed not large; it was not even so wide as the Heavenly River. The Celestial Venerable Moon and the others, with a great host of divine-ability wielders, joyfully rushed in through the Southern Heavenly Gate, exulting, beside themselves with excitement. Shen Mu looked at the seething crowds and smiled.
Luo Xiao, at his side, said timidly: "When are we going to the Heavenly Court?
" "We will wait a little longer," Shen Mu said with a smile.
Luo Xiao shrank his neck and thought: "Following him, who knows when I shall ever reach the Heavenly Court; and he has a great many enemies besides, so I had best slip away quietly. .
. " He was just about to slip off without a sound when the Celestial Venerable Ling came over and said with a frown: "Celestial Venerable Yun, why are you still wearing the Celestial Venerable Mu's face?
Change it back at once.
" Shen Mu looked at her and said with a smile: "There is business I can do more easily with this face.
" The Celestial Venerable Ling gave a snort: "Do not drag the Celestial Venerable Mu's dignity in the dust. " Shen Mu assented, and said with a smile: "I will certainly not shame his name.
I have even prepared the sword pellet.
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