Chapter 1066 — The Five Luminaries' Omen of Doom Descends Upon the World
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Will you not come down and die? " Luo Xiao's face changed dramatically; he was thrown into a panic. Shen Mu glanced at him.
"Petty gods, that's all. There's no need for such panic, Brother Luo. " Luo Xiao's voice was hoarse. "These five evil gods are the bane of my people. I cannot let them see me, or I will surely be recognized.
" Before the carriage, the six heavenly dragons trembled, staring in terror at the Five Luminaries ancient gods, and whispered among themselves.
"We're done for; the ancient gods have come, and we're all going to die! " "It looks like the Five Luminaries Star Lords! " "I said all along we should have stayed in Jingping and followed that black-faced Demon King Dutian to attack the Tianyu World, but no, you wouldn't have it.
Right now the elder brothers are probably giving Demon King Dutian a thrashing. And now look — we're all going to die! " One of the dragons looked dull-witted and slow.
"The Five Luminaries Star Lords don't look so very strong to me.
Not at all like the ancient gods I imagined. The ancient gods I imagined were all mighty fellows like Tubo. .
. " "Maha! Maha!
" The other five dragons cursed him roundly. "Shut up! The ancient gods of old are surely mightier still!
" The Dragon Qilin flew into a rage, rose up, and bellowed, "Maha!
" The six heavenly dragons hastily stopped whispering and put on ingratiating smiles. "Brother Pi is right. We shouldn't be wagging our tongues.
If the sky falls, the Tianzun will hold it up.
" The Dragon Qilin nodded slowly, well pleased, turned, and said toward the carriage, "Sect Master, there are some ancient gods outside who do not know death when they see it, blocking the way.
Pray give your decision. " Yan'er lifted the pearl curtain.
Shen Mu bowed his head and walked slowly out, raised his eyes to look ahead, and said with a half-smile, "So it is the Five Luminaries Star Lords. You bar my road — for what reason, I wonder?
" He looked at the Five Luminaries Star Lords, and his gaze came to rest on Lord Zhenxing; he was slightly startled.
In his memory, the Lord Zhenxing of Youdu was a seductive woman with a human head and a serpent's body, a woman's face with a man's voice, her thick, luxuriant hair covering her breast — most seductive and strange. But the Lord Zhenxing before him was likewise human-headed and serpent-bodied, yet a man: his long hair in disarray, his chest bare, a white banner in one hand and a bright mirror in the other, a serpent's forked tongue flickering in and out of his mouth, very long and cleft. "Could it be that in later ages Lord Zhenxing was a god-devil cultivated from a later-born living being?
" Shen Mu mused. "That is to say, the true ancient god Lord Zhenxing, like the Great Sun Star Lord, is already dead, and a later-born god-devil has taken his place. It seems the Five Luminaries Star Lords will die in some battle yet to come.
I wonder who killed them?
" Lord Zhenxing was the foremost of the Five Luminaries Star Lords, and the power he held was the greatest of them all.
His tail gave a shake and he swam forward; his long tongue stretched out and swept lightly, and a boat downstream was curled in by his tongue.
He tilted back his head and swallowed boat and passengers together, and laughed. "Tianzun Mu, you have offended the Divine Emperor Langxuan, attacked the Langxuan Divine Palace, and slaughtered the innocent.
Langxuan has brought suit against you. Will you bind your own hands and await death, or shall we put you to death ourselves?
" Shen Mu laughed despite himself. "Five Luminaries, you too are ancient gods of name and renown, incarnations of the Great Dao.
How can you credit Langxuan's one-sided tale and come to kill me without distinguishing black from white? I am, after all, a Tianzun enfeoffed by His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor! Where is Langxuan?