Chapter 1071 — A Brotherhood of Glass
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"Hong. Great Hong. Could it be the Hong Tianzun of a later age? Which would mean he might be the Tai Emperor?"
Shen Mu stared at the young man in the loose robe and wide sleeves, and all at once felt as though his life were being held in someone's fist.
He suspected that Hong Tianzun was the identity the Tai Emperor had hidden within the Heavenly Court, and now that this young man named Hong had appeared so abruptly here, he felt himself being watched.
Had he not come from a later age, had he not known that a Hong Tianzun existed in the ages to come, he might truly have been taken in by this young man called Great Hong.
If Hong really was the Tai Emperor, then it was too terrible to contemplate.
The Tai Emperor's strength was of the same order as the Heaven Emperor's; his fleshly body had been honored by the Creator as the strongest body in the world — though Shen Mu held the Heaven Emperor's body to be stronger still.
But one thing was certain: the Tai Emperor's divine consciousness was absolutely first, unmatched by any before him, and for a million years to come there would be none whose consciousness was so mighty — even the Crimson Emperor, famed for his indestructible consciousness, stood a hundred thousand leagues behind him!
If the Tai Emperor wished to kill him, it would be effortless.
Shen Mu sat in the carriage with the feeling of sitting before the ancient god Heaven Emperor, and a chill ran through him. Of course, he restrained his terror, letting only the nape of his neck prickle with gooseflesh.
The banners of the Heavenly River Navy's tower ships and great vessels streamed one after another, and on every tower ship stood a thousand troops and ten thousand horses, most of them gods and demons cultivated up from demigods.
Shen Mu gazed into the distance and laughed: "Daoist Hong, too many people are hunting you. Best not to drag us down with you."
But Hong abruptly boarded the Heavenly Dragon Treasure Chariot and laughed: "Mu Tianzun, you too are a man on the run. What harm is there in taking me along?"
He stepped into the carriage. Shen Mu strained to suppress the dread in his heart. The Tai Emperor of this era had not yet been schemed to death by Yun Tianzun and the Creator of Taixu.
Yun Tianzun and the Creator of Taixu had trapped and slain the Tai Emperor's fleshly body and half his divine consciousness; the Hong of this moment was, in all likelihood, the Tai Emperor in his complete form.
Shen Mu felt cold sweat about to break out on his neck, and forcibly shut down his body's function of sweating, and laughed: "Daoist Hong — Daoist Hong Tian knows me?"
Hong sat opposite Luo Xiao, glanced at Luo Xiao, then glanced out the window, and said, greatly agitated: "A thousand years ago, Mu Tianzun wreaked havoc in the Jade Pool, withstood the attack of Lady Yuanmu's projection, and even, beneath the dao-pressure of that projection, wounded Hao Tianzun with a single sword, overawing the world. Having done such earth-shaking deeds, who in the world could fail to know you?"
Just then, from outside the carriage came another cry for help: "Is that Mu Tianzun? Save me, I beg you!"
Shen Mu, Luo Xiao, and Hong all looked out, and saw another army burst forth from the Southern Heaven Gate — the great army of the Nanluo sect, pursuing a handsome youth.
The youth trod the Heavenly River, running toward the Heavenly Dragon Treasure Chariot with great speed, and in moments rushed onto the carriage, crying: "Go, go!"
The armies of the Heavenly Court's four great sects were commanded by the Heavenly Court's four great Heavenly Masters. Though Shen Mu did not know who the four great Heavenly Masters of the Longhan era were, anyone worth the Nanluo sect sending out a great army to hunt down was certainly no small matter!
The Heavenly Dragon Treasure Chariot sped away, leaving the Heavenly River Navy and the Nanluo sect behind.