Chapter 1087 — The Emperor Tries to Cleave the Ancient Divine Egg
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The Vermilion Bird was astonished. The seal was lifelike, and the runes upon it were all Vermilion Bird patterns. Even one who knew her intimately could never have mastered so many runes of the Vermilion Bird's Great Dao!
Yet whoever had left the seal had done it offhand, laying down a perfectly complete Vermilion Bird seal with a casual stroke.
That seal only she could undo. Anyone else who so much as touched it would set the letter instantly alight, burning it to ash.
"The one who left the letter claims to be my younger brother? Could it be...?"
She undid the seal and opened the letter. The words on the paper abruptly leapt up and burned slowly in the air; the words turned to flame, and the flames kept rearranging themselves.
The Vermilion Bird read for a long while, until she had finished all the letter held, and the paper in her hand had long since turned to ash.
"So it is my brother Mu Qing after all."
The Southern Emperor's long, narrow eyes blinked, and she murmured, "He means to say in this letter that I shall one day meet a fatal disaster, and that I should prepare in advance. He has given me two stratagems. One: make contact with Yue Tianzun of the human race, and give a feather into Yue Tianzun's keeping. The other: divide off a soul and send it early into reincarnation, to lay plans."
The Southern Emperor reclined in the nest, her slender feet slipping out from beneath the scarlet robes, and mused, "But the Eastern Emperor would have me guard against Mu Tianzun and the other human Tianzuns, for Mu Tianzun has killed many ancient gods and is a great threat to them. And the Eastern Emperor is right; the Five Luminaries Star Lords died at my brother Mu Qing's hand..."
She was somewhat at a loss. She sat up and paced to and fro, then all at once made up her mind: "First I shall go and meet Yue Tianzun of the human race! If her character is poor, and she truly means to scheme against me, then I shall keep far from her. If her character is fine, then there is no harm in befriending her. I do know that little girl Ling Tianzun; yes, and little Ling has even joined with brother Mu and the rest to form the Heaven Alliance..."
In that same year, Yun Tianzun went to Taixu and gave the Taichu Primeval Stone to the Creators there, saying, "Luo Xiao left behind a gemstone. He said it was for you to forge the Void Bridge and the World of the Other Shore."
The Creators were greatly surprised, but they asked no further questions.
Yun Tianzun looked at these Creators, who had not a scheming bone in them, and could not help shaking his head.
If the Creators meant to fight off the coming invasion of the Grand Emperor, it would be desperately hard.
He saw Langwan again. This young Creator maiden had grown ever more beautiful, and every meeting stirred strange thoughts in him.
A notion took shape in his heart, yet he could not bear to let this girl walk into danger.
He returned to the Xiaohan Heavenly Court and saw Ling Tianzun deducing the dao of creation and fashioning all manner of strange species. His heart stirred, and he said, "Ling, can you create a true human being?"
Ling Tianzun raised her head from among countless scrolls and looked at him, puzzled.
"A perfect maiden."
Yun Tianzun's eyes flickered. "I will take you to see her."
Before long, Ling Tianzun met Langwan, and she too was captivated by the girl's beauty. She praised her, saying, "Snow-fair of face and faint of brow, a maiden of the heavens; with phoenix flute and luan wings, she would take flight. On the jade mountain her green locks rise; her steps leave no dust; her Chu waist is a willow that cannot bear the spring. A girl such as this should be named Jue Wuchen, Beyond All Dust!"
Hearing this, Langwan was overcome with shyness.
Yun Tianzun asked, "Can you use the dao of creation to make a Jue Wuchen?"