Chapter 1088 — Primordial Chaos First Divided, Taking Form Within the Egg
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The round egg had still not cracked open. Shen Mu treated Wei Suifeng's wounds and set the broken bones. Wei Suifeng flexed his hand and, gazing at the great round egg, said gravely, "Did you see it?
What manner of dao is this? " Shen Mu nodded, his face graver than ever, and said in a low voice, "I saw it, and I heard it too. This is indeed an ancient god's egg, and the ancient god within is exceedingly strange. Once it matures, I fear it will be little inferior to the Ancient God Heavenly Emperor. The dao within the egg is like yin and yang made one, having form but no substance, and it suppresses Ling Tianzun's Unchanging Divine Power with great force.
Have you ever heard of such a dao, Eldest Brother? " For the first time, the Unchanging Divine Power had met its nemesis. The Unchanging of Matter was a divine power of material states, while yin and yang made one, having form but no substance, was form without matter; it was indeed an overturning of Ling Tianzun's divine power.
Wei Suifeng shook his head. "I have seen most of the ancient gods' daos. I have been to the Dao Ancestor's Shoucang Pavilion, and there is no record of such a dao there.
Of a power that counters Ling Tianzun's divine power, I have never heard. " The two circled the round egg several times, finding it a most thorny problem. Yet Wei Suifeng and the officers and men of the Yulin Army were, more than anything, elated: if the dao within the ancient god's egg could break the Unchanging of Matter, they could free the ghost ship from that state and be delivered from their plight at last! A gleam flickered in Shen Mu's eyes.
"This ancient god may well be the key to saving you, and to rescuing Ling Tianzun. . . The Ancient God Heavenly Emperor was named Taichu; it was the Grand Emperor who gave him that name.
You and I have a fate with the ancient god in this egg, so I shall name him too, and call him Taishi. " Wei Suifeng could not help saying, "Little Brother, if this ancient god hatches from its shell, it may well become another Ancient God Heavenly Emperor!
" Shen Mu put the ancient god's egg away. "Taichu was a divinity born in the Taichu primordial stone lodes; only by drawing on the power of the Taichu lodes could he be conceived and born. This round Taishi egg most likely likewise needs the power of a special lode in the Ancestral Court. If I keep it, it cannot be born, but I can study this Taishi dao instead.
" Wei Suifeng felt vaguely uneasy. "Then remember this well, Little Brother: you must never carry the round Taishi egg into the Ancestral Court.
Otherwise. . .
" Shen Mu nodded solemnly, then brought out the various treasures he had taken from Zhaoyang Hall. Treasures of every kind filled the deck, and there was no lack of divine mountains and treasure mountains among them, all of them heaven-formed treasures!
Wei Suifeng was startled and blurted out, "Little Brother, did you loot the Heavenly Emperor's vault?
So many treasures! " "Yes!
" Shen Mu's voice rang out loud, brimming with delight.
Wei Suifeng looked at these treasures, sorely tempted; such things were rare even among the ancient gods, and yet here a whole boatload was piled up! "So many rare treasures.
. . " He could not help drawing a cold breath and reached out to gently stroke a dragon-blood treasure tree.
At his touch, the tree blazed with radiance. Wei Suifeng at once sensed that the tree had an extraordinary affinity for vitality, and that beneath it one felt close to the dao, as though at any moment one might sink into a state of enlightenment!
Stranger still, he perceived that if one imprinted runes with vitality upon the branches and leaves of the dragon-blood treasure tree, it would surely go exceptionally smoothly!