Chapter 1182 — Only the Bold Dare Cross the River
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 3
It was that simple!
How long the violent clash lasted, none could say; Shen Mu slowly rose to his feet from the pool of blood, and had just revealed a trace of a smile when with a sudden bang he exploded, transforming into an unfurled Taiji diagram.
Within the Taiji diagram, the yin and yang qi flowed slowly.
After another moment, the yin and yang qi gradually swelled up from within the diagram and took on the form of Shen Mu.
That was his spirit fetus; Heavenly Venerable Ling's Immutability ability and the yin and yang qi had clashed, annihilating his mortal body and his primordial spirit, leaving him with only the spirit fetus, which did not perish!
Shen Mu's spirit fetus stood at the center of the Taiji diagram, gripping the broken sword in his hand.
Upon the sword's hilt were imprinted two Taiji patterns, for two Taiji divine stones were set into the front and back faces of the broken sword's hilt.
The spirit fetus swung the sword and swept it levelly all around!
"The heavens open!"
Boom!
All around him, the Great Dao trembled; a thunderous roar like the splitting of heaven and earth came forth, and there a Primal Tree shot up from the earth, propping apart the two qi of clear and turbid, dividing yin and yang, as countless stars emerged, floated aloft, and gradually receded, becoming Xuandu upon the vault of heaven!
The Heavenly River poured down, flowing out from Xuandu, rushing on in vast torrents, passing through the lands of the Four Poles. The Northern Pole Heaven emerged, and there were born two ancient gods, one named Xuan and one named Wu; Dark Warrior and Dark Tortoise joined together, the soaring serpent coiled about the dark turtle, and with a sudden quake, countless stars and constellations of the northern heaven were born.
One after another, the ancient gods of the northern heaven, in strange and uncanny forms, took their seats presiding over the great star domains.
The Heavenly River flowed on to the west, and the Western Pole Heaven appeared; the White Tiger roared, and countless stars and constellations of the western heaven were born, the great ancient gods of the western heaven presiding over each of the constellations, of vast divine power.
Then came the Vermilion Bird of the Southern Pole Heaven, the Azure Dragon of the Eastern Pole Heaven, and the various great star domains, emerging one after another.
The Heavenly River rushed on, flowing past Yuandu, descending from the heavens around the Primal Tree, and the many heavens gushed forth, giving off lights of every hue, hanging all about the Primal Tree.
The Heavenly River, vast and mighty, rushed on into the sea, sank into the gloomy Youdu, passing between two Nine-Bend Yellow Springs, becoming the River of the Dead, coiling about the body of the Earth Count.
The River of the Dead flowed to the Earth Count's feet and plunged into Guixu, rushing into the Great Abyss.
Within the Great Abyss, a twin lotus upon a single stem trembled lightly against the river's waters, growing up out of the black depths of the Abyss.
And at the other end of Guixu, the Heavenly River rushed on, appearing above Xuandu, flowing across the brows of Heaven Lord, whose long brows streamed and fluttered, mirroring the Heavenly River.
In the gloom beneath Heaven Lord's feet, a tremor came from within the Tianyin Realm; countless black sands of souls flew out, falling from the heavens into Shen Mu's spirit fetus, becoming his three hun and seven po.
Upon the Taiji diagram, clang after clang sounded without cease, the sounds of the Dao in waves, and there, within the yin and yang qi, heavenly palaces rose one after another in serried rows, floating up out of the diagram, the sound of the Dao thundering and shaking within each palace, gleaming bright as new.
Upon the God-Slaying Platforms within each of the heavenly palaces, the yin and yang qi soared and transformed, like two divine blades slaughtering all things.