Chapter 1242 — Lighting a Stick of Incense at the Brow
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 3
That great vessel was immense beyond measure, larger even by far than the lotus continent that imprisoned the Great Emperor's body; even the Supreme Divine Consciousness Realm could not, for a time, assimilate it. The vessel lay slanting in the ground, and what was more astonishing still was that upon this vessel there was yet another continent, itself of immense size! And the Void Beast was most unfortunate of all: ground into two pieces by the vessel, it perished on the spot. The women's hearts trembled.
"What manner of weapon is this?
" At that moment a sonorous voice came, roaring in fury: "Monk, I told you long ago that you could not be sure of the exact position, yet you insisted on making grand promises that all would be well! And now look, we have no idea what godforsaken place we have landed in!
" "This place will do nicely. " Another voice rose, mild and cultivated, like an old scholar steeped in books, unhurried: "Zhuo Cha, do not always shout so.
The War Heavenly King chose this place out of fear of crushing our colleagues in the Land of the Great Void; this is a battlefield now, after all. " Then a woman's voice: "Could we not enter the Youdu of the Great Void?
It is vast and sparsely peopled. " "My craving for wine has come on me again.
Is there wine? I do so want to hack at someone! " "Who knows what place this is?
" "Eh, something strange, a nameless force has invaded my body and turned me into a sheet of paper! You have all turned into paper too!
" "This place has a certain affinity with the power of the Realm of the Living Dead in our Fengdu.
" "Moo.
" "Everyone stop quarreling and listen to me! This is the Supreme Divine Consciousness Realm. I have been here before. Over there lies the place where the Great Emperor is buried!
" .
. . The great vessel was full of strange folk. The hundred-odd palace maids were alarmed, and quietly closed their eyes, merging with the ground.
Shen Mu stood upon the Ark of the Other Shore and explained to the others the origins of the Supreme Divine Consciousness Realm. "It was my idea for the Battle Wisdom King to choose this place.
The Youdu of the Great Void is a battlefield too.
Were it up to me, I would concentrate my forces and storm Youdu; once Youdu is taken, the Great Void is not hard to seize.
To avoid crushing our colleagues there, we could not land in Youdu either. So this is the only place where we can land safely, with no fear of crushing the people here.
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" Zhuo Cha, the Heavenly Master of Martial Combat, pointed at the Void Beast's corpse and sneered: "No living things? Then what is this great brute?
It popped out of nowhere and we crushed it flat.
" Shen Mu glanced at the Void Beast's corpse below the ship, slightly embarrassed, and laughed: "That is a Void Beast, the Great Emperor's mount, left here by the Great Emperor to guard his corpse. There is no need for concern, everyone; there will be no one else here.
. . " Suddenly Yama pushed back his cloak, sniffed, and said: "There is the smell of living men here. About a hundred. . . a hundred and eight!
" Shen Mu's face darkened. Yama continued: "Not the living breath of anyone aboard. There are indeed others here.
" Di Yiyue opened her Holy Pupil and swept her gaze around, but found nothing. She shook her head: "I see no one else here. " Tian Shu, Heavenly King of the Nether Capital, drew the Divine Blade of the Imperial Gate. Its blade shone with dazzling brilliance, casting light in every direction.
"If there were anyone here, they would surely be caught in my blade-light. .
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eh!
" He gave a soft cry of surprise and shook his head: "Even my Divine Blade of the Imperial Gate cannot illuminate them. " Yama extended a finger and lightly drew it across the center of his brow.