Chapter 1262 — A Plan to Slay the Enemy
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 3
" Fire Tianzun frowned: Shen Mu's cultivation strength was indeed a riddle. Zhu Shaoping analyzed, "I think it is because he cultivates too many merged systems.
Judged by the Heavenly Palace, his realm is True God; judged by the Dao Realm, he is roughly the equal of the twenty-seventh or twenty-eighth heaven of Dao Entry. But neither can measure him accurately. " He paced to and fro, and said, "When he meets masters of the Lingxiao realm, if their entry into the Dao runs deep, then his strength seems the weaker; if they entered the Dao merely by way of cultivation arts and divine powers, then he seems very strong.
Only find a few Lingxiao masters of deep insight into the Dao, and he can be slain amid the chaos of the army. And if there were one at the twenty-seventh heaven of Dao Entry, or even at the Yujing realm, he could be finished off! " He analyzed point by point and went on, "But this is not the whole of his strength.
I have not seen him do great battle with the Samsara Bell, though I have heard the course of that fight.
He must be proficient in Ling Tianzun's Unchanging divine ability. " Fire Tianzun's brows knit tight, and the wheel of fire behind his head suddenly spun faster; his mood was far from calm. "In those years the four of you Celestial Masters studied Ling Tianzun's journals together, and yet could not decipher the mystery of the Unchanging divine ability. You have disappointed me.
" Zhu Shaoping said cautiously, "Ling Tianzun spent more than nine hundred thousand years, on and off, before he comprehended the Unchanging divine ability; we four Celestial Masters, wearing out our eyes over the texts, could not possibly comprehend it in the space of a mere few tens of thousands of years. " "But Mu Tianzun learned it.
" Fire Tianzun reminded him. Zhu Shaoping's face reddened slightly. "Most likely Ling Tianzun taught it to him, so of course we cannot compare.
Tianzun, though I have not comprehended Ling Tianzun's journals thoroughly, I have grasped certain mysteries in them.
Add to that what the other three Celestial Masters each gained, and the four of us together should be able to grope out a way to restrain the Unchanging divine ability; killing him will not be difficult.
" Fire Tianzun nodded lightly. "Shang Pingyin's dao heart is cracked; only the three of you Celestial Masters remain.
Can you devise a means to deal with Mu Tianzun? " Zhu Shaoping smiled faintly, brimming with confidence: "We Celestial Masters excel in wisdom; in fighting strength we are not the finest, but in stratagem, looking over the whole of the Kaihuang Heavenly Court, only Wentian Pavilion deserves to be our rival.
" Fire Tianzun let out a breath and said gravely, "Go and invite Bai Yuqiong and Meng Yungui, and begin preparations at once! " Shen Mu left the Divine City where the Northern Heavenly King Yiluo was stationed and went to see the Eastern Heavenly King, Huang Qianxi.
The Northern Heavenly King Yiluo was also called Heavenly Lord Yi; though a clever man, he was skilled only at charging into battle, and Shen Mu could see that the shifts of formation in the great army under his command were not the equal of the Four Celestial Masters'.
Each has his own specialty: the Four Celestial Masters were called Celestial Masters for their stratagems, esteeming cunning and schemes; the Four Heavenly Kings were skilled at charging into battle, esteeming martial force. The reason the Kaihuang Heavenly Court in its later years was defeated so swiftly and so wretchedly was precisely that the Four Heavenly Kings, for various reasons, could not enter the field, and the Four Celestial Masters were made to charge to the front, until the army collapsed like a toppling mountain.
"Heavenly Kings are easy enough to deal with, but Celestial Masters are hard. Fortunately, the Heavenly Court's Celestial Master Shang Pingyin has a flaw in his dao heart.