Chapter 1271 — Attachment to His Mother
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Of the three great Divine Kings of the ancient era, only one had died utterly: Divine King Boyang, and Divine King Boyang had died beneath the Returning Abyss divine art of the Empress's sisters.
Apart from the Immutable Divine Art, the Returning Abyss divine art was also the Grand Emperor's bane, only it was not as direct as the Immutable Divine Art. The Returning Abyss divine art required the support of a mighty realm and vast dharma power, whereas the Immutable Divine Art simply sealed off divine consciousness, leaving it no way to transform.
Hao Heaven Venerable and the artifact, Imperial Heaven Venerable, one to the left and one to the right, the one suppressing with the Innate Primordial Qi and the other erasing with the Returning Abyss divine art, attacked the kneeling Grand Emperor at the same time.
With this strike, he could slay the Grand Emperor, that undefeated emperor.
Just as the Grand Emperor was about to perish beneath the power of that blow, suddenly another tiny figure came charging like lightning, straight for the back of Hao Heaven Venerable's skull.
Compared with the towering bodies of the Grand Emperor and the artifact, Imperial Heaven Venerable, this tiny figure was like a speck of dust, utterly insignificant.
And yet, small as this figure was, the sense of power it gave off was beyond compare.
The strength of the artifact, Imperial Heaven Venerable, could be called unmatched in all the world; to crush an existence of the Emperor Throne realm to death by sheer force alone was easy for it.
Yet when this small figure made its move, the surging, abundant power it displayed was not the least bit weaker than the artifact, Imperial Heaven Venerable—it was even stronger.
Hao Heaven Venerable smiled, as though he had long foreseen this. The divine art aimed at the Grand Emperor turned with ease, meeting that tiny figure head-on.
"Fellow Venerables though we are, you and I have both hidden our strength.
Grand Emperor, now is the time to see which of us has come out ahead over these million years.
" His dharma power surged vast and mighty; the Innate Primordial Qi commanded the myriad Daos, and the Daos and dharma power gathered from thirty-five Heavenly Palaces were already invincible in all the world.
That tiny figure had originally concealed her true face, shrouding it in divine light lest he discern her origins; yet beneath the assault of Hao Heaven Venerable's Myriad Dao Heaven Wheel art, the divine light guarding her body shattered with a crash. Hao Heaven Venerable saw her face and could not help but start.
What he saw was the face of Lady Yuanmu.
"Damn it—it is a divine-consciousness art blinding my divine consciousness.
" Hao Heaven Venerable roared, "Break!
" At the same moment, the Grand Emperor laughed aloud, his laughter surging; behind him Heavenly Palace after Heavenly Palace swelled and rose, new palaces emerging without cease.
Hao Heaven Venerable had been waiting for this chance to deal a grievous blow to the Grand Emperor hidden among the Ten Venerables, and the Grand Emperor had likewise been waiting for this chance: Consort Qiang, wearing the face of Lady Yuanmu, would disturb Hao Heaven Venerable's thoughts and consciousness, giving him the moment to strike by surprise and wound him gravely.
Among the strong there are ever stronger; behind one mountain rises another higher still. He had used the reborn Consort Qiang to lurk within the Heavenly Emperor's rear palace; she had much contact with the other Venerables and knew each of them exceedingly well.
As the foremost master of divine consciousness, the Grand Emperor's mighty divine consciousness let him easily grasp the weakness of every person, and he had long since sounded out Hao Heaven Venerable's weakness.
Hao Heaven Venerable was attached to his mother.
This was Hao Heaven Venerable's weakness.