Chapter 1388 — The Soul Cage
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 3
Once they were grown, they would serve as his two great mounts, and how splendid that would be. "That little Creator says the back of the Ancestral Court is about to be sealed and the Ten Heavenly Venerables must surely invade. Heh, he thinks far too little of me.
" Long Xiao slowly closed his eyes and thought to himself, "Once the seal of the Ancestral Court is undone, the backs of the other worlds will be unsealed as well.
In those worlds my sons and grandsons are numberless.
In the Yuan Realm, in Xuandu, in Youdu, in all the heavens and myriad worlds, my people dwell upon their hidden sides. Then who shall be called the rightful lords of heaven and earth is yet to be decided.
It may well be that gods and devils and all other living things shall become mounts and slaves to my children.
" "And I need only raise these two little ones and wait at leisure for them to grow into Heavenly Venerables.
Then I shall possess two mounts of Heavenly Venerable rank. What will the Ten Heavenly Venerables have to match me?
" His snoring began to rise, "Shu Jun as a mount is a grade too low, though he has promise, yet riding him would shame me.
In former days I rode Divine King Boyang.
. . " Within the divine consciousness cage, Shu Jun said in a low voice, "Heavenly Venerable Mu has not been taken by him. Rest assured, all of you. Heavenly Venerable Mu will surely come to save us.
" The First Ancestor Human Emperor lightly touched the divine consciousness cage, but the instant his palm met it, the consciousness forming the cage swiftly turned solid and drew his hand in, threatening to make his hand solid with the cage itself. The First Ancestor hastily snatched his hand back, his heart still pounding.
The solidified cage at once turned transparent again. The divine consciousness cage seemed to have no substance at all, only a space veiled in transparent consciousness, yet it locked them fast and left them no way out.
"If we move at the utmost speed, could we escape the cage? " Jiang Yunjian suddenly asked.
The First Ancestor Human Emperor's heart stirred, and he looked toward Shu Jun. Shu Jun shook his head, "There is no escaping.
Long Xiao's consciousness is too strong, stronger even than mine at my peak.
His divine consciousness cage shifts in a thousand ways.
At any moment it can condense into the hardest substance or unfold into the vastest void. No matter how fast you are, you cannot get out.
" Jiang Yunjian's eyes flashed, "My master studied long under the Shadow Thief, and in the art of Stealing Heaven and Replacing the Sun even the Shadow Thief admits himself inferior.
If his speed could outrun even the changing of the divine consciousness cage, he could burst through and flee this place. " The First Ancestor and Shu Jun turned together to look at Lan Yutian. Lan Yutian said, "I do not know where the limit of this divine consciousness cage's changes lies. First we must probe out that limit before we can reckon its speed and its laws.
And. . .
" He looked a little shy and said with embarrassment, "My attainments in mathematics are not high. . .
" "Mine are passable.
" Xu Shenghua smiled, "Dao Master Lin Xuan's attainments in mathematics are no less than my own.
" The First Ancestor Human Emperor said gravely, "Good.
Then I shall test the limit of this divine consciousness cage's changes.
" He drew the Yuming Sword, fell back several paces, and suddenly hurled himself with all his might at the divine consciousness cage. In moments his speed rose to its peak, and he crashed thunderously into the wall of consciousness.
Swift as drifting light and fleeting shadow, he raced through the wall, yet the instant he moved, the divine consciousness cage began to change with flying speed. The cage looked thin, but once inside its wall he saw boundless void spreading rapidly, space stretching without end.