Chapter 1437 — Peerless Divine Art
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 5
At this moment Yan Heavenly Consort was rushing toward the Taiji Starfield, entering the Great Black Sand Desert, while Qiang Heavenly Consort and the divine artifact Yutianzun had followed Jue Wuchen deep into that desert.
Both Qiang Heavenly Consort and the divine artifact Yutianzun were beings of the Heavenly Venerable level; even Jue Wuchen could not have detected them, and she was seen only to walk into a magnificent mining ground, a mining ground of a thousand transformations, so that both Heavenly Venerables clicked their tongues in wonder. They entered that mining ground, and saw that it laid bare all the splendor of the Dao of Taiji: yin and yang begetting one another, generation upon generation without end.
The Dao of Taiji can shape anything alive between heaven and earth, such as the archaic behemoths, flowers and grasses, worms and fish, trees and insects, men and gods, demons and monsters; even ancient gods can be made by it.
It can also shape the lifeless things of the cosmos, such as rivers and mountains, oceans and seas, thunderclouds and lightning, the sun and moon and stars; truly, its creation is wondrous.
Even Qiang Heavenly Consort, and Shi Qiluo who controlled the divine artifact Yutianzun, were dazzled by the sight, praising the power of the Taiji ancient gods and the mystery of the Taiji lode.
Only, for a while they did not know that this place was merely a false mining ground, set up by the true one to deceive their eyes.
Among the egg-born ancient gods, none is more shifting and changeable than the Taiji ancient gods; when they work their forgeries, even Heavenly Venerables cannot perceive the trick within.
Yet Qiang Heavenly Consort and the divine artifact Yutianzun had trailed Jue Wuchen for so long without ever reaching the depths of the mining ground, and they could not help growing fretful and doubtful.
The divine artifact Yutianzun was just about to test the strength of this mining ground when Jue Wuchen's voice came, clear and crisp: "The Empress of Guixu has come to pay her respects to her Dao-brother; I beg her Dao-brother to show himself and grant her a meeting!
" At once the divine artifact Yutianzun restrained itself, and saw the transformations of the mining ground gradually settle into calm, a passage opening beneath Jue Wuchen's feet.
Jue Wuchen stepped forward and walked on into the depths of the mining ground.
The two Heavenly Venerables followed her, and walked on for a long while; just as they were about to lose patience, the way suddenly opened into brightness, and before them appeared a natural altar of peerless magnificence, upon it eight Taiji primal stones, guarding a single divine egg.
The two Heavenly Venerables held themselves in check once more, and watched Jue Wuchen salute that divine egg and seat herself. Jue Wuchen spoke with the divine egg, exchanging pleasantries at first; and just when the two Heavenly Venerables could no longer restrain themselves from showing themselves, her words took a sudden turn, and she began to speak of the great trends of the world.
The divine egg blew its own trumpet until heaven and earth went dim, and the two Heavenly Venerables restrained themselves yet again.
It was at this very moment that the two Heavenly Venerables suddenly each sensed a not-inconsiderable surge of divine power come sweeping toward them. Each was startled, and even this Taiji mining ground swayed faintly in the surge, like a painted scroll quivering in the wind.
"That is wrong! The true Taiji mining ground was born at the beginning of the universe.
To say nothing of the surge of colliding divine powers, even a Heavenly Venerable's full strike could not shake it!
" The two Heavenly Venerables grew wary, and just then a second surge arrived, stronger than the first, as though an existence of the Heavenly Venerable level had struck with all its strength.