Chapter 1452 — The Wicked Dragon's Baleful Breath Enters the Body
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The one most shaken was Zhe Huali. He had thought Shen Mu's cultivation and mana were not far from his own; he had never imagined the gulf was so vast — vast beyond any hope of catching up!
And this was only natural. The path he walked was still Jing Ping's ordinary path of cultivation. Though his seven divine treasuries had been unified into one and forged into the Heavenly River Divine Treasury, Shen Mu had long since leapt beyond that: he had but a single Primal Embryo Divine Treasury, and within it were stored the Ancestral Court, the Mystic Capital, the Primal Capital, the Nether Capital, the Four Extremes Heavens, and indeed all the heavens and myriad worlds!
The mana contained in that Primal Embryo Divine Treasury alone surpassed his own by an unknowable measure. Add to that Shen Mu's nineteen heavenly palaces — the four great heavenly gates within them all built according to the great dao of the Ancestral Court, as were the Jade Pool and the Jade Terrace — and the new realm he had created, the Nine Hells Platform.
Beyond that, the four great daos of Taichu, Taishi, Taisu, and Taiji had been refined into four great ore veins. Such was the surging might of his mana that even Lan Yutian at the same realm would fall far short of him, and as for the likes of the Ten Heavenly Venerables, they were further still.
Judged purely by mana, Shen Mu had long since surpassed ordinary Imperial Throne powerhouses.
"Fortunately, the boy is still a hair behind me in the blade dao." Zhe Huali was well satisfied.
"Certain," Luo Wushuang said gravely.
Zai Fu nodded. "Certain."
Zhe Huali smiled with confidence. "We will most certainly pass the God-Slaying Platform!"
Tian Shu's eyes flashed with keen light. "We can give battle!"
The five each roused their mana and raised their dao hearts, and roared in unison: "Dao realm, twenty-fifth heaven!"
The five voices overlapped, heavy and powerful. The twenty-fifth heaven of each one's blade dao burst forth and overlapped, transforming into five grand blade dao domains, each different, each making up for the others' shortcomings, together sheltering Shen Mu's divine treasury domain!
Shen Mu stepped forward, walking toward the God-Slaying Platform.
When he set foot on the first stair, the five felt the pressure surge at once. The pressure of the God-Slaying Platform came invading, colliding with their twenty-fifth heaven of the dao realm, as though they had entered a terrifying battlefield where countless divine sabers came striking from every direction, crashing against their blade dao domains!
Beyond the twenty-fifth heaven, countless saber lights surfaced — the collision of the blade dao wills of Shen Mu, Zai Fu, and the rest with the baleful aura of the God-Slaying Platform. The saber lights were dense beyond measure, clanging and ringing without cease.
Even so, Zai Fu, Zhe Huali, Tian Shu, and Luo Wushuang kept their hands upon their sabers and did not move, meeting the baleful aura of the God-Slaying Platform with their own spirit and will.
Shen Mu climbed the second stair, and the pressure grew by another measure. The five still kept their hands upon their sabers and did not move.
Stair by stair Shen Mu ascended; one stair, one heaven. By the time they reached the ninth stair, the baleful aura of the God-Slaying Platform began to invade the ninth heaven of their dao realm, its might terrifying!
The God-Slaying Platform had twenty-five stairs in all. When Shen Mu reached the last stair, the baleful aura had already breached their twenty-fifth heaven blade dao domains — the baleful aura was upon their bodies!
The five abruptly drew their sabers, their figures weaving, their saber lights crossing, blocking the two baleful divine sabers that came striking from the air!
Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang — five great booms rang out in succession. The five were shaken to their core, their feet moving of their own accord, each retreating in a different direction.