Chapter 1461 — A Lonely Moon Shines on the River's Clear Ripples
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On the Heavenly River, Shen Mu, Zaifu, Tian Shu and the others sat aboard a swift boat whose cabin was packed with fine wine. Tian Shu, the Heavenly King, was so frantic with impatience that he scratched at his ears and cheeks, and every so often he would reach for a jar to drink his fill, only for Zaifu to slap his hand away with the flat of his blade. "Go easy on the drinking. " Luo Wushuang said coldly, "You're as timid as a mouse.
This boatload of wine is all we have, and you mean to save it for when you face the Heavenly Venerable, to pluck up your courage.
Drink it all on the road, and when you stand before the Heavenly Venerable you'll be so frightened you'll wet yourself. " Tian Shu the Heavenly King sneered, "I'll be frightened into wetting myself? That's right, I will be frightened into wetting myself!
Luo Wushuang, when you face the Heavenly Venerable, can you truly say you won't quail? " Luo Wushuang looked at his divine saber and said mildly, "No. Ever since I shattered the god in my heart, no one who stands before me can stop me from drawing my blade.
" Tian Shu gave a muffled snort. "After a drink, neither can I. " Zhe Huali sat on the gunwale, watching Shen Mu, and suddenly laughed.
"Sect Master Shen, what realm are you in now, really?
I've noticed that your trip to the Heavenly Court wasn't entirely fruitless—your cultivation has deepened a great deal. " "The Nine Hells Terrace realm. " Shen Mu thought for a moment.
"Roughly equivalent to your Jade Capital realm.
Though I have the Five Supremes realm on top of that. " The others could not help but grow curious and crowded forward to ask.
Shen Mu explained, "From first to last I have only ever had one realm: the Primal Embryo Divine Treasury. And my Primal Embryo Divine Treasury realm divides into two kinds of realm. One is the Dao realm—that is, the thirty-sixfold heaven Dao realm system. The other is the Great Ancestral Court realm. In truth the Dao realm and the Great Ancestral Court realm are entangled together; as one's cultivation rises, the Dao realm rises with it. The Great Ancestral Court realm divides into the Heavenly Palace Heavenly Court realm and the Five Supremes realm. The Heavenly Palace Heavenly Court realm is the very system you cultivate—only mine differs somewhat.
I developed the Nine Hells Terrace, one realm more than you have. But I have yet to figure out how the Jade Capital realm is divided within the Ancestral Court. I have never seen the Jade Capital City of the Ancestral Court. Whether the Jade Capital realm contains Lingxiao and the Imperial Throne is still unknown.
As for the Five Supremes realm, I am still groping my way. I have refined four of the Supremes in a preliminary way, comprehended several divine abilities, and grasped a few heavens of the Dao realm. Whether five distinct realms can be formed remains to be seen.
" Shen Mu mused a while. "That is roughly the whole of it. " The other four were struck dumb, mouths agape, and for a long moment could not speak.
Zhe Huali stammered, "You comprehended all this in the Ancestral Court?
" Shen Mu laughed. "If you go to the Ancestral Court, you should walk the Four Great Heaven Gates, the Jade Pool and Jade Terrace, and the Nine Hells Terrace.
With the five of us joined, we can reach the thirtieth heaven of the Dao realm; but apart, none of us stands very high—the highest is still me, at the twenty-sixth heaven of the Dao realm. If you can make the rounds of those places, most likely your Dao realms will catch up to mine. " He paused, then added, "Most likely you will still be a hair behind—but not by much. " Zhe Huali was so excited he rubbed his fists and palms together. "If I come back alive from Xuandu this time, I'll certainly make that journey! " "Bah, bah!
Great fortune, great fortune! " Tian Shu spat several times.
"Children's words carry no weight—say no more of such unlucky things. " Shen Mu smiled confidently.