Chapter 1491 — The Lament of the Fallen Heaven
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 5
Suddenly Tu Bo's body gave a great shudder, and he turned his head to look toward Lord Heaven.
There, red light filled the sky; Lord Heaven's vital essence had dyed Xuandu crimson, turning countless stars blood-red. Tu Bo's face darkened, then his three eyes showed a look of expectation.
"Brother Dao, have you transcended the Way of Heaven?
Should I congratulate you — or weep for you?
" Just then, the Taiji Diagram suddenly revolved, whirling around Tu Bo.
His expression shifted; he hastily released Gong Tianzun and Yan Tianfei, and set his palms left and right to block the Diagram.
A violent shockwave rolled out.
Tu Bo withstood the Diagram's power, his colossal body crackling and popping, chunks of molten rock sloughing from him, and countless ghosts of Youdu scattering in every direction, wailing to heaven and earth. Tu Bo hurried to soothe those ghosts and gods, when a man and a woman — two ancient gods — appeared before him, drenched in blood, their bodies covered in sword wounds, and swept Yan Tianfei up and fled. That Taiji Diagram was the Taiji Ancient God's supreme treasure, the Sand Table, transformed.
These two ancient gods had been locked in battle with Kaihuang; seeing Yan Tianfei wounded, they rushed to her rescue, only to be struck by Kaihuang's blow, leaving them badly hurt.
Tu Bo was about to reach out a palm when Gong Tianzun's wounds suddenly healed at a furious rate. Startled, he looked, and saw Hao Tianzun striding toward him.
Behind Hao Tianzun, figures swayed. Tu Bo looked closely: it was Xu Tianzun, twin horns on his head, following behind.
As Xu Tianzun walked toward him, his form shrank, his age dwindled, until he became a little girl whose twin horns were hidden behind two small braids sticking up from her head.
"Papa Ugly," the little girl called to him.
"Daughter. .
. " Tu Bo's heart quivered, and the Great Way of Youdu turned at once into dense shackles, winding around his heart, drawing tight.
"Daughter! " Tu Bo spat blood — molten lava, rolling from his mouth.
His mind thrown into chaos, he suddenly saw Hao Tianzun raise his hand, and the Wheel of Myriad Ways flew out, spinning furiously, growing ever larger, slashing toward his brow. The Wheel of Myriad Ways — ten thousand ways returning to one — became the Innate One Qi.
The Innate One Qi, like a blossom, incomparably sharp, arrived before Tu Bo in the next instant! "Tu Bo, wake up!
" You Tianzun, dragging his gravely wounded body, flew to him and stood before Tu Bo. His towering primordial spirit rose slowly, both hands blocking the Wheel of Myriad Ways — and at once he was drenched in blood!
His flesh and primordial spirit blazed with the demonic fire of Youdu as he fought to the death to hold back the Wheel, but his wounds were already so grave that he could not withstand even one blow from Hao Tianzun.
A sword-light flew in, flashing again and again, striking at Hao Tianzun and at Taisu behind him! Hao Tianzun laughed aloud and leapt into the air, vaulting over Tu Bo's head.
The two passed over Tu Bo in a single instant, and Taisu turned to look at Kaihuang, who held the Carefree Sword, surprise on his face: "You can see me?
" Kaihuang did not answer.
He bent his finger and flicked the sword — three flicks.
Gong Tianzun, who was about to slay You Tianzun, suddenly went pu, pu, pu — sword-light bursting from every part of him, blood streaming again, and he had no choice but to flee after Taisu.
The baleful aura of Heaven filled the void, growing ever thicker. In that moment the stars of all heavens and myriad worlds turned blood-red, and the canopy of heaven turned blood-red too, as though the sky itself were bleeding, as though a waterfall of blood might at any moment come crashing down.
Even the two divine sabers upon the God-Slaying Terrace could not swallow such thick baleful aura in time; the two sabers grew ever more distinct within it, gradually condensing true forms — form and substance both!