Chapter 1542 — Stirring Muddy Waves in the Chaos River
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In the Chaos River beneath that Dao Tree, a Dao-bone skeleton rose slowly from beneath the water, embraced the Dao Tree, and tried to drag it into the river. Suddenly a flame shot into the river—it was Venerable Fire who acted, helping Venerable Hao strike down that Dao-bone skeleton.
Shen Mu laughed: "Venerable Fire is truly a thoughtful, considerate man.
" Venerable Fire snorted coldly and did not respond.
Had he responded, Shen Mu would surely have found some way to humiliate him.
Shen Mu then looked behind Venerable Hao.
The Goddess Tai Su felt his gaze and seemed slightly uncomfortable. Shen Mu smiled: "Brother Hao's Dao Inquiry divine ability is superb beyond compare—it caught even me somewhat off guard.
Your cultivation in the Dao realm is no weaker than mine now.
" Venerable Hao's gaze fell upon his face.
Suppressing the turmoil in his Dao heart, he said: "What does the Alliance Leader wish to say? " But Shen Mu smiled at the Goddess Tai Su: "My lady, do you sense that there is someone else behind Brother Hao?
" The Goddess Tai Su was slightly startled and tried to sense his thoughts from his gaze, but Shen Mu's thoughts were too chaotic—she could not grasp at all what his true intention was.
"How many heavens has Brother Hao's Dao realm cultivation reached? " Shen Mu changed tack: "How many tiers do you think the God-Slaying Platform has? Thirty? The Grand Emperor trapped your primordial spirit within his divine ability, the Divine Consciousness Daluo Heaven.
I imagine you have already freed yourself, have you not?
You are twenty years earlier than I predicted. To call you a peerless genius is no exaggeration.
" The Goddess Tai Su felt a chill in her heart and carefully pondered the meaning of Shen Mu's words. The speed of Venerable Hao's recovery from his injuries had indeed exceeded her expectations, and the speed at which his primordial spirit had escaped the Grand Emperor's Divine Consciousness Daluo Heaven divine ability had also exceeded her expectations.
She had originally predicted that, with her power to assist him, Venerable Hao would need fifty years to heal his Dao wounds, break through the Divine Consciousness Daluo Heaven divine ability, and retrieve his primordial spirit. Yet although Venerable Hao's heavenly palaces remained dilapidated—many of them requiring her help, using the Answering All Prayers divine ability to rebuild them—his primordial spirit had already escaped from the Divine Consciousness Daluo Heaven! What was more terrifying was that Venerable Hao's cultivation was no weaker than before his injury—it was even stronger!
This power came from his advancement in the Dao realm!
Only after Shen Mu's reminder did Tai Su realize she had previously underestimated Venerable Hao.
"Then, the Dao Achiever behind Venerable Hao that Venerable Mu spoke of—does that person truly exist?
" The Goddess Tai Su recalled Venerable Hao's Dao Inquiry divine ability, a divine ability that used Dao speech to form a shout that interrogates the Dao heart.
It required extraordinary mastery of Dao speech. Had Venerable Hao comprehended this divine ability himself, or had someone taught it to him? However, Tai Su had always hidden behind Venerable Hao and had never seen any Dao Achiever meet or converse with him.
Clearly the first possibility was more likely! "Then his Dao speech has only one source!
" Tai Su felt a chill of dread: "That is—it was comprehended from me!
With such heaven-defying aptitude and insight, can I truly keep him under control? " Shen Mu was still watching her, and suddenly smiled faintly.
Tai Su could sense his thoughts from his gaze, but as an existence thoroughly versed in the Dao of Tai Su, he could also in turn observe Tai Su's thoughts. Now that Tai Su harbored doubts, his goal had been achieved. From Tai Su's reaction he could also discern much, and thought: "It seems Tai Su believes there is no Dao Achiever from the prehistoric universe behind Venerable Hao.