Chapter 1591 — The Myth Crumbles
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 5
Now, with the Zixiao Hall's empowerment, Hao Heavenly Venerable had unified the two Heavenly Court cultivation methods almost perfectly!
The strength he displayed was peerless, even above Xiao Heavenly Venerable's!
Another variable on the golden ship was Shen Mu.
At this moment, Shen Mu drew his sword.
The sword was the Tribulation Sword.
When the Tribulation Sword emerged, its sword light was not as magnificent as Ka皇's Sword Dao, nor was its power comparable to Xiao Heavenly Venerable's or Hao Heavenly Venerable's—yet it forced the Great Emperor to take notice.
Because Shen Mu's Tribulation Sword seemed to target his weaknesses specifically!
His sword did not stab toward the Heavenly Emperor's fleshly body nor attack the Great Emperor's divine consciousness. Instead, every strike landed with perfect precision upon the Dao fruits of the Dao tree.
Shen Mu seemed to have studied his cultivation method for a million years, familiar with every variation of his divine powers, clear on the flaws and deficiencies of his Dao.
This sword was the Sword of Breaking Tribulation, specifically for breaking the Dao—even his Dao fruit bore wounds under the Tribulation Sword's attacks!
This strike of Shen Mu's came from the Cloud Heavenly Venerable's teaching.
The Cloud Heavenly Venerable had thoroughly studied the Great Emperor's Dao techniques, even compensating for the Great Emperor's deficiencies. The one who understood the Great Emperor best was not the Great Emperor himself, nor Xiao Heavenly Venerable, his old rival—it was him.
After Shen Mu communicated with the Cloud Heavenly Venerable, he entered the Dao in his dreams, researching the Great Emperor's weaknesses.
In this battle, Shen Mu did not represent himself—he represented the Cloud Heavenly Venerable's achievement from a million years of suppression!
He would vindicate the Cloud Heavenly Venerable, letting the Great Emperor know that his ability to defeat the Cloud Heavenly Venerable relied merely on his six-billion-year accumulation!
The splendor of this battle was clearly visible throughout the entire Yuanworld. Across the myriad worlds and heavens of the Yuanworld, deities and demon gods raised their heads, watching this scene in the untouchable heights, their faces showing obsession and shock.
In Jingping, Emperor Ling Yuxiu of Yanxiu in the Upper Capital led the civil and military officials out of the court hall, gazing upward.
They did not know who was fighting, nor who was fighting for them.
The golden ship spanned the sky, the battle fierce and magnificent, allowing the soldiers of the Thirty-Three Heavens of Wuyou Township—who were being pursued relentlessly by the Heavenly Court's armies—to finally rest for a brief while, straightening the blood-stained armor on their bodies, washing the blood from their divine weapons.
Wiping blood and tears from their faces, as they bid farewell to fallen comrades, they too saw that scene in the ultimate void.
Some were numb, some filled with longing, some whose blood boiled at this battle!
Gradually, some began to cheer, courage and strength born in their hearts!
They recognized Kaiser's sword light; they recognized Kaiser's Dao.
Their leader was still fighting, had never abandoned them. Along the way they had endured countless hardships, slaughters, and struggles, had once felt despair, given up, even entertained thoughts of surrender.
Until they saw the sword light piercing through from the ultimate void!
In the ultimate void, in the Great Luo Heaven, though the battle was incomparably fierce, it was brief and hurried.
Kaiser's sword pierced through the Heavenly Emperor's fleshly body, entering from the space between the brows. The Sword Dao poured in like a waterfall through the wound between the brows into the body, the sword light almost forming a Sword Dao tree within the Heavenly Emperor's flesh!