Chapter 1781 — Enemies Everywhere
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
Though the Hall Master of Joy was grievously wounded by Lord Shang, she still cannot be underestimated. " Shen Mu warned her again and again: "Your target is that zither string of the Fourth Young Master, not her. If you can avoid a clash with her, better to avoid it.
Though you have attained the Dao, you have not yet branded the void, and for now you are no match for her. " Celestial Venerable Yue nodded solemnly.
Ever since Lan Yutian had passed on his teaching, the path she walked was no longer the old one of attaining the Dao through the dao realms. Instead she meant to use Lan Yutian's Ancestral Court system of dao realms to brand the thirty-sixfold void into her own universe. Her cultivation in the dao realms had already arrived, but she had not yet perfected the Ancestral Court cultivation system, so her cultivation still fell short.
Only when she perfected the Ancestral Court system of dao realms would her cultivation become immeasurably deep and mighty, and she would become a true Dao-attainer; only then would she have the strength to fight the Hall Master of Joy.
The Golden Ship of Salvation sailed slowly toward the Heavenly Court above the Ancestral Court. The Heavenly Court was now more colossal than ever, with many buildings of exotic style, which must be the hallmarks of the civilization of the previous universe. Shen Mu and Celestial Venerable Yue watched from afar.
The runes and dao patterns on those buildings were utterly different from those of the present day; yet the divine powers of the great Dao all lead to the same end by different roads, and if one studied them closely one could grasp from them the irrefutable truths of the great Dao. At the stage Shen Mu and Celestial Venerable Yue had reached, looking upon any strange and inconceivable dao art gave one the feeling of seeing through the surface to the essence; there was scarcely any secret left to speak of. Shen Mu looked in the direction of Heavenly Emperor Hao and once more saw the zither string from the universe of the past. His expression turned grave.
The might of this string was enough to destroy a Dao-attainer such as Shen Ye of Kaihuang. If Heavenly Emperor Hao brought this string into the Heavenly Court, then the power of life and death over the whole Heavenly Court would likely fall into his hands! Facing such deadly peril, these stowaways would likely submit to Miluo Palace because of it!
"Yue, can you see that string? " Shen Mu asked. Celestial Venerable Yue peered into the distance. She could see Heavenly Emperor Hao walking toward the Heavenly Court, but not the string.
She shook her head: "I cannot see it. " Shen Mu's heart sank a little.
If Celestial Venerable Yue could not see it, then others surely could not either. Most likely he alone could see that string!
The marvelous subtlety of the Fourth Young Master of Miluo Palace's dao arts was thus made plain! Shen Mu steadied himself and looked in another direction. Her Highness the Empress was leading the remnant army of the Heavenly Court, entrenched in a remote corner of the Ancestral Court.
Heavenly Emperor Hao had few troops left, and among them the only expert capable of contending with Jingping was Her Highness the Empress.
"While you were away, the Empress sent envoys to discuss surrender.
" Celestial Venerable Yue stood shoulder to shoulder with Shen Mu at the bow of the ship. She adjusted the ancient zither on her back and said to him, "Her Highness the Empress had a mind to submit.
The envoys she sent were negotiating with Emperor Yanfeng, but Jiang Baigui burst in and said flatly that there would be no negotiation.
So the Empress gave up.
" "Junior Brother Jiang did very well.
" Shen Mu laughed: "I know all of the Empress's calculations. She reckons she still has some strength, and wants to come over to our side, preserve her own forces, and remain one of the Ten Celestial Venerables.