Chapter 1015: Dark Conspiracy Against the Supreme Emperor

Qin Mu nodded, a faint smile playing on his lips.

Five years ago, Xing An used the Celestial Venerable Qin token to plot against him, leading him to Fallen God Valley. Fallen God Valley was merely a passage to the Emperor's Heaven, and there, Ling Tianzun's disciple, Yi Shisheng, was continuously collecting Ling Tianzun's remains.

When Qin Mu first arrived at Fallen God Valley, Emperor's disciples like Yan Qiling and Mu Qiubai also came, as did the Heavenly Dragon King under Earth Mother, and the divine artifact Imperial Celestial Venerable, who had secretly infiltrated the area.

The suspended coffin in Fallen God Valley bore the inscription, "Opens upon meeting Qin Mu." However, its true meaning was, "Opens upon meeting Celestial Venerable Qin and Celestial Venerable Mu."

Qin Mu had wondered at the time why no one had explored Fallen God Valley before his arrival, but once he went, a crowd of people immediately flocked there. It seemed too coincidental.

Now, it was clear that the Ancient God Emperor and the Grand Emperor were merely plotting against him. Of course, this included the Earth Mother Primordial Lord.

The Qin Mu of five years ago could not discern their schemes, but now, he finally understood the Fallen God Valley incident from five years prior.

The Emperor, Grand Emperor, and Earth Mother Primordial Lord knew that only by gathering the tokens of Celestial Venerable Qin and Celestial Venerable Mu could the passage to Fallen God Valley be opened. Therefore, they had been waiting for Qin Mu to arrive at Fallen God Valley to clear the way for them.

However, despite their cunning, none of them had anticipated that the Grand Emperor's divine artifact, Imperial Celestial Venerable, would be defeated by Qin Mu, or that Xing An would then seal and suppress the Celestial Venerable's consciousness within the divine artifact, seizing Imperial Celestial Venerable and leaving.

The Heavenly Dragon King and his group, who were under Earth Mother's command, were all annihilated, and among the Ancient God Emperor's disciples, only Yan Qiling remained.

Earth Mother Primordial Lord suffered heavy losses, the Emperor failed to find his physical body, and the Grand Emperor couldn't verify if Ling Tianzun was truly dead, nor could he reclaim the divine consciousness he used to control the Emperor's body.

Qin Mu didn't gain any advantages either; only Xing An obtained the divine artifact Imperial Celestial Venerable and suppressed the Grand Emperor's consciousness within it.

Xing An appeared to be the biggest winner of that battle.

Yet, fate had its twists. Although Xing An acquired Imperial Celestial Venerable and usurped the body, claiming it as his own, he wasted five years on ancient god dao runes, rendering all his efforts futile. Most crucially, he couldn't refine the Grand Emperor's consciousness at all, which ultimately fell into Qin Mu's hands.

Qin Mu looked at the jade bottle, a smile dawning on his face. The smile widened, and he eventually burst into hearty laughter, his mirth growing livelier with each passing moment!

"Five years ago, who could have imagined that I would be the ultimate winner?"

He laughed heartily, his primordial qi and divine consciousness swirling around him, transforming into various runes. Qin Mu adjusted the runes, then took out various spirit weapons for calculation, continuously performing computations and modifying the runes.

God King Lang Wo watched him make corrections, her expression shifting slightly. She asked, "Holy Infant, do you need my help refining the Grand Emperor's consciousness? The Grand Emperor's consciousness in the jade bottle is very weak; it shouldn't be difficult to refine."

"Not now," Qin Mu replied, absorbed in his calculations without lifting his head. "After I've perfected this divine art, I'll trouble you then, God King sister."

God King Lang Wo observed the runes formed by his divine consciousness and primordial qi. These runes were extremely intricate and complex, but she couldn't understand them.

Shu Jun also couldn't understand them and asked Long Qilin. Long Qilin glanced at them and said, "The Cult Master is modifying the divine art of Soul Guiding. Soul Guiding draws souls. Judging by the runes he's changing, he's probably planning to alter it from drawing souls to drawing divine consciousness."

"Drawing divine consciousness?"

God King Lang Wo and God King Shu Jun were greatly perplexed. Was there such a divine art that could draw divine consciousness?

Long Qilin thought carefully and said, "Soul Guiding should actually be called Soul Snatching, as it can seize souls from Youdu and summon the souls of the deceased to the living world. Later, after the Cult Master improved it, even shattered souls could be summoned. The Cult Master is probably trying to improve this divine art to summon the Grand Emperor's divine consciousness scattered across the Primordial World."

After a long time, Qin Mu finally completed his calculations. Everyone looked at the various magnificent runes scattered throughout the interior of the imperial carriage, all with blank expressions.

Qin Mu meticulously checked his work, corrected a few calculation errors, and only then was he satisfied.

Qin Mu took the jade bottle, went outside the carriage, and placed it on the ground of Fallen God Valley, which had already been leveled.

Suddenly, his magic power surged almost violently. He activated the improved Soul Guiding art, and countless runes fluttered and revolved around the jade bottle!

His primordial spirit emerged, his colossal primordial spirit standing in the main heavenly palace atop the Taiji Diagram, beneath the South Heavenly Gate. Profound Daoist incantations emanated from his mouth, reciting the mysterious language of Youdu. Around his body, countless Yin World runes continuously lit up, flickering between bright and dim!

"This time when I descended, the Grand Emperor wanted to kill me and dispatched the physical body of the Eleventh Celestial Venerable. However, on the way, he encountered Emperor Kai and was slain by a single sword strike from him."

While Qin Mu's primordial spirit was activating the improved Soul Guiding art, his true body chuckled, "The Grand Emperor's consciousness controlled the Celestial Venerable's corpse. Emperor Kai didn't know how to gather the Grand Emperor's divine consciousness, so he directly eliminated him, scattering the Grand Emperor's divine consciousness. Previously, I had no item belonging to the Grand Emperor, so I couldn't summon his soul. But now, with the consciousness in this jade bottle, I can try to summon the Grand Emperor's divine consciousness!"

God King Lang Wo followed him to the leveled ground. She saw countless runes imprinted on the ground around Qin Mu, continuously lighting up and spreading in all directions, covering an increasingly wide area.

Soon, these runes enveloped an area of a hundred miles, forming a massive array diagram!

God King Lang Wo mused, "Even if the Grand Emperor's divine consciousness within the Celestial Venerable's corpse was scattered by Emperor Kai, it would re-coalesce. He has most likely already retrieved his divine consciousness."

"Don't worry, God King sister. Emperor Kai unleashed Sword Twenty and then the Thirty-Four Heavens of Sword Dao to kill him. His divine consciousness simply cannot re-coalesce in a short time. Moreover..."

Qin Mu's primordial spirit fully activated the Soul Guiding art. Countless magnificent runes continuously revolved around the jade bottle, imprinting one by one onto its surface.

Waves of obscure fluctuations entered the jade bottle, then emanated from it, spreading outwards with a peculiar rhythm.

This rhythm was imperceptible to ordinary people; even God King Lang Wo and God King Shu Jun could barely sense it.

"And besides, he came this time to kill me; how could he easily recall his divine consciousness?"

Qin Mu's expression grew tense, and he said gravely, "His divine consciousness surely hasn't left the Primordial World. Instead, it would possess gods and devils within the Primordial World, continuing to seek my traces. Two God Kings, I am about to establish a connection with the Grand Emperor. Are you ready?"

God King Lang Wo hastily activated her divine consciousness. Her immensely powerful divine consciousness instantly spread throughout the thirty-five layers of void, forming various divine consciousness refinement arts!

Shu Jun hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and said, "Holy Infant, how powerful is the Grand Emperor's divine consciousness? Plotting against him might offend him completely, and his Divine Consciousness Grand Veil is hidden in the ultimate void. If you summon his divine consciousness, he could pinpoint our location and attack from the ultimate void..."

"God King Shu Jun, I've already offended the Grand Emperor to death a long time ago. Offending him one more time now would simply be icing on the cake."

Qin Mu's Soul Guiding art established a connection with the consciousness in the jade bottle. He immediately traced its origin, sensing terrifying waves of divine consciousness. He laughed heartily, "The Grand Emperor's divine consciousness is about to be summoned by me! We'll use our preparedness against his unpreparedness, ambush him, and then flee. He won't be able to do anything to us!"

God King Shu Jun's scalp tingled. Immediately sensing the terrifying fluctuations in the void, he decisively unleashed all his divine consciousness to help God King Lang Wo set up the Void Refinement Grand Array.

Although he hadn't fully recovered to his peak state, his insight and knowledge remained, allowing him to help God King Lang Wo compensate for any deficiencies in her refinement arts.

"God King Lang Wo, we must seal the thirty-fifth void! We cannot let the Grand Emperor descend from the ultimate void!"

God King Shu Jun instructed God King Lang Wo, and the two God Kings joined forces to seal the thirty-fifth void around them.

God King Lang Wo inwardly praised him. Although Shu Jun was a Creator God King from the primordial era, much of his knowledge was outdated. However, his vision and insight were exceptionally keen and unique.

No sooner had the two finished setting up the refinement grand array in the thirty-five layers of void than an incomparably terrifying fluctuation, responding to Qin Mu's Soul Guiding art, was summoned!

At the source of the Surging River in the Primordial World, the Grand Emperor's Celestial Venerable corpse fragments had fallen into deep mountains and vast marshes. The Grand Emperor's bronze coffin had also landed in a mountain stream, its lid open, emitting rolling corpse qi.

At this moment, many divine beings in strange attire arrived. These divine beings were draped in white robes that covered their bodies, heads, and faces. They had rushed from the Heavenly Court, and each white-robed divine being carried a large vermilion gourd on their back.

Whenever a white-robed divine being approached a corpse fragment, a shimmering light would emerge from their large gourd, extracting the divine consciousness from the fragment.

Emperor Kai's Sword Dao was still hidden within those corpse fragments, suppressing the Grand Emperor's divine consciousness and continuously eroding it. If this continued, the Grand Emperor's divine consciousness would inevitably be completely wiped out by Emperor Kai's Sword Dao.

However, the vermilion gourds of these white-robed divine beings possessed incredible wonders: they could extract the Grand Emperor's divine consciousness without triggering the residual power of Emperor Kai's Sword Dao.

Even so, they had to be extremely cautious, daring not to touch these corpse fragments lest they provoke Emperor Kai's divine abilities.

They had almost finished collecting everything when, suddenly, an inexplicable force surged forth, pulling all of the Grand Emperor's divine consciousness away with a whistle!

Even the divine consciousness that had already been collected into the gourds was pulled away. Streams of shimmering light erupted from the mouths of the gourds, transforming into thousands of dazzling rays of light that rushed through the air!

"This is bad!"

The Grand Emperor's divine consciousness vibrated like a thousand thunderclaps exploding simultaneously, making the white-robed divine beings dizzy. "Quickly seal the Celestial Consciousness Gourds!"

The white-robed divine beings immediately capped their gourds. However, the peculiar summoning force was so strong that it even pulled these Celestial Consciousness Gourds into the air, drawing them eastward!

From the Celestial Venerable corpse fragments, the Grand Emperor's divine consciousness flew out uncontrollably, seized by Qin Mu's improved Soul Guiding art!

Many white-robed divine beings each clutched a large gourd, activating their magic power to stand firm, but still, quite a few Celestial Consciousness Gourds flew away.

"Useless!"

Suddenly, divine consciousness from one of the Celestial Consciousness Gourds flew out and entered the body of a white-robed divine being. Once possessed by the Grand Emperor, that white-robed divine being was immediately pulled into the air by Qin Mu's Soul Guiding art, flying eastward.

At the same time, other gourds exploded, and the Grand Emperor's divine consciousness from within them flew out, all converging into the body of the possessed white-robed divine being.

That white-robed divine being, a true god, could not resist Qin Mu's summoning and was pulled frantically towards Fallen God Valley.

Fallen God Valley was extremely far from here, but at this summoning speed, it wouldn't be long before he was pulled into Fallen God Valley by Qin Mu and refined by him!

"You little brat, do you think you can seize my divine consciousness? You underestimate me too much!"

The white-robed divine being raged, desperately channeling the magic power within this body to suppress it, yet was still pulled eastward.

A divine city appeared ahead, the base of the Heavenly Court's divine and demonic army guarding the Primordial World. The white-robed divine being's eyes lit up. He suddenly opened his mouth, and shimmering light erupted like a waterfall, surging towards the divine city!

The shimmering light roared forth, brilliant and dazzling, sweeping across the entire city.

Over a hundred thousand gods and devils in the city had no time to react before being engulfed by these shimmering lights. The lights, like countless tentacles, burrowed into their eyes, ears, noses, and mouths. Instantly, all the gods and devils were pulled by the Soul Guiding art, soaring into the air and flying towards Fallen God Valley!

The commanding general defending the divine city was a grand master of the Numinous Sky realm. He immediately activated his divine ability, but in the next moment, he too was possessed by the Grand Emperor's divine consciousness.

The Grand Emperor controlled over a hundred thousand gods and devils, making them all fly up simultaneously. In mid-air, the figures of over a hundred thousand gods and devils arranged themselves into a chaotic but effective killing array. The killing array flew through the air; this scene was immensely grand and awe-inspiring!

"Celestial Venerable Mu, you have provoked me time and again. Today, I shall let you witness the majesty of an ancient ruler!"