Chapter 1051: Summoning the Ancestral Star

Next to Qin Mu, Yan'er had once again transformed into a little green sparrow. She hopped around excitedly, sometimes landing on the canopy, sometimes on Qin Mu's shoulder, then on his head. She would then flap her wings and alight on the Dragon Qilin's large head, excitedly pecking its skull.

"What's Yan'er so excited about?"

Qin Mu shook his head and opened his palm. The thousands of sword pellets on the Sky River, arranged like a matrix, suddenly collided in pairs. Soon, all the pellets merged into a single one, which settled in his palm.

He had just used the sword pellets to annihilate the gods and devils under the Five Stellar Lords. The technique relied on thousands of sword qi shot from the pellets. Although it appeared to be a simple sword formation, if it were to be executed by a sword master from Eternal Peace, it would require an entire army specializing in sword techniques to perform!

Eternal Peace had dedicated armies that specialized in sword techniques. These armies were equipped with sword pellets or sword cases, which, when activated, would unleash tens of thousands of flying swords at the enemy, cutting down opponents. When gathered, they could form a formidable formation; when dispersed, they could execute various sword moves.

Qin Mu, however, used the sword pellets to perform sword techniques where each strand of sword qi manifested different variations. He alone was equivalent to an entire army of sword cultivators!

Even in Eternal Peace, let alone in this era where the Sword Dao had yet to fully develop, his mastery of the Sword Dao rivaled that of the Village Chief and the former Imperial Preceptor Jiang Baigui, even surpassing them in some aspects. He was second only to the Founding Emperor.

The gods and devils under the Five Stellar Lords, facing his sword techniques, had never heard of or witnessed anything like them, and could only meet a bitter end.

"Bugs!" Yan'er excitedly pecked the Dragon Qilin's head, her gaze, however, fixed on the Five Stellar Lords.

The Dragon Qilin's skull bled from her pecking, yet it remained motionless, letting the blood trickle down its face, displaying astonishing composure. It thought to itself, "I've long been accustomed to this. Though these ancient gods aren't really 'bugs,' I've grown used to that thought too..."

Yan'er's personality was difficult to fathom.

The girl was naive and innocent, unacquainted with the ways of the world. She enjoyed serving others and also had a penchant for eating strange and peculiar things.

Back at the Return to the Ruins, she had devoured the ancient gods formed from the flower pistils, consuming them entirely. This caused her to become a horizontally expanding, plump girl for a long time, to the point where Qin Mu felt embarrassed taking her out.

She eventually managed to digest them, and her figure returned to normal. Now, with her eyes set on the Five Stellar Lords, the Dragon Qilin felt a sense of unease.

Lord Zhenxing and Lord Chenxing both had human heads and snake bodies. The female ancient gods from the Return to the Ruins were also beautiful, human-headed serpent women. Therefore, to Yan'er, the Dragon Sparrow, they were all "bugs."

Lord Suixing had a bird's head and a human body, Lord Yinghuoxing an ox's head and a human body, and Lord Taibaixing a tiger's head and a human body. These were not "bugs" to Yan'er. However, the crucial point was that all three of these ancient gods stood upon a pair of dragons.

The dragons under their feet were also "bugs" to the Dragon Sparrow, which made her jump with excitement.

Having tasted ancient gods once in the Return to the Ruins, she had not forgotten the flavor.

"I wonder how fat she'll get this time?"

The Dragon Qilin's skull clanked from the pecking. It thought, "No matter how fat she becomes, I won't mind her."

The Five Stellar Lords each frowned, looking at the corpses drifting down the Sky River. These gods and devils were their descendants; though not as powerful as themselves, they were the elite among their offspring. They had cultivated the Divine Storehouse and Heavenly Palace system, making them immortal and capable of becoming a new generation of deities.

Although most ancient gods generally paid little mind to their progeny, these were, after all, their forces. Qin Mu had instantly wiped out nearly half of their power, which they found intolerable.

However, ever since Qin Mu's significant disruption at the Jade Pond over a thousand years ago, his strength seemed to have grown even greater, striking awe into the hearts of the five Stellar Lords.

"Five Stellar Lords, you are not my match. You should retreat."

Qin Mu said politely, "I learned a bit about destiny from Emperor Xuanwu of the North, and my fortune-telling is quite accurate. You will certainly face a bloody calamity in the future. It would be best for you to return to your ancestral lands, live in peace, and cultivate your minds and bodies. As for His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor, I merely have a slight misunderstanding with him, and I will personally explain it to His Majesty. There's no need for the five of you to take action."

Lord Zhenxing remained silent, looking at the other ancient gods.

Lord Yinghuoxing whispered, "This fiend's strength is extraordinary, and he does not fear our divine might. We are ill-prepared, and it would indeed be unwise to openly challenge him."

Lord Suixing also nodded, saying, "I don't know what methods he uses, but he can evade our divine might. The five celestial dragons around him are also incredibly powerful. If we were to fight him directly, I fear we would suffer injuries. Let's return first and petition His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor, accusing him of slaughtering our descendants, and let His Majesty decide."

Lord Chenxing licked his lips and chuckled, "Once he reaches the Heavenly Court, he'll be brought to the God-Slaying Platform for execution. We can just watch him beheaded from the side! There's no need for us to fight him to the death today."

The other Stellar Lords all agreed.

Lord Zhenxing, as the leader of the Five Stellar Lords, was about to speak when suddenly, Lord Taibaixing, with a tiger's keen sense of smell, vigorously twitched his nose and asked, "There's a strange scent... it seems to be the scent of a Creator."

His tiger's sense of smell was highly sensitive. He sniffed again, his two tiger ears perked up, and the bronze axe in his hand rattled. Suddenly, his tiger eyes fixed on the Celestial Dragon Imperial Chariot, and he roared, "There! There's a Creator hidden in that carriage!"

The other four ancient gods felt a chill, their murderous intent surging as they looked at the carriage behind Qin Mu.

Inside the carriage, the Creator Luo Xiao, pale-faced, stood up, pursed his lips, and whispered, "I left the Great Void with the resolve to die, yet I didn't expect to face death before even finding my ancestral land. If I die here, I wonder if I'll be able to reunite with the spirits of my ancestors..."

Qin Mu sighed. The sword pellet in his palm floated up again, and he felt a sense of helplessness mixed with absurdity. "Are the Five Stellar Lords truly going to die by my hand?"

The Five Stellar Lords roared in unison, "Summon the Ancestral Stars!"

Lord Zhenxing rotated once, his snake body expanding to become a colossal serpent, tens of thousands of miles long. It coiled above the Sky River, its entire being permeated with the Grand Dao of Death, which pierced through the void!

The space in the sky vibrated violently as a dead star violently broke through the Primordial Realm's world barrier. The star's surface was already visible in the Primordial Realm's sky!

That star, dim and ancient, squeezed its way into the Primordial Realm from another world. The portion of it entering the Primordial Realm grew larger and larger—it was precisely Zhenxing, one of the Five Stellar Lords' stars!

Zhenxing glowed with concentric rings of earthy yellow halos. Around it, seventy to eighty smaller stars, varying in size, revolved around the dead star. Each of those stars was also remarkably vast, yet they appeared much smaller when compared to Zhenxing.

On these stars, radiant light permeated, and grand palaces stood. Countless human-headed, snake-bodied demigods, with their hair unbound, pounded massive drums and roared. The drumbeats resonated from high above; though still distant, the sound was already deafening, causing the waters of the Sky River to ripple loudly!

Zhenxing was one of the most ancient stars, a divine star, and the birthplace of Lord Zhenxing. It was permeated with the captivating radiant light emanating from the Grand Dao of Death. As Lord Zhenxing continued his summons, an increasing portion of Zhenxing squeezed its way into the Primordial Realm.

Qin Mu immediately felt a sense of foreboding. With Zhenxing's appearance, the aura emanating from Lord Zhenxing was rapidly escalating!

Clearly, for these ancient gods, their ancestral lands could enhance their Grand Dao cultivation!

He looked up, vaguely discerning an unbelievably vast altar at the center of Zhenxing, where the radiant light of the Grand Dao of Death was most concentrated.

It was precisely this colossal altar that resonated with Lord Zhenxing, enabling him to draw Zhenxing into the great world of the Primordial Realm without the need for blood sacrifice!

"This altar, it's somewhat like a Creator's altar!" Qin Mu's mind was greatly shaken.

From the carriage behind him, the pale-faced Creator Luo Xiao's voice faintly reached Qin Mu's ears: "The creations of the Zhen Clan... the terrifying lives they created ultimately destroyed the Zhen Clan itself..."

Before Qin Mu could ponder further, the sky split open again. The sapphire-blue Chenxing broke through the Primordial Realm's barrier, forcing its way into the Primordial Realm's sky!

A terrifying aura of slaughter immediately filled the sky. This star was covered with prisons, teeming with red-haired gods and devils, human-headed and snake-bodied, who held various gruesome torture instruments and shrieked with excitement.

On this star, Qin Mu also spotted a massive altar.

At the same time, the flame-like Yinghuoxing descended upon the Primordial Realm.

The planet was not ablaze with fire, but rather completely engulfed by a miasma formed from plague.

Within the miasma, countless colossal bodies of gods and devils appeared and disappeared. They bore ox horns, held massive hammers, and pounded their own chests with the hammerheads, producing booming drum-like sounds!

Another tremendous bang echoed, and the verdant Suixing emerged, also enveloped in rings of light. Within these halos, countless bird-headed, human-bodied demigods were already flying with flapping wings, overwhelming the sky, blotting out the sun, and emitting sharp, piercing cries!

Suddenly, the sky brightened with an intense glow as Taibaixing violently forced its way into the Primordial Realm. On Taibaixing, countless tiger-headed, human-bodied gods and devils strode forward with incredible speed, soaring through the air towards the Sky River, waving their bronze axes and roaring like thunder!

The ancestral lands of the Five Stellar Lords had, surprisingly, all been summoned!

Even more remarkably, at the center of each of these five most ancient stars stood an altar of unbelievably grand scale!

Qin Mu's heart sank. The auras of the Five Stellar Lords were surging wildly, rapidly escalating. The descent of these five stars' ancestral lands was causing their power to skyrocket. If all five divine stars were to fully squeeze into the Primordial Realm, to what extent would their strength increase?

The Creator Luo Xiao walked out of the carriage, came to stand behind Qin Mu, and looked up at the five ancient divine stars. He chuckled grimly, "The karma our ancestors accumulated for their own sakes has long been repaid. Now, retribution is falling upon my head again, Heavenly Venerate Mu. This is a sin committed by my clan's ancestors; it has nothing to do with you. Let me face this tribulation..."

Before he could finish speaking, Qin Mu's figure erupted upwards. The sword light in his hand suddenly burst forth, even more terrifying than the single sword strike that had just annihilated thousands of gods and devils. A single sword flew out, transforming into a vast, surging sea of blood that rose into the sky!

"Then let's eliminate them before the Five Stellar Stars fully descend! Yan'er!"

Qin Mu roared. The sword light in his hand shot directly towards Lord Zhenxing, and he sternly ordered, "You can eat as much as you want! Fat Dragon, release the celestial dragons and use the Dragon Nurturing Scripture!"

Yan'er let out a cheer. The little green sparrow flapped her wings and soared towards Lord Chenxing, who had a red-haired snake body. As the green sparrow flapped her wings, in the next instant, she transformed into a Dragon Sparrow tens of thousands of miles long, with her Dragon Sparrow primordial spirit flying forth from her head!

Before Luo Xiao, the Dragon Qilin unfastened its reins. The six celestial dragons immediately balked; even the foolish one that had clamored about pummeling the Five Stellar Lords now lost its will to fight, crying out, "They are ancient gods! We can't beat them; let's run!"

The Dragon Qilin shook its body, transforming into a colossal creature with a qilin head, human body, and dragon tail. It activated the Dragon Nurturing Scripture, snapped a whip, and bellowed, "Your realms are higher than mine, yet you're so cowardly! Get on me!"

The five celestial dragons immediately flew up; one coiled around its left arm, another around its right. Two more wrapped around its legs, and another two great dragons coiled around its body, their heads resting on the Dragon Qilin's shoulders.

With the Dragon Nurturing Scripture activated, the Dragon Qilin instantly borrowed all the magical power of the six celestial dragons. Its primordial spirit cultivation soared, traversing the Southern Heavenly Gate, the Jade Pond, leaping over the God-Slaying Platform, descending upon Jade Capital City, and arriving before the High Firmament Hall. It stepped inside the hall and praised, "The Dragon Nurturing Monarch is indeed extraordinary; a truly formidable character!"

Meanwhile, Yan'er confronted Lord Chenxing. Lord Chenxing, who presided over slaughter and punishment, had his cultivation rapidly surging. He raised his hand to seize the Dragon Sparrow's claws, intending to tear her apart, but then saw the Dragon Sparrow's primordial spirit fly towards him. The Dragon Sparrow Primordial Spirit enveloped him, trapping him within its domain.

Lord Chenxing was instantly bound tightly, unable to move.

Yan'er's two bird claws clasped down, and her beak pecked at his forehead. Lord Chenxing's skull was pierced, leaving him dazed and disoriented, his celestial soul, earthly soul, and divine soul shattered.

Yan'er let out a cheer, picked up Lord Chenxing, and vigorously swung him twice to straighten his body. She then tilted her head back, straightened her throat, and swallowed him into her belly.

Lord Chenxing's physique was extremely large and long. As his body slid to the corner of her mouth, Yan'er had to use her claws to push him in, straightening him out again. It took considerable effort before she managed to swallow him down to his snake tail.

However, Lord Chenxing's body was so long that a section of his snake tail was still sticking out. Yan'er raised her bird claws and forcefully pushed it further into her mouth, finally managing to swallow him whole.

She let out a satisfied burp, and the snake tail popped out again.

"I only managed to eat one..."

Yan'er looked at the other Stellar Lords with great regret. "If I dig a hole and bury them, I can eat them for a very long time..."