Chapter 1052: Five Luminaries Fall

On the other side, Qin Mu's sword light met Zhenxing Monarch. Zhenxing Monarch reacted swiftly, raising the mirror in his hand to meet the sword light. With his other hand, he lifted a white banner and slammed it powerfully into the Celestial River!

Boom— The waters of the Celestial River suddenly erupted. The large white banner unfurled like a massive flag obscuring half the sky. Qin Mu's sword light swished into the mirror, vanished, and then emerged from the white banner the next moment.

Alongside the sword light, countless titanic Creator Beings emerged. Each possessed a vertical eye on their forehead, which was a Primordial Divine Stone, and their physiques were incredibly sturdy and unparalleled. They seized Qin Mu's sword light and, instead, thrust it back at him.

Zhenxing Monarch, as the leader of the Five Planets, was immensely powerful. Qin Mu's sword strike embodied the sword techniques and sword dao of later generations; his sword art was built upon nineteen basic forms, which Sword Twenty then unified, integrating his essence, qi, and spirit into the sword to forge it into true sword dao.

Remarkably, Zhenxing Monarch's white banner was connected to his Soul-Summoning Mirror, and it contained the corpses of numerous Creator Beings. These prehistoric Creator Beings' bodies had been tempered to be exceptionally powerful; under his control, they seized Qin Mu's sword light and used it to attack him.

By turning Qin Mu's own sword techniques against him, he proved himself worthy of being the most powerful among the Five Planet Monarchs.

With Zhenxing—his birthplace—now descending, his magic power and Great Dao cultivation grew increasingly profound, causing his strength to surge. Combined with the wondrous effects of the Corpse-Hiding Banner and the Soul-Summoning Mirror, he immediately gained the upper hand.

However, the very next moment, Qin Mu's vertical eye between his brows opened, and his divine consciousness erupted. An incredibly terrifying wave of divine consciousness instantly swept over all the charging Creator Being corpses!

Thousands of Creator Being corpses were under Zhenxing Monarch's control, as he relied on soul-controlling techniques. He was an ancient god who mastered the Great Dao of Death, and in the past, he had killed Creator Beings, then controlled their souls to manipulate their physical bodies.

These Creator Beings were, in fact, the Zhen clan; almost the entire clan had perished by his hand.

Zhenxing Monarch's extermination of the Zhen clan using the Path of Death was a major event that resonated throughout the prehistoric era.

Now, however, Qin Mu's divine consciousness surged forth. Almost instantly upon contact, he used his consciousness to control the Creator Beings' bodies, employing Great Emperor's Life Borrowing Method to erase Zhenxing Monarch's soul-controlling technique!

Great Emperor's Grand Supreme Divine Consciousness, enhanced through his own modifications and integrated with the Divine Treasure Heavenly Palace system, far surpassed Zhenxing Monarch's techniques in subtlety, making it effortless to suppress his soul-controlling methods.

Zhenxing Monarch's heart leaped; he thought, 'This is bad,' as he watched his white banner being shredded by thousands of Creator Beings wielding sword light, and his Soul-Summoning Mirror shattered into pieces.

The Creator Beings charging at him were arranged in thirty-three staggered layers, forming a sword formation.

Zhenxing Monarch roared suddenly, his snake body slithering. Instead of retreating, he advanced, charging at the Creator Beings.

Since these Creator Beings were all souls he had slain, he showed no fear.

However, then the sword light flared.

Though it was the Creator Beings wielding the swords and forming the array, it was Qin Mu who was executing the sword techniques and array; he was effectively using the Zhen clan's Creator Beings to fight Zhenxing Monarch.

The sword array materialized almost instantly—it was the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Zhenxing Monarch's body was wracked with intense pain. Emperor Kai's Thirty-Three Heavens Sword Dao sliced his physical form into thirty-four pieces. The immense power of the Thirty-Three Heavens Sword Dao erupted, with sword forms manifesting as the sun, moon, mountains, rivers, oceans, and even the vegetation and living beings of the Thirty-Three Heavens!

This peak sword dao of later generations surged into his very being. His primordial spirit disintegrated under its power, and his physical body began to collapse!

He controlled death, yet at this moment, he felt death's approach.

Having slain the powerful Zhenxing Monarch with Emperor Kai's sword techniques, Qin Mu abruptly turned, but it was already too late.

Faster than words could describe, his killing of Zhenxing Monarch was instantaneous, but at that exact same moment, Taibai Monarch charged forward.

Taibai Monarch, stepping on two dragons, pounced on him. A gigantic dragon claw seized Qin Mu's body, fiercely pressing him down.

Qin Mu's body was pressed onto the Celestial River's surface, sliding rapidly backward. Taibai Monarch, standing on two golden dragons and wielding a bronze battle-axe, furiously slammed it down on Qin Mu, who was held by the dragon claw. With each swing, he chopped Qin Mu into a pulp!

The golden dragon lifted its claw, tossing Qin Mu's tattered body into the air. The two golden dragons then spat out two golden pellets, from which thousands of golden energies shot forth, riddling Qin Mu with holes.

Taibai Monarch, holding the battle-axe with both hands, opened his eyes wide. White light shot forth from them, continuously slicing towards Qin Mu with a sharp whistling sound!

Just then, a large hand suddenly seized his tiger head and wrenched it backward.

Taibai Monarch's heart jolted in surprise. As his head was pulled back, he saw a Qilin's face.

Dragon Qilin grasped Taibai Monarch's tiger jaws with both hands, forcing them open. He then opened his mouth and spat out the Qilin Pearl and Dragon Pearl, blasting them into Taibai Monarch's mouth.

With forceful hands, Dragon Qilin slammed Taibai Monarch's large mouth shut.

The two divine pearls had been refined countless times by Dragon Qilin. Having cultivated alongside Qin Mu, Dragon Qilin had been taught all of Qin Mu's Emperor's Throne cultivation methods without reservation, and was the first to learn his various divine arts and dao methods, including the Ancestral Dragon Grand Profound Art, Three Yuan Divine Indestructible Divine Consciousness, Impermeable Creation Profound Art, Martial Combat Heavenly Art, and Dark Mocha Scripture.

The two divine pearls had also been refined into divine weapons. Now, borrowing the magic power of six Heavenly Dragons at the Jade Capital realm, Dragon Qilin's cultivation became profoundly powerful, reaching the Vault of Heaven. The power within the divine pearls erupted inside Taibai Monarch's mouth, causing his body to tremble violently. Both his eyes flew from their sockets, and his throat and internal organs were almost completely destroyed by the pearls' might.

Yet, he was not dead. The two golden dragons beneath his feet flew up into his hands, wrapping around Dragon Qilin's neck, one on each side. Formed from golden qi, these dragons were incredibly sharp, threatening to decapitate Dragon Qilin.

The two Heavenly Dragons on Dragon Qilin's shoulders immediately opened their mouths wide and bit the two golden dragons, their maws bleeding profusely from the cuts.

Taibai Monarch seized the opportunity to break free from Dragon Qilin's restraint and charged at him, though being eyeless proved quite inconvenient.

Dragon Qilin showed no fear. The six Heavenly Dragons wrapped around his body, extending their claws to meet Taibai Monarch. These six Heavenly Dragons, acting like six arms, surprisingly unleashed divine arts and dao methods he had never learned before under his control, suppressing Taibai Monarch. His defeat was now only a matter of time.

Meanwhile, Yinghuo Monarch and Suixing Monarch charged in. Yinghuo Monarch, with a bull's head and human body, wielded twin hammers and displayed astonishing combat prowess. Suixing Monarch, with a bird's head and human body, gripped two green dragons with his claws. Suddenly, the green dragons transformed into a bow and an arrow.

Suixing Monarch flapped his wings and soared, seizing the green dragon-transformed bow and arrow. He fired an arrow, striking Taibai Monarch squarely in the back of his heart.

Dragon Qilin rejoiced, but then saw that although Taibai Monarch had been struck by the arrow, his physical wounds were rapidly healing. Even two eyes were swiftly regenerating in his empty sockets!

'Suixing Monarch is an ancient god who presides over the Great Dao of Life and Sacrifice. He wasn't shooting to kill Taibai Monarch, but to heal him!'

Taibai Monarch's strength recovered completely, and his combat power surged. With Yinghuo Monarch and Suixing Monarch also joining the attack, Dragon Qilin was certain to be overwhelmed.

Just as the two monarchs charged, a plump Dragon Sparrow flapped its wings and flew over, its sharp claws seizing Suixing Monarch. Suixing Monarch flipped over, and the two large birds engaged in a chaotic aerial battle, their calls crisp.

Suixing Monarch had witnessed Yan'er killing Chenxing Monarch and feared her greatly. However, having swallowed Chenxing Monarch, Yan'er was now plump and round, resembling a sphere with two Vermillion Bird wings, which made her flight cumbersome. This instantly emboldened him.

'As long as I hold out until my ancestral star descends, killing this foolish bird will be effortless!' Suixing Monarch's resolve solidified.

Yinghuo Monarch rushed to Dragon Qilin's side, his two large hammers attacking from both sides. Just then, Qin Mu, who had clearly died moments ago, suddenly seemed to be reborn from fire, charging in from an oblique angle.

Yinghuo Monarch's heart skipped a beat. He saw Qin Mu's palms change in myriad ways; in an instant, it seemed as if countless figures were performing different combat techniques.

Suddenly, thousands of combat techniques converged, forming a single punch that broke through his twin hammers and slammed into his chest.

Yinghuo Monarch heard the sound of his own bones breaking and was sent flying backward.

Qin Mu relentlessly pursued, his hands splitting into four, then eight, forming eight arms. Runes pulsed, and various divine abilities blasted towards Yinghuo Monarch.

Yinghuo Monarch's body suddenly felt incredibly heavy, as if entire heavens were pressing down on him. Immediately, teleportation divine abilities erupted all over his body, tearing various parts of his physical form in different directions.

Fortunately, his physical body was incredibly powerful, allowing him to forcibly withstand the spatial tearing force.

Qin Mu's eight arms moved rapidly, and the vertical eye on his forehead shone brightly. A patch of sky materialized high above Yinghuo Monarch.

Although Yinghuo Monarch felt the frantic suppression of geomagnetic primordial energy, his body did not fall towards the Celestial River. Instead, he floated upward, flying towards that patch of sky.

His limbs spread wide, and his body grew larger and larger.

He heard the sound of the Heavenly Dao in his ears—the profound and abstruse dao sound emanating from the Heavenly Duke's Great Dao.

He tried to turn his head and look up at the sky, but he was unable to.

He could only with difficulty move his eyeballs. Then he saw his twin hammers, forged from the Fiery Star's Plague Dao, transform into thin sheets of paper.

Not only were his dao weapons pressed into thin paper, but his body was also compressed into thin flesh-paper, and it continued to thin.

His body continued to rise; at this speed, he should have already flown out of the Primordial Realm. Yet, when Yinghuo Monarch looked down, he saw he was still above the Celestial River, with Qin Mu directly below him.

However, his vision grew increasingly blurry, as if he were looking through layers of void.

He felt himself flying upward endlessly, for an unknown duration. He had now become a completely dimensionless sheet of paper, and even his thoughts were stretched, extended, and rendered incredibly thin and fragile.

Finally, he was fixed at the very top of the sky, as if eternally branded there.

Qin Mu reached out and grabbed; the sky shattered, and he immediately turned around.

This was his fourth heaven of dao-entry divine ability: Grand Heaven Gathering into Perfect Roundness.

The moment Qin Mu turned around, the third heaven of his dao-entry divine ability had already formed.

As this move was unleashed, the Celestial River violently surged, suddenly breaking its flow and detaching from its main body to form a smaller Celestial River.

This smaller Celestial River pierced through the Four Extremes Heavens. The Vermillion Bird, Black Tortoise, Azure Dragon, and White Tiger appeared in the Four Extremes Heavens, and the Celestial River formed a grand circle.

His body stood at the center of the grand circle formed by the Celestial River. The Four Ancient God Emperors, manifested from his own Great Dao runes, stood atop the Four Extremes, mobilizing the power of the Celestial River and the Dao of the Four Emperors. This made him resemble an Ancient God Heavenly Emperor who controlled the rules of the Great Dao of heaven and earth.

Celestial River: Viewing the Four Extremes.

As Qin Mu unleashed this move, he pulled Dragon Qilin and Taibai Monarch, who were currently locked in combat, into the realm of his divine ability.

From Qin Mu's sudden attack and slaying of Zhenxing Monarch, Yan'er devouring Chenxing Monarch, to Taibai Monarch severely injuring Qin Mu, Dragon Qilin's rescue, Yinghuo Monarch and Suixing Monarch rushing to Taibai Monarch's aid, and finally Qin Mu's miraculous rebirth and his two moves to grind Yinghuo Monarch into oblivion through layers of void—all of this transpired in just a brief moment.

In this short time, attack and defense shifted between allies and foes multiple times, a dazzling display.

Luo Xiao, the Creator Being who was ready to fight to the death, frantically looked around, completely unable to find an opportunity to intervene.

By the time Qin Mu unleashed Celestial River: Viewing the Four Extremes, Luo Xiao finally found an opportunity to intervene. However, by then, Qin Mu had already teamed up with Dragon Qilin to slay Taibai Monarch within the divine ability.

Qin Mu's breath grew labored, and he let out a muffled groan. But at that moment, Suixing Monarch shook off the plump Dragon Sparrow, flapped his wings, and shot towards Suixing (Jupiter), which had already appeared more than halfway in the sky, crying out sharply, 'Heavenly Venerable Mu, you are dead!'

'You colluded with Creator Beings and murdered ancient gods! The Heavenly Emperor will execute your nine generations of kin! Your human race will also be annihilated!'

Yan'er flapped her wings and chased after him, but she flew slower and slower, panting heavily.

Dragon Qilin also hurried forward, quickly catching up to Yan'er, but he could not catch up to Suixing Monarch.

Suixing Monarch's speed increased rapidly. As long as he reached Suixing, empowered by the blessing of his birthplace, he would fear none of them, even if Qin Mu and the others attacked him together.

Suddenly, an incredibly massive figure flew past Yan'er, then caught up to Dragon Qilin, leaving Dragon Qilin far behind.

Dragon Qilin was dumbfounded. The figure flying past was none other than Luo Xiao, the young man Qin Mu had picked up from the sky.

The young man was seen running wildly, heading towards the sky, his body expanding at a furious rate. He grew larger and larger, soon becoming many times bigger than Suixing Monarch. Even the Five Planet Stars appeared insignificant compared to him.

Qin Mu looked up, gazing at the primeval giant, the prehistoric Creator Being. After eons of endless dark years, he had once again appeared in the sky of the Primordial Realm.

Luo Xiao extended his palm and grasped Suixing Monarch, who was struggling to reach Suixing.