Chapter 1062: Unwavering Love Until Death

Outside the mining area, Qin Mu hurriedly looked around, seeing huge eyes everywhere in the sky and on the ground. These eyes emerged from the surface, and with every blink, a deep abyss-like mouth would open.

They were Void Beasts, surrounding them completely.

Inside the mine, Da Hong's body landed on the miniaturized Void Matriarch as he charged at Gu Xiao. His power surged. The Void Matriarch carried him, traversing the void with unpredictable movements. The Void Matriarch's own strength was unparalleled; her sharp claws and flying tongue were like natural weapons, blocking Gu Xiao's Emperor Sword. With a single lick, a piece of the Grand Dao steel seal on the Emperor Sword vanished!

“Heavenly Venerable Mu, there’s no need for you to rush away,” Da Hong’s voice rang out, laced with a laugh. “Once I kill Gu Xiao, I’ll take my beloved wife’s body and leave with you all. Brother Luo Xiao cannot die either; I still need him to find other Creation Masters. These Void Beasts will protect you!”

Luo Xiao collapsed weakly onto the carriage, his eyes vacant and lifeless. After a moment, he came to his senses, looked at Qin Mu, and pleaded in a low voice, “Brother Mu, kill me! I can’t let him know where my people are hiding! Kill me quickly!”

“Even if he kills you, it will be useless. Your divine consciousness and soul are still present; I can search your soul and divine consciousness,” Da Hong’s divine consciousness entered his mind, sounding very pleased.

Luo Xiao was stunned. Now, he couldn't even die if he wanted to.

Qin Mu, full of vigor, advised, “Brother Luo, the Nineteenth Void no longer has the Void Matriarch, so we can try to contact your ancestral spirits.”

Luo Xiao’s spirits lifted, but then he quickly became despondent again, stating blankly, “Even if I find my ancestral spirits, what then? I’m doomed; I must die. I cannot bring disaster to the clan leader and our people. Kill me…”

“There’s still a chance for survival.” Qin Mu’s divine consciousness rippled, “I’ve built two altars: one outside the Ancestral Court and one inside. Actually, we can leave even without using the altar inside the Ancestral Court. This is our only chance. As soon as you contact your ancestral spirits, I will immediately sense the altar outside the Ancestral Court, establish a reverse summon, and bring us out of here. You must contact your ancestral spirits quickly!”

Hope flickered in Luo Xiao’s eyes once more.

Seeing his gaze, Qin Mu was deeply moved, feeling a touch of reluctance. They were clear eyes, reflecting Luo Xiao’s inner self.

In this murky, wild world, where human hearts are treacherous, such clear eyes were rare. Creation Masters who lived in the Supreme Void, far from the Ancestral Court, hadn't experienced the dangers of the world or the cunning of human hearts. Thus, they still preserved their pure minds, daring to trust others and entrust their lives to them.

Creation Master Luo Xiao was such a person; Qin Mu had only seen such eyes in infants.

Even though Qin Mu’s eyes were equally clear, he knew he was never a person like Luo Xiao. From a young age, he had been taught by the mute and the cripple to be incredibly cunning, using his pure eyes to hide and disguise himself.

“However, I still must ensure he brings back the three prophecies.” Qin Mu's resolve was firm, and he suppressed his reluctance. These three prophecies had protected the Creation Masters in the Supreme Void, destroyed the physical body of the Great Emperor, provided a place for the people of the Kai Huang era to settle and establish Carefree Village, and in the future, would make Qin Mu the Holy Infant of the Creation Master race!

He had to ensure Luo Xiao returned to the Supreme Void alive with these three prophecies!

However, Qin Mu knew that Luo Xiao would die after meeting his people and delivering the three prophecies.

He truly couldn't bear to see such a pure person die, yet he had to witness and even facilitate this part of history.

All around, countless Void Beasts encircled the carriage, resisting the terrifying fluctuations emanating from the mine and guarding the vehicle. Luo Xiao’s powerful divine consciousness surged, vibrating and penetrating the void, sweeping through layers of void directly toward its highest point.

Not a speck of divine consciousness remained in his physical body; only a pure, childlike heart yearned to find the ancestral spirits in the Ancestral Court.

Qin Mu silently sighed, then activated his Grand Luo Supreme Divine Consciousness, his own consciousness also surging into the void.

In terms of the vastness of divine consciousness, Qin Mu was not as great as Luo Xiao. Luo Xiao, being a Creation Master, possessed astonishing talent in divine consciousness. He was still a young Creation Master, not yet an adult. Once he matured, his cultivation and power would likely be no less than that of the Three Ancient Kings.

However, in terms of the quality of divine consciousness, Qin Mu far surpassed him. Qin Mu used the later generations' Divine Treasures and Heavenly Palaces system to improve the Creation Masters’ divine consciousness cultivation methods, and he had also learned the Grand Luo Supreme Divine Consciousness from the Great Emperor. Its quality was something Luo Xiao could not compare to.

His divine consciousness, starting later, arrived ahead of Luo Xiao, reaching the Nineteenth Void before surging into the Twentieth Void and continuing upwards.

His divine consciousness reached higher layers of the void, only to find them empty. The divine consciousness of the Creation Master ancestors in the Ancestral Court had been completely devoured by the Void Beasts, leaving not a trace.

Every layer of the void was the same.

In that barbaric and unenlightened era, both the Great Emperor and the Ancient God Heavenly Emperor sought to erase their inglorious history. All traces of the Creation Masters were to be obliterated.

The difference was that the Ancient God Heavenly Emperor was the victor, and the Great Emperor was the vanquished.

Qin Mu’s divine consciousness reached the Twenty-Eighth Void. Upon arriving there, his divine consciousness was exhausted, unable to ascend further.

When Luo Xiao’s divine consciousness reached the Twenty-Third Void, he could not advance further. The young Creation Master’s divine consciousness was filled with endless sorrow, with only a desolate consciousness lingering in the void. “Gone, all gone…” “The ancestral spirits have been obliterated…” His divine consciousness was filled with despair, wandering in the empty Twenty-Third Void, devoid of any fighting spirit.

Just then, an obscure divine consciousness fluctuation emanated from a higher void, surging downwards. An ancient and weathered voice touched his divine consciousness, and it spoke. “Young Creation Master, our descendant, you have finally come.”

Luo Xiao’s divine consciousness trembled with excitement, and at that moment, tears streamed down his face as he sat in the Heavenly Dragon carriage.

“Our child, we have been silent since the Primordial Era, experiencing countless ages, observing the trajectory of the vast universe, discerning the profound principles within the void, and comprehending the past and the future.” “Child, we have seen the hardships that Creation Masters in the Supreme Void will face, and we have perceived your heart.” “Child, return to the Supreme Void, carrying these three prophecies; in the future, they will all come true.”

On the carriage, Luo Xiao knelt deeply, sobbing uncontrollably.

In the Twenty-Third Void, the ancestral spirits of the Creation Masters told him three prophecies concerning the Creation Masters of the Supreme Void: the Great Emperor’s invasion and Heavenly Venerable Yun’s prophecy, the Beyond World prophecy, and the Holy Infant prophecy.

After the three prophecies, the ancestral spirits remained silent for a moment. “Child, strive to live. You… may go.”

Luo Xiao withdrew his divine consciousness. Qin Mu also withdrew his divine consciousness, watching Luo Xiao, who was engulfed in ecstasy. He paced back and forth excitedly, hugging Dragon Qilin, then Yan'er, and even embracing and kissing the six Heavenly Dragons. Finally, he tightly hugged Qin Mu, choking out, “Mu, you are my true brother!”

Qin Mu smiled, patted his back firmly, and gently said, “We should go, brother.”

Luo Xiao released him, wiped away his tears, and smiled with pure innocence.

Qin Mu quietly activated the reverse summoning formation, sensing the altar left outside the Ancestral Court. At that moment, in the mine, Gu Xiao was covered in wounds and teetering on the brink of defeat under the attacks of Da Hong and the Void Matriarch. Da Hong’s laughter echoed from there.

“Taichu, you have finally lost! You will die here, and your true body outside will have no idea what has happened! And I will slowly consume and devour the power you wield!” He was like a cat toying with a beloved mouse, not rushing to kill Gu Xiao, but slowly playing with him, making Gu Xiao’s injuries worsen, yet unable to escape.

“I will gradually invade your Heavenly Court, divide your strength, and slowly destroy the era you built, leaving you in despair, unable to find your true enemy, until you finally die in endless agony!”

Finally, Gu Xiao knelt, collapsing before Gong Jun’s golden coffin, utterly spent of his fighting strength.

Da Hong stood before him, exotic light glinting in his eyes. The tip of his spear lifted Gu Xiao’s chin, and he chuckled, “I will seize your divine consciousness, obtain the Grand Dao within this body, and understand everything about you, while your true body will never know that I am lurking by your side.”

Gu Xiao painstakingly raised his head, grinning, his teeth stained with crimson blood. “Great Emperor, do you know where Gong Jun’s soul is?”

Da Hong’s pupils constricted abruptly.

“I have it with me.” Gu Xiao laughed with glee. “I’ve always carried her soul. Although I killed her, I once loved her, so I imprisoned her soul. Would you like to see her again?”

The spear in Da Hong’s hand trembled, and he said in a hoarse voice, “Release her soul!”

Gu Xiao laboriously raised his hand, took a jade pendant from his neck, and tried to crush it forcefully, but he couldn't. His injuries were too severe; he was on his last breath.

Da Hong snatched it, pried open the jade pendant, and a woman’s soul flew out, drifting and floating toward the golden coffin.

Da Hong gazed raptly at the woman’s soul; it was indeed his beloved wife, his Divine King Gong Jun.

“Nü Xin…” He approached the golden coffin. Inside, his beloved, who had haunted his thoughts, slowly opened her eyes.

Da Hong’s body trembled, a smile on his face, as he extended his hand to the woman in the coffin. The woman in the coffin raised her hand, and their palms met.

Da Hong pulled her to her feet and embraced the resurrected Divine King, two streams of tears flowing uncontrollably from his eyes. “Nü Xin, my beloved wife, I have missed you all these years. I have longed to see you again. There are countless things I want to tell you…”

Behind him, Gu Xiao revealed a mocking smile, slowly raising the Emperor Sword in his hand and pointing its hilt toward Da Hong’s back.

A slender, fair hand grasped the Emperor Sword’s hilt. With a soft thud, the Emperor Sword pierced Da Hong’s back.

The woman in Da Hong’s embrace released him, and Da Hong heavily collapsed onto his knees before the golden coffin.

The Void Matriarch roared furiously, opening its gaping maw to devour the resurrected Divine King.

“Beast!” Da Hong was furious, spitting out blood continuously as he angrily rebuked the Void Matriarch, sternly commanding, “Get out!”

The Void Matriarch let out a timid cry, leaped into the void, glanced back, and then vanished.

Blood gushed from Da Hong’s mouth as he looked up at his beloved wife, a smile still on his face. “Nü Xin, I betrayed everyone, betrayed my own race, but I would never betray you, nor would I ever change my heart towards you.”

The woman from the coffin, expressionless, slowly rose, passed over his head, came behind him, gently grasped the Emperor Sword’s hilt, and plunged it down forcefully.

A section of the sword tip emerged from Da Hong’s chest. The Dao might contained within the Emperor Sword was destroying his physical functions and suppressing his divine consciousness.

“I still love you, unswervingly, for this life…” he chuckled.

Divine King Gong Jun leaned close to his ear, her long, beautiful hair cascading from his neck to his chest. Her voice was filled with endless hatred. “But I no longer love you, Great Emperor. Ever since you destroyed my race, I stopped loving you.”

Her voice was like a bone-scraping knife. Her hand gently rotated the sword hilt, slowly crushing Da Hong’s heart piece by piece. “I feel only hatred for you, endless, boundless hatred. I could even collude with Taichu and use his power to kill you. And let me tell you something quietly: I dropped and killed our child, and I also had a child with Taichu!”

Da Hong’s smile didn’t falter: “As long as you are alive…”

Divine King Gong Jun forcefully pulled out the Emperor Sword. Gu Xiao staggered to his feet, sneering, “Fellow Daoist, you still couldn’t defeat me.”

Divine King Gong Jun didn’t turn to look at him. She lifted her sword and swept it horizontally backward. The sword light flashed across Gu Xiao’s neck.

Gu Xiao’s head slid from his neck, and his body fell. The smile on his face froze, replaced by an expression of disbelief.

Divine King Gong Jun inverted the sword hilt and hurled it down forcefully. With a squelch, it impaled the back of Gu Xiao’s headless body, piercing through him and pinning him to the mine floor.

“I despise betrayal most of all,” she said flatly, raising her foot and crushing Gu Xiao’s skull.

Da Hong was still breathing, lying on the ground, looking at Gu Xiao’s headless corpse. He chuckled, “Well killed, well killed! Nü Xin, hurry! Go outside the mine. There’s a young man named Mu Qing there who can take you away from here! I’m interfering with his divine consciousness, and I’m about to lose my hold on him. This is the only chance…”

Divine King Gong Jun grabbed him by the neck, lifted him, and walked toward the mine exit. “I won’t let you die like this. I will use this temporary body of yours to find your true form. Until I find your true form, I will never let you die.”

Da Hong’s limbs hung limply, but his gaze remained fixed on her face. He stared at her raptly, his eyes filled with satisfaction. “As long as you can live again…”

“I will torment you, imprison you, and make you suffer in countless ways,” Divine King Gong Jun said coldly, “I will make you taste the pain of killing my people, repaid a hundredfold. I will make you experience torments beyond your imagination!”

Da Hong chuckled weakly, “As long as you are by my side…”

“Shut up!”