Chapter 1074: Langhuan's Final Lesson

Suddenly, something occurred to him, and he felt a little confused. Ling Tianzun, Yue Tianzun, and Yun Tianzun were all absent from the Empyrean Heavens. What could have happened that required all three of them to act together?

While Yun Tianzun and Yue Tianzun possessed unfathomable strength, Ling Tianzun was not known for her combat prowess. In fact, Ling Tianzun's cultivation realm had always been quite low. When Qin Mu last encountered Ling Tianzun, she was only at the True God realm. For her, the depth of her realm was unimportant; what mattered most was researching her divine arts. Ling Tianzun's absence from the Heavenly Court this time indicated that the matter was extremely urgent and serious.

The Heavenly Dragon Imperial Chariot stopped, and Qin Mu quietly infiltrated the Empyrean Heavens. He found Ling Tianzun's residence, where numerous bamboo horses were still sifting through scattered manuscripts. Ling Tianzun's living space remained as chaotic and messy as ever. Seeing this, Yan'er couldn't help but fall back into her old habit, diligently helping Ling Tianzun tidy up. Qin Mu also helped sort through the manuscripts, when suddenly he discovered a stack of blueprints, which made him pause.

He quickly flipped through the blueprints. Ling Tianzun had drawn a woman, along with various creation runes.

“Lang Wo!”

Qin Mu's heart skipped a beat, but upon closer inspection, he confirmed that Ling Tianzun had depicted Lang Wo in her youthful form. This youthful Lang Wo was exquisitely beautiful, pure, and vibrant, making anyone who saw her heart flutter with a sense of budding romance. Compared to the youthful Creator Lang Wo, the later Lang Wo Divine King, though more beautiful, had a heart that had grown cold, with less emotion and more reason. Although Ling Tianzun's drawings hadn't reached the pinnacle of artistry, she had captured the maiden's beauty, indicating that she had clearly seen Lang Wo before.

Qin Mu composed himself and looked through other blueprints, most of which contained creation runes. Beyond these, he found another set of blueprints: those of an extremely colossal and intricate divine artifact. Qin Mu quickly scanned them, his expression solemn. “A Divine Artifact of Creation!”

It wasn't merely a divine artifact; it was a divine structure! This Divine Artifact of Creation was immensely vast and intricate, a colossal entity that brought the Path of Creation to its absolute pinnacle!

“Could this Divine Artifact of Creation be the same one found in the later-era Divine Artisan Heavenly Palace? Was it used by Madam Yuanmu to create Yun Chuxiu, and by the Ten Celestial Venerables to forge the divine artifact Celestial Venerable Yu?”

Qin Mu pondered. The blueprints were incredibly complex, and judging by the required materials, no divine metal or iron in the world—not even treasures like Abyss Iron of the Returning Ruins or Heavenly Yin Gold—could be used to construct such a Divine Artifact of Creation. Both Abyss Iron of the Returning Ruins and Heavenly Yin Gold possessed inherent Dao rhythms and specific attributes. However, forging the Divine Artifact of Creation required a divine metal that carried no attributes whatsoever, allowing the Path of Creation to be expressed to its fullest!

“No wonder Yun Tianzun went to the Hall of Shining Sun to steal treasures. Besides the Grand Emperor Seal and the Grand Emperor Altar, his objective was also to find a treasure that perfectly harmonized with the Path of Creation. Such a treasure could indeed only be found in the ancestral court.”

He then saw other blueprints, containing the divine consciousness runes hidden within the Grand Emperor Seal and the Grand Emperor Altar. Ling Tianzun had deconstructed these artifacts and deciphered the divine consciousness runes from them. Although the Creators of the primordial era possessed powerful divine consciousness, they had not developed it in the direction of runes; their knowledge of Great Dao runes was a blank slate.

“If the Grand Emperor were here and saw the divine consciousness runes Ling Tianzun had deconstructed, he would likely be filled with emotion, considering Ling Tianzun his Dao friend. But in the next moment, he would mercilessly strike her down!”

Qin Mu's eyes gleamed as he looked at the divine consciousness runes Ling Tianzun had compiled. Ling Tianzun was absorbed in her studies and paid no mind to external matters. Celestial Venerable Yu once said that her talent and comprehension surpassed his own; while this might have been humility on Celestial Venerable Yu's part, Ling Tianzun's talent and comprehension were undoubtedly exceptional! Yun Tianzun must have asked her to deconstruct the Grand Emperor's divine consciousness runes to deduce his weaknesses.

“This means that Yun Tianzun, using these divine consciousness runes, deduced the flaws in the Grand Emperor's Great Luo Supreme Divine Consciousness and set a trap for him in the void. The Grand Emperor's Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain has been cracked! When he unleashes his Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain, it will be his doom!”

Seeing these blueprints, Qin Mu suddenly understood why all three Celestial Venerables had to move together.

“They have gone to the void, preparing to strike at the Grand Emperor!”

His eyes shone brightly. He looked up, realizing that in recent years, Ling Tianzun had not continued her in-depth research into the immutability of matter but had instead pushed the Path of Creation to its extreme, and, combined with her study of the Grand Emperor's divine consciousness, this had consumed a great deal of her time. However, Yun Tianzun had, based on this, also established a method to deal with both the Grand Emperor and the Ancient God Heavenly Emperor!

“The void… a great battle has probably already erupted there!”

Qin Mu's mind was stirred, but now, it was too late for him to rush there and witness this battle that would influence later generations!

In the void, an earth-shattering roar reverberated. The Grand Emperor's colossal figure crushed the sky of the void, shattered the stars born from the Creators' contemplation of creation, destroyed suns, moons, mountains, and rivers, causing the world created by the void's Creators with their divine consciousness to collapse! Terrifying divine consciousness backlash surged backward, impacting the brains of the void's Creators. The once peaceful void instantly transformed into an immense slaughterhouse. Under the powerful divine consciousness backlash, the Creators who had fled into the void involuntarily looked up at the sky, mouths agape. Uncontrolled divine consciousness poured into their mouths, shattering their consciousness, pulverizing their brains, and shaking their very thoughts apart!

There were two parts to the void. In the other part, the youthful Lang Wo Divine King stared blankly at the scene. Yun Tianzun stood beside her and softly said, “Lang Wo, you and your people do not understand schemes and stratagems. Today, I will give you a lesson, and it will be the last.” His expression complex, he declared, “For the survival of our race, no means are too extreme!”

Lang Wo Divine King opened her mouth and looked at the patriarchs and elders of the Creator races standing behind Yun Tianzun. Not one of them rose to intercept the Grand Emperor or stop the slaughter.

“For the continuation of our race, all sacrifices are worthwhile!”

Yun Tianzun continued to Lang Wo in an indifferent tone, “The first part of the void can be left for the Grand Emperor to destroy, and its Creators for him to kill. The collapsing divine consciousness within the void will turn that region into a desperate land. That divine consciousness not only backfires on us but also on the Grand Emperor; the stronger the cultivation, the stronger the backlash.” He forced a smile and said, “I will use the deaths of a million of your clansmen to save the lives of a hundred thousand people behind you.”

The youthful Lang Wo looked imploringly at the patriarchs and elders of the various races. Behind them stood a hundred thousand Creators.

“Save them…”

Lang Wo heard herself pleading in an unfamiliar voice, “Please!”

The divine consciousness of the ninety-eight most ancient Creator patriarchs and elders intertwined, forming an unusually resonant divine consciousness wave, filled with joy at sacrificing themselves for the future of their race. “Lang Wo, Saintess of our Creator race, for the continuation of our race, all sacrifices are worthwhile! We are ready!”