Chapter 1124: Sword Like a Rainbow, Spirit Like a Dragon

The White Earth Ancient God sensed the Lapis Lazuli Azure Heaven Pagoda the moment it landed. He immediately opened his eyes, and his four-armed white ape body suddenly crackled as his muscles swelled, making him several times larger than before, and still rapidly expanding!

However, as Qin Mu bowed, the Lapis Lazuli Azure Heaven Pagoda instantly swelled immensely. Its twenty-eight layers of canopies transformed into layers of heavens, continuously expanding outwards!

The entire White Earth Ancestral Land was instantly divided by the twenty-eight heavens. The deities and devils surrounding the White Earth Ancient God were involuntarily lifted high into the various layers of heavens. Even the altar beneath the White Earth Ancient God was swept up by the first heaven and sent far away, an immense distance from him!

The moment Qin Mu straightened from his bow, his figure shot forward. The Lapis Lazuli Azure Heaven Pagoda's twenty-eight heavens shifted, instantly teleporting him before the White Earth Ancient God.

The Lapis Lazuli Azure Heaven Pagoda moved precisely as Qin Mu willed. This treasure, renowned as the foremost ultimate treasure in the world, was, in Qin Mu's view, crafted with rather unsophisticated, even rudimentary, artifact forging techniques by Emperor Xuanwu of the North. They had merely piled treasures together, crudely assembling this artifact without any finesse, making it quite an eyesore.

Nevertheless, this treasure truly deserved its title as the world's most formidable artifact. The sheer quantity of treasures accumulated by Emperor Xuanwu, combined with the wish-granting ancient god's egg, meant that no other divine weapon could possibly compare.

At this moment, the White Earth Ancient God's physical body was still expanding, yet he was now separated from his ancestral land by twenty-seven layers of heavenly worlds, each one incredibly distant! He instantly felt a profound emptiness of power, and a fear he had never known before surged through him: "It's Emperor Xuanwu of the North's ultimate treasure, the Lapis Lazuli Azure Heaven Pagoda!"

His mind raced in panic. The Lapis Lazuli Azure Heaven Pagoda, even praised by the Ancient God Heavenly Emperor as the world's supreme treasure with unpredictable power, was naturally known to him. "Didn't this treasure disappear six hundred thousand years ago? Why is it appearing now?"

Despite his panic, the White Earth Ancient God made a decisive choice: he immediately ceased his body's expansion and instead began to contract it. Continuing to expand his body without the support of his ancestral land would only make him large but not strong, perhaps even outwardly mighty but inwardly hollow. If he contracted his body, his power would condense. With a million years spent diligently studying his own Great Dao, he was confident he feared no one!

However, in the next moment, Qin Mu appeared before him, rapidly charging towards him. Qin Mu drew his sword, and with its flash, sword light filled the sky! This was precisely the moment when the White Earth Ancient God's body had stopped expanding but had not yet begun to contract—when his power was at its absolute emptiest.

Even so, he remained composed in the face of danger. Ancient Gods were born into the Dao, naturally wielding the Great Dao, giving them an incomparable advantage over later-born beings and even demigods. Although ancient gods could not enter other domains, he firmly believed that by diligently cultivating his own Great Dao, he could, with his innate advantages and deep understanding of his path, surpass any other later-born beings and demigods! On his Dao, he was an unbeatable king!

But then he saw Qin Mu's sword light, and Qin Mu's sword was aimed directly at the weaknesses of his Great Dao. No Great Dao could be called perfect, especially those of the ancient gods. This was because all ancient gods had been summoned by the Heavenly Emperor, who instructed the Dao Ancestor of the Dao Sect to map their Great Dao runes. Even Heaven Duke and Earth Mother had their Great Dao runes mapped by the Dao Ancestor, so the White Earth Ancient God was no exception. When he saw Qin Mu's sword light, he knew Qin Mu's sword art ability targeted his weaknesses.

Without hesitation, he raised his hand to meet the attack head-on. Dao light erupted from his palm, and his Great Dao rumbled. He was confident that his magical power could crush his opponent and shatter Qin Mu's sword art. His other three arms rose, each hand forming a different mudra: one to destroy the physical body, one to shock the primordial spirit, and one to obliterate everything about Qin Mu! These three mudras were his supreme achievements, the ultimate techniques he had comprehended through a million years of arduous study of his Great Dao. His first hand was already meeting Qin Mu's sword light. As soon as he blocked Qin Mu's sword and shattered it, his second, third, and fourth strikes would barrage Qin Mu, crushing him completely!

At that moment, he saw Qin Mu's sword slice through his palm and fingers as if encountering no resistance. Then he saw his thumb tip fly off, and half his palm, along with the other four fingers, detach from his hand. Accompanying the dazzling sword light was Qin Mu's figure. He clearly saw Qin Mu's face, a face that filled him with dread.

"Heavenly Venerable Mu..." The muscles on the White Earth Ancient God's face began to twitch violently. The terrifying being who had slaughtered the Five Elements Ancient Gods in ancient times had returned!

The White Earth Ancient God was largely unfamiliar with Heavenly Venerable Mu, but after Qin Mu slew the Five Elements Ancient Gods, the name entered his ears and became seared into his mind, recurring like a nightmare to terrorize him. He had long heard of Heavenly Venerable Mu's reputation, but the name had then vanished for six hundred thousand years until it reappeared just a decade ago. It was then that he learned Heavenly Venerable Mu was merely a young man who had fortuitously traveled to the Dragon Han era, using Mu Qing's appearance, and his strength was not particularly exceptional.

More importantly, Heavenly Venerable Mu no longer carried his former fearsome reputation. Instead, a new title circulated among the ancient gods: "The Calamity-Proof Master." Rumors claimed that by protecting Heavenly Venerable Mu, ancient gods could survive all calamities and become eternally indestructible. The term "Calamity-Proof Master" referred to a powerful magic practitioner who could make ancient gods indestructible, not that Qin Mu himself was indestructible.

The ancient gods rejoiced, believing they could return to the Dragon Han years, or even the primordial era when ancient gods ruled the world. The White Earth Ancient God had also heard this rumor and was delighted for a long time. Although he was subservient to the Celestial Heavens and the White Emperor of the Western Heavens, maintaining his ancient customs of blood sacrifices, he was ultimately not free and could not act as unrestrainedly as before. If this Heavenly Venerable Mu, who was once so vicious in slaughtering ancient gods, could truly become a great benevolent figure making ancient gods indestructible, that would indeed be a good thing. Furthermore, Heavenly Venerable Mu was so weak, making him easy to control.

Yet, Heavenly Venerable Mu had come this time to kill him!

The White Earth Ancient God's second hand print missed, his third strike also missed, and his fourth strike landed behind Qin Mu with immense force! Simultaneously, Dao light erupted from the sharp horn on his forehead, shining towards Qin Mu! The Dao light struck the sword light, scattering it and revealing the essence of the broken sword. His fourth strike was aimed at Qin Mu's back. If Qin Mu did not dodge, he would surely be killed!

A smile appeared on his twitching face, and he spoke with a voice like thunder: "Heavenly Venerable Mu, stop! We are natural allies..."

Before he could utter the word "allies," the broken sword in Qin Mu's hand rapidly expanded, transforming into a divine blade that slashed down towards his divine horn! The blade sliced through like a hot knife through butter, splitting the toughest divine horn in half, and the two pieces flew off his head.

The White Earth Ancient God's fourth strike followed immediately, landing on Qin Mu's back. At that very moment, the divine blade in Qin Mu's hand transformed back into a long sword, slicing across the ancient god's forehead.

Boom—

The White Earth Ancient God's fourth strike violently hit Qin Mu's back. Flesh and blood splattered, and along with them, the White Earth Ancient God's skull flew off. As his skull flew backward, Qin Mu, whose back had been almost entirely blown open by the ancient god's strike, with his back muscles completely pulped, tumbled backward alongside the massive skull, falling behind the White Earth Ancient God. He looked down and clearly saw the White Earth Ancient God's brain structure. The White Earth Ancient God was left with only half a brain.

The instant Qin Mu lowered his head, his third eye between his brows opened, and a beam of light blasted into the White Earth Ancient God's remaining half-brain. The White Earth Ancient God's Heavenly Soul disintegrated. His Earth Soul and Divine Soul tried to escape but had no time; they too shattered, transforming into swirling black soul-sand that dispersed in all directions!

With a whoosh, the Lapis Lazuli Azure Heaven Pagoda retracted. The twenty-eight heavens transformed into twenty-eight canopies, collapsing along the central pillar. The deities and devils, still dazed, found themselves back around the altar, their eyes filled with confusion. The White Earth Ancient God also remained seated on his ancestral altar. Three of his hands still clutched mudras, their power not yet fully dissipated, while his other hand was reduced to only half. A smile still lingered on his face.

"Ancestor God, what happened?" the surrounding deities and devils asked, looking around in bewilderment.

It was only then that they realized the White Earth Ancient God was dead!

Qin Mu activated his Overlord Body Three Elixir Technique, and the injuries on his back rapidly healed. He pulled up the Lapis Lazuli Azure Heaven Pagoda, turned, and walked away, stating in a deep voice, "To Northern Xuanzhou, to meet the Formed Earth Ancient God!"

From behind, sounds of wailing began to rise.