Chapter 1156: Disassembly

Qin Mu composed himself and continued to observe. Beneath the cracked ancient god egg was a small, circular pit.

He couldn't help but be startled; he had seen such circular pits before.

On the Creator's continent in the Blood Rust Zone, there were numerous altars, and nearly every one of them had such a pit.

These pits collected the Creator's sacrificial power, which miraculously evolved into various forms of ancient gods like Heavenly Duke, Earth Mother, and Earth Count, possessing immense combat strength!

"Could it be that the Creators imitated these altars, gathered their divine consciousness, and manifested battle machines in the form of ancient gods?" Qin Mu pondered this carefully as he walked towards the ancient god egg that had split in half. The Creators must have learned some knowledge from the ancient gods, which is why they designed altars similar to those of the Ancient God Heavenly Emperor, Grand Emperor.

"The eggshell is a good thing. This newly emerged ancient god didn't realize how precious its own eggshell was, so it ran off immediately after birth!"

He arrived in front of the eggshell at the center of the altar. The eggshell was so enormous that he had to look up at it.

This ancient god egg was no smaller than the Ancient God Heavenly Emperor Grand Emperor's egg.

"Where did that ancient god who hatched from the shell go? Could he be the great terror the Ancient God Heavenly Emperor Grand Emperor spoke of?" Qin Mu blinked. When the Ancient God Heavenly Emperor led a group of ancient gods to seal the ancestral court, it was certainly to seal away his own inglorious past, but he was also likely trying to seal terrifying beasts like the Void Beasts.

The Void Beasts, however, seemed to be monstrous creatures pieced together from different ancient behemoths. They didn't appear to be born of heaven and earth, but rather artificially created terror-inducing beings meant to destroy the world.

Could the one who created these monstrous beasts be the ancient god who emerged from this very eggshell?

"Regardless, this ancient god left a vulnerability!"

Qin Mu exerted all his strength, dragging the eggshell into his glabella, storing it in the Qin Continent. The eggshell was so large that it almost covered half of the Qin Continent.

He didn't have enough magic power to refine the eggshell to a smaller size, so he could only store it for now.

The two ancient god eggs he had previously obtained had both been refined: one was greatly reduced in size by the Ancient God Heavenly Emperor, and the other was refined as a treasure by the two Xuanwu Emperors, becoming the core of the Azure Heavens Pagoda.

If he possessed their level of magic power, Qin Mu could also refine the eggshell to be smaller.

"I have already deciphered the runes of one Grand Beginning egg. With this eggshell as well, I can fully understand the Grand Beginning ancient god's Great Dao." His eyes gleamed as he dragged the other half of the eggshell. He thought to himself, "Once I find a treasure trove here and establish a foothold, I will try to decipher Ling Tianzun's divine arts and rescue Senior Brother first!"

He stacked the two halves of the eggshell together to avoid obstructing the vision of his vertical eye in his glabella.

Unexpectedly, no sooner had he put away the two halves of the eggshell than the ground began to shake violently!

Qin Mu felt a shiver down his spine. Without a word, he swept up Yan'er and the Dragon Qilin, stowing them inside the Azure Heavens Pagoda, and bolted out of there!

The Azure Heavens Pagoda shone brightly, its various treasures displaying a dazzling array of colors. The treasures within the Azure Heavens Pagoda had been roughly refined by the two Xuanwu Emperors; they weren't exquisite, and in Qin Mu's eyes, it was a waste of natural resources.

Nevertheless, there were too many treasures in the Azure Heavens Pagoda, and every single one was a rare exotic treasure even in the ancestral court. Despite the unrefined craftsmanship, their power was extraordinary.

Qin Mu activated the Azure Heavens Pagoda, manifesting the Twenty-Eight Heavens, and charged outwards!

At this moment, countless chaotic stones began falling from above in the primordial mine. Each stone contained vast, chaotic qi, making them incredibly heavy. They struck the Azure Heavens Pagoda, causing the exotic treasures within to continuously burst forth with light. This light formed orderly patterns of Dao runes, resisting the power of the chaotic stones.

Qin Mu let out a muffled roar from his throat, fully activating the Overlord Body Three Elixir Technique, and furiously charged outwards. However, the falling chaotic stones grew larger and larger, even starting to smash through layers of the heavens!

With a thought, Qin Mu reversed the Twenty-Eight Heavens, constantly shifting the order of the different heavens to send the striking chaotic stones behind him.

His physical body bulged section by section, as all his vital qi and divine consciousness poured into his flesh, transforming into physical power.

Within each of his body's acupoints, shimmering light surged, and the grand sounds of the Dao resonated within the light. The ethereal image of Heavenly Duke appeared on his crown, the Ancient God Heavenly Emperor sat in his glabella's heavenly court, twin lotuses of the Return to the Ruins bloomed at his Yongquan acupoints, Earth Count resided in his dantian, and Earth Mother rooted in his heart and lungs.

Throughout his body's acupoints, the righteous gods of the celestial constellations appeared. His eyes were the Great Sun and the Grand Moon, his five fingers were the Five Luminaries (but in a double manifestation), and the Thirty-six Heavenly Spirits and Seventy-two Earthly Fiends were spread across his chest and back.

The Eastern Heavenly Palace, with the Azure Dragon commanding the eastern stars; the Western Heavenly Palace, with the White Tiger commanding the western stars; the Southern Heavenly Palace, with the Vermilion Bird commanding the southern stars; and the Northern Heavenly Palace, with the Black Tortoise commanding the northern stars.

The constellation layout around his body was different from the current heaven and earth; it was the form of the righteous gods of the celestial constellations that he had reshaped by absorbing the Grand Emperor's boundless divine consciousness.

However, while the Grand Emperor used divine consciousness to strengthen his physical body, Qin Mu used both divine consciousness and vital qi simultaneously to enhance his physique.

This was the first time he had pushed his physical body to its peak!

He had no idea how much power his physical body could contain, nor had he ever considered how formidable his body would become when he used divine consciousness as powerful as an Emperor's Throne to strengthen it.

But now, activating the Overlord Body Three Elixir Technique, Qin Mu felt like a primordial ancient god wielding the power to create heaven and earth. With every move, he could shift stars, alter constellations, pluck stars, and grasp the moon!

If this power were unleashed, even beings at the Numinous Sky Realm would be unable to withstand his mighty martial arts divine abilities, let alone anything else!

As for his vital qi cultivation, it didn't provide much of an increase to his power.

His vital qi cultivation was only equivalent to being between the God Slaying Platform and Jade Capital realms. However, when his vital qi was used to form various Great Dao runes and imprint them throughout his body to strengthen his physical power, it would further enhance both his physical strength and toughness!

He charged forward, enduring the falling chaotic stones, while simultaneously controlling the Azure Heavens Pagoda. The various heavens constantly shifted, moving the chaotic stones that had smashed through them.

His steps were incredibly swift as he rushed into the mine shaft, sprinting upwards along the way he had come.

Just then, the path ahead suddenly collapsed with a thunderous roar. The mine shaft caved in, burying the path.

The collapsing path continued to surge towards him, making Qin Mu's scalp tingle. Leaning on the Azure Heavens Pagoda, he roared, "Please, treasure, fully unleash your power!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than the section of the mine shaft where he stood violently collapsed!

Countless chaotic stones pressed down on the Azure Heavens Pagoda, causing the Twenty-Eight Heavens to continuously shrink. Qin Mu was also crushed, his bones cracking audibly. On the surface of his body, his skin repeatedly burst open, and beneath his skin, veins bulged and tore through his flesh!

The various runes imprinted by vital qi on the surface of his skin continuously burst and vanished.

Qin Mu's eyes were bloodshot as he hissed, "As a fellow ancient god of the mine vein, can't you even withstand the collapse of the mountains where this ancient god was born?!"

The moment he spoke, the celestial orb of the Azure Heavens Pagoda suddenly burst forth with intense light. The Twenty-Eight Heavens spun wildly, causing the Dragon Qilin and Yan'er within them to feel as if they were constantly moving up and down, left and right, completely disoriented and thoroughly dizzy!

The large falling stones in the mine shaft were flung away, and the path in the mine shaft reappeared!

Qin Mu made a swift decision and, propping himself with the Azure Heavens Pagoda, charged out along the path.