Chapter 1196: Taiji Divine Power and Immutable Divine Power

With a tremendous roar, the ghost ship burst forth from the water, shattering the surface of the Surging River. At that very moment, the river water sprayed like scattering jewels, and under the illumination of the rising sun, multiple rainbows hung above the ghost ship.

The ghost ship rode the wind and waves, sailing towards Qin Mu.

Qin Mu rose into the air and landed on the ghost ship's deck.

“Senior Brother,” Qin Mu greeted with a bow.

“Junior Brother,”

Wei Suifeng, the Emperor of Yunluo, returned the bow. As he stood up, tens of thousands of black coffins appeared behind him.

These black coffins stood silently on the ghost ship. One by one, they opened, and from them emerged divine-devil soldiers of the Feathered Forest Army.

Qin Mu smiled and declared loudly, “Today, I have come to fulfill my promise and liberate all of you from the state of unchanging matter!”

Wei Suifeng’s expression was agitated, and the ghost ship soldiers were also immensely excited, yet not a single one spoke.

Suddenly, a phoenix flew over, flapping its wings, and with a resounding thud, a stone coffin landed.

Wei Suifeng frowned slightly. That phoenix was Feng Qiuyun, the Divine Venerable Qiuyun under Mother Earth Sovereign, and the coffin contained the ancient corpse of the Supreme Emperor, which had also been assimilated by the ghost ship.

At the same time, a large-bodied Chicken-Brahma Dragon also poked its head out from behind the ship's palace, appearing somewhat agitated.

That was Lin Xiao, a master under Empress Yuanmu.

Moreover, the perpetually deranged Long Bo King of the Long Bo Kingdom also quieted down at this moment. And in the grand hall that suppressed the Empress's corpse and Jue Wuchen, the eight Long Bo Elders also seemed to have heard these words, slowly turning their dragon heads.

Wei Suifeng glanced back and said calmly, “There are indeed many monsters and demons on this ship. Junior Brother, I fear you won’t have a moment of peace while deciphering the ghost ship.”

Qin Mu sighed, “Indeed. There are many monsters and demons on this ship, but they are numerous without being strong. Ling Tianzun sealed herself within the Celestial River and assimilated with it; the monsters and demons there are truly terrifying. Senior Brother, shall we begin?”

Wei Suifeng hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Feng Qiuyun was immensely excited. Flames blazed in the dragon eyes of the Long Bo King, who was largely petrified, ready to break free at any moment.

Qin Mu calmed his mind and activated the Grand Beginning Path. Runes of the Great Dao flowed from his glabella, steadily increasing in number.

Everyone heard what sounded like the calls of gods and the cries of all beings, chanting the same name: the name of Grand Beginning!

This was the Dao sound of the Grand Beginning Path, extremely strange. This Dao sound had previously erupted when Wei Suifeng attempted to cleave the ancient god egg.

Wei Suifeng could barely conceal his excitement: “It seems Junior Brother has found the Ling Tianzun notes I left for him, fully analyzing Ling Tianzun’s Immutability Divine Ability. Using this divine ability as a breakthrough point, he has deciphered the Great Dao hidden within the Grand Beginning Egg! We are saved this time!”

He deeply understood how difficult it was to comprehend Ling Tianzun’s Immutability Divine Ability.

He had possessed Ling Tianzun’s notes for a long time and had studied them for ages, yet he had never been able to decipher them.

And the Ten Heavenly Venerates of the Celestial Heavens had possessed Ling Tianzun’s notes even longer, yet they had also gained nothing.

Qin Mu had unlocked the mysteries within Ling Tianzun’s notes in such a short time; such talent was truly rare in the world!

And deciphering the Grand Beginning Great Dao hidden within the Grand Beginning Egg was even more difficult, its complexity surpassing even that of Ling Tianzun’s notes!

However, he did not know that Qin Mu’s ability to comprehend Ling Tianzun’s notes was not entirely due to his own intelligence. Without Old Buddha’s Boundless Calamity Sutra, even if he could unlock the mysteries within the notes, it would have taken him hundreds of thousands of years.

In terms of pure intelligence, Qin Mu was not a top-tier genius; he was merely adept at utilizing various cultivation techniques and divine abilities to enhance himself.

The Great Dao runes of the Grand Beginning Path multiplied, and different runic Great Daos, arranged and combined, began to subtly suppress the ghost ship.

The ghost ship and all people and objects on it had been assimilated into unchanging matter, neither increasing nor decreasing. Now, Wei Suifeng and the others sensed that this unchanging matter was gradually beginning to change!

At this moment, Qin Mu felt a premonition, sensing several forces silently infiltrating the area, like river wind blowing, causing him to shiver repeatedly.

He looked at Wei Suifeng, who had also sensed it and showed a puzzled expression.

Both felt a chill in their hearts.

Someone was targeting the ghost ship.

The ghost ship held too many secrets. Not only did it contain the Empress's physical body, but also Jue Wuchen. Those most concerned by this were naturally the Empress Dowager, Empress Yuanmu, and also figures like Hao Tianzun and Xiao Tianzun, who had participated in that ignominious period of history!

The monsters and demons on the ghost ship were nothing, but those who had just arrived were truly significant figures!

Qin Mu made a decisive move, dispersing his Grand Beginning Divine Ability, and said in a deep voice, “Senior Brother, two chances!”

Wei Suifeng understood with a jolt. The two chances Qin Mu spoke of were two opportunities to return to the past!

To avoid these ancient beings, there was only one way: to decipher Ling Tianzun’s divine ability in the past!

Only by returning to the past would these Heavenly Venerates be reluctant to act, fearing to follow them back into the past.

If they also returned to the past, their past selves would vanish.

Wei Suifeng’s aura vibrated as he activated the ghost ship’s divine ability.

The ghost ship suddenly set sail. Mist began to rise on the river surface, growing thicker and thicker.

As the ghost ship sailed through the mist, lightning suddenly flashed and thunder rumbled within the mist, striking haphazardly outside the ship with cracking sounds.

Qin Mu and Wei Suifeng’s expressions subtly changed. As the ghost ship entered the mist, the unchanging nature of matter caused the people and objects on board to begin flowing backward, returning to the past. However, the terrifying entity lurking behind them had not given up; it had seized the opportunity to follow them!

“They didn’t board the ship; they entered with the mist!”

Wei Suifeng’s heart sank. He had already assimilated with the ghost ship, becoming one with it, and he could easily sense anyone who boarded.

Those who entered the mist feared Ling Tianzun’s divine ability, terrified of being assimilated themselves, and thus dared not step onto the ghost ship. However, the newcomers were too powerful; having infiltrated the mist, their formidable strength actually began to alter the mist’s composition!

Qin Mu and Wei Suifeng did not know how many people had entered the mist. However, the intruders’ magical power was not merely altering the mist’s composition; their true purpose was to prevent the ghost ship from traversing time and to pull them back to reality!

The ghost ship’s divine ability was not the perfect Immutability Divine Ability performed by Ling Tianzun. Instead, Ling Tianzun created the ghost ship, and Qin Mu and Wei Suifeng collaborated to complete this divine ability.

Of course, their understanding at the time was limited, so they could not perfectly replicate Ling Tianzun’s Immutability Divine Ability.

This divine ability had a flaw, giving the newcomers an opportunity to pull the ghost ship back to reality!

“Junior Brother, you decipher the Immutability Divine Ability, and I will cast it!” Wei Suifeng roared.

Qin Mu’s heart stirred. What would be the consequences of simultaneously casting the Immutability Divine Ability and the Grand Beginning Divine Ability?

He dared not imagine.

Because the complete Immutability Divine Ability was created by Ling Tianzun, and even she had only cast it once.

As for the Grand Beginning Divine Ability, Qin Mu had comprehended it by studying the Grand Beginning Divine Egg, and he had never cast this divine ability either!

Both divine abilities were extremely peculiar: one made matter unchanging, and the other was tangible yet without substance. Both were profound and mysterious, difficult to describe with words.

Within the mist, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled. Faintly, outside the ship, one could see the world's sun setting and rising, mulberry fields turning into oceans, and mountains rising and falling, constantly changing in an indescribably eerie manner.

Suddenly, the mist grew increasingly transparent. A massive humanoid shadow stood before the ship, pressing down, its terrifying pressure causing the ghost ship and the mist to rapidly retreat!

This person was so powerful that they could drag the ghost ship from the past back to the present!

Outside the ghost ship, the sun rose in the east and set in the west, mulberry fields turned into oceans, and mountains rose and fell.

Wei Suifeng was already activating the ghost ship’s Immutability Divine Ability, roaring, “Junior Brother!”

Qin Mu no longer hesitated. With a furious roar, he mustered all his strength to activate the Grand Beginning Divine Ability!