Chapter 1211: Uncle Is Going to Beat Your Dad

"The general trend." Qin Mu chuckled, shook his head, and continued walking. "Grand Emperor, a million years ago, you could say that to Emperor Vast Heavenly Venerate. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, you could say that to Heavenly Venerate Yun. Ten years ago, you could say that to me. But now, you can't say it anymore."

He looked ahead, the mountains and rivers of the Primordial Realm magnificent. All beings bustled, with various Heavens exchanging benefits.

"I am currently borrowing power to cultivate a greater trend. You may seem to possess the general trend now, but it's hard to say what the future holds. Your power is great, but it can be weakened; my power is small, but it can grow. This confrontation has just begun."

***

West Earth, Supreme God Sect.

Qin Mu arrived there and saw Xu Shenghua again. When they met, Xu Shenghua was playing with a three- or four-year-old girl. Qin Mu looked her over, his expression peculiar. "Xu Shenghua, that cold person, actually has a child!"

The little girl was surely the child of Xu Shenghua and Jing Yan, possessing Xu Shenghua's thin lips and sharp nose bridge, and Jing Yan's eyebrows and delicate features.

Qin Mu stepped forward and chuckled, "Brother Xu, you're quite at ease, here raising a family. What's the little one's name?"

Xu Shenghua picked up the girl and placed her on his shoulder. The girl said clearly, "My name is Xu Mengqing. Uncle, are you the Great Demon King Qin Mu?"

Qin Mu was surprised and chuckled, "This little girl is quite bold, speaking your old man's true feelings."

Xu Shenghua burst into laughter.

Qin Mu reminded him, "Careful, she might pee on your neck."

Xu Shenghua put the girl down. "Don't call him Great Demon King, call him Heavenly Venerate Mu. Your Uncle Qin is very formidable, no weaker than your father."

Qin Mu said with a slight frown, "I just got back from fighting Daoist Master Lin Xuan."

Xu Shenghua adjusted the girl's collar without looking up. "I've fought him too, several times. I also fought your brother, the Demonic Ape. He's now a Tathagata, entering the Dao through dreams every day, traveling the myriad Heavens and realms, and he's also very powerful."

Qin Mu said, "He's my brother, I wouldn't want to fight him."

"I also fought Immortal Wang." Xu Shenghua thought for a moment and said, "Little Jade Capital's foundation is not as strong as Great Thunderclap Temple or the Dao Sect, but in recent years, Immortal Wang has been very resourceful, seeking knowledge in various parts of Yankang. He even managed to comprehend a terrifying set of cultivation techniques; he's very formidable."

Qin Mu sighed with emotion, "It's rare for me to return, and you all have grown old and become renowned figures."

Xu Shenghua stood up and glanced at him. "Are you trying to say that since I haven't beaten you guys in a long time, you've gotten complacent?"

Qin Mu nodded with a smile, took out the flying knife he had obtained from the Ancestral Court, and gave it to little Xu Mengqing, saying gently, "Uncle is going to beat your dad, so go play over there for a bit and come back later."

Xu Mengqing ran off happily with the flying knife, then turned back and said, "My dad will beat you to death!"

Xu Shenghua waved his hand and said, "Actually, I'm not invincible among my peers in the Primordial Realm. I've exchanged blows with Xing An; his progress is very fast, he's almost caught up to me."

Qin Mu chuckled, "Xing An occupies a divine artifact, Emperor Vast Heavenly Venerate, which contains ancient god Dao runes. His cultivation speed must be terrifying."

Xu Shenghua stood with his feet neither together nor apart, and said faintly, "However, he took the wrong path, so he still lost to me. I also met the real Emperor Vast Heavenly Venerate."

Qin Mu raised an eyebrow, somewhat guilty, and asked, "You defeated him?"

***

Xu Shenghua replied, "He's been associating with Jiang Yunjian, a younger generation cultivator, and is Jiang Yunjian's master. But his cultivation realms are very strange, and Jiang Yunjian's realms, taught by him, are also very strange."

He frowned deeply. This was the first time Qin Mu had ever seen Xu Shenghua frown. This man had always been expressionless; whether surprised or ecstatic, his face remained the same. Even Qin Mu had only seen him smile two or three times, let alone frown — that had truly never happened before.

However, Emperor Vast Heavenly Venerate, Lan Yutian, had made him frown.

"I can't understand his realms anymore," Xu Shenghua exhaled a turbid breath and said. "I sought him out. His cultivation starts with the Spirit Embryo realm, followed by the Star River realm."

Qin Mu nodded. He knew when Emperor Vast Heavenly Venerate opened the Spirit Embryo and Star River realms, but after that, with the outbreak of the Yankang Catastrophe, Qin Mu sent him to Youdu, and thus wasn't as familiar with his subsequent realms.

"The third is the Heavenly River realm, and the fourth is the Four Extremes Heaven realm." Xu Shenghua's expression grew even stranger. "The fifth realm is the Primordial Capital realm, the sixth is the Youdu realm, and the seventh is the Return to Ruins realm. After his seven realms, there's no so-called 'Divine' realm, but he's immeasurably more powerful than any god."

Qin Mu paused, then praised, "These seven realms share a common thread with my own realms. However, he progresses from external to internal, while I go from internal to external."

Xu Shenghua glanced at him. "We know each other well; no need to praise yourself."

Qin Mu's body slightly trembled, and he unfurled his Spirit Embryo Divine Treasure. Immediately, a golden light erupted throughout the Supreme God Sect. His divine treasure enveloped hundreds of miles, with the Ancestral Court at its center, a divine tree, and beneath the tree, Qin Mu's Spirit Embryo, a hundred zhang tall. Above was the Heavenly Court, with Xuandu above, and Tianyin, Youdu, Yuandu below. At the very bottom was Return to Ruins, with the Heavenly River circling, connecting all realms. Gods from various realms presided, their Daoist chants rumbling.

Xu Shenghua walked back and forth within Qin Mu's divine treasure, observing, his surprise growing more intense with each look. "Your two realms are indeed inverted!"

Xu Shenghua's expression didn't change, only his gaze showed extreme surprise. He said, "Lan Yutian first established the Spirit Embryo, then the Star River Xuandu, then the Heavenly River. Through the Heavenly River, he established the Four Extremes Heaven, and through the Four Extremes Heaven, he established Yuandu, Youdu, and Return to Ruins. When I met him not long ago, he was studying the eighth realm."

Qin Mu's eyes flickered. "His eighth realm is the Ancestral Court."

Xu Shenghua said, "He said it's a grand realm, and if it's opened, it would be even more powerful than the Heavenly Palace or Heavenly Court. He's still deducing it and hasn't finalized it. But speaking of that, Cult Master Qin, you first establish the Ancestral Court and then the other Xuandu, Youdu, and Yuandu. It seems to follow the rules of heaven and earth, yet cultivating it is incredibly difficult."

Qin Mu thought about it. That was indeed true; Lin Xuan had also said the same thing.

"Lan Yutian first established the other realms, moving from external to internal, which greatly reduces the difficulty." Xu Shenghua continued, "If these two cultivation systems were to be passed down, your cultivation method would surely be the first to die out, while Lan Yutian's legacy could endure for ten thousand generations!"

Qin Mu opened his mouth, and finally, only one word burst out: "Yes."

Xu Shenghua stared at him, unhurriedly saying, "You're very displeased inside, feeling like your intelligence has been crushed, that you've been doing useless work. Do you feel like you're the 'female' and he's the 'male'?"

Qin Mu shook his head. "I'm not like you all. You're accustomed to being suppressed by me. I'm just occasionally beaten by him in one round."

"You'll get used to it," Xu Shenghua said indifferently. "You've been to the Ancestral Court and know the layout of the universe and primordial wilderness. However, Lan Yutian deduced it in reverse. He hasn't been there; he inferred such a place based on his understanding of the workings of the Dao of heaven and earth. The difficulty of him opening realms is immeasurably greater than yours."

Qin Mu nodded.

"I'm using him to strike at your Dao heart, only then can I be confident of victory," Xu Shenghua said unhurriedly. "Your Dao heart is firm, almost unbreakable. Especially after the Yankang Catastrophe, your Dao heart has reached an unprecedented state. If Dao heart were a realm, then your realm is so high that few in this world could compare to you. Unfortunately, it is not."

Qin Mu's eyes gleamed brightly, and he smiled slightly. "However, my Dao heart is not so easily shattered. Lan Yutian's talent is indeed superior to mine. Even if he walks the same path as me, my achievements won't be weaker than his; they'll only be stronger. What he understands, I also understand. What I understand, he may not."

He clasped his hands behind his back and said leisurely, "Brother Xu, in front of me, you have no chance of winning!"

Xu Shenghua abruptly looked up, and his great divine ability domain erupted.