Chapter 1234: One Strike to Kill

Qin Mu activated the Reincarnation Heavenly Palace. The path of reincarnation instantly freed him from its grasp, allowing him to regain his self-awareness.

On the other side, Consort Yu Wu tried her best to resist the attack, but she couldn't withstand it.

She was a grand master of the Numinous Sky realm, exerting all her strength. However, Qin Mu's attack also exerted all his power. How terrifying was the might of the Dao within his Divine Treasure domain?

Qin Mu rarely encountered evenly matched opponents. Either their realm was far superior to his, or their strength was significantly weaker.

Consort Yu Wu's cultivation realm and magic power far surpassed Qin Mu's. However, due to her limited understanding of the Dao and her adherence to the traditional Divine Treasure Heavenly Palace system, while she had the power to kill Qin Mu, Qin Mu likewise possessed the power to kill her.

However, Consort Yu Wu did not recognize Qin Mu's Divine Treasure domain. Rashly entering it, she lost the initiative.

Qin Mu's attack mobilized all the Dao power within his Divine Treasure domain. The first to strike Consort Yu Wu were the forty-nine Heavenly Daos.

The Heavenly Daos descended from above, manifesting as forty-nine types of Heavenly Dao treasures!

The Heavenly Constellation appeared as a dipper, Heavenly Secrets as an umbrella. There were also Heavenly Seal, Heavenly Fire, Heavenly Beggar, Heavenly Mystery, Heavenly Firmament, Heavenly Wind, Heavenly Extreme, Heavenly Time, Heavenly Direction, Heavenly Yang, and Heavenly Yin, taking on forty-nine treasure forms such as seals, crystals, fans, spoons, covers, whips, cones, sundials, square plates, sun beads, and moon beads.

As these forty-nine Heavenly Dao treasures struck, the Heavenly River flowed through, unifying the power of the forty-nine Heavenly Daos into a vast and immense might!

Consort Yu Wu was firmly pinned to the ground. Just as she attempted to resist, the thirty-six Great Daos of the Primordial World overflowed, locking her feet. Lines of Primordial Capital Great Dao pierced through her skin and into her legs, like roots burrowing through her flesh, firmly anchoring her to the ground of the Primordial World.

Furthermore, the sixty-four Great Daos of Youdu surged forth, binding her primordial spirit, preventing it from escaping.

In addition, the Great Dao divine abilities of the Four Extremes Heavens roared in, striking her from all directions.

Moreover, the Great Dao divine abilities from the Heavenly Yin Realm invaded her primordial spirit. With a single strike, her three spiritual souls and seven corporeal souls were almost shattered, scattering into black soul sand that spewed from her eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.

This was not even the most terrifying part.

The power from Qin Mu's seventeen Heavenly Palaces converged into a single force, striking with the Three Elixirs Overlord Body Art. This attack included not only the Supreme God Consciousness divine ability of the Great Luo, but also Qin Mu's reincarnation divine ability and his Sword Domain!

Meanwhile, the five great ore veins in the Ancestral Court also vibrated, each releasing strange powers.

Consort Yu Wu and the many female generals in her Heavenly Palace displayed expressions of despair. Many of the divine abilities and Dao techniques contained within Qin Mu's attack were entirely new to them, things they had never seen or heard of before!

Just then, they heard the sound of a bell.

The bell sound filled Consort Yu Wu with ecstasy, and she unconsciously felt a surge of hope for survival: "Chao Jin is coming to save me..."

She channeled her cultivation with all her might. The faces of the many female generals in her Heavenly Palace showed horror as they felt their own strength rapidly draining away, being absorbed by Consort Yu Wu!

Evidently, Consort Yu Wu intended to completely devour their powers to preserve her own life, giving herself a chance to survive while awaiting rescue from the Son of Heaven of Youdu.

They were all great generals under the Son of Heaven of Youdu and desperately wanted to curse, but at that moment, they couldn't even utter a sound.

The power of the Divine Treasure domain erupted, engulfing both them and Consort Yu Wu!

Terrifying vibrations spread in all directions, destroying mountains and rivers in their path. These tremors even reached the Heavenly Court's divine city in the Void, causing the great formation protecting the city to react, sending immense divine light soaring into the sky.

The sky was instantly covered with brilliant, multicolored runes. Various divine and demonic languages, accompanied by resonant Dao sounds, vibrated ceaselessly!

Severely wounded by Qin Mu's attack, Consort Yu Wu spat blood as she flew backward, crashing hard onto the ground. She tumbled and rolled for over a hundred miles before finally coming to a stop.

The female generals in her Heavenly Palace were not so fortunate. Consort Yu Wu had drained their cultivation, causing them to perish under the full might of the Divine Treasure domain's attack the moment Qin Mu's divine ability erupted.

Consort Yu Wu finally stopped, bruised and battered, with an unknown number of broken bones. She tried to struggle to her feet but couldn't. Just then, a pair of feet stopped in front of her.

"Chao Jin..."

Consort Yu Wu hopefully raised her head, only to see Yin Jiuzun's enigmatic, half-smiling face.

Yin Jiuzun looked into the distance and saw Qin Mu, who had just moments ago been so formidable, now lying stiffly on the ground. Though still breathing, his eyes were vacant.

This was precisely the symptom of being struck by the Reincarnation Bell, where one's soul falls into endless reincarnation.

The Reincarnation Bell appeared to be just a single chime, possessing no world-destroying power. However, the bell's power affected the soul. A single chime could send a soul into reincarnation for a hundred lifetimes in an instant, or even prevent it from ever transcending.

Qin Mu's current symptoms clearly indicated that his soul had undergone countless reincarnations, long forgotten his former abilities, becoming bewildered and foolish, a mere empty shell.

"I'm afraid I've disappointed you, Auntie."

Yin Jiuzun lowered his head and chuckled sinisterly, "Auntie, do you remember how you seduced my father, had my mother banished to the cold palace, and then secretly had her killed?"

Consort Yu Wu's hair stood on end, and she struggled, "That was your father's idea! It had nothing to do with me..."

Yin Jiuzun grabbed the bell's handle, swung the large bell, and slammed it down with brutal force!

*Clang—*

With a resounding clang, Consort Yu Wu was pulverized, her blood splattering across the bell's surface. Her primordial spirit was also shattered into dust, making even reincarnation impossible.

Yin Jiuzun lifted the blood-soaked Reincarnation Bell and chuckled, "My father is a dashing man. If you weren't so beautiful, would he have fallen for someone else? If you must blame someone, don't blame my father; blame yourself for being too beautiful. I would never blame my father; after all, he's a man..."

He carried the Reincarnation Bell and strode towards Qin Mu, who was lying on the ground, smiling, "I've waited for so long, and finally, I've found this chance to prove myself. Heavenly Venerate Mu, my father was right; you truly possess extraordinary abilities. I've been lurking nearby for ages, and now I've finally found an opportunity to ambush you. Your luck has run out."

*Dong—*

He slapped the Reincarnation Bell hard, sending its power towards Qin Mu once more.

As the bell chimed, Qin Mu's body on the ground trembled violently, and his eyes grew even more vacant and bewildered.

Inheriting the caution of the Son of Heaven of Youdu, Yin Jiuzun stood some distance away and struck the Reincarnation Bell forcefully again, making it chime repeatedly, several times in succession.

Yin Jiuzun finally relaxed. He stepped forward, and with a thought, conjured a divine blade. As he lightly rotated his palm, the Reincarnation Bell transformed into a small chime, hanging from his neck.

Yin Jiuzun held the blade in one hand and lifted Qin Mu's neck with the other, intending to sever his head and claim credit. Suddenly, the vertical eye between Qin Mu's eyebrows opened, and he chuckled, "Nephew, if it were your father, he would surely chop me to pieces and still wouldn't be sure if I was truly dead. Nephew, you're still a bit green—"

Yin Jiuzun's hair stood on end, but at that moment, a beam of light shot from Qin Mu's vertical eye, entering Yin Jiuzun's forehead and exiting the back of his head.

The terrifying power directly exploded Yin Jiuzun's head, turning it into a bloody mist!