Chapter 1303: Mine District Riot

A wondrous Dao rhythm emanated from Qin Mu's vertical eye. The splendid and beautiful Dao patterns of Grand Beginning overflowed from it, and wherever they passed, the mist gradually dissipated, making the surroundings clear.

The Dao patterns of Grand Beginning were profound and difficult to decipher, forming a complete system in themselves. Even though Qin Mu had previously used the Ever-Changing Divine Ability to reverse-engineer them and had learned much from the Grand Beginning in the egg, he still found these patterns, as they overflowed from his vertical eye, obscure and hard to comprehend.

When the mist had completely dispersed, he suddenly found himself at the center of a natural altar.

The altar was massive, several hundred zhang in circumference. It stood about ten zhang higher than the surrounding area.

The altar appeared to be made of flowing water, perfectly flat. He seemed to be standing on the water's surface, and beneath the water, complex Grand Beginning Dao patterns formed rune imprints.

Large and small imprints continuously lit up, flickering on and off.

As he was observing the altar, the Grand Beginning Egg suddenly leaped out from his vertical eye. Qin Mu did not stop it.

The round Grand Beginning Egg plopped onto the water's surface. It rolled left and right a couple of times, seemingly searching for a comfortable position.

Qin Mu coughed and reminded it, "Brother Dao, you can't nest here; this place is already occupied by Concubine Yan. If you nest here, Concubine Yan will capture you. Our main task is still to find the Grand Beginning Primordial Stone."

"The Grand Beginning Primordial Stone is right here,"

the Grand Beginning within the egg replied comfortably, humming, "I know I can't stay long. If I do, Concubine Yan will definitely catch me; she's not like you. She and Celestial Emperor Grand Initial have the same temperament. Don't worry, I'm just taking a short nap, reminiscing about my childhood."

Qin Mu looked around. He still couldn't see where the Grand Beginning Primordial Stone was.

He walked around, still unable to find the Grand Beginning Primordial Stone, and couldn't help but say, "Brother Dao, Concubine Yan will be back soon; we need to leave quickly. Where exactly is that Grand Beginning Primordial Stone?"

No sooner had he spoken than the water surface of the altar suddenly rippled. A round water sphere slowly rose, floating between the Grand Beginning Egg and him.

Qin Mu carefully examined it, a look of astonishment on his face. He reached out, wanting to touch the water sphere. Before his palm even neared the sphere, he saw his fingers begin to dematerialize.

His hand was turning into a pure energy body.

Alarmed, he quickly withdrew his hand.

The Grand Beginning Egg rolled out of its watery hollow in the altar and said, "You can't just reach out. You need to use the Grand Beginning Dao I taught you. Try again."

Qin Mu tried to activate the Grand Beginning runes he had condensed. He circulated the Overlord Body Three Elixir Technique, spreading the runes across his palm.

This time, he finally touched the water sphere.

At this point, his expression was peculiar.

His palm passed through the center of the water sphere without any resistance.

Qin Mu waved his hand. Still, he didn't touch the water sphere in the slightest.

He used his vital qi to try and lift the water sphere, but the water sphere seemed to not exist at all; his vital qi simply couldn't lift it.

"The primordial stone has no substance, only form. You can see it, but you can't touch it,"

the Grand Beginning Egg rolled to his feet and said, "To touch it, you need to change its form."

No sooner had it finished speaking than the water sphere's form changed. Qin Mu touched the peculiar primordial stone. When he touched it, it felt like lifting a crystal ball. However, strangely, he felt no temperature at all, as if he hadn't touched anything.

"It doesn't repel you," said the Grand Beginning Egg.

Qin Mu watched his hand slowly dematerialize. Even the Grand Beginning runes couldn't fully protect his physical body. Any unprotected areas were affected by the Grand Beginning Primordial Stone, transforming from matter into pure energy.

"How am I supposed to take this primordial stone with me?" He scratched his head, deeply troubled.

If he were to carry this peculiar primordial stone, he feared that wherever he went, all matter would cease to exist. It would take on form without substance, transforming into various strange energy bodies. Even those who came close would be dematerialized.

More importantly, energy bodies are extremely unstable. If such energy bodies were everywhere, it would certainly cause massive explosions.

The Grand Beginning Egg chuckled. "You don't need to worry about that. I can take it with me and absorb its power. In the future, the primordial stone's influence will gradually weaken."

Qin Mu nodded. The Grand Beginning Primordial Stone was truly dangerous; carrying it would be like carrying a mass destruction weapon. If he couldn't control it, he feared it would cause explosions wherever he went. If he wasn't careful, he himself might be assimilated into an energy body and explode.

He had experienced something similar once before, when he clashed with Ling Tianzun's Ever-Changing Divine Ability using the Grand Beginning Dao on the ghost ship.

"This might be the most dangerous primordial stone among the five ore veins."

Just as he was about to put away the Grand Beginning Egg and the Grand Beginning Primordial Stone, the Grand Beginning Egg suddenly jumped excitedly on the altar and said, "Heavenly Venerate Mu, take the altar with you too!"

Qin Mu hesitated, then tried to release his magic power to store the altar in his vertical eye between his brows. Unexpectedly, no sooner had his magic power surged out, attempting to shake the altar, than the entire mining area suddenly erupted.

The mining area shook violently. All the Grand Beginning divine stones glowed brightly at that moment. Streams of strange power surged towards the Grand Beginning Altar.

Wherever those rays of light passed, everything turned to nothingness. Even the ancient gods in the mining area instantly dematerialized, their physical bodies and primordial spirits completely vanishing.

Qin Mu's hair stood on end; he quickly shielded himself with the Grand Beginning Egg. He then realized that the light was coming from all directions. Unless he could somehow enter the egg, he certainly couldn't block it.

"Oh no! Right, the Grand Beginning Primordial Stone!"

He immediately shrank his body and, with a whoosh, disappeared into the Grand Beginning Primordial Stone. He transformed into a tiny Qin Mu, sitting within the primordial stone that resembled a water sphere.

Countless rays of light from the divine stones shone simultaneously upon the Grand Beginning Primordial Stone. They attempted to refine this troublemaker of the mining area.

"Brother Grand Beginning!" Qin Mu called out loudly.

The Grand Beginning Egg hurriedly activated the Grand Beginning Primordial Stone. With a deafening roar, the primordial stone burst forth with light, seemingly contending against the divine stones.

The two lights collided. Earth-shattering fluctuations swept in all directions. A pillar of light shot straight into the sky, appearing extremely dazzling in the ancestral court.

Meanwhile, in the mining area, the miners who had escaped the divine stone's light hadn't had time to flee. They were caught by the second wave of sweeping light. One by one, they dematerialized in the light, turning into nothingness with form but pure energy.

Little White Cat Seven, who was outside the mining area at the time, suddenly turned back. He saw the light from the mining area spread like a surging tide, rushing outwards. His fur bristled, and he let out a yelp, fleeing outwards.

At the same time, Xiu Hongsu was also alarmed. She hurriedly activated the Heavenly Venerate's treasure suspended above the mining area.

The power of the Heavenly Venerate's treasure suppressed downwards. It vibrated with a hum. Immediately, its power was assimilated by the light, and not a single bit of its might was released.

Seeing the dire situation, Xiu Hongsu frantically fled outwards, secretly lamenting in her heart, "Heavenly Venerate Mu entered the mining area, and then this strange incident happened. Is he really 'Qin the Demolisher,' as the legends say, destroying everything wherever he goes?"

The light was incredibly fast, engulfing the mountains and fields. Other gods and people in the mining area were also frantically fleeing. But some were naturally slower, were caught by the light, and quickly transformed into energy bodies.

Xiu Hongsu looked back, her eyes nearly splitting with fury. In just a few moments, nearly half of the gods and people in the mining area were gone.

"Why don't you go demolish your big, black, black-hearted Heavenly Venerate?" she cursed, forgetting her image.

Finally, everyone escaped the mining area. The light only reached the edge of the mining area and did not spread further.

Xiu Hongsu, with a grim expression, looked up. She saw a pillar of light shooting up from the center of the mining area, persisting for a long time, its brilliance even dematerializing the sky.

In the depths of the sky, the ancient gods' seals also dematerialized. This created a large hole in the sky, connecting it to the outside world.

"Swordsmen and axemen!"

Xiu Hongsu commanded sharply, "Ambush yourselves well and wait for that black-hearted Heavenly Venerate to come out of the mining area. Then, attack him with all your swords and axes; chop him into tiny pieces! If even a single piece of flesh remains, I'll hold you all accountable!"

The white cat said, "Sister Xiu, do you think Heavenly Venerate Mu could have survived an explosion of this magnitude in the mining area?"

Xiu Hongsu sneered, "It would be best if he died in there!"

Finally, the light slowly dissipated.

In the deepest part of the mining area, the Grand Beginning Egg said, trembling, "Heavenly Venerate Mu, are you still alive?"

"I don't know,"

Qin Mu, his face filled with horror, sat in the center of the Grand Beginning Primordial Stone. Various strange Grand Beginning Dao patterns emerged on his body. These were imprints left by the light from countless Grand Beginning divine stones in the mining area shining upon him.

These Dao patterns were very bright. In addition to the imprints of the divine stones, there were also imprints of the primordial stone's light.

More strangely, these imprints were gradually permeating, delving deep into his flesh. Qin Mu felt his own substance disappearing, transforming into pure energy.

At this point, he didn't even know if he was alive or dead.

"Heh heh, this situation is like the ghost ship explosion, but worse."

Just then, within his Spirit Embryo Divine Treasure, the spirit embryo vibrated. The various divine stone and primordial stone Dao pattern imprints on his body seemed to have received a summons. They immediately stopped eroding his physical body and surged towards the Spirit Embryo Divine Treasure.

The splendid Dao patterns entered the ancestral court within the Spirit Embryo Divine Treasure. They swarmed and flew towards the Grand Beginning ore vein in the ancestral court.

Qin Mu was stunned. He immediately felt himself transforming from an energy body back into a physical body.

However, the most miraculous change was still happening within his Spirit Embryo Divine Treasure.

In his divine treasure's ancestral court, those Dao patterns bustled about, drilling into the Grand Beginning ore vein.

This Grand Beginning ore vein was formed by Qin Mu's comprehension of the Grand Beginning Dao. It was merely a facade, and the ore vein itself wasn't very functional.

However, as these Dao patterns surged into the Grand Beginning ore vein, Qin Mu discovered that his spirit embryo's ore vein was undergoing incredibly miraculous changes.

The ore vein was slowly becoming complete. Not only that, but within his ore vein, a water-like altar was even slowly forming.

"This is too wonderful!"

Qin Mu immediately told this discovery to the Grand Beginning Egg, excitedly saying, "Brother Dao, you don't necessarily have to hatch in the mining area. Bring the primordial stone to my divine treasure's ore vein, and hatch and absorb the primordial stone here!"

The Grand Beginning Egg was astonished and muttered, "Your ore vein is fake; it probably can't hatch me."

"Then let's do it a few more times!"

Qin Mu surged his vital qi, once again triggering the divine stone and primordial stone riot in the mining area. He chuckled, "Imprint it a few more times and turn the fake into real!"