Chapter 1317: All Living Beings Are Sacrifices

The Four Celestial Masters were united in their purpose. The powerful void seemed nonexistent before them; ordinary gods and devils would be assimilated by the void upon entering its first layer, and even powerful Creators could not delve into multiple layers.

Only Creator elders whose cultivation had reached a certain level could entrust their divine sense to the depths of multiple void layers after death, becoming primordial spirits.

As for gods and devils of other races, only by comprehending the Dao with their divine sense and understanding the existence of void runes could they delve into multiple layers of the void.

Individuals like Qin Mu, who could directly reach the 30th layer of the void, were extremely rare. Even during the era when the Creators ruled the universe, such beings were few. Qin Mu relied on his comprehension of the Primal One Qi and the path of divine sense, having already begun to touch upon the Way of Grand Beginning, thus entering the void was not difficult for him.

The Four Celestial Masters, however, relied on their powerful physical bodies. So strong were their bodies that the void not only couldn't assimilate them but was instead crushed and shattered by their physical presence! This was the terrifying power of a Celestial Master-level being!

However, Grand Emperor knew that Celestial Masters also had their limits! This limit had long been discovered by Celestial Venerable Yun, Celestial Venerable Ling, and Celestial Venerable Yue.

The Void Bridge in the Great Void was a bridge built within the 35th layer of the void. It was constructed jointly by the three Celestial Venerables and the Great Void Creators, and Celestial Venerable Yue even built three rooms at the end of the bridge. The bridge was incredibly treacherous. To cross it, one had to endure the erosive crushing power of the 35th layer of the void; even a Celestial Master could be obliterated if they weren't careful. Celestial Venerable Huo, Celestial Venerable Xu, and Emperor Kai had all been trapped there, nearly wiped out by the void.

The 35th layer of the void was the limit for Celestial Masters. Grand Emperor only needed to escape into the 35th layer of the void with the Void Mother Beast to make the four Celestial Masters retreat in the face of difficulty!

From the depths of the void, a faint thunderous sound echoed, accompanied by flashes of lightning deep within space. Standing in the Ancestral Court, one could even see massive shadows illuminated in the depths of space during the flashes. Their bodies were incomparably enormous. As they moved, cracks appeared in the surrounding space, spreading out in all directions like spiderwebs! Their movement speed was also incredibly fast. By the time the shadows were illuminated, faded, and then illuminated again, they had already moved an unknown distance.

On this day, blood suddenly began to pour from the sky. Gushing divine blood, like a mighty waterfall, flowed down from the depths of the sky, forming a suspended blood-red cascade in mid-air.

Qin Mu hadn't traveled far. When he saw the blood waterfall, he also noticed something crashing down from the sky. It was like a planet colliding with the earth, raising gusts of strong wind and meteorites. Where that object fell, the earth shook, mountains swayed, and volcanoes erupted. Even though the Ancestral Court was far more robust than other regions, it could barely withstand such an impact.

When Qin Mu arrived there, many fiery glows erupted in the sky again, and large fireballs, each trailing long fiery tails, fell from the void. Qin Mu looked towards the first large crater. Inside was a colossal fist. It was Grand Emperor's fist. It was unknown which Celestial Master had severed it, causing landslides and fissures.

"After all, Grand Emperor's physical body was one of the strongest in the Primordial Era. Only Heavenly Emperor Taichu could rival him. Perhaps this fist could be collected and refined into a treasure..." He had just thought this when suddenly, countless roots shot out from the lava-like ground, dragging Grand Emperor's fist away and fleeing!

"Earth Mother!"

Qin Mu immediately flew forward. Just as he was about to seize Grand Emperor's hand, the sky suddenly brightened, turning stark white. Another large leg descended from the sky, its impact even more astonishing than the fist's. The resulting violent winds and massive waves slammed him away!

"Grand Emperor's leg!"

Qin Mu stopped himself. Various other objects continued to fall from the sky with booming sounds, smashing the earth within a ten-thousand-mile radius until it became soft and porous. The surface floated on the lava, like a pot of braised pork, with bubbles pushing up chunks of meat, gurgling, and the ground continuously shaking.

"Grand Emperor is truly miserable; he's been dismembered by the Four Celestial Masters..." He then cheered up, flying through the sea of flames, searching for Grand Emperor's body.

Suddenly, a massive body fell from the sky, crashing into the fiery lava, tumbling over and over. Qin Mu flew forward. It was the Void Mother Beast! The Mother Beast's head was missing. It was unknown which Celestial Master had killed it, its body falling from the void.

"The Mother Beast is dead? Doesn't that mean the Void Beasts will go extinct?" He couldn't help but freeze. The Void Mother Beast had grown to its current size by devouring all the Void Beasts in the Ancestral Court. This Mother Beast's death at the hands of the Four Celestial Masters meant that the Mother Beasts in the Ancestral Court were now extinct! "There's still a Void Beast with Lang Wo, I wonder if that Void Beast is still alive? If that Void Beast also dies, then Void Beasts will truly be extinct!"

He rushed towards the Void Mother Beast's corpse. Suddenly, a Void Beast egg rolled out from within the Mother Beast with a thud, landing in the lava. Qin Mu's heart stirred slightly. His magic power surged out, wrapping the Void Beast egg and pulling it into his glabella. The Mother Beast had birthed its last egg. Its corpse sank into the lava, disappearing from sight.

Qin Mu was about to retrieve the Mother Beast's corpse when he suddenly stopped, his expression grave. He saw the Mother Beast's corpse shriveling at a visible rate, its beast blood rapidly draining away! "Beings from the previous epoch, their sacrificial power has already extended here?"

A chill ran down his spine. The massive Mother Beast's corpse thus transformed into giant bones in the lava in just a few moments. Soon after, the energy within the bones also depleted, causing them to collapse and crumble!

His heart sank. He immediately flew up and rushed towards the locations where Grand Emperor's other body parts had fallen. He arrived at the place where Grand Emperor's arm had fallen. Only shattered bones remained there!

"Grand Emperor's bones have also vanished, entirely devoid of flesh and blood!" Qin Mu's expression was grave. He looked up at the blood waterfall in the sky. That was where Grand Emperor's divine blood was falling. He activated his teleportation divine ability. The next moment, he traversed ten thousand miles and appeared at the base of the blood waterfall.

His clothes fluttered, his cape flared out behind him, as he slowly landed. He saw that where the blood waterfall fell, no blood lake or sea had formed. Instead, the ground was extremely clean, without a single trace of blood!

"It seems the Ancestral Court truly isn't suitable as a battlefield..." Qin Mu looked around, murmuring, "The entire Ancestral Court is a sacrificial altar for beings from the previous epoch. Any life that dies here will become a sacrifice for them to arrive in this world, in this era. Can Black Mountain still hold out?"

He pondered for a moment. In the entire Ancestral Court, perhaps only the five major ore veins were not altars for prehistoric beings. Only these five veins could maintain their independence; other areas were likely invaded by the powers of the previous epoch.

"Speaking of which, after I came to the Ancestral Court, I haven't found any remains anywhere except for the five major ore veins! Whether it was the bones of giant beasts or Creators, they all vanished!" He let out a heavy breath. Originally, he thought the Creators' remains had been devoured by Void Beasts. But thinking about it now, that might not be the case.

Regardless of whether they were humans or beasts, as long as they entered the Ancestral Court, they would become sacrifices for the beings of the previous epoch! The Ancestral Court was essentially a massive altar! Or rather, the Ancestral Court was a giant dinner plate. All who entered were the food on the plate, awaiting consumption by the prehistoric beings!