Chapter 1338: I'm Still the Biggest Winner

Pharmacist’s expression shifted slightly. Now he could see any wound on Celestial Venerable Yue’s front, back, and even the top of her head. The patterns of all the Dao injuries within those wounds were clearly visible.

Even the individual Grand Dao runes that formed the Dao patterns within the injuries were clearly distinguishable. At this moment, it was as if he possessed countless eyes, allowing him to see the front, back, and even the internal structure of each rune with perfect clarity.

Treating Celestial Venerable Yue’s injuries turned out to be incredibly simple for him.

“If I had this ability, I could poison anyone in the world to death,” Pharmacist exclaimed, overjoyed.

Celestial Venerable Yue was also within Qin Mu’s Divine Treasure Domain. At this moment, she found her path of space to be unexpectedly fluid, and her divine arts flowed with surprising speed.

It was as if she had suddenly entered an unfathomably profound realm. Plucking the zither strings, she pushed her path of space to an unimaginable extreme.

“This marvelous application can push my path of space to its limit.”

As she plucked the zither strings, luminous strings throughout the ten-thousand-mile peach forest suddenly vibrated. In an instant, these luminous strings vibrated countless times, forming numerous floating, thin, and dimensionless spaces, like strings of space.

Each of these spatial strings emitted different melodies, making the entire peach forest seem to exist simultaneously across all heavens and myriad worlds. These spatial strings cut through the strange wind, blocked the stars in the sky, and prevented the roots of the Primordial Tree from spreading throughout the peach forest, severing roots continuously.

This was the effect of Qin Mu’s Divine Treasure Domain.

Few people in the current world had cultivated domains. Some in the Celestial Heavens had, some in Yankang had, and then there were Carefree Village and Emperor Tai, and that was all.

However, everyone who had cultivated a domain had achieved extraordinary feats. For example, Emperor Kai’s Sword Domain was indestructible. For instance, Emperor Tai’s Supreme Divine Sense Domain could freeze everything. And then there were Luo Wushuang and Butcher’s Blade Domains and Heavenly Blade Domain, both possessing immense power.

To cultivate a domain, one needed to achieve outstanding accomplishments in their respective Dao cultivation. A domain was an extension of the Dao realm system.

Qin Mu’s path of cultivation differed from others. While others systematically opened up their Spirit Embryo, Five Qis, and Seven Stars, he used his Spirit Embryo to evolve the universe, creating heaven and earth, developing Xuandu, Youdu, Yuandu, the Four Extreme Heavens, and even the Ancestral Court.

He had no other divine treasures. Within his Divine Treasure Domain, he was akin to the singularity of the universe’s Big Bang. A singularity has no time or space, hence no up, down, left, or right. Standing at the singularity, one could see everything in the universe, front or back.

Therefore, all time and space within his Divine Treasure Domain were as clear to him as lines on a palm. Yet, others looking at him could never see his back, only his front, even if they flew above or below him.

Now, Qin Mu held Celestial Venerable Yue and Pharmacist in his palm, extending his Divine Treasure Domain to their cultivation. This temporarily granted Pharmacist and Celestial Venerable Yue this inconceivable ability.

In the sky, forty-nine great stars fell, avoiding the dancing zither strings. Suddenly, each star vibrated violently, transforming into forty-nine Heavenly Dao divine beings in the sky. Behind one divine being, the Heavenly Net hung, its Grand Dao like a net. Behind another, the Heavenly Well floated. One divine being was seated upon the Heavenly Mystery, which resembled a chariot. There were also various Heavenly Dao divine beings like Heavenly Cave and Heavenly Abyss, their respective Heavenly Daos manifesting behind them.

One by one, these divine beings descended from the sky, countering the zither music.

On the other side, the strange wind howled, sweeping up peach branches, leaves, and blossoms. These flowers, branches, and leaves formed a torrent, moving swiftly amidst the zither music. Suddenly, countless flowers, branches, and leaves rushed to the front of the palace ruins. The flying branches, leaves, and petals converged, forming the figure of God Emperor Lang Xuan.

The zither music assailed God Emperor Lang Xuan from all directions, tearing him apart. However, the shattered Lang Xuan reassembled as quickly as he broke, his petals and leaves scattering and then re-forming.

He had not come in his true body, but as a divine sense. His true body had been severely wounded by Emperor Tai and had to return to the Celestial Heavens for healing. Emperor Tai had injured him so grievously that he could not recover to his peak state anytime soon.

He was most adept at dealing with Celestial Venerable Yue. Back then, he was the first to attack her, which gave the other Celestial Venerables the opportunity to gravely injure her. His divine sense could be said to be the bane of the path of space.

“Celestial Venerable Yue, you’ve lingered for so long, over forty thousand years, haven’t you?”

God Emperor Lang Xuan strode closer, proclaiming, “Back then, you should have died with Celestial Venerable Ling. The only reason you survived was because you were crippled and disabled. Only in that state could the Celestial Venerables feel at ease. But now you wish to recover; that is clearly courting death.”

No matter how he advanced, he couldn’t get close to the palace ruins. He couldn’t help but frown slightly and look up at the sky.

In the sky, the forty-nine Heavenly Dao divine beings roared. The forty-nine Heavenly Daos, like long rainbows, stabilized the luminous strings, greatly reducing the power of the zither music. But even so, God Emperor Lang Xuan still couldn’t approach.

The forty-nine Heavenly Dao divine beings suddenly transformed into long rainbows, descending from the sky along the Heavenly Dao rainbows. Upon landing, they transformed back into Heavenly Dao divine beings, each with identical faces, all bearing the countenance of Ancestral God King. These divine beings were the Dao incarnations of Ancestral God King. He, too, had been gravely wounded by Emperor Tai and had to return to the Celestial Heavens for healing, unable to dispatch his true body.

“Celestial Venerable Yue.” The Heavenly Net divine being spoke unhurriedly, “Stop healing and revert to your crippled state. You still have a way out. Otherwise, do not blame your fellow Daoists for being ruthless.”

Celestial Venerable Yue paid him no mind.

Suddenly, the Heavenly Dao divine beings sensed that Celestial Venerable Yue’s Heavenly Dao injuries were rapidly healing. They all simultaneously opened their eyes, their gazes falling upon Qin Mu’s palm, and on Pharmacist, who was circling Celestial Venerable Yue.

“By corrupting our Heavenly Dao, you are destined to face calamity!” the forty-nine Heavenly Dao divine beings exclaimed in unison.

Pharmacist’s heart tightened. He quickly touched the bronze mask on his face. The mask was still there, and he sighed in relief. “Fortunately, I didn’t take off my mask because I was afraid of making Mu’er feel inferior. Otherwise, these guys would have seen my true face.”

“Celestial Venerable Xiao, Ancestral God King.” God Emperor Lang Xuan suddenly said, “Although there are only three of us here today, you surely haven’t forgotten what happened back then, have you?”

The forty-nine Heavenly Dao divine beings nodded. Divine Weapon Imperial Celestial Venerable said, “Though Celestial Venerable Huo was the first to attack back then, Celestial Venerable Yue evaded his strike. Instead, you were the first to succeed.”

God Emperor Lang Xuan smiled slightly, then suddenly erupted, shouting, “Attack!”

His body suddenly disintegrated, countless peach blossoms, leaves, and branches swirling everywhere. Immediately, the peach blossoms, branches, and leaves shattered amidst the zither music, while God Emperor Lang Xuan’s divine sense had already driven straight into Qin Mu’s Divine Treasure Domain.

At the same time, the forty-nine Heavenly Dao divine beings attacked in unison, instantly forming a Xuandu world that encompassed Qin Mu’s Divine Treasure Domain.

The zither music intensified, and the ten-thousand-mile peach forest seemed to boil. Amidst the zither music, countless spatial cross-sections intersected and intertwined. Celestial Venerable Yue played the zither, and various melodies erupted simultaneously: the five notes, the twelve pitches, *gong*, *shang*, *jiao*, *zhi*, *yu*, and the *huangzhong*, *dalu*, *taicu*, and *jiazong* bells, all bursting forth at once.

The Xuandu world formed by the Heavenly Dao divine beings instantly shattered. One by one, the divine beings flew up, then were pulverized by the zither music.

Countless severed limbs and broken arms flew everywhere. Only Ancestral God King’s angry voice could be heard shouting, “Celestial Venerable Xiao, you bastard!”

His shattered Heavenly Dao, like a seven-colored stream of light, shot into the sky, escaping the peach forest. It leaped among the stars, quickly disappearing.

Meanwhile, God Emperor Lang Xuan’s divine sense rushed into the Divine Treasure Domain, heading directly for Celestial Venerable Yue’s glabella. However, no matter how he charged, he always faced Qin Mu.

He got closer and closer to Qin Mu, yet what met his divine sense was Qin Mu’s palm. Qin Mu spread his five fingers, and Emperor Tai’s divine art emerged in his palm: the Grand Luo Supreme Divine Sense.

God Emperor Lang Xuan’s divine sense surged, breaking through one layer of Grand Luo Heaven, but a second layer of Grand Luo Heaven awaited him. He continued to charge forward, breaking through layer after layer of Grand Luo Heaven, continuously shattering hundreds of layers. Finally, he caught Qin Mu off guard. At that moment, he saw a hair ornament clutched in Qin Mu’s hand.

A peachwood hair ornament. It was an ordinary hair ornament made by Celestial Venerable Yue, who loved peach blossoms, for Celestial Venerable Ling.

“Lang Xuan, your divine sense can break Celestial Venerable Yue’s path of space, but Celestial Venerable Ling’s Unchanging Divine Art can shatter your divine sense.”

Qin Mu vibrated the peachwood hair ornament, and God Emperor Lang Xuan’s divine sense instantly disintegrated, shattering into fragments. The instant his divine sense collapsed, he heard Ancestral God King’s shout, and confusion filled his heart: “Why didn’t that scoundrel Celestial Venerable Xiao make a move?”

Qin Mu put away the hair ornament. In just a brief moment, Ancestral God King and God Emperor Lang Xuan each suffered a great loss: one had forty-nine Heavenly Dao divine beings decimated, and the other had his divine sense shattered. They wouldn’t be coming back here anytime soon.

Now, only one remained.

Qin Mu looked into the peach forest, where Divine Weapon Imperial Celestial Venerable stood immovably, leaning on the Primordial Tree. Celestial Venerable Yue’s zither music surged, and the spatial strings formed from luminous strings danced around him, yet all were blocked by the Primordial Tree.

Divine Weapon Imperial Celestial Venerable’s gaze was profound, as if flames danced in his eyes, as he watched Qin Mu and Celestial Venerable Yue. He seemed capable of seeing through Qin Mu’s Divine Treasure Domain, accurately pinpointing the weaknesses of Qin Mu and Celestial Venerable Yue.

“Celestial Venerable Hao’s Dao injury has been healed!” Pharmacist’s voice came through, then he added, “Celestial Venerable Huo’s Dao injury has also been erased! In a moment, the Dao injuries left by Celestial Venerable Xiao and God Emperor Lang Xuan will also heal!”

In Qin Mu’s eighteen Heavenly Palaces, the Creation God King in the Creation Heavenly Palace immediately acted to reshape Celestial Venerable Yue’s appearance. Celestial Venerable Yue’s spirits lifted significantly. She felt the Dao injuries that had restricted her cultivation gradually losing their power, and her cultivation strength was slowly returning to its peak.

At this moment, footsteps came from outside the peach forest, gradually drawing closer.

“The reason I haven’t made a move until now is that I already control the overall situation; I hold the lives of all three of you in my hands.”

In the darkness, a figure passed through the tangled luminous strings, seemingly without substance. Those spatial strings were indestructible, yet they did not harm him in the slightest as they cut through him. He was like a mass of qi, qi without a physical body.

“I am not boasting; it is simply because the Primordial Tree is in my hands.” The figure drew closer, his voice becoming clearer: “Earth Mother Primordial Monarch was incompetent, but her physical body was the strongest treasure born from the Ancestral Court’s heaven and earth; she simply didn’t know how to use it. The roots of this Primordial Tree are embedded in Yuandu, its root-tendrils spread throughout the depths of the earth, and its branches and leaves support the heavens in the sky. Therefore, even if your ten-thousand-mile peach forest connects to all heavens, it is useless against me; I can easily break it.”

As the word “break” left his lips, Divine Weapon Imperial Celestial Venerable, holding the Primordial Tree, suddenly roared and unleashed the tree’s power.

Celestial Venerable Yue’s expression changed slightly. She immediately felt the ten-thousand-mile peach forest, which connected to all heavens and myriad worlds, continuously collapsing and disintegrating. Large swaths of the peach forest turned to dust; the peach forest she had painstakingly built over forty thousand years was destroyed in an instant.

With the peach forest destroyed, the Primordial Tree’s roots, like tentacles, snuffed out the lanterns one by one.

When Celestial Venerable Hao invaded the Primordial Realm back then, the newly revived Earth Mother Primordial Monarch went to stop him. Because Celestial Venerable Xiao was present, Celestial Venerable Hao didn’t want to get injured or reveal his true strength, so after gravely wounding Earth Mother Primordial Monarch, he left. However, Earth Mother Primordial Monarch was killed by Celestial Venerable Xiao, and her roots, along with the Primordial Tree, fell into Celestial Venerable Xiao’s hands. The Primordial Realm also came under Celestial Venerable Xiao’s control.

Celestial Venerable Xiao became the big winner. He planted the Primordial Tree, built the Heavenly Palace, and left behind Divine Weapon Imperial Celestial Venerable. At that time, even Qin Mu fell into his calculations, performing soul summoning for him, yet unable to prevent the outbreak of the Yankang Calamity. Ultimately, Qin Mu had to abandon his identity as the Youdu God Child, gouge out his third eye, and become a soulless person.

Celestial Venerable Xiao was the ultimate victor from beginning to end, except for the time he transformed into Chu Xiao and was assassinated during his wedding by Celestial Venerable Yun, Celestial Venerable Hao, Celestial Venerable Yue, and others.

After doing all this, Divine Weapon Imperial Celestial Venerable stood still once more. At this moment, the figure walked in front of Divine Weapon Imperial Celestial Venerable. Compared to Divine Weapon Imperial Celestial Venerable, his body was not tall; Divine Weapon Imperial Celestial Venerable was a giant, while he appeared to be the height of an ordinary adult.

This figure was precisely Celestial Venerable Xiao. He had clear features and a fresh appearance, and both his hands were intact. Clearly, he had indeed cultivated the Creation Profound Arts, improved by Yankang, allowing him to restore his physical body.

“Celestial Venerable Xiao’s sword injury has been removed!” Pharmacist’s voice came, filled with joy.

Celestial Venerable Xiao’s brow raised slightly. He looked at Pharmacist, who was wearing a bronze mask, and smiled, “So it’s the Jade-Faced Young Master, God of Medicine, from Yankang. I once attended your lectures in Yankang.”

Pharmacist’s face changed drastically, and he secretly groaned in distress.

Celestial Venerable Xiao’s gaze fell on Celestial Venerable Yue again. He smiled, “Celestial Venerable Yue, even if you recover, you cannot escape the myriad heavens. Earth Mother was incompetent, but I am not. You can use the path of space to sever Earth Mother’s root-tendrils and restrict her movements, but I do not care. The Primordial Tree is not my physical body; because I have no attachments, I am invincible.”

Celestial Venerable Yue fell silent, and the zither music ceased.

Celestial Venerable Xiao’s gaze then fell on Qin Mu. He said calmly, “Celestial Venerable Mu, during the Yankang Calamity, I seized control of you once, but you might not have conceded. Now I’ve done it again, will you concede now?”

“Concede to your grandpa,” Qin Mu spat, smiling. Qin Mu spat out a mouthful of phlegm and laughed, “When did I ever concede to you?”