Chapter 1352: Deterrence

Qin Mu felt a stir in his heart and looked up at the sword lights illuminating the Primordial Realm. Kai Huang had not descended in person; instead, his Carefree Sword had appeared in the Primordial Realm.

This Carefree Sword had etched thirty-four layers of heavens into the sky not far from the Peach Forest!

Within the sword light, the heavens manifested, a truly magnificent sight!

At this moment, the sky split open, and numerous Creators flew out. They arrived beside the thirty-four layers of heavens left by Kai Huang, and each of the colossal Creators began their contemplation.

The beings in the Primordial Realm immediately witnessed the Creators' process of forming the heavens. Countless people stared in awe as the thirty-four layers of heavens slowly transitioned from mere sword marks of the Carefree Sword into reality!

Simultaneously, a vast and profound divine consciousness flew from the void, accelerating the formation of the thirty-four heavens!

It was the divine consciousness of God King Lang Wo!

“They came here through the Void Bridge!” Qin Mu’s heart stirred as he looked at Celestial Venerable Yue. The formation of the Void Bridge was inextricably linked to her, and the three houses at the bridge’s end were her creation, connecting to perilous places throughout the universe.

The two watched for a moment. Although Kai Huang and God King Lang Wo's cultivation was not on par with the Ten Celestial Venerables, their divine ability to recreate the heavens was something the Ten Celestial Venerables could not achieve.

As a deterrent, it was more than enough.

“With the Primordial Realm divided, great things are possible!” Qin Mu chuckled.

Celestial Venerable Yue’s heart surged. She hadn’t felt this way in a very long time.

She had experienced two grand and turbulent eras. The first was the Dragon Han era, a time filled with countless heroes, remarkable figures, and unforgettable deeds.

Back then, she had assisted Celestial Venerable Yun, personally constructing the Sky River Heavenly Court. Filled with ambition, she even set aside personal affections, all for a goal that others might have considered illusory or even laughable.

This goal was simply for humanity to live better – a simple and humble objective for which she fought for hundreds of thousands of years, until the day Celestial Venerable Yun fell in battle.

After that, she became disheartened and went into seclusion.

Even during the subsequent wild and unrestrained Crimson Light era, which lasted for a hundred thousand years, she never reappeared, living instead in solitude, dwelling on memories of the past.

When the Crimson Light era collapsed, humanity suffered another devastating blow, forcing her to emerge from her reclusive state. Though it’s said a hidden dragon should not stir, this hidden dragon nonetheless emerged from its abyss.

Her goal remained simple: to ensure humanity had the right to survive and to pursue a good life.

On her path to saving humanity, she encountered Celestial Venerable Ling, who had also emerged from seclusion.

Celestial Venerable Ling had also gone into seclusion and disappeared after Celestial Venerable Yun’s death. Faced with humanity’s great catastrophe, these two women had made the same choice.

They exchanged a smile and ushered in another new era, another equally grand and turbulent age.

The High Emperor era was established by these two women, becoming a glorious civilization that lasted for three hundred thousand years!

The High Emperor era became history due to Celestial Venerable Xiao's betrayal, along with her own disability and Celestial Venerable Ling's assassination.

And now, a new era was emerging, an era that made her blood boil once again!

Who said women possessed only tenderness?

Her fervent ambition and world-shaking accomplishments were enough to put countless men to shame!

The two looked up, and suddenly fire surged in the sky. Flames filled the air above the South Sea, and amidst the light, a woman in grand red robes descended, sitting cross-legged. Her red attire stretched towards the heavens, resembling the wings of a Vermillion Bird.

“The Southern Emperor’s physical body!” Qin Mu’s eyelids twitched violently. It was the physical body of the Southern Emperor Vermillion Bird, descending above the South Sea in the southern lands!

The Southern Emperor Vermillion Bird had been killed by Celestial Venerable Huo. When Qin Mu had questioned Celestial Venerable Huo in the Southern Pole Heavens, Celestial Venerable Huo had already slain the Southern Emperor in her ancestral land, refining her cultivation and her physical body!

Now, Celestial Venerable Huo released the Southern Emperor’s body, also as a deterrent. It wasn't to intimidate the Ten Celestial Venerables, but rather Celestial Venerable Yue, Heavenly Duke, Earth Count, and the other three Emperors!

“As expected, Celestial Venerable Huo is always at the forefront when facing her own kind.” The light in Qin Mu’s eyes dimmed.

Not long after Celestial Venerable Huo released the Southern Emperor Vermillion Bird’s body to deter the Primordial Realm, Ancestral God King’s deterrent also arrived. Ancestral God King’s target was Heavenly Duke.

The weapon he used to deter Heavenly Duke was a projection of a weapon; it wasn’t his Heavenly Dao supreme treasure, as that had already been shattered. This projection was a spherical, incredibly complex celestial orb.

Inside the celestial orb, the Heavenly Dao and Youdu Great Dao were perfectly fused.

Heavenly Duke’s clone, residing among the clouds, saw this and praised, “That wicked son is formidable. This must be a treasure forged from divine metals and ores found in the ancestral court, correct? Only the divine ores from the ancestral court can perfectly fuse the Heavenly Dao and the demonic Dao.”

Following this, the deterrents from Celestial Consort Yan, Celestial Venerable Gong, Celestial Consort Qiang, Celestial Venerable Xu, Divine Emperor Lang Xuan, and other Celestial Venerables also descended. Heavenly Duke, Earth Count, and several ancient god Emperors saw these projections of the Celestial Venerables, and their expressions subtly changed.

The projected treasures of Celestial Venerables Yan, Gong, Qiang, Xu, Lang, and Hong were almost all forged from divine metals and ores from the ancestral court!

The minerals in the ancestral court contained wondrous energy that could blend originally conflicting Great Daos into a single weapon. Treasures that the Ten Celestial Venerables previously couldn’t forge could now be created after acquiring the divine metals from the ancestral court!

“It seems we can’t hold back any longer,” Heavenly Duke’s clone sighed.

Heavenly Duke’s clone sighed, then pointed a finger. In Xuandu, the forty-nine Heavenly Daos transformed into forty-nine supreme treasures, all forged from ancestral court divine metal. They hung high within Xuandu, deterring the Primordial Realm!

In the Primordial Realm, Earth Count pondered, then stomped his foot on the ground. The earth trembled, Youdu appeared, and the sixty-four Youdu Great Daos transformed into sixty-four supreme demonic treasures, likewise deterring the Primordial Realm!

On the other side, Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon activated Spirit Treasure Mountain. And above the Golden Iron Divine City in the western lands, a colossal golden horn suddenly descended from the sky, emitting a long, resonating blast that made all who heard it surge with fighting spirit, eager to immediately engage in battle!

The projection of Northern Emperor Black Tortoise saw this scene. Emperor Xuan said to Emperor Wu, “Our old brothers and sisters all have divine artifacts, forged from the divine metals and treasures collected when we left the ancestral court. Only we are utterly poor, having used all our wealth to create the Glazed Sky Banner, which was then stolen by a thief.”

Emperor Wu replied, “Don’t say anything. Just pretend to be profound, and we won’t lose face.”

Emperor Xuan fell silent, but after a moment, he couldn’t help but say, “Empress Tianyin and Celestial Venerable Yue don’t have any world-suppressing treasures either, so we won’t be too ashamed...”

Before he finished speaking, Empress Tianyin conjured a treasure: a sentient funnel, also a treasure forged from divine metal taken from the ancestral court when she left.

Emperor Xuan hesitated, then said, “Celestial Venerable Yue, however, has no treasures...”

In the Peach Forest, Celestial Venerable Yue plucked her zither strings. Instantly, countless transparent blades, which were spatial cross-sections, appeared above the Peach Forest, slowly rotating.

Emperor Xuan thought for a moment, then said to Emperor Wu, “Celestial Venerable Mu is much poorer than us. He’s young, after all, and hasn’t accumulated much...”

Emperor Wu suppressed the urge to beat him violently in public and said coldly, “Silence!”

As they were speaking, Crown Prince You Ming suddenly transformed his divine ability into a Celestial River. Stepping on the river, he arrived and bowed, saying, “Father... Your Majesty, Northern Emperor, Emperor Yanxiu has ordered me to deliver a batch of divine metals from the ancestral court. He says Celestial Venerable Mu obtained many divine metal minerals in the ancestral court and has some surplus, so he asks you two to forge treasures for self-defense.”