Chapter 1377: Boundary Unstable

Gong Tianzun returned to the Grand Purity Ore Vein. He summoned his disciple Nian Sichen, who guarded the place, and said, "I have a great reverse summoning divine ability here. Take it to the territories of the other Celestial Venerables. Tell them that this divine ability can lead them to the back of the Ancestral Court. There are countless treasures on the back of the Ancestral Court!"

Nian Sichen was surprised and quickly asked, "Master, since there's such immense wealth on the back of the Ancestral Court, why would you share it with others? The other Celestial Venerables are like tigers and wolves; they'd rather monopolize any benefit. When have they ever shared anything with us?"

Gong Tianzun calmly replied, "They will share with us the profits they cannot swallow. When they occupied the Celestial Heavens back then, wasn't it because they worried they couldn't swallow it all themselves, so they sought allies, found me, and invited me into the Celestial Alliance? Don't ask too many questions; go quickly."

Nian Sichen's eyes darted around. "Celestial Venerable Mu is also a Celestial Venerable. Should we inform him?"

Gong Tianzun shook her head. "No need."

Nian Sichen was secretly pleased and smiled. "If we share the benefits with Celestial Venerable Mu, it would be divided into eleven portions. Without him, we can each get a bit more."

"Then you are mistaken. We must share it with Celestial Venerable Mu."

Gong Tianzun shook her head. "He has a share in the front of the Ancestral Court, and the reverse summoning divine ability was his creation, so he naturally deserves a share. Although the Ten Celestial Venerables are closely connected, they also constrain each other. We need to bring in Celestial Venerable Mu, that 'catfish,' to smooth things over."

Nian Sichen was thoroughly puzzled.

Gong Tianzun calmly explained, "He is the leader of the Celestial Alliance. Many matters require his involvement and must be handled under his name. The Celestial Alliance has some shadowy affairs, and someone always needs to take the blame. Furthermore, I lack allies and need one within the Celestial Alliance. Drawing Celestial Venerable Mu into the Celestial Alliance, making him the eleventh Celestial Venerable among the Ten Celestial Venerables, and using him to constrain Celestial Venerable Hao and the others—this is not just my idea, but also the idea of the other Celestial Venerables."

Nian Sichen shivered, somewhat afraid to speculate on the Celestial Venerables' thoughts.

Although she was an existence at the Emperor's Throne realm, the Ten Celestial Venerables seemed like unfathomable dark abysses to her.

"Emperor Kai cannot be drawn into the Ten Celestial Venerables, but Celestial Venerable Mu should be able to."

Gong Tianzun continued unhurriedly, "Emperor Kai appears gentle, honest, and easygoing, but his Dao heart is too stable. Once he decides on something, it's absolutely impossible to make him change his mind. Celestial Venerable Mu is different; he is more volatile and can be swayed. You may go."

Nian Sichen bowed and departed.

Gong Tianzun looked at the Grand Purity Ore Vein, her eyes flickering. She whispered, "Furthermore, my identity as a Progenitor God-King has always been a hidden danger. With this identity, it's difficult to find allies. Celestial Venerable Mu doesn't completely reassure me; he is too close to the ancient gods..."

She shifted her gaze to the Ancestral Court.

This was the territory of the Progenitors, yet no Progenitors could be found. The Progenitors' two sworn enemies were the Grand Emperor and the ancient gods.

Among the Ten Celestial Venerables, Celestial Venerable Huo was the most eager to eliminate the ancient gods, but that was merely a pretext for him to purge dissidents and strengthen himself. Only she was the one who truly wanted to exterminate the ancient gods!

The Ten Celestial Venerables of the Celestial Alliance were her reliance.

On the back of the Ancestral Court, Qin Mu searched tirelessly. Suddenly, he looked up and saw two towering mountains ahead, resembling a Heavenly Gate—it was the Southern Heavenly Gate.

"Long Xiao shouldn't be far. Since I'm here, I might as well take a look inside the Southern Heavenly Gate."

He gazed up at the natural gateway formed by heaven and earth. This was the Ancestral Court's Southern Heavenly Gate, many times more majestic and spectacular than the Celestial Heavens' Southern Heavenly Gate. Between the two great mountains, Dao flames permeated the air. These flames were constructed from Dao patterns, with each flame containing unique great Dao patterns.

"If Dao Ancestor were here, he could probably analyze these Dao flames within a few days and comprehend numerous runes from them."

Qin Mu walked into the Ancestral Court's Southern Heavenly Gate. The Dao flames touched him. These flames were very peculiar; they had no temperature when they touched him, not even igniting his clothes or hair.

Qin Mu let out a surprised sound, passed through the Southern Heavenly Gate, and nothing happened.

He then retreated, observing the gateway in silence.

Suddenly, his primordial spirit emerged from his body, and he stepped towards the Ancestral Court's Southern Heavenly Gate.

He wanted to try passing through the Southern Heavenly Gate solely with his primordial spirit, without using his physical body!

The moment his primordial spirit stepped into the Southern Heavenly Gate, a thunderous roar, like the resounding of a grand bell, suddenly echoed in his ears!

In the ears of Qin Mu's primordial spirit, an incredibly loud Dao sound immediately reverberated. The grand Dao sound made him feel as if he had entered the gateway of the Dao, bringing an unparalleled impact to his Dao heart!

"No wonder no one in the Primordial Era could discover the secrets of the Four Heavenly Gates, because the Progenitors of that era didn't have primordial spirits at all!"

He suddenly understood. At this moment, he felt the power of the Southern Heavenly Gate's Dao flames. The flames permeated his primordial spirit, scorching it from all directions, even invading his divine consciousness, vital qi, and the great Dao runes he had forged!

This was a test, fraught with the danger of his primordial spirit being incinerated by the Dao flames, yet it would also temper him through the Southern Heavenly Gate, allowing him to advance further!

He allowed the Dao flames to burn him, continuing forward, hearing wondrous Dao sounds in his ears.

Qin Mu slowed his pace, allowing the Dao flames to temper him. Unconsciously, he gained many insights and epiphanies. As he delved deeper, the marvelous sensations brought by the Dao sounds became increasingly numerous.

However, the deeper he went, the stronger the Dao flames became, vaguely starting to threaten the safety of his primordial spirit!

Of course, Dao flames of this power could no longer harm him, but they gave Qin Mu a sense of unstable foundation!

This instability of foundation stemmed precisely from the Southern Heavenly Gate realm within the Celestial Palace system!

The Southern Heavenly Gate realm, also known as True God, is where a divine arts practitioner who arrives before the Celestial Palace's Southern Heavenly Gate enters it, passes through this portal, and undergoes tempering by the Southern Heavenly Gate's great Dao laws, elevating their primordial spirit and physical body to the True God level!

This kind of tempering was more manifested in terms of power.

Qin Mu had also passed through the Southern Heavenly Gate—not just one, but almost all of the Celestial Palaces' Southern Heavenly Gates. Only the Buddhist Robber Celestial Palace had yet to be fully forged, and the Boundless Celestial Palace had just begun cultivation, not yet traversed.

Yet now, as he entered the Southern Heavenly Gate formed by the Ancestral Court's heaven and earth, he found himself being burned by the Dao flames, showing signs of an unstable realm!

He had never encountered such a thing as an unstable realm before!

Since childhood, his realm foundation could be said to be incredibly stable. Especially after coming into contact with the reforms of Eternal Peace and reforming various divine treasures, realm instability was completely alien to him.

When he abandoned Celestial Palaces and divine treasures, choosing to cultivate only his Spirit Embryo, the Celestial Palace realms became part of his Spirit Embryo realm. The Honored God and True God realms of the Celestial Palace were forged by him to be unimaginably stable.

If his realm was unstable, then all the gods in the world were unstable!

"This is an opportunity for me to achieve grand perfection in the Southern Heavenly Gate realm!"

He fully dedicated himself to perceiving the surrounding Dao flames, listening to the Dao sounds, and diligently comprehending the mysteries of the Southern Heavenly Gate.

At this moment, above the Southern Heavenly Gate, two gigantic eyes suddenly appeared in the clouds, hidden behind them, staring at Qin Mu's primordial spirit, who was meditating within the Southern Heavenly Gate. Then, their gaze shifted to Qin Mu's physical body.

In the sky, a long dragon whisker silently descended, quietly coiling around Qin Mu's physical body and slowly lifting it away.

Meanwhile, Qin Mu's primordial spirit within the Southern Heavenly Gate remained oblivious.

"I'll wait for you to come begging me, to become my mount, hehe..." A low chuckle came from the sky, and the two eyes also disappeared.