Chapter 1402: Entry Opportunity

Dutian Demon King unleashed his magic power, first relocating the divine beings and cultivators residing in the Bottle of Heaven. The divine beings and cultivators from Yankang brought many spirit herbs and crop seeds, immediately flying among the black mountains, scattering the seeds.

The cultivators activated their Creation Divine Arts, causing the seeds to grow rapidly.

Even if all ten thousand black mountains were fully planted with crops, they couldn't support hundreds of millions of people. This vast black timberland could barely support ten million, which was already pushing its limits.

Besides food, livestock also needed to be raised.

In the Ancestral Court, ancient giant beasts could be tamed, and powerful giant beasts could be hunted, but this required strong cultivators and divine beings to venture out and pioneer.

On the front side of the Ancestral Court, ancient giant beasts summoned by Earth Mother Primordial Monarch continued to multiply and grow stronger. On the back side, Long Xiao also left many giant beasts behind, who did not migrate with them to the Beast Realm.

Ancient giant beasts were extremely dangerous and terrifying. Let alone the inherently weaker human race, even gods and devils appeared incredibly small in both strength and physique when facing them.

"We still need to expand our territory and build larger divine cities."

Dutian Demon King coordinated the cultivators and divine beings from Yankang, moving more people out of the Bottle of Heaven. He said to Yan'er, "The current territory cannot accommodate so many people. Moreover, Yankang's hundreds of divine cities are too small. One giant beast might be manageable, but two or three could destroy a city."

Yan'er, who was building a bird's nest, heard this and smiled, "Lan Yutian has many giant beast disciples under him. They can help."

"Giant beast disciples?"

Dutian Demon King was stunned, finding it hard to imagine giant beasts listening to Lan Yutian's lectures. "Can giant beasts understand Saint Lan's teachings?"

Yan'er brought a few Dragon Phoenix eggs and placed them in the nest. These eggs looked peculiar; the patterns on their shells were not entirely those of the Dragon Phoenix, but also Qilin patterns.

The eggshells' surfaces were rough, making them appear like Qilin eggs. Qilin eggs were relatively coarse, whereas Dragon Phoenix eggs had extremely fine patterns.

Yan'er wove flower wreaths and placed them on the eggs, then drew a few smiling faces, saying, "Young Master says that although giant beasts have large heads, they are not very intelligent. However, if they could cultivate under Lan Yutian and gain wisdom, they might establish a giant beast civilization in the future. Some giant beasts have already learned to use divine arts! My husband followed Long Xiao, the leader of the Beast Realm, there to prepare for the giant beast civilization. Cult Master said that Long Xiao lacks foresight and cannot establish a giant beast civilization, which is why he tasked my husband with the preparations."

Dutian Demon King examined the Dragon Phoenix eggs, only to see Yan'er bring another enormous Void Beast egg and place it in the center, transforming into a large Dragon Phoenix and sitting on it.

"That fatty Long actually got married before the Cult Master."

Dutian thought to himself, "When did that fellow get married? He didn't even notify an old friend. Oh right, they had a child before marriage; they completed the good deed without officially marrying. What kind of creature will hatch from the offspring of a Dragon Phoenix and a Dragon Qilin? And why is there such a large fleshy egg here?"

The Void Beast egg was a fleshy egg, with a shell made of flesh, unlike ordinary bird eggs. Since he had never seen one, he naturally didn't know what it was.

In Lang Xuan's fleet, fewer and fewer flying ships remained. One by one, they landed, each choosing a fertile area for their descent.

On the flagship, God Emperor Lang Xuan humbly sought advice from Qin Mu, detailing the difficulties his reincarnation had encountered while studying in Yankang.

Qin Mu answered every question, but he also encountered many areas he didn't fully understand. Whenever this happened, Lang Xuan suspected Qin Mu was deliberately holding back.

However, he was doing Qin Mu an injustice. Although Qin Mu frequently returned to Yankang to study the reforms' achievements, Yankang was changing rapidly day by day. Various divine arts and profound methods had been developed, extending into many new paths and divine abilities, opening up different directions for development, truly a flourishing era of diverse schools of thought.

After Qin Mu returned to Yankang, his study time was too short. He often chose to learn only the achievements beneficial to him, having to forgo other achievements, no matter how good they were.

In Yankang's reforms, the most cutting-edge achievements were concentrated in the academies and schools, while the most avant-garde were found in the Wen Dao Institute. Simply studying the achievements from these few places would take a long time, let alone the constant emergence of new discoveries.

God Emperor Lang Xuan said, "Emperor Yanxiu gathered divine beings from across the world who were proficient in primordial spirit and the path of creation, to research the art of Heavenly Palace Creation, intending to allow the Heavenly Palace to quickly recover after being damaged. Emperor Yanxiu and the gods of Yankang created three methods across twelve scrolls, called the Heavenly Palace Creation Chapter. I'm somewhat confused about the Heavenly Gate Creation Chapter within it."

Qin Mu had not heard of the Heavenly Palace Creation Chapter either. He said, "Let me see the Heavenly Palace Creation Chapter."

God Emperor Lang Xuan hesitated for a moment, his two horns on his forehead turning slightly red, before taking out the Heavenly Palace Creation Chapter. It consisted of three methods across twelve scrolls, astonishingly thick.

The Ten Celestial Venerables nominally suppressed Yankang's reforms, but they had long since secretly infiltrated Yankang, stealing knowledge of the reform achievements, and even copying newly developed cultivation techniques and profound arts.

Although Lang Xuan was thick-skinned, he still felt a touch of shame presenting Yankang's cultivation methods in front of Qin Mu, one of the three outstanding figures of the reform.

After all, he was one of the Celestial Venerables who suppressed the reforms back then. During the Yankang Catastrophe, his forces invaded Yankang, causing immense casualties.

Qin Mu meticulously flipped through the Heavenly Gate Creation Chapter, pondering deeply. Lang Xuan couldn't help but feel suspicious, his sense of shame completely gone, and the horns on his forehead returned to their normal color. "Is this fellow truly clueless or just pretending? He doesn't look like he's seeking my guidance; instead, he looks like he's stealing Yankang's reform knowledge from me..."

When he felt shame, his face wouldn't blush, but his horns would turn red.

Qin Mu attempted to answer, but God Emperor Lang Xuan quickly found several flaws. The two stared at each other, and Qin Mu looked slightly embarrassed.

After a moment, God Emperor Lang Xuan sighed, "Celestial Venerable Mu, perhaps we should each state our insights and exchange ideas."

Qin Mu quickly nodded, his face slightly flushed, and explained, "My cultivation methods and divine arts can also rapidly restore the Heavenly Palace after it's destroyed, but my methods are different from the Heavenly Palace Creation Chapter. However, by analogy, we can still exchange ideas."

God Emperor Lang Xuan said expressionlessly, "Indeed, indeed. Celestial Venerable Mu, who established the path of divine arts, is naturally very formidable."

The two each shared their insights, exchanging ideas. Qin Mu's mind was agile. Lang Xuan, after all, was a Celestial Venerable and one of the few truly intelligent individuals in the world. Having become one of the Ten Celestial Venerables, he had endured the refinement and elimination of time, so his wisdom was naturally extraordinary.

Working together, they quickly solved the difficult problems within the Heavenly Palace Creation Chapter.

The more they discussed, the more excited they became. By analogy, they even discovered shortcomings in the Heavenly Palace Creation Chapter, and their discussion grew even more fervent.

The flagship had already reached Jade Pond and landed.

The divine general guarding the ship quickly came to report. He saw God Emperor Lang Xuan and Qin Mu discussing the Dao, both Celestial Venerables in high spirits, speaking back and forth, even actively demonstrating various runes. The debate was intense.

The divine general dared not disturb them and quickly withdrew, wondering to himself, "Master always calls Celestial Venerable Mu 'Calamity Qin,' and has said more than once that this fellow, upon arriving at the Heavenly Court, damaged his divine palace and killed countless disciples. He even forced his most valued disciple, Senior Brother Chang Xiting, to flee the Heavenly Court. Why are Master and he so harmonious now?"

God Emperor Lang Xuan and Qin Mu discussed for two or three days, finally fully comprehending the contents of the Heavenly Palace Creation Chapter. Furthermore, they developed hundreds of different divine arts based on it, each possessing extraordinary power.

Not only that, but the two also compiled five different creation cultivation methods. Although these methods were slightly inferior in foundation to Emperor Seat cultivation methods, if continuously researched and deepened along these five directions, they might well give rise to five Emperor Seat cultivation methods in the future!

The two couldn't stop themselves and continued their discussion. Lang Xuan simply poured out all his doubts, discussing and researching them with Qin Mu.

He hadn't been this excited in a long time. He felt as if a hidden potential had been triggered, like returning to the verdant years of the early Dragon Han era, with all sorts of unknowns waiting to be explored and developed.

Their discussions grew deeper and deeper. Tens of days later, they were still discussing fervently, feeling mentally exhausted but still exhilarated.

The scope of their discussion was no longer limited to Yankang's reforms; it had extended to the path of divine consciousness and Primordial Qi.

Qin Mu's research into divine consciousness and Primordial Qi was extremely profound. God Emperor Lang Xuan, being the son of Grand Prime and Gong Yun, naturally possessed a deep innate understanding of these two Great Daos, and having studied them for over a million years, his realm was naturally also profound.

This discussion lasted even longer, developing various principles, divine arts, and uses for divine consciousness and Primordial Qi.

After an unknown period, as they spoke with great excitement, they each had an epiphany. A wonderful Dao rhythm emanated from within both of them – a sign that they were about to enter a state of enlightenment!

Suddenly, both fell silent, watching each other warily, forcefully suppressing the urge to enter enlightenment.

Only then did they suddenly remember that they were not Dao companions, but enemies!

Outside, the divine general quietly walked back in, intending to see if they were still discussing the Dao. He saw both men standing there, intently watching each other's every move, the Dao rhythm around them growing increasingly dense.

Primordial Qi wrapped around each of them, their divine consciousness bursting forth, on the verge of entering enlightenment.

However, each of their individual accumulations was still insufficient to support this enlightenment. If they could incorporate the other's insights, they could enter that state.

What was peculiar was that despite their emanated Dao rhythms needing only a slight collision or contact to simultaneously enter the state of enlightenment, they had stopped.

"Han Feng, how long have Celestial Venerable Mu and I been here?" Lang Xuan suddenly asked.

The divine general quickly replied, "Master and Celestial Venerable Mu have been discussing the Dao here for three months."

"Three months?"

God Emperor Lang Xuan's eye twitched. "Has it really been that long? I rarely discuss the Dao for this long with anyone; this is the first time. Celestial Venerable Mu, you are indeed a Celestial Venerable. My discussions with other Celestial Venerables have never been this profound. You are truly remarkable."

Qin Mu nodded, "You too."

"But we are not friends, much less Dao companions," God Emperor Lang Xuan stated.

Qin Mu nodded, "Those whose paths differ cannot plan together."

God Emperor Lang Xuan nodded, "I will not conspire with you, nor should you with me."

The Dao rhythm within their bodies slowly dissipated, becoming weaker and weaker until it finally vanished completely.

They walked out simultaneously. God Emperor Lang Xuan said, "Since we have reached Jade Pond, I will keep my promise. You may study the Jade Pond."

"Thank you," Qin Mu said stiffly, stepping off the flying ship.

God Emperor Lang Xuan stood on the ship, watching Qin Mu's departing back, filled with mixed emotions. He suddenly called out, "Celestial Venerable Mu."

Qin Mu turned back, looked at him, and smiled, "God Emperor, is there something?"

God Emperor Lang Xuan paused for a moment, then shook his head and chuckled, "Nothing. I just had a sudden fantasy, imagining I could have a friend. But then I suddenly thought of reality, and the fantasy extinguished. Go ahead and study."

Qin Mu nodded, smiling, "I once had a momentary fantasy too. If you and I could dedicate ourselves wholeheartedly to studying, to what heights could we push the Dao and divine arts? Could we deduce the true Grand Prime Dao, and how many types of Grand Prime divine arts? But after thinking it through carefully, I still believe it's impossible."

God Emperor Lang Xuan forced a fake smile. "Indeed impossible. Let's face reality."

"Indeed impossible."

Qin Mu turned around and walked into Jade Pond.

God Emperor Lang Xuan stood with his hands behind his back, watching Qin Mu's retreating figure, and smiled faintly, "I don't need a Dao companion..."

He paused, as if to strengthen his conviction, and said proudly, "That's right! There is no one trustworthy in this world, so I don't need a Dao companion!"