Chapter 1425: Heavenly Court Descends

Qin Mu's expression was solemn. With the Celestial Heavens relocating to the Ancestral Court, their next full-scale target would undoubtedly be Heaven Duke!

Heaven Duke sought death not for its own sake, but for liberation. However, based on Qin Mu's understanding of Honored Heaven, while Honored Heaven was Heaven Duke's reincarnation, he was no longer the same being.

Honored Heaven was consumed by a desire for power and strength. Once freed from the constraints of the Heavenly Dao, he would become a Heavenly Venerable with boundless might!

If Qin Mu wished to intervene and rescue Heaven Duke, he needed to acquire even greater power.

The best shortcut currently available was to temper himself through the Ancestral Court's God-Slaying Stage and master its Grand Dao.

Only then would Qin Mu firmly establish himself at the Nine Prisons Platform realm, possessing at least some power to contend with the Ten Heavenly Venerables.

The Celestial River continued to rise, signifying the Celestial Heavens' movement. The situation was now critical and demanded immediate action!

Butcher, Tian Shu, and the others rose, their gazes fixed on him. Butcher asked, "Are you heading to the Ancestral Court now, to face the fiercest blade in the world?"

Qin Mu nodded.

Over the past two years and six months, the five of them had honed the Dao of the Blade to its peak. They first engaged in blade duels to enhance Qin Mu's comprehension and understanding of the Dao. Then, they each unleashed their own spirit.

The blade nourishes the spirit. They contended with Qin Mu using their individual spirits, refining his spirit with theirs, and tempering his will with the will of the blade, elevating his Dao of the Blade until his spirit transformed into a blade gleam.

During this time, Qin Mu's insight into the Dao of the Blade reached its zenith, using their spirits as whetstones to sharpen his own.

He had, one might say, utilized all his intellect and wisdom, integrating everything he had previously learned and understood into the Dao of the Blade.

In two and a half years, his Dao of the Blade had reached the sixteenth heaven, surpassing Butcher, and quickly catching up to Luo Wushuang, reaching the eighteenth heaven of entering the Dao through the blade.

He had applied his insights from entering the Dao through divine arts to create his own heavens of the Dao of the Blade. Later, Butcher, Tian Shu, Zhe Huali, and Luo Wushuang also continually improved under the tempering of his spirit.

Ultimately, their essence, vital energy, and spirit mutually refined one another, imprinting layer upon layer of void. Together, they deduced the Dao of the Blade to the extent of twenty-five layers of void!

In two and a half years, these five grandmasters of the blade not only elevated their Dao of the Blade to the twenty-fifth heaven but also to the level of imprinting twenty-five layers of void. This was an immense breakthrough for the Dao of the Blade, an achievement that could be said to influence future generations of blade arts and divine powers!

However, at this point, their accumulated reserves were largely depleted. Even if they could advance another heaven, the time required would significantly increase.

Butcher said in a deep voice, "We'll go with you to the Ancestral Court and witness this fiercest blade in the world!"

Qin Mu hesitated, looking at Tian Shu, Zhe Huali, and Luo Wushuang. The Ancestral Court's God-Slaying Stage, the fiercest blade in the world, could likely slay Emperor's Throne realm experts as easily as slicing melons and dicing vegetables. He didn't want to see his friends risk their lives for him.

Yet, with his current understanding of the Dao of the Blade, it would still be very difficult for him to enter the God-Slaying Stage without dying.

He had no confidence, not even a sliver, in surviving the God-Slaying Stage.

If his Dao of the Blade could reach the twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth, or even thirtieth heaven, he might be able to survive it.

But not now.

Luo Wushuang calmly said, "I once visited the Celestial Heavens' God-Slaying Stage and survived. The Dao of the Blade there is subtle, and its laws are stringent. My experience at the Ancestral Court's God-Slaying Stage might be very helpful to you."

Zhe Huali stretched his limbs and chuckled, "I've never been to the Ancestral Court, so it would be good to see the world. I'm not as recklessly bold as you; I'll just observe, not go in."

Tian Shu chuckled, "The fiercest blade in the world? Is it fiercer than my Emperor's Watchtower blade? My blade can sever the horns of Earth Keeper! I refuse to believe that a naturally formed object could be superior to the Dao of the Blade we painstakingly comprehended!"

After their enlightenment experience at Yongjiang, each of them had gained immensely, cultivating their essence, vital energy, and spirit to be indestructible, and forging their wills to be as sharp as their blades.

"Four humble artisans, at least, can stand against one Heavenly Venerable Mu."

Butcher said indifferently, "The five of us have already reached the pinnacle of the Dao of the Blade; there are no higher peaks for us to climb. Regardless, the five of us must experience the fiercest blade in the world. Since you feel you can't guarantee your own safety, why don't all five of us ascend the God-Slaying Stage together and give it a try?"

Tian Shu licked his lips and said, "Our abilities are already imprinted in the twenty-fifth void. Even if we die, our Grand Dao will not be erased by our deaths. With this achievement, this life is enough. Even Founding Emperor only surpasses us by ten heavens."

"The Dao of the Sword, thirty-five layers of void!"

Luo Wushuang, filled with longing, murmured, "If the Dao of the Blade cannot reach thirty-five layers of void to contend with the Dao of the Sword, how sorrowful that would be. Perhaps the Ancestral Court's God-Slaying Stage is an opportunity for our Dao of the Blade to advance further."

Qin Mu looked at them, feeling their earnest sincerity and profound devotion, and his heart was filled only with gratitude.

Their so-called pursuit of the Dao was, in truth, simply concern for his safety.

"Very well!"

Qin Mu burst into laughter. "We five humble artisans, let's go together!"

Everyone laughed heartily. "Can five humble artisans not compare to one Founding Emperor of the Dao of the Sword? Let's take on the challenge together!"

In the Ancestral Court, the light from eleven immense Spirit Energy Relocation Bridges merged into a single, colossal bridge. The locations of these eleven Spirit Energy Relocation Bridges had been precisely calculated and determined by skilled Daoist masters.

The positions of these relocation bridges allowed them to seamlessly connect, forming a single bridge whose light could completely encompass the entire Celestial Heavens.

On this day, countless deities from the Celestial Heavens mobilized. Innumerable warships sailed out, with massive chains attached to them on one end and to the Celestial Heavens on the other, straining to pull the colossal entity.

Within the Celestial Heavens, immensely powerful beings on each celestial palace and divine hall activated the might and power of the various structures and the Seventy-Two Divine Halls, gradually accelerating the Celestial Heavens' movement.

At this moment, the Celestial River twisted, moving in conjunction with the Celestial Heavens.

Above the Ancestral Court, a corner of the vast and boundless Celestial Heavens had already emerged from the Spirit Energy Relocation Bridge. Giant tower-ships, operating at full power, pulled on chains, attempting to draw the Celestial Heavens into the Ancestral Court.

The power of the relocation bridges alone was insufficient to move such a massive entity and transfer it to the Ancestral Court quickly. Nearly all the deities in the Celestial Heavens had mobilized, yet even then, the Celestial Heavens progressed slowly.

This was an absolutely magnificent and grand spectacle. As the shadow of the Celestial Heavens enveloped the Ancestral Court, growing steadily larger, the starry sky above the Ancestral Court lost its color, and the sun itself dimmed.

The very space of the Ancestral Court was compressed and twisted, and violent tremors spread throughout the void!

As the Celestial Heavens squeezed into the Ancestral Court, spirit energy gushed from the relocation bridges. The radiant light was clearly visible to all living beings in the Primordial Realm.

That light was the spirit energy erupting from the Ancestral Court, the spiritual power and essence being relocated!

In the Primordial Realm, eleven pillars of light, composed of spirit energy and spiritual power, could be seen. These pillars surged forth, gathering immense and vast energy, which astonishingly began to form stars, continents, and world barriers above the Celestial Heavens' original location!

Beautiful heavens formed as the Celestial Heavens departed, making the place where it vanished truly vibrant and colorful.

In the Ancestral Court, the eleven Heavenly Venerables stood beside their respective Spirit Energy Relocation Bridges, gazing up at the sky.

The Celestial Heavens was descending into the Ancestral Court inch by inch. Although the Celestial Heavens' Daoist sect's calculations were ingenious, the Celestial Heavens was too vast, and some errors still occurred during the relocation.

The edges of the Celestial Heavens did not fully enter the relocation bridges and were cut by their light, immediately detaching from the main body. In other instances, as the tower-ships and large vessels dragged the Celestial Heavens, they caused it to tilt or slightly shift, leading to parts being severed by the Spirit Energy Relocation Bridges, with fragments plummeting from the sky.

These fragments trailed long flames, their fiery tails stretching for hundreds of thousands of miles, falling from the sky into the Ancestral Court. It took over ten days for them to finally crash onto the Ancestral Court's land.

Even then, these fragments did not burn away completely; they still struck the Ancestral Court's ground, causing landslides and fissures, fiery hurricanes, and meteor showers, leading to continuous natural disasters.

The eleven Heavenly Venerables ignored these occurrences, continuing to oversee the Celestial Heavens' relocation.

The severed parts of the Celestial Heavens were merely a drop in the ocean, utterly insignificant compared to the colossal entity.

Just then, the North Heavenly Gate was severed. The enormous gate tilted and fell from the Celestial Heavens, transforming into bright stars in the sky. These stars were torn apart by the Ancestral Court's geomagnetism, splitting into dozens of pieces, resembling dozens of dazzling great stars.

Suddenly, Honored Heaven slightly frowned. He summoned a Daoist disciple and asked in a deep voice, "Why has the relocation speed slowed down?"

The Daoist disciple quickly replied, "Reporting to Heavenly Venerable, the relocation bridges are too hot. During the spirit energy transfer, the spirit energy friction on the altars is becoming unbearable. We are mobilizing rain masters and water gods from all major heavens to cool down the relocation bridges. The Dao Master also suggested adjusting the tower-ships now to prevent the Celestial Heavens from being severed too much by the relocation bridges."

Honored Heaven nodded. "Quickly summon all rain masters, water gods, and river gods from every major heaven. And all the Dragon Kings from the seas too!"

The Daoist left in a hurry.

On the other side, other Heavenly Venerables also inquired about the matter. Empress Qiang dismissed the Daoist disciple, thinking to herself, "Mobilizing the rain masters and Dragon Kings from all major heavens will likely take over a month..."

Just as she thought this, another attendant arrived to report, "Your Majesty, Heavenly Venerable Mu has arrived. He says he wishes to visit the God-Slaying Stage in your territory."

Empress Qiang paused slightly, then smiled. "That reckless young man, coming here to die, let him be."

The attendant quickly added, "Accompanying Heavenly Venerable Mu are four unusual individuals: one missing an arm, one a drunkard, one resembling a butcher, and another who is rather dissolute, carrying a demonic blade with an eye growing on it. Heavenly Venerable Mu said he brought a few friends and intends to ascend the God-Slaying Stage together."

Empress Qiang waved her hand dismissively. "It doesn't matter how many come, they're all seeking death. Go back and tell Heavenly Venerable Mu that they can go ahead and ascend the God-Slaying Stage. I still need to remain here to oversee the main operation, but I will come to support him later."

The attendant quickly assented and departed in haste.

Before the Ancestral Court's God-Slaying Stage, about a hundred miles away, Qin Mu and Butcher each stopped. Gazing at the two terrifying, ominous divine blades, their expressions changed simultaneously as they exclaimed in unison, "What fierce blades!"

Around them, sharp clanging sounds erupted. This was due to the overwhelming power of the God-Slaying Stage's fiercest blades in the world. As the five grandmasters of the blade arrived, the blade intent formed by those two ominous energies collided with their own blade intents!

The God-Slaying Stage was naturally formed. Over a long period, it had continuously absorbed the malevolent energy of the heavens and earth, further nourished by the ominous energies from countless wars throughout the Ancestral Court's history, making it incredibly powerful and ferocious.

Fortunately, all five of them were masters of the Dao of the Blade and were not encroached upon by the fierce blades' power.

Tian Shu's face turned ashen. He turned to leave, chuckling, "I just remembered I have urgent business. You all go ahead; I'll take my leave first!"

Butcher grabbed him and said, "I still have a boatload of fine wine here."

Tian Shu's expression flickered. He gritted his teeth and said, "We'll have to get the God of Thieves to steal another boatload; I'll drink it later!"

Butcher chuckled, "That can be arranged. Everyone, have you noticed?"

Everyone looked over.

Butcher chuckled, "These two ominous energies have long become sentient and are on the verge of transforming into two peerless divine blades! If we can subdue them, these two blades would likely be considered ultimate treasures!"

Everyone's minds were greatly shaken. They hurriedly looked towards the two ominous energies but could discern nothing.

Qin Mu's vertical eye in his glabella opened. He also looked towards the two ominous energies, and his body trembled slightly as he softly praised, "What splendid divine blades!"