Chapter 1470: Deterioration of the Dao Heart

Fire Celestial Venerable's power was boundless, amplified by the absorbed might of the Southern Emperor Vermilion Bird. This made his magic incomparably formidable, and his comprehension of Dao Fire had ascended to the twenty-fourth heaven of the Dao Realm.

His strike was intended to incinerate Lan Yutian, Qin Mu, and God King Lang Wo, utterly obliterating them from existence.

He could not tolerate Qin Mu's blasphemy, nor God King Lang Wo's use of a divine consciousness illusion to lay bare his inner self, exposing his ugly and sinful side directly before Lan Yutian.

Furthermore, he could not bear for Lan Yutian to witness his betrayal firsthand, to see him kill Celestial Venerable Yu within the illusion.

Eliminating these three would not elevate his stature or bring him any gain, yet it would bring him a measure of inner peace.

Only with Qin Mu, Lan Yutian, and God King Lang Wo dead would his secrets remain hidden from the world, and his inner self concealed.

For him, having his innermost self laid bare for others to see was utterly intolerable.

Just as his colossal palm was about to descend upon the three, God King Lang Wo's divine consciousness suddenly erupted, celestial palaces shimmering behind her head. Her potent mental energy propelled Qin Mu and the others, tearing through thirty-five layers of void.

Her divine ability surged forth, not targeting Fire Celestial Venerable directly, but instead blasting straight ahead.

The instant her divine consciousness surged forward, Qin Mu's physical body dramatically expanded. His Spirit Embryo Divine Treasure domain swelled outwards, Xuandu soared into the sky, Youdu sank into the earth, the Four Extremities stabilized the four directions, and Yuandu, the Ancestral Court, and myriad heavens and worlds manifested one by one.

In that moment, he transformed into a four-faced deity, presenting a front from every direction, every angle.

His palm lay flat, and God King Lang Wo stood within its center, enveloped by his Divine Treasure domain.

As this Divine Treasure domain unfolded, God King Lang Wo was instantly oriented to face Fire Celestial Venerable. Her divine ability, which had been directed forward, now pivoted to strike Fire Celestial Venerable directly!

Fire Celestial Venerable's enormous palm tore through layer after layer of void, melting the fabric of space with its blazing Dao fire. Yet, striking Qin Mu and the others within such a brief timeframe proved to be no easy feat.

Meanwhile, Lang Wo's divine ability reached his chest and penetrated his body in an instant.

This divine ability, being divine consciousness, was formless and intangible. Furthermore, God King Lang Wo had launched it forward, with her body obscuring its trajectory, leaving Fire Celestial Venerable no time to defend as the mental attack surged into his body.

Perceiving a divine ability from the front versus from behind presented entirely different challenges. Had God King Lang Wo faced Fire Celestial Venerable head-on to deploy her divine consciousness ability, Fire Celestial Venerable would have instantly comprehended all its intricate mysteries.

Destroying Lang Wo's divine ability would have posed no significant challenge for Fire Celestial Venerable.

However, Lang Wo's divine ability had just been launched directly forward, with her back to him. Consequently, by the time he reacted, the ability had already reached his chest.

As the divine consciousness exploded within Fire Celestial Venerable, Lang Wo's visualization of the Four Emperors of the Four Extremities—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise with Serpent—rapidly materialized inside his body. With dragon roars, tiger growls, and the high cries of the Vermilion Bird, these beings began to inflict devastating internal damage.

Without Qin Mu's Divine Treasure domain, Lang Wo would have found this feat impossible; at best, she could have retreated into the thirty-five layers of void. However, given Fire Celestial Venerable's immense power and boundless magic, pursuing and eliminating her within those layers would have been no difficult task.

With Qin Mu's assistance, however, she gained a significant advantage, and the evolution of her divine abilities and Dao techniques immediately ascended to a new level.

From the moment he encountered Lan Yutian, Fire Celestial Venerable's Dao heart had been profoundly shaken. With God King Lang Wo's illusion exposing his innermost being, his Dao heart cultivation rapidly deteriorated, and his reactions had become noticeably slower.

Boom—

A violent tremor erupted within Fire Celestial Venerable's body. The Vermilion Bird, manifested by God King Lang Wo, was the first to tear through his chest, emerging with swirling seas of fire and soaring away on beating wings.

The Vermilion Bird let out a long cry, devouring Dao fire, its sharp talons extending to strike Fire Celestial Venerable's eyes.

Fire Celestial Venerable's back exploded as the White Tiger's head burst forth, letting out a deathly roar before its sharp claws ripped open his back.

Concurrently, the Serpent slithered from his mouth, its thousand wings fluttering rapidly as it coiled around his neck, nearly severing his head.

Meanwhile, the immensely heavy Black Tortoise swelled within his abdomen, crushing his physical form.

A dragon's roar echoed as the Azure Dragon burst through his crown, soaring upwards.

God King Lang Wo's divine consciousness creations proved to be astonishingly terrifying!

Naturally, a significant portion of this achievement was attributable to Yankang.

Dao Ancestor, leading the Heavenly Court Dao Sect, had macroscopically deduced the Grand Dao of the Four Ancient God Emperors, establishing a comprehensive ancient god numerology rune system. Concurrently, Lin Xuan, the Dao Master of the Yankang Dao Sect, and Xu Shenghua, along with other Yankang numerology experts, microscopically re-derived the ancient god Grand Dao runes. This collaborative effort perfected the Grand Dao rune system.

Even Dao Ancestor himself had to journey to Yankang to study and refine his Dao techniques and divine abilities.

God King Lang Wo demonstrated greater open-mindedness than other Creation Masters, including Celestial Venerable Gong. This was due to her early exposure to the cultivation system of Wuyou Township, her familiarity with the Divine Treasure Heavenly Palace and divine abilities, and her incorporation of the reforms initiated by Kaihuang into the Creation Masters' divine consciousness cultivation system.

Currently, all Creation Masters in the void of the other shore cultivate the Divine Treasure Heavenly Palace system, transforming their divine consciousness abilities into rune-based Grand Dao powers.

Her most progressive trait was her earlier adoption and integration of Yankang's reform achievements, preceding even the Ten Celestial Venerables. She readily embraced anything that benefited the Creation Master race.

She had adopted Yankang's Grand Dao rune system to augment the might of her divine consciousness abilities.

Previously, Creation Masters focused on meticulously rendering visualized objects to be as lifelike as possible, rather than approaching visualization from the perspective of the Grand Dao. With Yankang's Grand Dao rune system, however, the power of their divine abilities surged, growing exponentially stronger.

For an entity like God King Lang Wo, her supremely potent divine consciousness allowed her to instantly gather formidable power and manifest the Four Ancient God Emperors!

"I am not his match," God King Lang Wo landed her blow, severely injuring Fire Celestial Venerable, but her gaze was not on him. Instead, it was fixed on his colossal hand, which had already torn through layers of void and was hurtling towards them. Shaking her head, she declared, "This single strike will be the death of us all."

Fire Celestial Venerable's palm continued to expand, and fueled by his immense magic, its power was not diminishing but steadily escalating!

While his magic power couldn't rival that of Hong Celestial Venerable, who could shatter thirty-five layers of void with a single strike and gravely wound enemies within, Fire Celestial Venerable was not significantly weaker.

"We won't die," Qin Mu moved his feet, activating the Divine Ark of the Other Shore. It soared across the void, drifting horizontally as Fire Celestial Venerable's palm slammed down, causing the thirty-five layers of void to violently tremble. Yet, the Divine Ark carried the three, narrowly escaping from the very fingertips of that crushing blow.

Whoosh—

The Divine Ark of the Other Shore burst through the thirty-five layers of void, emerging onto the surface of the Celestial Sea. In the distance, Fire Celestial Venerable grunted, the flaming wheel behind his head spinning to shred the Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, Azure Dragon, and White Tiger. He then ascended into the air, leaping high into the sky, transforming into a streak of fire that vanished into the distance.

"Why didn't he kill us?" Lan Yutian asked, watching Fire Celestial Venerable vanish into the distance.

"His Dao heart has deteriorated," Qin Mu's eyes gleamed as he explained, "After failing that strike, he lost confidence. Coupled with his existing injuries, he didn't dare to risk further harm. He fears that if he were to be injured, the other Celestial Venerables would seize the opportunity to take his life."