Chapter 1545: Killing Through Wuyou Village

Qin Mu couldn't help but smile when he saw Kai Huang's smile.

After Kai Huang stepped down from the God-Slaying Platform, the two God-Slaying Profound Blades on it gradually reassembled and returned to their original state. However, having been severed once by Kai Huang's supreme swordplay, the two malevolent blood dragons within them were now exhausted and no longer appeared as fierce as before.

Qin Mu secretly lamented, "During my trip to Ancestral Court Jade Capital City, I also acquired all the Celestial Dao Divine Weapons from Emperor Lang Xuan. Combined with the Celestial Fiend from the God-Slaying Profound Blades, I now have fifty Celestial Daos. I want to merge all fifty into a unique Celestial Dao ultimate treasure. Do you think this is feasible?"

Kai Huang looked surprised. "You even killed Emperor Lang Xuan?"

Qin Mu humbly replied, "I wouldn't claim to have killed him. I merely defeated the Seven Celestial Venerables; they ganged up on me, and I gave them all a good beating. Lang Xuan was just one of them. Of course, I didn't have the opportunity to kill Lang Xuan, so I simply took forty-eight Celestial Dao Divine Weapons from him."

Kai Huang grew even more astonished. "You defeated the Seven Celestial Venerables? And they were even attacking you together?"

Qin Mu couldn't help but feel a little proud.

Kai Huang pondered, "There must be something strange about Ancestral Court Jade Capital City. It limited the power of the Seven Celestial Venerables but didn't restrict yours. That's why they couldn't resist and were defeated by you. I've never been to Ancestral Court Jade Capital City myself..."

Qin Mu retorted, annoyed, "I'm not here for your analysis. Do you have a way to forge the Celestial Dao ultimate treasure?"

Kai Huang shook his head. "Every art has its specialists; I am not proficient in the Celestial Dao."

Qin Mu hesitated. Naturally, the most skilled in the Celestial Dao was Heaven Duke, but the reborn Heaven Duke was currently suffering in the karmic fire in Youdu.

And Qin Mu, of all people, couldn't enter Youdu!

"I want to go see Ancestral Court Jade Capital City."

Kai Huang said, "I sense two places within the Ancestral Court that are very attractive to me, even as an enlightened being, tempting me to go there. One is your territory, and the other is Ancestral Court Jade Capital City."

Qin Mu's expression changed slightly, becoming serious. He stated firmly, "You absolutely should not go to Ancestral Court Jade Capital City!"

Kai Huang glanced at him, looking puzzled.

Qin Mu said in a deep voice, "Grand Emperor Tai Yi went there and ended up trapped in the Fourth Universe, unable to return. Ancestral Court Jade Capital City is far more terrifying than you imagine. There are divine beings there, and their divine Dao trees bear seven or eight Dao fruits! If you go there, you won't come back alive either!"

Kai Huang was silent for a moment, then smiled. "Don't worry, I know my limits."

Qin Mu glared at him fiercely. Kai Huang said, "No, I really won't go. If you say no, then I won't."

Qin Mu snorted, exhaled slowly, and said gravely, "You're like a foolish deer; the more you say you won't go, the more likely you are to go. If you absolutely must go, then so be it, but you must wait until we have rescued Celestial Venerable Yun and Celestial Venerable Ling. After that, you can go wherever you please and die however you wish."

He paused, then asked curiously, "You just said you sensed two places in the Ancestral Court that attract you. My sacred land is certainly powerful. But what I really want to know is, besides the Ancestral Court, have you sensed any other places that also attract you?"

Kai Huang replied, "The Great Overarching Heaven is omnipresent, countless times larger than this universe. When my Dao imprint was left upon the Great Overarching Heaven, I did indeed sense mysterious places within the universe. One of them, which you should know, is where the remnants of the Crimson Brightness are located."

Qin Mu's expression stirred slightly. "Now that you've attained the Dao, do you sense anything strange about that place?"

"There are extraordinary Dao fluctuations."

Kai Huang said, "But just like Ancestral Court Jade Capital City and Black Mountain Sacred Land, I cannot fathom its depths."

Qin Mu's heart skipped a beat. "Could that be the place where Grand Emperor Tai Yi wants me to find and rescue him using the map?"

"Besides that, there's another place whose depths I also cannot fathom."

Kai Huang continued, "That place even makes me feel a sense of fear."

Qin Mu's eyes sparkled as he stared at him, waiting for him to continue.

Suddenly, Kai Huang said indifferently, "Who's the foolish deer now?"

"Me!"

Qin Mu readily admitted, urging, "Hurry up and tell me, which place do you find unfathomable?"

"Below the Great Ruins."

Kai Huang said, "That place is also impenetrable to my sword Dao."

Qin Mu was surprised and raised an eyebrow. "The Great Ruins?"

"Not the Great Ruins itself, but beneath it."

Kai Huang said, "I noticed that when my sword Dao extends there, it is swallowed by a dark, lightless void, and all sensation vanishes. That place even makes my sword Dao feel dread and tremble."

Qin Mu frowned slightly and paced back and forth.

Qin Mu had been to both places Kai Huang mentioned. He had entered the suspended realm of the Crimson Brightness remnants to ally with the Crimson Brightness divine race, but he knew nothing about it beyond the fact that Celestial Venerable Yue had once gone there and barely made it out alive.

As for the Great Ruins Abyss, he had found Le Yuanmu's corpse and Celestial Venerable Ling's hairpin there. He had also entered the deep parts of the abyss, but that was by using the twin lotus flowers.

He didn't know what truly lay within the abyss's depths.

"These two places are indeed good for hiding things. Kai Huang mentioned them seriously, alongside Ancestral Court Jade Capital City and the World Tree. It seems both places could be marked on Grand Emperor Tai Yi's geographical map..."

Kai Huang glanced at him, saying dryly, "You'd best abandon any thoughts of exploring those places. The dangers there are beyond your imagination. Even I wouldn't dare claim to return unscathed."

Qin Mu said carelessly, "Don't worry, I know my limits."

Kai Huang frowned, as if he had just used the same phrase to brush off Qin Mu earlier.

Qin Mu also realized this. They were silent for a moment, then suddenly said in unison, "Neither of us is allowed to go!"

As soon as the words left their lips, they looked at each other and burst into laughter.

Qin Mu stood up, put away the God-Slaying Platform and Profound Blades, and said leisurely, "There's no time to lose in rescuing Celestial Venerable Ling; the sooner, the better! Get ready!"

Kai Huang nodded gently.

Qin Mu rose into the air and landed on the Golden Ferry. Casually, he noticed a figure on the boat again.

Kai Huang also noticed this scene and frowned slightly. Despite having attained the Dao, he still couldn't clearly see who the figure on the boat was.

"Wait for my message; we'll meet again at Surging River in Yankang!" Qin Mu shook his sleeves, and the Golden Ferry set sail, leaving the Void of the Other Shore.

Kai Huang watched him depart, then turned and went directly to the Highest Heaven of Carefree Village, the Grand Purity Realm.

He personally beat the war drum, summoning the civil and military officials from all thirty-three heavens of Carefree Village.

This war drum was used to mobilize Carefree Village's thirty-three heavens for war. When its sound echoed, all civil and military officers responsible for battle preparations had to go to the Grand Purity Realm.

After a round of drumming, Kai Huang sat motionlessly before the several-zhang-tall drum, closing his eyes.

Four days later, he opened his eyes. In the square before the great drum, tens of thousands of soldiers stood in neat battle attire, silent.

During these four days, people continuously arrived from various places, but each person, upon arrival, made no sound. Instead, they silently took their positions and waited quietly.

Celestial Venerable Yue also arrived and, upon seeing this scene, couldn't help but admire Kai Huang's strict military discipline.

Kai Huang stood up, his gaze as sharp as a sword, sweeping across the faces of the soldiers, both old and new generations.

"I have attained the Dao."

His voice rang out, not too high or too low, yet powerful and resonant. It not only spread across the square but also reached Pingyu Heaven, Longbian Heaven, Yulong Heaven, and even Taihuang Heaven, ensuring that everyone in every corner of Carefree Village could hear his words.

"I have attained the Dao and possess sufficient power. There is no longer any need for you to remain here; Carefree Village should leave the Void of the Other Shore."

His voice clearly entered everyone's ears, plain and unadorned, returning to simplicity like his sword Dao.

"There is no true Carefree Village in this world. There is none in the Void of the Other Shore, nor will there be one outside."

He began to walk, passing before veteran generals. "When we go to the outside world, it will be more dangerous than here, and more people will die."

At this moment, Qin Mu stood on the Golden Ferry, sailing away from the Grand Void and entering the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Worlds. He looked at the rapidly approaching Primordial Realm, his gaze deep and distant.

Simultaneously, in the Void of the Other Shore, Kai Huang's voice thundered in everyone's ears: "I will lead you to the Primordial Realm, to the place where Carefree Village originated, to the place where your ancestors lived for generations. There, they shed their heads and spilled their blood. Every inch of that land is steeped in their sweat and blood, and every inch of that land holds the bones of your ancestors!"

On the Golden Ferry, Qin Mu gazed toward Yankang, where the destiny of Yankang flourished.

He smiled, turned the Golden Ferry, and sailed towards Surging River.

"Some of you are old generals who fought alongside me, some were born in Carefree Village, and some have never left this place their entire lives, believing it to be their homeland."

"But it is not!"

"Your true homeland is where your ancestors lived!"

"When we leave this time, perhaps some of you will die in battle outside, perhaps your relatives and friends will die in battle outside, perhaps it will be your husbands, your wives, or even your children who perish!"

"Perhaps even your surname, your clan, will leave no bloodline behind!"

"But we must go, we must return there! Because that is the land of our ancestors! Because that is where we have lived and thrived for generations!"

"There is no Carefree Village there, and no true Carefree Village exists in the entire universe or any world! But we will build our own Carefree Village with our own hands, our own sweat, our own blood, and our own unbreakable resolve!"

"We once had an incomparably brilliant civilization there, with countless ancestors who struggled and fought for dreams and ideals that seemed impossible to achieve! We were failures, failures forced out of the Primordial Realm, but we are not eternal failures!"

"We will fight our way back!"

Kai Huang's sword qi pierced the sky as he roared, "Fight your way back with me, for the spirits of our ancestors in heaven, for our past glory! Fight our way back—"

"Come! Break out of Carefree Village with me!"

The Golden Ferry stopped at the source of Surging River. Qin Mu stepped off the boat, and with a lift of his hand, the Golden Ferry shrank, flying into his glabella.

"Celestial Venerable Ling, I'm here."

————Happy Birthday, Zifeiyu!