Chapter 1781: Great Defeat of the Third Young Master

"Wuya, have you forgotten? We’ve fought for half a year, and you still haven't managed to throw me into the Chaos River!"

Qin Mu stood on the lotus platform, channeling the Great Beginning Dao into a divine axe. He swept the axe horizontally towards the small World Tree, saying, "You couldn't do it even at full strength, let alone with just a mere branch?"

Huang Tang charged forward, and the power of the small World Tree suddenly erupted. Its leaves transformed into thirty-six layers of heavens, creating the illusion of countless heavens hanging from the tree, pressing down on Qin Mu!

The axe light collided with the World Tree, cutting through the layers of heavens and striking the main body of the small World Tree.

As their powers erupted, the Ruin Lotus Platform beneath Qin Mu's feet spun wildly, constantly moving sideways across the river surface. Propelled by immense force, he traversed from one Chaos River to another!

Huang Tang moved swiftly, pushing the small World Tree's power to its limit. In an instant, both of them crossed several rivers.

Suddenly, with a loud crack, the crown of the small World Tree was cleanly severed and flew off—it had been cut by Qin Mu's Great Beginning Tree Felling move!

Huang Tang swung the trunk of the World Tree, aiming for Qin Mu's head. At that moment, the Great Beginning Divine Axe in Qin Mu's hand dissipated, and a flash of sword light pierced through Huang Tang's glabella.

Calamity Breaker!

Both blows landed. Qin Mu's Ruin Lotus Platform was struck, causing him to fall into the Chaos River and slide across its surface. Huang Tang flew backward, skimming the river surface. The flesh on his back was corroded by the Calamity Breaker, quickly becoming a bloody mess!

When Qin Mu retreated to the tenth Chaos River, he finally stabilized himself. Suddenly, his vision blurred as the Hall Master of Joy flew in. This was precisely when Qin Mu had just expended his old strength in a head-on clash with the World Tree, and new strength had yet to form!

"Seventh Young Master, it's time to go!"

The Hall Master of Joy's glabella suddenly split open, revealing a vast expanse of purple light within. A magnificent palace was dimly visible within the purple glow.

The palace didn't appear to be located within her glabella; rather, it seemed to exist within the Chaos River of the Sixteenth Epoch!

The palace doors swung wide open, revealing a towering figure seated within. Though unmoving, it extended a palm towards Qin Mu!

The Hall Master of Joy seized a remarkably opportune moment, exploiting Qin Mu's weakened state after defeating the Phoenix Hall Master, Huang Tang, and the small World Tree, to unleash the Third Young Master's divine ability.

However, this divine ability wasn't a true personal power, but rather a bridge connecting to the Calamity of Destruction of the Sixteenth Epoch. The Third Young Master, Ling Xiao, was seated in his own High Heavens Palace, using this bridge to project his power!

As the Hall Master of Joy's glabella opened, the Third Young Master in the High Heavens Palace unleashed a palm strike. Immediately, primordial purple light burst forth, and a massive handprint descended towards Qin Mu's forehead!

Suddenly, Qin Mu looked up and smiled faintly. A Divine Coffin of Burying Dao abruptly appeared before him, standing upright. The Third Young Master's palm strike slammed into the coffin!

"Third Brother, I've been waiting for you!"

From behind the divine coffin, Qin Mu inserted five Dao Slaughtering Divine Nails, which he held between his fingers, into the Third Young Master's five fingers!

The Great Beginning was no longer within the divine coffin; it was likely that Qin Mu had moved him out.

The Third Young Master's strike was indeed powerful and domineering. However, this Divine Coffin of Burying Dao was no ordinary item; the First Young Master, Tai Shang, had personally forged it to suppress the Great Beginning.

The Great Beginning's power was immense, so the First Young Master, Tai Shang, had gone to great lengths to refine this coffin, making it impossible even for the Great Beginning to escape. It was truly the greatest divine coffin in the world!

The five Dao Slaughtering Divine Nails pierced into the Third Young Master's palm, pinning his five fingers. The power within his palm strike was immediately suppressed. However, the immense force of the blow still caused some of its residual power to pass through the coffin and impact Qin Mu.

Qin Mu coughed up blood. With his other hand, he continued to insert more Dao Slaughtering Divine Nails, one after another, into the coffin, piercing the Third Young Master's wrist and arm!

"You once wanted to put me in a coffin; now, let me put you in first!"

Meanwhile, Huang Tang was sent flying out of the river by Qin Mu's attack and landed on the sea surface. He abruptly plunged the tree trunk into the Chaos Sea, sliding across the surface and plowing two massive chaotic waves apart on either side.

Suddenly, the small World Tree struck a lotus leaf, causing it to ripple and finally dissipating the force of Qin Mu's attack.

Huang Tang stopped short, landing on a lotus leaf.

A line of blood suddenly appeared on his glabella. He grunted, his body trembling continuously as he forcibly supported himself by leaning on the trunk of the small World Tree.

He activated his magic power, attempting to suppress the damage inflicted by Qin Mu's sword. However, activating it only made things worse; the sword that had pierced his glabella seemed to be nourished, and its sword path power surged!

Huang Tang roared. Behind him, his Dao Tree swelled, and the Grand Supreme Heaven appeared. His Dao Fruit shone brightly, and with a single rotation, a layer of heaven manifested.

His Dao Fruit rotated thirty-six times in succession, manifesting thirty-six layers of heavens and boosting his magic power to its peak.

Suddenly, his face grew redder and redder. Qin Mu's Calamity Breaker sword was nourished to its extreme by his magic power. Behind him, streaks of sword energy swept through the heavens, destroying all thirty-six layers in succession!

Sword light also radiated across the Grand Supreme Heaven, swirling like dragons and serpents. Soon, his Grand Supreme Heaven began to disintegrate.

A streak of sword light shot out from his Dao Fruit—it was the sword path of the Calamity Breaker, which had already infiltrated his Great Dao and was constantly dismantling his cultivation.

More and more sword lights appeared, spreading everywhere in an instant. Suddenly, a streak of sword light landed on his Dao Tree.

"This is bad!"

His heart gradually sank. The sword path contained within Qin Mu's Calamity Breaker sword was different from others. If he hadn't forcibly activated his magic power to suppress it, there might have been a chance to refine the sword's power.

But by forcibly activating his magic power, he had instead boosted the sword's power beyond his tolerance limit!

"Senior Wuya, please take care of my sworn brother and sister!"

Knowing he couldn't escape, Huang Tang, filled with grief and indignation, roared. He leaped up and delivered a powerful kick, sending the trunk of the small World Tree spinning horizontally in the air.

He shouted angrily, pushing the tree trunk with his right hand as he ran wildly across the Chaos Sea!

Boom, boom, boom! His footsteps landed, erupting on the sea surface and stirring the chaos.

Huang Tang charged furiously, no longer suppressing the power of Qin Mu's sword. Instead, he raised his cultivation to its peak, pushing the World Tree into the Chaos River and heading straight for Qin Mu.

Behind him, his Grand Supreme Heaven was crumbling. Streaks of sword light overflowed from his Dao Tree, and the Great Dao he had painstakingly cultivated over countless cosmic epochs shattered continuously within the sword light.

Soon, streaks of sword light also began to pierce outward from beneath his skin, damaging his physical functions.

"Aaaargh—"

Huang Tang opened his mouth to roar, but instead, Dao blood sprayed out. Blood continuously flowed from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth, splattering onto the Chaos River.

On the river, the Dao Slaughtering Divine Nails had already pierced the Third Young Master's upper right arm. The Third Young Master, Ling Xiao, had lost all magic power in his entire right arm, suppressed by the Divine Coffin of Burying Dao. He was filled with both shock and rage.

He was about to sever his right arm to escape the suppression when suddenly, with a thud, the small World Tree, pressing down on the Hall Master of Joy's body, violently crashed into the Divine Coffin of Burying Dao, effectively slamming the Hall Master of Joy into the Divine Coffin!

The Divine Coffin of Burying Dao struck Qin Mu. The Ruin Lotus Platform beneath his feet immediately cracked open, revealing its second grade, and streams of chaotic energy erupted from the lotus pod!

Huang Tang roared, his white hair now stained red by his own Dao blood. He pushed the small World Tree and charged forward desperately!

The full power of the small World Tree unleashed. Boom, boom, boom! The power of countless divine abilities erupted from the tree, crashing into the Divine Coffin of Burying Dao.

Behind the divine coffin, Qin Mu coughed up large mouthfuls of blood. The petals around his lotus seat detached and flew up, spinning rapidly as they slashed towards Huang Tang behind the coffin!

Huang Tang's head was sliced open by one lotus petal, and then his primordial spirit was annihilated by another. His physical body and primordial spirit twisted and shattered.

His head flew upwards, hovering over the river. He saw that Qin Mu had been continuously pushed back to the fifteenth river and was about to step into the sixteenth river!

The power of the small World Tree continued to erupt, wildly slamming into the Divine Coffin of Burying Dao!

The power of the small World Tree wasn't being activated by him; he was merely a puppet of Elder Wuya, tasked only with bringing the tree before Qin Mu.

It was Elder Wuya who was now activating the small World Tree's power!

Inside the coffin, the Hall Master of Joy had been reduced to a bloody mess. Dao blood streamed out of the coffin, staining the river surface red before being transformed into chaos.

To unleash the Third Young Master's divine ability, this Miiro Palace Hall Master hadn't even had the chance to fully utilize her own power before she was directly killed inside the Divine Coffin of Burying Dao by a series of unexpected events.

"Seventh Young Master, you may return now!"

Huang Tang's head plummeted into the Chaos River, a smile on his face. "With this great merit I've earned, Li Shu and Yan Mei should be well taken care of by Elder Wuya."

As he fell, Qin Mu had already stepped into the sixteenth river. At the same moment, the lotus platform beneath Qin Mu's feet was completely shattered, and his feet were about to touch the river surface.

Just then, the Golden Ferry of Transience appeared beneath Qin Mu's feet.

Huang Tang's eyes widened, the smile on his face frozen. He let out a furious, unwilling roar as he plunged into the Chaos River.

Qin Mu stepped onto the Golden Ferry of Transience, then suddenly activated his remaining magic power. The sixteen Chaos Rivers roared as they coiled around him, and a Chaos Palace emerged, drawing all sixteen rivers into its interior.

The palace doors began to close. The instant they fully sealed, the Third Young Master, Ling Xiao, decisively severed his own right arm.

The small World Tree immediately changed direction, whistling as it flew towards the palace entrance. However, before it could reach the doors, they had already completely closed.

The small World Tree violently crashed into the palace doors, and then the sound of a heavy object falling echoed from within the Chaos Palace.

This Chaos Palace completely severed the connection between the small World Tree and Elder Wuya, rendering Elder Wuya unable to control the treasure.

Qin Mu's legs weakened, and he almost fell off the boat. Suddenly, a silk ribbon coiled around his waist—it was Lang Wo who had intervened.

Ling Yuxiu rushed over and helped support Qin Mu.

Lang Wo retrieved her silk ribbon, acting as if nothing had happened. She then noticed Moon Heavenly Venerate's gaze on her face and immediately smiled in acknowledgment.

Moon Heavenly Venerate withdrew her gaze and tucked the peach blossom in her hand into her sleeve.

She had also intended to save Qin Mu, but Lang Wo had acted first.

"I've figured it out!"

Xu Shenghua suddenly stepped forward, rushing into the Hall Master of Zengcheng's divine city. As the Zengcheng labyrinth shifted, Xu Shenghua grabbed a moving wall and pulled out a divine brick.

The transformations of Zengcheng immediately ceased.

The Hall Master of Zengcheng was horrified. He looked up just as Emperor Kai's sword struck.