Chapter 1802: Revisiting Yujing

If Qin Mu were to repair the red cord knot seals repeatedly, her escape would indeed be indefinitely delayed.

She couldn't help but feel a twinge of regret.

Hundreds of years ago, believing her escape was imminent, she stopped suppressing her power. This caused the tides in the Great Void Abyss to surge more astonishingly than ever before, alerting Qin Mu and others.

Busy forging the Cosmic Bell, Qin Mu did not come to investigate. Instead, he planted his Void Lotus in the Chaos Sea to suppress the unusual tidal movements.

Later, various major battles ensued, leaving Qin Mu no time to check on it. Young Master Wuji became overconfident, causing the changes in the Great Void to intensify, seemingly to show off and threaten Qin Mu, Miro Palace, and Elder Wuya.

Elder Wuya, having been defeated by Miro Palace and Qin Mu, suffered severe losses in power and influence, forcing him to retreat and remain hidden. Miro Palace, anticipating the arrival of the Young Masters' Dao weapons, also had no time to investigate.

Conversely, Qin Mu found the time. Upon his arrival, he swiftly suppressed her once again.

Young Master Wuji gnashed her teeth in anger: "If I ever escape, I'll..."

Just then, a voice echoed from above one of the great abysses, chuckling, "To think Young Master Wuji, who controls the power of cosmic creation and destruction, has fallen to such a state. It's truly lamentable and infuriating."

Young Master Wuji's heart stirred slightly. She looked up and sneered, "Who dares to mock me? Do you dare to show yourself?"

The voice calmly replied, "You and I are both the primordial essence of all universes. You are the Void Goddess who governs cosmic creation and destruction, while I am the treasure tree that supports the cosmos from primordial times. You were suppressed by the Master of Miro Palace and then humiliated by your seventh elder. I, too, was bullied by a Young Master from Miro Palace and then attacked by your seventh elder. How pitiful, how tragic, that the two great, natural, and indestructible existences in this universe have fallen to such similar plights."

"Elder Wuya?" Young Master Wuji exclaimed in surprise.

Elder Wuya's voice wasn't emanating from a single abyss, but simultaneously from the entrances of the great abysses across various cosmic epochs. Clearly, the old being's roots extended throughout the river of time, gathering powerful individuals from different cosmic epochs to send them into the 17th epoch.

The suppression by Qin Mu and Miro Palace had made Elder Wuya agitated. For the past three millennia, he had been repeatedly suppressed by both parties. Additionally, Qin Mu's sealing of the Ancestral Court prevented any of Elder Wuya's subordinates from achieving Dao, and his own cultivation and power had been unable to recover to their peak. This is why he proactively sought out Young Master Wuji, hoping to create a new variable.

"Wuya," Young Master Wuji looked up, scoffing, "You once slandered me before our master, calling me a blasphemer. Now you come seeking me, hoping to form an alliance. Old geezer, how shameless can you be?"

Elder Wuya snorted. Young Master Wuji had always had a poor impression of him, never using any respectful titles from the moment they first met, always calling him "old geezer."

In fact, the two were indeed at odds. The World Tree and the Great Void are naturally antithetical, constantly clashing. Elder Wuya became a saint over time as the World Tree, while Young Master Wuji was born as the Void Goddess from the Great Void Abyss. They were inherently mortal adversaries, hence they never saw eye to eye.

Elder Wuya even once believed that Young Master Wuji was intentionally cultivated by the Master of Miro Palace, out of fear of him, specifically to counteract him. Consequently, he had often made things difficult for Young Master Wuji.

"Wuji," Elder Wuya said patiently, "You've been suppressed and bullied by your seventh elder, and I've also been suppressed by Miro Palace. In truth, you and I are the two immutable substances of the universe, unlike them. They are merely ephemeral beings, rising and falling with the cosmos, while we perceive the creation and destruction of universes as merely a single year. They struggle to even live through a year, while our longevity is infinite."

Elder Wuya continued with patience, "You destroy the cosmos, but you cannot destroy me. I uphold the void, yet I cannot assimilate you. In fact, there's no reason for us to continue fighting. On the contrary, for ancient and sacred beings like us to be suppressed by these mayflies, it's unbearable!"

Young Master Wuji's heart stirred. Elder Wuya's words held some truth; an alliance between them could indeed break the stalemate of their current suppression.

"Our alliance would bring many benefits," Elder Wuya's voice came, slow and unhurried.

"Because of the Dao Tree, I am proficient in almost all of Miro Palace's Dao arts and divine abilities," Elder Wuya's voice continued, unhurriedly. "Although the red cord knot seal was a divine ability created by the Master of Miro Palace in his later years, with my foundation, breaking it won't be difficult. I can help you escape."

Young Master Wuji smiled faintly. "And Young Master Seven sealed the Ancestral Court by using the Great Void Abyss to block the void, preventing your subordinates from imprinting the ultimate void and achieving Dao. If they cannot achieve Dao, you cannot recover your peak combat strength. However, I am the Void Goddess, and I can break Young Master Seven's seal, allowing your subordinates to imprint the ultimate void and cultivate Dao trees once more."

Elder Wuya chuckled, "In that case, you escape, and I recover my peak combat strength. It's a win-win situation. Wuji, your cooperation with the Heaven-Opening Faction and your feigned compliance with Young Master Seven are mere trifles. Only by cooperating with me can you truly achieve your desires!"

His voice boomed and resonated from above the Great Voids of sixteen cosmic epochs: "You destroy the cosmos and usher in new epochs. Everyone else will obstruct you, but I will not. I, too, grow through the creation and destruction of universes, and I will even welcome it! You and I have no reason to be adversaries!"

His words were highly tempting, but both of them knew perfectly well that while an alliance was possible, they were fundamentally enemies and could never truly cooperate indefinitely.

For their powers were inherently antithetical, mutually suppressive, and mutually destructive!

Young Master Wuji's eyes flickered as she smiled, "Since we're forming an alliance, then, Elder Wuya... you must show some sincerity. Let me see if you can break the red cord knot seal."

"Very well!"

Elder Wuya readily agreed, "However, you too must show some sincerity. I need to see powerful individuals among my subordinates achieve Dao in the ultimate void!"

"That's only natural!"

The two immediately reached an agreement and began their respective preparations.

Meanwhile, Qin Mu left the Great Void Abyss and arrived at the Ancestral Court's Jade Capital City to witness the arrival of Young Master Lingxiao's Dao weapon.

Miro Palace, as if knowing of his impending arrival, had already arrayed their forces, standing ready. Qin Mu entered the city and then paused, observing invisible zither strings spread like a spiderweb throughout the space-time of the Ancestral Court's Jade Capital City, guarding Young Master Lingxiao's Dao spear.

Heavenly Venerable Haotian stepped forward, letting out a majestic roar: "Heavenly Venerable Mu, your demise is near! How dare you cause trouble here?"

Qin Mu scoffed. The former Heavenly Venerable Haotian, though somewhat pathetic, was at least a formidable man. Now, however, he had lost all ambition. Under the manipulation of the two Young Masters of Miro Palace, Haotian's ambitions and grand designs had all turned into fleeting illusions, leaving him thoroughly subdued. One couldn't help but marvel at the Young Masters' methods.

Hearing Qin Mu's scoff, Heavenly Venerable Haotian's face flushed red with shame and anger.

Qin Mu ignored him, his gaze falling upon the Dao spear. The spear pulsed with boundless Dao power, vibrating constantly, its surroundings shimmering with spear shadows!

The power of this Dao weapon was far greater than even the Cosmic Bell forged by Qin Mu!

"Pity, the wielder isn't here," Qin Mu said.

Qin Mu glanced around, his gaze sweeping over the faces of Miro Palace's twelve hall masters and the assembled Dao attainers. He shook his head. "Without the wielder, none of you are my match."

He stepped forward. Suddenly, the zither strings vibrated, and a Dao melody emanated from the strings hidden within space-time.

Qin Mu's figure swayed and undulated within the Dao melody, sometimes moving within Young Master Zixiao's divine abilities, sometimes standing on the vibrating strings, and sometimes gently plucking the strings with his palm, gradually delving deeper into the web formed by the strings!

The faces of the twelve hall masters and the assembled Dao attainers grew increasingly solemn. Young Master Zixiao's remote divine abilities were surprisingly unable to affect Qin Mu in the slightest, causing beads of sweat to form on their foreheads.

Qin Mu's growth rate was beyond their imagination. In just three millennia, he could already contend with Young Master Zixiao's remote techniques, and with such calm composure, putting immense pressure on them!

"He cannot break the Miro Dao Burial!"

Heavenly Venerable Haotian swiftly arranged the treasure halls. All seventy-two halls were laid out. Heavenly Venerable Haotian stood before one of them, while the other twelve hall masters each had their own. However, several of Miro Palace's seventy-two hall masters had died, and others had not descended, so other Dao attainers had to take their places.

They set up the Miro Dao Burial formation, each clutching their weapons, veins bulging on the backs of their hands, staring intently at Qin Mu, who steadily approached amidst the Dao melody.

The Miro Dao Burial was a combined attack technique devised by Miro Palace's Third Young Master and Fourth Young Master specifically against Qin Mu's Dao arts and divine abilities—a sure-kill strike aimed at him.

Previously, when Qin Mu was breaking the Jade Capital trap, the phantom images of the seventy-two hall masters had descended into Qin Mu's divine treasures, entering his Heavenly Court Jade Capital City's seventy-two treasure halls, and unleashed the Miro Dao Burial, attempting to strangle Qin Mu.

That time, because Qin Mu had dispersed several of the hall masters' phantom images, only sixty-seven hall masters performed the Miro Dao Burial, preventing the combined attack from reaching its full potential.

Furthermore, that occasion involved the descent of phantoms, and the power that the seventy-two hall masters' phantoms could mobilize was actually the power of Qin Mu's own Heavenly Court Jade Capital City within his divine treasures.

Now, however, they had been preparing for a long time. The twelve hall masters, along with over a hundred Dao attainers, were enough to unleash the full power of this decisive technique!

More crucially, over the years, Qin Mu had made various forays, suppressing the Ancestral Court's Jade Capital City, and subduing Elder Wuya and his forces, thereby revealing his Dao arts and divine abilities without reservation to everyone in Miro Palace.

They had spent three millennia recording everything about Qin Mu, and Heavenly Venerable Haotian then presented this information to Young Master Lingxiao and Young Master Zixiao. The two Young Masters studied it for three millennia, continuously refining and improving the Miro Dao Burial technique.

The current Miro Dao Burial was incomparable to its previous version!

"Gentlemen, there's no need to be nervous," Qin Mu said.

Qin Mu finally emerged from the web of zither strings, his expression gentle, as he smiled faintly: "I am also a Young Master of Miro Palace; I would never harm fellow practitioners or disciples."

The corner of one hall master's eye twitched. He said hoarsely, "Several of our Miro Palace hall masters who died in battle were almost all killed by a Young Master's hand. When you say this, Young Master, does your Dao heart feel no shame...?"

Qin Mu's gaze settled on his face, his expression growing even more gentle and benevolent: "Ah, it's Hall Master Huadu. I forgot to mention, I'm not actually a Young Master of Miro Palace yet. After all, I haven't formally taken a master, so I can't be considered your fellow disciple. Therefore, killing a few hall masters is quite understandable. Even if I were to kill all of you, upon returning to the past, I would still chat and laugh merrily with you, raising toasts together."

A Dao attainers from Miro Palace felt his calves tremble. Even with the formidable support of the Great Dao from the Hall Master's treasure hall behind him, he felt a surge of fear.

This was a true devil king, lawless and unrestrained. It was a pity he couldn't return to the past to warn his former self how evil Young Master Seven truly was.

Qin Mu's gaze swept over the halls, his expression peculiar, as if a "demolish" character were drawn on the walls of each treasure hall.

Seeing Qin Mu's gaze sweep his way, Heavenly Venerable Haotian immediately puffed out his chest, standing rigidly.

To his surprise, Qin Mu's gaze simply passed over him, leaving him somewhat disappointed.

Qin Mu suppressed the urge in his Dao heart to forcibly dismantle the seventy-two halls. His gaze fell upon Young Master Lingxiao's Dao spear. He calmly said, "I've only come to witness the power of Third Young Master's Dao spear, not to kill. You all are helping me contend with Elder Wuya; I'm too grateful for that, so why would I kill anyone? Third Young Master!"

He laughed aloud: "Let me see it."

"Seventh Young Master, it's not impossible for you to witness it," Young Master Lingxiao said.

Heavenly Venerable Haotian suddenly felt his consciousness pushed aside as the consciousness of Third Young Master Lingxiao descended into his body. He spoke, "This Dao Burial is prepared for you. Pass this trial first, and then I will let you witness it!"