Chapter 1809: For the Future, Reunion in the Past

The sound of a zither echoed in the Chaos Hall, and Young Master Zixiao's eyes blazed with murderous intent. But as the notes of the Zixiao Proving Dao Melody reached him, the murderous intent in his eyes gradually faded, leaving only memories and longing.

Only those with profound emotions can achieve sainthood.

However, profound emotions and sainthood can also make one vulnerable.

Young Master Zixiao was able to reach his current position as a Young Master of the Miro Palace because of his intense and focused emotions. Yet, this strength also became his weakness.

"I still cannot personally deal with this woman..."

Young Master Zixiao desperately wanted to ignore the Zixiao Proving Dao Melody and immediately use his zither to kill Heavenly Venerate Yue. Yet, he was unable to act.

As time passed, his longing for his deceased wife grew deeper, heavier, and more intense.

Although he knew this longing was highly detrimental to him, he could not bring himself to abandon it. If he did, he would no longer be himself.

"Lingxiao..." Young Master Zixiao uttered with difficulty.

In fact, without his reminder, Young Master Lingxiao had already made his move!

Young Master Lingxiao's attack was domineering and decisive. He directly charged to the Chaos Hall behind Qin Mu and instantly unleashed his most ruthless killing blow, directly targeting Heavenly Venerate Yue!

Heavenly Venerate Yue was no match for him. Even though he was merely using Heavenly Venerate Hao's physical body, Heavenly Venerate Yue would absolutely not be able to withstand a single move from him!

Qin Mu moved to block, and sixteen long rivers of chaos swirled around him, intercepting Lingxiao's assault!

"Seventh Brother, your move is not yet complete; it's far from perfect!"

Young Master Lingxiao let out a long roar and forcefully plunged into the sixteen long rivers of chaos. He was like a long spear, riding the wind and breaking the waves, charging straight forward.

With a wave of his hand, spear shadows appeared, piercing into the long rivers, immobilizing them and preventing their flow!

Compared to Elder Wuya's helplessness against Qin Mu's move, Lingxiao was much more composed. None of Elder Wuya's divine arts could deter Qin Mu, but Lingxiao could discern the flaws in Qin Mu's cultivation techniques and divine arts!

Young Master Lingxiao broke through the sixteen long rivers of chaos. The two collided head-on; Qin Mu wielded his hand as a sword, unleashing the Heaven Capital Creation Scripture, while Young Master Lingxiao unleashed the grand divine art created by the Miro Palace Master specifically to counter the Heaven Capital Master. In front of the Chaos Hall, they engaged in a rapid exchange of blows, their figures flashing in an instant.

*Swoosh swoosh swoosh—*

Qin Mu's body was riddled with bloody holes, and his Heaven Capital Creation Scripture had been completely shattered!

*Clang—*

The Universe Bell, which had been suppressing Elder Wuya, flew over. With a resonant clang, Young Master Lingxiao was sent flying. The instant he was sent airborne, the Dao spear that had been lodged in Young Master Wuji's chest flew forth, striking the Universe Bell and nearly piercing through it.

The great bell spun, turning the spear shaft towards Young Master Lingxiao.

Young Master Lingxiao reached out as he flew backward, grabbed the spear shaft, and with a powerful thrust, sent the great bell flying!

On the roots of the World Tree, Elder Wuya struggled to his feet. Seeing this situation, he gritted his teeth and forcefully unleashed his remaining magic power to blast the three figures off the tree!

The World Tree's power was no longer what it used to be. It swept Elder Wuya along with it, rushing with a roar towards the outside of the Great Abyss of Gui Xu.

At the same time, on the Gui Xu Lotus Platform, Young Master Wuji finally rose, forcefully unleashing his last reserves of magic power to soar upwards and also surged towards the outside of the Great Abyss of Gui Xu.

"Zixiao!" Young Master Lingxiao saw this and roared, "If you're still indulging in your longing at a time like this, you will ruin everything!"

Young Master Zixiao was jolted awake from his longing by Lingxiao's shout. However, Heavenly Venerate Yue's Zixiao Proving Dao Melody had reached a critical point, causing his Dao heart to waver, and he couldn't help but want to abandon everything to listen.

Young Master Zixiao suddenly gritted his teeth, reached out and drew his Dao sword. Holding the sword in his left hand and forming a sword-incantation with his right, he then swept two fingers across the Dao sword.

*Whoosh—*

Blood splattered from the Dao sword. The two fingers forming his sword-incantation on his right hand were sliced open, and Dao blood flew off the sword's blade. A streak of bloody light shot towards the Chaos Hall!

Seeing this, Young Master Lingxiao rushed forward. The phantom image of the Lingxiao Palace appeared behind him. The fortieth heaven of the Dao Realm transformed into a myriad of divine phantoms, empowering his spear strike. As he thrust his spear, it was as if all the deities from the past sixteen cosmic epochs had emerged, chanting Daoist melodies, making his spear strike overwhelmingly powerful!

The Miro Palace Master was not domineering, but gentle as jade; this was a point where even the Miro Palace Master could not compare to Young Master Lingxiao.

Young Master Lingxiao charged forth with unparalleled dominance. Qin Mu raised his hand and struck, producing a colossal clang as the Universe Bell's mouth faced Lingxiao. The Five Grandifestations evolved, and myriad Grand Dao principles surged forth, manifesting the vast and ancient history of a universe!

*Clang—*

Young Master Lingxiao's Dao spear pierced into the bell, breaking through all resistance. It pierced through countless Grand Dao principles, star rivers, and star fields. Inside the bell, the Five Grandifestation Grand Dao principles coiled like dragons, pressing down on the Dao spear. Yet, the spear pierced through the Five Grandifestations, finally embedding itself in the mass of chaotic qi in Qin Mu's palm.

A blood-stained spear tip emerged from the back of Qin Mu's hand. The Dao spear pressed against his palm, driving forward, and pierced into his chest.

Young Master Lingxiao forcefully strode forward, holding the spear against Qin Mu, whose feet were rooted in the chaotic sea. He roared and charged wildly, forcing Qin Mu away from the Chaos Hall.

Meanwhile, the streak of bloody light from Young Master Zixiao's Dao sword precisely flew past Young Master Lingxiao's back and towards the Chaos Hall.

At the same time, Qin Mu's mind stirred, and he closed the hall door. Just as the door was about to close, the bloody light had already flown through the crack into the hall!

A series of sharp twanging sounds rang out, and the zither music inside the hall ceased.

Young Master Zixiao's consciousness instantly returned. A hint of sorrow appeared in his eyes. Suddenly, he swept his sleeve, causing his deceased wife's ancient zither to rise into the air. The large zither flew behind him as he soared straight towards the fleeing Elder Wuya and Young Master Wuji!

"Fourth Brother still hasn't escaped the shadow in his Dao heart!"

Young Master Lingxiao frowned slightly. Although he hadn't seen what happened inside the Chaos Hall, he could infer from the zither's sound that Zixiao's sword strike hadn't directly killed Heavenly Venerate Yue. Instead, it had first severed Heavenly Venerate Yue's zither strings, and then, with another sword strike, killed her.

This was due to his longing for his deceased wife, which prevented him from directly attacking Heavenly Venerate Yue. By severing the strings, the Zixiao Proving Dao Melody could not be played, and only without the interference of the zither music could he mercilessly kill Heavenly Venerate Yue.

Young Master Lingxiao clearly understood Zixiao's change of Dao heart.

Suddenly, halos of reincarnation began to spin, and Qin Mu's Dao changed dramatically as the Six Paths Celestial Wheels rumbled, rising from the chaotic sea.

Without Young Master Wuji's suppression, this chaotic sea immediately became Qin Mu's main battlefield. As the Six Paths Celestial Wheels ascended from the sea, massive chunks of chaotic stone in the sea also flew up, accompanying Qin Mu's divine art!

The Six Paths Celestial Wheels were Qin Mu's thirty-third heaven divine art. Standing on the surface of the sea, the chaotic stones continuously combined with the Six Paths Celestial Wheels, rapidly forming layers of reincarnation!

Young Master Lingxiao's heart pounded. He immediately withdrew his spear and departed. His Dao spear pierced through the sky, and before the Six Paths Celestial Wheels formed by chaotic stones were fully complete, he broke through layers of reincarnation and charged out of Gui Xu!

Below, Qin Mu's sleeves fluttered, and the chaotic sea rose higher and higher into the sky, following close behind him.

On either side of Young Master Lingxiao, the Great Abyss was rapidly collapsing. Massive chaotic stones plummeted from both sides, and halfway down, they were swept up by the ever-rising Six Paths Celestial Wheels, becoming part of them!

"He's dismantling the Great Abyss of Gui Xu!"

Young Master Lingxiao was alarmed. Without Wuji's suppression, Qin Mu was essentially the master of this Great Abyss of Gui Xu, and he was actually forcefully tearing it down!

The Six Paths Celestial Wheels ascended faster and faster, relentlessly pursuing him, while the Great Abyss's collapse and disintegration also accelerated, constantly augmenting the Celestial Wheels.

Seeing that he would be unable to escape the Great Abyss of Gui Xu, Young Master Lingxiao suddenly turned in mid-air and thrust his spear towards the Six Paths Celestial Wheels!

Inside the Celestial Wheels, Qin Mu looked up. A chaotic stone from the sea flew up, transforming into a stone sword in his hand. Qin Mu raised the sword and thrust it upwards!

Young Master Lingxiao's spear struck the Six Paths Celestial Wheels, but Qin Mu's chaotic sword light pierced through his brow.

Young Master Lingxiao grunted, and was sent flying high, expelled from the Great Abyss of Gui Xu.

He raised a hand and wiped his brow, where there was a bloody mark, but he felt no unusual sensation.

His figure continued to fly backward, moving further and further from the Great Abyss of Gui Xu. He watched as the Great Abyss of Gui Xu, suspended in the sky, collapsed inwards and fell.

Soon, accompanied by an earth-shattering roar, a celestial wheel formed from chaotic stones sliced through the collapsing Gui Xu. Then, booming rumbles echoed again as the other five celestial wheels spun, each carving through Gui Xu and appearing in the sky.

Behind the sky's curtain was the chaotic sea, stretching across the entire sky.

Qin Mu stood on the surface of the sea beneath the reincarnation. From Young Master Lingxiao's perspective, he was upside down, but that space formed its own universe, and Qin Mu felt no discomfort whatsoever.

Qin Mu did not attack him. Instead, he stirred the chaotic sea, using the remaining Grand Dao principles of the Great Abyss of Gui Xu to erase the ultimate void of the Ancestral Court.

Young Master Lingxiao turned, his figure transforming into a streak of light, and broke through the void to search for the whereabouts of Young Master Zixiao, Elder Wuya, and Young Master Wuji.

"Seventh Brother is a lunatic," he mused. "He forcibly destroyed Gui Xu and sealed the Ancestral Court. He definitely won't let Wuji and Wuya escape the Ancestral Court. They must still be in the Ancestral Court!" He then added, "If I kill them, Fourth Brother and I can descend!"

Qin Mu completely sealed the sky of the Ancestral Court. Only then did he arrive before the Chaos Hall.

He stood before the doorway, hesitating for a moment, but still pushed open the Chaos Hall and stepped inside.

Inside the Chaos Hall, sixteen long rivers of chaos flowed. These were the sixteen tribulations he had to undergo to achieve Dao in chaos, rivers he had not yet dared to step into.

On the surface of the third long river of chaos, a zither floated quietly.

Qin Mu raised his hand, and the ancient zither flew to him. Its strings were completely severed, and there was a bloody sword mark on it.

Qin Mu looked into the third long river of chaos. That was the fourteenth epoch of the universe.

Heavenly Venerate Yue must have been pursued by Young Master Zixiao's sword light as she retreated to the third long river of chaos. The sword light severed the ancient zither and "killed" her.

"When I return to the past in the future," he thought, "I will go back to the moment Young Master Zixiao drew his sword and save you."

Qin Mu put away the ancient zither, walked out of the Chaos Hall, his robes fluttering as he left the chaotic sea.

"Yue, for you," he murmured, "it should just be a fleeting moment after you fall into the river before you meet me. But for me, I don't know how long I will have to wait. Your wait will be short, but mine will be long."

A faint smile appeared on Qin Mu's face, and his gaze became even deeper and more profound. "However," he declared, "you and I can reunite!"