Chapter 639: Compliant and Obedient

Qin Mu wholeheartedly transcribed the runes on the Creation Divine Wheel. He found that writing things down brought him deeper understanding; as he copied, numerous insights flooded his mind. The meaning of some runes became apparent to him after just one transcription, spontaneously leading him to comprehend several divine arts of bodily creation.

However, many more runes and imprints required further deduction and calculation to uncover their mysteries.

"I really should bring hundreds or even thousands of Yan Kang scholars to research and transcribe this together," Qin Mu thought. "The speed would be incredibly fast. With so many minds working together, wisdom would abound, and various ingenious ideas would surely emerge!"

This highlighted the advantage of an imperial dynasty: it could gather a large number of talents from all fields for extensive research, achieving astonishing speed, far surpassing what could be accomplished by individuals working alone.

"Unfortunately, Chixi is stubborn," he mused. "He needs a good beating before he'll become submissive and agree to cooperate with us."

Qin Mu tried to use his vital qi to illuminate the runes of the Creation Divine Wheel, activating their transformations as he continued transcribing. "First Ancestor's abilities aren't bad," he thought, "I just wonder if he can subdue Chixi."

Inside the Chishi Suppressing Heaven Tower, First Ancestor Human Emperor was incredibly valiant, fighting his way up from the three-hundredth level.

This tower was a powerful treasure used to suppress a celestial palace, and its power was immense. Each level housed famous divine weapons from the Chishi Era, and these weapons came in sets of six.

Chixi God-man activated them with his magic power, and the divine weapons' power erupted, immediately increasing his strength significantly. Furthermore, outside each level, a thousand treasures were suspended, forming an immensely powerful array that attacked First Ancestor Human Emperor alongside him.

The thousand divine weapons rattled, and streams of divine might bombarded First Ancestor Human Emperor inside the tower. The six powerful treasures in Chixi's hands flew up and down, unleashing overwhelming divine power. Yet, First Ancestor Human Emperor forcefully shattered them, breaking the thousand-treasure array outside the tower, sending Chixi flying, and forcing him to retreat to the next level.

The higher the level, the greater the power of the treasures housed there, and the stronger the divine weapon arrays suspended outside. First Ancestor Human Emperor continuously fought his way up to the eight-hundredth level, where he felt extremely strained.

In fact, after the three-hundredth level, Chixi was largely no longer controlling these powerful treasures; instead, the treasures were controlling him. Chixi's own cultivation and strength were negligible compared to the might of the treasures and the arrays!

First Ancestor Human Emperor was contending with the powerful treasures and arrays within the Chishi Suppressing Heaven Tower, fighting his way upwards against the current, and reaching the eight-hundredth level by sheer force!

"If this continues," First Ancestor Human Emperor thought, "I'm afraid I'll get injured too."

First Ancestor Human Emperor's eyes flickered. "It seems Chixi can't hold on much longer," he thought. "His Flawless Combat Divine Art isn't truly flawless. It only maintains peak condition by absorbing the vital blood of others. However, there's a prerequisite: the opponent must first be injured. If the opponent is unharmed, he's helpless and can only deplete his own vital qi and cultivation, becoming weaker and weaker."

Chixi's three-headed, six-armed form was indeed an incredibly powerful combat body, but it was still much weaker than First Ancestor's. He had already been beaten to a pulp and could barely stand.

The reason Chixi could still hold on was mainly because First Ancestor Human Emperor wanted to impress Qin Mu, to show him how powerful his Heaven and Earth Seal Arts were, and to make Qin Mu willing to learn them.

First Ancestor Human Emperor fought his way up to the eight-hundredth level, his goal being to demonstrate his seal arts to Qin Mu. As long as Qin Mu saw their profundity and developed a desire to learn, First Ancestor could then naturally guide him, and Qin Mu would readily follow, leading to a happy outcome for all.

"I've fought up to the eight-hundredth level; everything I wanted to demonstrate has been shown," First Ancestor Human Emperor declared, "Now it's time to end this!"

First Ancestor Human Emperor suddenly erupted with full power, unleashing the Qiankun Eternal Fixation Seal. With a single strike, the space within the tower almost solidified, and Chixi God-man was frozen in mid-air, his body violently shaking as if he had suffered an invisible, heavy blow!

His body trembled over a hundred times, as if he had received over a hundred incredibly terrifying blows!

The powerful treasures in his hands suddenly lost control, their power erupting and blasting towards First Ancestor Human Emperor!

These six great treasures no longer needed his control; they automatically blasted towards First Ancestor Human Emperor.

First Ancestor Human Emperor drew his sword, the one at his waist sliding out of its sheath. He swung it, making six precise strikes. With several sharp clangs, the six powerful treasures instantly broke, their power completely lost, directly destroyed by this divine sword!

First Ancestor's mastery of swordsmanship wasn't particularly high; what was truly formidable was the sword he wielded. The divine power contained within this sword could actually contend with the entire Chishi Suppressing Heaven Tower; it was clearly no ordinary treasure!

The Human Emperor's Palace was built within Jade Bright Palace, one of the Thirty-Six Celestial Palaces. The sword he carried was the Jade Bright Sword, a powerful treasure used by the Kaihuang Celestial Heavens to suppress the Jade Bright Palace. As a palace-suppressing treasure and a prince's personal sword, it was naturally extraordinary!

The moment this sword appeared, all the divine weapons suspended outside the tower also trembled violently, their power sweeping erratically in all directions. Streaks of divine light, hundreds of miles long, flashed through the air, causing the surrounding space to constantly vibrate.

First Ancestor Human Emperor dismissed his seal arts, and Chixi fell to the ground with a thud. The divine weapons suspended outside the tower clattered down. All the divine weapons from the thousand-level tower fell, a truly spectacular sight.

This was due to the clash between the Chishi Suppressing Heaven Tower and the Jade Bright Sword. The tower was somewhat overwhelmed, and its countless treasures were severed by the sword light!

Although the power of this sword was immense, First Ancestor's mastery of swordsmanship wasn't high, thus he rarely used it.

Upon seeing this scene, Ba Gongcuo shivered several times. He hesitated, then slowly faded away, disappearing from sight.

Chixi's three heads bled profusely. He painstakingly tried to crawl towards the eight-hundred-and-first level, but after climbing a few steps, he slipped back down.

"Brother Daoist, there's no need for a fight to the death," First Ancestor Human Emperor said.

First Ancestor Human Emperor sheathed his sword. He stepped forward and helped Chixi up, saying, "I truly bear no ill will. As you can see, if I had used my full power from the start, you wouldn't be alive. Your Chishi Era and my Kaihuang Era share a similar plight. You've been in seclusion for so long; why let a moment's impulsive quarrel lead to irreparable conflict?"

Chixi's three heads panted heavily. He struggled, saying, "You want the gods and devils of my Chishi Era to fall under Yan Kang's control? Yan Kang is but a tiny nation; any god or devil from the Chishi Era could obliterate it! How can I submit to Yan Kang? How can I be convinced? If I surrender, how will I explain this to the Divine Child?"

First Ancestor Human Emperor said earnestly, "You misunderstand. My intention is to join forces, not to make the Chishi Era submit. The strong individuals of the Chishi Era never submitted to the Celestial Heavens over hundreds of thousands of years; why would they submit to Yan Kang? I deeply admire the integrity of the Chishi Era's seniors and would certainly not humiliate you. Please, Brother Daoist Chixi, consider this."

Chixi sat up and stopped the bleeding from his wounds. He sneered, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"

First Ancestor Human Emperor shook his head. "I did say it," he replied, "but you were determined to kill me and search my soul."

Chixi staggered to his feet, finally conceding. He apologized, saying, "It was my fault. I apologize to you."

First Ancestor quickly helped him, saying, "I also hit a bit too hard."

Chixi rested for a while to recover from his injuries. He limped down the stairs and said, "While my Chishi Divine Dynasty can join forces with you, we will not submit to any of you. Furthermore, I am not authorized to make such a decision; I must contact the Divine Child before one can be made."

First Ancestor frowned slightly. "Do I have to fight this Chishi Divine Child again?" he muttered. "Are all the people of the Chishi Era such stubborn mules? They're incredibly troublesome, aren't they?"

For the past twenty thousand years, he had been immersed in guilt and self-reproach over not personally fighting the enemy during the destruction of the Kaihuang Era. He had always been indifferent to worldly affairs. At this moment, he only wanted to throw the messy business of the Chishi Era onto someone else. "Let Human Emperor Qin handle such bothersome matters," he thought.

He didn't know that Qin Mu was always a hands-off manager, often coming up with ideas himself and then delegating the actual execution to the Heavenly Saint Cult, Imperial Preceptor Yan Kang, Emperor Yanfeng, and others.

First Ancestor Human Emperor and Chixi walked down the Chishi Suppressing Heaven Tower and approached the Creation Divine Wheel. They saw Qin Mu continuously activating the Creation Divine Wheel, intently studying the rune transformations on it.

First Ancestor Human Emperor smiled faintly. "After all, he's just a youth, still quite reserved," he thought. "He can't bring himself to learn my seal arts. Later, I'll give him an opening, and then he'll learn my seal arts."

"Are you done fighting?"

Qin Mu was surprised. He turned his head and said, "That quickly? I haven't even had time to transcribe all these runes yet."

"Play dumb, keep playing dumb," First Ancestor Human Emperor thought with a cold smile.

First Ancestor Human Emperor's heart secretly sneered, but he spoke pleasantly, "I have reached an agreement with Brother Daoist Chixi. We have, fortunately, not harmed the harmony between our two parties."

Qin Mu looked at the Chishi Suppressing Heaven Tower. He saw that the treasure tower, which moments ago had been radiating dazzling light reaching to the heavens, was now stripped bare and its light had dimmed. He then looked at Chixi God-man, whose bones seemed broken in countless places, his body a bloody mess, and one of his heads hung low as if his neck was broken.

"Truly no harm to harmony," he thought to himself.

Chixi God-man's expression was also rather grim. "Young friend Qin," he said, "you have my God-Slaying Profound Blade. Please return it."

Qin Mu shook his head. "That small box was given to me by the Saint Master; I can't return it to you. In our Great Ruins, anything acquired by skill, picked up, or gifted after being stolen by others, is never returned."

He said earnestly, "Grandma picked me up, and she said I'm not to be returned to anyone who asks! My crippled grandpa steals things from all over and gives them to people, and he never returns them either."

Chixi was speechless with rage and trembled all over. First Ancestor Human Emperor quickly interjected, "Brother Daoist, he's just a child."

Chixi couldn't lash out. He said coldly, "Each time the God-Slaying Profound Blade is opened, it requires blood to nourish the blade, or it will backfire on its master. You've used it once already, haven't you? I see a bloody aura around you; the next time you open the box, the God-Slaying Profound Blade will try to kill you to drink your blood!"

Qin Mu was startled and felt uneasy.

"What blade?" First Ancestor Human Emperor asked. "Let me see it."

Qin Mu took out the small box. First Ancestor Human Emperor carefully examined it. After studying it for a moment, he couldn't open it, and his expression changed slightly. "It's a God-Slaying Blade from the Chishi Era, a highly ominous item," he said. "It contains the resentment of an Emperor's Throne realm god-man; it's extremely terrifying!"

He wanted to return it to Chixi, but Qin Mu quickly interjected, "Be careful, he might use the blade to kill you!"

First Ancestor Human Emperor was awe-struck. He handed the small box back to Qin Mu and said, "If you can avoid using it, absolutely do not. I can feel the resentment and killing intent of an Emperor's Throne realm expert emanating from the box. You've used it once already, haven't you? Last time it didn't drink blood, so its resentment has already latched onto you. It's best if you can let it drink blood to appease its resentment towards you."

Qin Mu nodded. He pressed down on the box and said to Chixi God-man, "Senior, can you call out your discarded disciple, the one with two deer legs?"

Ba Gongcuo, who was hiding in the dark, heard these words. He was about to come out when he suddenly realized. He couldn't help but be furious: "This scoundrel wants to use me as a blood sacrifice for his blade!"