Chapter 667: You Have Been Seen Through By Me

Lóu Yúnqǔ hesitated, then smiled and said, "Very well. Let me show you something." He then took out a scroll, gently unrolled it, revealing an incredibly thin, metal-glistening sheet of paper.

Lóu Yúnqǔ held the paper up to Qín Mù. His body trembled slightly, then he was overjoyed.

"I've searched high and low for him, only to find him when I least expected it. So he is Qín Fèngqīng!"

Overjoyed, Lóu Yúnqǔ smiled and said, "This is truly an unexpected gain. Revered King, you must have heard of the Celestial Court's Book of Life and Death for a long time, haven't you? It's rare for me to bring it out; take it and admire it."

Fù Rìluó was moved, quickly took the scroll with both hands, and examined it closely.

He had indeed coveted the Book of Life and Death for a long time. It was a treasure of both the Celestial Court and the Netherworld. To be precise, the Celestial Court's Book of Life and Death was modeled after the Netherworld's, but while the Netherworld's version had limited uses, the Celestial Court's version had many functions and was incredibly powerful!

The Celestial Court's Book of Life and Death was forged by the Black Emperor of the Underworld. The cultivation techniques and divine abilities of the Underworld originated from the Netherworld but surpassed them.

Fù Rìluó used the Book of Life and Death to scan his surroundings. Whenever it shone on someone, that person's image would appear on the paper, followed by their corresponding name!

"What a truly magnificent treasure!"

Fù Rìluó praised it profusely, saying, "The Celestial Court uses this treasure to control people's lives and deaths. I heard that there was once a demon god named Kuí Wūshén, who wasn't particularly powerful, but he used the Book of Life and Death to annihilate countless gods and demons during the Kaihuang era."

Lóu Yúnqǔ took the Book of Life and Death back and casually said, "The power of the Book of Life and Death far exceeds your imagination. When the Underworld forged the Book of Life and Death for the Celestial Court, and it fell into Kuí Wūshén's hands, it was like casting pearls before swine. My Underworld doesn't have many such treasures; this time, we relied on the efficacy of this Book of Life and Death to annex the Supreme Emperor Heaven..."

Just as he spoke, Qín Mù, who was riding an unknown creature opposite them, also took out a scroll, unrolled it, and shone it in their direction.

Lóu Yúnqǔ's smile froze. His gaze fell upon the scroll in Qín Mù's hand; it was indeed the Book of Life and Death, no doubt about it!

"Lóu Yúnqǔ, Kuí Qīngpéi, Fù Yánqí, Lóu Qiānchóng..." Qín Mù scanned each person, calling out their names.

Lóu Yúnqǔ and the other demon gods from the Underworld trembled. They couldn't believe it. Such treasures as the Book of Life and Death were extremely rare; how could Qín Mù also possess one?

When did the Celestial Court's Book of Life and Death become as common as roadside cabbages, where anyone could just happen upon one? Could it be that everyone in the Supreme Emperor Heaven had one?

Lù Lí smiled, not revealing the truth. He thought to himself, "His Book of Life and Death was obtained from Kuí Wūshén. I went through great trouble to get his name from Yùn Huáng, and now you're trying to steal my credit."

Lóu Yúnqǔ had originally intended to use the Book of Life and Death against the gods, demons, and divine arts practitioners of the Supreme Emperor Heaven, but now, seeing Qín Mù casually pull out a Book of Life and Death, he hesitated.

Qín Mù put away the Book of Life and Death, looked at Lóu Qiānchóng, and asked, "Are you here to kill me?"

Lóu Qiānchóng looked at him, feeling somewhat puzzled. Lóu Yúnqǔ whispered, "Junior Brother, that is Qín Fèngqīng."

Lóu Qiānchóng smiled slightly. "I'm here to capture you; I have no interest in killing you."

"Indeed, there's an inexplicable intertwining of vital energy between Overlord Bodies and pseudo-Overlord Bodies. Wait here for a moment!"

Qín Mù dropped these words, then, riding the Dragon Qilin, he galloped away in a streak of fire, returning to Lí City with astonishing speed. Wáng Mùrán glanced at the large deer beside him and whispered, "Can you run that fast?"

The large deer was also startled and shook its head. "No. But he has poor stamina and is a glutton. In three days, that fat dragon will eat itself into a pig again, and I'll be able to run faster and farther than him."

As they spoke, the Dragon Qilin galloped back from Lí City, carrying Qín Mù, and on its back was an elder without limbs.

Qín Mù pointed at Lóu Qiānchóng and said, "Village Chief, this is the pseudo-Overlord Body from the Underworld. You were right; a pseudo-Overlord Body has indeed come looking for me. Just now, he clashed with the pseudo-Overlord Body Xū Shēnghuā and almost killed him. The divine ability he used is similar to the Gate of Heavenly Succession, but different, so he must be a pseudo-Overlord Body."

The limbless elder's gaze fell on Lóu Qiānchóng. He calmly said, "Why would I deceive you? But you must be careful; there will be more and more pseudo-Overlord Bodies in the future. There's also a vital energy resonance among pseudo-Overlord Bodies; they don't know they are pseudo-Overlord Bodies, but they will seek each other out by following this vital energy, kill each other to seize the opponent's fortune, and strengthen themselves. If Xū Shēnghuā had been killed by him, Lóu Qiānchóng would have gained Xū Shēnghuā's fortune, greatly increasing his strength, and then you would be in danger."

The elder spoke with confidence, clearly not talking idly. "If you can kill him, you can also consolidate your Overlord Body's fortune."

Qín Mù took out a small notebook, jotted down these words, and smiled. "Pseudo-Overlord Bodies fighting for fortune, no matter how much they gain, they are not true Overlord Bodies, they can't compare to me." Having said that, he turned his mount and, in another streak of fire, returned to Lí City, sending the elder back into the city.

Lóu Qiānchóng and the others felt utterly bewildered. They thought, "The divine ability I used to defeat Xū Shēnghuā was clearly the Underworld's Profound Gate, how could it be the Gate of Heavenly Succession? And how could mastering the Underworld's Profound Gate become a basis for distinguishing between Overlord Bodies and pseudo-Overlord Bodies? This is clearly a divine ability of my Underworld! Besides, how come I don't know I'm an Overlord Body? And what's this about vital energy entanglement?"

Suddenly, the Dragon Qilin galloped back again with Qín Mù. Its going and coming were truly as fast as lightning, making everyone incredibly envious. "Isn't this exotic beast too fast?"

Just as Qín Mù was about to speak, a soul-stirring aura suddenly emanated from the sky. Many gods and demons looked up, seeing a large star drifting across the sky of the Supreme Emperor Heaven.

That star didn't seem too far from the continent of the Supreme Emperor Heaven. It appeared four or five times larger than the moon and was moving at an astonishing speed.

Qín Mù's heart stirred slightly. "That's the anomaly star of God-man Chì Xī! This anomaly star has broken through from Luófú Heaven into the Supreme Emperor Heaven! This means that all the people who migrated from the Hanging Realm have arrived!"

The barrier between Luófú Heaven and the Supreme Emperor Heaven was extremely thin. This anomaly star had directly crashed through the world barrier, leaving behind enormous, glass-like spatial fragments in its wake, which refracted sunlight and shimmered with dazzling colors, a truly enchanting sight.

The anomaly star was accelerating, clearly intending to crash through the world barrier between the Supreme Emperor Heaven and Yankang, and directly descend above Yankang!

In the sky, above the anomaly star, more than a thousand three-headed, six-armed gods and demons flew out. They soared in front of the anomaly star, unleashing streams of divine abilities towards the front!

The sky of the Supreme Emperor Heaven was shattered by these thousand-plus gods and demons.

That colossal star was slowly entering space, traversing towards Yankang!

The sky, fragmented by the anomaly star's gravity, suddenly saw an incredibly thick, powerful pillar of vital energy erupt from the Spirit Energy Relocation Bridge, surging upwards into the high heavens!

The intense light, upon reaching the firmament, suddenly burst forth, forming cloud-like masses that spread out in all directions. The flowing light then slowly descended from the zenith, like white ink dissolving in water.

To the eye, the light seemed to descend very slowly, but in reality, it was incredibly fast!

That was vital energy.

The function of the Spirit Energy Relocation Bridge was to open an energy channel between the Supreme Emperor Heaven and Yankang. As the anomaly star squeezed into the Yankang world, a portion of Yankang's energy would be transferred through the relocation bridge to maintain energy balance.

This time, the anomaly star brought several thousand gods and demons from the Hanging Realm, millions of citizens, and an entire star. Consequently, the energy transfer was extremely violent, subtly approaching and threatening to exceed the relocation bridge's limits!

The ground near Lí City was also trembling; this was a vibration transmitted from the relocation bridge.

Qín Mù's expression changed slightly. He and the Tiger Venerable had jointly constructed the Spirit Energy Relocation Bridge, and he was very familiar with its energy limits. With the gods and demons of the Hanging Realm migrating all at once, it would certainly exceed that limit. If that happened, the relocation bridge would explode!

If the relocation bridge exploded, the consequence would be the closing of the energy transfer channel!

In that event, the anomaly star would be cleanly sliced in half by the sealed world barrier!

Half would remain in the Supreme Emperor Heaven, and half in Yankang!

And the Chì Míng populace on the anomaly star would likely all perish, with very few surviving!

"These guys from the Hanging Realm are too reckless!"

Qín Mù slapped the Dragon Qilin abruptly. The Dragon Qilin immediately soared into the air, its hooves streaking with fire, and headed straight for the Spirit Energy Relocation Bridge. His voice came from above: "Lóu Qiānchóng, another time!"

"Trying to escape from me?"

Lóu Qiānchóng's eyes lit up. Suddenly, countless black feathers erupted around him, swirling around his body. In an instant, he transformed into a black-winged Garuda with a bird's beak and a human face, wearing a pointed pagoda crown. His wings spread open, covering several miles in radius, and with a flap, he ascended, a hurricane sweeping in all directions!

Lóu Qiānchóng ascended rapidly. With a single flap of his wings, black winds filled the sky as he rushed straight towards the Dragon Qilin.

His speed was actually slightly faster than the Dragon Qilin's!

The two flew off one after another, followed by Qí Jiǔyí, Zhé Huálí, Xū Shēnghuā, Sect Master Lín Xuān, and others, some fast, some slow.

The fastest among them was Qí Jiǔyí. With a shake of his body, he transformed into a nine-headed phoenix and flapped his wings, proving even faster than Lóu Qiānchóng!

Next was Xū Shēnghuā, whose every step brought forth a lotus. His figure appeared and disappeared intermittently; his actual steps weren't fast, but as his foot touched a lotus, his form vanished, only to reappear in the distance an instant later, where another lotus blossomed as his foot landed.

Among them, Zhé Huálí was the slowest. Each of his strides covered the exact same distance, which paradoxically limited his maximum speed.

The True God Páng Yù, worried about everyone's safety, rose into the air and was about to give chase when a vital energy signature suddenly locked onto him from behind. The True God Páng Yù's body stiffened, and he crashed down from mid-air, not daring to turn around.

Just then, a melancholic man walked towards him. The True God Páng Yù suddenly felt the vital energy that had locked onto him abruptly dissipate. Knowing that this melancholic man had intervened, he finally relaxed.

Lóu Yúnqǔ frowned slightly, looked at the First Ancestor, took out the Book of Life and Death, and shone it on him. His eyes suddenly lit up again, and he smiled. "So, it's Prince Qín Wǔ from the Jade Bright Palace. How interesting."

"Prince Qín Wǔ from the Jade Bright Palace!"

The True God Páng Yù's heart pounded. He looked at the First Ancestor and gasped, "You're still alive?"

The First Ancestor's face darkened. The reason he hadn't met Páng Yù was his reluctance to see the gods and demons from the former Kaihuang Celestial Court, feeling guilt in his heart. Now he had no choice but to reveal himself, but his identity could no longer be kept secret.

Lóu Yúnqǔ's eyes gleamed as he smiled. "It's good to let these juniors fight. With this sudden turn of events, doesn't Prince Qín Wǔ want to go and see?"

The First Ancestor said dryly, "Alright." With that, he turned and walked towards the Spirit Energy Relocation Bridge.

He took a step, and the thousand-mile distance suddenly compressed, twisting the ground between them. The True God Páng Yù and the others didn't move an inch, yet they found themselves a thousand miles away, filled with shock and uncertainty.

The First Ancestor's step landed precisely where Qín Mù, riding the Dragon Qilin, had arrived. In the air, Lóu Qiānchóng flapped his wings and soared above the Dragon Qilin, lowering his sharp talons to seize Qín Mù and the Dragon Qilin.

His talons were incredibly sharp, covered in strange, black-glowing scales. The patterns in the center of the scales were exceptionally peculiar, resembling numerous eyes, opening and closing, blinking.

Lóu Yúnqǔ, Fù Rìluó, Lù Lí, and the others followed the First Ancestor, looking up. Qín Mù's angry voice came from above: "I said we'd fight another day! I have urgent business, no time to settle scores with you!"

*Boom!* A loud sound echoed in mid-air. Lóu Qiānchóng's figure bounced back; his strike had failed, blocked by Qín Mù. However, the Dragon Qilin was also forced to descend from mid-air, its speed greatly reduced.

"Son of the Netherworld, you won't escape!"

Lóu Qiānchóng pounced again. Qín Mù blocked him once more, forcing Lóu Qiānchóng back, and the Dragon Qilin was again forced downwards, its speed decreasing further.

Lóu Qiānchóng pounced yet again, laughing. "Do you not even have the courage to fight me? A dignified Son of a God, being forced by me to flee to Yankang!"

Qín Mù suddenly leaped off the Dragon Qilin's back and said gravely, "Fat Dragon, go ahead and stabilize the Spirit Energy Relocation Bridge. Brother Xū, you all go to the Spirit Energy Relocation Bridge too, and help me stabilize the runes on that altar first."

The Dragon Qilin shot forth, racing directly towards the Spirit Energy Relocation Bridge. Xū Shēnghuā also didn't hesitate, following closely behind the Dragon Qilin, saying, "Brother Qín, be careful. This person's strength is formidable, and his divine abilities are even more bizarre. I've never seen anything like them. His dark divine abilities are similar to the darkness in the Great Ruins."

"Similar to the darkness in the Great Ruins?" Qín Mù's heart trembled slightly, and an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.

Lóu Qiānchóng retracted his wings, transformed back into human form, and smiled slightly. "The darkness in the Great Ruins was originally created by my master, the Black Emperor of the Underworld."

Qín Mù nodded, and with an expressionless face, said, "Show me your master, the Black Emperor of the Underworld's divine abilities."

Intense darkness erupted from Lóu Qiānchóng's body, instantly enveloping the sky for tens of miles around. His figure immediately seemed to be in another world, no longer within the Supreme Emperor Heaven, as his black silhouette roared towards Qín Mù!

Qín Mù's expression remained unchanged. He stared at the figure lunging from the darkness. Lóu Qiānchóng's figure seemed to be in an alternate dimension, capable of evading all attacks from divine abilities in the world!

At the same time, behind Qín Mù, a portal suddenly opened. Inside, a monstrous creature, neither demon nor god, roared silently. Its incomparably thick arm swung a steel trident backward, gathering full power, then thrust it towards Qín Mù outside the portal!

"So that's how it is."

Two heads suddenly grew from Qín Mù's neck, and two arms sprouted from his armpits. His sword pellet clanged, splitting into three.

"The so-called Underworld, like Fengdu, should be a part of the Netherworld. Your divine ability..."

Qín Mù peeled off the willow leaf from his glabella. As he transformed into three heads and six arms, the willow leaf also split into three, precisely adhering to his glabella, still sealing it.

He raised three arms, joined his index and middle fingers, pointed them before his third eye on the glabella, and then thrust a finger forward!

"I've seen through it."