Chapter 746: Sea Sword Like a Dragon

The Jade Pool resembled a vast sea.

For the massive ancient gods, this was merely a pond, but for humans, it was as vast as an ocean. In fact, the Jade Pool had another name: the Jade Sea.

Within the sea, divine turtles leisurely swam, carrying sacred mountains on their backs. There were also enormous lotus flowers, their petals resembling colorful peaks, vibrant and resplendent.

Upon entering the Jade Pool, those with divine powers wouldn't find it too vast; instead, they would feel as if they had shrunk countless times.

Ahead, Heaven Sovereign Hao had stopped. This area was far from the Jade Pool Pavilion and Jade Pool Treasure Island. All around, demigods approached, some flying in the sky, concealed within clouds.

Others were hidden beneath the sea. Qin Mu walked on the water's surface, observing massive beasts swimming gracefully below, their scales the same color as the turquoise waves.

“Heaven Sovereign Yu, is that really you?”

Heaven Sovereign Hao watched him approach, then suddenly sighed, his expression desolate. “It’s strange,” he began, “I actually hoped you were him, but I also know you shouldn’t be. You’re dead; it’s impossible for you to come back to life. How could you have survived under those circumstances? Yet, you stand here before me, alive, and it utterly bewilders me.”

A bewildered look crossed his face. “I clearly killed you. I clearly shattered your soul, yet you’ve somehow come back to life. How did you do it?”

In the sky, an ancient god with large ears, who was monitoring all activity at the Jade Pool, suddenly shivered upon hearing Heaven Sovereign Hao’s words, then turned and began to leave.

Meanwhile, beneath the Jade Pool, an ancient god with a single eye on his forehead also changed expression dramatically, burrowing out of the ground and soaring into the air.

The two ancient gods met, exchanged a glance, and wore strange expressions.

They were precisely the Two Generals of Heavenly Hearing and Earthly Sight, dispatched by the Celestial Emperor to investigate the matter.

“Should we inform His Majesty about this?” Heavenly Hearing asked.

Earthly Sight shook his head, muttering, “Are you not afraid of death? If we tell His Majesty, both of us will die.”

Heavenly Hearing frowned, his large ears curling up. He whispered, “His Majesty ordered us to investigate this case. Heaven Sovereign Yu’s assassination is no trivial matter. After all, he is a Heaven Sovereign, the first Heaven Sovereign, and the one whom all ancient gods blessed and prayed for. His death will likely cause great turmoil in the future!”

Earthly Sight, with only one eye on his brow, closed it now and shook his head. “What good would telling His Majesty do? He would simply let the matter drop. Heaven Sovereign Hao is too deeply involved, and his mother possesses immense divine power! If His Majesty were to punish Heaven Sovereign Hao, it would only cause greater trouble. At that point, His Majesty would simply silence us, eliminating us.”

Heavenly Hearing was at a loss. “What, then, should we do?”

“See no evil, hear no evil.”

Earthly Sight, the ancient god, said, “I am blind, and you are deaf. That will save our lives.”

Heavenly Hearing, the ancient god, nodded. “It can only be so. But Heaven Sovereign Yu will likely have died in vain. And Heaven Sovereign Mu, transforming into Heaven Sovereign Yu to spread his teachings and avenge him, will probably also die in vain. Alas, alas, two Heaven Sovereigns lost…”

Earthly Sight, the ancient god, sighed, “When he took out Heaven Sovereign Yu’s bones, I was startled. When he transformed into Heaven Sovereign Yu’s likeness, I was startled again. I didn’t know what he intended to do, but hearing that he was spreading Heaven Sovereign Yu’s teachings, I felt a certain admiration for him.”

Heavenly Hearing, the ancient god, hesitated. “Then, how do we explain his actions?”

Earthly Sight, the ancient god, also hesitated. “Hear no evil, see no evil, play deaf and blind. We have not seen him, nor do we know anything about his transformation into Heaven Sovereign Yu.”

“Exactly, we know absolutely nothing about anything that happens here!”

Having finished their discussion, the two ancient gods immediately flew away.

On the surface of the sea, demigods soared through the air and roamed the water, sealing off the area.

Around Heaven Sovereign Hao, demigods stood, completely encircling and protecting him.

“Heaven Sovereign Yu, are you determined to break all ties?”

Heaven Sovereign Hao sighed and chuckled, “You know my background; you can’t touch me. You may have suffered a loss, but you’ll have to bear it.”

“Heaven Sovereign Yu, step back.”

Before him, a demigod with tiger whiskers and dragon scales, his body shimmering as he revealed his half-human, half-divine form, calmly stated, “Although you suffered a slight loss, you are not dead. You are a genius; you should be able to understand the current situation.”

“Precisely.”

Another demigod also transformed into his half-human, half-divine state and chuckled, “When you died in the Intertwining Corridor Pavilion, you should have known that you couldn’t contend with Heaven Sovereign Hao. Don’t you remember why you could never escape the Intertwining Corridor Pavilion? Don’t you remember who sealed it with their divine power?”

Yet another demigod transformed into a half-human, half-divine body and laughed, “Even though you are a human genius, revered as a Heaven Sovereign and blessed by the ancient gods, you are still ultimately human. It was that being who made us seal the Intertwining Corridor Pavilion, rendering you helpless.”

Another demigod stepped forward, smiling faintly. “Humans are inherently weak. Even if you cultivate a Celestial Palace, you cannot be a match for a demigod. If you insist on breaking the rules, you will only die here again! And this time, you will never be resurrected!”

Heaven Sovereign Hao, his face wreathed in smiles, said, “Heaven Sovereign Yu…”

Qin Mu, who had remained silent for a long time, suddenly interrupted him, “Shouldn’t you be calling me ‘Father’ or ‘Brother’?”

Heaven Sovereign Hao burst into laughter. “Call you ‘Father’ or ‘Brother’? Are you even worthy? Do you know who my father is? Who my brother is…?”

Qin Mu took a single step, and the sea surface exploded. Heaven Sovereign Hao’s heart jolted, and suddenly, everything before him went dark. “So fast!”

He was surrounded by numerous demigods, hand-picked followers, each possessing immense power, with some even stronger than him.

He, too, was a demigod, with a superior bloodline to the others, and once fully grown, his power would far surpass theirs.

However, at present, he was still in his youth, while the demigods who followed him were older and more powerful.

Yet, with Qin Mu’s single stride, his figure appeared before Heaven Sovereign Hao like a phantom, leaving the other demigods no time to react!

The darkness before his eyes wasn’t the sky suddenly turning dim; it was Qin Mu’s fist blocking his entire field of vision!

Heaven Sovereign Hao’s face twisted. Qin Mu’s punch smashed into his face, and he heard the sound of his nasal bone breaking, then his brow bone cracking. The next moment, he heard the sharp snap of his ribs breaking.

That was the first rib.

Then the second, and the third!

As Qin Mu’s fist landed on his face, his knee simultaneously rammed hard into his ribs.

Both forces erupted at once, sending Heaven Sovereign Hao flying backward, still unable to see anything.

He bounced high, landed on the water, bounced again, and fell again.

“You dare!”

Only then did the many demigods react. The tiger-whiskered, dragon-scaled demigod roared furiously, his divine blood boiling, his divine power surging exponentially as if to explode, his aura becoming incredibly terrifying and volatile!

But before his attack could land, a streak of sword light had already pierced his skull!

Qin Mu drew his sword, twisting his body in a strange posture to evade an attack from behind. He clasped his palm, seizing the hand of another demigod whose arm was covered in scales. The scales detached, flying and spinning towards Qin Mu like blades.

The sword in Qin Mu’s hand suddenly transformed into a flash of saber light, which split into two, passing him in a crisscross pattern. The demigod clutched his neck, but his head, propelled by his own surging vitality, had already flown into the air.

Other demigods encircled Qin Mu, roaring in unison. Water columns erupted from the sea, reaching the heavens, as colossal figures simultaneously launched attacks, converging on Qin Mu within their encirclement!

“Heavenly Peaks Beyond the Sky!”

Around Qin Mu’s body, countless afterimages formed, then suddenly converged.

“Thousand Palms Return!”

Boom!

His martial arts supreme technique erupted, sending massive bodies flying in all directions, crashing into the sea and stirring up tumultuous waves.

Qin Mu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and stepped towards Heaven Sovereign Hao, who lay crashed on the sea surface.

The sea suddenly split with a crash, as a colossal demigod beast lurking at the bottom opened its immense maw, ready to swallow him whole.

Runes swirled around Qin Mu. His teleportation divine art activated, and the demigod’s head was suddenly teleported away, leaving only a headless body that plunged into the sea, its divine blood staining a vast area of the ocean red.

The next moment, Qin Mu reappeared, punching through the demigod’s skull. Not a single drop of blood stained him as he continued to walk forward.

Ahead, Heaven Sovereign Hao’s face was unrecognizable. Forcing down his injuries, he turned and fled, shouting, “Stop him!”

A whistling sound came from above Qin Mu’s head. A demigod, flapping its wings, dove down from the sky with incredible speed, like a falling meteor.

Demigods possessed the bloodline of ancient gods, each with their own unique arts and strengths, making them incredibly powerful in combat, especially as they neared adulthood.

Some demigods were even as powerful as ancient gods.

Although the demigods following Heaven Sovereign Hao were all from the younger generation, their power was extraordinary. However, no sooner had the bird-winged, human-bodied demigod swooped down than Qin Mu vanished from his sight.

He suddenly felt a chill at his neck, and then he saw his own headless body plunge into the sea.

“What kind of divine art is this? I’ve never seen it before…”

Qin Mu continued onward, his gaze fixed on Heaven Sovereign Hao’s stumbling, fleeing figure. Ahead, the sea surface exploded as a divine elephant, pure white, trod the waves and charged towards him. Two massive waves, a hundred zhang high, were flung aside, parting to his left and right.

The divine elephant roared, its deafening sound preceding its terrifyingly fast charge towards Qin Mu.

Qin Mu raised his hands high. A flash of saber light struck down, splitting the divine elephant into two halves, which continued to rush past him on either side.

Heaven Sovereign Hao looked back at this scene, utterly horrified.

The sea surged, and a colossal fish leaped into the air, manipulating the ocean water to rise and press down on Qin Mu!

The sea rumbled, covering Qin Mu beneath its depths.

“Dead! He’s dead!” the demigod fish cried out in immense joy.

Other demigods flew in, landing on the sea surface, their eyes emitting divine light as they searched everywhere for Qin Mu’s whereabouts.

Heaven Sovereign Hao stopped, spitting out the vile blood from his mouth.

Just then, a dark portal suddenly appeared on the sea surface. The portal whirled and swept past the demigods. They cried out in alarm, attempting to flee, but their souls suddenly plummeted into Youdu, turning them into corpses that sank into the sea.

Heaven Sovereign Hao’s pupils constricted. He saw Qin Mu’s head emerge from beneath the sea. His body slowly rose, and even underwater, he continued to advance unhurriedly towards him.

Qin Mu’s form rose higher and higher, reappearing on the sea surface.

“You are not Heaven Sovereign Yu. Heaven Sovereign Yu doesn’t possess such astonishing divine arts…”

Heaven Sovereign Hao retreated, staring at Qin Mu. Other demigods rushed to attack, some breathing fire, some shooting divine light from their eyes, others using their own feathers as blades and swords. But to Qin Mu, these primitive divine arts were far too crude.

Before these divine arts could even reach him, their wielders had already been cut down by his saber or slain by his sword.

In this era, there were no divine arts worthy of his attention!

Even divine beings with their powers, when seen through his eyes, were riddled with flaws. As soon as an opponent made a move, they were doomed to die!

He continued to advance. Heaven Sovereign Hao gritted his teeth and fled, shouting fiercely, “I know who you are! Heaven Sovereign Mu…”

He fled to a divine mountain and cried out loudly, “Heaven Sovereign Mu is trying to kill me!”

The sea turtle, bearing the divine mountain, turned its body and looked at Qin Mu, who was approaching step by step. It said gravely, “Heaven Sovereign Yu, although your divine powers are vast, this is the Jade Pool. Do you know who Heaven Sovereign Hao’s birth mother is? If you did…”

Qin Mu raised his hand. Beneath the sea, countless sword lights rapidly streaked through the water. The old turtle grew furious and sneered, “Mere grains of rice, daring to shine before the sun…”

“Calamity Break—”

A brilliant column of sword light, dozens of li long, shot forth from behind the island, piercing the old turtle’s brow.

The divine mountain sank.

Qin Mu withdrew his sword, and its light transformed into a spherical orb, rolling rapidly across the sea surface.

As the divine mountain sank, Heaven Sovereign Hao immediately leaped up and fled.

Runes swirled around Qin Mu as he flickered and teleported, closing the distance between them.

Suddenly, an obscure aura emanated, causing the surrounding space to incessantly tremble.

Heaven Sovereign Hao was overjoyed, shouting loudly, “Mother!”

Qin Mu’s pupils constricted. He pointed a finger, and the sword orb’s speed instantly increased tenfold or more. All his magic power, all his vital energy and spirit, were channeled into this single sword strike!

He intended to kill Heaven Sovereign Hao before that immensely powerful being could descend!