Chapter 887: The Undying Great Mage

The eight Emperor Sovereigns, though born of the Earth Mother, belonged to different races. One demigod emperor was conceived by the Earth Mother Primordial Sovereign sensing the ancestral dragon veins of the Primordial World continent. She gave birth to a son with a dragon head and human body, revered as Emperor Sovereign Longxi.

Another was conceived by the Earth Mother Primordial Sovereign sensing the vital energy of the sky. She bore a daughter with a phoenix head, human body, and wings, revered as Emperor Sovereign Fenghu.

One more was conceived by the Earth Mother Primordial Sovereign sensing the Celestial River. She gave birth to a son with a turtle shell on his back and a human body, revered as Emperor Sovereign Heluo.

Another was conceived by the Earth Mother sensing Mount Meru, the largest mountain in the Primordial World. She bore a son whose body was like a rock, revered as Emperor Sovereign Jiama.

One more was conceived by the Earth Mother sensing Youdu. She gave birth to a son with a bull's head, human body, and three eyes, revered as Emperor Sovereign Yebo.

Another was conceived by the Earth Mother sensing Xuandu. She bore a daughter, entirely snow-white, with eyes that had no pupils but emitted white light, revered as Emperor Sovereign Xuannv.

Emperor Sovereign Yuanjun was born when the Earth Mother sensed the Return Ruins, resulting in a dark body covered in whirlpool patterns.

Only the Earth Mother Primordial Sovereign's eldest daughter, Emperor Sovereign Meiying, was different; she was formed when a primordial earth Dao fruit she had cultivated fell to the ground.

Apart from these Emperor Sovereigns and the Emperor Sovereign's corpse taken onto the ghost ship by Feng Qiuyun, the other Emperor Sovereigns died elsewhere, their souls scattered. There were also rumors that some Emperor Sovereigns were picked up and refined into treasures.

These Emperor Sovereigns were born immensely powerful. Though all born of the Earth Mother, their appearances varied greatly due to the different cosmic energies she sensed, and each possessed unique divine abilities from birth.

Their divine abilities were related to the Earth Mother and the cosmic energies she perceived, but they had no blood relation to Heaven Duke or Earth Count.

The Emperor Sovereign Era was another wild period. These Emperor Sovereigns cultivated immense power. When they soared into the sky to confront "Imperial Celestial Venerable," the Heavenly Palaces billowing behind the eight Emperor Sovereigns were tattered but exuded an unrestrained might!

Their powerful bodies distorted space. Emperor Sovereign Xuannv directly reached out and grabbed the myriad heavens floating in the sky, pulling out the sun, moon, and stars from them. Her terrifying power plunged into the sun, extracting its core to refine it directly into a weapon, which she then hurled at "Imperial Celestial Venerable"!

Each star in her hands seemed like a mere toy. These were actual stars, erupting with primordial magnetic force and starlight; the planets themselves were even burning!

Emperor Sovereign Heluo directly severed a section of the Celestial River and refined it into a weapon. The immeasurably long Celestial River resembled the most magnificent whip in the sky, or the most colossal divine dragon!

Emperor Sovereign Yebo waved his hand, and the countless demigod bodies within hundreds of thousands of miles exploded. He inhaled all the blood energy in one breath, instantly boosting his combat power.

His vital energy illuminated his two curved ox horns, which burned a fiery red, like two streams of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs descending from the sky. Wherever his ox hooves landed, a nether sea appeared!

Emperor Sovereign Jiama, on the other hand, stood like a Buddha, seemingly the center of the world. His Buddhist teachings were vast, outwardly compassionate yet containing endless great wrath, like a great Buddha destroying the world in a fiery rage.

Emperor Sovereign Fenghu was adorned with colorful wings, which fluttered and transformed into a ten-thousand-mile-long radiant glow. This was the sharpest blade and the hottest fire of the Emperor Sovereign Era, capable of cutting through anything. Even ordinary Imperial Throne experts found it difficult to face its sharp edge directly!

Emperor Sovereign Longxi was renowned for his transformations. His body expanded, proving no less powerful than "Imperial Celestial Venerable." Behind him, a myriad of heavens materialized, filled with countless swirling green thunderbolts. He wielded lightning as his sword, unleashing world-ending thunder tribulations. A sea of lightning surged towards his palm, transforming into the sharpest sword of the Emperor Sovereign Era!

Above Emperor Sovereign Yuanjun's head appeared a colossal whirlpool, devouring all things. In the Emperor Sovereign Era, he could tear apart any divine ability or divine weapon of his opponents.

Emperor Sovereign Meiying resembled a miniature Earth Mother Primordial Sovereign, wielding the most immense power of the Primordial World's earth. Her bloodline was the most orthodox, and her understanding of primordial magnetic force was the purest.

The eight Emperor Sovereigns unleashed their respective divine abilities, and for a moment, heaven and earth collapsed. The sky was crushed by their powers, and shocking spatial rifts stretching ten thousand miles appeared.

"Imperial Celestial Venerable" laughed, "Ants."

Primordial magnetic divine light burst forth around him. His palm met Emperor Sovereign Meiying, and in the next moment, this Imperial Throne expert, renowned for possessing the most formidable physical strength, was utterly crushed by him, slamming from the sky to the ground, her bones broken, her tendons severed, and forced to kneel.

Emperor Sovereign Meiying struggled to rise, but a colossal foot descended, crushing her completely, leaving no trace.

"Imperial Celestial Venerable's" other palm met Emperor Sovereign Yebo. It was a Youdu divine ability confronting another Youdu divine ability.

Emperor Sovereign Yebo's Yellow Springs ox horns shattered, and the nether sea beneath his feet evaporated. "Imperial Celestial Venerable" slammed him to the ground with a single palm strike, his body almost disintegrating.

"You escaped this calamity because you didn't acquire Earth Count's Great Dao runes."

"Imperial Celestial Venerable" laughed heartily, not pursuing Emperor Sovereign Yebo. However, the moment he turned, his hair flew, and thousands of strands, like the finest swords, swept past Emperor Sovereign Yebo as if encountering no resistance.

Emperor Sovereign Yebo stood stunned; his physical body and primordial spirit were instantly sliced into thousands of perfectly uniform pieces, each of exactly the same thickness.

"From today, the Imperial Throne realm will no longer be invincible!"

"Imperial Celestial Venerable's" hair retracted. His palm met Emperor Sovereign Longxi's world-ending thunder tribulation sword. The divine sword, famed for cutting through anything, was severed by his hand. Longxi's head detached from his neck and flew away, spinning, while thick bolts of lightning sizzled and struck wildly in all directions from his eyes.

"Imperial Celestial Venerable's" eyes glowed. Two beams of light shot directly into Yuanjun's divine ability, the Grand Abyss of Return Ruins, piercing through it and leaving two bloody holes on Yuanjun's forehead!

The Celestial River coiled around and lashed "Imperial Celestial Venerable," drawing blood from his body, then wrapped him up.

However, in the next instant, the long whip formed by the Celestial River exploded, and Emperor Sovereign Heluo's palm was also blasted into a bloody mess.

"Imperial Celestial Venerable" astonishingly reformed the Celestial River. Its waters rushed forward, battering Emperor Sovereign Heluo until his flesh was mangled, soon exposing his bones.

Emperor Sovereign Fenghu's sharpest sword could only cut into his skin, unable to pierce his body. Emperor Sovereign Xuannv's formation, made of primordial magnetic force and starlight, also failed to trap him.

"Imperial Celestial Venerable" fought with broad, sweeping movements, and in a mere moment, he rendered the eight Emperor Sovereigns incapable of standing again.

He raised his hand, reaching for the growing, towering Primordial Tree. His palm ignited with blazing celestial fire as it rubbed against the air.

Qin Mu was still flying around the Primordial Tree, channeling his spells to reshape the Earth Mother Primordial Sovereign's soul.

"Imperial Celestial Venerable's" hand reached out, and Qin Mu had no way to evade it.

Just then, the power of Heaven Duke and Earth Count suddenly erupted from the Gate of Heaven's Mandate. A vast, surging force poured forth, surpassing the power Qin Mu had borrowed by a hundredfold in that instant!

This immense and profound power, channeled through Qin Mu's divine abilities, transformed into soul-reshaping energy, pouring into the Primordial Tree.

Qin Mu's heart stirred slightly: "Heaven Duke, Earth Count, can you no longer sit idly by?"

"Imperial Celestial Venerable's" hand was already beside him, about to grasp him and the Primordial Tree together. He chuckled, "Qin Mu, the Overlord Body among the Three Heroes of Yankang's Reform. There's a rumor among the ancient gods that you are a Grandmaster of Myriad Tribulations Undying and Heart-Enlightening, capable of resurrecting the dead and enduring countless kalpas. Grandmaster Qin Mu, we finally meet!"

Suddenly, the Primordial Tree ripped from the ground, its branches and leaves fluttering with endless light. With a mighty sweep, "Imperial Celestial Venerable" grunted, tumbling and rolling away towards the edge of the sky!

"Finally..."

Countless roots from the earth surged and tangled, following the rising Primordial Tree. The Earth Mother Primordial Sovereign stood beneath the Primordial Tree, emerging from the ground, giggling. "Finally, I see the light of day again! Everything you owed me, everything you took from me back then, you shall return to this palace today!"

The Primordial Tree, like a colossal squid, flew through the sky, tearing through the Primordial World's barrier and heading directly towards the outer heavens under the Earth Mother Primordial Sovereign's control.

Qin Mu was pressed firmly against the trunk of the Primordial Tree, also being carried by her towards the outer heavens.

The Earth Mother's ascent was incredibly fast. Air and space pressed down on Qin Mu, forming vibrating shockwaves that tore at his skin.

"Earth Mother, what can you possibly achieve even if you revive?"

"Imperial Celestial Venerable's" face appeared on the Primordial World's sky. Although he had endured an attack from the Earth Mother Primordial Sovereign at her peak, he seemed to have suffered no serious injuries. He laughed heartily, "Even after your revival, you'll simply die again! But this time, there will be no possibility of resurrection for you."

His physical body rapidly shrunk, yet even at its smallest, it was still a hundred zhang tall.

The Earth Mother Primordial Sovereign dared not delay and quickly shrunk her own body.

Against a weaker opponent, a colossal body creates terrifying deterrence. However, against an opponent of comparable strength, the larger the body, the more vulnerabilities it presents.

Yet, even at her smallest, she was still eight hundred zhang tall, which was still incredibly massive compared to "Imperial Celestial Venerable," putting her at a significant disadvantage.

The Primordial Tree also began to shrink, its countless roots rapidly contracting, transforming into a colossal entity resembling a ball of thread.

As the tree trunk shrunk, Qin Mu's body, pressed against the Primordial Tree, creaked. At this moment, streams of Youdu power surged from his glabella; it was Qin Fengqing lending him her power.

Qin Mu immediately climbed up the trunk to the crown of the Primordial Tree. Within the crown was a phoenix nest, glittering with golden light. While terrifying divine light surrounded it, the phoenix nest itself was very peaceful.

Qin Mu immediately rushed into the bird's nest, finally finding safety.

"Earth Mother, you are no match for Exalted God Haotian. You have only one chance."

Qin Mu's undying divine consciousness surged from the bird's nest, entering the Earth Mother Primordial Sovereign's ear. He said gravely, "I have fought him before and know his weaknesses."

At this moment, the Earth Mother Primordial Sovereign, holding the Primordial Tree, confronted "Imperial Celestial Venerable." The two formidable entities clashed in the starry sky, their surging power pushing away the myriad heavens resting on the surface of the Primordial World.

The Earth Mother Primordial Sovereign grunted, experiencing in their first encounter how terrifying a powerhouse at the Heavenly Court realm truly was.

That was a strong individual capable of mobilizing the power of all Great Daos across the heavens. Although Exalted God Haotian's Heavenly Court, which wielded this weapon, was not yet perfect—he had not yet constructed the thirty-six Heavenly Palaces and seventy-two Treasure Halls—in terms of pure magical power, Exalted God Haotian's strength was in no way inferior to hers.

What was even more terrifying was Exalted God Haotian's completeness in divine abilities and Great Daos, something she, an ancient god, could not hope to achieve!

The Earth Mother Primordial Sovereign and "Imperial Celestial Venerable" clashed again. Her divine abilities were shattered, and she couldn't help but vomit blood.

"Imperial Celestial Venerable's" attacks were like a furious storm. Even with the terrifying Primordial Tree at her command, she couldn't inflict the slightest harm on "Imperial Celestial Venerable," while she herself was continuously wounded.

While she was indeed powerful, her own Great Dao runes had long been thoroughly analyzed by the Heavenly Court. The primordial magnetic divine ability unleashed by "Imperial Celestial Venerable" was even more exquisite and terrifying than her own!

Furthermore, every one of her moves seemed riddled with flaws, making it impossible to attack "Imperial Celestial Venerable."

This was the most terrifying aspect.

She had no secrets left.

Her thoughts fluctuated, connecting with Qin Mu's undying divine consciousness: "Where is his weakness?"

An undying divine consciousness and a vast, profound mind. At the moment of their collision, the Earth Mother Primordial Sovereign's vision blurred, as if she had returned to the Heavenly Court in the early years of the Dragon Han era.

She stood on the Jade Pond, facing Exalted God Haotian.

And she, herself, seemed to transform into a furious youth, determined to seek justice for the true Imperial Celestial Venerable.

She seemed to have become another Celestial Venerable, Mu, who had vanished from history.

"Watch my divine ability!"

Qin Mu's divine consciousness rippled: "Remember, you only have one chance!"

"Imperial Celestial Venerable" attacked. His divine abilities were so exquisite and perfect, possessing an indescribable beauty and dazzling brilliance. Yet, the Earth Mother Primordial Sovereign seemed to see none of it; her mind had merged with Qin Mu's undying divine consciousness.

She held the Primordial Tree, but instead of using primordial magnetic divine abilities to sweep it around, she wielded the Primordial Tree as a sword and executed a sword technique.

Her sword technique penetrated "Imperial Celestial Venerable's" seemingly perfect divine ability. The tree crown struck "Imperial Celestial Venerable" heavily in the chest.

Surprise appeared on "Imperial Celestial Venerable's" face, turning into shock, then into terror.

The Primordial Tree's branches pulsed with an eerie, unpredictable rhythm, breaking through his seemingly perfect body and piercing into him.

This was sword art. Every branch, every leaf of the Primordial Tree, executed a sword technique—the sword technique of someone who had haunted his nightmares for thousands, even tens of thousands of years!

"Celestial Venerable Mu—"

He let out a desperate cry, tearing himself free from the Primordial Tree. Blood spurted from his body. "Long time no see!"

Qin Mu stood in the bird's nest, his robes fluttering in the divine light emanating from the branches. He smiled and said to him, "Indeed. Long time no see."