Chapter 956: Old Friends in the Eyes

"Tai帝?"

Qin Mu's heart stirred slightly as he looked ahead. Before him, colossal Creator Beings, clad in pure white robes, appeared in a vast and boundless expanse of time and space.

It was a massive, incredibly vast lotus-shaped landmass, separated from Qin Mu and his companions by an unfathomable abyss. The abyss was pure void, with no bottom in sight.

Many Creator Beings stood suspended in the void, not touching the ground. Some had giant lotuses blooming beneath their feet, radiating light that illuminated their white robes, making them appear exceptionally sacred.

Others had golden, shimmering wings on their backs, their divine sense visualizations transforming them into bird-headed beings with human bodies and sharp bird talons for feet.

Some stood astride two dragons, with fire flowing across their entire bodies.

Others were enveloped by long rivers, their waters winding around their bodies like snakes, but far more dynamic.

From some, long chains extended from their foreheads, spiraling and coiling in the sky.

From others, a galaxy poured forth from their foreheads, with stars flowing out from within.

However, all of this was static. Every Creator Being was frozen in place, preserving the postures they had assumed in life.

These Creator Beings were poised for attack, their foreheads embedded with Primordial Divine Stones. They had visualized their most potent offensive techniques, targeting an incredibly colossal and terrifying Creator Being — none other than Tai帝, as mentioned by Shu Jun!

If these Creator Beings were as vast as stars, then Tai帝 resembled the brightest sun, with countless stars revolving and dancing around him.

Tai帝, too, was frozen in place.

He stood within the lotus-shaped landmass, his legs having transformed into thick roots deeply embedded in the land. These roots, resembling massive tendons, had torn through his flesh from within his thighs, connecting him firmly to the ground.

The folds in his robes resembled mountain ranges on the lotus continent, while the blood flowing from the wounds on his legs had transformed into crimson rivers.

Clearly, Tai帝 Ju Yu had not voluntarily merged with the lotus continent. Instead, these Creator Beings had trapped him with their divine abilities, fusing him with the landmass to prevent his escape.

He could only escape if he managed to fly away with the entire vast and boundless lotus continent.

This was a trap, specifically laid for Tai帝 Ju Yu!

"The bizarre phenomena here were caused by the divine abilities of these Creator Beings and Tai帝!"

Qin Mu's heart skipped a beat. It must have been the Creator Beings of Tai Xu who lured Tai帝 Ju Yu here, trapping him before both sides fought to a mutual destruction!

What surprised him, however, was that Shu Jun had described Tai帝 Ju Yu's power as immense, making him the strongest being in the Primordial Era. While the number of Creator Beings here was vast and their physiques powerful, could their combined strength truly contend with Tai帝 Ju Yu?

He then noticed Tai帝's glabella: there was no Primordial Stone, which symbolized Tai帝's power and authority!

Tai帝's glabella was empty, devoid of a third eye, leaving only a diamond-shaped wound.

Qin Mu's heart stirred as he remembered the Primordial Stone in his own third eye. This stone was a fragment of the one in Tai帝's glabella; clearly, Tai帝's Primordial Stone had been shattered during the battle in the Blood Rust Zone.

At that time, Shu Jun was also on the battlefield in the Blood Rust Zone, and his divine sense took the opportunity to hide inside one of the Primordial Stone fragments. This fragment was later found by Wei Sui Feng, who, unaware of Shu Jun's presence, left the stone for Qin Mu.

"Tai帝 was trapped and unable to escape because he no longer had the Primordial Stone, and his power was not as formidable as before. But this still doesn't quite make sense," Qin Mu thought. "Even without the Primordial Stone, his power should still be immense. Shu Jun said he possessed the most powerful physical body in history; with just that body, these Creator Beings wouldn't be able to contend with him."

Qin Mu pondered, "This means someone must have helped these Creator Beings deal with Tai帝 Ju Yu! But who was this person, and what was their purpose?"

He was utterly perplexed. "Shu Jun must know the secrets of that battle in the Primordial Era and the Blood Rust Zone," he thought, "and why the Primordial Stone shattered. It's a pity Shu Jun seems unwilling to speak of it."

Shu Jun seemed dispirited. Tai帝 and these Creator Beings were buried here together; it looked as if the Creator Beings of Tai Xu had besieged Tai帝, eventually wearing him down to his death in this place.

The incredible nature of the Creator Beings' divine abilities was why Qin Mu and his companions encountered so many strange phenomena upon arriving here.

What puzzled them, however, was why Tai帝 Ju Yu would have engaged in battle with the Creator Beings here.

"This is it," the small light point that was Yue Tingge chuckled, "I lured Heavenly Venerate Huo and Heavenly Venerate Void here and caused their deaths..."

"How could Heavenly Venerate Huo and Heavenly Venerate Void possibly die here?"

Qin Mu laughed in disbelief, looking around. Suddenly, his heart gave a jolt; he actually saw Heavenly Venerate Huo!

Heavenly Venerate Huo was in the strange battlefield ahead, not far from Tai帝 Ju Yu's glabella. Qin Mu couldn't be mistaken about his identity.

Heavenly Venerate Huo was an old acquaintance of his, habitually wearing clothes adorned with flame patterns. Most importantly, a prominent flame wheel glowed behind Heavenly Venerate Huo's head!

At this moment, Heavenly Venerate Huo, like the Creator Beings and Tai帝 Ju Yu, seemed fixed in that strange space-time, unable to move, as if dead.

He was a Heavenly Venerate after all, immensely powerful; he had not been assimilated into a light point, his body still maintaining a posture of stepping forward.

"Can a Heavenly Venerate of the Heavenly Court realm also be killed by this place?"

Qin Mu's heart panicked. He composed himself and searched all around for Heavenly Venerate Void's whereabouts, but he did not find her.

He was slightly stunned. Yue Tingge had just explicitly said he lured both Heavenly Venerates here to their deaths, so why did he only see Heavenly Venerate Huo and not Heavenly Venerate Void?

At this moment, he noticed something strange: Heavenly Venerate Huo was actually moving!

However, compared to Qin Mu and the others, Heavenly Venerate Huo's movement speed was appallingly slow!

Yue Tingge and the others had already been transformed into small light points by the strangeness of this place, but Qin Mu still retained his third eye, which had not been assimilated. This divine eye had incredibly strong insight, allowing him to discern even the most minute changes!

He noticed the flame patterns around Heavenly Venerate Huo. Within these patterns, extremely minute flame runes were undergoing imperceptible changes and replacements, but at an incredibly slow pace.

This indicated that Heavenly Venerate Huo was altering the runes protecting his body!

In other words, Heavenly Venerate Huo was not dead.

Qin Mu calculated that, based on Heavenly Venerate Huo's rune replacement and flow rates, it would take him at least 256 years to complete a single divine ability!

"Heavenly Venerate Huo is moving towards Tai帝's glabella," Qin Mu wondered. "Is there something there that's attracting him?"

As Qin Mu thought of this, he immediately roused all his divine sense, activated the Primordial Stone, and channeled all his vital qi and divine sense into the Three Stars Supreme Sense.

His third eye became even brighter. The divine eye perceived almost everything, allowing him to clearly see all the flame runes on Heavenly Venerate Huo's body!

He looked into the hollow in Tai帝 Ju Yu's glabella. There was no Primordial Stone, only a diamond-shaped wound from which vigorous light flames emerged.

The light flames were extremely intense, and faintly, he could discern a figure seated within Tai帝 Ju Yu's glabella!

Qin Mu's heart stirred. Suddenly, his vital qi wrapped around the light point that was Shu Jun. Shu Jun's heart was startled, and the next moment, he found himself tucked into Qin Mu's third eye, back on the altar within the Primordial Stone.

"Shu Jun, lend me all your divine sense," Qin Mu's voice came. "Let me see who that person in Tai帝's glabella truly is!"

Qin Mu's voice reached him, greatly shaking Shu Jun, who exclaimed, "There's someone in Tai帝's glabella?"

He decisively mobilized his divine sense and lent it to Qin Mu. Qin Mu's divine sense surged, and the power of his third eye increased once more. His vision transformed into a beam of light that shot out for ten thousand miles, shining directly into Tai帝 Ju Yu's glabella.

This gaze pierced through layers of intense light flames, going deeper and deeper until it gradually reached the figure.

"Shu Jun, lend me even more divine sense!" Qin Mu felt exhausted and hurriedly shouted.

Shu Jun hesitated. The divine sense he had just lent Qin Mu was indeed not his full strength; after all, he didn't trust Qin Mu completely, so he had held back.

"Lend it to me, and I'll help you restore one ear!" Qin Mu's voice came.

Shu Jun snorted coldly. "I want both ears!"

"Deal!" Qin Mu said resolutely.

Seeing how readily he agreed, Shu Jun couldn't help but regret it. "If I had asked for a tongue too," he thought, "that kid probably would've agreed..."

Even so, he still roused the rest of his divine sense and lent it to Qin Mu.

The gaze from Qin Mu's third eye grew even more intense, piercing through the last layer of light flames and shining directly upon the figure sitting motionless in Tai帝's glabella.

Suddenly, Qin Mu's mind was greatly shaken, his gaze immediately scattered, and he involuntarily retreated.

Surging torrents of divine sense and vital qi rushed into his brain, leaving him dazed and confused, his vital energy fluctuating uncontrollably.

Shu Jun hurriedly withdrew his divine sense. "Brat, you promised to restore both my ears, no backing out!" he said. "Oh, by the way, what did you see?"

Qin Mu composed himself and murmured, "Heavenly Venerate Yun... I saw Heavenly Venerate Yun!"

Shu Jun did not know who Heavenly Venerate Yun was. However, Qin Mu's heart was engulfed in turbulent waves; the motionless figure he saw seated in Tai帝 Ju Yu's glabella was indeed Heavenly Venerate Yun — there was no doubt!

He had seen Heavenly Venerate Yun at the Jade Pool Grand Assembly, where he appeared as an exceptionally handsome young man. Although the person seated in Tai帝's glabella was now a middle-aged man with an imperial bearing and a dignified appearance, his youthful elegance was still discernible!

It was indeed Heavenly Venerate Yun, beyond a doubt!

His mind was still in turmoil. "Why is Heavenly Venerate Yun's physical body there?" he thought. "Ah, that's right, Heavenly Venerate Yun left me an altar, and on that altar is the Tai帝 Seal, the precious seal of Tai帝 Ju Yu!"

He immediately took out the Tai帝 Seal. The moment this precious seal flew out from his third eye and appeared here, it seemed to resonate with the power of this place, unleashing incredibly terrifying power!

Boom—

Thousands of divine lights surged forth from the lotus continent, madly pouring into the Tai帝 Seal. The twisted energy shook space-time, instantly releasing Qin Mu from his light point state!

He regained his physical body, and the others also quickly returned to their physical forms, looking with shock and uncertainty at the precious seal suspended in the air.