Chapter 967: The Fish's Temptation

Lihua Hun and Yun Chu Xiu were filled with shock and disbelief. Although only one realm separated them from Qin Mu, the disparity felt immense.

Their current bodies were still at the Divine Bridge realm, not having yet crossed the Southern Heavenly Gate. Qin Mu, however, was already a Venerable God, a full realm above them.

In the past, they had killed many, not just Venerable Gods one realm above them, but even True Gods two realms higher.

For instance, Lihua Hun, to preserve the Eighteen Methods of Butchering Shepherd, had annihilated the disciples Haotian Zun sent into the Grand Void, all of whom were True Gods.

They were Heavenly Venerates, and Lihua Hun and Yun Chu Xiu were merely their avatars used to experience the mortal world. Even so, they were far superior to Venerable Gods or True Gods, given their vast knowledge and perspective.

Yet, before Qin Mu, being one realm above them was akin to being a whole heaven higher. Qin Mu stood beyond the heavens, while they were on the ground. Even their Eighteen Methods of Butchering Shepherd couldn't be deployed, unable to exert their full power!

From the moment Lihua Hun attacked until the sisters were captured, not a single one of their moves landed on Qin Mu. He didn't dodge or break their techniques or divine arts; he merely unleashed his vital qi, blocking all their attacks.

Qin Mu flung the two women to the ground, then closed the eye on his forehead. His dream continued, with countless tiny Qin Mus still burrowing into Madam Yuanmu's flesh, mapping her body and recording the Returning Ruins runes.

Lihua Hun and Yun Chu Xiu, their cultivation sealed by him, lay motionless on the ground.

Yun Chu Xiu blinked, then suddenly said, "Divine Blade Luo, what are you gaping at? Hurry over here, kill the traitor Qin Mu, and help this consort up!"

Luo Wushuang ignored her, though a sense of unease gnawed at him.

These two were among the Ten Heavenly Venerates. By directly defying their orders, he had firmly cemented his identity as a rebel, a label he would never shake off.

"I wonder how Qin Mu will deal with the avatars of Empress and Madam Yuanmu?" Luo Wushuang felt uneasy. "Qin Overlord seems to have other, ambiguous intentions towards these two women. He'll probably spare their lives for their beauty. Just now, his gaze towards them was strange! These two women must die, otherwise, if they leave the Grand Void, their true forms will learn everything that happened here!"

The Grand Void and the Heavenly Court were two different worlds. What Lihua Hun and Yun Chu Xiu experienced here would not be sensed by the true forms of Empress and Madam Yuanmu. However, once they were in the same world, their true forms would acquire Lihua Hun's and Yun Chu Xiu's memories.

In that case, Empress and Madam Yuanmu would absolutely not spare Qin Mu and Luo Wushuang; they would eliminate them no matter what.

"If Qin Overlord takes pity on them and can't bring himself to kill two peerless beauties, then I will personally wield the blade and sever their heads!"

Blade light flickered in Luo Wushuang's eyes. Yun Chu Xiu was a peerless beauty; every frown, smile, and movement was incredibly alluring. Lihua Hun was also a rare beauty. Ordinary people would find it difficult to resist the temptation of these two women.

It was understandable that Qin Mu might be captivated by them.

Luo Wushuang, however, was different.

He was passionately devoted to his blade, which, in his eyes, was the most beautiful maiden. His previous sword techniques were precise and rigid, never deviating from the rules. Only with such a strong Dao heart as his could he ignore the beauty of these two women and ruthlessly kill them.

As Qin Mu entered his dream, the tiny Qin Mus inside swiftly communicated their findings with each other, rapidly studying Madam Yuanmu's body.

What he was doing was different from the mapping performed by the Heavenly Court's Dao Sect.

The Heavenly Court's Dao Sect, when mapping ancient gods, had to meticulously chart all the runes of their great paths and their physical structures, recording every aspect of the ancient gods' great paths without reservation, and analyzing every secret within.

He, however, was merely organizing the fundamental runes on Madam Yuanmu's surface, needing only to sort out these basic runes.

Although he was very interested in the Great Dao of Returning Ruins, mapping out the complete Great Dao would take too long. By himself, even with dream entry, it would take centuries to achieve.

Qin Mu's goal was simply to evolve the Returning Ruins within his Numen Shenzang. Understanding the basic runes of the Returning Ruins would suffice for this purpose.

Of course, obtaining detailed data of Madam Yuanmu's body and the rune array of the Returning Ruins Great Dao would greatly benefit his refinement of the Returning Ruins within his Numen Shenzang.

Therefore, he planned to entrust the detailed mapping of Madam Yuanmu's body and the Returning Ruins Great Dao to the divine arts practitioners and gods and devils of Eternal Peace who specialized in mathematics and numerology.

After a long time, Qin Mu awoke from his dream, and the dream world shattered.

He once again stored Madam Yuanmu's crystal coffin in his third eye, then looked at Yun Chu Xiu and Lihua Hun. The two girls lay on the ground, their figures graceful and indescribably alluring.

Lihua Hun was frosty. Noticing his gaze, her body stiffened, yet her beauty was captivating.

Yun Chu Xiu, however, was uninhibited, even deliberately striking various alluring and seductive poses. Biting her lower lip, she giggled, "Heavenly Venerate, my sister and I are both unable to move now. How do you plan to deal with us?"

Qin Mu's heart stirred, and he chuckled, "Since Empress and Madam Yuanmu are so mischievous, naturally I'll have to put you across my knee and give you a good spanking."

Lihua Hun's face paled, while Yun Chu Xiu writhed on the ground, giggling, "Come on then, spank me! Come and spank my bottom!"

She was like a fish out of water, making one instinctively want to pounce and catch her.

Though Qin Mu knew it was inappropriate, he couldn't help but want to pounce and seize her. He hesitated, thinking, "I can't let Empress and Yuanmu off the hook..."

But when it came to killing them mercilessly, he couldn't help but waver.

Just then, blade light flashed, and Luo Wushuang sliced Yun Chu Xiu into two.

Qin Mu was startled.

Luo Wushuang delivered another strike, cleaving Lihua Hun as well. He raised his hand to wipe the blood from his blade, his expression grim. "Heavenly Venerate Mu is not even two years old yet. These two temptresses dared to seduce a Heavenly Venerate; they deserve death a thousand times over."

Qin Mu looked at the beautiful corpses on the ground, his eye twitched, and he glanced at Luo Wushuang.

Luo Wushuang said expressionlessly, "Heavenly Venerate's Dao heart is firm; you certainly wouldn't be tempted by these two enchantresses. I merely acted unnecessarily. However, these two hags underestimated Heavenly Venerate, which made me feel compelled to draw my blade to uphold Heavenly Venerate's reputation. Please forgive me."

Qin Mu stammered, "Brother Luo, there's no need for such formality; just call me Cult Master Qin. You're right, these two temptresses dared to seduce me... I'm skilled in the art of creation. If I reconnected their bodies, they might still live..."

Veins bulged on Luo Wushuang's forehead. His remaining hand clenched his blade hilt, veins throbbing as he reminded, "Cult Master Qin, our purpose here is not to resurrect these two enchantresses, but to cross the Void Bridge. Please quickly meditate on the Other Shore Ark!"

Qin Mu looked at his blade-wielding hand and chuckled, "Brother Luo, rest assured, I am not a foolish person and will not be swayed by beauty. My only intention in wanting to resurrect them was to uncover their Great Heavenly Court cultivation methods, nothing more! Since Brother Luo doubts me, I will go meditate on the Other Shore Ark. Let's leave this place as soon as possible!"

He glanced at the corpses of the two beauties on the ground again, sighing inwardly, "It's still possible to resurrect them using the art of creation... but it's a pity Luo Wushuang is too fiercely single-minded!"

Noticing his gaze, Luo Wushuang immediately stepped forward and threw the two women's bodies into the void.

Qin Mu left with a dark expression, feeling extremely indignant. "I'm not some muddle-headed lecher like the Ancient God Heavenly Emperor; why does he need to guard against me like this? This is just a universal appreciation for beauty! Even if I resurrected them, I would have no other intentions, at most exchange a few playful words!"

Yun Chu Xiu and Lihua Hun had already been crushed by the destructive void outside the Void Bridge. With no other thoughts, Qin Mu first used the Returning Ruins runes to try and evolve the Great Abyss of Returning Ruins within his Numen Shenzang.

His cultivation system was unique. Others' Divine Treasure Heavenly Palace systems were layered, each level higher than the last, but he had only one Divine Treasure, yet fourteen Heavenly Palaces.

More importantly, his Heavenly Palaces were built within his Numen Shenzang, unlike the Heavenly Palaces of other divine arts practitioners and gods and devils, which were situated high above the heavens.

Modifying the structure of his Numen Shenzang was also easier for Qin Mu compared to others.

Soon, he shaped the Great Abyss of Returning Ruins. It became the Taiji String of the Taiji Diagram, with the Heavenly River flowing from the Taiji String into Youdu below the diagram, transforming into the Underworld River.

Although his Great Abyss of Returning Ruins was still crude, it connected Youdu, Xuandu, and Yuandu, immediately giving Qin Mu a feeling of boundless and endless vital qi!

Shaping the Returning Ruins and connecting the three realms didn't significantly boost his cultivation, but it greatly accelerated his vital qi and divine consciousness mobilization. This made visualizing the Other Shore Ark immeasurably smoother.

Soon, he had roughly visualized the outline of the Other Shore Ark. However, visualizing the ark's complete structure required an enormous amount of divine consciousness. With his current level of divine consciousness, he was completely exhausted after merely visualizing the outline.

Qin Mu frowned. While recovering his divine consciousness, he entered a dream, transforming into countless tiny Qin Mus to deduce how to merge the Grand Luo Supreme Divine Consciousness with the Overlord Body Three Pills Art.

The process of merging the Grand Luo Supreme Divine Consciousness was an arduous one, involving countless imaginative deaths for the tiny Qin Mus in his dream.

However, the Boundless Tribulation Scripture of the Great Brahma Heavenly King Buddha was precisely such a method, allowing for countless trials and errors to ultimately find the perfect cultivation method.

Once Qin Mu had integrated the Grand Luo Supreme Divine Consciousness, activating the Overlord Body Three Pills Art to visualize the Other Shore Ark this time became much easier.

The details of the Other Shore Ark gradually took shape. Qin Mu rested dozens more times, finally allowing this enormous ship to become complete.

Days passed, and Luo Wushuang's injuries healed. He went to check on Qin Mu, only to witness an enormous ship, dozens of miles long, being conjured by Qin Mu's visualization. He was utterly awestruck.

The Other Shore Ark was the crystallization of wisdom from the Kaihuang Era. Two such ships were built in total. One was commanded by Kaihuang, leading the thirty-three heavenly experts of the Kaihuang Heavenly Court, as it sailed towards Wushou Township.

The other Other Shore Ark was constructed by Emperor Shakyamuni Li Youran, leading the Heavenly Craftsman God Race. He intended to lead the remaining forces to Wushou Township but was attacked by enemies and destroyed in the Great Ruins.

Even the Heavenly Venerates in the Heavenly Court had wanted to repair that ship, but its structure was so complex that it was impossible to repair without blueprints, so they had to give up.

And now, Qin Mu, by his own power, had actually visualized an Other Shore Ark!

Although this ship was countless times smaller than a true Other Shore Ark, to use divine consciousness to visualize and construct a giant ship dozens of miles long still compelled admiration for the creator's magnificent greatness.

Finally, Qin Mu visualized the last component of the Other Shore Ark.

On the hull of the Other Shore Ark, a single rune lit up, then billions of runes across the ship's body were illuminated one after another. The ship slowly rose, floating in the air like a small continent!

"Young friend Qin, you can already be considered a Creator."

In Qin Mu's mind, Shu Jun's voice sounded, filled with emotion: "In the primordial era, there were not many Creators who could visualize and create such complex divine artifacts. While countless Creators surpassed you in divine consciousness attainment, those capable of visualizing such grand and intricate divine artifacts were few. In the mastery of divine consciousness application, you have already surpassed your predecessors."

"Thank you for the praise, Dao Brother Shu Jun."

Qin Mu boarded the colossal ship he had visualized and walked to the bridge.

Luo Wushuang followed him. Qin Mu took out the astrolabe the Village Chief had given him, his expression complex. After a moment, with a wave of his hand, various sword diagrams appeared on the astrolabe, which he then swiftly broke one after another!

The Village Chief's seal was no more.

Qin Mu composed himself and placed the astrolabe onto the Other Shore Ark's compass.

The colossal ship rumbled a few times, slowly adjusted its direction, and sailed towards the Void Bridge's altar.

"Wushou Township."

Qin Mu looked at the Void Bridge, a smile on his face, though his gaze was extremely complex. "I'm here."