Chapter 1528 — Take Your Head
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
His features were extraordinary, his majesty awe-inspiring even in repose, and he possessed the bearing of an emperor. The great monk directed the formation, commanding thousands upon thousands of soldiers and myriads of gods and devils. He marshaled the elite forces of Carefree Village and the Creators, fusing the divine consciousness at which the Creators excelled with the divine arts for which Carefree Village was renowned.
The formation moved like a dragon.
Under the great monk's control, the auras of all the gods and devils flowed into one another and their vital qi blended together, forming palace after palace until they became nine Ancestral Dragon Heavenly Palaces. Everyone's magic power poured into the great monk, causing his might to blaze into the heavens. Every strike he unleashed contained power as though it were the full-force blow of an Emperor's Throne expert possessing nine Heavenly Palaces, terrifying beyond measure. To display the power of a dragon-shaped formation to such an extent was truly an eye-opening sight.
Granny Zhu and Shen Mu gazed at it, both harboring their doubts. Other people's Heavenly Palaces all strove to be different, each representing a different Great Dao, yet this great monk's Heavenly Palaces were all exactly alike.
Could Heavenly Palaces really be cultivated in such a way? One Heavenly Palace represented one Great Dao. Different Heavenly Palaces formed the Heavenly Court, and after thirty-six different Great Daos had been fused together, with each one cultivated to the consummate Emperor's Throne realm, one could achieve the true Heavenly Court realm.
This was common knowledge. Whether it was the Ten Heavenly Venerables of the Heavenly Court, You Heavenly Venerable, Moon Heavenly Venerable, Dao Ancestor, Buddha Ancestor, Yin Heavenly Son, Shen Mu, or Xu Shenghua, all of them cultivated in this manner.
Yet this great monk had cultivated all his Heavenly Palaces into the same form, each embodying a single Great Dao, forming nine Dragon Heavenly Palaces. This method of cultivation was entirely original, and Shen Mu and Granny Zhu had never seen anything like it. Naturally, they could not help taking a closer look.
"Shen-er, that monk looks rather familiar! " Granny Zhu said in surprise. Shen Mu was just about to reply when the great monk suddenly noticed the two of them.
His eyes lit up, and he immediately activated the formation, sending a distant punch roaring toward them. The great monk's cultivation was not especially high, at most the Jade Capital realm, but supported by the formation, he was like a Minor Heavenly Court expert who had cultivated all nine Heavenly Palaces to the Emperor's Throne realm, possessing battle power no weaker than that of the Four Emperors, including Yin Heavenly Son and White Emperor. At the punch's release, ten thousand dragons flew and roared, surging toward the two of them. Shen Mu raised his brows and lifted a hand, forming a seal.
With a hum, a Taiji diagram appeared in his palm. Yin and yang evolved within it, colliding violently with the onrushing myriad dragons.
Hum! Shen Mu's blood and qi churned, his hair streaming backward. One Heavenly Palace after another flew out behind his head with ringing clangs, arranged in perfect order. In an instant, a vast Heavenly Court appeared, composed of twenty-three Heavenly Palaces, its divine radiance reaching into the skies and its splendor dazzling beyond compare.
Shen Mu shifted his footing, and the divine treasury domain beneath him blossomed, completely blocking the force of the blow. In a deep voice, he said, "Supreme Emperor, must you give me a show of force the moment I arrive? " The great monk was none other than Emperor Yanfeng. Seeing that Shen Mu had recognized him, he finally withdrew his power and dispersed the formation of the countless gods and devils.
His aura plummeted, dropping in an instant from the Emperor's Throne realm to the Jade Capital realm.