Tales of Herding Gods
Chapter 1544: The Moment When Celestial Venerable Ling Was Attacked

In the sky above the Surging River, the fog became heavier. In the fog, the Grand Emperor's consciousness controlled the corporeal body of the vermillion bird to fly. In the fog, he could faintly see figures standing on the river surface. The scenery on both sides of the river was also changing rapidly.

Mountains rose and fell, seas turned into mulberry fields.

He caught up to them and saw that they were Qin Mu's figures. They came one after another, and every one of them had different movements.

When he flew forward, he realized that these Qin Mus were all apparitions. They were like apparitions that were imprinted in the long river of time, but also like time was reversing, returning to the past.

He looked back and also saw a series of his own phantoms spread out in front of him from afar. And as the Vermillion Bird's corporeal body flew, these phantoms continued to increase.

Even though the corporeal body of the vermillion bird flew fast, the scenery of the two shores gave the Grand Emperor the feeling that he was always in the same place, allowing him to fly freely. He was merely passing through the past and returning to history.

In truth, he had never moved from the beginning to the end. He had always remained in his original position, and what he moved was only to reverse history.

Even the current Grand Emperor couldn't understand this kind of divine art.

Many Celestial Venerables, including Celestial Venerable Hao and Celestial Venerable Xiao, probably couldn't understand this unchanging divine art.

'If he manages to save Celestial Venerable Ling, what will happen?'

As he passed through the fog, he didn't know the sun and moon. He didn't catch up to Qin Mu from the beginning to the end. He could only see the shadows in front of him, and he could faintly see Qin Mu's figure. However, every time he chased after him, he would discover that it was the apparition that Qin Mu had left behind in history.

He passed through the phantoms one after another as though he was passing through fog.

Suddenly, the fog in front of them gradually thinned, and the water of the celestial river below no longer flowed in reverse. Ever since they entered the fog, the water of the celestial river under their feet was flowing in reverse.

Finally, the water of the celestial river flowed from east to west. At this moment, the fog around them dispersed. The Grand Emperor looked from afar and saw a celestial heavens shrouded in divine light.

He was stunned and looked at the celestial heavens with disbelief.

High Emperor Celestial Heavens!

Or rather, the South High Emperor Celestial Heavens!

This High Emperor Celestial Heavens that had vanished for a long time actually appeared in front of his eyes!

'Could we have returned to High Emperor Era?' He was incomparably astonished.

He retracted his gaze and saw Qin Mu. Qin Mu was walking on the river, heading towards the celestial heavens.

At the same time, the Grand Emperor saw Celestial Venerable Ling standing in front of the Southern Heavenly Gate of the South-Heaven Supreme Emperor Celestial Heavens. This scene was both familiar and unfamiliar to him.

Vermillion Bird shook his head and composed himself.

Through the eyes of the vermillion bird corporeal body, the Grand Emperor saw the Celestial Emperor of the South High Emperor Celestial Heavens. He was a human Celestial Emperor, the last human Celestial Emperor of the High Emperor Era. He stood under the Southern Heavenly Gate, behind Celestial Venerable Ling.

Along with him were numerous god generals and god priests of the South High Emperor Celestial Heavens. Among them was Celestial Venerable Ling's disciple, Yi Shisheng.

'This scene seems to be the first time Celestial Venerable Ling executed a complete unchanging divine art after she mastered it! The first time Celestial Venerable Ling executed it, which means…'

The Grand Emperor instantly came to a realization and hurriedly looked up. He saw the sky suddenly splitting open!

He saw Celestial Emperor Tai Chu!

Or rather, it was the Grand Emperor's primordial spirit, Celestial Venerable Ming Fangyu, who had controlled Celestial Emperor's corporeal body to attack from the extraterritorial celestial heavens, heading straight for Celestial Venerable Ling!

At that time, the Grand Emperor had two identities. One was Ming Fangyu, and the other was Heavenly Lady Qiang. Ming Fangyu was the reincarnation of his primordial spirit, while Heavenly Lady Qiang was the borrowed body of his consciousness.

The Grand Emperor stopped in his tracks and looked up. Celestial Emperor Grand Primordium's incomparably huge body descended from the sky with a long spear in his hand. In front of the Southern Heavenly Gate of the South High Emperor Celestial Heavens, Celestial Venerable Ling was executing a unchanging divine art!

At this moment, Qin Mu, who was in front, also stopped. Everything was still.

Completely still.

Whether it was Celestial Emperor's corporeal body controlled by Grand Emperor Ming Fangyu, Celestial Venerable Ling who was executing unchanging divine art, or South High Emperor Celestial Emperor, Yi Shisheng, and the rest, they were all still.

The howling wind on the river, the divine light spewing out from the High Emperor Celestial Heavens, and the water of the celestial river flowing out from the river were all still!

The Grand Emperor wanted to kill Qin Mu, but he realized he couldn't move!

Not only could the vermillion bird's corporeal body not move, but even the Grand Emperor's consciousness couldn't move at all. He couldn't help but be astonished. 'What kind of terrifying magic power is this? Is it because those who have achieved the Dao are too easy to attack?'

"It's not just Tai Yi or any other achieving Dao."

Qin Mu seemed to sense his consciousness as he opened his mouth in front of him and said calmly, "I used Celestial Venerable Ling's hairpin to summon Celestial Venerable Ling's unchanging divine art. You and I are both in this divine art, while you, Grand Emperor, have become the unchanging substance of the divine art. As an outsider, I'm observing the changes in the unchanging substance."

Qin Mu turned around and smiled at him. The Grand Emperor felt that his smile was like the smile of the most evil devil!

"unchanging substance can be seen as the process of moving matter. Time doesn't exist, but it can be used as a measuring unit. Every step I take, if I walk forward, time will flow in reverse. If I walk backward, time will flow in the same direction and move forward."

Qin Mu explained to him, "If I stand in place, all the unchanging substance in this divine art will stop. The only thing that won't stop is me. Do you understand what I'm saying, Grand Emperor?"

The Grand Emperor understood and said with a hoarse voice, "You mean that I have become an unchanging substance? However, why can't I sense it?"

When Qin Mu turned around, the substance in the unchanging divine art also underwent slight changes. Time flowed forward and backward.

This kind of situation was like the entire world was an illusion, an illusion formed by countless pictures. Qin Mu's existence had caused this fake world to be stuck.

Qin Mu stabilized himself, and only then did the ripple disappear.

"In the unchanging divine art, time reversal, forwarding, and pausing are all the results of the unchanging substance changing."

Qin Mu walked towards him, but the Grand Emperor was astonished to find that he couldn't move at all even though Qin Mu was walking!

The strange thing was that as Qin Mu moved, the scenery around him changed continuously. Ming Fangyu controlled Celestial Emperor's corporeal body and pierced through the back of Celestial Venerable Ling's heart, piercing through the woman's body, lifting her up, and smashing her into the celestial river!

At the same time, Celestial Venerable Ling's unchanging divine art burst forth and severed the celestial river, pulling Ming Fangyu into it.

Even under that kind of situation, Celestial Venerable Ling was still extremely restrained and didn't involve the High Emperor Celestial Emperor, Yi Shisheng, and the rest in the Southern Heavenly Gate into the divine art.

"Didn't you say that when your body moves, the unchanging substance will change accordingly?"

The Grand Emperor was puzzled. "Why am I not transforming?"

"You're different."

Qin Mu explained patiently, "You weren't transformed into unchanging substance by Celestial Venerable Ling's unchanging divine art. You are indeed unchanging substance now, but you were transformed into unchanging substance by my unchanging divine art."

He smiled and didn't look at how Ming Fangyu had killed Celestial Venerable Ling. He continued to explain, "You were hit by my unchanging divine art and became the unchanging substance of my divine art."

He came to the side of the vermillion bird and raised his head to look at the near-perfect body of this ancient god. He said calmly, "You chased me all the way and saw the apparitions I left on the celestial river, right? Did you pass through those apparitions?"

The Grand Emperor froze on the surface of the river, and the Vermillion Bird's wings continued to spread out in a blazing fire.

"That's the unchanging divine art I left behind."

Qin Mu seemed to be very patient as he said, "As long as you pass through the first apparition, you will be hit by my unchanging divine art. My cultivation is inferior to yours, so the first divine art will find it hard to assimilate you. However, you should have passed through more than one apparition. With my current abilities, three apparitions will be enough to completely assimilate you."

He raised his hand and slowly tapped the heart of Vermillion Bird's brows, pulling out the Grand Emperor's consciousness from Vermillion Bird's body bit by bit. He was very meticulous. "You have passed through 26,4203 times in total. Actually, you don't need so many times."

More Grand Emperor's consciousness was stripped out, and the Grand Emperor's consciousness gradually took shape in front of him. It became the Grand Emperor's figure, but it was formed by consciousness and not his real body.

"The reason why I left behind so many unchanging divine arts wasn't entirely to deal with you, but to deal with Tai Chu and the other Celestial Venerables that entered this place."

Qin Mu stretched out a finger and slowly tapped on the heart of the Grand Emperor's brows. He smiled and said, "When your consciousness went down to the lower bound, it wasn't your peak state. The Grand Emperor in his peak state no longer exists. Your corporeal body is dead, Heavenly Lady Qiang is dead, and Ming Fangyu has turned into ashes. However, you still have the strongest state, which is the Grand Emperor of consciousness imprinted in the Great Overarching Consciousness Heaven."

His finger looked very light, but with it, the structure of the Grand Emperor's body underwent an unimaginable transformation.

The consciousness of the Grand Emperor started from his forehead and was transformed into primordial qi by his finger. The primordial qi was then absorbed by Qin Mu.

Qin Mu said calmly, "My target isn't the current you, but you in the Great Overarching Heaven. The target I want to save isn't just Celestial Venerable Ling, but also Celestial Venerable Yun's primordial spirit."

More than half of the Grand Emperor's brain had been assimilated and turned into primordial qi.

The consciousness Grand Emperor tried his best to struggle and resist, but he couldn't.

Only his mouth was left on his head. Soon, even his mouth disappeared.

"Other than that, I have another goal, which is to take the chance to get rid of Celestial Venerable Xiao and Celestial Venerable Hao."

Qin Mu said, "I left behind so many divine arts. As long as Celestial Venerable Xiao and Celestial Venerable Hao pass through those unchanging divine arts, they will suffer the same fate as you. Grand Emperor, as Celestial Venerable Mu who established the path with consciousness, am I qualified to be your opponent?"

The Grand Emperor could no longer reply. He had completely transformed into primordial qi which was absorbed by Qin Mu and no longer existed!

The Grand Emperor controlled the corporeal body of a vermillion bird. He was powerful and could be considered a Celestial Venerable.

Yet Qin Mu was able to summon clouds and rain with a flip of his hand, easily killing him. He didn't even have the chance to resist!

Qin Mu had experienced Cripple's death. Invisibly, no matter if it was his way of handling things or his personality, there was a huge change.

"This is the unchanging divine art. Even if you die, your consciousness in the Great Overarching Consciousness Heaven will never know what happened here."

Qin Mu put away South Deity Zhu Que's corporeal body and turned around to walk forward. He examined the changes in his surroundings and muttered to himself, "However, I will still give you a chance to discover this place and discover me. I will take the chance when you attack to find your Great Overarching Consciousness Heaven and kill my way there. I will bring a few good friends, such as second brother, Founding Emperor, or Celestial Venerable Hao…"