Tales of Herding Gods
Chapter 1560: Unkillable Through A Hundred Refinements

Celestial Venerable Yun returned the greeting. He didn't have a corporeal body and only had a primordial spirit, but he was in a symbiotic state with the Grand Emperor.

He was suppressed here by the Grand Emperor and tried to refine him. However, he fused with the Grand Emperor's Dao Tree and became a part of it. He even established a connection with the Tai Chu Emperor Sword.

More importantly, the Grand Emperor's consciousness path was lacking in some areas, but Celestial Venerable Yun had made up for it.

With the death of the Grand Emperor, he naturally inherited the 'wealth' of the Grand Emperor.

Nothing was more marvelous than this.

Celestial Venerable Yun's fortune and calamity were just that peculiar.

He first worked with Celestial Venerable Ling and Celestial Venerable Yue to kill the Grand Emperor, suppressing his corporeal body in the Great Void. Later, he died at the hands of Ming Fangyu, the reincarnation of the Grand Emperor's primordial spirit. His corporeal body was sent to the Great Void by Ming Fangyu, while his primordial spirit was sent to the Great Overarching Consciousness Heaven to be suppressed.

Now, he’d seized this opportunity to become an expert that possessed the Dao Tree and Dao Fruit in one go!

'Celestial Venerable Mu seems to have been captured by Celestial Venerable Hao.'

Celestial Venerable Yun lowered his head and looked down from the Great Overarching Heaven. He said worriedly, "If Celestial Venerable Mu falls into Celestial Venerable Hao's hands, he will probably be tortured. He might even die! Celestial Venerable Hao will probably use his life to threaten us!"

Celestial Venerable Ling looked worried.

Founding Emperor shook his head and said, "Brother Yun, there's no need to worry about him. It's easy for Celestial Venerable Hao to kill him, but it's hard to kill him. Celestial Venerable Hao is probably still having a headache over how to deal with him. Let's not talk about him first. Have you achieved the path?"

Celestial Venerable Ling was astonished and looked at Founding Emperor. She couldn't understand why Founding Emperor was so assured about Qin Mu.

Celestial Venerable Yun shook his head and hesitated for a moment. He then nodded and said, "My current situation is extremely special. After I was killed by the Grand Emperor, he sent me into the Great Overarching Consciousness Heaven to be tortured. I benefited from a disaster and managed to pry into the Grand Emperor's Dao technique, thus saving my life. Over the long years, I know what the Grand Emperor knows, and I also know what he doesn't."

Founding Emperor and Celestial Venerable Ling were stunned.

Celestial Venerable Yun explained, "The Grand Emperor was worshiped by the masters of creation, which allowed him to imprint his consciousness into the Ultimate Void and become the strongest practitioner in the primordial era. However, it was also because of the sacrifices of the masters of creation that his Dao was lacking. It was hard for him to cultivate in the Great Overarching Heaven, and it was hard for him to improve. At the same time, he had all kinds of clones that walked around the world, prying into other people's techniques. Heavenly Lady Qiang, Ming Fangyu, and Wei Shijie of Eternal Peace were all his clones."

Founding Emperor frowned. "He has an external body in Eternal Peace?"

Celestial Venerable Yun nodded and said, "His body in Eternal Peace couldn't be hidden from me. The ten Celestial Venerables all have bodies in Eternal Peace. Even Celestial Venerable Hong, who has died, has one body in Eternal Peace."

Founding Emperor frowned and resisted the urge to go down to the lower bound to kill the Grand Emperor's body. "Celestial Venerable Hong's body is most likely dead."

Celestial Venerable Yun was astonished, but Celestial Venerable Ling didn't care.

Founding Emperor said, "Celestial Venerable Mu once summoned a soul for Heaven Duke in Heavenly Yin World. At that time, he also summoned a soul for Celestial Venerable Hong and then killed him. He owed Celestial Venerable Hong a favor, but Celestial Venerable Hong couldn't take out the IOU, so he turned against him."

Speaking up to this point, Founding Emperor couldn't help but shake his head. "He's too careless. Back then, when he was summoning Celestial Venerable Hong's soul, Celestial Venerable Hong's corporeal body was most likely summoned to death. Celestial Venerable Hong's corporeal body was at most at the Jade Pool Realm, so how could it withstand his divine art? Celestial Venerable Mu summoned his soul in the Heavenly Yin World, and his primordial spirit left his body in Eternal Peace, causing him to die an unnatural death. Celestial Venerable Mu always does things flawlessly—it's just that he's too careless and lacking in dignity."

Celestial Venerable Yun thought about it and thought to himself, 'Founding Emperor seems to have some resentment towards Celestial Venerable Mu.'

Even though he was in the Great Overarching Heaven, borrowing the Grand Emperor's consciousness to know about everything in the world, he didn't know about what had happened in Carefree Village. Qin Mu wreaking havoc in Carefree Village wasn't as simple as not being particular.

Celestial Venerable Yun continued, "The Grand Emperor has his limits. His consciousness is imprinted in the Ultimate Void, and he learns the paths, skills, and divine arts of the future generations. These paths, skills, and divine arts are very difficult to imprint in the Ultimate Void. As long as they aren't imprinted here, they can be said to be impossible to learn. Furthermore, his primordial spirit is outside, trapped in the unchanging divine art. Only his consciousness is left here. The number of things he has learned over the years can be counted on one hand. Creation Mysterious Technique is one of the few things he can learn. I'm different."

He said indifferently, "My primordial spirit is right here, and my technique is unique. My Purple Heavens Blue Skies Technique can be combined with the best of a hundred techniques. What he can't learn will ultimately benefit me. However, I also have a weakness, I don't have a corporeal body."

He sighed and said, "The corporeal body is the foundation of the Dao. As the saying goes, when the body dies, the Dao vanishes. When the body dies, the Dao will also disappear. Even though at our step, the body dies, and the Dao doesn't fade, it's hard to improve without the corporeal body. I can't raise my cultivation, so I'm still on the Emperor's Throne Realm."

He also didn't know which step his current cultivation had reached, so he said, "However, I also have the Dao Tree and Dao Fruit. I can feel that I seem to have achieved the Dao, but it also seems like I don't have it, so I always have a feeling of worrying about personal gains and losses. Maybe only by returning to my corporeal body can I understand my realm."

Founding Emperor said, "Your corporeal body has already been rescued by Celestial Venerable Mu. He should have brought it with him and hidden it in the vertical eye in the heart of his brows. There's no need for you to find a new corporeal body. The vertical eye in the heart of his brows is extremely remarkable. With Celestial Venerable Hao's abilities, he can't damage that eye."

Celestial Venerable Yun was worried. "However, Celestial Venerable Mu has been kidnapped by Celestial Venerable Hao, and we don't know if he's still alive…"

Celestial Venerable Ling also frowned.

"He's fine."

Founding Emperor said calmly, "If we barge into the celestial heavens, Celestial Venerable Xiao and Celestial Venerable Hao will only work together. We don't have the ability. However, I need to make a trip to the Jade Capital City of the ancestral court to prevent Celestial Venerable Hao from sinking him into the long river of chaos. Other than the Jade Capital City of the ancestral court, no one in this world can take his life."

He left in a flash.

Celestial Venerable Yun hurriedly called out to him, "Celestial Venerable Qin, this golden ship!"

"Celestial Venerable Ling, take care of it first and give it to him when he comes back." Founding Emperor transformed into a sword light and escaped.

Celestial Venerable Yun examined the World Crossing Golden Ship. Qin Mu had been captured by Celestial Venerable Hao, and the World Crossing Golden Ship had also been left here. This golden ship always gave him an incomparably strange feeling, especially the figure on the ship whose face couldn't be seen clearly. It made him feel uneasy.

Celestial Venerable Ling boarded the golden ship and bowed slightly, planning to take her leave.

Celestial Venerable Yun knew her temper. It was already unprecedented for her to greet him.

In the past, no matter who Celestial Venerable Ling met, she would always be unkempt, and she would never greet anyone. She didn't look like a woman at all. Now, Celestial Venerable Ling understood etiquette. Even though she also handled matters, she was dressed like a woman.

"Ling, how's your strength now?"

Celestial Venerable Yun hurriedly asked, "If you can kill the Grand Emperor, you must be extremely powerful. How far are you from achieving the Dao?"

"Achieving the Dao?"

Celestial Venerable Ling tilted her head and gave it some thought. "I don't know what it means to achieve the Dao."

Celestial Venerable Yun was stunned. He probed, "Do you feel that your realm is about to imprint the ultimate void and become a Dao Tree?"

Celestial Venerable Ling shook her head. "I don't know what you're talking about. Why is there a need to become a Dao Tree when achieving the path? For example, the Grand Emperor, Founding Emperor, and you, aren't you trapped in your own cocoon? To me, cultivating a Dao Tree is unnecessary."

Celestial Venerable Yun stared with his eyes wide open. He was filled with anger again.

However, he was already used to it. During the era of the Heaven Han Celestial Heavens during the Dragon Han Era, Celestial Venerable Ling often made him angry.

"Ling, what is your current realm?"

He asked patiently, "I see that with your abilities, you could kill the Grand Emperor in one strike, but you managed to dodge the same attack when facing Celestial Venerable Xiao. Your abilities are sometimes high and sometimes low."

Celestial Venerable Ling also realized this point and said, "I'm not good at fighting. It was Yue who met me and sent me to the back of the Grand Emperor. I saw that his posture was good, so I called out to him. He turned his head, and I hit him."

Celestial Venerable Yun stared with his eyes wide open. After a moment, he waved his hand weakly and said, "You can go. Don't let Founding Emperor and Celestial Venerable Mu know about this, much less Celestial Venerable Xiao and Celestial Venerable Hao. Try your best to maintain your cold and arrogant image. Otherwise, your life will be in danger…"

He was completely helpless against Celestial Venerable Ling. Celestial Venerable Ling also didn't like to talk to him, so she said something to the golden ship, and it actually carried her away.

Celestial Venerable Yun saw her off, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Ling, ah, Ling, you're still the same as before. You haven't changed at all. What's changed might just be your clothes…"

He moved his Great Overarching Consciousness Heaven to the ancestral court.

Celestial Venerable Yun looked at the celestial heavens above the ancestral court and thought to himself, 'I wonder how Celestial Venerable Mu is doing… Celestial Venerable Hao must be torturing him.'

In the celestial heavens.

Celestial Venerable Hao summoned all the Celestial Venerables, as well as the various strong practitioners. He saw that the Celestial Venerables of Fire, Ancestor, Lang, and Gong were all injured. They were all sword wounds, and he couldn't help frowning.

'The Grand Emperor is dead, and that thieving Celestial Venerable Mu was also captured by me.'

Celestial Venerable Hao looked around and said unhurriedly, "Bandit Celestial Venerable Mu deserves to die ten thousand deaths for his crimes. However, this person is like a malignant tumor and very stubborn. I fought against the Grand Emperor and was injured. I couldn't refine him to death, so I gathered everyone here to execute him."

When he said that, both Celestial Venerables and the important ministers of the celestial heavens were surprised and delighted.

Celestial Venerable Huo walked out with his injuries and said, "Thief Mu, you are a traitor! I am a human Celestial Venerable, and I shall uphold the reputation of the human race and get rid of this scum! Brother Hao, I'm willing to give it a try!"

Celestial Venerable Hao leaned forward and said with a smile, "Brother Huo, I'm still the crown prince and have yet to ascend the throne. There's no need to be a subject."

Celestial Venerable Huo said solemnly, "It will happen sooner or later. The great undertaking that His Majesty hasn't been able to achieve in a million years has been accomplished by Your Highness. With such a glorious and great undertaking, the whole world will return to your heart. Your Majesty will definitely follow the will of the people and give up your position to the wise. When Your Highness becomes the emperor, everyone will want you."

Celestial Venerable Hao said humbly, "We'll talk about it later. Brother Huo, what methods do you have to refine the thief?"

"I have 35 celestial palaces and 28 heavens of Dao fire. I can refine this fiend!"

Celestial Venerable Hao took out the Myriad Dao Heavenly Wheel and saw Qin Mu sticking his head out. He looked around and saw everyone.

When everyone saw this, they sneered. Ancestral God King teased, "Celestial Venerable Mu, even you have such a day?"

Qin Mu took a glance at him and returned back into the Myriad Dao Heavenly Wheel, ignoring him.

Celestial Venerable Huo apologized and sat down in a lotus position. The celestial heavens appeared behind his head, and the first level of the Dao Realm was the first heaven. Dao fire spread out and burned the void, refining the Myriad Dao Heavenly Wheel in the Dao fire.

The runes around his body transformed into fire path markings that continuously struck the heavenly wheels.

After forty-nine days, Celestial Venerable Huo stood up and laughed. "It's done! Thief Mu has already turned into ashes!"

Everyone looked towards the Myriad Dao Heavenly Wheel and saw that it was gradually cooling down.

Everyone exclaimed in admiration and said, "Celestial Venerable Huo's Dao is peerless!"

Celestial Venerable Huo immediately became humble. However, at this moment, Qin Mu slowly popped his head out from the Myriad Dao Heavenly Wheel. His head spun around, and his gaze was cold as he slowly sank back into the Myriad Dao Heavenly Wheel.

Celestial Venerable Huo's face turned red.

"Let me do it!"

Ancestral God King took a big step forward and said coldly, "I have the corporeal body of Heaven Duke, and I control billions of galaxies. I control the Heavenly Dao's principles, so it's easy for me to refine him to death!"

Celestial Venerable Xu clapped his hands and said, "Ancestral God King will definitely win!"

Ancestral God King lifted the Myriad Dao Heavenly Wheel and walked out of the Numinous Sky Hall. He came to the altar outside and waved his sleeves. The clouds in the sky dispersed, and the incomparably huge corporeal body of Heaven Duke bent down. Countless stars and galaxies surged with light, transforming into star chains that blasted into the Myriad Dao Heavenly Wheel!

Ancestral God King rebuked continuously as he circled around the Myriad Dao Heavenly Wheel. The Heavenly Dao in the sky gathered and transformed into multicolored light that shot into the Heaven Wheel along with his control!

After cultivating like this for more than ten days, Ancestral God King was exhausted from executing Heaven Duke's corporeal body.

"Bandit Mu must have died!" Ancestral God King said with a smile after sending Heaven Duke's corporeal body away. He wiped the sweat off his forehead.

Qin Mu's face appeared on the surface of the Myriad Heavenly Wheel, and he looked at him faintly. Suddenly, he rolled his eyes and slowly vanished.

Blood flowed out of the corners of Ancestral God King's mouth, and his body trembled slightly. "I was injured by Founding Emperor, so I couldn't unleash my full power. I'm sorry, Brother Hao…"