Tales of Herding Gods
Chapter 1561: Courting Death

The other Celestial Venerables frowned. None of them had the confidence to refine Qin Mu to death.

Qin Mu had always been slippery, and it was easy to deal with him when he was young. At that time, no one had noticed him. However, after the Eternal Peace Calamity, Qin Mu had taken the initiative to enter the celestial heavens and stirred up trouble along the way. Wherever he went, there was a foul atmosphere, but no one could get a handle on him.

Back then, the ten Celestial Venerables had the ability to get rid of him easily. However, the internal strife between the ten Celestial Venerables was intense, and they all wanted to become the ruler of the celestial heavens. Therefore, no one was willing to give the other party a chance.

The situation was clear. The eleven Celestial Venerables, Celestial Venerable Hong, and Heavenly Lady Qiang were dead. Shi Qiluo and Heavenly Lady Yan had gone crazy. The remaining Celestial Venerables were split into two factions. Celestial Venerable Hao's faction had the upper hand in both power and influence. Celestial Venerable Xiao was left alone, unable to resist Celestial Venerable Hao's overwhelming power.

However, Qin Mu had also changed from a weakling to a strong practitioner and started to challenge them head-on.

Other than Celestial Venerable Hao, any other Celestial Venerable would find it hard to capture Qin Mu. In fact, Qin Mu's abilities were already on par with theirs.

Now that they had finally taken down Qin Mu, refining him to death became a problem.

"Let me try."

Celestial Venerable Xu frowned and said, "I have the devil path, and I'm good at eroding the Dao heart and cultivation, eroding his vital qi. However, I'm not sure if I can succeed. Thief Mu was once Son of Youdu, and he knows the Great Dao of Youdu very well."

"Fellow Daoist Xu, please make your move!"

Everyone said, "No matter what, let's try first!"

Celestial Venerable Xu immediately made a move and used the incomparably pure Youdu Devil Dao to erode Qin Mu. After two to three days, Celestial Venerable Xu's face turned pale. She felt that he had lost too much vital qi and couldn't afford to exhaust himself. She cried out, "What a thief! Taking the chance to devour my cultivation!"

Everyone's expression changed drastically, and they all looked towards the Myriad Dao Heavenly Wheel. In the wheel, Qin Mu swirled and rose up slowly like Earth Count.

Celestial Venerable Xu shouted angrily and pulled out the horn on his head to stab him to death.

Qin Mu sneered, but Celestial Venerable Xu didn't dare to continue. She only had one horn left, and it had been severed by Founding Emperor Qin Ye. It wasn't easy for her to find it and refine it into a treasure.

If he couldn't kill Qin Mu and was taken away by him, he probably wouldn't be able to get it back.

Celestial Venerable Hao stretched out his hand to press Qin Mu back into the Myriad Dao Heavenly Wheel, preventing him from escaping.

God Emperor Lang Xuan said, "I have a Dao fruit that can transform Qin Mu into Tai Chu!"

Everyone hurriedly said, "With God Emperor taking action, it will definitely be easy!"

God Emperor Lang Xuan executed his Dao Fruit and saw that the Dao Fruit that was originally shriveled had become much rounder. The Dao power in the Dao Fruit was becoming stronger.

Qin Mu's face appeared from the Heaven Wheel. When he saw this Dao Fruit, he was slightly nervous.

When God Emperor Lang Xuan saw this, his confidence increased greatly. He activated his Dao Fruit and raised its power to the extreme.

The Dao Fruit floated above the Heaven Wheel, and light burst forth from the Dao Fruit, shooting into the Heaven Wheel of Myriad Dao!

The Myriad Heavenly Wheel trembled. It was Qin Mu who was fighting against the Dao Fruit's light, and everyone's spirits were roused. Even Celestial Venerable Hao couldn't help but look up to God Emperor Lang Xuan, secretly praising the power of his Dao Fruit.

This Dao fruit was a treasure hidden in the Great Overarching Heaven Fragment under the Jade Pool of the Ancestral Court. It was a Dao Tree that buried the coffin of the prehistoric successors. Qin Mu had helped God Emperor Lang Xuan find the Great Overarching Heaven Fragment and severed the Dao fruit from the Dao Tree, allowing the coffin to step back into the prehistoric calamity.

The strong practitioners of the Jade Capital City of the ancestral court had all gathered together for warmth and survived the great calamity of destruction in the city. However, the owner of this Dao fruit had directly controlled the fragment of the Great Overarching Heaven and tried to cross the tribulation to enter the current universe to obtain a new life. This showed the strength of the person.

His Dao Fruit was extraordinary, and its power was terrifying. Now that his Dao Fruit had awakened, its power had increased exponentially!

In the Ten Thousand Dao Heaven Wheel, Qin Mu was refined until he cried out miserably. When this miserable cry entered everyone's ears, they only felt that it was pleasant to the ears and were full of praise.

In the heavenly wheel, Qin Mu also felt a fatal threat, so he cried out miserably as his consciousness fluctuated. He came into contact with the Dao Fruit's Dao Light and said, "Prehistoric Dao Brother, I'm the seventh young master of Miluo Palace. If you offend me, it'll be hard for you! I won't bicker with you. If you show mercy, I'll lend you a hand and seize Lang Xuan's body to revive you!"

The power of the light in the Dao Fruit slowed down slightly, and the light was mixed with cryptic consciousness fluctuations. "I don't trust the young master of your Miluo Palace, don't you dare lie to me!"

Qin Mu was so angry that he laughed. "Go to the thousands of worlds in the universe and take a look. Who doesn't know the beautiful name of my Celestial Venerable Mu? I believe that a promise is worth its weight in gold, and I'm honest with everyone! If you don't trust me, I can write an IOU for you. With the IOU in hand, are you afraid that I'll deny it? I can't smash my own golden signboard!"

The consciousness in the Dao Fruit was a little hesitant, and its consciousness was mixed in with the light. "It was you who helped Lang Xuan and sent me back to the apocalypse. If I didn't borrow the Dao Fruit to transfer my consciousness, I would have been harmed by you guys. Lang Xuan is now on guard against me and won't give me any chance to possess him. What ability do you have to help me?"

Qin Mu's heart stirred slightly. "You are the Tai Chu of the sixteenth era?"

The consciousness in the Dao Fruit said, "There were no Five Ancient Gods in the sixteenth era. Before Five Ancient Gods were born, they were dug out and refined. I entered the sixteenth era earlier, so I seized the divine egg of Tai Chu and refined it to reincarnate. I'm known as High Venerable Ling Yu."

Qin Mu said with a smile, "High Venerable Ling Yu, you know how I conduct myself in the world, so you can be at ease. Besides, Lang Xuan is my enemy, and we won't rest until one of us is dead. Are you my enemy? If you surrender to me, I'll repay you."

High Supremacy Ling Yu said, "I don't believe you. You have to swear to my Dao fruit."

Qin Mu swore to his Dao Fruit, and High Supremacy Ling Yu relaxed. Swearing to his Dao Fruit was the same as swearing to his Dao.

If Qin Mu wanted to break his promise, he had plenty of methods to deal with him!

"I might not have sworn to the Dao Fruit before, but I did swear to the pope of the Miluo Palace's Yuan Sage. However, didn't I also kill him?" Qin Mu was unconcerned.

The power of the Dao Fruit was becoming weaker. God Emperor Lang Xuan executed the Dao Fruit continuously, but the power of the Dao Fruit was still getting weaker. He had no choice but to step back with a red face. He blushed and said, "This treasure has yet to recover. This is all I can do. I'm ashamed."

Celestial Venerable Hao was also at ease. If God Emperor Lang Xuan really used his Dao fruit to refine Qin Mu to death, he would have no choice but to do it.

Celestial Venerable Gong went forward and said, "I have a supreme consciousness mystic realm that can throw his Dao heart into disorder. He will lose himself in the mystic realm and lose his Dao. He will naturally die."

Celestial Venerable Hao said happily, "Dao Friend Gong, please help!"

Celestial Venerable Gong's consciousness burst forth, transforming into layers of secret realms that poured into the Myriad Dao Heavenly Wheel. Layers of illusions spread out, and Qin Mu was included in them.

After a long time, Celestial Venerable Gong's expression changed slightly. He felt that Qin Mu's consciousness and hers had their own paths of attack and defense. It was hard for his own illusion divine art to gain an advantage!

In terms of consciousness attainments, Qin Mu had actually advanced by leaps and bounds, and he seemed to be catching up to her!

Furthermore, the technique was incomparably marvelous and even surpassed the Grand Emperor!

What she didn't know was that Celestial Venerable Yun had imparted this technique to Qin Mu after obtaining the Grand Emperor's paths, skills, and divine arts. It was naturally much more powerful than the Grand Emperor's consciousness technique!

Celestial Venerable Gong persisted for another two days, but she couldn't do anything to Qin Mu. Instead, he raised Qin Mu's consciousness by a level. Feeling ashamed, she also retreated.

Celestial Venerable Hao looked around, and many Celestial Venerables were at a loss.

The seven dukes, the four chiefs, the three masters, the two assistants, the five emperors, and the rest of the important ministers of the celestial heavens all came forward and bowed. "We are willing to work as dogs and horses to refine Traitor Mu!"

Celestial Venerable Hao said gently, "Everyone here is a strong practitioner of the Emperor's Throne, and their paths, skills, and divine arts have passed through people. They might have this divine art."

The seven dukes, the four chiefs, and the rest of the strong practitioners came forward. They were the backbone of the celestial heavens. The celestial heavens had gathered the elites of the world for a million years, and there were quite a number of strong practitioners on Emperor's Throne. They gave power and status to the court.

The twenty-six strong practitioners of the Emperor's Throne sat on the ground around the Ten Thousand Dao Heaven Wheel. Their primordial spirits left their bodies and stood in the celestial palace. They executed their paths, skills, and divine arts and entered the Heaven Wheel.

After over a month, everyone was exhausted and couldn't continue, but Qin Mu was still full of vigor in the Myriad Heavenly Wheel.

Celestial Venerable Hao frowned, and Celestial Venerable Gong said, "Only Son of Heaven Yin can kill that thief."

Ancestral God King clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Son of Heaven Yin's unique reincarnation technique is the bane of Thief Mu! Now that the ten Celestial Venerables are missing, perhaps Son of Heaven Yin can become Celestial Venerable Yin!"

Celestial Venerable Huo objected and snorted. "Son of Heaven Yin, what virtue and ability do you have? How can you sit with us?"

"If he can get rid of Thief Mu, what's the harm in sharing a hall with us?" Celestial Venerable Hao didn't care and ordered people to invite Son of Heaven Yin to the Primordial Realm.

Ten days later, Son of Heaven Yin rushed over from the frontlines of Carefree Village and greeted everyone.

Celestial Venerable Hao said warmly, "Chaojin, my fellow Daoists and I think highly of you. If you can refine Celestial Venerable Mu to death, we will make you Celestial Venerable Yin!"

Son of Heaven Yin was surprised and delighted. Celestial Venerable Huo snorted angrily.

Son of Heaven Yin immediately came to the side of the Ten Thousand Dao Heavenly Wheel and executed his reincarnation divine art. Unexpectedly, just as his reincarnation divine art entered the Ten Thousand Dao Heavenly Wheel, before it even touched Qin Mu, Son of Heaven Yin suddenly gave a grunt and collapsed on his back, fainting.

Everyone hurriedly tried to save him, and only then did they manage to save him from Qin Mu's reincarnation divine art.

Everyone looked at each other.

Goddess Tai Su sneered and said, "All of you are a bunch of useless trash! If my supreme treasure was at its peak, it would be easy to refine him! Hao'er, hand this thief to me, and I'll help you get rid of him!"

Celestial Venerable Hao waved his hand and made Son of Heaven Yin retreat. "Even though Aunt's divine arts are exceptional, I'm afraid she can't do anything to him. The safest way to kill him is to sink him into the river and sink him into the long river of chaos in the Jade Capital City of the ancestral court. I'll only be at ease when I see him transforming into the qi of chaos."

Goddess Tai Su didn't say anything else.

Her goal was to get in touch with Qin Mu.

In the past, she felt that she could control Celestial Venerable Hao, but after the battle in the Great Overarching Consciousness Heaven, she realized that she couldn't control Celestial Venerable Hao anymore. Instead, she was controlled by Celestial Venerable Hao, sinking deeper.

The reason she had come into contact with Qin Mu was because she remembered what 'Tai Yi' had said. She wanted to find a way out for herself.

Celestial Venerable Hao stood up and looked down from the celestial heavens. He could see the vast land and mountains of the ancestral court.

He stared at the Jade Capital City of the ancestral court for a moment and shook his head. "Founding Emperor Qin Ye, the old thief. He is already waiting for me in the Jade Capital City!"

All the Celestial Venerables looked over, and their expressions changed slightly. They saw sword lights crisscrossing in the Jade Capital City of the ancestral court. This incomparably ancient god city had originally been sealed by numerous Celestial Venerables, but the seal could block others, but it couldn't block Founding Emperor Qin Ye who had already achieved the Dao!

Founding Emperor Qin Ye clearly knew that Celestial Venerable Hao was likely to escort Qin Mu there and sink him into the river, so he came to the Jade Capital of the ancestral court first!

Celestial Venerable Hao sneered and said to everyone, "Qin Ye is more dangerous than Bandit Mu. However, in my eyes, he's nothing to be afraid of. After my battle in the Great Overarching Consciousness Heaven, I have full confidence that I can use force to achieve the Dao and imprint my Dao in the Ultimate Void. Let him go! I'll recuperate and head to the Ultimate Void to create my own Dao Tree!"

Celestial Venerable Huo hesitated. "In that case, thief Mu…"

Celestial Venerable Hao thought for a moment and said, "Even though it's hard to kill that thief, there are still places in this world that can deal with him. Dao Friend Gong, bring my Myriad Dao Heavenly Wheel to the Ruins of End and use that thief to fill the eye of the sea, borrowing the abyss of the Ruins of End to grind him to death! That eye of the sea can swallow everything. Even if he doesn't die, he won't be able to escape."

Gong Tianzun acknowledged and received the Myriad Dao Heavenly Wheel.

Celestial Venerable Huo said, "I'll go with Dao Friend Gong."

Celestial Venerable Hao shook his head and said, "The scoundrels of Carefree Village are rushing to the Primordial Realm, trying to gain a foothold there. Brother Huo, you guys head to the Primordial Realm to intercept them. It's time for Carefree Village to be settled. Also, it's time to end the matter with Earth Count. There's only one ruler in this world, and that ruler can only be me."

Goddess Tai Su rolled her eyes and said with a smile, "Hao'er, I'll go with Celestial Venerable Gong to prevent any mishaps."

Celestial Venerable Hao said politely, "Hao'er will be at ease if Aunt goes. Thank you, Aunt."

Goddess Tai Su immediately left the celestial heavens with Celestial Venerable Gong.

Celestial Venerable Hao sneered and shook his head. "Courting death."

In the imperial court, everyone kept quiet out of fear and didn't dare to say anything.