Tales of Herding Gods
Chapter 1563: Unfathomable People

Goddess Tai Su suddenly turned around and saw Celestial Venerable Hao's face that was filled with sorrow and joy.

Her heart gradually sank, but she still didn't give up. She forced a smile and said, "When did Hao'er come?"

"I'm always here."

Celestial Venerable Hao's words sent her into the ice valley. "I have always been behind you, Aunt. Celestial Venerable Gong's consciousness illusion has already entered the Dao. Even if she casts an illusion, Aunt wouldn't be able to detect it, right? The path of consciousness belongs to the Dao of Tai Chu. Aunt is too simple, and she knows too little about the Dao of Tai Chu."

A great fear arose in Goddess Tai Su's heart. He had always been there?

Didn't this mean that Celestial Venerable Hao had been following them ever since they left the celestial heavens?

Didn't Celestial Venerable Hao hear everything?

"Celestial Venerable Mu, the consciousness illusion of the palace can't trouble you at all. Did you not sense anything on the way?"

She suddenly turned around and looked at Qin Mu in the Ten Thousand Dao Heaven Wheel. Her voice wasn't as pleasant as before, and she said sternly, "You can see through her consciousness illusion, but you keep silent! You want to see me die! Am I right?"

"Tai Su, you are too self-righteous. You are self-centered."

Qin Mu said, "Don't forget that you and I have always been enemies. If you die, I will only be happier."

Tai Su was furious.

Celestial Venerable Hao smiled and said, "Aunt, Celestial Venerable Mu is still benevolent. He wants to use this chance to dispel my murderous intent towards you. Aunt, don't misunderstand his intentions."

Tai Su turned around again and smiled sweetly at Celestial Venerable Hao. "The human heart is truly complicated. I thought I could control the human heart and toy with you Postcelestial lifeforms, but I didn't expect your human heart to be so much more complicated than I imagined. In the end, I'm the most innocent one in your eyes."

She fell into Celestial Venerable Hao's eyes, and she was the image of Mistress Yuanmu. She was moving and strange.

She still wanted to manipulate people's hearts, which was almost her instinct.

"Hao'er, aunt is wrong."

She said gently, "I know I was wrong. Can you forgive me once? I can agree to anything you ask me to do. No matter what request you make, I can satisfy it."

Her voice became softer until it was as soft as water. "All requests. You can make me change into anything and do anything shameful. I can lick your toes or anywhere else…"

"A woman like me is very useful and has many uses. Countless emperors and generals dream of getting her, but they can't. If I die, I'll be useless and you won't be able to find a woman like me."

Celestial Venerable Hao listened quietly and suddenly smiled. "What a tempting suggestion."

Hope reignited in Tai Su's heart. As long as she lived, there was still a possibility for the future!

"Aunt, you still don't understand how the ten Celestial Venerables could get along so well with each other for hundreds of thousands of years."

Celestial Venerable Hao said leisurely, "Because we have common interests. For our common interests, we can compromise, tolerate, and cooperate with each other. There are also conflicts between us. If we lose, we will submit to the victor."

He smiled. "Do you know why?"

He didn't wait for Tai Su to reply and continued, "Because we know that even if we lose the battle with the other party, as long as we submit to the other party, the other party won't take our lives. Because from the start to the end, we have the same interests. If we submit to the other party, we can still protect our interests."

"The winner will keep the other party alive because they know that the benefits are the same. The other party won't betray them, so it's more useful to keep them alive. This is why I didn't execute Celestial Venerable Gong, Ancestral God King, or my brother God Emperor Lang Xuan after I won."

He smiled and said, "This is also the reason why Celestial Venerable Gong didn't betray me. You were wrong to try to persuade her to surrender. Not to mention that you can't persuade her, you can't persuade any other Celestial Venerables."

Goddess Tai Su's face was ashen.

In the Myriad Heavenly Wheel, Qin Mu was deep in thought.

He had once thought that one or two of the ten Celestial Venerables could be persuaded to surrender, and one or two of them could become people on his side. Only after hearing Celestial Venerable Hao's words did he realize how naive he was.

The ten Celestial Venerables had a common interest, so no matter how fierce their fight was, they were still a whole.

"It's a pity that aunt isn't one of the ten Celestial Venerables. You have no common interests with us."

Celestial Venerable Hao sighed and said, "You are so self-righteous and think highly of yourself. You think that you are the high and mighty Ancient God and will never learn your lesson. How can I be at ease?"

Despair filled Tai Su's heart, and she suddenly used his accompanying treasure to transform into the Tai Cauldron to suppress Celestial Venerable Hao.

She quickly retreated, distancing herself from this place. She shouted sternly, "Celestial Venerable Hao, without me adding the last celestial palace for you, you will never be able to become a Dao practitioner! If you kill me, you will sever your own path of Dao!"

Celestial Venerable Hao allowed the cauldron to suppress him. The cauldron was also tattered, and it was covered in the Dao injuries that Qin Mu had left behind for this companion treasure.

The cauldron actually couldn't pose any threat to Celestial Venerable Hao.

Celestial Venerable Hao raised his hand, and the Great Cauldron became smaller under the immense pressure. It fell into his palm involuntarily.

He gripped it tightly, and the huge cauldron gave off creaking sounds as it twisted into a ball.

Bang!

The Grand Emperor exploded and transformed into a ball of Tai Su Qi. Within the Tai Su Qi, the Dao runes of the Great Dao circulated. It was Celestial Venerable Hao using his own comprehension of the Great Simplicity Dao to repair the damage to this accompanying treasure!

Far away, Tai Su tried to escape, but she realized that she could never escape from this god city.

Celestial Venerable Hao stood in the city, and with him as the center, it was as if he had formed an absolute space-time trap that was collapsing towards him!

She turned back and saw the magnificent sight of the 36 celestial palaces behind Celestial Venerable Hao's head. Celestial Venerable Hao didn't borrow her power and just relied on his own comprehension to form the complete celestial heavens!

Not only that, she also saw another celestial heavens. They were thirty-six celestial palaces led by the Dao of the Ruins of End.

One of the two celestial heavens was in the right while the other was in the opposite. One was the eternal light of day, while the other was eternal darkness!

What was even more terrifying was that she saw the Tai Su Qi and the Tai Su Dao in Celestial Venerable Hao's palm.

Her heart sank deeper. She had still underestimated the Nine Celestial Venerables of Dragon Han.

The nine Celestial Venerables of the Dragon Han Era were led by Celestial Venerable Yu, followed by Celestial Venerable Hao. Celestial Venerable Yu opened up his Spirit Embryo Divine Treasure, and Celestial Venerable Hao opened up his Five Elements Divine Treasure. As the second person to open up his realm during that obscure era, his aptitude and comprehension were all peerless!

During the years she had interacted with Celestial Venerable Hao, Celestial Venerable Hao had already comprehended the Tai Su Dao from her. His comprehension was even deeper than hers!

Celestial Venerable Hao had been feigning civility with her, prying into her power, comprehending her Great Dao, and extracting her value!

Now, to Celestial Venerable Hao, her final value was herself and her Great Dao.

Celestial Venerable Hao replenished the ball of Tai Su Qi in his hand and swallowed it.

He turned around and grabbed towards Goddess Tai Su.

Goddess Tai Su screamed continuously and tried her best to resist. However, all of her divine arts were useless against an existence that had two celestial heavens.

Qin Mu quietly watched this scene. There were few things that Tai Su could see, but he could see even more.

Celestial Venerable Hao's two celestial heavens were led by the Dao of Tai Su, and the center of their power was the Numinous Sky Hall. The Ruins of End knew the celestial heavens as their leader, and the center of their power was the Purple Firmament Treasure Hall.

"In other words, he also possesses the power of the third and fourth young masters of Miluo Palace."

"He sought refuge with the four young masters of Miluo Palace. Logically speaking, he should have exchanged all of his celestial palaces for Purple Firmament Treasure Hall, but he didn't. He only exchanged half."

Qin Mu's gaze flickered, and he thought to himself, 'His motive is probably to get rid of Celestial Venerable Xiao. By getting rid of Celestial Venerable Xiao, he will gain the support of the third young master of Miro Palace. Once Celestial Venerable Xiao dies, the third young master can only support him in order to achieve his goal. In this way, his position will be forever stable, and no one can overthrow him.'

Celestial Venerable Hao's methods and ambitions made him shudder.

This Celestial Venerable was much harder to deal with than he had imagined!

The fate of Tai Su had already been decided, and no one could change it. Qin Mu could only feel pity.

He had once tried to save Tai Su, and it had happened more than once. However, Tai Su had repeatedly rejected his kind intentions, misunderstanding or not understanding his intentions, making him sigh helplessly.

Goddess Tai Su landed in Celestial Venerable Hao's palm and exploded like a cauldron, turning into a ball of qi and the Dao of Tai Su.

Celestial Venerable Hao's eyes revealed his delight as he examined the Tai Su Qi and Tai Su Dao in his hand over again. His Adam's apple bobbed up and down. In the end, he erased the consciousness of Tai Su and swallowed it, refining it.

Qin Mu sighed and sank into the Myriad Dao Heavenly Wheel.

Two out of the Five Ancient Gods were gone.

Celestial Venerable Xiao had already become a loner, with only two ancient gods of by his side. The ancient gods of Taiji were unable to do anything, and they couldn't defeat Celestial Venerable Hao and the other Celestial Venerables who supported him.

"Celestial Venerable Xiao obtained Tai Chu's corporeal body, and that corporeal body is incomparably strong. However, it's already riddled with injuries, and they are all Dao injuries. If it were me, I would bring this corporeal body to the Jade Capital of the ancestral court to ask Third Young Master to heal it. Only then would I be able to fight on par with Celestial Venerable Hao."

Qin Mu's gaze flickered, and he thought to himself, 'I think Celestial Venerable Xiao has already rushed to the Jade Capital City of the ancestral court. Even so, he doesn't have much of a chance of winning. Celestial Venerable Hao, the situation is already set in stone. The next step is to imprint his power into the Ultimate Void and create a Dao Tree! How terrifying would he be then?'

In the celestial heavens, Celestial Venerable Hao said in front of everyone that he had already understood the method of imprinting power into the Ultimate Void during the battle of the Great Overarching Heaven. He needed some time to recuperate before going to the Ultimate Void to achieve the Dao.

These words were true and false. It was true that he had indeed comprehended the method to imprint his power into the ultimate void. The fake was that he didn't need to recuperate for a period of time.

His corporeal body couldn't withstand the power of the Ultimate Void. If he went to the Ultimate Void, his corporeal body would be destroyed even if he could imprint, entrust his power, and achieve Zenith Heaven.

What he comprehended was the Dao of Devouring Great Simplicity, which he used to protect his corporeal body!

This was what he meant by self-cultivation!

And now, he had achieved this goal!

"Congratulations to Brother Hao on achieving the Dao," Qin Mu said indifferently in the Myriad Heavenly Wheel.

Celestial Venerable Hao bowed and paid his respects to Qin Mu, who was in the wheel. He smiled and said, "Thanks for the auspicious words. There aren't many people in this world that understand me, Brother Mu is one. Celestial Venerable Gong, take him to fill up the sea eye." After saying that, he left in a flash.