Tales of Herding Gods
Chapter 1577: Curiosity Kills The Silly Roe Deer

Under the Chaos Sea, the woman looked up and saw Qin Mu and Celestial Empress climbing rapidly. They were getting further away from her, gradually entering the abyss of the Ruins of End of the sixteenth universe.

"It's finally time to break free, Teacher."

She muttered softly, "You said I was too extreme and suppressed me here, but you didn't expect that it would actually be Old Seven who released me. Hehehe…"

She laughed softly. "You're old, and I can feel the decay of your Dao heart. For an existence like you, once your Dao heart is old, you won't be far from death. The moment your Dao heart dies will be the moment you die. Teacher, I will cry for you, and I will laugh for my escape!"

"You always say that my methods are too ruthless. You are so benevolent and want to save everyone, but you always fail! Maybe only a person like me can complete a career that you can't!"

Her gaze followed the figures of Qin Mu and Celestial Empress closely. Gradually, they had sunk into the darkness and couldn't be seen.

"Even if Old Seven and the Ruins of End Goddess can't save me this time, I have another path to take."

She laughed softly and said, "You know that I have many methods. You once said that I'm ruthless and that my actions are harmful to the harmony of heaven. Hehe, as long as that Ruins of End goddess cultivates my Mirror of Ruins, so what if I can't escape?"

Her face under the surface of the sea looked very happy. "I will still come back to life. You know that the awakening of the Ruins of End's goddess is me…"

On the stem of the twin lotuses, Qin Mu and Celestial Empress climbed up rapidly. The history of the entire sixteenth universe flashed around them like a lantern, rapidly describing the six billion years of history of the sixteenth universe.

The sixteenth era of the universe was much shorter than that of the other universes. At the birth of this universe, there were many people who had achieved the Dao secretly coming over and squeezing the mass energy of this universe.

Universe 16 was much smaller than what Qin Mu and the rest had imagined. The speed at which the universe came was much faster than they had imagined.

With so many people who had become Daoists sneaking in, they needed a substitution of mass energy. If the mass energy of the sixteenth universe was exchanged for the destruction of the fifteenth universe, they would replace it. Thus, the sixteenth universe was very small.

Such a small universe could contain so many people who had achieved the Dao, causing the success, survival, and void of this universe to become extremely fast!

In the end, after just 600 million years, the sixteenth universe completely collapsed and everything became nothing!

"Six hundred million years…"

The corners of Qin Mu's eyes twitched. Their universe was the seventeenth era. To put it simply, six billion years had passed since the seventeenth era, which was ten times the lifespan of the sixteenth era!

Even so, the universe was still at the stage of success, survival, and destruction. It had yet to reach this stage.

However, as the number of people who became Dao in the seventeenth era increased, the universe would no longer grow and expand. It should reach this stage.

"If we let these prehistoric Dao successors pass through, I'm afraid our universe will be completely annihilated before it can fully mature."

Qin Mu stopped climbing and fell into deep thought.

"A compatible one!"

Celestial Empress also stopped, and Mistress Yuanmu asked in a low voice, "What are your plans?"

Qin Mu's gaze flickered, and he said, "Both of you, since you have obtained the technique of the Mirror of Ruins, why don't you cultivate it and avoid going crazy?"

Celestial Empress said indifferently, "Celestial Venerable Mu should know the reason."

Mistress Yuanmu said with a smile, "Even though we fought for our entire lives and wanted to kill each other, we never had the thought of perishing together. Furthermore, after cultivating her Mirror of the Ruins of End, sister and I, that little slut, had no choice but to obey the so-called Ruins of End Goddess, living a life worse than death. Naturally, we couldn't cultivate!"

Celestial Empress said, "In comparison, Celestial Venerable Mu's path of reincarnation is still considered fair. If you impart the path of reincarnation to us, we will rely on our own abilities. Whether I refine her to death or she refines me to death, it will be our own lives."

Qin Mu smiled and said, "Therefore, since the two of you don't plan to use the method of the Mirror of the Ruins of End, why don't you impart this technique to me? I'll teach you the path of reincarnation."

Celestial Empress and Yuanmu pondered for a moment before imparting the method of the Mirror of the Ruins of End that they had obtained to him.

"These two techniques are different."

Qin Mu tidied up and was astonished. He pondered and said, "Strange! Logically speaking, what she imparted to Mistress Yuanmu and what she imparted to Celestial Empress should be the same technique. Even though both of you look like two people, you are actually two different thoughts of the goddess of the Ruins of End. Thus, one technique can be used for two people. However, she's split into two, this doesn't make sense…"

He carefully analyzed the mirror of the Ruins of End, and his comprehension and understanding of the path of the Ruins of End was no longer inferior to Celestial Empress and Mistress Yuanmu. In some aspects, he even surpassed them.

Thus, he was able to comprehend the second young master's Mirror of Ruins extremely quickly, and he could comprehend all kinds of marvels.

The more he tried to figure it out, the more his brows furrowed. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the Mirror of Ruins contained evil intentions.

Even though Qin Mu and Celestial Empress Yuanmu were enemies, it was obvious that the danger of these two people was much less than that of the second young master of Miluo Palace.

Furthermore, under the current circumstances, he also needed to work together with the two of them.

'There must be something wrong with the divine art of the Mirror of Ruins!'

Qin Mu suddenly said, "You two protect me, let me try this Mirror of Ruins!"

He entered the dream, and small Qin Mus appeared one after another in the dream realm, discussing fervently.

Celestial Empress and Mistress Yuanmu hurriedly resisted the power of the abyss of the Ruins of End to protect him. They looked at him nervously.

They and Qin Mu were enemies that wouldn't rest until one of them was dead, yet now they had no intention of harming Qin Mu, and Qin Mu didn't have any guard against them. He entered the dream in front of them and asked them to protect him!

If they wanted to kill Qin Mu now, it could be said to be as easy as blowing off dust. However, they couldn't make a move on such a good opportunity and had to protect Qin Mu instead.

In the dream realm, many of the paths that Qin Mu cultivated were the paths of the Ruins of End. The paths that Qin Mu cultivated were roughly divided into three categories. The first category was the path of destruction of the Ruins of End, similar to Mistress Yuanmu. The second category was the path of creation of the Ruins of End, similar to Celestial Empress. The last category was the path of reincarnation that Qin Mu comprehended.

After a long time, Celestial Empress and Mistress Yuanmu almost couldn't withstand the power of the abyss of the Ruins of End, and a sudden change happened.

In the dream realm, those dainty Qin Mus fused into one and two, transforming into Qin Mus with two faces. Their forms were strange and were similar to Celestial Empress' current state.

Celestial Empress and Yuanmu clicked their tongues in wonder.

The remaining small Qin Mus executed the Dao of Reincarnation to protect the small Qin Mus that had merged into one.

The dainty Qin Mus executed the technique of the Mirror of Ruins, and bright mirrors that were shaped like huge abysses floated in front of them.

This was the Mirror of Ruins that was refined based on the method of the Mirror of Ruins!

In the dream realm, these dainty Qin Mus looked at the mirror. When their gazes landed on the mirror, they couldn't look away.

It was as if there were incomparably beautiful things in those mirrors that attracted their attention.

Right at this moment, the mirror suddenly shone brightly, and rays of strange light shone into the eyes of those dainty Qin Mus.

Celestial Empress and Mistress Yuanmu couldn't take their eyes off this scene. They saw that the structure of the bodies of those dainty Qin Mus had actually started to change. They were originally men, but their skin had gradually become fair, their chests bulged, their Adam's apple dropped, and their waists became soft!

In just a short moment, these dainty Qin Mus had transformed into women!

Not only that, their appearances were also changing, becoming exactly the same as the second young master of Miluo Palace under the sea of chaos!

Celestial Empress and Yuanmu felt their blood run cold.

The women seemed to sense that something was wrong and immediately tried to escape Qin Mu's dream. At that moment, the remaining dainty Qin Mus that cultivated the path of reincarnation burst forth with their reincarnation divine arts and locked these women in place.

The women suddenly turned their heads in unison to look at the sleeping Qin Mu and said in unison, "Old Seven, you are good at everything, but you are just a little too curious!"

In the blink of an eye, these women were all beaten back to the state before the mirror. None of them could escape Qin Mu's dream!

The dream realms shattered one after another, and all the dainty Qin Mus vanished. Qin Mu woke up from the dream realm.

Mistress Yuanmu screamed, and Celestial Empress said coldly, "Don't scream, you aren't dead yet!"

"If we cultivate the Mirror of Ruins, we will die!"

Mistress Yuanmu was still unable to calm herself down. "Furthermore, that woman is in the Chaos Sea below. If we go down, we will only die! More importantly, when she was fighting against the Dao chains, she took down this twin lotus as a weapon! We are dead!"

Celestial Empress was frustrated and had no idea what to do. She muttered, "Curiosity killed the silly roe deer. Celestial Venerable Mu, you are too curious…"

In the sea of chaos below, raging waves rolled and overflowed into the sky. The twin lotuses trembled violently. It was obvious that the woman was stirring up trouble and attacking the Dao chains!

The twin lotuses were pulled back by a powerful force. It was obvious that the woman was trying to pull the twin lotuses back into the Chaos Sea!

Qin Mu suddenly shouted, "Continue climbing!"

Celestial Empress and Mistress Yuanmu immediately worked together to quickly climb up. However, that woman's methods were heaven-defying, and she was much stronger than all of them combined. Even if they tried their best to climb up, the two lotuses still brought them closer to the surface of the sea.

Qin Mu exposing her true motive angered her, so she decided not to feign civility with them and directly killed them!

Celestial Empress and Mistress Yuanmu couldn't hold it in any longer. They leaped up and jumped away from the twin lotuses. Qin Mu gritted his teeth and followed suit. The three of them rushed upwards against the immense gravity of the Ruins of End.

However, the gravity of the Ruins of End grew stronger, locking the three of them in place and making it difficult for them to advance.

Below them, beams of white light danced in the air. It was the white hair of the second young master. He was getting closer to them!

Qin Mu gave a shout and roused all his cultivation to activate the Dao chains left behind by the master of Miluo Palace. The power of the Dao chains increased tremendously as they locked onto the second young master.

Chi—

A white light flashed past and pierced through Qin Mu's chest, causing him to bleed. Celestial Empress and Yuanmu pounced over and executed their divine arts to fight against the white hair, severing it and saving Qin Mu.

Blood leaked out from the corner of Qin Mu's mouth as he forcefully suppressed his injuries. He mobilized his cultivation to execute the other chains to fight the woman.

However, the woman's abilities were simply too strong. Even if he could execute some of the power of the Dao chains, he still couldn't completely suppress her. More and more white hair poured over.

Celestial Empress and Mistress Yuanmu knew that if Qin Mu was defeated, they would definitely die, so they went all out to fight against the white hair.

Below, the woman pulled back the twin lotuses and brandished them to defend against the suppression of the Dao chains. She gave off a fierce roar, and the roar made the three of them dizzy. Blood flowed continuously from their eyes, ears, mouth, and nose.

'I'm afraid I won't be able to escape this time…' Qin Mu thought to himself in a daze.

Suddenly, the tide of the Ruins of End burst forth, lifting their bodies into the sky!

The three of them were surprised and delighted. The sudden eruption of the Ruins of End tide had saved their lives.

Their figures became faster in the tide, and they soon shook off the woman's white hair!

"Hahaha, heaven helps the worthy!" Mistress Yuanmu laughed excitedly.

The moment she said that, 600 million years of time in the universe quickly vanished in the Sinkhole tide. They looked up and saw the destruction of the sixteenth universe. Boundless terrifying energy gathered and surged into the abyss of the Sinkhole!

In just an instant, they felt the supreme power of the Great Calamity of Destruction. Their Great Dao began to disintegrate rapidly!

The three of them were so scared that all the hair on their bodies stood on end. Qin Mu stretched his hand out and grabbed a chain. He swung it forcefully, and the chain bound Celestial Empress' body.

The tide roared, and the chains were stretched taut, strangling Celestial Empress half to death.