Tales of Herding Gods
Chapter 1591: No More Gods In The World

Qin Mu was astonished. Along the way, he thought of countless possibilities. He thought about how to deal with Celestial Venerable Xu, God Emperor Lang Xuan, and Ancestral God King while killing Earth Count. He thought about how Earth Count would retaliate under the control of the Great Dao of Youdu, and how Celestial Venerable You would deal with this battle.

He also thought of another extremely important person, Tai Chu.

Tai Chu had returned to his identity. Would he see through his plans and interfere?

Furthermore, he was also considering the fact that the third and fourth young masters had come to an agreement. In other words, the two young masters' plans had already become one.

The third young master's Numinous Sky Trap and the fourth young master's ancestral court's blood sacrifice were carried out at the same time, and the two young masters no longer hindered each other. What kind of plan would they have in this battle to kill Earth Count?

How many benefits did they give Tai Chu and Celestial Venerable Hao?

How much of a threat would these benefits pose to him, Founding Emperor, Celestial Venerable Yun, and the rest?

Qin Mu even thought about the possibility of failure. After he failed to kill Earth Count, how should he end things and minimize his losses?

If he succeeded in killing Earth Count, how could he protect Youdu?

If he couldn't protect it, he had to use his methods to deal with it.

To kill Earth Count, the situation he had to face was so complicated that he had never experienced it before. Hence, he racked his brains.

However, he neglected the most crucial point. Killing Earth Count might not be difficult at all. As long as Celestial Venerable Ling walked in front of Earth Count, Celestial Venerable Ling could kill him in one move!

Back when Celestial Venerable Yue sent Celestial Venerable Ling to the back of the Grand Emperor, the Grand Emperor was killed by Celestial Venerable Ling in one move. Earth Count was inferior to the Grand Emperor in Great Overarching Consciousness Heaven, so as long as Celestial Venerable Ling entered the heart of Earth Count's brows, it wouldn't be difficult to kill him in one move.

"I have thought too much and have forgotten the simplest path."

Qin Mu followed Celestial Venerable You into Benevolent Saintly King Equal to Heaven and thought to himself, 'However, it's easy for Celestial Venerable Ling to kill Earth Count. However, before and after the matter, we need to plan in detail. Only then can we avoid casualties and prevent Youdu from falling into the hands of the celestial heavens.'

In the Sacred Royal Mansion, Qin Mu didn't see Celestial Venerable You's mother. He was astonished and asked her about it. Celestial Venerable You personally served tea and water to entertain the two of them. He said calmly, "Mother has reincarnated."

Qin Mu was astonished and took a deep look at him.

Celestial Venerable You said, "During the battle of Youdu, it was hard for anyone to survive. My mother stayed here, so I had to take care of her. Thus, I sent her to reincarnate."

Qin Mu was silent for a long time before sighing. "You are actually willing."

"I'm too selfish. Because of this bit of kinship, I've restrained mother for a million years and let her accompany me in Youdu. It's time to let go."

Celestial Venerable You's body trembled, and his voice became a little hoarse. However, he soon regained his composure. "After she reincarnates, she won't awaken the memories of her previous lifetime. She won't remember having a son like me. She will become an ordinary human woman with her own life and future. I went to see her once, and she's doing very well. She doesn't recognize me anymore…"

Qin Mu sighed ruefully, but he didn't know what to say. He could only pat his shoulder.

After Celestial Venerable You took back all of Elder Messenger of Death's clones, he returned to his youthful body. He seemed to have become that isolated youth with the ghost mask.

His mother occupied almost all of the space in his sealed heart. His mother supported him to continue walking, supporting him to live until now.

Very few people could occupy a place in his heart, except for three people.

The first person was Celestial Venerable Yu, who had died at the Jade Pool Meeting. Celestial Venerable Yu was his big brother, supporting him and encouraging him. After his mother died, it was Celestial Venerable Yu who had walked into his heart and made him pull himself together, completing the magnificent feat of opening up the Life and Death Divine Treasure.

The second person was Qin Mu.

Qin Mu took revenge for Celestial Venerable Yu, daring to offend the Celestial Heavens, offending Mistress Yuanmu, and Celestial Emperor Tai Chu, earning his respect. Qin Mu then stole Celestial Venerable Yu's corpse and promised to revive him a million years later. Because of this promise, Celestial Venerable You stayed in Youdu for a million years, a promise that would last forever.

The third person was Earth Count.

On the surface, Earth Count and Celestial Venerable You had a relationship of rulers and ministers. Earth Count was the ruler of Youdu, and Celestial Venerable You was the Benevolent Saintly King Equal to Heaven that he had conferred. He was in charge of all affairs in Youdu, and at the same time, he was also an Elder Messenger of Death who was in charge of receiving all the dead in the worlds.

Earth Count only had one subordinate, and that was Celestial Venerable You. All the work was basically done by Celestial Venerable You alone, so one could imagine how tiring it was.

However, Celestial Venerable You and Earth Count were actually friends.

How similar were the two of them? They were also bound by kinship. Earth Count was trapped in a father-daughter relationship with his daughter, Celestial Venerable Xu, while Celestial Venerable You was trapped in a mother-son relationship.

The two of them had a lot of common topics to talk about. Even though both of them only sawed the mouth of a gourd and couldn't pour out a few seeds, they knew each other very well.

They were all very isolated, yet they could see their own shadows in each other and find courage in each other.

During the Battle of Xuandu, Celestial Venerable You was willing to follow Qin Mu to fight in Xuandu, willing to sacrifice his life for him.

During the Battle of Youdu, Celestial Venerable You was willing to let his mother reincarnate for Earth Count, to make her forget all her memories!

"We came to kill Earth Count, and Celestial Venerable You should be the most unacceptable one."

Qin Mu thought to himself, 'However, Celestial Venerable You should understand. He will be relieved and let go of the burden in his heart because Ah Chou and Earth Count will come back to life.'

"I can feel your murderous intent towards Earth Count from all of you."

Celestial Venerable You took a deep look at Qin Mu and Celestial Venerable Ling, his eyes flashing with vigilance. He reminded them, "Don't mess around, don't do anything stupid."

Even though he was socially inept, he was intelligent and could faintly guess Qin Mu's thoughts.

"It must be because the Great Dao of Youdu is hostile towards me. I once revived a million people and angered the Great Dao of Youdu."

Qin Mu laughed loudly and executed his reincarnation divine art. "That's why the Great Dao of Youdu prompted Earth Count to kill me. Celestial Venerable Ling was worried about me, and we were all on guard, so you mistook it for killing intent towards Earth Count."

Celestial Venerable You shook his head and said, "My senses won't be wrong. You are using a kind of marvelous Great Dao to hide your killing intent towards Earth Count. This kind of Great Dao is very peculiar, but it comes from the Great Dao of Youdu, a new Great Dao developed from the Great Dao of Youdu. Thus, it can't hide from me."

Qin Mu continued to execute the Great Dao of Reincarnation and tried his best to block his senses. He probed, "What now?"

"I can still sense it, but it's much fainter," Celestial Venerable You said.

Qin Mu focused his mind and executed the thirty-first heaven of the Dao Realm's divine art. The reincarnation was silent and nameless.

Behind his head, reincarnation swirled, and dazzling light flashed.

Qin Mu asked again, "What about now?"

Celestial Venerable You's primordial spirit fluttered in the light of reincarnation, and his robes fluttered in the wind. However, after the silent god of reincarnation passed through, he could still sense Qin Mu's killing intent towards Earth Count and wasn't controlled by this divine art. He said, "It's a little fainter, but it's already very light. Earth Count might not be able to sense your killing intent towards him."

Qin Mu let out a sigh of relief. Reincarnation swirled, and he executed his divine art on Celestial Venerable Ling.

Divine light flashed in Celestial Venerable You's eyes, and after a moment, he said, "The killing intent on Ling's body has also decreased by a lot. Now that you guys are close to Earth Count, Earth Count won't attack you guys. You guys can go and kill Earth Count."

He had already guessed their intentions from Qin Mu's actions. Their thoughts were thorough and admirable.

"You know we are going to kill Earth Count?" Qin Mu probed.

Celestial Venerable You shook his head. "Celestial Venerable Hao laid a trap and used Earth Count's life to trap all of you so that you would fall into his trap. In order to jump out of the trap and prevent Qin, Yue, Ling, and the rest from dying, you have to kill Earth Count first. Once Earth Count dies, the hostages will be gone, and Celestial Venerable Hao's trap will cease to exist. I'm not a fool. When I felt killing intent from you, I knew your goal."

Celestial Venerable Ling looked at him with admiration in her eyes.

Qin Mu asked, "You, aren't you going to stop us?"

"Earth Count wants to become the real Ah Chou, I will only fulfill his wish and not stop him."

Celestial Venerable You said, "However, you have to be fully prepared. What will happen to Youdu after Earth Count dies?"

The divine light in his eyes gradually dimmed. "Earth Count's corporeal body can't fall into the hands of the celestial heavens. Youdu also can't fall into the hands of the celestial heavens. The Great Dao of Youdu can't fall into the hands of the celestial heavens either. These are all things you need to pay attention to after Earth Count's death. You can't control these things."

Qin Mu nodded.

He really couldn't master it.

He needed to prepare for the worst.

He had come to kill Earth Count to prevent himself from falling into the trap of Celestial Venerable Hao and the Grand Primordium. He didn't want his own people to suffer heavy casualties. However, he could jump out of this trap, but the battle in Youdu was inevitable.

He could kill Earth Count and seize the initiative, but the battle of Youdu was also extremely important!

Earth Count was Youdu, and his corporeal body carried everything in Youdu, including the Great Dao of Youdu. Earth Count couldn't lose his corporeal body.

The worst case scenario was Earth Count's Life and Death Book!

Therefore, he had to steal the Life and Death Book.

"You have already stolen the Life and Death Book, right?"

Celestial Venerable You suddenly said, "When you carried me into the manor, you took the Life and Death Book, right?"

Qin Mu sighed and took out the Life and Death Book. He placed it on the table and pushed it in front of him. "Since you have seen through it, it's better for you to control the Life and Death Book. You are Celestial Venerable You, the founder of the Life and Death Divine Treasure. You can use the Life and Death Book to execute divine arts and protect the human race, removing them from the Life and Death Book."

Celestial Venerable You shook his head. "I can't."

Qin Mu was slightly stunned.

Celestial Venerable You said, "Using the Life and Death Book to get rid of everyone, not to mention me, even Earth Count can't do it. This Life and Death Book is a book of justice, it's formed from the Great Dao of Youdu. The Great Dao of Youdu can't go against oneself. The Life and Death Book can't let humans escape the control of Youdu."

Qin Mu frowned.

If Earth Count's Life and Death Book couldn't guarantee the safety of the human race, when Youdu really fell into the hands of the celestial heavens, the end of the human race would descend!

"I can only do a little with the Life and Death Book."

Celestial Venerable You didn't push the Life and Death Book back. Instead, he placed his palm on it and said calmly, "That is to erase everyone's Life and Death Divine Treasure."

The corners of Qin Mu's eyes twitched, and his voice was slightly hoarse. "What will happen after we erase everyone's Life and Death Divine Treasure?"

Celestial Venerable You said, "All gods have an end to their lifespans. Only powerful existences like strong practitioners that are proficient in the path of creation can transcend."

Qin Mu's heart pounded violently, and his throat became dryer and drier. He asked hoarsely, "What's the consequence?"

"There will be no more gods in this world."

Celestial Venerable You looked straight into his eyes and said word by word, "Do you need me to do this?"