Tales of Herding Gods
Chapter 1620: Celestial Venerable Huo's Dusk

"Hao'er, this battle can settle everything."

Tai Chu blocked Celestial Emperor Hao, and he had a smile on his face as he looked at Celestial Emperor Hao's face. He said leisurely, "Ever since I suffered a defeat during the Dragon Han Era, I realized that honor and disgrace are fickle. It's hard for me to determine the outcome of a strong practitioner's life. My fate has been full of trouble ever since I was young, and I was ignorant in the Tai Chu Divine Mine. I didn't know what was good and evil. I only knew how to refine the Tai Chu Divine Mine until the Grand Emperor dug me out."

Emperor Hao Tian frowned slightly and said with a smile that was not a smile, "Grand Imperial Sire, you are indeed old. The father and son's duels have yet to begin, yet you are already talking about what only the victors can say."

The Grand Primordium waved his hand and continued, "I was weak at that time and was afraid of the Grand Emperor's power, so I worshiped him as my godfather. He took away my Tai Chu Emperor Sword and made the masters of creation offer sacrifices to me. It seemed like he was helping me increase my power, but in reality, he knew that my potential for growth was too great, so he used the masters of creation to restrict me. I endured it and slowly schemed. Finally, I fought in the Blood Rust Zone a million years ago and beat him down completely, making him unable to make a comeback for a million years."

Emperor Hao Tian was calm and unruffled in the midst of chaos. He listened quietly and didn't interrupt him.

"From then on, I ascended to the throne and became the emperor. I unified the universe and the prehistoric times, achieving unrivaled supremacy. The four seas and eight desolates submitted to me. Earth Count, Heaven Duke, and Mother Earth were all held by me, unable to resist me. The masters of creation are no longer a concern. The world is peaceful, and the half-gods are thriving."

Grand Primordium sighed and said, "At that time, Celestial Venerable Yu and the rest of the seven Celestial Venerables rose up, and I vaguely saw a future that would destroy my rule. The surging momentum would crush me and all the ancient gods into pieces, so I let you kill Celestial Venerable Yu and sever this terrifying future. However, I never expected that the surging momentum didn't come to an end because of this. Instead, it became more intense, and in the end, I was still buried in the hands of you and Celestial Venerable Yun. After millions of years, I had no choice but to live like a housefly, hide my identity, and mingle among the ten Celestial Venerables."

The two Celestial Venerables of Taiji praised in unison, "After great ups and downs and great falls, one's character is that of a hero."

The mockery on Emperor Hao Tian's face grew even stronger.

The spirit of the Tai Chu was roused, and he said with a smile, "In a million years, Hao'er, you have accumulated great momentum, and not long ago, the great momentum was finally formed. The torrents surged forth, forcing father to abdicate even if I found my corporeal body and achieved the Dao, Grand Overarching Qi Celestial Heavens. I had no choice but to abdicate and let you ascend to the throne of Celestial Emperor. I even had no choice but to kneel and worship you. It's an extraordinary shame and humiliation for a father to kneel and worship his son."

The two Celestial Venerables of Taiji exclaimed in unison, "Only when one is unmoved by flattery and humiliation will one be a hero."

Tai Chu's face lit up, and he said with a smile, "Dao friends, you praise me too much. Even though this is the first time I've been humiliated and kowtowed to my son, I know that you're still too inexperienced. Hao'er, you desire power too much, so you don't know how to share it. For example, as long as Earth Count, Heaven Duke, Mother Earth, and the rest submit to me, I won't touch their interests at all. However, you are different. You want to take all the power in your hands, and when you ascended to the throne, you took control of it. How could Celestial Venerable Huo not rebel against you?"

He smiled slightly. "You couldn't hold it in and destroyed your own wings. Celestial Venerable Huo sided with me, allowing me to finally crush you. The nine Celestial Venerables of the Dragon Han Era were all geniuses. You underestimate Celestial Venerable Huo too much. None of the nine Celestial Venerables of the Dragon Han Era can be compared to Ancestral God King or Celestial Venerable Xu! As long as I block you, Celestial Venerable Huo will cut off your wings and kill Ancestral God King and Celestial Venerable Xu! From then on, I have the upper hand!"

Emperor Hao Tian said indifferently, "Grand Imperial Sire, you have said too much. With your intelligence, you should have thought that the three young masters and four young masters of the Mi Luo Palace are still supporting me."

Tai Chu shook his head and said, "I'm more proficient in the path of strategy than you, and you're too young. How could the young masters not know your ambition? They need to support a person who can fight with you to facilitate their plan to enter the world. With me fighting with you, they will be happy to see it happen. You won't be able to borrow any power from the three young masters and four young masters. If you don't believe me, you can give it a try."

Emperor Hao Tian had a playful smile on his face as he clapped his hands and praised, "Well said, well said! What a pity, Grand Imperial Sire, you have schemed too much. You are like a housefly, but you are still old."

He leisurely said, "When I take over, it looks like I'm monopolizing power and killing all the heroes. It's a muddle-headed move, but I'm doing it for millions, millions, millions, millions, or even billions of years! Killing Celestial Venerable Huo will shake the foundation of my rule?"

He didn't mind. "It can't be shaken. Only by subjugating the feudal vassals will my foundation be shaken. Do you think that Celestial Venerable Mu will dare to rebel just because Celestial Venerable Huo is dead? Even if he does rebel, I have plenty of methods to deal with him. At most, I can just borrow a few Dao achievers from the Jade Capital City of the ancestral court. There's nothing else in the Jade Capital City of the ancestral court, but there are many Dao achievers in the prehistoric universe."

He revealed a mocking expression. "The young masters have no other choice. Only by relying on my power can they have a chance to enter the current universe. Because they know that neither you nor Celestial Venerable Mu can defeat me!"

Grand Primordium laughed loudly. "Son of Heaven Yin, East Deity Qing Long, they were killed by borrowed knives. Now that Ancestral God King and Celestial Venerable Xu are dead, what other power do you have?"

At this moment, East Deity Qing Long had just escaped to this place. When he heard their conversation, he felt a chill in his heart. 'I'm dead again? Why didn't I know… I should run away first!'

Emperor Hao Tian smiled at his father and said with sympathy, "Grand Imperial Sire, you are really old."

He sighed.

At the same time, incomparably violent tremors traveled over. Celestial Venerable Huo fought Ancestral God King and Celestial Venerable Xu head-on, causing heaven and earth to crumble. Ancestral God King pushed Heaven Duke's corporeal body to its limits and forcefully broke the flaming wheel behind Celestial Venerable Huo's head.

However, at the same time he broke free, Celestial Venerable Huo struck out with his palm. He stood on Heaven Duke's body, and when Heaven Duke's corporeal body escaped from the ring of flames, it was already too late to block.

Ancestral God King could only execute the treasure of the Heavenly Dao that he had refined to clash head-on. Celestial Venerable Huo had hidden 28 levels of Dao Realm, and each level of Dao fire was stronger than the previous. When he reached the 28th level, all the treasures of the Heavenly Dao that he had painstakingly refined were burned into molten copper!

"Ancestral God King, are you worthy of being on par with me?"

Celestial Venerable Huo sneered, and his primordial spirit pressed down from the celestial heavens, forcing Celestial Venerable Xu to retreat continuously.

Celestial Venerable Huo gave a long roar. "Nine Celestial Venerables of Dragon Han, Celestial Venerable Hao is the strongest, but I'm not inferior!"

Ancestral God King and Celestial Venerable Xu's hearts trembled violently as they retreated under his attacks.

After Celestial Venerable Huo killed South Deity Zhu Que, his abilities jumped into the top three of the ten Celestial Venerables. However, Ancestral God King obtained Heaven Duke's corporeal body, and Celestial Venerable Xu obtained half of the Great Dao of Youdu. Thus, they thought that Celestial Venerable Huo's abilities were far inferior to theirs. If the two of them came together, they would definitely be able to capture him easily.

However, the cruelty of reality was beyond their expectations.

Now, they were lambs waiting to be slaughtered, and Celestial Venerable Huo was the hunter!

The more Celestial Venerable Huo fought, the more delighted he became. He roared continuously and unleashed all kinds of divine arts. With ease, his Dao heart also swept away the depression from before. His Dao heart gradually became clear and showed signs of advancing!

As long as he killed Ancestral God King, Celestial Venerable Xu, and Grand Primordium, he would definitely be placed in an important position by Grand Primordium. He would become an unrivaled minister!

At that moment, he suddenly felt an incomparably strong sense of danger. Before he could do anything, a abyss of the Ruins of End suddenly appeared behind his head in a ring of flames!

The moment the abyss of the Ruins of End appeared, it engulfed the Dao fire and swallowed the Dao fruits in the flaming wheels behind his head into the abyss!

Not only that, even the celestial heavens at the back of his head couldn't stabilize and fell into the abyss!

Behind his head, there was still a ring formed by a heaven that was also descending into the Ruins of End. The entire heaven started to burn, and stars fell one after another into the abyss!

That abyss was like a bottomless pit that couldn't be filled no matter what.

Celestial Venerable Huo was astonished. He forcefully severed the layers of flaming wheels at the back of his head. He even abandoned all the lifeforms in that heaven and rushed forward to escape from the Great Abyss of the Ruins of End.

His cultivation was greatly damaged, and he suddenly turned around. He saw that the abyss of the Ruins of End wasn't a divine art, but a true Ruins of End. It had been forcefully moved over by someone with great magic power!

In the Ruins of End was Celestial Empress' temporary imperial residence. In the palace, a woman laid lazily on a jade couch, looking very comfortable. She was smiling at Celestial Venerable Huo's terror. It was clearly Celestial Empress' face.

However, the mole at the heart of her brows showed her identity as Mistress Yuanmu!

"Gentleman Yu, what do you think of my methods?"

Mistress Yuanmu's small mouth opened slightly. At this moment, a man appeared in the palace, holding a spirit pill between his thumb and index finger. He gently placed it between Mistress Yuanmu's lips.

The Apothecary of Eternal Peace was known as Jade Face King. He was the number one divine physician in the world and had cultivated the supreme medicine path. He was famous throughout the world for healing Celestial Venerable Yue's Dao injuries.

He was extremely handsome and flirtatious, surpassing Son of Heaven Yin.

Apothecary waited for Mistress Yuanmu to consume the spirit pill and observed her for a moment. He then said with a smile, "Mistress, after this pill, your Dao injuries will be healed. It's time for me to return…"

Mistress Yuanmu rolled her eyes at him and rebuked him, "Why are you in such a hurry to go back? I heard that you are the elder of Celestial Venerable Mu. Do you think that Celestial Venerable Mu still lacks motherly love? Should I find him a stepmother or a stepmother? After seeing you, I realized that Celestial Venerable Mu was actually a coward."

Apothecary couldn't take it anymore and hurriedly said, "Madam, you can't! His Majesty will kill me… Celestial Venerable Huo is coming."

Mistress Yuanmu chuckled as she rose into the air and flew over his head. Apothecary raised his head to look up, and blood instantly flowed from his nose. He thought to himself that the demoness was powerful.

"Mu'er has been with her for so long, yet he can still maintain his virgin body. Truly impressive!"

Apothecary couldn't help admiring Qin Mu. "If it was me, I wouldn't be able to withstand it!"

Mistress Yuanmu stretched out her hand and grabbed. Twin lotuses rose from the abyss and landed in her hand. She smiled and said, "Celestial Venerable Huo, my Hao'er has asked me to send you on your way."

Celestial Venerable Huo's heart trembled violently. In that instant of confrontation, he could feel that Mistress Yuanmu's battle power was definitely not inferior to his. It was even stronger than his!

Mistress Yuanmu was calm and unruffled in the midst of the chaos. She smoothed the hair at her temples and suddenly waved the lotus. The lotus gathered into a huge hammer and smashed down at Celestial Venerable Huo!

Boom—

When the lotus flower descended, it swirled and bloomed. The terrifying Dao of the Ruins of End erupted!