Tales of Herding Gods
Chapter 1623: I've Collected You

Qin Mu returned to the World Crossing Gold Ship and looked down at South Heaven. The heavens of South Heaven were like pearls that hung in the universe, shining brightly and colorful.

Celestial Venerable Huo of the Dragon Han Era, a former celestial being, and finally, this battle made him feel rather depressed.

"It's hard for a person to stay true to their heart in the face of power and desire, they tend to sink and lose themselves."

Qin Mu thought to himself, 'Celestial Venerable Huo probably lost his way the moment Celestial Venerable Yu died. Finally, he sank deeper. Now, he has completely forgotten what he was like back then.'

He thought back to a million years ago when he met Celestial Venerable Huo at the Jade Pool Meeting. At that time, Celestial Venerable Huo was a high-spirited youth and a kind person. He felt that Qin Mu's praise and encouragement for Celestial Venerable Ling's research on unchanging divine arts had harmed Celestial Venerable Ling, so he fought with Qin Mu.

Even though he was defeated by Qin Mu, he didn't hold a grudge.

At that time, Celestial Venerable Huo was the real Celestial Venerable Huo. However, after Celestial Venerable Yu died, that Celestial Venerable Huo also died.

"It's a pity that he never came to his senses and didn't correct himself. He educated the people of Southern Heaven to become slaves, but even before he died, he couldn't let the people of Southern Heaven walk out of their slave nature."

Qin Mu retracted his gaze, and the World Crossing Golden Ship sailed towards the Primordial Realm.

On the other side, ever since Mistress Yuanmu appeared, the battle between Grand Primordium and Emperor Hao Tian immediately stopped. Grand Primordium was extremely experienced, and when he saw Mistress Yuanmu, he knew that he had no chance of winning. Not only was Celestial Venerable Huo going to die, but he also couldn't protect his son Lang Xuan, so he might as well be a Grand Imperial Sire.

Because of his abilities, Emperor Hao Tian wouldn't kill him.

"Grand Imperial Sire, tomorrow, I want to see my elder brother Lang Xuan's head placed in front of my case." Emperor Hao Tian called back Tai Chu who was about to leave and said indifferently.

Tai Chu's body stiffened, and he nodded silently.

"Dao friends, aren't you coming with me?" Tai Chu looked at the ancient god of taiji and frowned slightly.

He moved his feet, but the two ancient gods of taiji didn't leave with him.

Celestial Venerable Tai Yin and Celestial Venerable Tai Yang looked at each other and shook their heads together. "Dao Brother Tai Chu, our path to the Dao is long, and we still need to train in the mortal world to comprehend the Dao heart. We can't live in seclusion with Dao Brother."

"You guys are preparing to submit to Celestial Emperor Hao, right? As expected, as expected…"

Tai Chu laughed loudly and turned around to face Emperor Hao Tian. "Hao'er, if you want to secure the position of Celestial Emperor, you can't put the ancient gods of Taiji in an important position. You can only let them charge into battle, but you can't give them any power! These two people have long been corrupted by the power struggle. They act according to the situation and are heartless and unrighteous. They are selfish and self-interested. You have learned your lesson from Celestial Empress, and you must learn from me!"

Emperor Hao Tian smiled ambiguously and said leisurely, "I have heard the lesson of the Grand Imperial Sire, but I might not accept it. Grand Imperial Sire, go and take my brother's head. I have left a place for the Grand Imperial Sire to live in seclusion, and that is the East Pole. I hope that the East Pole's Green Dragon can be dealt with by the Grand Imperial Sire. After all, he has already died in battle in Southern Heaven. I don't want him to be alive."

Celestial Venerable Yang frowned, and Celestial Venerable Yin said, "Dao Brother Tai Chu, you lost, so why blame us? Natural selection, survival of the fittest. You can't adapt and plan to retire, but we are still demanding the Dao!"

"Dao friends, you have already become the ten Celestial Venerables, just like how I was back then."

Tai Chu sighed and laughed. "Tai Chu, haha, I've really become a Tai Chu now!"

He was depressed and waved his hand, turning to head towards the East Pole.

Emperor Hao Tian had achieved complete victory and was full of ambition.

The World Crossing Golden Ship sailed through the void. Suddenly, Qin Fengqing and the Grand Prime flew over from the void and jumped onto the ship. The Grand Prime shook his head and said, "There's no chance to get rid of Celestial Venerable Xu and Ancestral God King. The two ancient gods of taiji have already arrived. They are extremely strong, so it's hard for Big Head and I to take the chance to get rid of them."

Qin Mu nodded his head and said, "It's normal that we can't get rid of them. One of them controls Xuandu, while the other controls half of Youdu. Now that Son of Heaven Yin should be dead, it shouldn't be difficult for Celestial Venerable Xu to control the entire Youdu. The threat these two pose to Eternal Peace and the Primordial Realm is fatal!"

He frowned slightly.

What was even more fatal was Celestial Venerable Hao.

Now that Celestial Venerable Hao was the only one with power, and with Mistress Yuanmu's help, Grand Primordium was no match for him. With Grand Primordium's personality, he would definitely hand over all his power.

More importantly, it was impossible for Tai Chu to rely on Eternal Peace. On the contrary, if Celestial Venerable Hao made a move on Eternal Peace, Grand Primordium would still help.

After all, their interests were tied together.

The ten Celestial Venerables had a common interest and weren't lying.

As long as he became one of the ten Celestial Venerables, it would be hard for him to escape from this community of interests!

"Brother, Celestial Venerable Huo still has a clone in Eternal Peace. Who will deal with him?" Qin Fengqing asked.

Tai Shi pondered and said, "Emperor Yanxiu should have already gone to make arrangements, right? There are many experts among the younger generation of Eternal Peace, so there's no need for us to worry."

Qin Mu thought about it and said, "There's no need for the emperor to send anyone. Celestial Venerable Huo's clone will also die. The one who wants to kill him the most isn't us, but Celestial Venerable Hao."

Qin Fengqing and Tai Shi were puzzled, and they pondered hard. Suddenly, Qin Fengqing clapped his hands and said, "I know! The one who wants to kill him the most is actually Emperor Hao! This time, wasn't it Emperor Hao who made a move on Celestial Venerable Huo? Emperor Hao Tian also has a clone in Eternal Peace, so he definitely won't let go of this chance. He will definitely make a move on Celestial Venerable Huo's reincarnation!"

Qin Mu revealed a smile. His brother had really grown up.

Eternal Peace.

Beside the Dao Academy of Earth Virtue Heavenly Palace, Star Seizer Peak.

Ling Yuxiu wore an emperor's robe and only had a few followers beside her. She came to the front of the palace on the peak of Star Seizer Peak and said to the palace, "Mr. Xing, you have been living in seclusion all these years. I have ordered people to continuously send the results of Eternal Peace's reform over. Since you have received so many benefits, I would like to invite you to do something."

"I'm indebted to the emperor, so feel free to speak." The voice of a youth came from the palace with a hint of childishness.

Ling Yuxiu said, "I would like to invite mister to kill a person. This person is the reincarnation of Celestial Venerable Huo's soul, and he landed in Eternal Peace. His name is Gu Duxing, so I would like to ask you to make a move."

She raised her hand, and a piece of golden paper flew out and landed in the palace.

After a moment, a handsome youth walked out of the palace with a golden piece of paper in his hand. Behind him was a running chest.

The chest came to Ling Yuxiu's side and rubbed against her leg affectionately before following the youth and leaving quickly.

Ling Yuxiu and a few followers went down the mountain. One of the women asked curiously, "Your Majesty, who is this Mister Xing?"

"A saint appears every five hundred years. Even though it's an inspiring rumor and might have been spread by Imperial Preceptor, there are indeed people with peerless talent every five hundred years."

Ling Yuxiu said with a smile, "The previous five hundred years was the previous Imperial Preceptor, Jiang Baigui, who had cultivated Eternal Peace's reform. The next five hundred years would be this person. His name is Xing An, and he's an extreme person. Back then, when the divine bridge of Eternal Peace was broken, no one could live past eight hundred years old. He was the only one who had lived past eight hundred years. After that, Imperial Preceptor had subdued him, but his temper was truly weird. He wasn't used to going to the Dao Sanctuary and didn't interact with others. He was only willing to live on Star Seizer Peak."

These followers had never heard of Xing An's name, and they all pondered over it. However, they still had no impression of him.

Ling Yuxiu said, "It's normal that you guys haven't heard of him. Ever since the calamity of Eternal Peace, he has been living in seclusion and rarely appears. However, during the battle at Heavenly Saint Academy, he fought the strongest existences of Eternal Peace alone. The experts of Eternal Peace were almost completely wiped out."

The few followers looked at each other in dismay.

'Celestial Venerable Huo is one of the nine Celestial Venerables of the Dragon Han Celestial Venerable. Each of them has their own unique points and unrivaled ultimate techniques. Celestial Venerable Huo's reincarnation is also incomparably powerful. At the same realm, it will only be stronger than Celestial Venerable Huo's true body!'

Ling Yuxiu said, "If we want to kill his reincarnation, we need a Celestial Venerable that's on par with him to make a move. However, Xu Shenghua, Lan Yutian, and the rest are all in the ancestral court, so I can only ask Xing An to make a move. However, his temper is too weird, so I can only use these years of kindness to make him leave the mountain."

Xing An walked in the air, and the chest followed behind him. This chest was enlightened by Qin Mu, and it was very clever. However, its temper was as weird as Xing An's. It would take out two eyes from the chest and place them on the wall of the chest, looking around with its ghostly heads. Sometimes, it would speed up to follow Xing An.

Xing An looked at the golden paper Ling Yuxiu had given him. There were only two red dots on it. One was him, and the other was the reincarnation of Celestial Venerable Huo, Gu Duxing.

When he clicked on the red dot, he could see a lonely and peculiar voice and smile that was remarkably lifelike.

"This piece of paper was forged using the Dao of Youdu, and it's locked onto the soul. You only have a soul and not a soul, so this piece of paper won't show your traces," Xing An said to the chest.

After a day or two, the distance between Xing An and Gu Duxing got closer.

Suddenly, terrifying divine arts came from the front, and he couldn't help frowning slightly. He raised his hand, and the chest leaped up. The handle of the chest automatically landed in his palm.

Xing An carried the chest and walked towards the place where the divine art fluctuation came from. The divine art fluctuation in front of him became more intense. Even though the cultivation of the two people fighting wasn't high in the traditional sense, their Dao Realm was extremely deep. They had actually revealed the cultivation of thirty heavens of the Dao Realm!

This kind of power was already the top-notch experts of Eternal Peace!

As long as one's aptitude and comprehension were high enough, the easiest way to raise one's abilities was not the traditional system of divine treasures and celestial palaces, but the system of Dao Realm!

An existence with extremely high comprehension could comprehend more than twenty heavens of the Dao Realm in a short hundred years and raise the power of a Great Dao to the level of Jade Capital Realm!

However, in the entire universe, such a person was rare even in the past and present!

Xing An frowned. When he got there, he saw the two youths crisscrossing and separating. The terrifying fluctuations of Dao Realm divine arts made the mountains tremble endlessly like paintings on water!

Xing An landed on the ground, and the shaking mountains instantly stopped moving.

Thud.

One of the youths collapsed, and his soul was wiped out. He died an unnatural death.

Xing An walked forward and flipped the corpse over. It was Gu Duxing.

As Gu Duxing's soul dissipated, the red dot that represented Gu Duxing also vanished.

"You are Lan Yutian?"

The other youth looked at him and revealed a look of astonishment. He then shook his head and smiled. "You aren't Lan Yutian. This body of yours looks like Lan Yutian, but it should have been created by the creation divine weapon. There's no need to look, Celestial Venerable Huo has already been eliminated by me. You can go back and report to the emperor of Eternal Peace."

Xing An stood up and turned his head to examine him. His eyes lit up. "I like your body very much."

The youth laughed. "Do you know who I am?"

Xing An shook his head and put down the chest. "I don't need to know, but you, I've kept it."