Tales of Herding Gods
Chapter 1708: Clouds On The River

The moment Lan Yutian saw Mistress Yuanmu rushing out, his body also rushed out. Mistress Yuanmu was heavily injured, which was a rare opportunity for him.

Even though he lacked battle experience, he had learned a lot from watching the battle between the celestial heavens and Carefree Village.

He was originally a smart person who could deduce many things by analogy and improve very quickly.

The moment the two of them collided in the sky, Mistress Yuanmu and Lan Yutian's divine arts burst forth, but they separated upon contact. Lan Yutian's heart sank. "The one in this body isn't Yuanmu!"

The moment he clashed with her, he could sense that Mistress Yuanmu had fallen silent due to her severe injuries.

Now that he had this body, the one fighting him was Celestial Empress, or rather, the goddess of the Ruins of End!

"The reincarnation divine art that my brother used to trap the Ruins of End goddess was broken by the Ruins of End goddess when Yuanmu was injured. However, this is a good thing!"

Behind Lan Yutian, divine weapon Lan Yutian attacked. He moved up and down, attacking Celestial Empress frantically. He thought to himself, 'This way, the divine art I left in her body will be activated!'

Celestial Empress suddenly grunted, and the Dao of the Ruins of End in her body was twisted by a strange power. A portion of the Great Dao was transformed into the easy Dao!

She was caught off guard, and her divine art was instantly thrown into disorder. She was severely injured by a group of divine weapons, Lan Yutian. She vomited blood and had no choice but to rush into the sky, trying to avoid him.

Lan Yutian's gaze flickered as he followed closely behind.

In the Grand Pure Land of Carefree Village, he had planted his divine art in Mistress Yuanmu's body while she was lost in her reincarnation.

His path was different from Qin Mu's. Qin Mu had secretly learned from Son of Heaven Yin and brought the unfinished path of reincarnation to greater heights. He used the path of reincarnation to trap the goddess of the Ruins of End and created a consciousness of Mistress Yuanmu to restrict her.

At that time, Qin Mu had no idea how to break the Great Dao of the Ruins of End Goddess, so he could only seal her.

The Ruins of End's goddess had already achieved the path. Logically speaking, even if he destroyed her and turned her into the primordial chaos, he wouldn't be able to kill her. She would still be able to revive. Qin Mu had also cultivated the path of the Ruins of End, and he had planted the primordial lotus and created the primordial lotus. Thus, he knew he couldn't get rid of the Ruins of End's goddess.

Furthermore, even if it was Qin Mu's reincarnation seal, it was only a temporary measure. The reincarnation seal couldn't keep the Ruins of End's goddess sealed under Mistress Yuanmu's consciousness forever. Sooner or later, the Ruins of End's goddess would break through the reincarnation cycle and devour the consciousness of the Yuanmu!

Meanwhile, Lan Yutian was thinking about how to crack the Great Dao of the Ruins of End. As for whether to kill the Ruins of End Divine Lady, he had no such thoughts.

He had used the hand of the five Precelestial Supreme Martial Artists to borrow the reincarnation divine art that Qin Mu had left behind to plant the Five Reincarnation Seal in the body of the Ruins of End's goddess.

His goal was very simple. The Ruins of End Goddess could swallow all things and transform them into Chaos Qi. Therefore, when she fought, her magic power would become stronger, but he still couldn't kill her. Sooner or later, her cultivation would surpass his.

However, the primordial chaos gave birth to the five Taiyi Great Daos, and Lan Yutian left behind the Five Ultimate Reincarnation Seal to steal the magic power of the Ruins of End Divine Lady. During her battle, the primordial chaos transformed into the Great Dao of Taiyi and the Great Dao of Tai Chu. After experiencing the changes of the five Taiyi Great Daos, she was unable to unleash her full power.

Qin Mu had sealed the consciousness of the Ruins of End's goddess, while he had sealed the magic power and Great Dao of the Ruins of End's goddess.

It was just that Lan Yutian couldn't do this, so he had to borrow the reincarnation divine art that Qin Mu had left behind.

Celestial Empress also felt that something was wrong with her body. When she executed the magic power of her cultivation, her body was filled with the Great Dao of Mutants. These Great Dao of Mutants were depriving her of her cultivation, making her extremely uncomfortable. She couldn't unleash fifty percent of her cultivation!

Lan Yutian chased after him while Celestial Empress fought and escaped, but she couldn't shake him off.

"If we force her into the Ultimate Void, she's dead."

Lan Yutian's gaze flickered, and he thought to himself, 'Celestial Venerable Yun is using this method to fight the second young master of Miro Palace. As long as Celestial Empress is forced into the Ultimate Void by me, a portion of the Great Dao of the Ruins of End in her body will transform into the Great Dao of the Five Great Dao, and she will die even faster!'

However, Celestial Empress clearly knew the danger of the Ultimate Void. Even though she was heavily injured by him, she still didn't go deep into the void to hide.

Right at this moment, the Ultimate Void exploded above their heads. The two of them hurriedly raised their heads and saw a Great Overarching Era of Absolute Beginning that had fused more than half of it tilted and shattered!

That Grand Primordium Overarching Heaven was already in tatters and riddled with holes. Furthermore, the fusion between Great Luo and Great Overarching Heaven of Consciousness was incomplete and had yet to complete.

In the shattered Great Overarching Heaven, the two Dao Trees that had fused with more than half of them had already been destroyed by the silent wind. They were burned until only pitch black tree stumps were left. The Dao flowers on the Dao Tree had already been extinguished, and the Dao fruit had been shattered by the primordial divine art of the second young master of Miluo Palace.

Meanwhile, the battle between Celestial Venerable Yun and Second Young Master Wuji had reached the end of the Great Overarching Heaven, which was falling out of the ultimate void.

When Celestial Empress and Lan Yutian raised their heads, they saw the second young master of Miluo Palace standing on the other half of the Great Overarching Heaven's Ultimate Void. Celestial Venerable Yun was standing on the other half, still fighting to the death!

Celestial Venerable Yun's Grand Primordium Emperor Sword fused with the Dao of Grand Primordium and burst forth with the last rays of light, piercing through Second Young Master Wuji's body. Second Young Master Wuji's palm landed on his forehead at the same time!

The collapse of the Great Overarching Heaven was even more intense!

At this moment, the Great Overarching Heaven seemed to have fallen into a sacrificial ritual instead of crumbling from their power.

Lan Yutian's intelligence was high, and he could see that it was a blood sacrifice. Celestial Empress was knowledgeable, and she immediately recognized that it was the sacrificial path that the Grand Emperor was proficient in.

However, neither of them knew that Celestial Venerable Yun had inherited the Grand Emperor's Great Overarching Heaven and the Grand Emperor's technique to perfect the incomplete technique.

This included the sacrificial method that the Grand Emperor had obtained from the Yuan Sage of Mi Luo Palace.

The sacrificial method that the Grand Emperor had received wasn't complete, so Celestial Venerable Yun helped him complete it.

The shattered Great Overarching Heaven of Absolute Beginning was actually directly sacrificed by Celestial Venerable Yun, transforming into a torrent of the Dao of Absolute Beginning that followed his sword into Second Young Master Wuji's body!

He didn't just sacrifice the Grand Primordium Overarching Heaven Net, he also sacrificed the Grand Primordium Emperor Sword in his hand.

He used such a huge amount of energy to sacrifice the second young master of Miro Palace to the Ultimate Void!

Second Young Master's body was imprinted in the Ultimate Void by that terrifying power. The power of sacrifice caused her body to suddenly explode, revealing her corporeal body and Great Dao in the Ultimate Void!

Instantly, the cold and lonely wind became incomparably violent. Second Young Master's Great Dao of the Ruins of End, as well as her flesh, blood, and primordial spirit, were rapidly melting away. Soon, white bones could be seen!

Within her body, another body appeared. It was also struggling in the void, and its face was distorted. It was trying its best to get rid of its connection with the second young master. It was none other than Celestial Emperor Hao!

Miserable screams rang out like a woman's voice mixed with a man's voice. They overlapped and made Celestial Empress shudder in fear. She hurriedly moved away.

Lan Yutian wanted to chase after him, but he hesitated when he saw Celestial Venerable Yun walking down from the Ultimate Void.

"Brother Yu, go ahead." Celestial Venerable Yun waved at him as if nothing had happened.

"Celestial Venerable Yun, just call me Lan Yutian, I'm not Celestial Venerable Yu! Your situation is very wrong!"

Lan Yutian went to welcome him and said, "Second young master's strike was imprinted in your body, and it was extremely dangerous!"

Celestial Venerable Yun waved at him from afar. "There's no need to come over, just do your job. If you see Celestial Venerable Mu, tell him that I've done what he couldn't."

Lan Yutian was stunned, but he didn't chase after her. Instead, he turned around and chased after Celestial Empress.

His mind was in a daze, and in the Ultimate Void, the apparition of Mi Luo Palace's Numinous Sky Hall and Purple Firmament Treasure Hall suddenly appeared. With a loud rumble, Emperor Hao Tian's body suddenly separated from the second young master's body!

Emperor Hao Tian vomited a mouthful of blood and immediately left the second young master. He flew out of the Ultimate Void and headed towards the army of the celestial heavens.

Celestial Venerable Yun stopped and looked at Celestial Emperor Hao with a smile. "Celestial Venerable Hao, for the rest of your life, you will never be able to erase the shadow I left in your Dao heart. I will make you remember it for the rest of your life!"

He floated away in a carefree manner.

The remnants of Carefree Village were currently marching towards Eternal Peace. Saint Woodcutter and Di Yiyue were in front of the formation, and the other was behind it. Along the way, they had experienced the attacks and battles of the vanguard troops of the celestial heavens, and they were moving forward with difficulty.

At this moment, Woodcutter and the soldiers of Carefree Village raised their heads and saw Celestial Venerable Yun flying past them.

"Has Celestial Venerable Yun won?" a soldier muttered.

Woodcutter was expressionless and kept silent.

The remnants of Carefree Village continued to move forward, and another batch of soldiers took the initiative to stay behind to cover the retreat, ensuring that the rest could hurry to Eternal Peace.

Celestial Venerable Yue and Divine King Lang were fighting with the corporeal body of Heaven Duke and Ancestral God King. Celestial Venerable Yue severed the celestial river from Heaven Duke's corporeal body, and when she saw Celestial Venerable Yun walking past the battlefield, she hurriedly called out to him.

Celestial Venerable Yun heard her and smiled at her, waving goodbye.

Lang Lang also saw him. Celestial Venerable Yun bowed to him and floated away.

Heaven Duke and Ah Chou were leading the guards of the god cities of Eternal Peace to defend against the impact of the Xuandu army and cover the retreat of the people of the cities in Eternal Peace.

Heaven Duke distributed the fifty heavenly treasures to the guards of each city while he took out the Heaven Fiend Treasure God Execution Mysterious Knife to kill everyone. Even so, this fierce battle was still extremely dangerous.

Seeing Celestial Venerable Yun passing by, Heaven Duke hurriedly shouted, "Celestial Venerable Yun, you won? Come and help!"

Ah Chou was fighting against the formation of the two guards of the celestial heavens. When he saw Celestial Venerable Yun, his heart skipped a beat, and he shook his head. "Dao Brother, let him go."

Heaven Duke's cultivation was far inferior to Ah Chou's, and he relied on the power of the fifty heaven path treasures. However, Ah Chou had already cultivated the Dao of Youdu to the extent of thirty-five heavens, so he could see Celestial Venerable Yun's condition.

Heaven Duke was puzzled and let Celestial Venerable Yun leave.

Celestial Venerable Yun crossed the long battle line and came to the first pass guarded by hundreds of thousands of gods and devils in the west of Eternal Peace. Along the way, there were quite a number of Eternal Peace's troops rushing to the frontlines to transport the refugees to the hinterlands of Eternal Peace, which was a relatively safe place.

Celestial Venerable Yun entered the Misty Maple Valley and saw that the god cities were heavily guarded. Eternal Peace had constructed this place to guard the west. The most outstanding experts of the younger generation of Eternal Peace were stationed here, transporting the most advanced heavy weapons of Eternal Peace.

Celestial Venerable Yun walked into a god city, and the general guarding it was called Yan Shaoqing. He was originally the Left Assistant Minister of the celestial heavens and mainly cultivated consciousness. Later on, he entered Eternal Peace to seek the Dao.

Yan Shaoqing saw him and was shocked. He was about to go forward to pay his respects when Celestial Venerable Yun waved his hand and walked into a mansion in the city.

Yun Mansion.

Lady Yunxiao led the many widows of the Yun family, as well as Yun Jianli and his wife, to welcome him. Lady Yunxiao held his hand and refused to let go. She choked on her tears and said, "Ever since His Majesty was reborn, he has never returned to visit his family. Why is he willing to come today…"

There was some resentment in her words, but it was dispersed by the joy in her heart.

Celestial Venerable Yun smiled and said, "Xiangying, I won't feel at ease if I don't come and meet you."

Yun Jianli hurriedly went forward to pay his respects, and his eyes turned red. "Greetings to my ancestor!"

Celestial Venerable Yun sized him up and said, "You are very good. Celestial Venerable Mu's evaluation of you is very high, he didn't misjudge you. The Yun family is also going to fight in this battle of Eternal Peace. Do you have any children?"

Yun Jianli's wife hurriedly brought the three children over and knelt down to pay her respects to her ancestor. Celestial Venerable Yun revealed a smile and said, "Very good, very good. The Yun family has a descendant, and their bloodline will never cease. Jianli, when you reach the battlefield, don't embarrass the Yun family."

Yun Jianli straightened his back and said in a powerful voice, "Jianli is of Celestial Emperor Yun's bloodline. He will never embarrass our ancestors!"

Celestial Venerable Yun's expression turned serious. "If you survive, remember this well. There's no Celestial Emperor bloodline in this world. I was born to be a human, and I was never superior to others. I also started out as an ordinary person. Which of the descendants of the Yun family has greater achievements than me? I don't even dare to call myself a Celestial Emperor bloodline, yet you dare?"

Yun Jianli was frightened and didn't dare to say anything.

Mistress Yunxiao carried him into the high hall and said with a smile, "You are so serious again. Let your descendants pay their respects and serve you tea."

Celestial Venerable Yun sat in the high hall while Mistress Yunxiao stood to the side. Celestial Venerable Yun let her sit down as well and smiled. "As husband and wife, I'm the ancestor of the Yun family, and so are you. Sit down."

Lady Yunxiao sat down.

The Yun family had been passed down from generation to generation, leaving all the widows behind. They all held tea and knelt down. Celestial Venerable Yun and Lady Yunxiao took their daughter-in-law's teacups and placed them down.

Celestial Venerable Yun looked around and said with a smile, "Most of the men of the Yun family die early, leaving you widows behind. They die early, so they don't have any orders. As the head of the Yun family, I'll give the orders, and you can all remarry. If you meet someone you like, marry them off."

In the hall, many widows of the Yun family looked at each other in astonishment.

Celestial Venerable Yun tilted his head to look at Mistress Yunxiao and said, "I owe you, I owe you a lot. Xiangying, you can also marry out in the future. You don't have to worry about me."

Mistress Yunxiao's heart trembled, and she instantly understood something.

"You and I are husband and wife. In the past, when you died in battle, I had to take care of the child in my stomach and didn't manage to accompany you. Later on, the child died early and left behind a grandson. I had to survive to protect the bloodline of the Yun family and live on until now."

Mistress Yunxiao held his hand and raised her head to look at his face. She said with a smile, "Now that you are back, the Yun family has a descendant. No matter where you go, I will follow you. Isn't this how married couples are?"

Celestial Venerable Yun's heart ached, and he retracted his hand. "I've let you down for 600,000 years. How could I bear to… The place I want to go is very far, and you can't go. Stay."

Lady Yunxiao grabbed his hand again. "Where are you going, I'm going!"

Celestial Venerable Yun looked at her and nodded silently.

Yun Jianli looked at them in a daze. Celestial Venerable Yun and Mistress Yunxiao held hands and walked out of the high hall, out of the Yun Residence, and out of this god city.

Yun Jianli caught up to them, but he saw them walking further away. He couldn't catch up at all.

After a long time, Celestial Venerable Yun stopped and landed on the ground. He saw that this was the shore of the Surging River. The river water of the Surging River overflowed and flowed east.

There was an abandoned village beside the river, and there was already no one living there. The couple walked into the village and sat opposite each other in a straw hut.

"This must be it."

Celestial Venerable Yun grabbed Mistress Yunxiao's hand and lowered his head. His breathing became softer as he whispered, "Xiangying, don't let anyone know that I died here…"

The second young master of Miro Palace had already destroyed his soul. What occupied his corporeal body was only his last will.

Now, his obsession was gone.

Mistress Yunxiao's vital qi burst forth and covered the abandoned village.

"Yun Jun, don't go far." Her aura became weaker before finally dissipating.

The river water of Surging River overflowed and surged endlessly. Clouds rolled up into the sky above the river.