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Chapter 670: Stepping into the Zu Mo Realm
Chapter 670: Stepping into the Zu Mo Realm
The Endless Abyss.
Deep within the inner city of Molten City, in the depths of Qing Shan, Chen Mu slowly opened his eyes as he sat cross-legged in his cave abode.
"Finally, I've reached this stage."
He felt the power of the void submitting to his will, as if the boundless void within a billion miles was at his command, ready to bend, fold, and shatter at his whim. Even the Molten City, a palace-like divine weapon, couldn't hinder his will.
Reaching the Ninth Heaven meant he had come to the end of the immortal path, or perhaps just one step away from the Supreme Dao Master.
Although there were varying strengths among the Ninth Heaven cultivators, and he had yet to complete the secret art of divine power or undergo the tempering of the higher realm, he had nonetheless firmly stepped into this domain.
This meant that...
...in the Endless Abyss, there was no longer any threat to his life.
Even if two, three, or even ten Ninth Heaven beasts surrounded him, with the techniques of the Void Lineage at his disposal, he could calmly evade and retreat without any real danger.
Facing the immortal Ninth Heaven Shenjun would be troublesome and dangerous if they were numerous, but the beasts' abilities were not as refined as those of the Ninth Heaven Shenjun. Their attacks might possess the power of the Ninth Heaven, but they were full of flaws, making it nearly impossible to form a complete blockade. Moreover, Chen Mu was a master of the Void Lineage!
"It's a pity that Mo Zu and Ming Fan still haven't shown up."
Chen Mu slowly stood up, and his entire person quietly disappeared from the cave abode. In the next moment, his figure appeared above the city gate of Molten City, overlooking the vast expanse of molten lava caves.
The numerous Seventh Heaven Shenjun guarding the city gate were completely unaware of his arrival.
"Even though you've hidden deeply, the cause and effect of our past grudges must be settled!"
A faint light flashed in Chen Mu's eyes.
For the sake of caution, he had been patient and restrained, even with a life-and-death grudge. But now, without any concerns or threats to his life, and with sufficient strength and confidence, he would no longer tolerate their existence.
...
Banggan K oy.
Chen Mu's interface clone stood in the void, his cold gaze fixed on the direction of Zu Mo Kong Yu. With a single step, he instantly traversed half of Banggan K oy, arriving at the border of the void realm.
Taking another step, he crossed the realm wall of Banggan K oy, spanning the vast void, and directly reached the outer wall of Zu Mo Kong Yu, gazing into its interior.
"Let's collect some interest first."
"You've lived long enough."
Chen Mu looked down upon the entire Zu Mo Kong Yu, murmuring softly. In his vision, intricate threads of cause and effect appeared, with a few clearer ones that he had been deliberately organizing.
As his thoughts stirred, several invisible powers instantly permeated along the threads of cause and effect.
...
Zu Mo Jie.
In a dilapidated and decayed mountain range.
Zhenmo Mang's incarnation leaned against a large protruding rock, holding a black stone jar filled with blood-red liquid. He sat there in a daze, occasionally lifting the jar to pour a cup of blood wine into his mouth.
Suddenly, a hoarse sound echoed in the air, and a winged demon crow flew across the dim sky, its mournful and desolate cry reverberating through the mountains.
Zhenmo Mang paused and looked up at the dark sky.
"Heh, heh."
He ignored the annoying demon crow, not even bothering to huff in anger, which would have been enough to knock it down. Instead, he laughed bitterly and took another cup of blood wine.
He had given up long ago, ever since he learned that Chen Mu had become a Shenjun. Later, when he found out that Chen Mu had reached the Eighth Heaven and even fought the supreme Mo Zu, who couldn't defeat Chen Mu, he completely lost hope. He stopped cultivating and didn't bother to recover the lost Shen Li Zhen Shen, spending his days in laziness and drunkenness.
Fate had played a cruel joke on him.
During a routine conquest of an uncultivated world, they had provoked a terrifying figure suspected to be a reincarnation of the Ninth Heaven.
"Mang, will you flee?"
"That person is already an Eighth Heaven Limit Shenjun Overlord. He will come to settle scores with us sooner or later. Staying in the Zu Mo Realm means certain death. If we escape from the Nan Hua Void, to a distant realm, the power of cause and effect may not reach that far."
Suddenly, a voice transmission reached Mang's ears.
It was Wang's voice.
Wang spoke with a deep tone, "I know you haven't been cultivating your true body recently, but I have. If we're lucky, there's a chance to leave the Nan Hua Void. Your incarnation can accompany me."
Flee? Mang took a sip of blood wine, finding it amusing. In the face of an Eighth Heaven Shenjun Overlord, considering escape was pointless. If he couldn't survive in the Zu Mo Realm, it would be the same anywhere else.
The only hope for survival was not to flee, but to pray that Chen Mu would forget about them, that he would overlook these insignificant characters and no longer remember them. Perhaps then, they might have a chance to save their lives. But if Chen Mu ever remembered them in the future, they would still perish in an instant.
So, he didn't want to run, nor did he want to live in constant fear and hide.
As an ordinary True Deity, being able to provoke a great figure of the 9th Heaven Reincarnation and even causing him significant trouble, having the opportunity to kill him before his rise, was already a source of pride for him. For his entire life, it could be considered dazzling and glorious!
"Ha, hahahahaha."
Mang burst into laughter, a hearty laugh.
Suddenly,
His laughter abruptly stopped as an invisible force reached him, freezing him in place. Then, without a sound, he turned into ashes, his body scattering like dust and disappearing into the wind.
On the other side,
Wang stood at the edge of the Zu Mo Jie, listening to Mang's voice transmission. Hearing his hearty laughter, she frowned, then sighed softly. The three of them had attacked the Great Xuan World together, but Mang had given up, and Hui had recklessly ventured into dangerous secret realms, ultimately perishing within one.
Facing an Eighth Heaven Overlord, a God Lord at the limit of the Eighth Heaven, she didn't know what she was struggling for. Perhaps it was just her unwillingness to accept the outcome, or maybe it was her reluctance to face the end. After all, she had endured countless hardships to cultivate to the God Realm, rising above ordinary mortals.
"Heh."
Wang heard Mang's laughter and eventually let out a self-mocking laugh.
In the next moment, her actions abruptly stopped, and her eyes dimmed instantly. Her entire being crumbled, turning into dust and vanishing. All her Shen Li and life imprints were completely extinguished.
...
In a secret realm,
Ming Gui Mojiang cautiously explored the darkness.
After the battle with Chen Mu in the Great Xuan World, he quickly reached the Fifth Heaven. Since then, he had been diligently cultivating. Upon learning that Chen Mu had become a God Lord, he was shocked and decided to abandon everything, no longer fearing danger, and ventured into various secret realms.
After more than a hundred eras, he had encountered numerous opportunities and had become a true deity of the Sixth Heaven. He was just one step away from breaking through to the Seventh Heaven and becoming a God Lord.
His heart was filled with boundless desire! Becoming a God Lord would set him apart from ordinary true deities. Then, he would have a chance to escape the Zu Mo Kong Yu and the Nan Hua Void, traveling to the far reaches of the Cosmos. Even if Chen Mu was a terrifying 9th Heaven Reincarnation, he might not be able to find and kill Ming Gui. After all, Chen Mu was not from the Creation lineage but from the Void lineage, and their methods of causal curse killing were not as powerful. Even if Chen Mu returned to the Ninth Heaven, as long as Ming Gui became a God Lord, Chen Mu might not be able to kill him from afar.
"Just give me some more time, just a little more..."
Ming Gui's eyes shone with determination.
As the saying goes, adversity is also motivation, and calamities often bring opportunities. The immense calamity looming before him had made his journey over the past hundred eras incredibly smooth, and he had rarely encountered such ease in exploring secret realms.
Under immense pressure, his cultivation and understanding of the Dao progressed rapidly. He even had a premonition that if he had a thousand more eras, he might truly have a chance to open the door to becoming a God Lord!
Disaster and fortune are intertwined.
However,
Just as he was carefully taking steps in the darkness, a beam of white light suddenly burst forth in his vision. It wasn't the light from the secret realm but emanated from the depths of his eyes.
He saw the dazzling white light obscuring everything in his sight, and vaguely, he seemed to catch a glimpse of a blurry shadow. The outline of the shadow seemed somewhat familiar.
"This is..."
Ming Gui was momentarily bewildered, but then he finally realized who the blurry figure was—it was Chen Mu.
At that moment, he understood what had happened.
As a true deity of the Sixth Heaven, he had some resistance to long-distance causal curse killing, unlike Mang and Wang, who didn't even notice the attack before they were completely extinguished.
But his resistance was as fragile as paper in the face of Chen Mu's power, which penetrated through causality. In the next instant, all his Shen Li and life imprints were thoroughly shattered and destroyed.
As a true deity of the Sixth Heaven, the only difference between him and Mang and Wang was that he realized his impending death in the final moment.
I refuse to accept this!
This was Ming Gui's last thought. His eyes widened, and then the light faded, his body quickly crumbling and turning into dust, slowly dissipating into nothingness.
Not only his Shen Li Zhen Shen but also all his incarnations were annihilated in an instant.
……
Zu Mo Kong Yu.
Chen Mu stood tall in the void, his gaze calm and unperturbed.
Completely annihilating Ming Gui, Mang, and Wang, among others, was now an effortless task for him. He didn't even need to move; a mere thought, a gentle tug on the threads of causality, and the power of causality could wipe them all out.
He didn't even need to ascend to the Ninth Heaven; he could have easily done this back when he was at the Eighth Heaven.
"Zu Mo Jie."
Chen Mu took two steps, measuring the void with his stride, and in an instant, he had arrived above Zu Mo Jie.
He looked down upon Zu Mo Kong Yu, shaking his head slightly.
"A world built upon the blood of countless lives?"
In the Banggan Kong Yu, there were three thousand great realms, countless medium-sized and small realms. However, Zu Mo Kong Yu was completely different; there were only a few great realms, and even the number of medium and small realms fell far short of Banggan Kong Yu.
Compared to Banggan Jie, Zu Mo Jie was far more vast and expansive, but Mo Zu Mo Ang was not a Shenjun of the Void lineage. He had managed to shape Zu Mo Jie into an even more vast and abundant realm, relying solely on plunder! Almost all the resources and vitality in Zu Mo Kong Yu had been plundered to create Zu Mo Jie!
Chen Mu gazed at Zu Mo Jie, his eyes indifferent. He didn't hold a deep grudge against the Mo Zu, but he always believed in an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
The Mo Zu had once invaded the Daxuan world, and this was the cause. Now, they would pay the price as a consequence.
Boom!
Chen Mu's expression remained unmoved as he raised his right hand and pressed down on the vast Zu Mo Jie.
With just this simple action, the void trembled for a moment, and the boundless power of the void surged wildly, transforming into a colossal hand that covered the sky. This hand was so immense that it rivaled the size of Zu Mo Jie itself!
How vast was Zu Mo Jie?
It stretched for billions of miles, an endless expanse that nurtured countless Mo Zu lives.
At this very moment, on this vast and majestic land, countless Mo Zu beings felt the tremors and instinctively looked up at the sky. Then, they witnessed a scene that left them in awe.
At the edge of the sky, a giant palm emerged from the depths of the void, descending with overwhelming might. As the palm fell, it grew larger and larger, gradually blurring its outline until it became so vast that it obscured everything, reaching the very end of the horizon. Even at the edge of their vision, they couldn't escape the suppression of this colossal void palm.
"Mu Shenjun!"
A shocked voice echoed from the depths of Zu Mo Jie.
Swish! Swish!!
Two figures rose into the air, each emitting a pressure and aura on the level of a Shenjun. They were two of the Mo Zu's divine lords.
Most of the Mo Zu's divine lords, pressured by Chen Mu's immense power, had left during the past dozens of epochs. Only these two remained, hesitating. On one hand, they were considering whether to bring their descendants with them, and on the other, they hadn't anticipated Chen Mu's swift advance into Zu Mo Jie.
"Not good."
"Run!"
Seeing the terrifying might emanating from the colossal palm, both of them were startled. After a glance at each other, they had no intention of confronting it or protecting Zu Mo Jie. Instead, they immediately split up and fled in two completely different directions, reaching the edge of Zu Mo Jie after a few brief flashes.
"It seems many of your Mo Zu divine lords have already escaped, leaving only the two of you. Hmm... Since you didn't flee in advance, don't leave now. Stay."
Chen Mu looked down upon Zu Mo Jie from above, taking in everything within it. He noticed that Zu Mo Jie now had an abandoned feel to it, with only two of the original ten divine lords remaining.
Mo Zu Mo Ang's fall into the Endless Abyss aside, figures like Shangmang Mjun were no longer in Zu Mo Jie. Only a few faint traces of divine lord auras could be sensed, and those were just remnants left by Shangmang Mjun and others.
Even so, the numbers still didn't match up.
Apparently, some divine lords were more decisive, leaving no traces or incarnations in Zu Mo Jie and even erasing all their connections to it, cutting off causality completely.
Chen Mu had no intention of letting figures like Shangmang Mjun off easily, and the current Zu Mo Jie needed to be dealt with first.
Zu Mo Jie, once an insurmountable peak in his eyes, now lay prostrate beneath his feet. When he arrived, there was hardly any significant resistance, and the two remaining divine lords had fled at the first opportunity, showing no intent to fight.
Boom!
A faint glow flashed in Chen Mu's eyes, and the mighty power of the void surged. The two divine lords who had tried to escape were suddenly stopped in their tracks at the edge of Zu Mo Jie, colliding with an invisible wall of the void.
(End of Chapter)
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