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Chapter 672: The Death of Shangmang Mojun
Chapter 672: The Death of Shangmang Mojun
In the Xuanhuang Kongyu,
At a certain place,
Within the boundless and dim void, floating islands occasionally drifted by. The void here was in a chaotic state, making it difficult for beings below the level of Shenjun to enter. However, these floating islands seemed to possess a peculiar characteristic, enabling them to resist the chaos within the void.
This was a special secret realm within the Xuanhuang Kongyu. In the vast and boundless void, countless such floating islands existed. Some islands were extremely dangerous, filled with peril at every step, while others were relatively safe and might even be abundant in resources.
On one of these unremarkable floating islands,
In a desolate hill devoid of any life, within a deep brown cave, a figure sat cross-legged. He wore pitch-black armor, and a faint trace of black demonic energy circulated on his body. It was Shangmang Mojun, one of the Shenjun of the Zu Mo Jie.
"So, the Zu Mo Jie has been destroyed."
Shangmang Mojun slowly opened his eyes, revealing a hint of gloom in their depths.
Once a dominant force in the void, he had thought that he would be the second Shenjun of the Mo Zu to achieve the Eighth Heaven. However, before he could comprehend the integration of the three Xuan Ao and ascend to the Eighth Heaven, he encountered Chen Mu, a reincarnation of the Ninth Heaven.
If he could go back and change things, he wouldn't have dared to test the Vanggu Divine Lord using the Great Xuan World. Even if he couldn't undo what had happened, he would have done everything in his power to try and eliminate Chen Mu before he achieved his goal.
But now,
Everything was meaningless.
It was rumored that the Dao Zun of the Time Source Dao could reverse time and return to the past, making up for past mistakes. However, he wasn't the Dao Zun of the Time Source Dao, nor was he even a Shenjun of that lineage.
"To return to the Ninth Heaven so quickly, he must have been an extraordinary figure in his past life before his reincarnation."
"Now, there's only one thing left to do."
Shangmang Mojun sighed inwardly.
Chen Mu had easily destroyed the entire Zu Mo Jie upon his return to the Ninth Heaven. Shangmang Mojun and Chen Mu had a life-and-death feud, and this karma couldn't be erased. Even if he hid at the ends of the earth, he might not be able to escape Chen Mu's revenge.
To survive, simply staying away from the Nan Hua Void wasn't enough; he had to fight to the death.
And so,
The cave fell silent.
After an unknown amount of time, a pair of feet lightly stepped into the cave.
It was a figure dressed in simple clothing, wearing a plain coarse cloth robe. But the moment he appeared, the void within a ten-thousand-mile radius froze, and even a Seventh Level Shenjun would find it difficult to move within this solidified void.
"You've come."
Shangmang Mojun looked at the figure who had entered the cave, his eyes showing no surprise.
"I'm here."
Chen Mu spoke calmly, "Your life is worth my personal attention."
Although Shangmang Mojun had fled far away from the Nan Hua Void, traveling an immeasurable distance of billions of miles and reaching hundreds of other voids, for Chen Mu, who had entered the Ninth Heaven through the Void Dao, spatial distance held little significance.
While he couldn't appear at any place in the boundless cosmos with a single thought, each step he took could easily span a void, and the distance of hundreds of voids was but a moment away.
"Haha, I thought the Vanggu Divine Lord was our greatest enemy, but I never expected you to appear out of nowhere. It's an honor for me, Shangmang, to be noticed by a Ninth Heaven existence. In your past life, you must have been a terrifying being in the Ninth Heaven, perhaps even approaching the level of the Dao Zun?"
Facing Chen Mu, Shangmang Mojun showed no signs of tension, instead appearing calm and composed.
Shangmang Mojun had immediately known about Chen Mu's destruction of the Zu Mo Jie and his return to the Ninth Heaven through the Void Dao. He understood that escaping to the ends of the earth wouldn't help against a Ninth Heaven being of the Void Dao, so his strategy wasn't to hide.
"You've split your divine body?"
Chen Mu looked at Shangmang Mojun and suddenly spoke.
Previously, through the perception of karma, he hadn't been able to sense clearly, but now that he was in front of Shangmang Mojun, he could perceive that Shangmang Mojun's divine body wasn't complete, or rather, it was extremely weak, with only half of its divine power remaining.
This wasn't due to Shangmang Mojun being injured; instead, he had voluntarily split his divine body. His current level of power didn't even reach the peak of the Seventh Level, and there was no doubt that he had another similar clone elsewhere.
Calling it a clone wasn't entirely accurate.
Dividing the divine power almost equally meant that both bodies were the main bodies; otherwise, Chen Mu would have sensed it earlier.
"Hahaha, that's right."
Shangmang Mojun looked up at Chen Mu, a hint of madness flashing in his eyes. "Against such a powerful existence as you, I have no hope in my past life. Facing you, ordinary means offer no chance of survival. The only option is to venture into the most dangerous secret realms, places where even you wouldn't dare to enter lightly!"
"In the Xuanhuang Kongyu, there is such a place, similar to the Void River, known as the Xuan Yuan Dao River. At the bottom of the river lies a massive whirlpool that leads to an extremely dangerous secret realm. Even Shenjun-level beings who are sucked into it have almost no chance of survival!"
Shangmang Mojun's face twisted in a sinister grin.
This extremely dangerous secret realm is akin to the countless whirlpools in the Xuli River, leading to unknown perilous lands.
The dangers encountered in such places can affect all incarnations. Even if he split half of his divine body and stepped into it, as long as he encountered a fatal peril, all his incarnations would be annihilated.
"The Xuan Yuan Dao River?"
Chen Mu's gaze fell upon Shangmang Mojun, and in his eyes, the endless void was reflected, piercing through all things. Soon, he saw a distant and special secret realm where another body of Shangmang Mojun stood at the edge of a massive vortex.
The enormous vortex, just a glance at it, made Chen Mu feel a sense of oppression. The unfamiliar land it led to was evidently dangerous for the Ninth Heaven, similar to the Endless Abyss.
Chen Mu's eyes reflected this scene, but his face remained calm and composed. "It's indeed a way. Since that's the case, why don't you give it a try?"
"Hahahaha..."
Shangmang Mojun burst into laughter, his eyes filled with madness. The half-body standing at the edge of the vortex suddenly plunged into the dark and gloomy vortex, while the other half in the cave spoke to Chen Mu, "This is a calamity. If I can survive this tribulation, I will surely ascend to the Ninth Heaven in the future!"
Chen Mu simply watched Shangmang Mojun indifferently, without saying a word.
Shangmang Mojun continued to laugh, but in just a few breaths, his laughter abruptly stopped. His eyes suddenly revealed an extremely terrified expression, as if he had witnessed something terrifying.
"He..."
He uttered only a single syllable, and his entire body froze in place instantly.
Bang! Shangmang Mojun's body exploded.
At the same time, a wisp of invisible gray gas extended from an unknown source, and the rock layer beneath Shangmang Mojun began to dissolve upon contact with the gas. Not only the rock layer but even the nearby void started to melt! Chen Mu's expression changed slightly as he witnessed the gray gas, and he instantly retreated.
Hiss! As Chen Mu moved, the gray gas seemed to come alive, sensing his presence. In an instant, it spread towards Chen Mu, forcefully penetrating the layers of void that Chen Mu had solidified, emitting a sizzling sound.
Chen Mu quickly retreated beyond the floating island, observing the gray gas that continued to spread. A cold glint flashed in his eyes, and he gently clasped his hands in front of him.
Boom! The void trembled, and a power of the Ninth Heaven erupted, forcefully trapping the gray gas in the center before ruthlessly crushing it.
The gray gas crackled under the pressure of the void's power, yet it did not collapse instantly. It struggled tenaciously until, after being crushed for several breaths, it finally vanished without a trace.
Chen Mu slowly lowered his hands, gazing at the traces left by the gray gas as it eroded the void. A faint light flashed in his eyes, and in his vision, all the threads of causality related to Shangmang Mojun completely disappeared.
This indicated that Shangmang Mojun had utterly perished! Shangmang Mojun, who once considered Chen Mu as insignificant as an ant, had now fallen like an ant before him. All of this had happened in just over a hundred epochs, a relatively short time for many True Deities, let alone for a Divine Lord.
Although Chen Mu wasn't particularly skilled in the path of causality, if the Ninth Heaven of Zhaohua Dao intervened, they could indeed conceal the causality related to Shangmang Mojun. However, if Shangmang Mojun could summon a Divine Lord from the Ninth Heaven of Zhaohua Dao, there was no need for him to put on such a show in front of Chen Mu. Moreover, that wisp of gray gas was not a technique of the Zhaohua Dao lineage.
Chen Mu had seen similar gray gas before, deep within the Dark Sky Abyss. That extreme chaos was characterized by a lack of any complete esoteric secrets of the Dao, with all forces presented in a twisted and chaotic state.
If Shangmang Mojun could harness such power, even a Divine Lord of the Ninth Heaven would have to retreat in fear.
Such power, coursing through his half-body, directly disregarded the concept of space and instantly permeated the rest of his incarnations. With Shangmang Mjun's abilities, it was impossible to survive, and even if he had been hit by that attack, he would have likely been severely injured.
Swish!
Chen Mu once again turned his gaze towards the distant void.
After a brief glance, he took a step forward, quietly leaving the floating island and soon arriving at an endless deep yellow river. He then directly dove into the riverbed, reaching the edge of a massive vortex.
This was the place where Shangmang Mjun's half-body had stepped into. Although he couldn't see the scene behind the vortex, the wisp of gray energy from earlier gave Chen Mu some vague speculations.
"The boundless cosmos has its order and chaos, and these extremely dangerous secret realms are the void passages connecting order and chaos, the positive and the negative. Perhaps when the cosmos reaches its end, it will be the time when order and chaos overlap."
Chen Mu stared at the pitch-black vortex, murmuring softly.
Having reached the Ninth Heaven, he had already gained a relatively intuitive understanding of the entire boundless cosmos. Although he couldn't see the entire cosmos in his eyes or grasp the structure of the endless void, he at least had a general idea.
The boundless cosmos, with the Origin Void at its center, extends infinitely outwards, forming the Endless Void.
The void is divided into nine layers, with the ninth layer being the end and the origin of the Dao. However, beneath the ninth layer lies another void cosmos, the Negative Cosmos, a world composed of endless chaos, where cause and effect are distorted and time is reversed.
A few secret realms, such as the Dark Sky Abyss, penetrate both.
As for the Endless Abyss, Chen Mu can now roughly determine its location, which is most likely at the deepest part of the Ninefold Void, or the boundary between the positive and negative sides of the Endless Void.
This is why the Endless Abyss is filled with both orderly and chaotic forces. The cultivators represent order, while the abyssal beasts represent chaos. The shallow regions of the Endless Abyss lean towards order, while the deeper regions lean towards chaos, which is why only those from the Ninth Heaven are qualified to explore the deeper areas.
Ordinary Divine Lords who dare to venture into such chaotic places are almost certainly doomed. As evidenced by the wisp of nameless gray energy earlier, if a Divine Lord from the Eighth Heaven were to encounter it, they would likely be contaminated and, even if they survived, would be severely injured!
In this regard,
Shangmang Mjun, as a Divine Lord, showed some courage. Although entering such a dangerous place with the strength of the Seventh Heaven was almost like seeking death, he at least didn't beg for mercy.
Chen Mu shook his head slightly and then carefully observed the vortex for a while before turning to leave.
With his current cultivation level, he was also qualified to explore such extremely dangerous places, but it wasn't necessary at the moment. Although he was curious about the world behind the vortex, he didn't need to satisfy his curiosity for now.
With the help of the system panel, as long as he steadily cultivated, he would eventually become a Dao Supreme and reach the pinnacle. At that time, he would see the entire cosmos without any threats, and the entire cosmos would be reflected in his eyes.
Swish!
Chen Mu's figure vanished from the riverbed.
With Shangmang Mjun's fall, the collapse of the Demon Ancestor's Realm, and the Demon Ancestor on the run, the demon clan's affairs were temporarily put on hold. However, the matters he had to deal with were not yet over. Ming Fan had provided him with much help on his cultivation path, and this cause and effect had always been connected to the Wood Divine Lord. The Wood Divine Lord's original enemy had also targeted Chen Mu, which was another cause and effect.
The true body of Ming Fan Shen Jun had fallen into the Endless Abyss, and his current whereabouts were unknown, so let's put that aside for now. As for the three, Xie Xie, Feng Mao, and Cang Shu, who had caused the Wood Divine Lord's fall and once besieged Chen Mu, now that he had reached the Ninth Heaven, he would naturally settle each of them.
"You've hidden so far, you've done your best."
At this moment, Chen Mu searched for the locations of Xie Xie, Feng Mao, and Cang Shu through the threads of cause and effect.
These three were extremely far apart, even further than Shangmang Mjun's escape, and they had also tried to conceal their cause and effect. However, Chen Mu could still sense a little, as the cause and effect they had left when they attacked the Wood Divine Lord and besieged Chen Mu was not as clear as Shangmang Mjun's, but it was still impossible to completely hide it.
Although Chen Mu couldn't clearly sense their locations, he could vaguely discern a direction, and that was enough for a Ninth Heaven Divine Lord from the Void Lineage.
(End of Chapter)
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