Chapter 1376: Nine Hells Stage
The dragon qilin was delighted and also looked over at the edge. However, he saw that Qin Mu was still walking very slowly and with difficulty. Every step seemed to exhaust all of his strength.
Two days later, he could clearly see that Qin Mu's speed was indeed increasing.
It was just that this kind of advancement was truly slow, making one's heart ache.
Gradually, Qin Mu's walking speed became faster. In the past, he needed a week, then an hour, but now he only needed an incense's time.
The dragon paced back and forth, occasionally raising its head to look at the sky, and occasionally lowering its head to look at Qin Mu who was struggling in the heavenly prison. It was truly hesitant.
He wasn't willing to form an alliance with Qin Mu. Qin Mu was too weak, and he could stabilize his current position by relying on any one of the ten Celestial Venerables. At most, he would be a mount for the Celestial Venerables.
If he formed an alliance with Qin Mu, he would still maintain his independence in name. However, Qin Mu couldn't give him any protection from the huge beasts behind the ancestral court.
'However, Celestial Venerable Mu has great potential. Also, just as Celestial Venerable Mu said, if the ten Celestial Venerables split the back of the ancestral court, my position would be extremely awkward.'
Dragon Nine's expression wavered. "They will most likely split me into ten portions and split me equally. However, if there are eleven Celestial Venerables, they will most likely split me into eleven portions. After all, the four deities of the ancient gods are four deities in name, but there are five of them, while the ten Celestial Venerables will have eleven..."
Suddenly, the dragon's expression changed slightly. He sensed a terrifying existence descending on the back of the ancestral court!
'This person isn't Celestial Venerable Gong, Heavenly Lady Yan, or God Emperor Lang Xuan. He must be another existence among the ten Celestial Venerables!'
The dragon carefully sensed this aura and hurriedly ate a few mouthfuls of the spirit herbs that the dragon qilin had sent over. He first suppressed his injuries and said solemnly, "One of the ten Celestial Venerables has descended, so the other Celestial Venerables aren't far away. Dragons can be big or small, they can be visible or hidden. Pi, we need to hide now!"
The dragon qilin hesitated. "In that case, Celestial Venerable Mu, he..."
"When he comes out, I will find him. After all, I need a way out!"
The dragon sensed another terrifying aura descending on the back of the ancestral court, and his expression changed again. "The speed of the ten Celestial Venerables is faster than I imagined. Let's go!"
Without any explanation, he swept up the dragon qilin and said solemnly, "I'll teach you the path of transformation, study it carefully!"
At the same time, another terrifying aura descended on the ancestral court. The dragon quickly turned into a gale and roared.
In a short period of time, six Celestial Venerables had arrived. The speed of the six Celestial Venerables was extremely fast. They measured the heaven and earth with their feet and surveyed the back of the ancestral court with their gazes, alarming countless huge beasts that resided there.
Their bodies were imposing, and just the aura of a Celestial Venerable was enough to suppress the back of the ancestral court, let alone six Celestial Venerables.
Even the abnormally strong behemoths in the ancestral court didn't dare to show their heads at this moment. They trembled in fear and prostrated themselves on the ground.
The six Celestial Venerables measured the heaven and earth, touring the mountains and rivers of the lake and sea in just a few days.
At the border of a huge swamp, there were groups of Kui Oxen. These Kui Oxen lowered their heads to eat the sumptuous aquatic grass. When they finished eating the grass beside them, one of their legs would jump up and jump to other places where the aquatic grass was abundant to continue eating.
The bulls among the Kui cows had bad tempers and often fought. Whenever they fought, thunder would burst out from their stomachs and rumble.
These Kui Ox Beasts were naturally able to control lightning, but their abilities weren't weak.
At this moment, the shadow of a Celestial Venerable appeared above the herd of cows. His body was surrounded by blazing divine light which transformed into a huge flaming wheel behind his head. His face couldn't be seen clearly.
His body was even larger than the largest behemoth, and as he stood in the sky, the sky distorted.
He swept his gaze around, and the one-legged kui bulls collapsed to the ground.
The Celestial Venerable surveyed the area and didn't find anything abnormal. He whistled and vanished without a trace.
After the Celestial Venerable left, the bulls ate grass and fought like before.
There were two Kui cows in the herd, one big and one small. They wagged their tails and tried their best to eat the grass. The little cow cried as it ate the grass. "Godfather, are we really going to eat grass?"
"Don't speak!"
The old bull ate the grass seriously and mumbled, "That Celestial Venerable didn't go far. He was still observing us and continued to eat, even if he had tears in his eyes..."
In the sky, a fire eye appeared silently and stared at the herd of cows before disappearing silently.
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"Dragons are very good at hiding, it's hard to find his traces."
The six Celestial Venerables gathered back together and shook their heads. "He's severely injured. After all, he's a living being of the barbaric era, and his civilization doesn't exist. If he wants to recover, he'll have to be thousands of years slower than us."
As they spoke, two more Celestial Venerables descended. It was Heavenly Lady Qiang and Celestial Venerable Gong.
"There are still two Dao friends who haven't arrived. Celestial Venerable Xiao and Celestial Venerable Hao shouldn't be coming, right?" Celestial Venerable Hong surveyed the surroundings and chuckled.
Just as he finished speaking, Celestial Venerable Hao's voice suddenly came from the sky. "Celestial Venerable Xiao was exiled by Celestial Venerable Yue and the rest of the rebels. You can choose not to come, but why can't I?"
The other Celestial Venerables were astonished as they saw Celestial Venerable Hao descending from the sky.
"Everyone, how should we split the back of the ancestral court? We need to set a rule." Celestial Venerable Hao looked around, making all the Celestial Venerables shudder. They didn't know how deep he was.
"Nine prisons lock the Dao heart. It's extremely difficult to break through this seal."
Tai Shi carefully observed Qin Mu's actions. He was in Qin Mu's divine treasure ancestral court and could clearly see that Qin Mu's ancestral court was slowly recovering its vitality.
His Great Dao was recovering its mobility bit by bit, and the air was filled with vital qi. It was like a gentle breeze in early spring, and the life force of the ancestral court was gradually growing.
'However, Celestial Venerable Mu is slowly trying to break through this seal. His speed will become faster. If his Dao heart breaks through the seal, his cultivation will also break through. His primordial spirit, corporeal body, vital qi, consciousness, bloodline, divine treasures, and celestial palaces will break through the seal one by one!'
Tai Shi was curious about Qin Mu's current state. He didn't have a realm. If he was born perfect, he would surpass the so-called Celestial Heavens Realm and reach the ultimate void of the Great Dao.
He didn't need to cultivate like Qin Mu, didn't need to risk his life again to comprehend, and didn't need Qin Mu to risk his life.
However, in his Dao heart, he was no better than Qin Mu.
He had experienced too little.
To him, this was a kind of luck and not misfortune.
Qin Mu's current state was very enlightening to him. If he lost his identity as an egg-born ancient god and everything he had now, could he make a comeback?
The path of a hero's rise was very difficult, but what was even more difficult was the process of a hero falling down and making a comeback.
Those who could do it were all outstanding talents!
Qin Mu's Dao heart was regathering bit by bit. It was as if he was going through the process of tempering his Dao heart. His Dao heart was gradually regathering, and his cultivation and abilities were also continuously breaking through the seals of Nine Hells Stage.
With the reconstruction of his Dao heart, the seal on the Nine Hells Stage was slowly undone bit by bit, and his cultivation and abilities were also recovering. Not only that, every time a seal was undone, the seal on the Nine Hells Stage would transform into a kind of mysterious Dao tune that merged into his Dao heart and his Dao path!
This was a completely new realm, a realm that he had never come into contact with before.
Yet this realm was being developed by him and gradually perfected!