Chapter 754 — The Plain-Robed Youth Roams, Open and Unfettered
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
And now, was this god who had pressed him until he could scarcely breathe about to return?
"He must die!" he thought to himself.
At that moment, Shen Mu's voice came: "Heavenly Venerable Hao, it is your turn."
Shen Mu called several times before Heavenly Venerable Hao finally came back to himself. He managed a smile and began to expound the law, continuing from where Shen Mu had left off on the method of opening the Celestial Palace. But he was somewhat distracted, and as he spoke, he faltered and paused.
"After the father and elder brother's borrowed method opens the Celestial Palace, one can already achieve equality with the gods and attain immortality. Yet this is only the initial attainment of such achievement; many trials lie ahead. Because this is a borrowed method—a law borrowed from the ancient gods and the heavenly court—it must be repaid, or else calamity will follow. The first trial at this stage is the Southern Heavenly Gate. Only by crossing the Southern Heavenly Gate can one truly stabilize one's Celestial Palace realm."
"This step is: borrow the law of the heavenly court, refine the false into the true!"
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Heavenly Venerable Hao quickly steadied his mind and expounded the cultivation method of the Southern Heavenly Gate realm as the Heavenly Venerable Yu had told him.
Heavenly Venerable Hao had not cultivated to the Southern Heavenly Gate, nor had the Heavenly Venerable Yu, but as the opener of the Celestial Palace, the Heavenly Venerable Yu had determined these realms all at once, and his understanding of them had reached an astonishing height.
Heavenly Venerable Hao was merely repeating the Heavenly Venerable Yu's words.
Shen Mu continued, expounding the cultivation of the Jade Pool realm. After the Jade Pool, Heavenly Venerable Hao spoke of the perils of the God-Slaying Terrace realm.
Shen Mu then explained the profound mysteries of cultivating the Jade Capital realm, after which Heavenly Venerable Hao spoke of the Lingxiao realm.
At last, Shen Mu finished expounding the Imperial Throne realm, and the seven great realms of the Celestial Palace were complete.
Kaihuang's heart sank: "With the seven great realms of the Celestial Palace finished, Mu Qing will surely make his move to kill, will he not? He has already confirmed his identity as the Heavenly Venerable Yu. In the Heavenly Venerable Yu's name, he will point out that Heavenly Venerable Hao and the Yin Son of Heaven are the murderers who killed him, and the furious crowd will tear Heavenly Venerable Hao and the Yin Son of Heaven to pieces! But the Yin Son of Heaven did not die—so what happened in between? Who exactly died? What upheaval occurred..."
He had just thought this far when Heavenly Venerable Hao's voice came from the altar, laughing: "The father and elder brother left the final realm for me to expound, so I shall reluctantly take on the task in their stead. Now let us speak of the realm above the Imperial Throne—the heavenly court..."
Kaihuang's mind exploded. His eyes went wide with disbelief!
An eighth realm!
There was actually an eighth realm!
He had never even heard that above the Imperial Throne there existed a heavenly court realm!
Niu Sanduo's mind likewise exploded into blankness. From ancient times to the present, there had never been any record of this realm—not even a rumor of it!
"The Heavenly Venerable Yu..."
On the altar, Shen Mu's expression was bleak. He thought silently: "Worthy of the true Heavenly Venerable Yu. I still cannot compare to him. His death was truly too great a pity... Such a man should not be buried by history!"
On the altar, Heavenly Venerable Hao spoke haltingly, full of errors and omissions, but the general framework had been laid out: the Celestial Palace was but one palace of the heavenly court; within the heavenly court there were thirty-six Celestial Palaces; and the realm beyond the Imperial Throne was the forging of the heavenly court, the opening of the thirty-six Celestial Palaces!