Chapter 1715 — The Lotus Seed Returns to the Pond

" Emperor Haotian felt his primordial spirit and his consciousness both shoved to one side, and hastened to rouse his divine powers, striving to separate the Second Young Master from his body. His attainment in the Dao of Creation was not weak; that was how, when the battle of Youdu erupted, he had been able to fight Kaihuang and at the same time send forth a clone to Youdu.

Yet the moment he stirred his Dao of Creation, the Zixiao Hall and the Lingxiao Hall blazed with light and suppressed it. Emperor Haotian's heart went cold.

"Do not waste your effort. " The Second Young Master laughed: "Third and Fourth are a nasty pair; they will never let you release me.

They fear that once you and I are parted, I will go rescue my true body, and then they will lose their grip upon this cosmos. Those two bad boys are shrewd indeed.

That woman just now was your mother?

Offer your mother to me in sacrifice, and I will leave you.

" Emperor Haotian's heart pounded violently, and the Second Young Master giggled: "You are tempted. You truly wish to offer your own mother up to me in sacrifice. " The Lord of the Lingguan Hall hastened to say: "Your Majesty, you must not! " The Second Young Master's gaze swept toward him.

The Lord of the Lingguan Hall hastily retreated, backing out of the hall, saying: "Your Majesty, if the Second Young Master is parted from you, this cosmos will perish within days!

Under no circumstances must she be released!

" The Second Young Master strode out of the hall. The Lord of the Lingguan Hall stood far off, not daring to draw near.

The Second Young Master cast him a glance and laughed coldly: "You are nothing but the gatekeeper of Miluo Palace — and you dare prate?

Speak out of turn again, and I will eat you. " The Lord of the Lingguan Hall dared not utter a word.

The Second Young Master strode out of the palace, and saw the countless armies of the celestial court assaulting Taihuang Heaven and the Thirty-Three Heavens of the Land of No Sorrow; gods and demons of every faction brought forth their arts, and the slaughter shook heaven and split earth.

"The reason Third and Fourth came to terms with me is to borrow my strength against Old Seven! " The Second Young Master gazed far toward the Land of No Sorrow, her eyes coming to rest upon the World Tree, and she laughed: "And it happens that I too wish to deal with Old Seven — so we struck the bargain at once!

" Suddenly her shoulder quivered and another head grew forth, the head of Emperor Haotian, and it said: "Since we share the same enemy, then We.

. .

I shall share one body with the Second Young Master for a time, and deal with Heavenly Venerable Mu together! " The Second Young Master glanced at him, shook her head, and laughed: "How could you be a match for Old Seven? Without me, you are certain to lose this battle!

" Emperor Haotian was greatly unconvinced.

Suddenly the Second Young Master raised a hand and flicked a finger, and at once Emperor Haotian felt a portion of the mana within him drained away, become a lotus seed that flew out before him. His heart stirred: "The Abyss of Return divine art?

" Though the Lord of the Lingguan Hall had no head, five eyes grew upon his body, and he watched this in dismay.

The thing the Second Young Master had flicked forth was a divine art in the shape of a lotus seed.

That seed flew with terrifying speed, leaving a black line upon the air, crossing over the embattled armies of the celestial court and the Land of No Sorrow, and alighting in Taihuang Heaven. Taihuang Heaven had been worn ever thinner by the divine and demonic armies of both sides, and seemed at any moment ready to collapse; yet the two armies still fought furiously, and at every moment countless gods and demons perished.

The lotus seed the Second Young Master had flicked forth fell into Taihuang Heaven, and where it landed, threads and wisps of chaos qi spread out, quickly becoming a pool of chaos. The embattled armies around paid it no heed; here were flying divine weapons everywhere, dreadful divine arts, and enemy after enemy displaying the mighty power of gods and demons, moving mountains and filling seas, churning rivers and overturning oceans, and no one had leisure to mark the chaos pool that had appeared upon the ground.

The chaos pool grew to some four or five mu across, then stopped; suddenly a ripple of light crossed its surface, and a lotus leaf grew forth. With the growth of that leaf came a dreadful portent!

With the lotus pool as its center, the earth all around twisted and spun, and space itself collapsed in an instant toward the pool! Taihuang Heaven was a heaven vast beyond measure, yet with a thunderous roar it was twisted into the shape of a kaleidoscope! The edges of Taihuang Heaven were folded like the petals of a lotus; the armies of both sides fighting within it lost their footing one after another and fell tumbling toward the chaos pool!

Aboard ship after ship, tower ship and great vessel, the power of the furnaces was raised to the utmost, yet still they could not fly free of Taihuang Heaven; the gods and demons aboard looked on in horror as both they and their vessels were stretched infinitely long!

Boom, boom, boom!

God after god, demon after demon, caught by the wind of heat-death as they fell, burst apart against their will, becoming streams of chaos qi that sank down and fell toward the lotus pool!

Emperor Haotian watched from afar, and his heart quailed.

The sight was too dreadful; even a Dao-attainer facing such an attack would find it hard to withstand, let alone Taihuang Heaven and those gods and demons. "If I possessed such power.

. .

" His heart burned.

Even though the armies of the celestial court within Taihuang Heaven far outnumbered those of the Land of No Sorrow, he felt no sting of pity; he thought only of how he might seize such power for himself! At that moment, above the Land of No Sorrow, Shen Mu raised the Taiyi staff and hurled it from afar!

The Taiyi staff pierced layer upon layer of space, and in the next instant drove into the chaos pool, fixed itself upon the lotus leaf, and pinned that leaf down to the bottom of the pool!

A tremor ran out. Taihuang Heaven was pierced through by the Taiyi staff; with the chaos pool it flew out from behind Taihuang Heaven, and then, with a bang, the chaos pool burst apart!

The Second Young Master's divine art was utterly broken!

Yet though her divine art was broken, Taihuang Heaven remained twisted into the shape of a lotus; the survivors of the celestial court and the Land of No Sorrow armies did not resume their slaughter, but stood dazed within that monstrous lotus-heaven, at a loss what to do. "Old Seven.

" The Second Young Master raised her head and gazed far off at Shen Mu standing upon the Taiqing Realm of the Land of No Sorrow, and gave him a charming smile, very lovely to see.

The two looked at each other across the void.

Shen Mu raised a hand and drew it across his own throat in a gesture. The Second Young Master giggled, her head shrank, and vanished: "Old Seven, apart from the Master, who has not suffered at your hands?

But I am the exception.

. . " Emperor Haotian's body returned to a man's, and he felt as though a great weight had lifted from him.

And above the Land of No Sorrow, Heavenly Venerable Yun quietly watched this scene, probing the Second Young Master's character and her weaknesses: "So long as a character has a flaw, there is a chance to kill her!

" At the same moment, in the Southern Heaven, Shang Pingyin at last held out until the arrival of the Third Celestial Master Bai Yuqiong and Heavenly King Yiluo.