Chapter 1728 — The Solitary King Speaks

" Shen Mu stared straight at him, his voice hoarse. "At that time, Heavenly Emperor Hao would indeed be dead. But the Four Ancient God Emperors, Emperor Yiyue, Tian Shu, Emperor Shitian, the Cyan Sovereign, the Woodcutter, the Farmer, the Scholar, the Fisherman, Long Pi, Jiang Baigui, Wei Suifeng, Emperor Yanfeng, Gongsun Yan, the First Patriarch, the Chi and Ming Emperors, Lady Tianyin, Shen Fengqing, Duke Tian, and Achou—all of them would be dead! " He spoke faster and faster, and finally said coldly, "Lang Wan going to kill Taichu is actually going to her death!

Lang Wan possesses the strongest divine sense besides yours.

If Taichu kills her and gains her divine sense, he might very well be able to attain the Dao of Taichu, so he will certainly go, and Lang Wan will certainly die!

And you will die too! What use is this victory? " "It is useful! " Heavenly Venerable Yun stood up. "Once Heavenly Emperor Hao dies, the dragons will have no head!

Heavenly Venerable Xu and the Ancestral God King are simply incapable of commanding the immense power of the Heavenly Court, and the Heavenly Court will not submit to the Lingguan Hall Master either! At that time, you will still have Heavenly Venerable You and Heavenly Venerable Yue to assist you; you will still have the Imperial Heavenly Venerable Lan Yutian at your side; you will still have Lord Shang beside you; and you will have the immense prestige you gain from slaying Heavenly Emperor Hao! At that time, the Heavenly Court will fall into your hands! " He swept the board into chaos and took a step forward. "Heavenly Venerable Mu is the Dharma-Transmitting Heavenly Venerable.

Your prestige stands even above that of the Imperial Heavenly Venerable Lan Yutian! A Heavenly Venerable Mu who has cast off all restraints will be an invincible existence! Slay the Lingguan Hall Master, kill Heavenly Venerable Xu and the Ancestral God King, and look across the cosmos—there will be no match for you! Upon the ruins, you can rebuild Jingping and shape this world into the image of your imagining! " Shen Mu sat down dejectedly and shook his head.

"At that time, I would be a solitary king.

. . " Heavenly Venerable Yun revealed a smile. "Exactly. You may not be able to bring us back to life, and you may become a solitary king, but these sacrifices are worth it. For a million years, we have been longing for a true revolution, a true reform of the laws, longing to accomplish our heart's desires and realize our aspirations!

" He could not help but grow agitated, pacing around Shen Mu, and said with a clear laugh, "And you—you will help us achieve all of this! So these sacrifices are worth it! Heavenly Venerable Mu, this game can be won! As long as you treat us as the sacrifices of the Jingping reform, it can be won! Hesitation will bring defeat!

Heavenly Emperor Hao will not give you a chance to hesitate!

" He placed his hands on Shen Mu's shoulders, while Shen Mu sat there wooden and motionless, only listening as his impassioned voice echoed in his ears: "A million years of dreams, right before our eyes! Heavenly Venerable Mu, hesitate no longer! In this war, we are willing to become the sacrifices of your victory! " Shen Mu was silent.

"When the Western Emperor White Tiger and the Northern Emperor Black Tortoise descend together with their ancestral lands, that will be the moment Heavenly Emperor Hao makes his move! " Heavenly Venerable Yun shook his shoulders forcefully and said in a deep voice, "Brother Mu, I know Heavenly Emperor Hao too well. He will definitely act! If you hesitate, you will lose the entire game!

Hesitate no longer; give the order to act!

" Shen Mu clenched his fists, looked up at his impassioned face, and before he knew it, tears slid down his cheeks, wetting his grey-flecked temples. In a hoarse voice he said, "Heavenly Venerable Yun, you are forcing me to become another you, another Heavenly Venerable Yun, another Emperor Yun! This is not me, not me. .

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" "But we can win! " Heavenly Venerable Yun's eyes were bright.

"Do you have a better way to break the game? Do you have any other way to stop the Lingguan Hall Master? Make up your mind, Heavenly Venerable Mu!

Time waits for no one! " Shen Mu stared at the stones scattered on the ground. If a good man wishes to defeat a bad man, he must be even more unscrupulous than the bad man. But at that time, is the good man still a good man?

Having defeated the Ten Heavenly Venerables and defeated Heavenly Emperor Hao, would he then be a solitary man seated on the Heavenly Emperor's throne—another of the Ten Heavenly Venerables?

He clenched his fists. What meaning was there left in the Jingping reform?

What meaning was there in the Longhan revolution, the Chiming revolution, the Shanghuang reform, the Kaihuang reform?

He looked at the stones, and in a trance saw himself covered in dragon scales, growing sharp claws and fangs, his face ferocious.

Shen Mu stood up and walked to the edge of the heavens of the Supreme Clarity Realm. There, the great armies of the Heavenly Court were mobilizing; the Heavenly Court had already made ready to begin the decisive battle against the Carefree Land.

Behind Shen Mu, Heavenly Venerable Yun came up and said in a deep voice, "Heavenly Venerable Mu, have you decided?

The Lingguan Hall Master is probably about to set out!

" Shen Mu said in a low voice, "Yun, do you think Heavenly Emperor Hao will part ways with the Second Young Master? " Heavenly Venerable Yun was stunned for a moment.

Within the encampment of the Heavenly Court, Heavenly Emperor Hao looked up at the strange omens formed by the descent of the Western Emperor White Tiger and the Northern Emperor Black Tortoise, and smiled slightly. Behind him, the Lingguan Hall Master let out a low shout, and his flesh suddenly split into pieces, landing to transform into Ancient Gods of various forms, their auras incomparably powerful!

"Hall Master, I shall entrust this to you," said Heavenly Emperor Hao with a smile. The Ancient Gods instantly turned into streaks of light and flew off in every direction!

At the place where Jingping bordered the sea of the Southern Sea, there was a range called the Jade Cliff Mountains, where the people of Jingping had built the Jade Cliff Pass.

The pass was incomparably precipitous, like a smooth, sheer cliff that blocked the surging waves of the sea.

The First Patriarch, the Human Sovereign Shen Wu, led the Jingping army commanded by successive Human Sovereigns, and was stationed at the Jade Cliff Pass. On the sea before the pass, meteors suddenly fell one after another, crashing into the sea and stirring up colossal waves.

The waves reached the sky, howling and surging, rushing toward the Jade Cliff Pass! Behind the waves came the remnants of the thirty-nine Route Marquises of the Southern Heaven of the Heavenly Court, following the waves like wildfire spread across the sea, their momentum rolling, charging at the Jade Cliff Pass!

In the sky, blazing flames surged once more.

Countless fire meteors, like raindrops, dragged long tails of fire and thick smoke as they hurtled toward the Jade Cliff Pass!

"Though heaven spins and earth turns, my heart does not waver. " The First Patriarch, the Human Sovereign, stood on the Jade Cliff Pass, hands crossed and slowly moving, his divine ability bursting forth.

In an instant, the fire meteors filling the sky and the monstrous waves rotated in a warped space, moved backward, and rushed toward the remnants of the various armies of the Southern Heaven!

The scattered, defeated troops of the Southern Heaven, although routed by the Southern Emperor Vermilion Bird, the Crimson Emperor Qi Xiayu, and others, did not fall into disorder in their formations.

The commanders of each army had deep cultivation, and their formations were strict. With a single command each, the formations turned, splitting the great waves and annihilating the fire meteors that filled the sky!