Chapter 753 — Expanding the Celestial Palace
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The divine treasuries Shen Mu built with his primal energy were precisely the numerological models of divine treasuries that he and Xu Shenghua and others had constructed in the later age, and thus they were remarkably lifelike.
His primal energy transformed into a phantom of the Heavenly Venerable Yu, which stepped onto the spirit bridge and was about to reach the end of the bridge.
Kaihuang's heart grew frantic. This was the most critical moment. If Shen Mu could not produce the art of opening the heavenly palace, Hao Tianzun would directly point out that he was a counterfeit Heavenly Venerable Yu and pin the Heavenly Venerable Yu's death directly on his head!
The phantom of the Heavenly Venerable Yu formed from Shen Mu's primal energy walked to the head of the bridge and halted.
Kaihuang's palms were slick with cold sweat.
People of later ages knew only that once one cultivated to the Spirit Bridge realm, one's primordial spirit could cross the bridge and ascend to the heavenly palace—but they did not know how the heavenly palace had come to be!
The art of opening the heavenly palace had long been lost!
Later generations knew only the fact of the heavenly palace, not the reason behind it!
They were descendants of adepts who had opened the heavenly palace. From birth, both their divine treasuries and their heavenly palaces were already present; they needed only to cultivate to a certain realm to open their treasuries and ascend to the heavenly palace. They had no need to ponder the cause.
And this was precisely why the Heavenly Venerable Yu was great!
Naturally, Shen Mu also could not know how to open the heavenly palace. If he did not know, he would err at the very first step, and Hao Tianzun would directly slap the accusation of murdering the Heavenly Venerable Yu upon his head!
This was the crux of the matter, and its great peril!
"How can one open the heavenly palace from nothing?"
Kaihuang's mind spun like lightning, all manner of thoughts and schemes flooding in. "How did the Heavenly Venerable Yu open the heavenly palace? If he could do it, others could too. If he could create such an art, others could create it as well. What exactly did he do?"
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him. "Why did the Heavenly Venerable Yu insist on holding a grand assembly at Yaochi to proclaim the art of becoming a god? There was more to it than borrowing the occasion's prestige—there was another reason! The heavenly palace! The heavenly palace! So that is it!"
He suddenly understood. "The heavenly palace that the Heavenly Venerable Yu opened—its arrangement is the same as the heavenly palace in the celestial court! The Heavenly Venerable Yu opened the heavenly palace by observing the construction of the celestial court, moved by what he saw, inspired to create!"
"The divine treasuries unlock the power of one's own body, while the heavenly palace is..."
He had just arrived at this thought when Shen Mu's voice suddenly came from the altar: "The divine treasuries unlock the power of the physical body; the heavenly palace unlocks the power of the gods of the physical body. I name this great realm the Heavenly Palace."
Kaihuang's body shook violently. He raised his head toward the violet-robed youth on the altar, and in a daze he seemed to see another Heavenly Venerable Yu.
Hao Tianzun's heart quaked, and an expression of utter disbelief spread across his face.
And at that moment, the Underworld Lord slowly regained consciousness and happened to hear these very words. Seized by panic and terror, he fainted dead away once more.