Chapter 1130 Treasure of Creation
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 3
The Hutian World was exceedingly complete—a treasure of the Creator's Zangshan clan, and among the great heavens it ranked as one of the higher heavens. What was more, the Hutian Vase was itself a divine weapon forged by the Creator; should war come, one could even drive the Hutian Vase against the foe. Of course, this demanded an extraordinarily profound attainment in spirit-consciousness. By now, Shen Mu had passed the Creator clan's spirit-consciousness cultivation methods on to Yankang, and the adepts and deities of Yankang had fused arts such as the Three Enclosures' Supreme Consciousness with the cultivation system of the day, giving rise to a host of new spirit-consciousness techniques. All the Dutian Demon King needed to do was learn the spirit-consciousness cultivation methods from Yankang, then lead his clansmen in day-and-night ritual refinement of the Hutian Vase; it would not be long before they could refine it into submission and turn it into a mighty treasure to shield them! The Dutian Demon King was shaken by emotions beyond words; he at once entered the Hutian Heaven and told his people the good news. How many years had passed? The Dutian World had been destroyed, countless clansmen had perished, and they had drifted homeless, crying to heaven when heaven made no answer, calling upon the earth when the earth turned a deaf ear—meeting rebuffs at every turn, waylaid, captured, and made slaves. Now, at last, they had found a place to set down roots! His heart blazed, scorching hot; yet he knew that the merit he had earned by conquering the Tianyu World was not enough to win him a heaven such as the Hutian World. The Hutian World was even more magnificent and vast than the Tianyu World; it was out of regard for their friendship that Shen Mu had gifted him the Hutian Vase. Shen Mu questioned Yu Zhaoqing in detail, and Yu Zhaoqing related how the Dutian Demon King had led the Tianyu clansmen to attack the Tianyu World. The Tianyu World had been occupied by the demon race, whose arts happened to be precisely what countered the Tianyu clan's techniques. Not only that—the Demon Gods of the demon race possessed a divine power to control the Tianyu clan; even Yu Zhaoqing could be manipulated. The Dutian Demon King had not attacked at once; rather, availing himself of his identity as a demon, he had slipped into the Tianyu World and studied the demonic arts. After two years, he had mastered the demons' abilities, discerned the way to counter them, and taught it to Yu Zhaoqing and the others. Yu Zhaoqing spread the teachings among the clan, prepared for another two years, and only then launched the assault. Then, within a single year, they conquered the Tianyu World—truly a case of husbanding strength for a long while, then striking like a thunderbolt, and annihilating the demons there with the ease of snapping rotten wood! Shen Mu listened, utterly absorbed, and praised: "Know yourself and know your enemy, and in a hundred battles you will win a hundred victories. The Dutian Demon King has the makings of a great commander." Yu Zhaoqing laughed: "It is just that at the very beginning, Dutian and those three Dragon-clan Daoist brothers did not get along, and he was strung up and thrashed. Later their relations mended, and in the end they even saved one another's lives." Shen Mu roared with laughter. He summoned the three Heavenly Dragons and the six other Heavenly Dragons and said: "Will you remain in Yankang, or come with me to the Heavenly Court? If you return to the Heavenly Court, I will wash away your memories of these past years and implant new ones in you. If you remain in Yankang, then you can only take on new faces and share Yankang's life and death." The nine Heavenly Dragons transformed into human form, put their heads together to deliberate, and said: "We have followed the Heavenly Venerable and know many secrets. If we return to the Heavenly Court, I fear our days would be few. Even if the Heavenly Venerable wa