Chapter 781 — The Strange Guest Lurking in the Shadows

No secret of the Longhan Heavenly Court could escape you. If you did not die, who would? " Great Sun Star Lord mumbled submissively, not daring to speak.

Shen Mu asked, "Heavenly Lord, you should know many secrets of the Earth Mother Prime Realm, no? " The Heavenly Lord's clone glanced at the Molten Earth Lord. The Molten Earth Lord said, "Fellow Daoist, you tell him. " The Heavenly Lord said, "I know some. The Xiaohan Heavenly Court was established within the Earth Mother Prime Realm; later the Chiming Heavenly Court was also built here. Crimson Emperor, you should remember, no? " The Crimson Emperor thought and said, "That is right. But by then the Prime Realm was no longer as vast as before. I heard that during the fall of the Longhan era, part of the Prime Realm was annihilated by the gods in battle.

What I saw then was the Desolate Ruins, but in those days the Longhan Desolate Ruins were extremely vast, even vaster than now. " "After you died, Emperor Ming inherited your legacy and continued the fortune of the Chiming era.

Emperor Ming also rose from the Prime Realm.

" The Heavenly Lord continued, "After the fall of Emperor Ming's Heavenly Court, the remnants of Chiming migrated and hid in the Chiming Suspended Realm.

Yet after that battle, the Prime Realm shrank again. The Shanghuang era was founded upon the remains of the Chiming Desolate Ruins.

By the end of the Shanghuang era, it was destroyed once more and became the Shanghuang Desolate Ruins. Forty thousand years ago, Kaihuang rose from the Shanghuang Desolate Ruins, and now it has become the Kaihuang Desolate Ruins. Four eras, one might say, were all built upon the Prime Realm.

" Shen Mu was stunned. Four dynasties' Heavenly Courts had all risen from here and become Heavenly Courts here? What kind of place was the Earth Mother Prime Realm, that its fortune should be so abundant? "Heavenly Lord, you are evading the important and dwelling on the trivial. You still have not said why the former Primordial Prime Capital became the Desolate Ruins of today, nor where Earth Mother Yuanjun is, nor why the Earth Mother Prime Realm would suddenly reappear.

" Shen Mu said with bitter disappointment, "You seem to have said much, Heavenly Lord, but in truth you have said less than Great Sun Star Lord! " The white-bearded old man blew out his beard and glared.

"He said much, and so he died early! " Shen Mu said coldly, "Is Earth Mother Yuanjun dead? Earth Mother Yuanjun could die, but the Heavenly Lord cannot? Whether you speak or not, others may not necessarily spare you. " The Heavenly Lord hesitated and looked at the Molten Earth Lord. The Earth Lord's gaze was deep. "I am not a peeping tom," he said. "I do not constantly watch the movements of the Earth Mother Prime Realm.

Moreover, from Youdu I cannot see matters in the Earth Mother Prime Realm. Only when wronged souls fall into Youdu can I sense that something strange has happened in the Earth Mother Prime Realm.

" The Heavenly Lord looked at Great Sun Star Lord again.

Great Sun Star Lord shrank his bird head and said, "Do not look at me. I was already shot dead by a hidden arrow. I spied on too many secrets, and after I died I no longer knew what happened in the Earth Mother Prime Realm.

. .

" The Heavenly Lord sighed. "I am a peeping tom.

I know matters of the Prime Realm. " He paused and said, "In truth, the Shanghuang era is connected to Earth Mother Yuanjun and also to the Heavenly Court. At that time, the Shanghuang era divided the world in two.

These two Heavenly Courts represented two different powers.

After Earth Mother Yuanjun died, the Shanghuang era collapsed. I can only tell you this much. As for the rest, you must seek the answers yourself. " Shen Mu was greatly shaken.

He said hurriedly, "The Northern and Southern Shanghuang were established, and the Shanghuang era was divided into northern and southern halves. Who backed these two powers? And you said Earth Mother Yuanjun died. Who struck the blow?

" The Heavenly Lord did not speak.

Shen Mu continued to question him. At last the Heavenly Lord could not bear it. Furious and flustered, he said, "I have already told you many things, and still you come to pester me? How the Earth Mother died, I do not know either. I can only guess!

There are many beings capable of sealing my sight. I cannot see Youdu, cannot find the Tianyin Realm, and certainly cannot see the Heavenly Court! By the end of the Shanghuang era, I could not even see the Desolate Ruins!

The reason I hide in your eye is that I want to see what has happened through these years!

" Having said this, he said dejectedly, "I can see other heavens and worlds, but more and more things are hidden from me. I. . . I am about to become a Heavenly Lord whom people curse every day, saying you are blind. . . " The Molten Earth Lord said to Shen Mu, "The reappearance of the Earth Mother Prime Realm may be connected to the remnant consciousness of Earth Mother Yuanjun.

You should be careful. " Shen Mu asked in confusion, "Why should I be careful? " The Molten Earth Lord said, "Outside Yusuo Pass you devoured many divine and demonic primordial spirits, among them the offspring of Earth Mother Yuanjun from the Longhan era. You carry the blame; I have also recorded the debt for you.

But out of moral duty, I still must warn you. "