Chapter 831 — Joining Hands for a Fight

Zhe Huali's expression returned to normal. He said solemnly, "A word from you is worth ten years of reading. Cult Master Shen's wisdom truly reaches the heavens. Admirable, admirable!"

Shen Mu was greatly gratified.

The demon blade behind Zhe Huali still had a blank look in its eyes, not yet recovered.

"If I said I didn't understand, wouldn't he look down on me?"

Zhe Huali thought to himself, "With these research fanatics, when you don't understand, just pretend you do. As long as you don't interrupt, you won't expose your shallow learning."

"And there is one best opportunity to escape this ship!"

Shen Mu grew more and more excited. "That is the period when material change is most violent! When is material change most violent? It is when the ghost ship first crossed over. At that time, all the Yulin Army on the ghost ship became void, and the ghost ship itself became void! If my guess is right, the four ancient god emperors—Xuanwu, Zhuque, Qinglong, and Baihu—likely boarded the ship at that time and left behind seals!"

Zhe Huali clapped his hands in praise. "Brother Shen is indeed extraordinarily talented!"

The demon blade behind him still had a blank look in its eyes.

Shen Mu said joyfully, "Senior Brother Zhe Huali is truly my kindred spirit, understanding at once. The four ancient god emperors came to investigate the Yulin Army's crossing incident and boarded this ship, causing a massive change in the ship's matter. The entire Yulin Army became void, entering an unobservable state. Ling Tianzun's divine ability erupted completely, clashing with the four emperors. That is the moment when we can borrow the power of the four emperors to break Ling Tianzun's divine ability! Once broken, we will rescue those who became void and return to our respective eras!"

Zhe Huali only understood the last sentence. His face broke into a smile. "Cult Master Shen, what should we do?"

"Stay alive!"

Shen Mu's expression turned grave. He said quietly, "Stay alive during this period. Isn't that right, Lin Xiao?"

Zhe Huali was startled. He looked around, and his gaze suddenly fell on a lantern hanging from the ship's mast.

The lantern opened a door. A tiny figure with a bird's head and a human body stood in the small doorway, behind it a brilliantly radiant sun.

The tiny figure clapped its hands in praise. "Worthy of Mu Tianzun, one of the nine great Tianzuns! In just a few cycles, you have figured out the way to break it. I have also tried the Divine Son Qiuming's method of killing all the unchanging constants. It doesn't work. I'm afraid the only way to escape this ship is your method."

Shen Mu smiled. "However, as the Empress's trusted confidant, you cannot allow anyone to escape this ship, lest the secret be exposed."

The tiny figure in the lantern sighed. "That is the way of it. All unchanging constants must die. They must all die."

Shen Mu said abruptly, "Then, Lin Xiao, do you remember how many times you have reincarnated on this ship?"

The tiny figure in the lantern was slightly taken aback, puzzled by his meaning.

Shen Mu laughed. "With each minor cycle of this ship, a batch of people boards. It is clear that no one on this ship truly dies. After they die and become void, when the next cycle comes, they come back to life and board again. The matter on the ship is constant, neither increasing nor decreasing, unchanging and unaltered. That is Ling Tianzun's divine ability. So, when you boarded with Jue Wuchen, does the present you still exist?"

The light in the lantern suddenly became incomparably intense. The bird-headed, human-bodied tiny figure grew somewhat agitated.

Shen Mu smiled slightly and said leisurely, "At that time, the present you will disappear and become the you who just boarded. You will board this ship again with your companions, bringing Jue Wuchen, and repeat what you have done. How many times have you repeated it?"

The tiny figure in the lantern laughed. "I remember all the cycles..."

"You don't remember."

Shen Mu showed contempt. "If you remembered, I would also remember how many cycles I have been through, and all the unchanging constants would remember too. Yet they have been killed by you time and again. Clearly you do not remember, and neither do they. The only one with some memory is Long Bo, that mad old dragon fused with this ship, but his memory is also incomplete."

The tiny figure in the lantern's pupils contracted sharply. Then it suddenly cackled, like a chicken's crow. "But you will die soon. After thirty-six cycles, you will revive again and be killed by me again!"

The lantern blazed with light. The sun within the lantern's wheel rotated, and an incomparably terrifying fluctuation surged forth, blasting the ground where Shen Mu stood into powder!

The tiny figure in the lantern pounced, only to find that Shen Mu and Zhe Huali had vanished without a trace!

Shen Mu used his teleportation ability, sending himself and Zhe Huali away. He spoke rapidly, "This fellow severed his own cultivation, but he is still as powerful as a god, able to withstand a blow from Lizheng without dying. Let us find a safe place to hide until he reincarnates again! Then he won't remember us..."

Suddenly a beam of lantern light swept over. Everything it passed was vaporized clean. The tiny figure in the lantern laughed. "Hide? I know this ship like the back of my hand. Where can you hide?"

Zhe Huali shook his head. "Cult Master Shen, if we join hands, can we not kill a god?"

Shen Mu was slightly taken aback. He looked at Zhe Huali carefully and shook his head. "Joining hands with Xu Shenghua, I could fight a god. But you are not Xu Shenghua."

Zhe Huali gave a muffled snort, his fighting spirit blazing. "I am inferior to Xu Shenghua? Do not underestimate me!"