Mysterious mirror hanging high

Chapter 998 Compromise

The two supreme beings faced each other from afar, silent yet exuding a pressure far exceeding any confrontation Jing Yu had ever witnessed.

At this moment, Shenmeng Daozun suddenly raised her hand, and countless extremely abstract lines and light spots appeared around her, instantly shrouding the entire battlefield in a hazy mist.

The woman in animal skin opposite Shenmeng Daozun suddenly yawned, her eyelids drooping slightly, but she immediately opened them again, then snapped her fingers—

In an instant, a fleshy growth suddenly bulged out on the back of Shenmeng Daozun's long neck, as if some life was being conceived and evolved within it, and was even about to break through the skin and descend into this world!

Despite the strange changes in her body, Shenmeng Daozun's expression remained unchanged. She simply stroked the hair at her temples, and the throbbing tumor on the back of her neck gradually subsided, eventually returning to its original state without a sound.

The various lines, light spots, and dots on the battlefield constantly changed and flickered. Apart from the two Dao Venerables, everything else seemed to have lost its most basic shape. The two seemed to be in a huge abstract painting, standing quietly and speechless.

Jing Yu opened his eyes wide, barely daring to miss any detail, trying to find evidence of which Dao Venerable had the upper hand, but it was destined to be in vain—because he found that the battle between Dao Venerables was too abstract, so much so that he couldn't understand it at all!

Are they having a magical duel?

A question arose in Jing Yu's mind; he didn't even understand whether the two Dao Venerables were actually fighting.

After a long time, all the lines, dots, light spots... and even colors on the entire battlefield disappeared, leaving only an absolute void.

At this moment, the Divine Dream Daoist slowly spoke: "Creation, retreat, do not interfere with our plans."

"That child is not someone you should lay a finger on."

The woman in animal skin opposite him scoffed, "You Taoist sect didn't even consult me ​​when you made your plans, how would I know which ones are your pawns?"

"She is not a pawn."

Shenmeng Daozun coldly said, "But rather, he is someone who has the potential to become a [Chess Player]..."

"Is this your reason for infiltrating the Demon Refining Pot?" The woman in animal skin raised an eyebrow. "I've taken a liking to this little girl. Perfect timing, I also have a brand new [Path of the Dao] in my hands, so I'll let her try it out. Your Daoist sect can train chess players, and the demon race can naturally do the same."

"I am confident that I can at least train her to become a Dao Lord."

"Have you ever seen a Daoist master whose path to enlightenment was given to them by someone else? They all forged their own path!"

Shenmeng Daozun said, "If she really cultivates to the Dao Lord level according to your path, it will be as good as ruining her! You are destroying her!"

The woman in animal skin clenched her fist and clicked her tongue: "You want her to forge her own path? Interesting... But she is already receiving the inheritance. If her own path truly has the potential to become a Dao Venerable, then my inheritance will not affect her, but will instead become an aid to her."

A murderous glint flashed in Shenmeng Daozun's eyes: "But she is only at the Cave Heaven Realm! No matter how promising her path is, it is difficult for someone at the Cave Heaven Realm to remain unaffected by a Daozun... Creation, you are challenging the bottom line of our Daoist sect."

The woman in animal skin was about to say something when a strange light suddenly flashed in her eyes, and her expression became somewhat solemn:

"Interesting. She really wasn't led astray by my legacy?"

“Shenmeng, I admit that I underestimated this little girl before… Perhaps she really has the hope of becoming a Venerable.”

"Originally, I just wanted to train another Dao Lord to work for me, but now I've changed my mind."

Shenmeng Daozun seemed to sense the state of someone in the distance as well, and visibly breathed a sigh of relief, but soon an angry expression appeared on his face:

"Fate! You've gone too far this time! Just a little bit more, just a little bit more... and you've destroyed half of the Daoist sect's plans for this era."

"What, do you expect me to kneel down and apologize to you?" The woman in animal skin glanced at Shenmeng Daozun and sneered.

"You'd better go and explain to [One Yuan] yourself," Shenmeng Daozun said, enunciating each word clearly.

The woman in animal skin seemed somewhat wary of the name "One Yuan," instinctively shrinking her head back, yet still stubbornly insisting, "The Hidden Subtle has concealed all your plans. To other forces in the Immortal Realm, all of the Daoist sect's plans are a complete black box. Unless it's right in our faces, how would I know which of your hidden tricks you left behind?"

"We share responsibility for this equally, so let's not pin our blame on each other."

Shenmeng Daozun's tone became leisurely at this moment: "You need to give the Daoist sect an explanation for this matter."

The woman in animal skin gritted her teeth and said, "I get it, you've come here to extort money, haven't you? Just say it directly, why bother with this pretense!"

"I need to borrow your [Three Treasures Balance Instrument]," said the Divine Dream Daoist.

"What do you need this for?" the woman in animal skin asked in surprise. "Do you have a descendant who wants to cultivate the [Creation Immortal Body]?"

"Fine, since none of the demon race's prodigies have been cultivating the [Creation Immortal Body] lately, lending you tens or hundreds of thousands of years won't hurt."

Unexpectedly, the Divine Dream Daoist said again, "Wait, there's no need to give it to me now."

"If a human cultivator enters the [Palace in the Pot] again in a thousand or two thousand years, you can simply give him the [Three Treasures Balance Instrument]."

"Who is it?" the woman in animal skin asked疑惑地, "Is the Daoist sect's scheme not limited to that little girl alone? Just how many tricks does [One Yuan] have up its sleeve?"

"Knowing too much won't do you any good," said Shenmeng Daozun calmly.

Then, this goddess-like figure removed a hairpin from her hair and threw it in front of the woman in animal skin, saying:

"You know the rules."

It then vanished.

At this point, the entire photo opportunity vanished without a trace.

Jing Yu came to her senses and frowned, thinking, "This photo... I guess it was specially left for me by Lord Shenmeng?"

"It seems that you, sir, have reached some kind of agreement with the Creation Immortal Venerable?"

He breathed a sigh of relief, hoisted Guo Tingshu onto his back with one hand, pressed the other hand against the bronze door, and pushed it open forcefully—

As soon as Jing Yu stepped into the door, the bronze door slowly closed, leaving no gap.

After entering, Jing Yu found himself in a long corridor, at the end of which stood a bronze door.

"Why are there so many doors..."

Jing Yu muttered to himself, then strode forward.

But soon he discovered that there were murals painted on the walls on both sides of the corridor.

Although he was seeing the content of these murals for the first time, the form was not unfamiliar to him.

When he was in the lower realm, he had seen similar murals in the secret realm left behind by [Buddha of Universal Salvation] when he was making his nest.

The light in the corridor was dim and constant. The murals on both sides were not ordinary paintings, but were made by mixing some kind of luminescent mineral powder with the blood of strange beasts. Even the figures in the murals seemed to come alive, like an animation from a previous life.