Tales of Herding Gods

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Qin Mu went into a daze.

One was the peerless beauty Jue Wuchen, who was born in Mother Earth’s Primordial Realm.

One was the leader of the half-gods, the celestial emperor of the half-god celestial heavens, Celestial Venerable Hao.

One was the leader of the lifeforms after the beginning, the leader of the Heaven Alliance, the celestial emperor of the human celestial heavens, Celestial Venerable Yun.

When Celestial Emperor was at his most invincible, it was also the moment where the half-gods and the humans were fighting at their worst, that was when they laid out a trap for Celestial Emperor.

The image of Heaven Duke, Earth Count, and Mother Earth wasn’t too brilliant here.

What was even more chilling was that Celestial Emperor’s reincarnation was supposed to be a secret, yet it was known!

The thing that terrified Qin Mu the most was still the alliance of Celestial Venerable Yun and Celestial Venerable Hao, the two archnemeses.

Their alliance was the most impossible thing to happen, and both sides had deep grudges, so how could they just set the grudge aside and deal with Celestial Emperor together?

The grudge between the lifeforms and the half-gods was the grudge between the predator and the prey, the grudge between the master and the slave.

With both sides rising and fighting each other, the grudge would only grow deeper and deeper.

Other than the grudge of the races, the deep grudge between Celestial Venerable Yun and Celestial Venerable Hao had also stemmed from the murder of Celestial Venerable Yu. According to logic, Celestial Venerable Yun would never ally himself with Celestial Venerable Hao.

Yet these incidents that seemed impossible happened.

What terrified Qin Mu the most was that they seemed to have planned ahead of time and had worked together long ago. The so-called struggle between the half-gods and the lifeforms was merely a show for Celestial Emperor, to let him put down his guard against them.

And in this period, exactly how many lifeforms and half-gods had died?

The lives that were lost were probably immeasurable!

On both sides of the corpse mountain and blood sea were Celestial Venerable Yun and Celestial Venerable Hao’s faces, faces without any warmth or emotion.

‘Both of them are terrifying…’

Qin Mu shuddered and calmed his mind down.

Heaven Duke’s voice rang out. “… In that battle, Celestial Emperor died and was turned into dust by them. I don’t know why Mother Earth had to do that, and I also don’t know if she made a move. At that point in time, we all had our selfishness. Hehe, ancient gods being impartial is merely how ordinary beings falsely praise us. We, the ancient gods, aren’t as honorable as you think. Son of Qin, after knowing how we, the ancient gods, handle matters, you should be wary of us.”

Qin Mu let out a shaky breath, and he muttered, “No wonder, no wonder Yan Qiling told me to be careful of the Heaven Alliance, to be wary of Heaven Duke and Earth Count, to be on guard against Mother Earth, so this is the reason…”

He finally understood.

Behind Yan Qiling was Celestial Emperor, and the death of Celestial Emperor was partially due to Heaven Duke, Earth Count, and Mother Earth for just looking and not doing anything. The Heaven Alliance was the one who laid their hands on Celestial Emperor directly.

“In that case, if Mother Earth said she died under the Heaven Alliance’s hands, why did her Primordial Tree land in the hands of Celestial Emperor?” Qin Mu was puzzled.

Suddenly, Heaven Duke continued to say, “After Celestial Emperor died, something strange happened, and this incident is why I don’t know who the final victor was among the three celestial heavens.”

Qin Mu hurriedly asked, “What incident?”

Heaven Duke said, “After Celestial Emperor died, Celestial Venerable Yun and Celestial Venerable Hao rushed straight for the celestial heavens, and their speed was extremely fast. At that point in time, their cultivation was extremely extraordinary, but what puzzled me was Celestial Venerable Yun had transformed into Celestial Venerable Hao’s appearance. Both of them seemed to be rushing with all their power, trying to reach the celestial heavens before the other person did. I only understood what they were doing later…”

His gaze was strange, and he said with a low voice, “They were rushing to seize Celestial Emperor’s corporeal body?”

Qin Mu’s body trembled violently.

“The news of Celestial Emperor’s death was never released, and even though Celestial Emperor is dead, the Celestial Emperor in the celestial heavens is still alive.”

Heaven Duke’s gaze was slightly blank. “Celestial Venerable Yun and Celestial Venerable Hao rushed towards the celestial heavens as fast as lightning in order to control Celestial Emperor’s corporeal body. By controlling his body, they would possess the authority and awe of Celestial Emperor. In that case, it would naturally be easy to suppress the other party. Try to think about this, is there an easier way to seize power? However, I didn’t see who reached Celestial Emperor’s corporeal body.”

Qin Mu was dumb like a wood chicken. After a moment, he asked, “Celestial Venerable Yun transformed into Celestial Venerable Hao’s appearance? How did he transform?”

Heaven Duke didn’t reply.

Brahma Buddha sighed, and this old buddha had a worried frown. “I taught it to him. He is the leader of the human race, the leader of the Heaven Alliance. He wanted to boost the confidence of the human race and wanted to transform into Celestial Venerable Mu and Celestial Venerable Qin, who had vanished. He came to find me, and I was naturally happy to teach it to him. Back then, the human race was very miserable…”

Qin Mu pondered for a moment and suddenly asked, “In that case, is Celestial Venerable Yun truly a human?”

Brahma Buddha was stunned and understood what he meant. He shook his head and said, “I don’t know.”

Qin Mu looked at Heaven Duke, and Heaven Duke also shook his head. “I also don’t know if he’s a human or a half-god, he always had the appearance of a human. However…”

He paused for a moment and said, “Celestial Venerable Hao always had the appearance of a human as well.”

The surroundings were silent.

Heaven Duke said, “I only know that on the Emperor’s Throne of the Dragon Han Celestial Heavens, that Celestial Emperor sitting there is no longer the true Celestial Emperor. However, I don’t know which one of them is now sitting there. That is because, after that, more and more changes happened, and afterward, the Heaven Han Celestial Heavens was eradicated. It didn’t take long for the Dragon Heaven Celestial Heavens to follow its footsteps and get destroyed. Afterward, the ancient celestial heavens rose higher and higher, moving far away from Yuandu, which had become the Great Ruins after the huge battle, all the way until Crimson Emperor rose to power from the ruins of Yuandu…”

Crimson Emperor was slightly in a daze. “Back then, the Great Ruins was in chaos, and it was extremely dangerous. I had also escaped numerous times from death. I liked to roam around when I was young, so I found many ruins of both celestial heavens. One day, I found a god statue with three heads and six arms, but the face had already been blurred. I suddenly had an inspiration and sat down under the stone statue for a long time. Finally, I comprehended my own path.”

Qin Mu’s mind was blown, and he asked, “Is it my stone statue?”

“I couldn’t see the face clearly.” Crimson Emperor shook his head.

Qin Mu’s mind was in a mess. Heaven Duke and the rest had revealed too much explosive information. He couldn’t digest it all.

Suddenly, he remembered something and hurriedly asked, “What about Celestial Empress? Isn’t Celestial Empress and her sister in the celestial heavens? No matter if it’s Celestial Venerable Hao or Celestial Venerable Yun that took out Celestial Emperor’s corporeal body, they definitely can’t hide it from the sisters! Why didn’t they expose them?”

Heaven Duke said, “Son of Qin, aren’t you curious how the news of Celestial Emperor’s reincarnation got leaked? Celestial Emperor’s body being taken over definitely can’t be hidden from Celestial Empress and her sister, so Celestial Emperor’s reincarnation definitely can’t be hidden from them as well.”

Qin Mu’s right hand pressed onto his forehead as he walked to and fro around the stone table. He walked until Great Sun Sovereign was all dazed.

Suddenly, he stopped and said, “In that case, Celestial Venerable Hao must have been the victor! If it were Celestial Venerable Yun, Celestial Empress and her sister would have exposed him. Celestial Venerable Yun had a grudge with them after all!”

Suddenly, Earth Count said insipidly, “Are you sure Celestial Venerable Yun doesn’t have any relationship with Celestial Empress and her sister? Celestial Venerable Yun might just be their son, after all, there are many ancient gods that reincarnated.”

Qin Mu was stunned, and he felt he couldn’t think properly.

Heaven Duke hesitated for a moment and said, “Actually before this, there’s also an incident when Celestial Empress got attacked. The little bird also told me about this, he said there’s something strange in this incident…”

Great Sun Sovereign wailed.

Heaven Duke was about to continue when Earth Count suddenly said, “Dao friend, you have said enough. We are done with Celestial Emperor’s incident, so there’s no need to create more rumors.”

Heaven Duke came back to his senses, and he chased him off. “Son of Qin, you should go, don’t keep coming in to disturb our peace and quiet. You know more than enough now, the more you know, the worse it would be for you.”

Qin Mu hurriedly asked, “I still have one thing I don’t understand! As long as Heaven Duke solves this question for me, I won’t disturb your peace.”

Heaven Duke said patiently, “Speak.”

“Since Celestial Emperor is dead and his corporeal body has been taken over, how do you explain Yan Qiling?”

Qin Mu quickly said, “Yan Qiling is clearly the successor of Celestial Emperor, and she cultivates all kinds of Great Dao. She even possesses the great divine art of Dao One. Furthermore, she came here because of the Primordial Realm being unsealed, and she even brought the Primordial Tree and the new Mother Earth. It’s obvious that the Primordial Tree and the new Mother Earth aren’t something she can groom out, so Celestial Emperor is definitely helping her. In that case, could Celestial Emperor really still be alive?”

Heaven Duke stared with his eyes wide open and scolded, “How would I know? I have no idea about these matters, if you ask me, who am I supposed to ask? Shoo, shoo. If you don’t go, I’ll let your brother out and suppress you here!”

The big-headed baby was delighted and clapped his hands in happiness.

Qin Mu’s face was black. He knew he couldn’t ask anymore, so he took back his undying consciousness.

Beside the stone table, Heaven Duke and Earth Count sat down. Great Sun Sovereign hurriedly gave up his seat and stood at one side.

Heaven Duke said, “Celestial Empress getting attacked shouldn’t be too related, so why didn’t Dao friend let me say it?”

Lava Earth Count said, “It’s easy to bring danger on him by telling him too much. In this world, the more we know, the faster we die.” Once he said that, he took a glance at Great Sun Sovereign.

Great Sun Sovereign was silent. He touched his back and opened his beak, but he didn’t say anything.

“Furthermore, what Dao friend knows is your capital.”

Earth Count continued to say, “Look at my Youdu, I’ve used his power to clean up the power of the celestial heavens. Dao friend, you only care about speaking until you are content, but have you thought about how many powers from the celestial heavens are on your body? Don’t you want to borrow his power to help you get rid of all these dangers?”

Heaven Duke opened his mouth in shock, and he only stuttered after a while, “Y-you are an honest man? Dao friend, if you are an honest man, I’ll stab a huge hole in the sky!”

Lava Earth Count’s face was all rocks, and no expression could be seen. “I’m the ruler of Youdu, the origin of the devil path, I naturally know some methods.”

Heaven Duke said with a smile, “Looks like I need to invite him to Xuandu soon. Hahaha…”

Qin Mu sat on the dragon qilin’s head to treat his injuries, and he soon cured most of the injuries on his body. He suddenly remembered something. ‘Earth Count isn’t easy to talk to, but Heaven Duke is. I forgot to ask him if Mother Earth’s blessing is a way to supervise me!’

He was thrown out by Heaven Duke, so it wasn’t good for him to ask now, he could only put it aside. ‘I should go back to Eternal Peace first and let Teacher Woodcutter check. His knowledge and horizons surpass me by a hundred times, so he can definitely see something. If it’s really to supervise me, in that case, I will have to erase the blessings the gods gave Celestial Venerable Yu…’

He rummaged through his taotie sack and finally found the token and decree Celestial Emperor rewarded him with.

Qin Mu hesitated. Yan Qiling said that Celestial Emperor’s blessing was hidden in the token and the decree, so should he open up the decree to receive the blessing?

If it was a method of supervision, wouldn’t his tracks be known by Celestial Emperor, whose life and death was uncertain?

Muttering to himself irresolutely, he put them back into taotie sack, “After Teacher Woodcutter examines Mother Earth’s blessing, I can make a decision then! Receiving Celestial Emperor’s blessing is another method to protect me, but I don’t know Celestial Emperor’s intention, I don’t know if it’s good or bad. After all, look at what happened to Celestial Venerable Yu.”

He executed the Overlord Body Three Elixir Technique, and six rumbles suddenly came from his body. His Spirit Embryo, Five Elements, Six Directions, Seven Stars, Celestial Being, and Life and Death Divine Treasures suddenly opened!

His primordial spirit stood on the land of six directions while beside him was Builder Tree, which was as high as the sun and the moon. Under his feet was darkness, and that was Youdu.

The Life and Death Divine Treasure passes through life and death, so this divine treasure reached straight to Youdu!

‘Human, standing between heaven and earth, the sky is above the head, and the ground is below the feet. Becoming a god when going up and becoming a devil when going down, we possess both the god and the devil sides from the start. In that case, the opposite of the Life and Death Divine Treasure would be the Xuandu Divine Treasure!’

Qin Mu’s primordial spirit reversed, and he suddenly heard loud rumblings as his divine treasures on the devil path opened up, reaching all the way to Celestial Being Divine Treasure. Next, another wall broke open, and boundless heavenly light came shining over from that divine treasure. It reflected Youdu’s Life and Death Divine Treasure!

Qin Mu lowered his head to look and saw himself stepping on Xuandu. Suddenly, his gaze turned blank as he thought of something important.

‘Humans possess both the god and the devil sides. Doesn’t this mean that everyone can open up their divine treasures on the god path and divine treasures on the devil path?’

He was stunned for a moment, and his body suddenly trembled from excitement. ‘In that case, did anyone try to open up the divine treasures of the devil path before? If there isn’t, am I the first? That’s right! Divine treasures can be inherited, so I just need to give birth to a baby to understand! Hmm, how do I give birth… Imperial Preceptor has given birth before, so let’s go ask him!’