Tales of Herding Gods

The moment Mistress Yuanmu made her move, it was the Great Celestial Heavens formed by the thirty-six celestial palaces, pushing the Dao of the Ruins of End to its limits!

She should be called the Ruins of End Goddess, but at that moment, Mistress Yuanmu's consciousness was in control. She had fused Mistress Yuanmu's Dao of Destruction and Celestial Empress' Dao of Creation, fusing them together to form the perfect Dao of Ruins of End.

The perfect power of the Ruins of End was extremely peculiar. It could swallow all things and all energy, transforming them into its own power.

The power of Celestial Venerable Huo's Dao fire was almost on par with the Wind of Silence. However, in the Ruins of End, it was the true Wind of Silence, crushing matter and turning it into pure energy.

When the incomparably terrifying energy accumulated together, it was like a hot wind!

When fighting with Mistress Yuanmu, one would realize that their magic power was getting lower while her abilities were getting higher!

Boom!

Celestial Venerable Huo took the blow head on, and he immediately realized that his paths, skills, and divine arts were like rocks sinking into the sea, unable to cause any damage to his opponent.

Meanwhile, Mistress Yuanmu's magic power suddenly increased by a thread. The lotus flower broke through his defense and spun around, slicing open his chest!

A sharp lotus petal swept past his face, and the mask on his face gave off a soft crack. It split into two, revealing a sinister and terrifying face.

Celestial Venerable Huo's face was destroyed by Qin Mu, and the facial features on his face were hard to recognize. There were only white bones and scattered flesh.

His face was completely pulled out, and only his nose and bones were left. Only his ears were left, and his eyes had no flesh or blood to protect them. They were exposed, and his lips had vanished, revealing his teeth.

His face was like a skeleton with scattered flesh and blood.

In the current world, Qin Mu was the undisputed number one in Dao techniques. The Dao injury he had left on Celestial Venerable Huo's face had lasted until now and couldn't be broken. Even Apothecary couldn't heal it.

When Mistress Yuanmu saw this face, she was also shocked.

The two of them fought fast, and Celestial Venerable Huo's hands and feet were tied. He felt that all the divine arts he had executed had lost their power. No matter how he attacked, the power would be devoured by Yuanmu.

He didn't cultivate thirty-six celestial palaces and only had thirty-five. This caused his magic power to be much weaker than Mistress Yuanmu's, causing him to be beaten up.

His strong point was that he had no weakness, and his paths, skills, and divine arts had no flaws. Even though his paths, skills, and divine arts were countered by Mistress Yuanmu, his corporeal body was strong and could take on Yuanmu head-on. However, the more he fought, the more he was at a disadvantage.

Lotus flowers floated down and danced around him. The petals were incomparably sharp, slicing apart his flesh and skin!

Whoosh—

The abyss of the Ruins of End suddenly appeared behind him, and a violent gravity came over, twisting his corporeal body and pulling him into the abyss.

Celestial Venerable Huo roared angrily and tried his best to rush out of the abyss. He had just rushed out when Mistress Yuanmu swept her lotus on his body.

Celestial Venerable Huo vomited blood and rolled away.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh. The stamens of the lotus shot out like snakes, wrapping around him and pulling him towards Mistress Yuanmu.

Celestial Venerable Huo immediately raised his hand to sever the stamens, but Mistress Yuanmu was already in front of him.

Celestial Venerable Huo's figure rose up and transformed into a streak of fire to escape. His speed was so fast that it was eye-opening.

However, the abyss of the Ruins of End was like a huge mouth that swallowed all the worlds in the universe, causing space to collapse. No matter how fast he flew, he could only circle around the abyss of the Ruins of End, unable to fly out of its gravitational range.

"My life shall end here!"

Celestial Venerable Huo was filled with despair. He turned back and saw Mistress Yuanmu already behind him. She was smiling as she pinched the twin lotuses, ready to kill him.

However, what was strange was that just as Mistress Yuanmu raised the lotus in her hand, it stopped and didn't execute a sure-kill strike.

Celestial Venerable Huo was stunned. He saw Mistress Yuanmu standing there with a look of panic on her face. The look of panic grew stronger.

Her expression didn't seem fake. Now that she had the upper hand, there was no need to fake it.

However, not only did Mistress Yuanmu reveal a look of panic, her body even started to tremble. At the same time, the mole between her brows gradually changed from black to red.

"Little slut…"

Mistress Yuanmu gritted her teeth and hissed, "Are you seeking death by jumping out now?"

Celestial Venerable Huo didn't understand what he meant and immediately attacked Mistress Yuanmu ruthlessly. Suddenly, the twin lotuses in Mistress Yuanmu's hands grew bigger and closed with a swoosh, wrapping around her.

Celestial Venerable Huo's strike landed on the layers of petals, causing them to wither. However, the terrifying power still reached the depths of the two lotuses.

A grunt came from the lotus, and another voice sounded out, "Little slut, why would I admit defeat just like that? I'm the orthodox one, the master of this body. Now that you've recovered, it's the best time for me to take back my body…"

"Sister, you will only let Celestial Venerable Huo take advantage of you if you fight for my body!"

"If you don't retreat, I'll perish with you and let Celestial Venerable Huo kill us both!"

…

Celestial Venerable Huo dealt a few heavy blows, breaking through the two lotuses and killing his way in. He saw Mistress Yuanmu frozen there, unable to move.

In just an instant, he executed countless divine arts to bombard this woman, and Mistress Yuanmu was sent flying into the air, crashing into the ground.

Boom!

Celestial Venerable Huo landed and stepped on Mistress Yuanmu's chest, his eyes shining with excitement. "My luck is still astonishing, I'm not destined to die. Mistress Yuanmu, please go on your way…"

At this moment, the mole on Mistress Yuanmu's forehead turned completely red, and she looked at him coldly. Her voice became Celestial Empress' voice. "Minister Huo, you dare to trample on my body?"

Chi—

Celestial Venerable Huo's leg was grabbed by Celestial Empress and smashed ruthlessly onto the ground. Celestial Venerable Huo was dazed from the impact. Luckily, Celestial Empress was also heavily injured and didn't take his life directly.

A fierce light flashed in Celestial Venerable Huo's eyes as he thought to himself, 'She was severely injured by me just now, so I might not lose this battle!'

Ancestral God King and Celestial Venerable Xu went forward, and they saw the double lotus petals closing up and coiling tightly together. The greenhouse was sometimes big and sometimes small, sometimes expanding and sometimes contracting. Terrifying divine art fluctuations came from inside, and it was astonishing.

Ancestral God King and Celestial Venerable Xu were heavily injured. They looked at each other in astonishment.

The battle between the twin lotuses ended very quickly. Suddenly, the petals split open, and a flame burst out. That person was covered in blood, and it was Celestial Venerable Huo.

Ancestral God King and Celestial Venerable Xu immediately moved to block him. The three of them fought quickly outside the greenhouse. Celestial Venerable Xu severed Celestial Venerable Huo's left arm, and Celestial Venerable Huo twisted Celestial Venerable Xu's head from the front to the back so that she could see her buttocks.

Ancestral God King executed Heaven Duke's corporeal body and smashed Celestial Venerable Huo's head into his chest. Two eyes grew out of Celestial Venerable Huo's chest, and his right hand grabbed Ancestral God King who was standing on Heaven Duke's face. The Dao fire was like a wheel, twisting his body into a dozen or so wheels. His corporeal body and primordial spirit were even thinner than a fried dough twist!

At this moment, the abyss of the Ruins of End erupted, and the Great Celestial Heavens behind Celestial Venerable Swallowing Fire pulled his primordial spirit into the Great Ruins.

Celestial Venerable Huo retreated and crashed into Celestial Empress. Celestial Empress fell back, and the red mole between her brows immediately turned black, transforming into Mistress Yuanmu.

Mistress Yuanmu laughed and executed her reincarnation divine art to seal Celestial Empress. In the abyss, Celestial Venerable Huo's primordial spirit soared into the sky, bringing along a tattered celestial palace that pierced through the back of Mistress Yuanmu's head.

Whoosh—

Celestial Venerable Huo's primordial spirit flew out from the heart of Mistress Yuanmu's brows with the tattered celestial heavens. A rumbling explosion came from her head, and blood spurted out from her eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. The blood she spat out turned into flames.

Celestial Venerable Huo's chest puffed up and down, and his head grew out of his chest. He was about to retract his primordial spirit when Celestial Venerable Xu, who was moving his head backward, smacked his head heavily. The terrifying power of the devil path penetrated his corporeal body and destroyed his Divine Bridge Divine Treasure!

This power rushed in and disintegrated his life, death, celestial being, seven stars, six directions, and five elements. It was about to destroy his Spirit Embryo Divine Treasure!

Celestial Venerable Huo's primordial spirit flew over and struck Celestial Venerable Xu's primordial spirit out of his corporeal body. Celestial Venerable Xu's corporeal body instantly burned in the Dao fire.

Celestial Venerable Huo's primordial spirit entered his body and transformed into flames that soared into the sky. Just as he flew up, Ancestral God King, who was burning, executed Heaven Duke's corporeal body and pierced the back of his head with a finger!

A huge hole appeared in the heart of Celestial Venerable Huo's brows. The power of this finger pierced through the celestial heavens in his head, destroying the Heaven Gate, Jade Pool, and God Execution Stage, sweeping through the Jade Capital City.

Terrifying energy came to Numinous Sky Hall and blew it into pieces!

The Numinous Sky Hall exploded, and Celestial Venerable Huo, who was sitting on the Emperor's Throne, had his primordial spirit pierced by a finger from Heaven Duke!

Under his throne, the Emperor's Throne transformed into a phantom and slowly dissipated.

Celestial Venerable Huo immediately felt his magic power dispersing and flowing away frantically. His realm immediately fell from the celestial heavens to the Emperor's Throne, then from the Emperor's Throne to the Numinous Sky. His cultivation then rose to the Jade Capital, God Execution Stage, Jade Pool, Heaven Gate, Divine Bridge, Life and Death, and Celestial Being!

"I have cultivated twelve kinds of indestructible achievements. This little injury can't harm me!"

Celestial Venerable Huo forcefully suppressed the magic power that was scattering in all directions. Ancestral God King and Celestial Venerable Xu dragged their heavily injured bodies and chased after them. With a flash of their bodies, millions of sparks flew in all directions.

Flames filled the southern sky and flew in different directions.

Ancestral God King and Celestial Venerable Xu stretched their hands out to grab at the flames, but they were all empty.

Ancestral God King coughed up large mouthfuls of blood and forcefully used his magic power to suppress the Dao fire on his body, making it hard for him to continue chasing. Celestial Venerable Xu's cultivation was slightly inferior to his, and it was even worse.

The two of them managed to suppress the Dao fire, and Ancestral God King barely raised a trace of his magic power. He shouted sternly, "All gods and devils of Southern Heaven, listen up. Celestial Venerable Huo has rebelled. Lock down the Spirit Energy Mutual Shift Bridge and surround him. Kill him, and the celestial heavens will reward you handsomely with the title of king and marquis!"

There were more flames in Southern Heaven, and every heaven had a million flames descending. However, when they landed, they turned into flowing flames and dissipated.

Suddenly, a beam of fire smashed into the ground, causing the mountains and rivers to tremble. It transformed into Celestial Venerable Huo's body and rolled over ten miles before stopping.

Celestial Venerable Huo crawled up with difficulty and panted heavily. "I'm not dead yet…"

His body swayed, and his injuries suddenly erupted. He knelt on the ground with a plop and propped himself up with both hands. He chuckled and said, "As long as I survive this calamity, I will have a chance of winning and can make a comeback… I can seek refuge with Celestial Venerable Mu. That's right, I can seek refuge with Celestial Venerable Mu!"

His eyes gradually lit up, and he looked at the ground, his eyes filled with hope. 'Celestial Venerable Yun is my lifelong friend. He has invited me more than once to join forces with me to fight against the celestial heavens. If I join him, he definitely won't reject me. Hehe, Celestial Venerable Mu has suffered a crushing defeat, and if I go over, I will become his honored guest. He has no choice but to put me in an important position! Hehe, Founding Emperor is dead, and I am the strongest existence in the human race…'

At this moment, footsteps could be heard.

Celestial Venerable Huo raised his head with difficulty and saw a small mountain village in front of him. The village was filled with farmers who lived by farming.

The sound of footsteps came from an old farmer with wrinkles all over his face. He looked to be in his seventies or eighties, but his actual age should not be fifty years old.

Their living conditions were too harsh and poor. It was normal for them to grow old quickly.

That old farmer should be a farmer, and there was a feces pit beside him. He was holding a poop rake in his hand, and he should have been pooping earlier. There was also a stench of feces and urine on his body.

The old farmer stared at him with his blurry eyes and carefully examined him. He asked with a trembling voice, "You, you are Celestial Venerable Huo?"

Celestial Venerable Huo nodded and said, "I'm the ruler of Southern Heaven, Celestial Venerable Huo. Do you have any spirit pills or miraculous medicines in your village? My injuries are extremely severe…"

That old farmer was surprised and delighted. He raised the poop rake and swung it down ruthlessly. The three tips of the rake stabbed into Celestial Venerable Huo's head, causing sparks to fly everywhere and splashing his face with poop!

"You…" Celestial Venerable Huo was stunned.

When the old farmer saw that he wasn't stabbed to death, he raised his rake again and swung it down ruthlessly. His voice was filled with delight as he said, "Come quickly! Come quickly! That Huo thief that betrayed the celestial heavens has landed in our village! We are rich!"

Celestial Venerable Huo was furious, but his injuries were too severe, so he couldn't struggle up.

All the old, young, women, and young men in the village came out in full force. Some of them held kitchen knives, some held hooks, shovels, hammers, hoes, and shovels. All of them rushed over and shouted to kill!

The villagers surrounded him and beat him up, using all kinds of farming tools to greet him.

However, how could they hurt Celestial Venerable Huo? No matter how they attacked, they couldn't do anything to him.

"Why did you guys kill me?"

Celestial Venerable Huo was shocked and furious. He hissed, "You ungrateful people, it's me! I protected Southern Heaven and all of you peasants! Otherwise, you would have died long ago!"

He didn't know where a burst of energy came from, but he actually stood up against the beating of the villagers. He grabbed the old farmer's neck and lifted him up.

The villagers looked at him in fear and didn't dare to move.

The old farmer struggled weakly, but he still held his breath and shouted, "Thief Huo, you still dare to be stubborn? You being disloyal to the emperor is a huge crime. The saint teaches that there are clouds in the sky. Those who are disloyal to the emperor, such as beasts, are to be punished by everyone! You are a beast!"

Celestial Venerable Huo spat out a mouthful of blood. He was the one who compiled the 'Saint's Training' that Southern Heaven taught the human race. It was also because of this 'Saint's Training' that he was conferred the title of Celestial Venerable by the celestial heavens.

The other villagers rushed forward and chopped at him with kitchen knives, hooks, shovels, hammers, and hoes. They said one after another, "Beat this disloyal, unfilial, and unjust person to death! Bring his head to receive the reward, and we will become gods!"

"The thief's body is so hard, I can't kill him!"

"Quick! Kill a dog and splash his black dog blood, break his spell!"