The First Marquis of Daxuan

Su Mu was so angry he laughed.

Do you think you can control him by dividing the Zhou Tian Dao Jing into a middle volume and a lower volume?
They also had to take away the Zhou Tian Xing Chen Bell before giving him the next volume.

Does he think Su Mu is easy to fool?

"Qian Wudi, are you kidding me?"

Su Mu said indifferently.

"of course not."

Qian Wudi said, "I came here with sincerity, otherwise I wouldn't have come to talk to you in person."

"You've known me for a while now, you should know my temper. If this is your attitude, then there's no point in talking to you."

"I don't necessarily need the middle and lower volumes of the Zhou Tian Dao Jing."

Su Mu said coldly, "So what if your Ziwei Heavenly Sect has mastered the middle and lower volumes? I haven't seen any of you break through to the Primordial Beginning Realm."

Even without the middle and lower volumes of the Zhou Tian Dao Jing, do you think I'm weaker than your Ziwei Tianzong?

"That's not what I meant. You can name whatever you want. As long as I can agree to it, I will never bargain."

Qian Wudi quickly replied.

"Bring me the complete Zhou Tian Dao Jing."

Su Mu said coldly, "I will decide whether or not to give you the Zhou Tian Star Clock after I have verified their authenticity."

"this--"

Qian Wudi hesitated for a moment, "Cash on delivery."

Su Mu didn't trust him, and he didn't trust Su Mu either.

If they really gave Su Mu the middle and lower volumes of the Zhou Tian Dao Jing, who knows if Su Mu would still hand over the Zhou Tian Xing Chen Zhong to them?

Qian Wudi knew that Su Mu possessed a secret that allowed him to cultivate rapidly.

If Su Mu was able to master the Nine Deaths Nirvana Technique in just a few years, who can guarantee that Su Mu cannot master the Zhou Tian Dao Jing?
What if Su Mu obtains the complete Zhou Tian Dao Jing and manages to master it?
Su Mu is already terrifyingly strong. If he were to master the Zhou Tian Dao Jing, who could possibly suppress him?

If it weren't for the ancestor's insistence on obtaining the Zhou Tian Star Bell, he would never have come to Su Mu to make a deal.

If it were up to Qian Wudi, he would rather destroy the middle and lower volumes of the Zhou Tian Dao Jing than let Su Mu obtain it.

Unfortunately, the ancestor underestimated Su Mu.

They still felt that everything was under control and that the little Su Mu was nothing to fear.

They had no idea how terrifying Su Mu was.

"Eternal Heaven, see the guest off."

Su Mu glanced at Qian Wudi, waved his hand, and said.

"Qian Wudi, let's go."

Chang Shengtian appeared in front of Qian Wudi and said with a half-smile, "It seems you still have no sincerity. In that case, let's not talk about it."

Anyway, once you're destroyed by the Beast Taming Heavenly Sect, we can take whatever we want ourselves.

You probably don't know this, but we have a pretty good relationship with the Beast Taming Heavenly Sect.

"The Beast Taming Heavenly Sect would certainly not mind helping us find the Zhou Tian Dao Scripture."

As Changshengtian spoke, he invited Qian Wudi out.

The members of the Breaking Law Heaven Sect had been watching from the sidelines. Although they didn't say anything, the oppressive aura of the Primordial Beginning Realm experts made Qian Wudi tremble all over.

"and many more."

Qian Wudi said, "Su Mu, I promise you!"

"I agree to your condition, but you need to give me a timeframe."

How many days would it take you to verify the authenticity of the Zhou Tian Dao Jing?
"I can't wait until you've mastered the Zhou Tian Dao Jing."

Qian Wudi was filled with helplessness.

He never had any trump cards up his sleeve when negotiating with Su Mu.

Every time, Su Mu would lead him by the nose.

This time is no exception.

Fortunately, he was more cautious this time.

The ancestor said that the Zhou Tian Star Clock contains a great secret, and we must get our hands on it.

I guess Su Mu understands this too.

If Su Mu were to master the Zhou Tian Dao Jing, he might just unlock the secrets of the Zhou Tian Star Bell.

This is something they absolutely cannot accept.

Therefore, he cannot give Su Mu too much time.

If it were only a few days, Su Mu would definitely not be able to master the Zhou Tian Dao Jing.

Su Mu glanced at Qian Wudi, his eyes holding a meaningful look.

"Seven days."

Su Mu calmly gave him a time limit.

Qian Wudi breathed a sigh of relief.

Seven days is not a short time, but it's not a long time either.

No matter how extraordinary Su Mu's talent is, it's impossible for him to master two volumes of the Zhou Tian Dao Jing in just seven days.

The mouths of everyone from the Breaking Law Heaven Sect twitched.

If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would have thought the same as Qian Wudi.

In the past, who would have believed that someone could master the Zhou Tian Dao Jing in just a few days?
However, they witnessed Su Mu master the first volume of the Zhou Tian Dao Jing within just a few days.

No, not just a few days.

Instead, it's half a day!

Within half a day, Su Mu had already cultivated the first volume of the Zhou Tian Dao Jing to perfection!
They saw it with their own eyes!

They were quite certain that seven days would be enough for Su Mu to crack the secret of the Zhou Tian Star Clock.

Even if the Ziwei Heavenly Sect manages to obtain the Zhou Tian Star Bell, they will only be taking away an empty shell.

To be honest, the Breaking Law Heavenly Sect only lent the Zhou Tian Star Bell to Su Mu, but now Su Mu wants to give the Zhou Tian Star Bell to the Ziwei Heavenly Sect. Logically speaking, they should be angry and furious.

But now, they felt no anger whatsoever.

On the contrary, I'm somewhat looking forward to it.

I'm looking forward to seeing what the Ziwei Heavenly Sect will be like when they get an empty Zhou Tian Star Bell.

They've now realized that it's practically impossible for them to take advantage of Su Mu.

They had been caught in the rain, so they didn't want the Ziwei Heavenly Sect to have an umbrella over their heads.

We should all share the losses, so that it won't make the Breaking Law Heaven Sect look bad.

Yuan Huaizhou and the Wuhuan people exchanged glances and communicated with each other through their eyes.

"How many days do you think Su Mu can master the middle and lower volumes of the Zhou Tian Dao Jing?"

"I guess it will be at most three days. He still needs to unravel the secrets of the Zhou Tian Star Clock, so he must have a few days to spare. The seven-day agreement must have been planned in advance."

"I think it will only last a day at most."

The crowd argued endlessly.

However, everyone believed that Su Mu would not need much time to cultivate the middle and lower volumes of the Zhou Tian Dao Jing.

Although it sounds unbelievable, this is something that Yuan Huaizhou and the Wuhuan people are absolutely certain of.

…………

After Qian Wudi left.

Su Mu simply placed the Zhou Tian Star Bell beside him and then began refining pills.

This action left Yuan Huaizhou and the Wuhuan people completely baffled.

They had no idea that Su Mu was actually an alchemist.

Even if Su Mu is an alchemist, there's no need for him to refine pills himself.

For powerful beings like them at the Primordial Beginning Realm, ordinary pills are no longer effective.

Why go through all that trouble to refine elixirs?

Instead of wasting time, shouldn't we be studying the Zhou Tian Xing Chen (a celestial clock) properly?
Yuan Huaizhou himself failed to decipher the secret of the Zhou Tian Star Clock, but now he was somewhat hoping that Su Mu could fulfill his wish.

If Su Mu can truly unlock the secrets of the Zhou Tian Star Clock, he will have no regrets.

What they didn't know was that Su Mu's alchemy was partly due to his agreement with the Beast Taming Heavenly Sect.

Secondly, Su Mu was also preparing to decipher the Zhou Tian Star Clock.

He needs to accumulate enough points so that when Qian Wudi brings the complete Zhou Tian Dao Jing, he can quickly upgrade it to perfection.

Only by cultivating the Zhou Tian Dao Jing to perfection can he possibly unlock the secrets of the Zhou Tian Star Bell.

Su Mu was also very curious about what secrets the Zhou Tian Star Bell contained that made the two great sects so concerned.

…………

Qian Wudi's journey to and from there took longer than Su Mu had anticipated.

It was more than half a month later when Qian Wudi arrived at the Lesser Heavenly Realm of the Breaking Law Heavenly Sect with the middle and lower volumes of the Zhou Tian Dao Jing.

I don't know if it's because he needed to persuade the patriarch of the Ziwei Heavenly Sect.

However, Su Mu didn't care about any of that.

He took the middle and lower volumes of the Zhou Tian Dao Jing and began to read them right in front of Qian Wudi.

After turning the pages one by one.

Su Mu slowly closed his eyes.

Qian Wudi frowned, a question forming in his mind.

If Su Mu suspects that the middle and lower volumes of the Zhou Tian Dao Jing are fake, shouldn't he let the people from the Po Fa Tian Zong take a look?

Can you tell whether the middle and lower volumes of the Zhou Tian Dao Jing are real or fake just by flipping through them once? Or is Su Mu planning to try cultivating it himself?
It is said that in order to cultivate the middle and lower volumes of the Zhou Tian Dao Jing, one must first cultivate the upper volume to perfection.

Did Su Mu cultivate the first volume of the Zhou Tian Dao Jing?
The Heavenly Sect has only been around for a short time, so Su Mu shouldn't have had the opportunity to obtain the first volume of the Zhou Tian Dao Jing before.

Qian Wudi's mind was racing. He had never realized that seven days could be so long.

Yuan Huaizhou and the Wuhuan people stood with their arms crossed in their small area, looking smug.

A powerful expert at the Primordial Beginning Realm was now acting like a street thug, just watching the show.

They even forgot the humiliation of being cornered by Su Mu.

As for Su Mu, he was completely immersed in cultivation.

He had accumulated a lot of points over the years, and had used up some of them while cultivating the first volume of the Zhou Tian Dao Jing.

He is now putting all his points into the middle and lower volumes of the Zhou Tian Dao Jing.

Contrary to his expectations, the so-called middle and lower volumes of the Zhou Tian Dao Jing were not subsequent cultivation methods for the Tai Chu Realm.

They are more like a supplement to the first volume of the Zhou Tian Dao Jing.

In other words, even if he cultivates both the middle and lower volumes of the Zhou Tian Dao Jing to perfection, his martial arts realm will not improve at all.

However, his current level of mastery is more refined, or rather, perfect.

Su Mu thought to himself, "This is what I'm thinking."

This Zhou Tian Dao Jing was artificially divided into three volumes, rather than originally having three volumes.

Su Mu could even imagine the scene when the complete Zhou Tian Dao Jing was torn apart by the two of them.

He seemed to have figured out the relationship between the Breaking Law Heavenly Sect and the Purple Star Heavenly Sect.

Although the middle and lower volumes of the Zhou Tian Dao Jing were different from what he had expected, he still managed to elevate both volumes to the perfect state.

The middle and lower volumes of the Zhou Tian Dao Jing have an unexpected advantage: they consume very few points.

He had enough points saved up to raise the two volumes of Taoist scriptures to the perfect level.

As he closed his eyes, long stretches of information flooded his mind.

To outsiders, Su Mu simply closed his eyes, and then a surge of power suddenly appeared around him.

The surge of power made his figure blurry all at once.

It was as if a thick fog had risen around him, or as if the space around his body had become chaotic.

In short, in the eyes of Qian Wudi, Yuan Huaizhou, Wuhuan and others, Su Mu was now being viewed as if through a layer of frosted glass.

They could see that there was a person there, but they couldn't make out the person's face or movements.

Qian Wudi subconsciously took a step forward.

Just then, the eerie voice of the Eternal Heaven rang in his ears.

"Qian Wudi, if you want to take what Su Mu has, I advise you to think twice."

Chang Shengtian said with a mocking expression, "If you make a move now, the only consequence will be that you will die in the Lesser Heavenly Realm of the Breaking Law Heavenly Sect."

Qian Wudi suddenly woke up. He looked around and found several menacing eyes watching him.

That was clearly a powerful figure from the Breaking Law Heaven Sect.

Qian Wudi cursed inwardly.

I should have realized it sooner. Since Su Mu is here, the so-called Breaking Law Heaven Sect must have been in cahoots with him all along.

"You're overthinking it. Why would I steal it? I trust Su Mu won't break the agreement."

Qian Wudi said awkwardly, stopping in his tracks.

But his eyes remained fixed on Su Mu not far away, even though he could only see a blurry figure.

Things had come to this point, and he had no other choice.

He had no choice but to believe.

Unbeknownst to him, Su Mu had already placed his hand on the Zhou Tian Star Clock.

Just as Su Mu was circulating the Zhou Tian Dao Jing, the stars on the Zhou Tian Star Bell suddenly lit up.

In an instant, Su Mu seemed to be in an endless void.

The void was filled with stars, some bright and some dim.

Although it may look like just a few scattered stars, Su Mu knew in his heart that each star was a world in itself.

Just then, one by one, the stars lit up.

The bright stars formed a road that stretched to infinity.

In that infinite distance, Su Mu seemed to see a magnificent scene.

Su Mu's face showed a thoughtful expression.

Wow, the world is so big.

The vast world they live in is nothing more than a single star.

Those numerous small worlds can at most be considered islands on a star.

So, the Heavenly Realm that Yuan Huaizhou and his companions had been longing for was actually right here?

The so-called Heavenly Gate should actually be called the Heavenly Road.

Those lit stars are like rest stops along the way.

In an instant, Su Mu finally understood the secret of the Zhou Tian Star Clock.

This is a map, a map leading to the so-called heavenly realm.

boom!
When Su Mu saw all of this clearly, his consciousness withdrew from the void.

An invisible aura rippled slightly.

Su Mu withdrew his hand from the Zhou Tian Star Clock.

The stars on the surface of the Zhou Tian Star Clock also began to dim.

Su Mu's lips curled up slightly, because he could clearly see that the Zhou Tian Star Clock had changed; several stars were missing from its surface.

Without these few stars, the entire celestial path would take a completely different turn.

The person who cast this bell was truly a shrew.

Su Mu had originally been thinking about how to trick the Ziwei Heavenly Sect, but now he didn't have to put in the effort himself.

The person who cast this Zhou Tian Xing Chen Bell did it for him.

With a flick of his sleeve.

The power around Su Mu's body receded, and he reappeared in front of everyone.

His gaze fell on Qian Wudi, Yuan Huaizhou, Wu Huan, and others.

Now Su Mu understands that none of the ancestors of the Breaking Law Heaven Sect, the Purple Star Heaven Sect, or even the Beast Taming Heaven Sect are natives of the Great Thousand World.

They did not know where they came from; they were simply forced to stop in the vast world on their way to the heavenly realm along the celestial road.

Once they stopped, they never continued their journey and perished in the vast world.

Moreover, they clearly broke ties back then, which led to the Zhou Tian Dao Jing being divided into several volumes.

However, perhaps because so much time had passed, even Yuan Huaizhou and the others had forgotten the way they came.

"Qian Wudi, you can take this Zhou Tian Star Bell with you."

Su Mu slowly said, "Tell your ancestor that this bell is a loan from me. You can return it to the Breaking Law Heaven Sect in ten years."

After saying this, without waiting for Qian Wudi's reply, Su Mu turned to Yuan Huaizhou and the others from the Pofa Tianzong sect.

"Sect Leader Yuan, you have no objections, right?"

Yuan Huaizhou had said that he was lending the Zhou Tian Star Clock to Su Mu.

Yuan Huaizhou looked at the Zhou Tian Xing Chen Clock, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

He forced himself to nod.

The Zhou Tian Star Bell has been in the hands of the Po Fa Tian Sect for countless years, so as the sect leader, he naturally knows the Zhou Tian Star Bell inside and out.

Even with his eyes closed, he could tell what the Zhou Tian Xing Chen Bell looked like.

With just one glance, he could see the changes on the Zhou Tian Star Clock.

Although I don't know how Su Mu did it.

But he was certain that Su Mu had taken away the biggest secret from the Zhou Tian Star Clock.

The remaining Zhou Tian Xing Chen Bell was merely a weapon of decent power.

While powerful weapons are also valuable, they are not that valuable.

Even if it were given to the Ziwei Heavenly Sect, so what?
Just thinking about how those old guys from the Ziwei Heavenly Sect were studying the Zhou Tian Star Bell so intently made Yuan Huaizhou want to laugh.

Go ahead and study it; no matter how much you study it, you'll never be able to solve the mystery of the Zhou Tian Star Clock!

Things turned out exactly as I had imagined.

Yuan Huaizhou couldn't help but steal a glance at Su Mu.

So, has Su Mu already mastered the complete Zhou Tian Dao Jing?
I wonder what level of strength Su Mu has reached now.

With the complete Zhou Tian Dao Jing, Su Mu's current cultivation level should already make him arguably the number one person in the world.

Yuan Huaizhou thought to himself, but he had no intention of testing Su Mu.

He knew very well that from this moment on, he was no match for Su Mu.

In fact, he had already been left far behind by Su Mu.

However, Yuan Huaizhou was somewhat looking forward to it. Those old guys from the Ziwei Heavenly Sect didn't know Su Mu's strength, and given their style, they would definitely cause trouble for Su Mu in the future.

I really look forward to seeing them fight Su Mu and get completely crushed by him.

Yuan Huaizhou thought to himself, a smile involuntarily appearing on his face.

Unbeknownst to him, Yuan Huaizhou had developed such a peculiar habit.

He was actually looking forward to seeing someone suffer a setback at Su Mu's hands.

Watching Su Mu grow stronger step by step, he now felt no jealousy whatsoever; instead, he was curious to see just how strong Su Mu could become. (End of Chapter)