48: All parties surrendered

Li Yu looked at Lin Mu uneasily, fearing that this living devil would dig up his ancestor's tomb.

Lin Mu felt Li Yu's gaze but didn't look back at him.

He spoke as if to himself, "There seems to be something inside calling to me, telling me to open it."

Li Yu truly wanted to cry but had no tears; his worst fears were coming true.

However, having learned his lesson last time, he dared not defy Lin Mu's decision again.

He walked to the front wall, fumbled around for a while, and pressed a mechanism, causing the secret door of the tomb chamber to open with a rumble.

The moment the secret door of the tomb chamber opened, Lin Mu sensed the location of the jade slip.

He reached out and grabbed it, and the jade slip landed steadily in his hand.

The jade slip was entirely milky white, like mutton-fat jade, and felt somewhat cool to the touch.

Lin Mu probed it with his spiritual sense and began to examine it.

After about half an hour of reading, Lin Mu withdrew his spiritual sense.

It turned out that this jade slip recorded Li Changgong's method of breaking through to the Emperor Realm.

It also recorded a teleportation cultivation technique at the end.

Li Changgong had relied on this teleportation method to cross the vast Endless Sea.

Li Yu had been waiting respectfully at the side, and seeing Lin Mu withdraw his spiritual sense, he quickly asked curiously,

"Young Master, have you discovered anything?"

Lin Mu pondered for a moment and said, "The Li family's Heavenly Dao Dragon Qi should all come from this jade slip, but now its Dragon Qi is almost exhausted."

Li Yu heard this and looked at the jade slip with some disappointment.

"However, this jade slip records the method for becoming an Emperor. Your father, Li Daoran, must have seen it."

"Unfortunately, he didn't have enough Heavenly Dao Dragon Qi to support his breakthrough, so he sought another path. If it weren't for my appearance, he might have actually succeeded."

As Lin Mu spoke, he looked at Li Yu, and seeing that Li Yu's expression was normal, he continued, "Do you want to learn this cultivation technique for breaking through to the Emperor Realm?"

When Li Yu heard Lin Mu's words, his heart trembled. For tens of thousands of years, which martial artist didn't want to achieve the Dao and become an Emperor?

He tried his best to suppress his excitement and said somewhat against his true feelings, "Everything is at Young Master's discretion."

"It's yours to begin with; giving it to you is no harm," Lin Mu said, making a move to hand the jade slip to Li Yu.

Li Yu did not reach out to take it, but instead said sincerely, "Everything I have is bestowed by Young Master, so it is naturally entirely up to Young Master's decision."

"Since that's the case, I'll keep it for now. When you need it, I will give it to you," Lin Mu said, casually putting away the jade slip.

"On the day of the Yunzhou Grand Gathering, did you bring the map of the Nine Nether Continent that you obtained?" Lin Mu asked directly.

"Young Master, please see, is this the map?" Li Yu took out a parchment scroll and handed it to Lin Mu with both hands.

Lin Mu opened the map, briefly examined it, nodded, and put it away.

Then he took out a jade pendant from his storage ring.

He sealed a sword qi from the heavenly dao sword into the jade pendant.

"Keep this jade pendant safe. When you encounter a powerful enemy, activate it, and it can directly kill them. When the jade pendant shatters, I will naturally sense it."

Li Yu tremblingly took the jade pendant and carefully placed it in his bosom.

Immediately after, he heard Lin Mu say, "Next, I will return to the Heavenly Dao Sect. Once you are firmly established on the throne, you should start investigating the whereabouts of the heavenly dao stone. If anything happens, you can use the jade pendant to send me a message."

"Also, you don't need to interfere with the affairs of the Heavenly Dao Sect."

Li Yu bowed respectfully and said, "I will certainly bear Young Master's words in mind."

After Lin Mu finished speaking, he flashed and flew away.

Li Yu stood there dumbfounded.

Was he just abandoned?

During the time Lin Mu was away from the Heavenly Dao Sect.

The Heavenly Dao Sect's annexation plan was also proceeding in full swing.

Guihai City, in the southern part of the Yanshan Kingdom, was the headquarters of the Divine Spear Sect.

At this moment, many high-level martial artists were gathered in the Divine Spear Sect's main hall.

They had gathered here to discuss countermeasures against the Heavenly Dao Sect.

Sitting at the head of the hall was Shen Kuohai, the sect master of the Divine Spear Sect.

He was also the Divine Spear Sect's top expert, a Venerable Realm expert at the Venerable Sixth Heaven Realm.

Shen Kuohai looked at the crowd discussing below and spoke.

"Everyone, please listen to me."

Everyone looked up at Shen Kuohai upon hearing his words.

"This time, the Heavenly Dao Sect has rebelled against the Heavenly Dipper and is an enemy of the entire Yanshan Kingdom. The current situation is not optimistic."

"More than half of the Yanshan Kingdom's forces have already been conquered by them. We must now unite and resist to the end."

Suddenly, a person stood up and said, "Sect Master Shen, I heard that the Heavenly Dao Sect has the assistance of a mysterious expert, and several Venerable Realm experts have already been killed by him."

"I wonder if this is true?"

Shen Kuohai also stood up, laughed heartily, and then said, "Everyone, don't worry. I have already sent someone to invite the sect master of the Grand Void Sect."

"By my reckoning, he might already be on his way."

The person who spoke earlier also laughed and said, "With the Grand Void Sect stepping in, we can rest easy now."

"Indeed, the Grand Void Sect Master is at the peak of the Venerable Ninth Heaven Realm. Even if Yun Feiyang comes in person, we won't need to fear him in the slightest."

Another person chimed in.

"Haha, are you talking about him?"

Suddenly, an incomparably domineering voice came from outside.

Everyone heard this and flashed out of the hall, looking up at the sky.

In the sky, a Green-robed Person stood proudly in the void.

He was also holding a bloody head in his hand.

Seeing everyone come out, he threw the head towards the crowd.

The head fell to the ground and rolled a few times before stopping.

Someone with sharp eyes recognized the identity of the head and screamed in fright.

"This is the Grand Void Sect Master!"

"What? Everyone looked closely at the head."

Upon seeing this, everyone gasped.

The Green-robed Person in the void was precisely Yun Feiyang, who had rushed over after hearing the news.

He had intercepted the Grand Void Sect Master halfway, and after a fierce battle, he had taken his head.

Yun Feiyang looked at everyone's panicked expressions and laughed with satisfaction, saying,

"I'll give you one more chance: surrender to the Heavenly Dao Sect, and I will not treat you unfairly."

"If you continue to resist stubbornly, your fate will be the same as his."

Shen Kuohai stared at the head on the ground, hesitating.

Just as he was hesitating,

Many other experts from the Heavenly Dao Sect flew in from the horizon.

Shen Kuohai looked up and briefly examined them. There were no fewer than five Venerable Realm experts alone, three of whom had been forced to join the Heavenly Dao Sect.

With such a formation, he had no other choice.

"The Divine Spear Sect is willing to surrender to the Heavenly Dao Sect and will henceforth follow the Heavenly Dao Sect's lead."

Seeing Shen Kuohai express his stance, everyone else also voiced their surrender.

At this point, the Heavenly Dao Sect truly unified all the major forces in the Yanshan Kingdom.

The Cui Family of Yunzhou, who had first attached themselves to Lin Mu, was the first family to publicly declare their allegiance.

The Cui Family Patriarch even broke through to the Venerable Realm during the battle.

This instantly elevated the Cui Family to one of the largest forces in the entire country.

It was late at night when Lin Mu returned to the Heavenly Dao Sect.

As soon as he landed at the Heavenly Dao Sect, Lao Mo flashed and appeared.

"Master, you're back."

"Yes, the matters in the Imperial Capital have been resolved."

"This time in the Imperial Capital, I unexpectedly gained something. I've decided to go into seclusion to decipher the secrets of the heavenly dao stone."

After Lin Mu finished speaking, he saw Lao Mo looking as if he wanted to say something but was hesitant, so he asked, "What's wrong? Just say it if there's something. This isn't like your usual style."

Lao Mo hesitated for a moment, then chuckled, "Recently, I've felt the spiritual energy in my body becoming increasingly uncontrollable. I want to go into seclusion for a while."

Upon hearing this, Lin Mu asked with some concern, "Are you feeling unwell?"

"Not exactly, but I always feel a subtle strangeness. I plan to meditate and comprehend it."

"Go ahead. Someone is overseeing the sect's affairs; you don't need to worry."

Immediately, Lin Mu took out another jade slip and handed it to Lao Mo, saying, "Here is a teleportation cultivation technique. You can refer to it during your seclusion."

Lao Mo took the jade slip, put it away without even looking at it.

The next day, in the deliberation hall, Yun Feiyang passionately reported the sect's recent battle achievements to Lin Mu.

Lin Mu interrupted him, saying, "You can decide on sect affairs yourself; you don't need to report every single detail to me."

Yun Feiyang nodded in agreement.

After giving some more instructions, Lin Mu finally said, "Tomorrow, Lao Mo and I will both go into seclusion. During my seclusion, unless there is news of the divine stone's whereabouts, do not disturb me for anything else."

Yun Feiyang immediately stood up and bowed in agreement.