159: Chapter 159 The Demon Lord bestows the title of Moon Guardian, Qin Mu ascends the Divine Bridge in one step.

"Rumble!!"

In the World of the Living Dead, along the banks of the Yellow Springs River that had been dim, yellow, and silent for tens of millions of years...

...a massive tremor capable of overturning Reincarnation was currently taking place.

That moon boat, as massive as a mountain range and asleep for countless eras...

...under the infusion of Ye Xiu's incomparably overbearing Immortal IV Semi-Saint True Essence, its completely lifeless divine wood actually began to frantically sprout branches and buds.

The azure-green divine light of creation, like ten thousand raging Dragons, followed the cracks in the deck and the patterns of the Formations on the masts.

It drilled into every single cell of the giant ship like crazy.

"This... this is impossible!

Such vitality... this is simply not a power of the Mortal world!"

The shriveled, decaying Moon Guardian of the older generation, who had almost fused with the moon boat, stared wide-eyed in horror with his cloudy eyes.

He could feel that under the washing of this azure-green divine light, his long-dried Physical Body...

...was actually greedily absorbing life force.

But what terrified him even more was that this power was too overbearing!

It wasn't gently nourishing the moon boat; it was forcibly 'resurrecting' it.

It was even using a Law of a higher dimension to completely reshape the ancient ship's Origin!

"Old man, your era is over."

Ye Xiu stood with his hands behind his back, his bright red wedding robe adorned with Dragon patterns fluttering in the newly awakened divine wind.

His heterochromatic gold and silver eyes coldly glanced at the decaying old guardian:

"From now on, this ship's surname is Ye.

And its new master is Qin Mu!"

"Brother Ye..."

Qin Mu clutched the burning hot jade pendant on his chest, feeling a violent power frantically thrashing inside his body.

He could feel the sorrowful yet grand will of the moon boat resonating with his heartbeat.

"Muer, guard your mind! Today, I will forcibly reconnect your broken Divine Bridge and gift you a fortune of celestial proportions!"

Ye Xiu shouted violently, his right hand suddenly clawing at the Void Realm!

[Ding! Detected that the host is forcibly intervening in the growth trajectory of the plane's Child of Luck!]

[Ding! Triggered 'Mighty One's Infusion' mechanism: Extracting the Xian Tai Origin of the Azure Emperor Scripture to help Qin Mu recast his Divine Bridge!]

[Ding! The System is forcibly modifying The Great Ruins' Laws to reconnect the broken bridge...]

As the System's cold, mechanical voice exploded in Ye Xiu's mind...

...the azure-green divine light in Ye Xiu's palm instantly turned into pure gold. In the center of that golden light, the swaying phantom of a chaotic azure lotus was faintly visible.

He slammed his palm violently onto Qin Mu's back!

"Boom!"

Qin Mu felt as if his entire being had been violently struck by a world-rending hammer, and his Sea of Consciousness instantly exploded.

His original, tottering Divine Bridge, which he had never been able to cross, instantly shattered under the infusion of this Immortal IV Semi-Saint's Origin!

"Ah!"

Qin Mu let out a low growl of pain. The agony of a shattered bridge felt like ten thousand arrows piercing his heart.

"What are you crying for? Bear with it! If you don't shatter the old bridge, how can you connect this heaven-shrouding bridge?!"

Ye Xiu's eyes were like lightning, divine light bursting from his heterochromatic gold and silver eyes.

His True Essence was like a bursting dam, carrying the supreme Daoist principles of 'A Single Lotus in the Eternal Blue Sky' from the Azure Emperor Scripture, forcibly rushing into Qin Mu's Dantian.

On top of the shattered base of the Divine Bridge, that azure-green life force of creation actually took root and sprouted in the Void Realm.

In Qin Mu's shocked internal vision, he saw one green divine rope after another, flowing with Great Dao runes...

...forcibly pulling together and stitching the broken Divine Bridge!

That was—using the Profound Truth of an Emperor Scripture to reconnect a Mortal bridge!

"Buzz!"

Sensing the birth of its new master, the moon boat's reignited silver moon at the top of the mast erupted with a blinding glare that could blind a ghost.

The moonlight poured down like a torrent onto Qin Mu, intertwining with Ye Xiu's Semi-Saint True Essence to form a massive, blue-and-silver cocoon.

"Open for me!!!"

Ye Xiu pressed his palms together and then violently pulled them apart. The Immortal IV Semi-Saint's Law Domain instantly froze the Yellow Springs River for thousands of miles around.

[Ding! Detected an extreme resonance within Qin Mu's body!]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host: Qin Mu's cultivation Bottleneck has been shattered!]

[Qin Mu's current Realm is soaring: Life and Death Realm... Heavenly Human Realm... First Layer of the Divine Bridge Realm... Fifth Layer of the Divine Bridge Realm...]

This scene completely dumbfounded Daoist Lingjing, who was slumped on the ground.

What was he seeing?

He saw a youth from The Great Ruins cross a chasm that countless Geniuses could not cross in a lifetime, all in less than half a stick of incense's time!

That aura... was still rising!

"Brother Ye's Divine Power... is reshaping my Physical Body!"

Inside the giant cocoon, Qin Mu's mind was exceptionally clear. He felt every inch of his muscle and every piece of his bone...

...being frantically tempered by that azure-green Emperor Scripture energy.

The potential that originally belonged to The Great Ruins' 'Overlord Body' was completely ignited at this moment by the Demon Emperor essence of the Azure Emperor Scripture!

"Crack!"

Inside Qin Mu's body, the brand-new Divine Bridge completely stabilized.

It was no longer a mundane thing built of earth, wood, and stone, but a bridge of visions flowing with Chaotic Qi, with a blue Bitter Sea forming beneath it!

The overbearing nature of the Shrouding the Heavens Method and the Realms of the world of Herding Gods underwent a bizarre yet perfect Fusion at this moment.

"Divine Bridge Realm—Peak!!!"

Qin Mu suddenly snapped his eyes open, two beams of silver divine light instantly piercing through the chaotic haze of the World of the Living Dead.

The aura inside his body surged like a great tide, his Divine Bridge reaching the heavens, pointing straight to the gates of the God Realm!

With just a single transmission of technique, he now stood at the highest point a Mortal could reach in this world!

"Huff!"

Ye Xiu withdrew his hand and exhaled a long breath of turbid air.

Even for an Immortal IV Semi-Saint, forcibly crossing worlds to reshape a Divine Bridge was no small drain on his energy.

Yet, his eyes were filled with wild arrogance and satisfaction.

"This feeling..."

Qin Mu slowly stood up. He felt that he and the moon boat beneath his feet, which was as massive as a continent, had reached an absolute contract of mind and soul as one.

With his every breath, the moon boat pulsed in rhythm.

The ancient Formations that had once felt incredibly heavy, threatening to drain his essence and blood at any moment...

...were now as docile as a house cat in front of his surging 'Divine Bridge Peak' True Essence.

Ye Xiu stepped forward, his heterochromatic gold and silver eyes sweeping over Qin Mu, the grin on his face becoming increasingly feral.

"Kid, how does it feel?"

"Strong! Unprecedentedly strong!"

Qin Mu clenched his fist tightly, and the Void Realm actually let out an overburdened explosion between his fingers.

"I feel like I could smash the Heavenly Gate of the White Jade Capital with a single punch right now!"

"This is just the beginning. Right now, you are not only at the Peak of the Divine Bridge, but you are also the Heaven-Shrouding Moon Guardian personally bestowed by me, Ye Xiu!"

Ye Xiu turned around, his bright red festive robe fluttering as he pointed toward the dark, distant horizon, where Wuyou Township lay hidden in the depths of the Void Realm.

"Since the ship has been seized and the bridge has been repaired, there's no point in staying in Fengdu City. As for that Great Emperor of Fengdu..."

Ye Xiu glanced disdainfully at the towering ghost city at the end of the Yellow Springs:

"Once I rescue those old geezers, I'll come back to settle the score with him!"

He slammed his hand violently onto the moon boat's helm!

"Qin Mu! Take control of the ship's core! Run the Formations at full power!"

"Orders received!"

With a leap, Qin Mu instantly dissolved into the green light at the center of the helm.

"Buzz—Rumble!!!"

The entire moon boat trembled violently, and that half-silver moon suddenly erupted with tens of thousands of feet of flowing fire.

Under the maintenance of Ye Xiu's Divine Power, this primeval giant ship, which had been moored for tens of millions of years...

...and under the control of Qin Mu, the newly appointed Moon Guardian, let out a rumble that shattered the underworld!

"Open for me!!!"

Qin Mu spun the helm frantically, his Divine Bridge Realm Peak True Essence pouring out without reservation.

At that moment, the moon boat was no longer sailing ordinarily; it transformed into a massive aurora tearing through the eternal darkness.

Wherever the bow passed, whether it was the waters of the Yellow Springs or the Laws of the underworld, everything was smashed to pieces!

"Ram right through!!!"

Ye Xiu stood at the bow, his wildly arrogant laughter echoing above the World of the Living Dead.

The giant ship directly tore through the exit of the World of the Living Dead and crashed headfirst into the chaotic, disordered Void Realm fault.