Chapter 1848: Emperor's Body of a Lifetime

"Hidden deep enough!" All the Zhundi snorted in unison. Over a hundred Di Bing trembled, hanging together in the starry sky. Di Guang shot out in all directions, Di Wei intertwined, and laws danced together.

In an instant, a beam of golden Di Mang was condensed, its power capable of destroying heaven and earth. It blasted a massive rift tens of millions of zhang long in that void of starry space.

Immediately afterward, Honghuang Qi surged forth like a rolling sea, carrying an extreme Di Wei that spread across the eight directions. Every strand and wisp of it was as heavy as a mountain, causing the starry sky to rumble.

Through that massive rift, the Zhundi could clearly see a vast wasteland, boundless and expansive, with towering mountains and majestic peaks, as well as vast rivers flowing across it. There were oceans, vast plains, and wild forests. It was truly an eternal immortal realm, with Xian Guang radiating in all colors and spraying forth, and spiritual energy incredibly dense.

That was the ancestral land of the Tengshe, founded on Di Dao as its base, creating a vast spatial realm hidden within this starry sky.

Although still far away, they could still make out massive Tengshe, even larger than Canglong, soaring through the nine heavens, coiling in the clouds, spewing flames and thunder.

"Is this the legendary snake nest?" Xie Yun peered over the furnace rim, his eyes wide and round, staring at the Tengshe ancestral land.

"The Honghuang Tengshe clan—there must be plenty of treasures inside." Xiong Er's eyes gleamed with excitement, already eager to clean up the battlefield.

"Amitabha, make way, make way." Long Wu and Long Yi pushed forward, one shoving Xie Yun aside and the other shoving Xiong Er aside, as they gazed at the Tengshe ancestral land with bright eyes.

"How is this possible?" A shocked voice came from the Tengshe ancestral land—it was the Tengshe old ancestor. Gazing at the outside world, his eyes bulged, and his pupils contracted. Although the attackers were few, they were almost all Zhundi, and each had Di Bing.

Not only he was shocked, but the entire Tengshe clan was as well. Several hundred peak Zhundi and over a hundred extreme Di Bing—this lineup could trample the Tengshe and exterminate their nine clans.

"Yechen?" The Tengshe clan crown prince spotted Yechen, his face turning pale. It was easy to imagine why they had come.

"It's the Dachu people." The Tengshe clan's Zhundi all snorted coldly, recognizing the nine emperors of Dachu and Donghuang Taixin.

"Disturbing my Tengshe—such bullying!" The Tengshe old ancestor stepped into the sky, an Di Bing hovering above his head, as he glared angrily at them.

"Bullying?" Yechen retorted coldly, his eyes flashing with a cold light.

"You abducted my child—why not call that bullying? You slaughtered the beings of the Zhutian—why not call that bullying?"

"Heaven's wrath may be forgiven, but self-inflicted disaster cannot." Donghuang Taixin's words were icy, filled with authority.

"Do you truly intend to fight to the death?" The Tengshe old ancestor roared in anger, not daring to be careless, and immediately activated the Di Bing's Di Wei.

At the same time, the Tengshe clan's Di Dao array was also activated.

Looking from afar, ancient Di Wen filled the sky, faintly visible. Four massive pillars of light shot upward, standing tall and forming a Di Dao protective barrier that enveloped the Tengshe clan.

"Those who offend Dachu will be pursued to the ends of the earth." Chuhuang shouted loudly, his words resounding and shaking the vast starry sky.

As he spoke, the hundred Di Qi resonated together, condensing a second Di Mang like a sword of annihilation, slashing toward the Tengshe ancestral land.

However, this sword of annihilation failed to break through the Tengshe clan's protective barrier, and the Zhundi were all forced to retreat.

"This can't even break it?" The old man of the earth couldn't help but exclaim in shock. The combined power of a hundred Di Qi was enough to destroy heaven and earth!

"Is the Tengshe clan's protective barrier this domineering?" The old man of the heavens also trembled in astonishment, actually withstanding a hundred Di Bing.

"Based on Di Dao as its foundation, enhanced by an Di-level array, the Tengshe protective barrier can withstand a hundred Di Bing." Yanhuang pondered, equally stunned.

"The heritage of the Honghuang great clans is indeed profound and terrifying." Divine General Tianjiu sighed endlessly. "Truly eye-opening."

"How is this possible?" Yechen furrowed his brows tightly, his eyes nearly narrowed to slits, piercing through the Tengshe illusions.

With his Lunhui Eye, he saw more than the other Zhundi.

As everyone spoke, the starry sky trembled violently.

Then, an extreme Di Wei that made heaven and earth shudder surged from the Tengshe ancestral land, spreading infinitely to the edges of the universe. Wherever it passed, chunks of the starry sky collapsed.

"A Great Emperor?" Everyone was shocked. That kind of extreme Di Wei came from a true emperor, not something a Di Bing could imitate.

"Not an emperor—it's an Di Qu." Yechen said immediately, his brilliant Lunhui Mou fixed on the Tengshe ancestral land.

There, in the Tengshe ancestral land, an ancient altar rose from the ground. Seated upon it was a person with eyes closed, covered in dust, ancient and weathered.

Though that dead person exuded a pressure strong enough to make heaven and earth tremble, even in death, around him were signs of annihilation, with Di Dao laws dancing and capable of destroying heaven and earth.

The Zhundi were fine, but the juniors without Di Bing protection all had blood overflowing from their eyes, and their divine seas rumbled, simply because the aura on that person was too terrifying.

"The Di Qu of Tengshe Emperor?" The Zhundi all frowned.

"More accurately, it's the Yishi Di Qu of Tengshe Emperor." Long Wu and Long Yi peered over the cauldron rim and shouted in unison.

"Yishi Di Qu?" The Zhundi were all shocked.

"Are you saying Tengshe Emperor lived a second life?"

"In his later years, Longdi glimpsed the Honghuang and was extremely certain that the Tengshe clan's Great Emperor once defied heaven to live a second life."

"It's a secret from ancient times, known to few in later generations."

"I always thought only Kunlun Shennu and Yanhuang had lived a second life. Who would have thought Tengshe Great Emperor had as well?" Xuan Huang sighed.

"I'm surprised too." Donghuang Taixin furrowed her brows slightly, well aware of how difficult it is to live a second life.

"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Ren Wang scolded with a dark face, and the other Zhundi also had black lines on their faces, wanting to beat these two.

"We're just remnant souls; that memory only awakened recently." Long Wu and Long Yi shrugged and gestured helplessly.

"Lived two lives, both as emperor—that means the Tengshe clan once had two emperors?" Ming Jue raised an eyebrow, looking at the Zhundi. "Is that understanding correct?"

"You have some misconceptions about living a second life." Long Yi said.

"The so-called second life is like a snake shedding its skin or a phoenix undergoing Nirvana. Tengshe Emperor is still Tengshe Emperor—there's no talk of two emperors. It's like being reborn, but the second life's lifespan is shorter than the first. If you insist on a difference, it's that there's an extra Di Qu."

"Then this Tengshe Great Emperor truly has exceptional talent." Ming Jue grinned.

"Living that long, outlasting so many people—how many peak Zhundi must have despaired, suppressed by him as a Great Emperor. Who could become emperor?"

"Who knew Tengshe Emperor not only left an extreme Di Bing but also a Yishi Di Qu." The people of Dachu clicked their tongues in amazement.

"With Di Dao as its foundation, enhanced by an Di-level array, and the Di Qu controlling the array patterns, it's no wonder the Tengshe protective barrier is so solid." The Zhundi sighed as well.

"What's there to fear? We have a hundred Di Bing—let's blast it to pieces." The talents of Dachu jumped three feet high, shouting and cursing excitedly.

The Zhundi said nothing, just glanced at those talents.

Are you kidding? That's a Di Qu, the body of a Great Emperor level. It's not something Di Bing can compare to. If the Di Qu is pushed too far, it might even generate the divine sense of Tengshe Emperor.

Not to boast, but if a Di Qu generates divine sense, it's like a Ban Di. In that case, everyone here—even the peak Zhundi with Di Bing—could be wiped out by that Di Qu in a desperate fight.

At that moment, even Jiu Huang and the divine generals, who had slain an Di Dao body before, furrowed their brows, knowing full well how terrifying a Di Qu is.

Back then, they had slain the Di Dao body of Tianmo Emperor, but that Tianmo Emperor wasn't a complete Great Emperor.

Although the Di Dao body had combat power equal to Tianmo Emperor's true self, there were still differences—their Dao insights weren't the same.

Most importantly, emperors from Tianmo Domain were suppressed in the Zhutian. Even a complete Great Emperor wasn't an exception.

In other words, a Tianmo Domain Great Emperor coming to the Zhutian Wan Domain couldn't unleash their peak power from the start.

Thus, an emperor from Tianmo Domain in the Zhutian would be weaker than a native Great Emperor of the Zhutian. Similarly, if a Zhutian Great Emperor went to Tianmo Domain, they'd be suppressed too.

That's why they could defy heaven and slay the Di Dao body.

Imagine if the former Tianmo Great Emperor had been a complete emperor without suppression—then the ones destroyed would have been them. A Great Emperor transcends the Great Dao.

A Di Qu isn't scary, but what's scary is if it generates spiritual intelligence. A Di Qu with spiritual intelligence is like a Ban Di.

If that Ban Di goes mad, it could escape with no one to stop it; or in a frenzy, it could kill dozens of Zhundi, even if they all had Di Bing.