Chapter 2314: Emperor's Divine Sense

Chapter 2314: Di Zhi Shen Nian

Boom! Bang! Boom!

The thunderous roars and cries of agony from the Jin Wu ancestral land echoed through the vast starry sky.

In less than the time it took to burn a stick of incense, Di Huang emerged, radiating murderous intent. His golden sacred body was drenched in blood, stained with the blood of the Jin Wu, leaving bloody footprints with every step. He was a god of war, yet also a cold harbinger of death, unyielding and ruthless, having wiped out an entire imperial lineage.

Behind him, there were no more roars or howls, no living beings left. The Jin Wu ancestral land lay in ruins, shattered into pieces, with every fragment of stone soaked in Jin Wu blood.

As for the Jin Wu clan's imperial weapon, he had neither destroyed it nor intended to. It was the life-bound artifact of an emperor, a token of respect to a great emperor that the fully accomplished sacred body would preserve.

"Is that it? Destroyed just like that?" People gazed at Di Huang's retreating figure, still feeling unsatisfied. An ancient great clan, an imperial lineage, had been eradicated so unrealistically. From this day forward, the Jin Wu clan was gone from the world, their imperial inheritance completely severed.

"It's the Jin Wu clan that brought this upon themselves. Blame no one but them."

"If Jin Wu Di were still alive, I wonder what he would think."

"If he were alive, Di Huang would scold him until he couldn't hold his head up." Hong Huang Qi Lin said indifferently, "An emperor shakes the ages, yet the destruction of the Jin Wu clan is something even Jin Wu Di can't escape blame for. He should have left behind an ancestral teaching to remind his descendants of the countless beings across the realms."

Di Huang continued on, heading to the next target, with people from all heavens following.

Meanwhile, the Jin Wu ancestral land bustled with activity as countless avatars scavenged for treasures. Even the five great heavenly kings of the forbidden zone dashed in for a quick sweep, grabbing a few secret artifacts along the way. Those old fellows were as shameless as could be, always eager to pick up scraps.

Di Huang was well aware of this but paid it no mind. He was already familiar with the five great heavenly kings' lack of propriety—they were all incorrigible old rogues capable of anything.

Before long, Di Huang stopped in a desolate star domain.

The race he had uncovered this time was the Qiong Qi, hidden no matter how secretly, yet impossible to escape his scrutiny. In the vast primordial demon lands, countless Qiong Qi stood clad in battle armor, gripping icy war spears. Though fear showed in their expressions, there was no sign of surrender.

"Obey, and you live; resist, and you perish." Di Huang said calmly.

The Qiong Qi clan emperor did not respond, but from the Qiong Qi ancestral land emerged a purple-haired youth, carrying the Qiong Qi clan's imperial weapon. His eyes shone like stars, his black hair cascaded like a waterfall, and he wore ancient armor that exuded a timeless aura. He stood as if on the river of time, hailing from a distant era, his form majestic like a towering mountain suppressing the eight directions of the universe.

This was a strange Qiong Qi, surrounded by phenomena carrying devastating power. His cultivation was indiscernible, yet an imperial aura flowed from his body, entwined with supreme laws that flickered in and out of view. Standing in the vast starry sky, he truly resembled a great emperor.

"Di Zhi Shen Nian." Chu Xuan Er murmured, her tone laced with surprise.

"Mother, what is Di Zhi Shen Nian?" Ye Ling blinked her beautiful eyes.

"It's the divine thought of a great emperor from their lifetime." Chu Ling Er explained softly, "Unlike an emperor's remnant soul, a divine thought retains the emperor's combat power. Legend has it that fusing it into a body can summon the great emperor's return."

"When the Teng She clan was destroyed years ago, their emperor's corpse was left behind. Who would have thought the Qiong Qi clan still hid a Di Zhi Shen Nian?" Tian Lao sighed in amazement, "The primordial depths are truly terrifying."

"The Qiong Qi youth who stepped out must be a prince of the Qiong Qi clan."

"To be precise, it's a prince who has fused with the Di Zhi Shen Nian." The Sixth Shen Jiang stroked his chin, "It seems he wants to test himself against the fully accomplished sacred body to protect the Qiong Qi clan."

"Even if Qiong Qi Di came in person, he might not defeat Di Huang, let alone a Di Zhi Shen Nian." Long Cang Jie chuckled and shook his head, "Does he really think the fully accomplished sacred body is just for show?"

Indeed, Di Huang paid no heed to the Di Zhi Shen Nian. In this era without a great emperor, his gaze truly overlooked all. Though his demeanor was as still as an ancient well, it carried the arrogance of a god.

The cultivators of the heavens were unafraid as well. They had faced five great emperors in single combat—what was a Di Zhi Shen Nian to them? As Long Cang Jie said, even if Qiong Qi Di himself arrived, he might not overcome the fully accomplished sacred body. A mere Di Zhi Shen Nian, even with emperor-level power, was no match for Di Huang.

"Our clan's former emperor wishes to battle you, fellow daoist." The Qiong Qi clan emperor finally spoke, looking up at Di Huang, "If you win, our clan surrenders; if you lose, withdraw your forces."

Di Huang said nothing. From his sacred body, a golden light flew out.

That golden light was also a divine thought—the divine thought of the fully accomplished sacred body. Under the gaze of all, it transformed into a figure identical to Di Huang, equally dominating the eight directions.

He accepted the emperor's challenge, but not with his true self, for it held no meaning. A mere Di Zhi Shen Nian was unworthy of his personal intervention; they were incomparable.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

As the masses watched, the Qiong Qi divine thought and Di Huang's divine thought ascended step by step, their bodies heavy as mountains, causing the starry sky to rumble. They stepped into the void and opened the Great Dao Supreme Heaven, a battlefield reserved for the supreme.

The two stood east and west, like twin suns, their radiance illuminating the world with an apocalyptic hue. Even as divine thoughts, they were not something ordinary beings could behold directly.

"One represents a great emperor, the other the fully accomplished sacred body—is this another form of supreme rivalry?" Jiu Huang murmured softly, his eyes gleaming, "This battle holds great historical significance."

Indeed, the fully accomplished sacred body and great emperors rarely coexisted in the same era, a regret for both. Today, that regret could finally be addressed.

This was a clash of paths.

This was also a contest between the fully accomplished sacred body and a great emperor.

Everyone looked up, including the people of the heavens and the Qiong Qi clan.

Both sides held firm beliefs in their eyes—the people of the heavens believed in Di Huang's unmatched dominance, while the Qiong Qi believed in their emperor's supremacy over the eight directions, unconditionally convinced of their victory.

Only Di Huang himself stood silently, the sole one not looking up. He needed no glance to know his divine thought far surpassed that of the Qiong Qi.

Boom!

With a thunderous boom, the Qiong Qi divine thought attacked first, merging countless imperial immortal techniques into one palm, inscribed with the emperor's principles. Boundless destructive forces converged, and before the palm even struck, the Great Dao Supreme Heaven began to collapse, revealing chaotic immortal light that stretched to the end of time.

The Di Huang divine thought showed no weakness, wielding no weapons, only a golden fist that transformed chaos into taiji, and taiji into wuji. Endless great dao principles evolved in his palm, forming an invincible path—that was the way of the fully accomplished sacred body, etched with the belief of unparalleled supremacy.

"Will this decide it in one move?" Zhan Wang remarked, seeing that both the Qiong Qi divine thought and Di Huang's divine thought were at their peak, with no intention of a second strike.

"At this level, victory is determined in a single blow." Xi Chen said leisurely.

As the words fell, the palm and fist collided across endless ages.

In that instant, time seemed to freeze, turning everything into illusion.

Boom!

The boom resounded, and the Great Dao Supreme Heaven shattered again. A wave of annihilating light spread infinitely, collapsing the void wherever it passed, extinguishing countless stars. The so-called yin-yang of the universe, the essence of dao principles, all became laughable under that light.

Looking at the combatants, the Di Huang divine thought stood firm, like a war god of the eight directions, backed by a golden immortal realm where golden war dragons roared, shaking the cosmic vault.

The Qiong Qi divine thought, however, staggered back hundreds of feet, its palm bones shattered and its imperial form drenched in fresh blood, spilling drop by drop in a dazzling display.

"Good!" The cultivators of the heavens shouted hoarsely, their blood boiling with excitement. They weren't fools; from that single strike, it was clear who was superior. The Qiong Qi divine thought was utterly defeated! In other words, in the contest between the fully accomplished sacred body and the great emperor, Qiong Qi Di had lost.

"Impossible! This can't be!" Compared to the cultivators of the heavens, the Qiong Qi clan's faces turned deathly pale in an instant, their eyes bulging and pupils constricting in disbelief.

Though it was merely Qiong Qi Di's divine thought, it represented the emperor of their clan. In a same-level battle of divine thoughts, it had been defeated in one move against Di Huang.

Their former emperor had lost, and with that, the Qiong Qi clan's beliefs crumbled in an instant.