# Chapter 1589: The Body Remains, the Spirit is Different
"To be precise, this is a corpse-nurturing ground. You are not them; you are indeed only Shennong, Huangdi, Laozi, and Shakyamuni!"
The depths of Reincarnation Supreme's eyes held a terrifying coldness as he stared at the four individuals without pause. Then his expression grew somewhat complicated, as if lost in thought, and he remained silent for a long time.
"Benefactor, please return," Shakyamuni spoke.
"Monk, do you think you can stop me with just yourselves?" the Reincarnation Lord shouted, his expression cold to the extreme.
If this were to spread, it would surely shake the universe. Shakyamuni was no ordinary figure—he had already been a Quasi-Emperor over two thousand years ago, his cultivation reaching the heavens. Yet the Reincarnation Lord did not regard him at all.
In this world, only an Ancient Supreme would dare to act thus, treating a generation-defying figure like Shakyamuni as if he were nothing. This was simply because they were too powerful.
"Then try attacking and see," someone said calmly.
"Do you think that possessing a few Great Emperor array patterns and one Imperial Artifact is enough to defend this ancient star? I control reincarnation, I am myself an Emperor. How could mere formations block my body? I have personally drawn array patterns of this level before."
The Reincarnation Supreme spoke coldly as he stepped forward. The heavens immediately trembled, strands of Dao aura spreading, rushing toward Hangu Pass, intending to shatter this place.
"Unfortunately, you are not a true Emperor or Imperial Lord now," several figures on the city gate tower said fearlessly, transcendent above the mortal world. Together, they activated the Imperial Artifact, sending forth a blazing beam of light. At the same time, several Great Emperor array patterns all came to life, sweeping across millions of miles, unleashing slaughtering light.
"Boom!"
The universe trembled, immortal light surged like a vast ocean, colliding with the Reincarnation Supreme. At this place, a terrifying Dao resonance occurred, rumbling loudly.
In the end, when all the light faded, the Reincarnation Supreme's expression had turned ice-cold, while his eyes became even more hollow, as if they would devour the universe and all living beings.
His attack had not broken through. After all, there were several Emperor arrays here, each one astonishing—a supreme heavenly formation formed by the Group Character Secret, and an immortal formation personally laid down by Emperor Venerable. Breaking them was no easy task.
At the end of the day, he was not a true Emperor or Imperial Lord. Unless he instantly elevated himself, restoring his peak from countless ages past, but paying that price meant he would be hard-pressed to survive after a single battle—the gain would not outweigh the loss!
The Reincarnation Supreme circled Hangu Pass, trying to break the formation. But this was not his area of expertise. In array Dao, he only had the accomplishments befitting an Emperor, not a grandmaster of array patterns.
In truth, at the Emperor realm, one only needed to extend a single finger to shatter the heavens. Why would one need any method of breaking formations? But his state was not at its peak. Facing several such grand formations, he could not break through in a short time.
"There is no time. To stop my aging, I need hundreds of billions, even trillions of living beings. Wasting time breaking formations here is not worth the cost," the Reincarnation Supreme muttered to himself.
Of course, he was still unwilling. At the very least, those four were supreme great supplements. Plundering the world, how often could one encounter several Quasi-Emperors? But if he truly wanted to attack, the price he would have to pay was too great!
"This star is a spirit-nurturing ground, possessing the ninety-nine dragon mountains from the Mythical Era. No wonder it could nurture the Immortal Cauldron. Likewise, it can nurture corpses. Buried here, one can form the Reincarnation Seal in the shortest time possible."
The Reincarnation Lord spoke faintly, his eyes flickering uncertainly as he gazed at this ancient star, his expression cold to the extreme.
This was absolutely a world-shaking piece of news. Even if only a fragment leaked out, it would be enough to shake the great universe, causing all heavens and realms to tremble. Too astonishing!
Shennong, Huangdi, and Laozi's bodies had extraordinary origins. Simply because they were buried here, the Reincarnation Seal had formed, and their corpses had given birth to new intelligence.
Long ago, Ye Fan had speculated about Laozi's origins. Legend had it that he was washed out during a mountain flood, born with white hair and a white beard—an ancient corpse that had gained "spirit."
The same was true of Eternal Universe Great Emperor. After dying, he was buried on Earth, and a "new spirit" was conceived within his corpse, even though it was no longer himself.
Emperor Void's case was more complicated. Buried in the cosmos, his coffin had once fallen to Earth, where a spirit was nurtured within the coffin, leaving behind the name Huangdi. Later, he opened the coffin and departed.
He had long been sealed within the coffin because his physical body had suffered great trauma. Although he had given birth to consciousness and was a completely new person, his body remained the same. The hidden injuries from past bloody battles across the eight desolates still lingered, requiring the Divine Spirit Ancient Coffin to suppress and nourish, even needing the essence blood of old enemies to baptize his flesh.
After all, he was still an Emperor Body!
In summary, they were no longer the Great Emperors and Heavenly Venerables of the past. They had long severed ties with the Mythical Era and the Ancient Desolate Years, all being new individual lives.
In a sense, Emperor Void and the Heavenly Venerables of the Mythical Era could never appear again!
These were merely their bodies, not the true people of the past. Time had passed, their primordial spirits had died, and the "hearts" that had been born were completely different, only bearing their form.
Although these people had obtained scriptures, handscrolls, and imprints from the ancient coffins and relics of their former selves, they still could not awaken the so-called past. There was simply no possibility of a "previous life" reappearing.
"You are ultimately not you. Everything has scattered with the wind. Time is truly too merciless!" The Reincarnation Supreme coldly glanced at them one last time, chose to leave, and did not force an attack.
In truth, if he truly tried to force his way through, he would most likely meet his end here!
The Reincarnation Lord, carrying an overwhelming aura that made the stars tremble, took a single step and directly entered the depths of the universe. The next moment, following ancient memories, he descended upon a life source land, blood-washing an entire ancient star. Blood flooded the heavens!
The Dark Calamity continued. No one could stop it. Unless a true Great Emperor came back to life, it would be useless.
Although Shennong, Huangdi, and Laozi had reached the absolute peak of Quasi-Emperor and theoretically had the power to fight, if they truly tried to block a world-supreme being from feeding, they could only meet their end.
On Earth, there were several Emperor arrays, sufficient for defense but insufficient for offense. This was a helpless reality.
The Dark Era had begun and would continue. No one could stop it. Even if a Great Emperor revived, with only one or two, they could not turn the tide!
In another universe, on the ancestral star of the Heaven-Dominating Bloodline, an earth-shattering great battle had erupted. No one would have expected that the Heaven-Abandoning Supreme had encountered an opponent.
He blood-washed this star, seeking to obtain enough powerful life energy. The people here were all very strong, with no shortage of Saints. But just as he began, the people here all cried out in unison, calling upon their ancient ancestor, praying for the return of the Great Accomplishment Overlord Body of the past to rescue them from their crisis.
This was the ancestral star of the Overlord Body, but that did not mean all life on this star were Overlord Bodies. There were only a large number of descendants. Pure Overlord Bodies, like Sacred Bodies, only appeared once every many years.
But the star revered the Overlord Body together. Within a mysterious ancestral cave, a world-suppressing pressure erupted. A massive piece of Immortal Source flew out and then exploded, stopping the tragic scene of blood flowing across the land.
A Great Accomplishment Overlord Body was alive, sealed within Source, never having attained the Dao, and naturally never having cut himself. Worthy of being the Sacred Body's destined rival, he could also challenge a Supreme!
This was a life-and-death great struggle, extremely bloody. The two fought to madness, charging into outer space, destroying who knows how many stars.
They battled all the way, killing into the depths of the universe. This Heaven-Dominating Overlord Body was divinely brave, covered in blood, yet he also inflicted wounds on the Heaven-Abandoning Supreme.
No one had expected that an Ancient Supreme would encounter an opponent in the present age. This shook the universe, bringing hope to people.
In another domain, a Great Accomplishment Sacred Body was dueling the Longevity Heavenly Venerable, a life-and-death struggle, blood splattering across the cosmos. And in this domain, a Great Accomplishment Overlord Body had appeared. This was truly a pleasant surprise, inspiring many.
"Force me to return to my peak, and you will have no path to survival!" the Heaven-Abandoning Supreme shouted, gesturing with his hand. A stretch of star river shattered, who knows how many stars turning to dust. Endless starry skies in the universe dimmed.
His methods were terrifying, easily capable of destroying worlds!
"If you do that, after a bloody battle, you will surely die!" the Great Accomplishment Overlord Body said without any fear.
The battle did not stop, continuing on.
"This way, the ancestral star of the Overlord Body still cannot be saved. Even if I do not descend there, other Supremes will come to blood-wash the heavens!" the Heaven-Abandoning Supreme said coldly.
The Great Accomplishment Overlord Body fell silent, but his attacks did not cease.
"Your lifespan will also dry up. If you want to live, I am your predecessor. The path I walked in the past is your tomorrow!" the Heaven-Abandoning Supreme said.
The old Overlord attacked even more madly, forcing even the Heaven-Abandoning Supreme to cough up blood. Although he himself was nearly split in half, he fought more fiercely the longer the battle went on.
In the universe, some powerful Saints who sensed this all prayed, hoping that both the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body and the Heaven-Dominating Overlord Body could survive, defeat their opponents, and bring hope for the end of the Dark Calamity.
However, after a bloody struggle, everything changed!
In the end, the Heaven-Dominating Overlord Body and the Heaven-Abandoning Supreme stood side by side, having reconciled, no longer fighting to the death.
The Heaven-Abandoning Supreme did not go to the ancestral star of the Overlord Body again. He set off, continuing to blood-wash other ancient life lands, obtaining life substances to stop his aging.
And the Heaven-Dominating Overlord Body also acted, blood-washing ancient stars, waging war across the universe. He became another source of the Dark Calamity!
This was equivalent to adding one more person, increasing the number of Ancient Supremes. This change was suffocating, despair-inducing!
He did not slaughter his own ancestral land, but he carried out wanton conquest of other ancient domains to obtain what he needed, slow his aging, and enter a second hibernation of life.
The disaster was so terrifying, increasingly hopeless, with not a single ray of light to be seen.
"Mingde Quasi-Emperor has fallen, died in battle beyond the domain, his life energy taken by an Ancient Supreme!"
Bad news spread everywhere. There was no hope at all. Before the eyes, in the ears, there was only darkness. Blood-washing the universe, the Supremes encountered no worthy opponents.
The Light and Darkness Supreme descended upon the Ziwei Star Domain. Raising his hand, tens of billions of living beings died instantly. With a single inhale, he took away a thread of life essence from each.
When the living beings were helpless and wailing in misery, they continuously shouted the name of the Sun Saint Emperor, because he had attained the Dao on this very star, then ruled the universe.
And their prayers were answered!
The North Sea Eye exploded. A coffin flew out. A stone pagoda shook, emitting ten thousand zhang of light!
The divine thought of the past had long been ground away, no longer existing. But when the ancient coffin burst open, there was still a human skin, carrying the bloodstains of the Sun Saint Emperor. And then it swelled up.
It transformed into a human form, as if revived, awakened by the will of all living beings. Holding an Emperor Pagoda, it ruled the world, charging toward the Light and Darkness Supreme.