Chapter 943: The Strongest Physical Body in History

Wei Suifeng's divine art spanned hundreds of thousands of miles across the sky, an astonishing length. This was not a divine art Wei Suifeng could normally cast; although his cultivation and power were formidable, they were not yet that powerful.

This meant there was a method here to use the Great Void to enhance one's divine arts!

Moreover, Wei Suifeng had already found this method!

This method might only be usable in the Great Void, as only the Great Void possessed such pure and ownerless divine consciousness.

"Perhaps Wei Suifeng hid this method within his divine art, using the arrangement of stars to convey a message..." Qin Mu's eyes flickered as he observed the trajectory of each star, performing rapid calculations. To his disappointment, however, Wei Suifeng's divine art contained no other messages; it was merely a single divine art.

"The direction of this star river..." Qin Mu was momentarily stunned. This star river was like an arrow, pointing towards the depths of the Great Void.

This divine art must have been used by Wei Suifeng to guide the way.

The flying ship was currently moving along this star river, indicating that the Celestial Heavens also knew the purpose of Wei Suifeng's divine art.

Yun Chuxiu, seeing him observing the star river, smiled and said, "This divine art was left by Emperor Yun Luo when he explored this place, serving as a directional guide for the Great Void. You should know Emperor Yun Luo; he was a very powerful person who once caused quite a stir in the Celestial Heavens."

Qin Mu nodded, "Emperor Yun Luo, Wei Suifeng, is my senior brother."

"In the past two hundred thousand years, no one has reached the Emperor's Throne realm. He was the only one to cultivate to that level, so the Celestial Heavens valued him highly, appointing him Great Emperor of Yun Luo Heavenly Palace, to govern a region and command two hundred fifty-six Heavens of Yun Luo and ten thousand Yun Luo star domains." Yun Chuxiu continued, "However, the Celestial Heavens later investigated his origins and discovered that he had fabricated his background, faked his name, and even altered the Book of Life and Death of the Black Emperor, Yin Tianzi. He didn't just alter the Celestial Heavens' Book of Life and Death; there are nine such books in total, and this person actually changed all nine! He even tampered with Earth Count's Book of Life and Death in Youdu! Truly audacious!"

Qin Mu laughed despite himself, "My senior brother is indeed audacious and reckless."

"As long as the Celestial Heavens wish to investigate someone's background, no matter who they are, they can uncover everything. But investigating him proved to be a great deal of trouble. Later, the investigation led to Yin Tianzi, revealing that he had once changed his appearance and became Yin Tianzi's disciple for several hundred years! Yin Tianzi held him in extremely high regard, treating him as his most favored disciple and entrusting him with important tasks. Later, he faked his death to escape, and Yin Tianzi grieved for a long time." Yun Chuxiu added, "The Celestial Heavens continued their investigation and made even more astonishing discoveries. He had not only visited Mingdu, but also the Scarlet Emperor, White Emperor, and Azure Emperor. He even became a disciple of several Celestial Venerables and went to Celestial Emperor to address the Great Sun Star Lord as a brother! Each time, he used different names and appearances, all aliases and false faces, and after mingling for a few centuries, he would fake his death and escape!"

Qin Mu was torn between laughter and tears.

He did know that Wei Suifeng had once infiltrated Mingdu. Among the geographic maps Wei Suifeng left behind was one of Mingdu's great prison, which the Woodcutter Saint used to infiltrate Mingdu and rescue Emperor Yi Yue.

"The Celestial Heavens also considered him a promising talent. If he hadn't committed great evils, they would have entrusted him with important responsibilities. However, when they investigated his origins, they finally discovered that he originated from the ruins of the Founding Emperor Era, one of a small group of Founding Emperor survivors! That's when the Celestial Heavens became afraid." Yun Chuxiu continued, "At that time, those survivors numbered at most ten million, and the inheritance of divine arts and spells was severed; even the Divine Bridge was broken. They were abandoned people, with no future whatsoever. Yet, from such a 'mud pit' of a place, an Emperor's Throne expert emerged! The Celestial Heavens were truly shocked, deeming the matter no small feat, and thus captured and suppressed him. However, Emperor Yun Luo was indeed capable; he did many things for the Celestial Heavens, such as exploring the Great Void, where he delved the deepest."

In front of the flying ship, another star river appeared, guiding their direction.

"He even traveled further than the Celestial Venerables, leaving behind these star rivers and some void fortresses, which help us establish the spatial geography of the Great Void." Yun Chuxiu genuinely said, "Celestial Venerable Mu, you and your senior brother are both extraordinary talents."

Qin Mu shook his head, saying, "Senior Brother is indeed a prodigy; I am not."

"Hypocrisy. Although Emperor Yun Luo caused quite a stir, he was ultimately discovered, captured, and suppressed by the Celestial Heavens, causing them no damage whatsoever." Yun Chuxiu smiled, "But you are different. You openly entered the Celestial Heavens, you caused the Celestial Heavens to split, and you alienated the Ten Celestial Venerables. I don't think the current peace in the Celestial Heavens will last much longer. Even so, the Celestial Heavens cannot touch you, and many people would even die to protect you. This is where you are superior to him. What your senior brother did pales in comparison to what you have done."

Qin Mu smiled faintly.

The flying ship sailed on. After a long while, true stars suddenly appeared ahead. Those must have been stars created by the Creator Race, with five of them connected by chains. At the center of these chains was a colossal fortress, resembling a giant war machine.

Blood and bones floated around the fortress, indicating that many battles must have taken place there.

Deities from within the fortress came forward to verify the identities of those on board the ship and invited them into the fortress to rest.

Due to Luo Wushuang's unconscious demonic possession, many on board had died. Of three hundred people, only a little over two hundred sixty remained, and a significant number were injured.

Qin Mu entered the fortress and looked around, noticing that the divine devils stationed there had blank expressions. Their faces and bodies were covered in scars from healed wounds, resembling red centipedes crawling on their skin.

These divine devils often had three heads and six arms, wielding various weapons. They seemed to possess no emotions, their eyes empty and hollow.

"What's wrong with these divine devils?" he wondered.

"They have no emotions." Yun Chuxiu smiled, "They are prisoners of the Celestial Heavens. All their emotions were purged, leaving only their combat abilities. When the Celestial Heavens discovered the Great Void, they suffered heavy losses. So, they thought of utilizing these 'wastes' by placing these prisoners here to guard the void fortresses, allowing the Celestial Heavens to establish a foothold. Since they lack emotions, they are merely walking corpses and thus will not generate heart demons."

Qin Mu looked at these three-headed, six-armed divine devils, a thought stirring in his mind. He asked, "Are they from the Crimson Light Era?"

Yun Chuxiu summoned a Daoist and said, "This is Celestial Venerable Mu, who has been ordered to meet Celestial Venerable Huo and Celestial Venerable Void. Go and bring out that big fellow from the void fortress."

That Daoist, presumably not stripped of his emotions, still possessed his faculties and was responsible for the void fortress's security and controlling the Crimson Light Era prisoners. The Daoist glanced at Qin Mu, surprised by his seemingly low cultivation, but still bowed to him, saying, "Celestial Venerable, please wait."

He let out a shout, his voice carrying a wondrous rhythm, likely a Daoist sound used to manipulate treasures.

Suddenly, the sound of chains rattling came from outside the void fortress. The space itself vibrated. Qin Mu looked in the direction of the sound, horrified, as he saw a divine devil, even larger than the void fortress itself, slowly rise behind it, gradually lifting its head!

That colossal deity had three heads and six arms, its face expressionless, with three heads facing different directions!

Its entire body was entwined with chains of divine runes, which were manifestations of its vital qi. Each chain flickered with intermittent runic light, continuously circulating around its massive body!

Its interwoven runes spread, covering an increasingly wide area, eventually enveloping the entire void fortress.

This was an Emperor's Throne expert! Judging by its cultivation, it was likely a peak existence within the Emperor's Throne realm!

Qin Mu looked at the runic light on the chains, finding it somewhat familiar, like the runes from the Flawless Creation Profound Scripture. He couldn't help but exclaim, "Who is he? Is he a Great Emperor from the Crimson Light Era?"

Yun Chuxiu chuckled, "Guess!"

Qin Mu's heart trembled. He shook his head and said, "It can't be Emperor Ming. Emperor Ming died in the battlefield ruins outside the Celestial Heavens. On my way here, I heard Qi Jiuyi mention passing by the Emperor Ming battlefield!"

Yun Chuxiu smiled, "Naturally, it cannot be Emperor Ming. Emperor Ming possessed the strongest physical body in history and almost assaulted the Celestial Heavens. Back then, countless divine and devil armies besieged Emperor Ming, beheading him countless times, but each time his head grew back, making him unkillable. Even Celestial Venerables would find it incredibly difficult to refine him to death. The battlefield ruins you passed through contained countless corpses of Emperor Ming and other divine devils, and more than ten Emperor's Throne experts from the Celestial Heavens also died there; it was exceptionally brutal."

Qin Mu looked up at the colossal deity behind the void fortress. This giant god was too powerful; its mere presence made the surrounding space seem to funnel and collapse towards it.

"Ignorant! The Great Emperor, Ju Yu, was the one with the strongest physical body in history!" Shu Jun's voice rang in his mind.

"Besides Emperor Ming, are there others who possess such a formidable physical body?" Qin Mu asked Yun Chuxiu.

"Emperor Ming is dead." Yun Chuxiu said with a smile, "He died a terrible death. His physical body was the strongest in history, but his primordial spirit wasn't cultivated to three heads and six arms. His weakness was discovered, and thus he was slain by Yin Tianzi."

Qin Mu's heart stirred slightly. Emperor Ming's Flawless Creation Profound Scripture indeed could not cultivate the primordial spirit.

His cultivation technique lacked the method to cultivate a three-headed, six-armed primordial spirit, leaving a significant flaw.

If combined with Emperor Chi's Three Primordial Spirit Indestructible Divine Consciousness, it would have been perfect.

Of course, that was in the past.

Now, with the advancement of Dao arts and divine powers, the Ten Celestial Venerables of the Celestial Heavens have begun to advance towards the Celestial Heaven realm. Even combining two Emperor's Throne cultivation techniques wouldn't grant invincibility.

"Is this Emperor's Throne colossal deity truly Emperor Ming?" Qin Mu had a sliver of doubt. Emperor Chi's Indestructible Divine Consciousness could ensure the immortality of his divine consciousness. Could Emperor Ming's Flawless Creation Profound Scripture similarly ensure the immortality of his physical body?

Emperor Ming might have died, but perhaps only his soul perished, while his physical body could still be alive. Is it possible that this colossal deity is Emperor Ming's physical body?

Inside the void fortress, they rested for a period. The fortress was enveloped by the colossal deity's runes, which shielded against the Great Void's strange divine consciousness, allowing them to relax without fear of the Great Void manifesting their heart demons.

After recovering from their injuries, the flying ship set sail once more, following Emperor Yun Luo Wei Suifeng's star river divine art deeper into the Great Void.

Qin Mu looked back and saw that the void fortress seemed to have been pulled out of a pool of blood, covered in bloodstains and rust.

What exactly attacked this fortress, leaving corpses scattered everywhere?

Their time there was too short; they didn't get to witness an attack by the Great Void's monsters, which was a pity.

Qin Mu's gaze fell once again on the colossal deity. He thought, "Who exactly is he? If I were to summon souls, and I summoned this giant god's soul, would he come back to life?"

Days later, they arrived at the second void fortress. However, this second fortress was shattered, destroyed by a terrifying power from the Great Void.

Luo Wushuang frowned, ordered the flying ship to stop outside, and he alone entered the ruins to search. After a short while, he returned to the ship, shaking his head, "No bodies. The garrison's corpses have vanished."

Qin Mu said gravely, "Then let's continue forward."

The flying ship set sail again. Emperor Yun Luo Wei Suifeng's divine art still guided their way, but those on board soon felt that the Buddhist concept of 'neither perception nor non-perception' was gradually becoming unable to resist the Great Void's strangeness.

Outside the flying ship, a colossal eyeball suddenly appeared, rolled around, and then vanished.

"Whose heart demon?" Luo Wushuang drew his blade, vigilant.

Just then, a huge, extremely slippery body emerged outside the flying ship, gliding past the hull and rubbing against it with a grating sound.

Luo Wushuang quickly went outside the ship, where the long body gradually faded into nothingness.

He was filled with doubt and alarm. Suddenly, enormously thick tentacles rose from beneath the ship, grappling onto the hull. Luo Wushuang was about to sever these tentacles, but he saw them also growing fainter and disappearing.

Qin Mu leaned over the ship's rail, peering out, and called loudly, "Divine Blade Luo, this is what happens when some cultivate 'neither perception nor non-perception' but can't suppress their heart demons, leading to a proliferation of strange phenomena!"

Yun Chuxiu came to his side and whispered, "We should kill those who can't suppress their heart demons, otherwise we'll all be in danger!"

Qin Mu glanced at her. Suddenly, an incomparably majestic divine being slowly appeared beside the flying ship, bathed in divine light, with thousands of Daoist sounds roaring and vibrating, echoing endlessly!

It was the Ancient God Celestial Emperor!

Qin Mu said coldly, "Empress, you also can't suppress your heart demons anymore. Should we eliminate you as well?"

No sooner had he spoken than he suddenly saw the figures of the Ten Celestial Venerables appear around the flying ship, surrounding it.

Of these Ten Celestial Venerables, only Celestial Venerable Hao, Celestial Venerable Huo, and Ancestral God King had clear features; the faces of the other Celestial Venerables were shrouded in mist.

His own heart demons had appeared too!

The Ten Celestial Venerables gradually blurred and faded into nothingness, and the Ancient God Celestial Emperor also vanished without a trace.

Luo Wushuang returned to the ship, staring blankly at the running box outside, on which his heart demon, Qin Mu, appeared.

Cold sweat beaded on Qin Mu's forehead. The Great Void's illusions were growing stronger; sooner or later, they would become real again and annihilate them all here!

Just then, they saw rows of tall corpses walking on the surface of the star river above the flying ship.

"They're Corpse Walkers!" Cheers erupted from the flying ship, and everyone was overjoyed: "The Corpse Walkers have appeared, we're saved!"

Qin Mu was bewildered. What were Corpse Walkers?

"My people..." The Creator Shu Jun's voice suddenly echoed in his mind, trembling, "How could they die here?"