Chapter 1585 — Forty Thousand Years of Solitude
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
Shen Mu let out a breath of relief, excitement gleaming in his eyes. Taidi's strength had indeed exceeded his expectations; never in his wildest dreams had he imagined that the Heavenly Emperor within the Great Luotian of Divine Consciousness could be so overbearingly formidable.
This did not match Taidi's former conduct.
If Taidi truly possessed such power, why would he have needed to feign compliance with the ten Tianzuns?
Why would he have gone to such lengths to recover his own fleshly body?
Why would he have battered and shattered his own body again and again in battle?
Why would he have gone so far as to send out his reincarnated body, Ming Fangyu, to assassinate Ling Tianzun with the aid of the Heavenly Emperor's fleshly body?
"Most likely Taidi was plotted against by the Primordial Sage of Miluo Palace in Pixiang Hall. Only after he branded his divine consciousness upon the Ultimate Void and forged the Great Luotian of Divine Consciousness did he discover that he had fallen into the trap. Perhaps his divine consciousness cannot descend in full; each time only a small portion of it can come down. So by storming into the Great Luotian, we have instead played right into his hands."
Shen Mu's eyes flickered. "That way he can seize the chance to wipe us all out in one sweep! But the fleshly body of Taichu, the Heavenly Emperor, is not so easily controlled."
He had hidden certain small tricks within the Heavenly Emperor's fleshly body, originally intending to use them against Xiao Tianzun or Hao Tianzun; as long as either of them seized this body, the "small tricks" he had left behind would activate!
Yet he had never expected that Taidi within the Great Luotian of Divine Consciousness would prove so strong that it was he who first snatched the Heavenly Emperor's fleshly body from Shen Mu's grasp!
The small trick Shen Mu had hidden in the Heavenly Emperor's fleshly body was precisely an array of Hongmeng primal qi runes. Branding it with Hongmeng runes served two purposes: first, to make it easier for him to command the Heavenly Emperor's body; second, to lie in wait to ambush anyone else who seized it!
"Taidi is this strong, so defeating him is indeed difficult. But now that he has taken the Heavenly Emperor's fleshly body, there is a chance to defeat him!"
Shen Mu had barely thought this far when the Heavenly Emperor's fleshly body suddenly spoke, its voice shaking heaven and earth: "What a mighty body! Taichu, I envy you. I have always envied you!"
Controlling this body, Taidi looked toward Xiao Tianzun and said in admiration, "The moment you were born, you had no need to learn anything, no need to ask anything. You were the foremost ancient god under heaven, possessed of boundless, overbearing power, wielding the Innate Primordial Qi, and the foremost fleshly body under heaven. I was different. I had to draw knowledge from other Creators, comprehend all manner of divine-consciousness arts, cultivate step by step, and face the challenges of other Creators, climbing one footprint at a time, before I could achieve anything."
He clenched his fist hard, feeling the peerless power surging from this body.
Even for a Tianzun, it was very difficult to fully unleash the power within this body. A moment ago, when Shen Mu controlled the Heavenly Emperor's fleshly body, had he been able to draw out its full strength, he would long since have beaten Hao Tianzun to death.
To unleash the power of the Heavenly Emperor's fleshly body, one needed not only a profound comprehension of the Dao of Taichu, but also an incomparably vast cultivation.
Taidi satisfied both!
The Dao of Divine Consciousness was born out of the Dao of Taichu, and he had spent countless years studying the Heavenly Emperor's fleshly body and the Taichu runes in the guise of Qiang Tianfei and of Ming Fangyu, a Tianzun.
In his comprehension of the Dao of Taichu, he held an enormous advantage.