Chapter 1573 — The First Clash
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
The Founding Emperor and Shen Mu were both of the human race. These two had repeatedly set themselves against the Heavenly Court and against the demigods, making it very hard for him to hold his place in the Heavenly Court; thus he wanted to be rid of them both.
Yet now the two had made great moves at the same time, making it hard for him to decide whom to kill first.
"Shen Mu is the greater danger!
If he succeeds, I fear there will be another Lord Ling! " The Fire Heavenly Lord's eyes flickered, but he flew swiftly toward the Land of the Great Void, thinking, "But Lord Mu has the Great Emperor tying him down; he cannot succeed.
So the greatest danger is still the Founding Emperor, Shen Ye!
" At the same time, Lord Hao's brows knitted deeply.
He too was on his way to the Yong River, traveling with the Heavenly Lords Gong, Xu, Zu, and Lang, but the strange change in the Land of the Great Void left him torn as well. "The Heavenly Court's great army cannot be slaughtered clean by the Founding Emperor and the Land of No Sorrow, or the Heavenly Court's control over the myriad worlds will be gravely damaged.
" Lord Hao then made up his mind and continued toward the Yong River: "But compared with the Founding Emperor Shen Ye, Lord Mu is the crucial one. And the Heavenly Emperor's fleshly body must never fall into Lord Xiao's hands!
That body, born unimaginably powerful, is the strongest weapon in the world! " Others did not know how terrifying the Heavenly Emperor's fleshly body was, but he knew it perfectly well.
The fleshly body of the Heavenly Emperor Taichu had never once been wounded! Even beings like the Lord of Heaven and the Count of Earth could not wound the Heavenly Emperor's fleshly body. If Lord Xiao obtained that body, his Heavenly Palace would be complete and he would ascend directly into the ultimate void, branding his power into the Great Luo Heaven of the ultimate void.
The fleshly bodies of others could not enter the ultimate void; they would be assimilated by it.
But the fleshly body of the Heavenly Emperor Taichu would not.
"If Lord Xiao takes the throne before I do, he will surely strike ruthlessly and tear us all apart!
" In the very instant the Southern Emperor's fleshly body came flying on wings, Shen Mu had already taken out a hairpin and traced a line in the air — and a Heavenly River reappeared in the world from more than forty thousand years in the past!