Endless Void Land.
A corpse, seemingly covered in blood and riddled with terrible wounds, drifted endlessly through the absolutely destructive Void Land.
Despite the Endless Void Land being saturated with omnipresent Void Power—a force that could erode even a Supreme One if they lingered too long, eventually turning them to dust—this corpse remained unaffected. Even the terrifying Void Storms, raging with a ferocity billions of times greater than mundane tempests, storms that could annihilate a Supreme One in an instant, could do no more than barely nudge the corpse along when they swept over it.
An unknown amount of time passed. Suddenly, the corpse made contact with the World Barrier of the Origin Land.
The World Barrier of the Origin Land far surpassed that of any other world or heaven and earth, exceeding even the barriers of Chaos Ancient Universes by an immeasurable degree. This was because the Origin Land was born from the Primordial Realm, absorbing nearly all of its fortune and energy. Throughout the ages, it had given birth to multiple Eternal Heavenly Venerates. When these Eternal Heavenly Venerates ascended to their supreme heavenly positions, an intangible Eternal Power was infused into the Origin Land. Thus, the strength of its World Barrier, capable of withstanding Void Storms that could annihilate Supreme Ones, spoke for itself; only a giant-level existence could tear it open.
The moment this mysterious corpse collided with the Origin Land's World Barrier, it was like a strike from a Heavenly Venerate. The resilient barrier in that region trembled violently.
Whoosh—
The corpse instantly pierced through the World Barrier of the Origin Land and emerged into the boundless Star Sky.
The corpse appeared ordinary, yet it was incomparably heavy, as if it weighed countless times more than the entire Star Sky. The moment it appeared, it began plummeting directly downward toward the infinite land below.
Boom—
During its descent, it accidentally struck an enormous star.
This star had been burning wildly in the endless Star Sky, releasing unimaginable power at every moment. Moreover, this was a star belonging to the Origin Land, far more extraordinary than those born in the Deficient Primordial Realm's Chaos Ancient Universes. Such a star was sufficient to burn even an Ancient Monarch to ashes.
But now, as the corpse fell, it plunged directly into the star and then... smashed right through it.
With a deafening roar, this star, millions of *li* in diameter, exploded in the Star Sky like a brilliant firework.
Similar scenes repeated across the Star Sky.
One ancient and terrifying star after another was blasted apart by this mysterious corpse, becoming the most dazzling fireworks in the night sky.
Finally, after an unknown length of time, the corpse abruptly burst into flames, transforming into a meteor that descended from the heavens at an incredibly terrifying speed, crashing toward a hundred-thousand-*li* tall demonic mountain on the infinite land.
On the infinite land stood a dark, desolate mountain a full hundred thousand *li* tall, unfathomable like a true demonic mountain. Rumors had long circulated that a formidable Demon Dao Supreme One had gone into seclusion here. Some said it was the Demon Emperor who once ruled a certain Emperor Domain for endless eons before vanishing. This hundred-thousand-*li* tall demonic mountain was suspected to be the very meditation site of that Demon Emperor who had disappeared a million years ago. Legend held that the Demon Emperor vanished to enter seclusion, hoping to break through to a higher realm of the Great Dao.
Throughout the ages, countless Demon Dao cultivators had come, hoping to find the legendary Demon Emperor, become his disciple, or discover his remains and inherit his legacy.
At this moment, both inside and outside the demonic mountain, numerous Demon Dao cultivators watched in horror as a fearsome meteor streaked down from the heavens toward them.
"Who goes there!"
Suddenly, a sharp roar erupted from within the demonic mountain, shaking the area for hundreds of millions of miles. This confirmed the world's speculation: a supreme expert indeed resided here, one whose cultivation was unfathomable and utterly terrifying.
From the demonic mountain, an unparalleled wave of Great Dao fluctuations surged forth, pulling at the myriad Daos of the heavens. For a moment, it seemed as if a demonic shadow hundreds of millions of miles tall was rising into the sky.
"The Demon Emperor!"
Across hundreds of millions of miles, countless living beings bowed from afar toward the Demon Emperor's phantom, their hearts filled with excitement.
Boom—
However, the corpse shot through the air and instantly pierced through the majestic demonic shadow.
The Demon Emperor, who had been in secluded meditation within the mountain, was taken aback. Before he could even react, he saw the corpse pierce through the mountain and crash into him.
Boom—
This Demon Emperor, once of boundless and illustrious fame, was smashed to pieces in an instant.
Boom—
The dark, desolate mountain, a full hundred thousand *li* tall, was pierced through by the corpse at this moment.
Centered on this point, the vast territory spanning hundreds of millions of miles directly sank and collapsed.
Countless lives were lost or injured.
The Imperial Demon Mountain crumbled. The Demon Emperor perished. The land for hundreds of millions of miles sank by a million *li*.
This immediately alarmed the nearby, vast territories that spanned entire domains.
A Demon Emperor's mountain had been inexplicably pierced through. What had happened? Had some peerless enemy from the outside world attacked the Demon Emperor while he was in seclusion, attempting a breakthrough?
By now, the demonic mountain had long turned to dust and vanished.
On the spot, everything of the Demon Emperor had been utterly annihilated. Even his Emperor Body, hailed as indestructible through ten thousand calamities, had turned to nothingness, unable to withstand the impact of the corpse.
Only a single blood-soaked corpse remained, lying at the very center of the hundreds-of-millions-of-miles-wide sunken land.
An unknown amount of time later, the blood mist and fragments of the Emperor Soul belonging to the Demon Emperor—who had been so indignantly smashed apart—that had spread across hundreds of millions of miles gradually began to flow toward the corpse at the center.
In the end, all the flesh and blood essence, the Emperor Soul fragments, and the shattered Emperor Dao origin of a Supreme Emperor completely merged into the corpse's body, leaving not a trace behind.
Nearby, even the spirits of the Emperor Weapons that had been reduced to dust alongside the mountain in the impact were also wholly devoured by the corpse.
It was as if a certain medium had been triggered.
At the center of the corpse's brow, a faint glimmer of light slowly appeared. It... opened its eyes. Gazing at the blood-stained sky, it uttered a single sentence: "As I thought... I'm not dead yet!"
With some effort, it sat up. Right there in the center of the sunken land spanning hundreds of millions of miles, it observed the terrifying scene it had caused and revealed a bitter smile.
Even an Eternal Heavenly Venerate personally making a move couldn't kill him?
Such tenacious vitality... he truly was an existence that couldn't be beaten to death.
The corpse carefully sensed its own internal state. It found its body nearly shattered, teetering on the brink of complete destruction. As for its divine soul, only a single wisp remained; the rest had completely dissipated.
But it had not perished.
Though it was practically crippled.
Yet, strangely, even in this state, it still refused to die.