Strictly speaking, a single layer of Red Dust Threads could never stop the battle halberd Western Heaven Battle Emperor threw with all his might. After all, he was a Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign. His strength was already infinitely close to that of the Ancient Battle Emperor. Compared to the Ancient Battle Emperor, he lacked only an unyielding heart and the Ancient Battle Emperor's ruthless resolve to burn his boats.
Of course, actual matters required actual analysis.
The Ancient Battle Emperor had burned his boats because he had no other choice at the time. If he had been given any alternative—or if the Ancient Battle Emperor and the Heavenly Emperor had faced the Nine Corpse Heavenly Devil Emperor and another Heavenly Devil Emperor together—the final outcome would have been entirely different.
Although the Ancient Battle Emperor lacked the ability to kill two Heavenly Devil Emperors, and even against the one who had perished alongside him, he had needed to take a dangerous gamble, his utmost ascension would have been enough to buy the Heavenly Emperor time to use One Qi Transforming into Three Purities. As long as the Heavenly Emperor completed it four times, the entire battle would instantly be even. If he completed it six times, even the Battle Emperor would not know how they could lose. The rest of the battle would simply become Human Wave Tactics: a swarm of Heavenly Emperor clones charging ahead while he sat hidden in the shadows, protecting the Heavenly Emperor's true body on one hand and secretly gathering power to kill the Heavenly Devil Emperors on the other. It was the simplest and most straightforward method.
After all, it did not matter if the Heavenly Emperor's clones died.
At worst, he could just split himself a few more times.
But if one of