Lord of Emptiness was still steeped in boundless self-satisfaction. At their level, their strengths were not far apart, and either side could win or lose. But once a Dao Artifact was involved, everything changed at once.
Their original strength had been nearly equal, yet now he had immediately seized the upper hand, completing a magnificent reversal.
With the Devil Warship, his strength would truly leap into the ranks of the most formidable people under the heavens. Even Da Zi Zai Tian, once extolled as the Number One Under the Heavens, was someone he was confident he could defeat.
Wasn't Da Zi Zai Tian merely relying on the Dark Bodhi Holy Hand? What was so remarkable about that?
But now that Da Zi Zai Tian had been slain, he had no way to prove that he was stronger, because Da Zi Zai Tian was already dead.
At their level, their cultivation could no longer advance any further. One more step would make them Emperors. Thus, beneath this ceiling of strength, no one could prove that he was stronger than a dead man.
The only way was to find that person called Ye Xiwen and kill him. Then he would naturally become the Number One Under the Heavens.
Unfortunately, he had come up empty-handed and failed to encounter that arrogant human. He actually dared to call himself the Number One Under the Heavens—he was merely a monkey claiming kingship when there was no tiger in the mountains.
That was his greatest regret. Still, this trip had not been entirely without gains. Acquiring a Dao Artifact was an unexpected harvest.
Dao Artifacts were unlike divine artifacts. There were only so many of them, because there were only so many Emperors in the world. Every Dao Artifact had its own origins and a glorious