The universally acknowledged greatest physique in the great universe was the chaotic body. Even the innate sacred body dao embryo fell a tiny bit short, though Wu Shi's own brilliance had bridged that sliver of a gap.
But beyond every heaven lay another heaven, and beyond every physique lay another physique.
The world knew only that the chaotic body was invincible, able to stand shoulder to shoulder with Great Emperors and strike down Heavenly Venerables, unrivaled throughout history. They did not know there was also a misfortune god body that could persuade immortals to death!
The misfortune god body was a peculiar manifestation of fate. Its bearer was born under a bleak, sinister star, crushed beneath ill fortune, yet that misfortune would ultimately fall upon others, lightening the bearer's own burden of sin.
Ancient legends told of a bearer of the misfortune god body under Lingbao Tianzun, named Shen Gongbao. He had been born with a miserable, ill-fated countenance, and becoming too entangled with him would lead to grave trouble.
Lingbao Tianzun had considered himself invincible beneath heaven, his battle prowess enough to astound immortals. He had even slain the Netherworld Emperor, the greatest embodiment of ominousness in the world, and had paid Shen Gongbao no mind. In the end, disaster had followed. The mighty Heavenly Emperor Lingbao had fallen midway through his journey, perishing on the Red-Dust Immortal Path.
Hun Tuo possessed just such a physique, one capable of endangering cultivators of even higher realms.
Unofficial histories of Primordial Antiquity recorded that the Fighting Saint Emperor had lived only one lifetime and failed to enter the Immortal Realm because he had suppressed Hun Tuo, leaving himself entangled in ill fortune.
The stronger a cultivator was, the less they believed in such things. They revered only themselves.
But Lin Xian