Before the Desolate Antiquity Era, the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body had been known as the Indestructible Golden Body and had deep ties to the Buddhist Sect.
The nine generations of Great Accomplished Saint Physiques were powerhouses of the Desolate Antiquity Era. Tracing further back, the Sacred Body Lineage had produced more than nine Supreme Beings. The Sacred Body Ancient Ancestor of the Mythical Era, for instance, had been terrifyingly powerful, a formidable Supreme Being in his own right.
In that ancient age, an Overlord Body Supreme Being had possessed the potential to attain the Dao. Once he did, his combat strength would have stood out even among Great Emperors, and he could have led the Overlord Body to the pinnacle of glory. Instead, the Sacred Body Ancient Ancestor had slain him.
Later, the Ancestor of the Sacred Body had also perished beneath the Emperor Tribulation, leaving that age without an emperor. That great battle could also be regarded as the beginning of the feud between the Sacred Body and the Overlord Body.
The Indestructible Golden Body who had converted to Buddhism had likewise been a Supreme Being who had reached great accomplishment, with immense standing in the Buddhist Sect. Terms such as Tathagata Golden Body and Golden Body Arhat had originated with him.
"Sadly, that senior never attained the Dao either. He too perished beneath the Emperor Tribulation, leaving Amitabha as the Buddhist Sect's only Great Emperor in a million years."
Sakyamuni sighed. Otherwise, having two emperors from one sect would no longer have been Yaochi's exclusive distinction.
The Sacred Body Lineage's Heavenly Tribulations were simply too powerful. If an Emperor Tribulation offered one chance of survival in nine chances of death, something a cultivator with a Supreme Being's strength could overcome, then a Sacred Body's Emperor Tribulation offered ten