After learning about the three Heavenly Emperor Level beings of the Old Nine Heavens' Qian Lands lineage in this timeline, Yuangeng understood perfectly well that, overall, their potential ran deeper than that of the dark heavenly emperors.
Unfortunately, before Yuangeng arrived, the Heavenly Emperor Level beings on the dark side had enjoyed a considerable numerical advantage thanks to the foundation laid by Dark Emperor Venerable.
Before his battle against the dark emperors began, the dark side's known forces included the Undying Heavenly Emperor and his son, Heavenly Venerable Lingbao, a Dao-proving Tyrant Body, a Chaos Body, and a fourteen-headed Dark Fusion Monster—twice as many as the Nine Heavens side. They also possessed the Dark Immortal Ascension Cauldron and the Kunlun Immortal Bell, giving them formidable reserves.
On the Nine Heavens side, aside from the three heavenly emperors, their trump card, the Desolate Pagoda, was also qualified to participate in battles at the highest level. Yet although that Immortal Pagoda's intrinsic nature was extraordinarily lofty, the combat strength it could unleash was not particularly great. Perhaps this was the Desolate Heaven Emperor's intention: it could perform only at the level of an ordinary Immortal Artifact.
Cao Yusheng led Yuangeng and the other two to a corner of the world within the coffin. An ancient, timeworn Daoist temple stood there, a cultivation sanctuary he had arranged for himself. It was simple but spotless, its Great Dao formed by nature.
"This is actually the situation after we risked our lives to kill several of them. There used to be a fully realized, Dao-proving dark Indestructible Golden Body and three more Darkness Fusion Monsters at our level. If they hadn't been annihilated early on, things would only be harder now."
As they discussed the strength of the two sides, a bitter smile appeared on