Magic Emperor is a Manga/Manhwa/Manhua in (English/Raw) language, Action series is written by Nightingale (Original) + No Two Comics , This Comic is About
Zhuo Yifan was the Magic Emperor and was also called Demonic Emperor. Because he had the Nine Serenities, nine secrets technique written in the Book of Nine Secrets of the Ancient Emperor, he was targeted by all the attending experts and was even betrayed and killed by his student Zhao Cheng when the other 7 Magic Emperor, he was the 8th and also their leader, decided to betray him.
Apparently he chose to blew up himself along with the Nine Serenities, but in fact he used one of the nine technique to separate his soul and reincarnate in another body. This body was owned by a family servant boy named Zhuo Fan thousands years later.