The Heaven-shattering: I and Wu Shi compete for the throne

Chapter 431 Further into the Desolate Forbidden Land
He then unleashed a powerful technique, altering the imperial formation of the Ancient Emperor Mountain and gathering the essence of heaven and earth to nurture the Chaotic Ancient Battle Axe.

The Chaotic Ancient Battle Axe lost its imperial weapon divine status. Although it did not fall below the imperial weapon level, it was severely damaged.

Perhaps with the imperial array of the ancient imperial mountain gathering the essence of heaven and earth, it may not take more than a few thousand or tens of thousands of years to regenerate imperial weapons and gods and restore the mountain.

After doing all this, Li Daoming turned his gaze to the self-sealed crane, hesitated for a moment, and then unsealed it from the divine source.

He planned to bestow upon him a great fortune: a divine pill refined from the blood of the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, to help him undergo a complete transformation, and to impart to him the secrets of the Divine Word, which might allow him to break through to the Quasi-Emperor realm before his lifespan ran out.

Even if he can't, it doesn't matter. He will use the "Severing the Dao and Returning to the Origin" technique to sever his cultivation, laws, and Dao attainment, allowing him to live another life.

With his guidance and the combined strength of two lifetimes, he didn't believe he couldn't break through to the Quasi-Emperor realm.

Whether he chooses to continue fulfilling the mandate of the Chaotic Ancient Emperor after breaking through to the Quasi-Emperor level, or waits for the rebirth of the Chaotic Ancient Battle Axe God, will not be interfered with.

Of course, if the crane doesn't want the good fortune he's given it, he won't force it; he'll refine the divine source and reseal it.

However, he felt that the crane would not refuse and was very likely to choose to wait for the rebirth of the Chaotic Ancient Battle Axe God.

The Imperial Weapon is a continuation of the Great Emperor's life. After the deity took human form, it can be considered half of the Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor and half of the Chaotic Ancient Emperor's son.

Successors? Who is closer to the emperor and his divine beings? Who can better inherit the Dao and laws of the Great Emperor of Chaos?
As expected, when the crane heard about Li Daoming's plan, it did not refuse his kindness.

However, he wanted to fulfill the entrustment of the Chaotic Ancient Emperor to find a successor for him in that most brilliant golden age, and he also wanted to follow the newly born imperial weapon deity.

He wanted to select a successor and then continue to self-proclaim himself, awaiting the rebirth of the Emperor's Weapon God.

Li Daoming naturally had no objection to this. He passed on the secret of the Divine Character to him and then took him back to the Boundless Holy Court, whereupon his avatar summoned someone to settle him down.

Immediately afterwards, the World Destruction Millstone, which was being nurtured in the Boundless Holy Court, was summoned by the Devouring Demon Jar, and asked if they wanted to take human form.

Without the slightest hesitation, Jie Mie chose to transform into human form.

As for the deity of the Devouring Demon Jar, He neither refused nor agreed, because He was different from the deities of the World Annihilation Mill and the Chaotic Ancient Battle Axe; His master, the Ruthless Empress, was not yet dead.

Whether He chooses to take human form or not is not up to Him; He needs the ruthless Empress's consent.

Moreover, unlike other imperial weapons and deities, its true form was refined from the body of the Ruthless Empress and also contains a portion of the Ruthless Empress's molted divine soul.

If He wanted to take human form, He only needed to sever His connection with the Devouring Demon Jar, and He could cultivate a primordial spirit and physical body on His own, without needing to use any other methods.

Li Daoming was not surprised by the choice of the Devouring Demon Jar deity.

Imperial weapons are the continuation of the Great Emperor's life. Generally, imperial weapons will not go against the Great Emperor's will. Moreover, the Devouring Demon Jar contains a part of the Ruthless Empress's divine soul, so it will be even less likely to go against her will.

Although he felt that the ruthless empress would not agree, after hesitating for a moment, Li Daoming still decided to go to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.

Asking her if she agreed to let the Devouring Demon Jar take human form was just a side effect; his main purpose was to discuss the Dao with her again.

There are only a handful of people in this world who are qualified to discuss the Dao with him: the Emperor, the Undying Emperor, the Ruthless Empress, and Wushi.

Unfortunately, it's no surprise that the Emperor and the Undying Emperor will become his adversaries. The Emperor wants to refine the universe and achieve his own power, which he naturally cannot agree to.

The Undying Emperor didn't have much of a grudge against him, but his desire to bathe in the Emperor's blood for the Ancient Emperor was destined to displease the Ancient Emperor. Moreover, he had killed the Supreme Emperor and the Sun Saint Emperor, and given his relationship with Xia Qinghuang and Si Qi, it would be difficult for them to become allies.

Wushi could often discuss the Dao with him, and their discussions were beneficial to each other. However, the more they discussed the Dao, the less they gained.

Only the ruthless empress, whose cultivation level is no weaker than his current level, and the two of them have only discussed the Dao once, which ended hastily. If he could discuss the Dao with her again, he would definitely gain a lot.

However, he did not set off immediately. Instead, he first severed the connection between the deity Jiemie and his true form, and then used a heaven-defying method to create two Holy Spirit Stone Embryos, allowing the deities of Jiemie's Great Millstone and Chaotic Ancient Battle Axe to be nurtured by heaven and earth in the Divine Ruins.

After completing these tasks, Li Daoming headed towards the desolate and forbidden land.

Ancient Forbidden Land
Sensing Li Daoming's arrival, the Great Accomplished Holy Body quickly broke free from its Immortal Source seal and came out to greet Li Daoming.

The Great Accomplished Holy Body is now quite different from the one I first saw.

When I first saw him, he was tall and thin, with messy black hair that covered most of his face, making him look somewhat disheveled and sickly. Moreover, strands of golden hair kept growing on his body, which contained a strange and ominous aura.

However, now he is tall and strong, with a resolute gaze and extremely vigorous blood and energy. He looks incredibly powerful, as if he were in his prime.

Of course, he wasn't actually in his prime; it was just that his remaining lifespan was enough to keep him at his peak.

More than 10,000 years ago, he gave him a Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, which extended his life by more than 2,000 years, and also gave him the Chaos Divine Embryo Technique.

He cultivated for over 1,100 years before reaching the ninth level of Quasi-Emperor in the Chaos Divine Embryo realm.

He did not continue his cultivation because he knew the difficulty of cultivating the Chaos Divine Embryo, and that even after a thousand years of cultivation, he would not make much progress.

He then turned his attention to merging the origin of chaos with the origin of the sacred body.

It took him nearly a thousand years to successfully fuse the Chaos Origin with his own Origin, transforming it into an extremely incomplete Chaos Sacred Body.

Although he only possessed a fragmented Chaos Saint Body, which prevented him from living a second life, he not only further enhanced his strength and broke through to an alternative path of enlightenment, but also extended his lifespan by more than a thousand years.

Although he still had more than a thousand years left to live, he did not continue his cultivation, but instead chose to seal himself with the source of immortality.

The stronger one becomes, the more difficult it is to seal oneself off. Moreover, he also wants to maintain his peak state so that he can sever his karmic ties with the Celestial Venerable of Immortality when he encounters him.

The Great Accomplished Holy Body respectfully welcomed Li Daoming into the depths of the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land before inquiring about his purpose. Li Daoming did not hide anything and revealed his intentions.

However, at this moment, remembering that the Great Accomplishment Holy Body was registered in the Boundless Holy Court, Li Daoming felt a little embarrassed. He seemed to have completely forgotten about the Great Accomplishment Holy Body!
The Great Accomplishment Holy Body is an alternative path to enlightenment, and his physique is no longer a simple Holy Body. Therefore, he is not limited by the Holy Body and cannot become an Emperor.

In other words, thousands of years ago, he could have attained enlightenment alongside many powerful figures from the Boundless Holy Court. However, since he didn't consider him a member of the Boundless Holy Court, he forgot to inform him and let him attain enlightenment together.

Moreover, when he passed on the True Phoenix Nirvana Method, the Divine Word Secret, and other secret techniques to the powerful figures of the Boundless Holy Court, he forgot about the Great Accomplished Holy Body.

(End of this chapter)