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

Chapter 450 The Emperor's Life and Death
Now that he has escaped, the Emperor, who knows his strength, will surely hide in the shadows and wait for an opportunity to strike.

Finding and killing him then wouldn't be so easy.

What worries Li Daoming most is that he has turned to any means to attack the powerful figures of the Wuji Holy Court.

With his strength, he would use any means necessary to launch a sneak attack. Even a Heavenly Emperor-level expert would not last more than a few moves before perishing. As for experts below the Heavenly Emperor level, they would definitely be killed in one blow.

Furthermore, although he already has a method to live nine lifetimes, he is certain that he can live nine lifetimes.

However, some methods cannot succeed instantly, such as the True Phoenix Nirvana Method.

If most of the twenty-odd emperors of the Boundless Holy Court were unable to complete the mortal immortal path and perished halfway, leaving only a few behind.

When he was undergoing Nirvana, the Emperor attacked. Those few remaining might not be able to stop the Emperor, and even if they did, there might be casualties.

Therefore, as long as he can kill the Emperor, he is willing to suffer serious injuries.

Because he has too many cards to play: the Elixir of Immortality, the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, the Chaos Sacred Body Dao Embryo, the Heavenly Emperor's Heart, the Broken Jade... it's completely enough to ensure that nothing bad happens to him.

At this moment, disregarding his injuries, Li Daoming squeezed out his remaining power and created three more Dao bodies.

At the same time, he was also rapidly absorbing the remaining 40% of the Heavenly Emperor's Heart's original power, circulating the Yin-Yang Creation Technique, and beginning to erase the Dao traces within his body, recovering his injuries and original power.

The three Dao bodies that emerged were not idle. The Yin-Yang Dao body guarded Li Daoming's side, while the Chaos Dao body and the World Dao body ignored the terrifying remaining laws of order ahead and deduced to find the Emperor.

Although Li Daoming felt that it was almost impossible for the Emperor to survive that terrifying attack, he didn't like to have feelings; he preferred to be absolutely certain.

After investigating for a while, the Chaos Dao Body made a discovery. It sensed an area with the aura of an Emperor and traces of a space being opened.

"Reverse!" The Chaos Dao Body unleashed a terrifying law of time, tearing through space as it probed forward.

In an instant, time here became disordered, and a scene appeared: the incredibly terrifying Dao wave was blocked for less than a moment, and at the last moment, a broken primordial spirit rushed out, but it was also affected and became even more broken.

The tattered primordial spirit plunged into the chaos and instantly traversed space to leave.

Upon witnessing this scene, the Chaos Dao Body transmitted its memories back to its original self, then broke through space and pursued the traces left behind by the Emperor.

"He's still alive?" Upon receiving the memories transmitted by the Chaos Dao Body, Li Daoming frowned slightly.

He just caused three of his Dao bodies to perish, burned half of his own essence, and even crippled himself, yet the Emperor didn't die?
This made Li Daoming feel like he had suffered a huge loss.

Of course, he might not have lost out either!
From the past gleaned from the Chaos Dao Body, it was clear that although the Emperor was not dead, he was severely injured this time. His physical body was completely annihilated, and less than one-fifth of his primordial spirit escaped. It was also affected by the aftershocks, with most of it destroyed and the rest riddled with cracks.

Given his injuries, he might not survive, and even if he does, his injuries and vital essence won't be so easily restored.

Unless he possesses a supreme treasure like the Heavenly Emperor's Heart, it would take him tens of thousands of years to recover to his peak condition.

In other words, he will not be able to appear for tens of thousands of years.

Although Li Daoming's injuries were not minor, even without a supreme treasure like the Heavenly Emperor's Heart, he could fully recover from his injuries and his original essence within a thousand years.

In truth, Li Daoming not only didn't lose out, but actually gained. "Hopefully, the Chaos Dao Body can find the Emperor and kill him completely!" Li Daoming thought to himself.

However, he doesn't have much hope for it!
The reason why the Emperor's broken primordial spirit left traces and spatial fluctuations after escaping from here is because he dared not linger, nor did he dare to unleash his power to erase the traces left behind, lest he be detected.

But once he escapes this place, even if he's in terrible condition, he will definitely take action to erase all traces and sever all connections.

Although his Chaos Dao Body can reverse time and explore the past, its scope is limited, and it is impossible to reverse time on a large scale.

Once the Emperor erases all traces and severs all connections, the Chaos Dao Body will have no way of finding him.

Sure enough, after waiting for a few minutes, the Chaos Dao Body returned. It did not catch up with the Emperor. After traversing the void three times, it was unable to detect any traces left by the Emperor.

With a sigh, Li Daoming thought, "What a pity!" He then tore open the barrier between heaven and earth and returned to the human world.

His injuries were quite severe. At the beginning of the battle with the Emperor, he fought until his own source was almost exhausted. Although he absorbed the Heavenly Emperor's Heart and restored his depleted source, his injuries did not heal. He was only able to suppress them with his powerful strength.

Later, he unleashed the desperate Wuji Emperor Fist, which not only consumed 50% of his original source and half of his power, but also caused a backlash, making his injuries even more severe.

Given his injuries, even if he refines another Heavenly Emperor's Heart, it will take at least several decades to fully recover. If he doesn't refine another Heavenly Emperor's Heart, it will probably take hundreds or even thousands of years to recover his injuries and the depleted essence.

With his injuries so severe, he naturally wouldn't stay on the path to immortality.

With a loud boom, Li Daoming stepped out of the spatial rift and appeared in the Boundless Starfield.

This commotion immediately attracted the attention of Li Wuyou, who was stationed at the Wuji Holy Court.

"Father!" Upon seeing Li Daoming's condition, Li Wuyou was shocked and rushed out immediately.

"Father, how did you get such serious injuries? Who did this!" Li Wuyou's eyes reddened slightly, his long hair danced lightly, and his murderous aura soared to the sky.

At this moment, sensing the murderous aura emanating from Li Wuyou, many emperors who had been living in seclusion in the Divine Ruins and the Undying Mountain also turned their gazes toward him.

Sensing the gazes of the crowd, Li Daoming slightly raised his hand, signaling the many Great Emperors who had used formations to sever their connection with the myriad paths of heaven and earth not to leave the Divine Ruins and the Undying Mountain, lest all their previous efforts be in vain.

"I am fine! The one who attacked me was the Emperor. Although I was seriously injured, it did not damage my core. I only need to recuperate for a period of time to recover."

"I have destroyed the Emperor's physical body and severely damaged his primordial spirit. It will take him tens of thousands of years to recover his vitality."

Immediately afterwards, Li Daoming used his divine sense to briefly transmit his experience of being ambushed by the Emperor and fighting him, so that they would know the Emperor's strength.

To avoid being blindly confident in oneself due to a lack of understanding of the Emperor's strength.

He gave a few more instructions, such as trying not to act alone in the future, being careful when exploring unknown places, and working hard to improve his strength.

After giving his instructions, Li Daoming said nothing more and went straight into the Undying Mountain to begin dual cultivation with the women. He harmonized with them to erase the Dao traces left by the Emperor in his body and to recover from his injuries and origin.

(End of this chapter)