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

Chapter 462 Preparations for Subjugation
In this world, the strong are respected. As long as someone is strong enough, they have nothing to fear.

As long as he is strong enough, Qian Yuan will not dare to rebel or have any other thoughts.

Qian Yuan has a high reputation in the strange world. If he is not strong enough, he is a threat. But if he has enough strength to suppress him, he is also an asset.
Subduing him will surely make ruling the strange world much easier.

Moreover, Qian Yuan will be able to become an immortal in the mortal world in the future. Even if his combat power is far inferior to Wu Shi's, he can still fight against Wu Shi and even suppress Wu Shi when he joins forces with the Undying Emperor. His combat power is not weak.

Furthermore, as a mortal immortal, even if his combat strength is not as great as Wushi's, he is absolutely certain to break through to the Immortal King realm in the future, and there is even a possibility that he may become a Quasi-Immortal Emperor. He is a decent combat force and may become a major force in resisting the strange and ominous.

With this thought in mind, Li Daoming decided to accept Qian Yuan.

With a few words, Li Daoming subdued Qian Yuan and then turned his attention to the three half-immortals he had crippled, along with nearly two hundred Heavenly Venerables.

Yes, originally there were 230 or 240 Heavenly Venerables, but now there are less than 200 left.

Li Daoming didn't want to keep some of the Heavenly Venerables who were morally questionable or had committed many evil deeds, so he simply killed them.

There were also some Celestial Venerables who, after being crippled by him, did not obediently stand aside to await their fate. Some tried to escape, but after taking precious medicine and recovering from their injuries, they rushed back into the battlefield, wanting to fight again... but he killed them all to establish his authority.

Having witnessed Li Daoming's power and might, they knew they had no chance of winning or escaping. Furthermore, since Li Daoming had clearly been able to kill them but had held back, they all sensed that he wouldn't kill them. So now they obediently stood aside, waiting for his decision.

Of course, they didn't just sit and wait to die. They had already taken the divine medicine in an attempt to quickly recover from their injuries and regain their fighting strength.

If Li Daoming didn't want their lives, they would have no objection even if he wanted them to submit.

But if it were a matter of taking their lives, or enslaving them, they would fight to the death, even if it had no effect, they would still splatter Li Daoming with blood.

"Are you willing to join the Boundless Holy Court, obey my commands, and never betray me?" Li Daoming's majestic gaze swept across the scene, sharp and intimidating, as if it could pierce through people's hearts.

Upon hearing Li Daoming's words, some people present seemed to have been prepared, and they successively knelt down:
"Lei Ying pays homage to the Heavenly Emperor. I am willing to submit and never betray him."

"Fengxi pays respects to the Heavenly Emperor. I am willing to join the Boundless Holy Court and never betray it."

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In an instant, only three half-immortals and nearly twenty celestial beings remained, and they exchanged glances.

Gulun stepped forward first and bowed, saying, "Gulun pays respects to the Heavenly Emperor. I am willing to follow the Heavenly Emperor and never betray him."

Immediately afterwards, Longhuang and Wanfa also bowed down, expressing their willingness to submit.

Following the statement of the three, the fewer than twenty Celestial Venerables behind them also expressed their willingness to submit.

Seeing this, Li Daoming glanced at the nearly twenty Heavenly Venerables, then at the dozens of Heavenly Venerables of the same status as them, but said nothing more and did not hold it against them.

Although he knew that the nearly twenty Celestial Venerables were now more loyal to the Half-Immortals they had previously followed, he didn't care; on the contrary, he appreciated them even more.

At least as long as those three demigods don't betray them, they won't betray them.

As for those who originally followed the three semi-immortals but pledged their allegiance before the three could even give their word, he was genuinely a little uneasy about cultivating them. If they were like this today, who knew they wouldn't betray him if they encountered someone stronger than him in the future?
But it doesn't matter. Although he has subdued nearly two hundred Celestial Venerables, not everyone will be nurtured with all their might.

He will only select some of them who are exceptionally talented, of good character, and genuinely follow him, and nurture them with all his might.

Moreover, it would be difficult for these people to become his direct subordinates. His direct subordinates would only be those born in the world of Shrouding the Heavens, those he had raised from childhood, those who had passed the test of the illusion and were able to live and die with the Boundless Holy Court.

The rest, like these celestial beings, will receive the same treatment as they deserve, but they will also bear the same responsibilities; they will be more like "working people."

Whether they are truly submissive or not doesn't matter much, as long as they don't betray him and make sufficient contributions.

After a moment of contemplation, Li Daoming gathered everyone together and erased the Dao traces he had left in their bodies.

If they don't erase the traces of his Dao, it won't be easy for them to do so, given their strength; it will probably take a lot of time.

However, since the traces of his Dao have been erased, they only need to restore the depleted essence to return to their peak, which will greatly reduce the time required.

He also wanted them to collect various scriptures and secret texts from the strange world, evolve the three thousand law runes with the laws of the Great Dao they comprehended, open up the heavens and worlds in the chaos of the strange world, construct a great array to absorb the chaotic energy and transform it into imperial blood... Naturally, he didn't want to see them waste a lot of time healing.

Afterwards, Li Daoming handed over the various tasks that needed to be handled to others, and decided not to maintain three Dao bodies any longer.

The Yin-Yang Dao Body and the World Dao Body concentrated the Heavenly Emperor's Heart within them into the Chaos Dao Body, allowing it to reside and govern this realm, before dissipating on its own.
At the same time, through methods that had been prepared in advance, the process and outcome of this battle were also relayed back.

The Path to Immortality in the Human Realm

"They've already dealt with or subdued most of the powerful beings in this strange world so quickly?"

While waiting on the blocked road to immortality, Li Daoming was slightly surprised to receive the message. It was too fast, less than half an hour had passed!

Moreover, this took a considerable amount of time to remove the Dao traces he left behind and to explain various matters to the many Celestial Venerables; otherwise, the time required would have been even shorter.

Knowing that the situation in the strange world was settled, Li Daoming did not linger on the path to immortality and tore through the world barrier to return to the Boundless Star Domain.

He stopped at Chengxian Road earlier just in case.

Although he felt that the strange world could not stop his three Dao bodies, and even if it could, it would not be able to fight against his three Dao bodies and the many powerful figures of the Boundless Holy Court.

However, just in case, he left his main body on the path to immortality. If anything unexpected happened, he could always create three more Dao bodies to enter the strange world.

But now that the situation is settled, he naturally won't stay here any longer; he needs to go back and make preparations.

What to prepare?
Unseal all the long-dormant cultivators of the Boundless Holy Court, open a passage, and send them into a strange world.

In Li Daoming's view, rather than letting them remain in the human realm, making no progress or contribution for countless years and wasting the essence of heaven and earth, it would be better to let them enter the strange world.

After entering the strange world, they absorb the immortal substances of the strange world, and their lifespan will increase greatly. They can live for at least hundreds of thousands of years, and those above the Quasi-Emperor level can live for more than a million years.

(End of this chapter)