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

Chapter 482 Gai Jiuyou and Xiang Yufei

Although many beings in the universe found it hard to believe and had doubts, it had no effect. Wan Qing disappeared without a trace and never appeared in the world again.

The fact that Xuan Wan and Wan Qing "perished" within a century was not a coincidence, but rather Li Daoming's intention, for the sake of the golden age more than eight thousand years later.

The world of Shrouding the Heavens is very peculiar, with the fortunes of heaven and earth constantly cycling between stability, stagnation, rise, and peak.

After the birth of the Great Emperor, the fortune of heaven and earth transitioned from its peak to a period of stability. Although some geniuses were born, there were not many. After the Great Emperor's fall, the fortune of heaven and earth shifted from stability to a period of decline, entering an era of hardship. Although some geniuses were born, their numbers were extremely small.

When the arduous era of Dao comes to an end and fortune rises, countless geniuses will be born, and various divine and royal bodies will surge forth until the peak is reached, giving birth to a great emperor, and then gradually settling into a stable state.

Xuan Wan can live for 14,000 to 15,000 years in one lifetime, and Wan Qing can live for 20,000 to 30,000 years in one lifetime. With their talents and the backing of the Wuji Holy Court, it would be easy for them to live a second lifetime.

If they hadn't deliberately perished more than two thousand years ago, they would certainly still be alive eight thousand years later.

As long as they are alive, the fortunes of heaven and earth will remain stable and will not rise.

According to his deduction, Ye Fan will most likely reappear, but many geniuses may not be born, and thus an unprecedented golden age will not be created.

He has high expectations for the golden age eight thousand years from now.

Not only did he want to take Ye Fan as his disciple and bring this future Heavenly Emperor Ye under his command, but he also wanted to subdue the many geniuses born in this golden age.

The extraordinary talents born in this unprecedented golden age are remarkable, and many have achieved enlightenment through unconventional means.

It's no exaggeration to say that if they hadn't been born in that golden age, but in another era, they would all have had the chance to become emperors.

Their natural talent is unmatched by those in the Wuji Holy Court who achieved enlightenment through alternative means, relying on the Divine Word Secret, the Wuji Dao Disc, and his assistance.

After breaking through to achieve enlightenment through alternative paths, they can go to strange worlds to prove themselves as emperors, or wait for him to fish out an emperor, or for another opportunity to open up the myriad paths of heaven and earth for them to prove themselves as emperors in the human realm.

After they attain enlightenment and become emperors, they can walk the path of immortality in the mortal world. With their talents and with his help and guidance, the possibility of them succeeding is not small.

If they can make it through, even if their combat strength is not as good as his and Wushi's due to their individual talents, and they cannot match the Quasi-Immortal Kings, they should not be weaker than the peak of True Immortals.

After he went to the Immortal Realm and repaired it, it shouldn't be difficult for them to break through to the Immortal King realm, and some of them might even have the potential to reach an even higher realm.

At that time, they will become the main force in resisting the strange and dark army.

Of course, most importantly, the "death" of Xuan Wan and Wan Qing was without any loss, and it was not difficult to do. It was a completely beneficial and cost-free thing.

Otherwise, he would not have chosen to push for the birth of that unprecedented golden age eight thousand years later.

After Xuan Wan and Wan Qing "perished", the fortune of heaven and earth fell into a slump again, and the number of geniuses born was greatly reduced. Even with the Wuji Sacred Court Starry Sky Ancient Road, which allows geniuses to cultivate without restrictions, the number of saints and quasi-emperors in the universe is slowly decreasing.

This is a big deal for the universe, but it's a small matter for Li Daoming. He wouldn't care about it or pay any attention to it.

However, by chance, he recalled the original work and realized that two extraordinary geniuses would be born: Gai Jiuyou and Xiang Yufei. Their achievements were remarkable, and they both eventually attained enlightenment through unconventional methods.

It can be said that, if they hadn't been born at the wrong time, they would have had a very high chance of attaining the Dao and becoming emperors.

Knowing that they would be born, and that their talents had been recognized by him, he naturally did not want to see them end up like in the original story, and wanted to take them into the Wuji Holy Court to nurture them well.

However, he did not personally take them into the Wuji Holy Court. Although their talents were not bad, they were not enough for him to take action personally.

He deduced the approximate time of their birth and instructed his faith to send someone to the ancient star of the Big Dipper at the right time to test and recruit them into the Boundless Holy Court.

The believer naturally would not disobey his orders. When the time was almost up, he sent people to the ancient star of the Big Dipper to test and recruit people, as instructed by him.

At that time, Gai Jiuyou and Xiang Yufei were both under twenty years old, yet they had both broken through to the second level of the Sendai realm.

It's important to understand that this wasn't the Golden Age, but rather an Era of Difficulty. They weren't on the Ancient Star Road of the Boundless Sacred Court, but on the Ancient Star of the Big Dipper, where cultivation would be suppressed by the Great Dao.

However, they still managed to break through to the second level of Sendai before the age of twenty, which shows their extraordinary talent.

When invited to participate in the trials by the Wuji Sacred Court, Gai Jiuyou was extremely arrogant and had no intention of participating. He was unwilling to join the Wuji Sacred Court and go to the Wuji Sacred Court's Starry Sky Ancient Road to cultivate. He wanted to cultivate under the suppression of the Great Dao and eventually, like the Azure Emperor, destroy the myriad paths of heaven and earth to defy the heavens and prove the Dao, or even break into the strange world and defeat the Heavenly Emperor.

Upon learning of this, Li Daoming neither pressed nor coerced him, nor did he harbor any hostility towards him. He deemed him unworthy, and the matter of inviting him to join the Wuji Holy Court was dropped and left unresolved.

Gai Jiuyou refused, but Xiang Yufei did not. Although he was exceptionally talented, he was envied by the heavens and needed to rely on the Longevity Lock and the Medicine King to prolong his life. Even so, he would not live long.

He had originally intended to join the Wuji Holy Court to seek a solution to his physical problems.

During the Daojian era, the Wuji Sacred Court would only open the Five-Colored Altar once every hundred years to recruit people from the Beidou Ancient Star, and at the same time send those who met the conditions and wanted to go to the Wuji Sacred Court's Starry Sky Ancient Road there.

Given his physical condition, he probably wouldn't have survived until the arrival of the Boundless Holy Court.

Unexpectedly, the Boundless Holy Court arrived ahead of schedule. Naturally, he did not refuse, participated in the Boundless Holy Court's assessment and passed it successfully, becoming a member of the Boundless Holy Court.

Although Xiang Yufei suffered from the jealousy of the heavens, and even saints and great saints could not solve his physical problems, it was just a piece of cake for the Wuji Holy Court. There was no need for a cultivator who had achieved enlightenment in seclusion or a great emperor to take action. A person who was about to achieve enlightenment easily solved his physical problems.

Having resolved his physical issues, he also used the Wuji Sacred Court to make arrangements for his lover, completely eliminating any worries. Under the Wuji Sacred Court's tutelage, he unleashed an incredibly terrifying potential.

He also did not go to the Ancient Starry Road of the Boundless Holy Court to cultivate, and he also cultivated under the suppression of the Great Dao. He broke through to the Quasi-Emperor realm when he was over 500 years old, broke through to the ninth level of Quasi-Emperor before he was 800 years old, and broke through to the alternative path of enlightenment when he was over 820 years old.

Although Gai Jiuyou's talent is no less than Xiang Yufei's, his scriptures, secret techniques, resources, etc. are far inferior to Xiang Yufei's, so he is naturally no match for Xiang Yufei.

He broke through to the alternative path of enlightenment at over nine hundred years old. Before breaking through to the alternative path of enlightenment, Xiang Yufei's cultivation level and strength were always superior, and he was always the winner.

(End of this chapter)