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

Chapter 523 Choosing and Grasping
Even now, with almost all the supreme beings from their several forbidden zones of life gathered here, they are somewhat worried that the Heavenly Emperor's faith body might suddenly bring the powerful figures of the Boundless Holy Court to attack.

If the Heavenly Emperor's faith were to bring powerful figures from the Boundless Holy Court to attack, they would most likely be no match for them and would probably be killed one by one.

It's not impossible!

The reason why the Heavenly Emperor's faith avatar did not lead the powerful members of the Boundless Holy Court to attack them before was not because they lacked the strength to kill them.

Instead, they hid in the inner chaos, and the Heavenly Emperor's faith could not find them. Since they could not find the people, they naturally could not attack them.

But just now, almost all of them had diverted their divine senses to the ancient star of the Big Dipper to use their methods to investigate the rift in the Immortal Realm.

They were certain that as long as the Heavenly Emperor's followers had any ideas, they could definitely find their hiding place by following their divine thoughts.

If that's the case, why would they risk being hunted down by the Heavenly Emperor's faith body and send their divine thoughts to the ancient star of the Big Dipper?

This was their best option, and they were fairly confident that the Heavenly Emperor's faith would not attack.

They didn't want to drift in the inner chaos forever, dying in their slumber. They wanted to break into the Immortal Realm, become immortal, and gain longevity in strange worlds. So they had to show themselves, appear in the universe, and appear in the eyes of the Heavenly Emperor's faith and the Boundless Holy Court.

Whether they show up sooner or later, they have to show up! If they show up now and investigate the rift in the Immortal Realm, it can help them make the right choice and give them a greater chance of breaking into the Immortal Realm and becoming immortals.

If they wait until the path to immortality is truly opened and then choose one to embark on without investigation, they might make the wrong choice, greatly reducing their chances of breaking into the Immortal Realm.

As for not choosing these two paths to immortality, and not showing themselves even when the paths to immortality open? Their ending would be very unpleasant. They would most likely not even have the qualifications to attempt the path to immortality or attack strange worlds. They would either die in their slumber or be unable to endure the urge to emerge and be killed by the Heavenly Emperor's faith in them.

Faced with these three choices, what could they possibly choose? They had no choice.

Furthermore, they were quite confident that the Heavenly Emperor's faith would not pursue them.

Admittedly, if the Heavenly Emperor's faith avatar led the powerful warriors of the Boundless Holy Court to pursue them, they would most likely be no match and would be killed one by one.

However, there are nearly thirty supreme beings here, who are not to be trifled with, nor are they without the power to resist. Faced with a life-or-death crisis, they will definitely fight back desperately, either shattering this universe or taking the powerful members of the Boundless Holy Court down with them.

Even if we could kill them all at that time, this universe might be destroyed, and the Boundless Holy Court might suffer heavy casualties.

However, if we don't take action against them first and let them embark on the path to immortality or attack strange worlds, then things will be different.

They could deduce that there would be two paths to immortality in this life, opening at different times, and that the Heavenly Emperor's faith body would certainly be one of them.

If these twenty-odd Supreme Beings were to attack the Path to Immortality at different times, then each time a Supreme Being emerged to attack the Path to Immortality, only a dozen or so would be present.

Nearly thirty supreme beings united, and even the Heavenly Emperor's faith body and the Boundless Holy Court had to be wary, fearing that they would shatter the universe and that the Boundless Holy Court would suffer heavy casualties.

However, if there are only a dozen or so, it wouldn't be enough to make the Heavenly Emperor's Faith Body and the Boundless Holy Court wary. They wouldn't even need the Boundless Holy Court's experts to intervene; the Heavenly Emperor's Faith Body and the Boundless Emperor Sword alone could handle them. And if the Boundless Holy Court's experts were to assist in holding back the vast majority of the Supreme Beings, allowing the Heavenly Emperor's Faith Body and the Boundless Emperor Sword to fight one-on-one, then it would probably take only a few minutes for the dozen or so Supreme Beings to be defeated and killed.

Furthermore, when they venture onto the path to immortality and attack strange worlds, regardless of success or failure, they will inevitably suffer considerable losses, or even lose some people, making it easier to deal with them.

Therefore, it is highly unlikely that the Heavenly Emperor's faith will pursue them. It is more likely that he will wait until they have completed the Immortal Path and conquered the Strange World before taking action against them.

No, not necessarily. If they have no hope of success, the Heavenly Emperor's Faith Avatar will naturally wait for them, taking advantage of their fatigue. But if they have a chance of success, the Heavenly Emperor's Faith Avatar may well intervene to stop them.

Therefore, they all knew that their chances of breaking into the Immortal Realm or the Strange World were slim.

However, even without the Heavenly Emperor's avatar, their chances of entering the Immortal Realm were still slim. In fact, because of the Heavenly Emperor's avatar, there were even more supreme beings who emerged to attack the path to immortality, increasing their chances of success. Moreover, the Heavenly Emperor's entry into the strange world gave them another option and a greater possibility of success.

They were all planning to fight before, and now it goes without saying that they will definitely give it their all. Perhaps they can really break into the Immortal Realm or the Strange World, and the Heavenly Emperor's Faith Body won't be able to stop them in time!
It's better than fighting to the death against the Heavenly Emperor's faith, or continuing to isolate ourselves without any hope.

It is precisely for this reason that the Qilin Ancient Emperor, the Myriad Dragons Ancient Emperor, the Golden Ancient Emperor, and the Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor allowed their offspring to join the Boundless Holy Court, with the Golden Ancient Emperor even going so far as to disregard all shame.

They hoped that after their children achieved enlightenment through unorthodox means, they could ask the Heavenly Emperor to allow them to accompany them to strange worlds.

If the Heavenly Emperor's faith could grant their request, they wouldn't need to risk their lives.

Even if they are unwilling to accept them, they hope that the Heavenly Emperor, out of respect for their children joining the Boundless Holy Court, will not stop them. This way, they will have a greater chance of entering the Immortal Realm or the Strange World.

What they didn't expect was that their offspring would embark on the path to immortality before they even grew up.

Without attaining enlightenment through alternative means, it is difficult to have the opportunity to meet the Heavenly Emperor's worshipped body, and naturally, it is impossible to request the Heavenly Emperor's worshipped body to allow them to accompany them to the strange world.

At this moment, the more than twenty supreme beings made their choices between the two paths to immortality, and then fell silent, waiting for each other's reaction.

After a long silence, one of the supreme beings finally spoke: "Eighteen people will choose the path to immortality that is about to open, and ten people will choose the path to immortality that will open next time. What are you going to do? Will you split up and go on your journeys?"

“I don’t think we should split up to try the path to immortality. If we split up, we simply don’t have enough power to fight against the Heavenly Emperor’s Faith Body and the Boundless Holy Court. We will be defeated one by one.”

"Yes! Fellow Daoists, why don't we abandon this path to immortality and concentrate all our strength to attack the next path to immortality that opens? What do you think?" the Golden Ancient Emperor said.

He didn't want to attack the soon-to-be-opened Path to Immortality because he wanted to wait until his daughter grew up before asking the Heavenly Emperor's Faith Body to allow him to accompany her to the Strange World. If the Heavenly Emperor's Faith Body refused, then he would attack the Path to Immortality and the Strange World.

Moreover, his daughter has not yet grown up and cannot obtain enough Chaos Heavenly Emperor blood for him. If he were to emerge and attack the path to immortality, he would truly be doomed to fail, with no way out.

(End of this chapter)