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

Chapter 537 Refusal to Showdown
Despite receiving numerous messages from supreme beings urging them to join forces, the Qilin Ancient Emperor and the Human Supreme remained unmoved. The Myriad Dragons Ancient Emperor and the Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor hesitated for a moment before refusing. However, the supreme being who had instigated the Dark Turmoil changed his mind and decided to join the other supreme beings in threatening the Heavenly Emperor's faith body.

In fact, they all knew perfectly well that the likelihood of the Heavenly Emperor's followers accepting threats was not high.

However, with so many supreme beings joining forces, briefly blocking the attacks of the Heavenly Emperor's faith body and the powerful beings of the Boundless Holy Court, shattering the ancient star road of the Boundless Holy Court, devouring the saints there, and then immediately scattering and escaping, the possibility of them escaping with their lives and sealing themselves away is not low.

As for what happens next, we can only take it one step at a time.

However, to the surprise of the Heavenly Emperor, the Golden Ancient Emperor ultimately did not choose to cooperate with those supreme beings.

He secretly sent messages to the Heavenly Emperor's faith body and the Qilin Ancient Emperor, preparing to take action against the Supreme Being who had instigated the Dark Turmoil.

He didn't want much: to kill a supreme being, devour their essence, and make himself strong enough to seal himself away until the next path to immortality opened.

Their descendants joined the Boundless Holy Court. If they can survive by sealing themselves off without instigating a dark upheaval, the Heavenly Emperor's faith in them will likely not harm them and will give them the opportunity to conquer the next path to immortality.

The only thing to consider is a Supreme Being; it's not easy to kill a powerhouse of the same level.

In the end, they might be counter-killed, or their life essence might be completely depleted, making it impossible for them, who are already severely exhausted, to seal themselves away for hundreds of years.

However, if they join forces with many supreme beings to threaten the Boundless Holy Court, their chances of survival are even lower.

Even if they survive, not only will their children in the Boundless Holy Court find it difficult to establish themselves, but when the second path to immortality opens several hundred years later, they will most likely not even have a chance to attack. If they are born, they will be obliterated by the Heavenly Emperor's faith body; if they are not born, they can only die silently in their slumber.

Rather than that, we might as well give it another shot!
Upon receiving the message from the Golden Ancient Emperor, the Qilin Ancient Emperor, the Ten Thousand Dragons Ancient Emperor, and the other three exchanged glances and changed their minds. They decided not to attack the Strange World and instead planned to take action against the other Supreme Beings.

At this moment, Li Daoming, in the Divine Ruins, sensed the exchange between the Golden Ancient Emperor, the Qilin Ancient Emperor, and others. After pondering for a moment, he decided to spare them and sever their cultivation, laws, and Dao after this battle, allowing them to be reborn and start cultivating anew.

Although he knew that if the Golden Ancient Emperor were to reach the brink of death and need to launch a Dark Turmoil to survive, he would definitely launch a Dark Turmoil, his current actions were indeed beyond reproach.

He conveyed his decision to the Heavenly Emperor's Faith Body, who then stopped haggling with the various Supreme Beings.

He sneered and rejected them outright, giving them two choices: either he would become a Dao cultivator himself, or he would kill them.

Seeing the Heavenly Emperor's resolute attitude, the many supreme beings also knew that things had come to this point and there was no way to turn back. They no longer hesitated or wavered. Every moment of hesitation or wavering was wasting their life force.

In an instant, the nineteen supreme beings transformed into celestial light, heading towards the location of the ancient star road from different directions, passing over the Heavenly Emperor's faith body and others.

Just then, a Yin-Yang Taiji diagram appeared out of nowhere, radiating boundless Yin-Yang celestial light, almost freezing time in the entire universe.

At the same time, a silver light, like a celestial blade, pierced through the ancient tranquility, split the universe, and recreated the primordial chaos—fragments of time.

With a "whoosh," a silver light slashed into a Supreme Immortal Platform, instantly annihilating the Supreme Primordial Spirit and causing his demise.

At this very moment, the alternate Dao attainers—the Heavenly Emperor's Faith Body, the Limitless Emperor Sword, and the Limitless Holy Court—who possessed the Emperor's Body, made their move.

The Heavenly Emperor's Faith Body and the Limitless Emperor Sword each launched a deadly attack on a Supreme Being. The six who had attained Dao through unconventional means, and more than a dozen who were about to attain Dao, from the Limitless Holy Court, were divided into groups to bombard several Supreme Beings.

In just a moment, many supreme beings broke free from the stagnation of the Yin-Yang Taiji Dao Diagram, but at this time, four sublimated supreme beings had already perished, and five were seriously injured, almost falling back to the state of ultimate sublimation.

Seeing this, apart from the immortal artifact Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram suppressing the Tongtian Mingbao, the Azure Emperor, the Heavenly Emperor's Faith Body, and the Wuji Emperor Sword did not make any further moves. They simply divided into four groups to surround the many supreme beings, and then let the six who had achieved Dao in other ways and the dozen or so who had already achieved Dao come together.

One who attains enlightenment through unconventional means will face off against one who has ascended to the highest level; one or two who are about to attain enlightenment will face off against one who has ascended to the highest level.

With them around, even if the powerful figures of the Boundless Holy Court are no match for them, they will certainly not be in any danger, and can also hone their skills by taking advantage of the many Supreme Ascension experts.

"Yin Yang Tai Chi Diagram, Azure Emperor!" Seeing the Yin Yang Tai Chi Diagram, the Azure Emperor, the Heavenly Emperor Faith Body, the Limitless Emperor Sword, and the Limitless Holy Court experts who were attacking them from all directions, many Supreme Beings roared in anger.

They never expected that the Boundless Holy Court was so well hidden. In addition to the Heavenly Emperor's Faith Body and the Boundless Emperor Sword, the Heavenly Emperor had also left the immortal artifact Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram in the human realm.

Even more unexpectedly, the Azure Emperor, who defied the heavens and destroyed all the myriad paths of heaven and earth to become an emperor more than 20,000 years ago, and whose Dao perished more than 10,000 years ago, has actually not fallen yet, and is even fighting against them together with the Boundless Holy Court.

They never expected that they would humiliate them so much, stopping after only one attack, intending to use them as a whetstone for the powerful members of the Boundless Holy Court.

This enraged them and filled them with despair.

Given their current state, even without the presence of the four super-powerful figures—the Azure Emperor, the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram, the Heavenly Emperor's Faith Body, and the Limitless Emperor Sword—the fifteen of them would likely be unable to defeat the numerous powerful figures from the Limitless Holy Court.

It's not that their strength is inferior to theirs, but rather that they cannot outlast them.

At this point, having a very clear understanding of their situation, many Supreme Beings became even more ruthless in their attacks, almost resorting to mutually assured destruction tactics.

They also knew that unless a miracle occurred, they had no chance of survival.

Since that's the case, and since the Heavenly Emperor's faith body wants to use them as whetstones to hone the strength of the Boundless Holy Court.

Let's see whether the experts of the Boundless Holy Court will be sharpened further, or whether they will break their blades.

The fifteen Supreme Beings, besieged by numerous powerful figures from the Boundless Holy Court, were filled with despair and rage. Meanwhile, the Qilin Ancient Emperor, the Myriad Dragons Ancient Emperor, the Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor, the Golden Ancient Emperor, and the Human Supreme Being were overwhelmed with a complex mix of emotions, including surprise, relief, and helplessness.

Surprisingly, the strength of the Boundless Holy Court was so great. Not to mention adding the five of them, even if they added a dozen or twenty peak supreme beings, they probably wouldn't be able to cause any trouble.

Fortunately, they didn't lose their minds and choose to threaten the Heavenly Emperor's faith body along with many supreme beings; otherwise, they would have been doomed and their children and clansmen would have been implicated.

Unfortunately, many Supreme Beings were monopolized by the powerful figures of the Boundless Holy Court, leaving them no chance to kill even one. They were also unable to survive until the next Immortal Ascension Path opened.

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(End of this chapter)