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

Chapter 587 The Immortal King Returns
Many extraordinary talents have been born in the vast universe. After millions of years of cultivation, many of them have become true immortals, and some have even broken through to the level of immortal king.

Adding in the Immortal Kings who attained enlightenment in this era, the number of Immortal Kings currently existing in the world, even if not six hundred, is probably not far off.

Because of the sword light left behind by the Desolate Heavenly Emperor, many Immortal Kings crossed the Boundary Sea and arrived here.

After they arrive here, they can comprehend the sword light left behind by the Desolate Heavenly Emperor and discuss the Dao with many Immortal Kings.

Even if they cannot become kings or emperors, it will still be of great benefit to their cultivation.

This makes most Immortal Kings unwilling to leave this place. Even if they do leave, they will usually cross the Boundary Sea again to return here after they have finished dealing with the matters that need to be dealt with.

Many Celestial Kings reside here, and naturally some who enjoy life, those with ties to the outside world, and those who crave excitement and activity have brought some beings below the Celestial King level to this place.

This place is home to hundreds of Immortal Kings who often study the sword light left behind by the Desolate Heavenly Emperor and occasionally discuss the Dao. As a result, the laws of the Great Dao are active here, making it very easy to comprehend them. The Daoist charm is rich, making it easy to fall into enlightenment.

This caused the cultivation levels of the beings brought by the many Immortal Kings to advance by leaps and bounds, with many becoming True Immortals and some even successfully breaking through to the Immortal King level.

This also made the Celestial King born in this era want to bring more familiar beings over.

However, this place is ultimately the end of the boundary sea, not the boundless chaos.

Transforming the power of the Boundary Sea into immortal energy suitable for cultivators above the Saint level is far more difficult than transforming chaotic energy into immortal energy.

Moreover, this area is not a separate world and cannot draw upon the power of the boundary sea on its own.

Even though many Immortal Kings set up arrays to draw power from the Boundary Sea and transform it into immortal energy, it was still not enough to supply too many cultivators with cultivation.

Of course, if those Celestial Kings were willing to draw upon the power of the Boundary Sea and transform it into Celestial Qi, it could sustain even more powerful beings.

However, they themselves also need to cultivate, and it is impossible for them to spend a lot of time converting the power of the Boundary Sea for those cultivators of lower realms.

Therefore, this place simply cannot support too many cultivators.

Unable to support too many cultivators, and to avoid causing chaos and conflict that would affect their cultivation, many Immortal Kings joined together and made an agreement: Immortal Kings of what strength could bring a certain number of beings to reside here permanently.

However, most of the immortal kings of the old era were unattached, without relatives or friends, and were used to being alone.

Many Celestial Kings, though able to bring a certain number of beings to reside here, did not bring any beings with them, and continued to live alone.

Some Celestial Kings selected only a small number of cultivators from the many worlds of the boundless chaos to manage their dojos and handle trivial matters.

Only a very small number of Celestial Kings selected a near-fixed number of beings to reside here permanently.

That is why there are fewer than 100,000 living beings here.

Otherwise, all the Celestial Kings would have brought a near-agreed number of beings to reside here permanently, and the number of beings here would definitely not be less than five or six hundred thousand.

Of course, as long as the number of living beings is not too large, not even hundreds of millions, let alone 500,000, even a million living beings can be supported here.

Having learned of the situation here, the Yin-Yang Dao Body pondered for a moment before deciding to leave.

Although he has not yet reached the ultimate ancient land, the place where the Desolate Emperor left behind his sword light.

But when he crossed the dike at the end of the boundary sea and entered this territory, he could feel that although this territory did not have the terrifying sword energy that traversed countless ages, it was still affected by the laws of that sword light.

As a result, his connection with the original body has been severed.

He cannot contact his true self here, and his true self cannot contact him either. He suddenly lost contact, and his true self must have sensed it.

They might be using various means to try and re-establish contact with him, confirm his safety, and obtain information about this place. Now that he has obtained information, he should naturally leave for a while, report his safety, and also send the information back. It's not too late to learn more about this place in person later.

With this thought in mind, Li Daoming's Yin-Yang Dao Body decided to return the way it came.

However, at this moment, five vast auras rose from a distant place and rapidly approached this place.

Their every move resonated throughout the ages and the world, as if they were the masters of heaven and earth, seemingly transcending time and space.

Sensing these five energies, the Yin-Yang Dao Body paused slightly, stopping its steps as it was about to temporarily leave the area, and looked up into the distance.

Soon, in just a breath or two, the wills of the five Immortal Kings descended.

Although the five Celestial Kings did not descend in their true forms, they only sent down their divine thoughts.

But these five divine thoughts descended here and transformed into five peerless Dharma forms. The five peerless Dharma forms stood between heaven and earth, surrounded by dazzling immortal light, seemingly transcending time and looking down upon all worlds.

At the same time, a grand Dao sound resounded at the end of time, seemingly coming from the past and the future. Endless Dao laws manifested, transforming into true dragons, phoenixes, qilin, vermilion birds, white tigers, the sun, moon, stars, the universe, and the starry sky... covering the sky and protecting them.

Although the celestial king's arrival was an incredibly grand phenomenon, the five of them did not unleash their power to test him.

Instead, seeing that Li Daoming did not manifest the extraordinary phenomena of a Celestial King, they also took the initiative to restrain their extraordinary phenomena, no longer showing off and returning to normalcy.

They are no Nine Yuan Immortal Kings; they have no sense of propriety whatsoever and immediately tried to test us with their intimidating aura.

By doing this, even if the other party is not as strong as them and dares not retaliate, they will definitely hold a grudge against them in their hearts, and may retaliate one day.

As fellow Celestial Kings, nearly immortal and indestructible, they were unwilling to gain another enemy for no reason.

As for Jiu Yuan? He seems to want to unleash his potential in battle and break through to become a Supreme Immortal King.

He not only frequently challenged Immortal Kings of the same or even greater level, but also tested several newly arrived Immortal Kings.

He has already offended many new Celestial Kings. If it weren't for his powerful backers, even with the strength of a Celestial King giant, he would probably have been ganged up on and taught a lesson long ago.

"This humble Daoist is Xianyin. I greet you, fellow Daoist. May I ask your honorable title?"

"I, Qing Shen, greet you, fellow Daoist!"

"My name is Tian Shi, and I greet you, fellow Daoist!"

"My name is Jin Yang, greetings, fellow Daoist!"

"Kongming greets fellow Daoist!"

The five people, with Xian Yin seemingly in the lead, took the initiative to greet Li Daoming.

Sensing the arrival of the five Celestial Kings with a hint of goodwill, Li Daoming couldn't afford to be cold towards them. He softened his expression and returned their greeting, saying, "My name is Wuji. Greetings, fellow Daoists!"

"So it's Fellow Daoist Wuji!" Immortal King Xianyin nodded slightly, as if he had heard of Li Daoming's Daoist name before.

Of course, Li Daoming's name had not yet spread here; this was just Xianyin's polite remark.

After exchanging pleasantries, Xianyin continued, "Just now we sensed a violent fluctuation of the Great Dao here, which suggests that Jiuyuan and you had a conflict."

(End of this chapter)