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

Chapter 588 Three Factions
"This place was jointly built by many immortal kings, so that when they were comprehending the sword light of the ultimate ancient land, they would have a place to rest and recuperate."

"Therefore, many immortal kings have made an alliance, forbidding them from taking action here at will, lest they destroy this place."

"We came uninvited, intending to mediate and end the war, but it seems we have been meddling in other people's business."

"Fellow Daoist, you look quite unfamiliar. Is this your first time here?"

“That’s right, it is indeed my first time here!” Li Daoming replied calmly.

"Oh, if that's the case, then you must not be familiar with this place. Let me introduce it to you."

"Then I'll trouble you, fellow Daoist!" Li Daoming did not refuse upon hearing this.

Although he had a general understanding of this place through the Nine Yuan Immortal King, he was not quite sure why the Immortal Yin Immortal King and others were so enthusiastic towards him.

However, having just clashed with the Nine Yuan Immortal King, he dared not fully trust him. Moreover, the Immortal King Xianyin and others might know things that the Nine Yuan Immortal King was unaware of.

Moreover, he was very confident in his own strength and was not afraid of Xianyin, Qingshen and others using tricks.

Seeing that Li Daoming agreed, Immortal King Xianyin was about to begin telling Li Daoming the details of the place.

However, at this moment, Immortal King Jinyang suddenly said, "Fellow Daoist Wuji, this is not the place to talk. How about we wait until Fellow Daoist Xianyin's place to discuss this in detail?"

“Sure!” Li Daoming naturally had no objections.

Upon seeing this, Xian Yin, Qing Shen, Tian Shi, and Kong Ming all nodded in agreement.

"Fellow Daoist Jiuyuan, would you like to come along?" Immortal King Xianyin did not forget Jiuyuan and asked.

"Alright!" After a moment's hesitation, the Nine Yuan Immortal King agreed.

Although he was beaten twice and suffered some injuries, it hasn't had a major impact on him for the time being.

He also wanted to take this opportunity to befriend Li Daoming and find out about his background.

Immediately afterwards, the group walked along the golden road and slowly headed towards the Daoist temple of Immortal King Xianyin.

Upon arriving at the Immortal King Xianyin's dojo, the five members of Xianyin didn't waste any time and explained the situation there in detail.

The five people's accounts were largely the same as what Li Daoming learned from the Nine Yuan Immortal King, but even less detailed.

However, there are some things that the Nine Yuan Immortal Kings did not mention, such as the preferences and taboos of some Immortal Kings, the relationships and grudges of some Immortal Kings, and some dangerous places in the Boundary Sea...

The five immortals, Immortal King and Immortal Prince, spoke to Li Daoming for a long time before finally revealing their purpose:
“Fellow Daoist Wuji, all Immortal Kings who come here will join the Immortal Alliance. Currently, the Immortal Alliance is roughly divided into three camps, and some have chosen to remain neutral. I wonder if you would be willing to join our camp?” Immortal King Xianyin asked.

The so-called Immortal Alliance, strictly speaking, is not a complete force, but a very loose alliance.

The reason why many immortal kings formed the Immortal Alliance was mainly to mediate the conflicts among them.

Anyone who can cultivate to the Immortal King realm is an unparalleled genius, a regional overlord, and is extremely proud, even domineering.

When they first gathered here, their arrogance and sharp edges had not yet been smoothed out, and conflicts were common. In order to avoid too intense conflicts among the many immortal kings and destroy this place.

To avoid being disturbed while comprehending the sword light of the Ultimate Ancient Land, and to confidently use various methods to comprehend the Desolate Heaven Emperor's sword light without fear of being injured by it and then exploited by other Immortal Kings… many Immortal Kings united to establish the Immortal Alliance and made a pact. After the Immortal Alliance was established, the many Immortal Kings established order in this vast region, divided territories, conducted trade, and discussed the Dao with each other…

For example, the area that Li Daoming had previously set foot in was the territory of the Nine Yuan Immortal King.

Around this time, some like-minded and familiar Celestial Kings, in order to deal with other Celestial Kings, ensure their own safety, and gain more influence, gradually united and advanced together.

Seeing that some immortal kings had united and were outnumbered when conflicts broke out, more immortal kings sought out allies to form alliances.

For example, Xianyin, Qingshen, Jinyang, Tianshi, and Kongming formed an alliance during that time.

Even though many Celestial Kings joined forces, there was still a huge gap between them, especially after two Celestial Kings gained insights from the sword light left behind by the Desolate Heavenly Emperor and advanced to the Emperor Light Celestial King level.

One Emperor Light Immortal King can contend with ten Immortal King giants, and can even fight dozens of top-tier Immortal Kings.

In order to obtain the mysteries of a higher realm, and also for their own safety, many small groups gradually gravitated towards the two Emperor Light Immortal Kings.

Gradually, due to differences in origin and temperament, the many immortal kings split into three camps.

As for how there are only two Emperor Light Immortal Kings, how did they become three camps?
Because among the many Celestial Kings, some were subtly ostracized by the others.

Those immortal kings were either born in other realms or were rescued after falling into darkness.

Many Immortal Kings from the Immortal Realm and the Burial Realm knew that the Desolate Heavenly Emperor had a great grudge against the foreign realm, and thus many Immortal Kings here also knew about it.

Although they felt that the Desolate Heavenly Emperor had not killed all these Immortal Kings, but only purified the dark power within them, and should have let go of it, many Immortal Kings were still unwilling to make contact with them.

There were also those immortal kings who had fallen into darkness. Some of their primordial spirits were summoned to the Ancient Temple of Guidance, and their physical bodies were corrupted by strange darkness, giving birth to new consciousnesses. They became fallen immortal kings, opposing many of the immortal kings of that time, and becoming enemies who plagued the world.

Although their dark primordial spirits were obliterated, many Celestial Kings still harbored dislike and hostility towards them due to past karma.

In addition, although they had fallen into darkness and the eerie dark power on their bodies had been purified, many immortal kings who understood the power of darkness were still wary of them, worried that they might be tainted by the eerie dark power again one day.

Therefore, many immortal kings were unwilling to accept them, so they united to form their own camp.

Furthermore, the two Emperor Light Immortal Kings were born before the Emperor Fall Era and after the Emperor Fall Era, respectively.

The remaining Immortal Kings mostly joined the camps of the two Emperor Light Immortal Kings, depending on the era in which they were born.

Of course, this is not absolute! For example, some Immortal Kings, because of Immortal Kings who were at odds with them, joined the camp of one Emperor Light Immortal King and then joined the camp of another Emperor Light Immortal King.

In addition, two supreme immortal kings and dozens of other immortal kings did not join any of the three factions and chose to remain neutral.

Although they chose neutrality and did not join any faction, they also formed alliances with some Celestial Kings. In addition, their strength was not weak, so no Celestial King dared to target them easily.

In addition, while the many Celestial Kings were divided into three camps, there were also some neutral ones.

Each faction has a leader, such as the two Emperor Light Immortal Kings, the alien realm, and the once fallen Immortal Kings, with an unparalleled Immortal King giant as the leader.

However, the relationship between the many Celestial Kings and these leaders was not one of subordination, but rather one of alliance.

(End of this chapter)