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

Chapter 658 Challenging the Ancient Rubbings
In addition, the Ruthless Empress also had a special relationship with Ye Yixian, Ye Yunxian, and Ye Liuxian. Although the three of them were much weaker than her at the beginning, they still gave her a lot of help, which made her cultivation speed incomparable to that in the original work, allowing her to always be ahead of Wushi.

However, the closer one gets to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm, the more difficult it becomes to make progress, and the gaps that were once widened are now narrowing.

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Even though he was a quasi-Immortal Emperor, he was able to see the foundation and strength of most of the Immortal Kings present.

However, without fully analyzing everything about them, it would be impossible to know their trump cards. Moreover, in a great battle, anything can happen, and a single mistake could determine the outcome. There are also the Ruthless Empress, Wu Shi, Ye Fan, and others who are all adept at winning against the odds and growing and transforming in the midst of battle. In addition, many of them are very close in strength, making it difficult for him to determine the winner.

At this moment, more than 1,300 Celestial Kings saw the ranking set by Li Daoming, and many of them showed expressions of dissatisfaction.

In their view, their strength might not be comparable to that of a Celestial King who is a level higher than them, but within the same level, there is definitely more than just this ranking. Those Celestial Kings ranked above them may not necessarily be stronger than them.

Soon, a Celestial King stepped forward to challenge the Celestial Kings ranked ahead of them.

Even Wu Shi was no exception; before anyone else could challenge him, he challenged the Ruthless Empress.

After tens of thousands of years of cultivation, his cultivation level has greatly improved, and he is not far from breaking through to become an emperor or even a quasi-immortal emperor. Naturally, he wants to take on another challenge.

If he could gain the upper hand, that would be ideal. Even if he couldn't, he was confident that he wouldn't be defeated. At most, he would fall into a disadvantageous position, but he could continue to grow in the battle and further narrow the gap with the ruthless empress.

Soon, an incredibly terrifying war broke out!
At this moment, the Celestial Kings who had not yet started challenging others, nor those who had been challenged, finally understood why the two of them were ranked first and second among all the Celestial Kings after seeing the strength they displayed.

This is not because the Heavenly Emperor is showing favoritism, trying to make them famous, or trying to put down Di Xuan and the others; it's because they truly have the strength.

Many people even suspect that if the Heavenly Emperor from three or four hundred thousand years ago had faced one of these two directly, he might not have been a match for him.

The power they displayed was truly terrifying; they stormed from the mortal world into the river of time, shattering the rules of the heavens and the universe.

Even a powerful Immortal King would be severely injured or even killed if they could not withstand one or two of their attacks. Even a supreme Immortal King would not be able to withstand them for long before being severely injured and unable to resist any longer.

The ruthless empress and Wushi engaged in an incredibly terrifying battle, but for a short time, neither of them could determine a winner.

No, let alone determining a winner, it would be difficult for anyone to maintain the upper hand indefinitely.

Soon, many of the Celestial Kings who had not yet engaged in battle stopped watching and began to identify their targets and challenge them.

Of course, while some Celestial Kings identify their targets and begin to challenge others, there are also Celestial Kings who become targets themselves and have no choice but to accept the challenge.

In a very short time, more than 99% of the 1,300 Celestial Kings were divided into pairs and engaged in a great battle in the boundless chaos.

Among them, Di Xuan challenged Ye Yixian, Ye Fan challenged Hongyuan, and Ye Liuxian, Ye Yunxian, Jiang Qianxi, Kong Lin, Li Wuhen, and Li Wuyou also challenged six Emperor Light Immortal Kings, including Cangwu and Hunyuan.

Yes, having obtained the Divine Secret and received guidance from Li Daoming, and after three to four hundred thousand years of cultivation, the six supreme Immortal King giants, including Cangwu and Hunyuan, all broke through to become Emperor Light Immortal Kings.

As for those outside of them? No one else in the Boundless Holy Court of the Boundless Sea has broken through to the Emperor Light Immortal King level.

Of course, besides those six, there are many other Immortal Kings in the Boundless Holy Court of the Boundless Sea who have the potential to break through to the Emperor Light Immortal King level. For example, Xian Yin, Yuan Tuo, and so on…

However, the time was too short, only three or four hundred thousand years. With their aptitude and comprehension, it was already quite good that they could break through from the Immortal King Giant to the Supreme Immortal King Giant. They simply could not break through to the Emperor Light Immortal King in such a short time.

As for the Boundless Immortal Realm's Boundless Holy Court, apart from the Ruthless Empress, Wu Shi, Ye Yixian, Xia Qinghuang, and Xin Hua, no one else has yet broken through to the Emperor Light Immortal King level.

However, at most one or two hundred thousand years, Ye Fan, Ye Liuxian, Ye Yunxian, Jiang Qianxi, Kong Lin, Li Wuhen, Li Wuyou, and Wan Qing will all be able to break through to the Emperor Light Immortal King level.

Ye Fan, Ye Liuxian, Ye Yunxian... they all have their own rivals, and Wan Qing is no exception.

However, Wan Qing did not challenge anyone. The only two people ranked ahead of him who had not yet been challenged were Xia Qinghuang and Xin Hua.

The imposing aura displayed by the two clearly indicated that they had reached the level of Emperor Light Immortal King. Many supreme Immortal King giants were not as brave as Ye Fan, Ye Yunxian, Ye Liuxian, and others.

As for Wan Qing, he was not afraid of Emperor Guang Immortal King, but Xia Qinghuang and Xin Hua had special identities, so he could not challenge them.

Moreover, he hesitated for only a moment before being challenged by someone named Gu Tuo, who was also a supreme immortal king.

At this moment, upon seeing Gu Tuo, who had stepped forward to challenge Wan Qing, Li Daoming slightly shifted his gaze, lingering on him for a few moments.

He wasn't very familiar with the name Gu Tuo; he just vaguely remembered it.

However, having cultivated to his level, his thinking and memory have been enhanced to an unparalleled degree, so even if he only has a vague impression of something, he will not forget it.

Gu Tuo did not appear in the trilogy of Perfect World, Shrouding the Heavens, and Sacred Ruins, but there are descriptions of him.

Gu Qing's father, whom Ye Fan and others encountered after entering the ruined Immortal Realm, became an ally. Later, he seemed to have cultivated to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm and was also known as the Heavenly Emperor, but unfortunately died in battle when the great calamity came.

In the original story, Gu Tuo was destined to break through to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level. Li Daoming looked for him when he entered the Immortal Realm, but he couldn't find him. He didn't find him because he wasn't very important, and Li Daoming didn't force him and put him out of his mind.

Later, Li Daoming subdued many Immortal Kings of the Immortal Alliance, obtained the coordinates of the myriad worlds from them, and began to dispatch large armies to subdue and control the myriad worlds.

Only in the boundless chaos, on another fragment of a celestial realm that had reached the level of a great universe, was his whereabouts discovered.

Although Gu Tuo was discovered, Li Daoming did not treat him specially.

Because he has already broken through to the Immortal King level, and not just any Immortal King, but a powerful Immortal King, he doesn't need any special care from him.

Although his aptitude, comprehension, and potential are not bad, and he may break through to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level in the future, it is not that important to Li Daoming.

At this moment, looking at Gu Tuo, who was at a disadvantage from the very beginning of his battle with Wan Qing, Li Daoming nodded slightly.

He was very satisfied with Wan Qing Gu Tuo's performance. In his opinion, Wan Qing's strength was definitely no weaker than Hong Yuan, who was three or four hundred thousand years old, or Cang Wu and Hun Tian now.

(End of this chapter)