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

Chapter 659 Changes
Gu Tuo had only broken through to the Supreme Immortal King level for over 100,000 years. Even though he was a top-tier figure among Supreme Immortal Kings, it was normal that he was no match for Wan Qing.

At this moment, Xia Qinghuang and Xin Hua, who were either challenging or being challenged by other immortal kings, exchanged a glance.

Simultaneously, movements began; figures danced lightly, feet treading through time and space, and a duel commenced.

Xia Qinghuang's physical body is unparalleled, surpassing even true dragons of the same level. She uses her power to control all laws and paths, and to break through all laws.

Xin Hua is like the ruler of the moon, formed by gathering all the ways, her divine arts are ever-changing, incomparably dazzling and terrifying.

The two engaged in a fierce battle, plunging from the mortal world into the river of time, reversing the order of heaven and earth, halting the flow of time, and forcing all the rules of the heavens to retreat.

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At this moment, seeing that many immortal kings, including Xia Qinghuang and Xin Hua, were engaged in a great battle, Li Daoming was multitasking, watching the various immortal kings fight in groups at the same time.

"Not bad! Modify the Dao-Slaying Return to Origin technique to focus on the primordial spirit. It can easily dismantle the Dao imprint that is combined with the primordial spirit and annihilate the primordial spirit of an Immortal King."

"Excellent! Using oneself as the cauldron and all laws and paths as firewood, one can temper oneself and the Heavenly Emperor Fist, striving to achieve unparalleled mastery!"

"Indeed! Without beginning or end, this integrates the mysteries of many divine arts such as the division of Yin and Yang, the secrets of numbers, and the blooming of flowers in a single thought. It can evolve into a Dao body without beginning or end, perform the cycle of beginning and end, and condense and evolve power to deliver an ultimate strike."

"Indeed, it can dissolve in a single thought, drifting through time and space. When dispersed, it can replace the true body; when gathered, it can combine the power of many incarnations to unleash an ultimate strike."

"Not bad! You've mastered the art of manipulating time and space, creating layers upon layers that are both chaotic and orderly, while also concealing endless killing intent."

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Li Daoming watched and praised the works, while also trying to understand and digest the secret techniques created and improved by the Immortal Kings.

Although the Wuji Holy Court collected all the secret techniques they created, he also studied and comprehended them, drawing inspiration from many Immortal Kings to perfect his Dao and Dharma.

But they are not dead people; once the secret technique was created, it was completely fixed.

As their cultivation level increases and they comprehend more scriptures and secret techniques, they not only perfect their Dao and Dharma to a higher level, making them more profound and powerful, but some Immortal Kings will also create entirely new peerless immortal techniques.

If he only comprehends one or two of the perfected and pioneered Daoist methods, he won't gain much inspiration, nor will it be of much use to him.

But the more than 1,300 were different. Even if each one didn't give him much insight, the total of more than 1,300 would be enough to bring him considerable gains.

Many celestial kings were engaged in fierce battle. Among them, many unleashed their potential during the battle, further perfecting their Dao and Dharma.

Many people have triumphed over the weak and turned the tide against all odds. Some have even experienced sudden enlightenment during the battle, resulting in a significant improvement in their cultivation and strength.

The battle between the many Celestial Kings lasted for nearly ten years before the first pair of Celestial Kings finally came to a decisive victory.

As the first pair emerged victorious, more and more Celestial Kings gradually found their match.

A full century passed before all the Celestial Kings finally ended their great war.

However, at this moment, not all the Celestial Kings had determined a winner.

In some battles between immortal kings, one can only gain the upper hand but cannot defeat the other for a long time. Unless forbidden and desperate methods are used, it is not certain that a winner can be determined even after thousands of years of fighting.

However, this battle was not a life-or-death struggle. Li Daoming said that it should be stopped when the time was right, so the many Immortal Kings naturally would not use forbidden and desperate methods.

There were also some battles between Celestial Kings that were roughly evenly matched, with neither able to maintain the upper hand. Sometimes the Celestial King was suppressed, sometimes he was able to suppress his opponent, and sometimes they were evenly matched. Because there wasn't much time left, and they didn't want to fight for too long and suffer too much damage, their battles were also brought to an end.

Among them, the Immortal King who clearly has the upper hand, although not completely defeating the opponent, will be considered to have won. As for the Immortal Kings who are roughly evenly matched, it will be considered a draw.

As the battle between the many Celestial Kings ended, Li Daoming continued to make his move.

While using the Yin-Yang Myriad Transformations Divine Light to remove the alien Dao runes from the bodies of many Immortal Kings, he also used the Yin-Yang Creation Technique to condense the primordial energy of creation to restore the injuries and origins of many Immortal Kings.

Li Daoming is already a quasi-Immortal Emperor, and not just any ordinary one. It wouldn't be difficult for him to remove the foreign Dao runes from the bodies of a group of Immortal Kings whose injuries were not too serious and restore their original injuries.

Soon, less than a hundred years after the great battle between the many immortal kings ended, they all recovered from their injuries. Although they had not fully recovered to their peak, it did not affect their combat power.

At this point, based on the results of the battles between the various Immortal Kings, Li Daoming re-ranked them.

The Immortal King Ranking of the Boundless Holy Court has also undergone significant changes.

The top six on the Immortal King Ranking remained unchanged: the first was the Ruthless Empress, followed by Wu Shi, Ye Yixian, Xia Qinghuang, Xin Hua, and Di Xuan.

Wu Shi challenged the Ruthless Empress, and although he never lost and occasionally even gained the upper hand, he was generally at a disadvantage more often than not. Naturally, he could not replace the Ruthless Empress and rank first.

Although Di Xuan has made great progress compared to 300,000 to 400,000 years ago, and his strength has increased significantly, he still cannot do anything to Ye Yixian.

In fact, if he hadn't possessed multiple top-tier Immortal King weapons, Ye Yixian would have only crafted one offensive and one defensive weapon. Moreover, due to the short time she had worked on them, although her two Immortal King weapons had reached the Emperor Light Immortal King level, they were still somewhat weaker than Di Xuan's Immortal King weapons. Di Xuan might have been defeated by Ye Yixian.

Even so, Ye Yixian was more likely to have the upper hand.

Xia Qinghuang and Xin Hua were roughly evenly matched, so their rankings remained unchanged.

But then, a huge change occurred.

Ye Fan fought against Hong Yuan, but was initially suppressed and fell into a disadvantageous position.

In any case, Hongyuan had already broken through to the Emperor Light Immortal King level millions of years ago, and after obtaining the Divine Secret, he cultivated for another three or four hundred thousand years. Although he is still a long way from breaking through to the King level and becoming an Emperor, he is much stronger than he was three or four hundred thousand years ago.

Although Ye Fan is strong, he is ultimately only a Supreme Immortal King and has not yet broken through to the Emperor Light Immortal King level.

Being able to rival an ordinary Emperor Light Immortal King already demonstrates his extraordinary talent and combat prowess. It's quite normal that he fell into a disadvantageous position in front of Hong Yuan.

But Ye Fan lived up to his reputation. In battle, under immense pressure, he grew and transformed rapidly.

His sixth secret realm, under the pressure from Hongyuan, also merged more with the five major secret realms, his physical body, and his primordial spirit.

He repeatedly broke his limits, gradually narrowing the gap between himself and Hongyuan.

By the end of the century-long war, he was already on par with Hongyuan.

He was able to match Hongyuan in strength, and although he was still ranked after Hongyuan, he was only behind him, and his ranking instantly surpassed that of many Emperor Light Immortal Kings.

Not only Ye Fan's ranking changed, but the rankings of Ye Liuxian, Ye Yunxian, Jiang Qianxi, Kong Lin, Li Wuhen, and Li Wuyou also changed.

(End of this chapter)