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

Chapter 674 A Resolute Attitude
"That's not necessarily true. When I cultivate with you in Yin and Yang, I can help you recover from the injuries to your physical body and primordial spirit. I can even help you resolve the conflict between the Sixth Secret Realm and the Five Great Secret Realms, as well as the conflict between your physical body and primordial spirit, so that you can truly break through to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level. Once you have completely broken through, you will no longer be affected by the backlash or get injured."

"As for Yixian, Yunxian, and Liuxian, once we've made it a fait accompli, they might be very angry and ignore me for a long time, but they might not necessarily side with you."

"Haven't you noticed that they often cover for me so I can go find you? If I could marry you, they'd probably be even happier," Li Daoming said with a light laugh.

However, despite saying this, Li Daoming only lightly pecked the ruthless empress and did not bully her as he had before.

Because he truly cannot, and will not, seal her physical body and spiritual cultivation indefinitely, even if she regrets her decision and is unwilling to marry him, even if she is determined to escape the Boundless Emperor Realm and escape from him.

Admittedly, he could keep sealing her physical body and primordial spirit cultivation, he could cultivate with her to heal her injuries, he could help her truly break through to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm, and he could even keep her by his side as his personal possession.

But he wouldn't do that, because doing so would only preserve a beautiful shell, a doll with the skin of a ruthless empress, not the real ruthless empress. The real ruthless empress would "die."

If all that could be left was a beautiful shell, even one as stunning as the Ruthless Empress, he wouldn't care in the slightest.

Because of his seven Daoist partners and thousands of concubines, if we disregard aptitude, talent, and temperament, and simply compare their appearances, they would definitely not be much worse than the Ruthless Empress, and there are even quite a few who can rival her.

Moreover, most of them were fond of him, and even those few who were not fond of him would flatter him, cooperate with him, and let him do as he pleased.

With so many beautiful Daoist companions and concubines willing to serve him wholeheartedly, how could he possibly care about or even look at the ruthless empress who was now just an empty shell?
Moreover, if he wanted the ruthless empress's physical body, with his strength and understanding of creation, he could create as many as he wanted by taking a portion of her physical body and primordial spirit.

Therefore, he naturally wouldn't, and couldn't, keep the ruthless empress's physical body and spiritual cultivation sealed away indefinitely, keeping her by his side as his personal possession.

Furthermore, if he did that, it would greatly diminish her future potential.

If he were to help her resolve the conflicts between the Sixth Secret Realm, the Five Great Secret Realms, and her physical body and primordial spirit during their Yin-Yang dual cultivation, it would be equivalent to him perfecting her Quasi-Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit.

He helped her perfect her Quasi-Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit, so her Quasi-Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit is not entirely her Dao Fruit.

Even her Dao Fruit isn't entirely her own, so how could she possibly break through to a higher realm in the future? Unless he continues to help her perfect her Dao Fruit and elevate it to a higher level.

But he is about to face a strange and dark threat. He doesn't even have enough time to cultivate himself, so how could he possibly spend a lot of time helping her perfect her Dao fruit?
In this way, her potential, which is 100% certain to break through to the Immortal Emperor level and has a great chance of breaking through to the Sacrifice Dao level or even above the Sacrifice Dao level, will be greatly reduced, and it will probably be very difficult for her to break through to the late stage of Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

He will face eerie darkness in the future and will need strong allies, not just pretty shells and playthings.

Furthermore, although Ye Yixian, Ye Yunxian, and Ye Liuxian fell in love with him and were willing to tolerate and accept some of his flaws, such as his lustfulness, they turned a blind eye to the fact that he already had thousands of concubines and was still taking in more.

He has taken a liking to the ruthless empress and wants to marry her, which he is happy to see happen.

But they also have their own beliefs and principles, and they are not without principles when it comes to him.

Sealing the ruthless empress's physical body and spiritual cultivation, forcibly possessing her, and even keeping her as a kept woman, definitely crossed their bottom line.

They will definitely find a way to rescue the ruthless empress and then break ties with him.

Not only the three of them, but also Xia Qinghuang, Jiang Qianxi, Xin Hua, Wu Shi, and his descendants and disciples would absolutely not agree if they knew. "Anyway, I will not agree to marry you in five thousand years. If you dare to force me, then be prepared never to see me again in this life." The ruthless empress's attitude was very firm.

She knew Li Daoming well. Although he was very lustful and would not refuse any beautiful woman who had reached a certain level of talent, comprehension, appearance and temperament, he would never force those female cultivators who he liked and were unwilling to become his concubines.

This time, he made an exception for her, being extremely forceful and domineering. Even though she was unwilling to marry him, he was determined to have her and insisted on marrying her.

But she could tell that he still had some bottom lines. He wouldn't force himself on her, much less seal her physical body and spiritual cultivation to force her to marry him. Even if he wanted to marry her and get her, it would have to be her own choice.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have just taken advantage of her; he would have completely ravaged her without even trying to negotiate a price.

Of course, although she knew he still had some bottom lines, she wouldn't place all her hopes on him keeping them.

Because he has already made an exception for her, he might make another one and cross his own bottom line.

However, she was also very clear that he would never disregard her thoughts and future, nor would he disregard the thoughts of Ye Yixian, Ye Yunxian, and Ye Liuxian, which made her feel slightly more at ease.

“If five thousand years later isn’t possible, then six…ten thousand years later, that’s my bottom line!” Li Daoming said.

He originally intended to say six thousand years, but seeing the ruthless empress's unwavering gaze, he couldn't help but bring the timeline back to ten thousand years.

She initially quoted 500,000 years, but now that he's backed down, she has to back down as well.

If they each take a step back, they should eventually be able to set their wedding date tens of thousands of years from now.

Although he felt that the timeframe was a bit long and worried that things might change, if he could really marry her, setting the timeframe for tens of thousands of years later wouldn't be impossible.

"Four hundred and ninety thousand years!" the ruthless empress said calmly.

"How much did you say?" Li Daoming glared at him angrily.

"Four hundred and ninety thousand years!" the ruthless empress affirmed once again.

"Are you sure?" Li Daoming's eyes held a dangerous glint.

"Of course I'm sure!" The ruthless empress seemed oblivious to Li Daoming's gaze and answered without hesitation.

"Really? Then I still think the wedding five thousand years from now is the most suitable. If you don't agree, I'll eat you first."

"After our dual cultivation ends, I will remove the seal on your physical body and primordial spirit cultivation. But before that, I will leave a mark on you to pinpoint your location. Even if you run to the heavens, I will be able to find you through this mark."

"I'm giving you one more chance. When are you going to marry me?" Li Daoming asked with a hint of threat.

(End of this chapter)