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

Chapter 701 Urgency
The eight women—Ruthless Empress, Ye Yixian, Ye Yunxian, Ye Liuxian, Xia Qinghuang, Jiang Qianxi, Kong Lin, and Xin Hua—all learned about the detailed classification of Quasi-Immortal Emperors from Li Daoming. They also knew that he had already broken through to the peak of Quasi-Immortal Emperor before merging the myriad worlds and creating the Boundless Emperor Realm.

Sensing the changes taking place in the Boundless Emperor Realm, they naturally knew that he had made another significant breakthrough, most likely having broken through to the half-step Immortal Emperor realm.

According to him, only by developing one's own Great Dao, perfecting and sublimating it to the level of Immortal Emperor, and using it to create an invincible technique at the level of Immortal Emperor, can one briefly ascend to the realm of Immortal Emperor and be considered a half-step Immortal Emperor.

Moreover, once you break through to the half-step Immortal Emperor level, breaking through to the Immortal Emperor level is only a matter of time.

In other words, his breakthrough to Immortal Emperor is a foregone conclusion, and according to their estimation, it shouldn't take long.

But what about them? The ruthless empress, who has the highest cultivation level, is only half a step quasi-immortal emperor now, while the rest are just imperial light immortal kings.

Perhaps when Li Daoming breaks through to the Immortal Emperor realm, some of them will still be stuck at the Emperor Light Immortal King realm. The ruthless Empress, whose cultivation is the highest, can at most only become an ordinary Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

The gap between them and him did not seem to be narrowing, but rather widening.

Although they are all his Daoist partners, this will not change because of their cultivation level or strength.

But they all have their own pride and their own pursuits. Even if they can't catch up with Li Daoming and keep pace with him, they should at least be able to see his back and be qualified to stand by his side.

Unlike his nearly ten thousand concubines, who were merely his appendages and needed to rely on him to cultivate and improve their cultivation levels, they held almost no status in his heart, except for a few who had a tiny bit of importance.

Now that the gap between them and Li Daoming is widening, how can they not feel a sense of urgency?

Although Wu Shi, Ye Fan, Li Wuhen, Li Wuyou, and Wan Qing did not learn the detailed classification of Quasi-Immortal Emperors from Li Daoming, they also did not know his cultivation level or strength.

But they weren't fools; they all had eyes. Even if they didn't have a clear understanding of Li Daoming's cultivation level and strength, they had a general idea through the Boundless Emperor Realm.

He was able to merge the myriad worlds and create such a powerful Boundless Emperor Realm. In addition, he did not forcibly break through to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level, but spent hundreds of thousands of years refining himself, perfecting every aspect of himself to the extreme, before naturally breaking through to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level.

If he doesn't break through, that's fine, but once he does, he'll definitely not be an ordinary Quasi-Immortal Emperor. He'll most likely go quite far in the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm.

With the changes in the Boundless Emperor Realm this time, there has definitely been another significant breakthrough.

Even if they haven't yet broken through the bottleneck of the Immortal Emperor realm and entered the Immortal Emperor domain, they are probably already in the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm, having gone extremely far, and are probably not far from becoming an Immortal Emperor.

And what about them?

Among them, Wu Shi, who has the highest cultivation level, has only broken through the King Realm and reached the half-step Quasi-Immortal Emperor in less than 70,000 years. It is estimated that it will take another 100,000 to 200,000 years before he can truly break through to become a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

As for Ye Fan, Li Wuhen, Li Wuyou, and Wan Qing, they were all just Emperor Light Immortal Kings.

Ye Fan has the highest cultivation level and the strongest strength. It is estimated that he will be able to forcefully break through to the half-step quasi-immortal emperor level in tens of thousands of years. However, the other three are estimated to need nearly two hundred thousand years to break through to the half-step quasi-immortal emperor level.

For them to truly break through to become Quasi-Immortal Emperors, it will take even longer, ranging from at least 300,000 years to as much as 400,000 to 500,000 years.

Thinking about their own cultivation progress and Li Daoming's progress, they all felt a strong sense of urgency. They were all somewhat worried that Li Daoming had broken through to become an Immortal Emperor, while they had not yet truly broken through to become Quasi-Immortal Emperors.

If that's the case, the gap between them and him will only widen.

They are all unparalleled powerhouses who have created their own sixth secret realm and have great confidence in themselves.

Their goal is to catch up with Li Daoming, or even surpass him.

They won't just stand by and watch themselves fall further and further behind, with the gap widening, without trying to catch up.

Immediately, the Ruthless Empress, Wu Shi, Ye Yixian, Ye Yunxian, Ye Liuxian, Xia Qinghuang, Jiang Qianxi, Kong Lin, Xin Hua, Ye Fan, Li Wuhen, Li Wuyou, and Wan Qing all entered the secluded cultivation room, focusing on their cultivation, hoping to make further progress and narrow the gap with Li Daoming.

It wasn't just them; all the cultivators of the Boundless Holy Court, sensing the changes in the Boundless Imperial Realm, while praising the Boundless Heavenly Emperor, couldn't help but feel a sense of urgency and worked even harder in their cultivation, especially the elders of the Boundless Holy Court.

They have lived through countless years, witnessing the human realm and the strange world becoming increasingly suitable for cultivation. The fragments of the strange world and the immortal realm merged to form the Boundless Immortal Realm, which gradually grew and expanded, eventually merging with all the heavens and becoming the present Boundless Imperial Realm...

They all knew very well that whenever the world changed and grew stronger, the fortunes of heaven and earth would flourish, giving birth to a new generation of geniuses with exceptional talent, comprehension, potential, and ability, surpassing even the most outstanding talents of the past.

Moreover, the more drastic the changes in the world, the more violent the fluctuations in the fortunes of heaven and earth, and the more outstanding talents will be born, and the higher their quality will be.

For example, the Heavenly Emperor breaks through to become a Celestial King and merges the strange world and fragments of the Celestial Realm to create the Boundless Celestial Realm. For example, the Heavenly Emperor breaks through to become an Emperor and merges the various worlds to create the Boundless Imperial Realm.

After these two dramatic changes, an even greater number of extraordinary talents emerged in the world than ever before.

The changes happening in the Boundless Emperor Realm now, while not as drastic as the previous two, are still far from ordinary.

This time, the Boundless Imperial Realm will surely give birth to a group of geniuses whose aptitude, comprehension, potential, and talent surpass those of the past.

As time goes by, these prodigies will grow up quickly and surpass these elders. Due to their lack of aptitude, comprehension, potential and talent, they will remain at the bottom of the Wuji Holy Court.

Moreover, as the Wuji Holy Court develops and becomes more powerful, its standards for recruiting new members also become increasingly higher.

When the Wuji Holy Court was first established, anyone with the strength of the Six Forbidden Battles or sufficient talent could be nurtured by the Wuji Holy Court, potentially break through to the Great Saint level, and pass the Illusionary Realm test to join the Wuji Holy Court.

However, after the Heavenly Emperor single-handedly killed thirteen Supreme Beings and forced the Supreme Beings of the Forbidden Zones to go into hiding, only cultivators with the combat power of the Eight Forbidden Realms and the potential to break through to the Quasi-Emperor level could join the Boundless Holy Court by passing the Illusion Trial.

After the Heavenly Emperor merged the strange world and the fragments of the Immortal Realm into the Boundless Immortal Realm, the standards for recruiting new members were raised once again. Only those with a very high chance of breaking through to the Quasi-Emperor level could join the Boundless Holy Court.

After merging the myriad worlds and creating the Boundless Emperor Realm, the standards were raised to an unprecedented level. Only those who could break through to the True Immortal realm under the training of the Boundless Holy Court were almost guaranteed to join the Boundless Holy Court.

However, most of the original elders of the Boundless Holy Court had very poor aptitude, comprehension, and potential. They were able to break through to the Great Saint level only thanks to the cultivation of the Boundless Holy Court. Without the cultivation of the Boundless Holy Court, some of them probably would not have been able to even break through to the Saint King level.

(End of this chapter)