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

Chapter 825 Taking the First Strike Exposes the Influence
Deciding to strike first and engage in a decisive battle with the strange and dark race, the six Immortal Emperors—the Desolate Heaven Emperor, the Willow God, and the Heavenly Emperor—naturally wouldn't dawdle or procrastinate.

In just one day, he secretly gathered more than three hundred quasi-immortal emperors.

Immediately, each created an avatar, made some arrangements to make it indistinguishable from the real thing, and stood in confrontation with the strange dark race in place of the original.

They joined forces to block and sever the secrets of heaven, and made some arrangements outside the ancient underworld to isolate the fluctuations of the battle between the immortal emperors.

They sent dozens of Quasi-Immortal Emperors, along with numerous Immortal Emperor avatars and Quasi-Immortal Emperor avatars, to sit atop the heavens and lead an army of True Immortals and Immortal Kings to defend against the strange and dark invasion.

At the same time, just in case, to preserve a spark of hope after defeat so that they could be resurrected as soon as possible after death, the Desolate Emperor and others also made arrangements for a backup plan:
A group of quasi-Immortal Emperors, carrying their accumulated treasures, collected scriptures and secret techniques, and pre-prepared contingency plans, were sent into the depths of space-time to hide in their respective pre-arranged hiding places, severing their heavenly secrets and causal connections, so that even Immortal Emperors could not find them.

This group of Quasi-Immortal Emperors are all Quasi-Immortal Emperor Dao Ancestors, and their numbers are naturally not many, only thirty-five. Almost all of their Quasi-Immortal Emperor Dao Ancestors have gone into hiding.

Only quasi-Immortal Emperors and Dao Ancestors have the hope of breaking through to Immortal Emperor and can be called a spark.

The heavens have developed for countless epochs, and the methods for breaking through to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level are now quite sophisticated and diverse.

Ultimately, however, they can be divided into two categories:

One type is to forge their own path and break through to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level using their own path; the other type is to deeply comprehend the Great Dao of the Immortal Emperor and break through to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level using the Great Dao of the Immortal Emperor.

Of these two categories, only the first category, which involves forging one's own path to break through to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level, has a chance to break through to the Immortal Emperor level.

However, breaking through to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level by forging one's own path does not necessarily mean that one can break through to the Immortal Emperor level.

Those who were able to forge their own path and break through to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm were also divided into two categories:

One type is those who create a new cultivation system or innovate upon an existing cultivation system; they can be called Quasi-Immortal Emperors or Dao Ancestors.

One type is those who simply forge their own path, or integrate multiple cultivation systems, break through to Quasi-Immortal Emperor with multiple Dao Fruits, or rely on their own comprehension to push their own Great Dao to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level...

Although both types of quasi-immortal emperors have the potential to break through to the immortal emperor level, having a 10% or 20% chance of breaking through and a 1% chance of breaking through are both ways to have a certain hope of becoming an immortal emperor.

Among them, without a doubt, the chances of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor or Dao Ancestor breaking through to Immortal Emperor are the highest, with a 10% to 20% chance of success. As for those who are not Quasi-Immortal Emperors or Dao Ancestors, the possibility of breaking through to Immortal Emperor is too low.

At least, to this day, no one above the heavens has broken through from the level of a quasi-immortal emperor to become an immortal emperor.

(Except for the eerie dark races, who are a special case and are not included here.)
The possibility of Quasi-Immortal Emperors and Dao Ancestors breaking through to Immortal Emperor is relatively high. Since they need to select some Quasi-Immortal Emperors as seedlings, they will naturally choose Quasi-Immortal Emperors and Dao Ancestors.

Even though they were defeated this time and all of them died, and were suppressed by the strange dark race with all their might, preventing them from being resurrected.

As long as the hidden Quasi-Immortal Emperors and Dao Ancestors can be preserved, and one of them can break through to Immortal Emperor, even if all their backup plans fail and they cannot be resurrected, the newly born Immortal Emperor can help them be resurrected, slowly reflecting the resurrection of the fallen Quasi-Immortal Emperors.

In this way, their side will eventually recover its strength and have another chance to fight against and defeat the strange dark race.

Of course, although they regarded almost all Quasi-Immortal Emperors and Dao Ancestors as seeds of future power and as a backup plan, they did not want such a day to come.

Having made ample preparations, the Desolate Heavenly Emperor and six Immortal Emperors above the heavens led over two hundred Quasi-Immortal Emperors in a surprise attack on the Ancient Underworld. As for the Willow Goddess? She did not directly participate in the battle, but remained hidden in the shadows, waiting for her opportunity to strike.

The Desolate Emperor and his group made ample preparations and launched a surprise attack on the Ancient Underworld. Even though the Ancient Underworld had many Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperors and even a Dark Immortal Emperor in charge, they were unable to react in time and could not resist at all.

In an instant, they were overwhelmed. Countless members of the eerie dark army perished. Even the supreme beings at the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level were easily killed by the Desolate Heaven Emperor and the six Immortal Emperors above the heavens. The remaining ones were surrounded and killed by more than two hundred Quasi-Immortal Emperors and were in imminent danger.

The Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperor, who was stationed in the ancient underworld, was also in a precarious situation. He was surrounded and killed by the Desolate Heaven Emperor and the six Immortal Emperors above the heavens, who were attacking with all their might. He had no power to resist and was constantly being beaten and destroyed, obliterating his Great Dao origin.

If nothing unexpected happens, the Dark Immortal Emperor who is stationed in the ancient underworld will definitely not be able to hold on for long. He will lose the power to resist and be suppressed, then obliterated. Following the cause-and-effect connection, the Desolate Heaven Emperor and others will erase all traces of him, making it difficult for him to be resurrected in a short period of time.

But even though the Desolate Emperor and the others had made ample preparations, an unexpected incident still occurred:

They were unaware of and overlooked the biggest trump card of the eerie dark race: the eerie plateau.

All the powerful beings above the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level in the Strange Dark Clan can leave their mark on their ancestral land: the Strange Plateau.

If one dies, one can be quickly resurrected by the power of the strange plateau, and after resurrection, there is no period of weakness; one is in one's prime.

Dozens of Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperors, who had been casually wiped out by the Desolate Heaven Emperor and the six Immortal Emperors above the heavens, were resurrected on the Strange Plateau not long afterward.

Suddenly, the surprise attack by the Desolate Emperor and his men was exposed!

At this time, the Desolate Heaven Emperor and his group had launched a surprise attack on the Ancient Underworld less than an hour ago.

Although the Dark Immortal Emperor who was in charge of the Ancient Underworld was far inferior to them, Immortal Emperors are immortal and indestructible, making them very difficult to suppress and kill. The Desolate Heaven Emperor and the six Immortal Emperors above the heavens simply could not suppress and kill the Dark Immortal Emperor who was in charge of the Ancient Underworld in such a short time.

Knowing that the Desolate Heavenly Emperor and the six Immortal Emperors above the heavens were leading more than two hundred Quasi-Immortal Emperors in a surprise attack on the Ancient Underworld, the strange dark race naturally would not sit idly by.

The strange, dark race, with only nine remaining Immortal Emperors and hundreds of Quasi-Immortal Emperors, launched a full-scale attack on the Ancient Underworld to rescue it.

At the same time, some quasi-immortal emperors led a strange dark army to launch a large-scale dark upheaval, reaping the rewards from the heavens and the universes they had chosen, and holding a small sacrifice to end this era.

Upon seeing the powerful members of the strange dark race arrive, the Desolate Heaven Emperor and the six Immortal Emperors above the heavens knew that their actions had been exposed.

However, they were not flustered, because they had eight Immortal Emperors on their side, and the Desolate Heaven Emperor had already broken through to the peak of the Immortal Emperor realm.

Although Liu Shen is hiding in the shadows and will not make a move, with the power of the Desolate Heaven Emperor, let alone if only Liu Shen does not make a move, even if the six Immortal Emperors above the heavens do not make a move, he alone can wipe out the ten Immortal Emperors of the strange dark race.

As expected, the situation became one-sided as soon as the two sides started fighting.

The Desolate Emperor unleashed his full power, employing his Great Transformation Technique to create three avatars approaching the peak of the Immortal Emperor realm. He single-handedly overwhelmed the five strongest Immortal Emperors of the strange Dark Clan, including one peak Immortal Emperor, two late-stage Immortal Emperors, and two mid-stage Immortal Emperors.

(End of this chapter)