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

Chapter 844 Revealing Secrets
And what about Li Daoming and the many powerful figures of the Wuji Holy Court?

Li Daoming has only been cultivating for a little over a million years, yet he has already broken through to the half-step Hunyuan realm, and his cultivation strength is equivalent to that of the Sacrifice Dao realm. Moreover, he also knows the method to go further and break through to the Hunyuan realm.

With his aptitude, comprehension, potential, and talent, he will definitely be able to break through to the Hunyuan realm in the future, and it is highly likely that it will not take long, perhaps one or two million years, or even less.

Even including the time spent cultivating in the hundredfold time acceleration zone, the thirteen Immortal Emperors of the Boundless Holy Court have cultivated for no more than three million years.

With their aptitude, comprehension, potential, and talent, plus Li Daoming's guidance, their cultivation and strength could advance even further in tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of years.

Even as time goes by, in tens or hundreds of thousands of years, their cultivation level will likely not only advance further, but possibly advance several more steps.

The gap between him and the six Immortal Emperors above Heaven, and Li Daoming and many powerful figures from the Boundless Holy Court, will not decrease; it will only widen over time.

Once the gap reaches a certain level, it will likely be effortless for Li Daoming and the Wuji Holy Court to defeat or even kill them.

Therefore, he was certain that Li Daoming would not and had no need to reap the benefits without doing so.

He was puzzled as to why Li Daoming was unwilling to act now and instead chose to wait until 300,000 years later.

If they were to make a move now, although he wouldn't be at his peak, he could still maintain peak combat power for a long time. If the two of them joined forces, they could definitely easily defeat or even annihilate the strange dark race.

However, if he were to make his move again 300,000 years later, his injuries would certainly be severe, and the energy expenditure would be enormous. Even if it didn't affect his combat power, he probably wouldn't be able to maintain his peak combat power for very long.

If the strange, dark race were to fight desperately, even using their most trump cards, he might very well be caught off guard and suffer a crushing defeat.

If he dies in battle, leaving only Li Daoming, even if the strange dark race has to pay a huge price, with his ability to resurrect quickly, they might still be able to turn the tide.

So he was genuinely puzzled!

Confused, Emperor Huangtian didn't wait for Li Daoming's reply and continued, "If you join forces with me now, your strength should far surpass that of the Strange Dark Clan. We can storm the Strange Plateau, explore and unravel the mystery of how the Strange Dark Clan's powerful members can resurrect so quickly. At that time, it shouldn't be difficult to annihilate them!"

"Do you think the strength that the strange dark race has shown so far is their full strength?" Li Daoming asked instead of answering.

"It shouldn't be!" Without hesitation, the Desolate Emperor shook his head slightly and continued:
"The mysterious dark race may have hidden more powerful individuals and more trump cards, but the number of powerful individuals and trump cards hidden by the mysterious dark race should not be too many. At most, there are a few dark immortal emperors and one or two mysterious progenitors. If we join forces, along with many immortal emperors, we should not be afraid."

However, at this moment, seeing Li Daoming's somewhat solemn expression and thoughtful look, the Desolate Emperor frowned and asked in a deep voice:

"Do you know how many powerful individuals and hidden trump cards the mysterious dark race has concealed? And that's not all the powerful individuals and hidden trump cards the mysterious dark race has concealed?"

“Not bad!” Li Daoming nodded slightly. “I do know how many powerful figures the strange dark clan has hidden. As for their hidden trump cards, although I can’t know them all, I do know some.”

"The strange dark race only has ten Dark Immortal Emperors, and no more Immortal Emperors are hidden, but do you know how many Sacrificial Ancestors the strange dark race has?"

Without waiting for the Desolate Emperor's response, Li Daoming said to himself, "Ten!"

"What? You said the Strange Dark Clan has how many Primordial Ancestors?" Emperor Huangtian asked in utter shock. Having seen Li Daoming's grave expression earlier, he had a vague suspicion that the number of hidden powerhouses within the Strange Dark Clan was likely beyond his expectations.

But no matter what, he found it hard to believe that the strange dark race actually had ten sacrificial ancestors, and seven of them were hidden.

It is important to understand that in a world that has developed normally for countless years, and in a power that has developed normally for countless years, the strong are distributed in a pyramid shape, with the number of strong individuals at the top being fewer.

The strange and dark race has more than 600 quasi-immortal emperors, so it is quite normal for them to have ten immortal emperors.

However, it is normal for there to be only one or two sacrificial ancestors among the ten immortal emperors, and having three sacrificial ancestors is already considered quite a lot.

The fact that the strange dark race actually has ten sacrificial ancestors is truly beyond reason.

Moreover, at this moment, thinking of the powerful members of the strange dark race, including quasi-immortal emperors, immortal emperors and the ancestor of the sacrificial path, whose combat strength at the same level was much weaker than that of cultivators above the heavens, the Desolate Heaven Emperor's expression became even more unpleasant.

Although the powerful members of the strange dark race are much weaker than cultivators of the same level, it makes it easier for them to deal with the powerful members of the strange dark race, allowing them to fight two or even three opponents at once.

But this also means that the powerful members of the mysterious dark race may not have reached their current level entirely through their own cultivation.

Otherwise, even if his combat strength is slightly weaker than that of cultivators at the same level, it shouldn't be that much weaker.

If the powerful members of the strange and dark race did not reach this level entirely through their own cultivation, but instead relied on external forces, then what kind of external forces could create ten Immortal Emperors and ten Sacrificial Ancestors?
This external force has probably completely transcended the realm of Immortal Emperor, surpassed the Sacrifice Dao realm/half-step Primordial Chaos, and reached the level above Sacrifice Dao/Primordial Chaos.

If this external force is a physical object, then so be it. The strange dark race has given birth to ten Dark Immortal Emperors and ten strange progenitors, but it has not continued to give birth to more powerful beings. It is very likely that it has already exhausted its resources.

Even if it hasn't been fully exhausted, the powerful members of the strange dark race would have to pay a huge price to activate this external object and unleash its combat power beyond the sacrificial path, and they also couldn't activate it for a long time.

Even if they cannot fight against them, they might still be able to save their lives.

But if this external force is a living being, a being that has already broken through to the level of the Sacrifice Path or the Primordial Chaos Realm, then it will be a big problem.

Even though he and Li Daoming had already broken through to the Sacrifice Dao realm and the half-step Hunyuan realm respectively, they would definitely be no match for a strong person above the Sacrifice Dao realm/Hunyuan realm, and most likely wouldn't even be able to escape.

Moreover, having cultivated to his current level, he understands all too well that the so-called immortality of the Celestial Emperor is only relative.

Nothing in this world is eternal; even this universe may one day be destroyed and reduced to nothingness.

If they were to face a powerful being who had transcended the realm of Immortal Emperor and reached the level of Sacrifice Dao/Primordial Chaos, it would be uncertain whether they could remain immortal.

With this thought in mind, even the Desolate Emperor, with his unwavering will and resolute character, couldn't help but feel somewhat disheartened and a sense of despair, feeling that the road ahead was bleak.

(End of this chapter)