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

Chapter 426 Lifespan Nearing Its End
Some might think this is impossible, and that the Boundless Holy Court already has over three thousand Great Saints and over a hundred Quasi-Emperors who have proclaimed themselves emperors. Their lifespans should be nearing their end.

But in fact, there really isn't! Including those who claim to be.

The reason for this is that Li Daoming did not allow them to seal themselves when their lifespan was nearing its end, but rather allowed them to seal themselves when they had about five hundred years left to live.

He felt that if they were allowed to seal themselves away when their lifespans were nearing their end, they would be too old and their fighting strength would be reduced to less than one-tenth, making them utterly useless when needed.

But if there are still 500 years left to live, it's different. After being reborn, he can recover his energy and his combat power will be restored to its peak.

Moreover, they will not perish soon after their birth, and can completely re-establish themselves afterward.

Therefore, the cultivators of the Boundless Holy Court all have at least five hundred years of lifespan remaining.

He did not intend to use the Dao-Severing Return to Origin technique on them before their lifespan was about to run out, thus wasting five hundred years of their lifespan.

Moreover, he did not intend to unseal all three thousand Great Saints and over one hundred Quasi-Emperors who had been self-proclaimed by the Wuji Holy Court at once. Instead, he would use the Dao-Severing and Returning to Origin technique to allow them to live a second life when their lifespans were nearing their end.

He planned to take it slowly, unsealing one hundred people every thousand years and using the "Severing the Dao and Returning to Origin" technique to allow them to live a second life when their lifespan was nearing its end.

In this way, it can both make up for the shortage of cultivators in the Boundless Holy Court and prevent too many people from appearing all at once.

Having made his decision, Li Daoming sent his avatar to make the arrangements. He then turned his attention to the cultivators who had practiced the Divine Character Secret, checking their progress while further deducing and perfecting the Divine Character Secret.

The Divine Secret was already quite perfect, and in less than ten days, Li Daoming perfected it to its limit and began to teach it.

Li Daoming did not intend to keep the secret of the "Divine Character" to himself, but he also would not spread it indiscriminately.

He only intends to teach the first level of the Divine Secret to those below the ninth level of Quasi-Emperor, and the first two levels to those above the ninth level of Quasi-Emperor.

As for the third level, he didn't intend to pass it on, because even if he did, no one would be able to master it.

Of course, it is also essential to use the immortal artifact Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram to set restrictions, preventing them from being passed on or having their souls searched.

With the secret transmission of the divine word, the Wuji Holy Court experienced great development in just a few hundred years.

The hundred people who were unsealed, along with the original one or two hundred, totaled two or three hundred people, many of whom broke through their cultivation levels.

Those who had exhausted their potential and couldn't even reach the peak of the Great Saint realm before sealing themselves off all made further progress after cultivating the Divine Secret. Almost all of them broke through to the peak of the Great Saint realm, and two even broke through to the Quasi-Emperor realm.

Those who were originally stuck at the peak of the Great Sage realm and unable to break through to the Quasi-Emperor realm, although not all of them broke through the bottleneck, nearly 20% of them did.

It wasn't just the Great Sages; many Quasi-Emperor level experts also made progress, with some breaking through one or two minor realms, and the most breaking through four minor realms.

This resulted in the Wuji Holy Court gaining many more quasi-emperors. The number of those who were about to achieve enlightenment at the ninth level of quasi-emperor increased by three, while the number decreased by two. The two who were lost broke through to an alternative path to enlightenment.

As their lifespans ran out, Li Daoming severed their cultivation, laws, and Dao attainments, allowing them to live a second life and begin their cultivation anew.

Having accumulated more knowledge and laid a deeper foundation, their aptitude, potential, and comprehension have all greatly improved, and more people have broken through their bottlenecks.

While it may not allow everyone to break through the bottleneck of becoming a Quasi-Emperor, more than 60% of them have managed to overcome this major hurdle.

……

Time flies, and more than five thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Immortal Mountain

All the powerful figures of the Boundless Holy Court, at the ninth level of the Quasi-Emperor realm and above, gathered together. They sat cross-legged on futons, listening intently to the teachings. If this scene were to spread, it would surely shock everyone.

There are too many powerful individuals here. There are twelve cultivators who have reached the ninth level of Quasi-Emperor, sixteen who have achieved enlightenment through unconventional means, and even more Great Emperors, a total of twenty-four.

The gathering of so many powerful figures, listening intently to the teachings, would surely shake the world if word got out.

At this moment, on the Dao Platform, Li Daoming sat cross-legged. His hands moved rapidly, and countless terrifying Dao Laws emerged, slowly intertwining and evolving into a true phoenix, with endless Nirvana Flames igniting.

He is demonstrating a Tao, the Tao of Nirvana, and evolving a Dharma, the True Phoenix Nirvana Dharma!

The True Phoenix Nirvana Method of today is somewhat different from the True Phoenix Nirvana Method of thousands or tens of thousands of years ago.

It's both more profound and simpler!

It is more profound because the principles and theories contained in the True Phoenix Nirvana Method are more profound; it is simpler because, after being perfected, the True Phoenix Nirvana Method is easier to understand.

And all of this is thanks to the Immortal Emperor, the True Phoenix Immortal Elixir he left in Purple Mountain, and the Emperor's Son.

Long ago, Li Daoming knew that the True Phoenix Elixir of Immortality existed in Zishan, and that the Immortal Empress and the Heavenly Emperor's Son were sealed in Zishan.

However, he didn't touch them!
Before creating the supreme divine technique of "Tao Divides Yin and Yang," he felt he did not have enough strength and did not want to provoke the Undying Emperor so early.

As for what comes next, he is no longer afraid. However, he has been immersed in enlightenment and has enough laws of the Great Dao to comprehend, so he has no intention of going to Purple Mountain.

Later, he wanted to visit Zishan, but found that the place had been occupied by Wushi. He didn't need an immortal herb, so he stopped thinking about it.

However, more than three thousand years ago, before the Li family patriarch was about to use the True Phoenix Nirvana Method to undergo Nirvana again, he suddenly had a strange idea: he wanted to further improve the True Phoenix Nirvana Method and reduce the difficulty of Nirvana.

He racked his brains for a long time, but to little avail.

Then I thought of the True Phoenix Immortal Elixir and the Heavenly Emperor's Son.

They then went to Purple Mountain and borrowed the True Phoenix Immortal Elixir and the Heavenly Emperor's Son from Wushi.

Through the True Phoenix Immortal Elixir and the Heavenly Emperor's Son, he truly gained some insights, further perfecting the True Phoenix Nirvana Method, making it not only more profound but also easier to comprehend.

Of course, the idea that it's easier to understand is only relative.

To truly comprehend the True Phoenix Nirvana Method and use it to achieve Nirvana and live a second life is still not easy.

Therefore, whenever Li Daoming had free time and was in the mood, he would explain the Dao of Nirvana and the True Phoenix Nirvana Method to the powerful individuals above the ninth level of the Quasi-Emperor realm in the Wuji Holy Court, hoping that they would have a deeper understanding of the True Phoenix Nirvana Method and be able to use it to achieve Nirvana and live out their next life.

But today is a little different.

The difference is that of the twenty-four emperors who listened to the teachings, nearly twenty were nearing the end of their lives.

After today, once they have heard the Dao, they will gradually use the True Phoenix Nirvana Method to undergo Nirvana and attempt to live out their next life.

After a while, the True Phoenix underwent Nirvana, transforming into a True Phoenix Egg. Countless divine runes of the Great Dao flickered on the True Phoenix Egg, demonstrating the true meaning of the Nirvana Dao, the True Phoenix Nirvana Method, and the mystery of living a second life.

After a long while, the true phoenix egg cracked open, and the true phoenix was reborn, living a second life...

(End of this chapter)