In a thousand years, the world has undergone many changes, but to the powerful, a thousand years is just a short period of time in life.
Li Shiming had already cultivated to the pinnacle of this world six hundred years ago. He had been suppressing himself, just waiting.
Li Yuanba and Li Taibai also reached the peak of great immortals six hundred years ago. The two six-winged archangels even reached the peak of six-winged archangels after consuming a large amount of faith power.
A few days ago, Yin Shilan also reached the peak of the Great Immortal Envoy. In this way, all of Li Shiming's forces in this world have met the conditions for ascension.
In the divine realm, after so many years of operation, he has deployed more than a thousand "holy spirits".
For this purpose, he re-entered the ancient ruins that produced the materials for half-step fifth-grade corpse refining and re-refined a thousand 'holy spirits'.
These 'holy spirits' were thrown into the divine realm, replacing more than 80% of the fifth-grade mid-to-late-stage 'foreign divine warriors' in the entire divine realm.
The two remaining floors are to give the fanatical believers of the Divine Realm a little hope of promotion.
Li Yuanba invited the great immortal envoy Jian Feiyu. Although the two of them each controlled a faction, the relationship between the two sides remained very close over the years.
He was not affected by the power, but disappointed the two great immortal envoys from the North and West.
In fact, the two great immortal envoys from the North and West were completely overthinking. The power of the Immortal Alliance might be extremely important in their eyes, but in Li Shiming's eyes it was just a means to obtain the resources of the Immortal Alliance.
Li Shiming's goal has never been the Immortal Alliance or power, his sights are set further.
"Yuanba, how come you have time to look for me?" At the invitation of Li Yuanba, the great immortal Jian Feiyu sat on the futon, poured himself a cup of spiritual tea without any courtesy, and asked while drinking.
Over the years, Li Yuanba has been practicing hard, and most of the Eastern affairs have been handed over to others. Unless there are some major events, Li Yuanba never shows up.
Apart from acting as Li Shiming's agent for alchemy commissions, he almost ignored other matters.
"Senior brother, I'm ready to ascend!" Li Yuanba replied with a smile.
"What?" Immortal Envoy Jian Feiyu suddenly put down the teacup in his hand and screamed in surprise.
He looked at Li Yuanba seriously, and then he realized that Li Yuanba's aura had reached a level far beyond his own.
He had only sensed this kind of aura from the Great Immortal Envoy Feng Jin who had ascended to heaven before. According to his judgment, Li Yuanba had indeed reached the peak of the Great Immortal Envoy.
"What should you do now that you have ascended to the Eastern System?" The Great Immortal Envoy Jian Feiyu thought of something important and asked.
Although Li Yuanba did not have much to do with the Eastern System, it was precisely because of Li Yuanba's existence that the Eastern System had been so stable over the years.
More importantly, Li Yuanba is the most powerful among all the great immortal envoys. If Li Yuanba ascends to heaven, the strength of the Immortal Alliance will be greatly reduced.
"Senior Brother, actually I reached the peak of the Great Immortal Envoy six hundred years ago. I tried hard to suppress it for six hundred years and don't want to wait any longer!" Li Yuanba said with a wry smile and shook his head.
His words left the Great Immortal Envoy Jian Feiyu silent. He also understood that it was not practical for a genius like Li Yuanba to be bound in the Immortal Alliance.
Li Yuanba was able to defeat two four-winged archangels at the same time. It is conceivable how powerful Li Yuanba is now.
The great envoy Jian Feiyu understood even more clearly that Li Yuanba was informing him, not asking for permission from him.
Perhaps in the world of immortal cultivation, there is no cultivator who can stop Li Yuanba from doing anything.
"Then let Li Taibai take over!" Immortal Envoy Jian Feiyu suggested after thinking for a while.
In a thousand years, no cultivator with the talent to become a great immortal envoy appeared in the Eastern system, and the same was true for the other three systems.
This is also a very normal thing. If it is so easy to train a great immortal envoy, then the Immortal Alliance would not have only four great immortal envoys in the past thousands of years.
Not to mention that the great immortal Feng Jin was suppressing his realm, preventing him from getting the chance to ascend for a long time.
It was obvious that Li Yuanba didn't want to wait any longer, and no one could restrain Li Yuanba, so he could only choose a new Eastern manager.
"Li Bai, Li Shizhen and Yin Shilan will all ascend together!" Li Yuanba said lightly.
This time, the great immortal envoy Jian Feiyu was completely shocked. As for Li Taibai and Li Shiming, he also knew that both of them had amazing talents.
However, in his opinion, Yin Shilan's talent was very poor. It should be because Li Shiming had mobilized a huge amount of resources that she was able to be promoted to the Great Immortal Envoy.
But now even Yin Shilan has reached the peak of the Great Immortal Envoy, which made Ambassador Jian Feiyu doubt himself. How come he is not as good as Yin Shilan?
"It seems that you have made up your mind. I will tell the other two about this matter!" Immortal Envoy Jian Feiyu sighed helplessly.
“Brother, our ascension will weaken the combat power of the Immortal Alliance, but I have received accurate information that the six-winged archangel from the Divine Realm will also ignite the divine fire and leave this world!” Li Yuanba said with a smile.
Immortal Jian Feiyu narrowed his eyes slightly, the news of the divine realm was not so easy to find out.
However, considering that Li Shiming, Li Taibai, and Yin Shilan are all great immortal envoys, perhaps they have some means to go deep into the divine realm and obtain information.
He wouldn't think too much about it. There couldn't be any connection between the divine realm and human monks. The angels in the divine realm were a bunch of lunatics and would not have any contact with pagans.
Li Yuanba decided to ascend to heaven, but the two great immortal envoys from the North and West did not come forward to persuade him. For the past thousand years, they had been suppressed by Li Yuanba and the great immortal envoy Jian Feiyu. Li Yuanba's ascension might be able to change this situation.
The fighting force on Li Yuanba's side is really too strong. Li Shiming, Li Taibai, Yin Shilan, these are the four great immortal envoys. Together with the fellow immortal envoy Jian Feiyu, the status of the East and South factions in the Immortal Alliance is far higher than that of the North and West factions.
If Li Yuanba had not been so concerned with foreign affairs and had no interest in power, the Northern and Western factions would have had a more difficult time.
On the day of ascension, the floating mountains specially used for ascension by the Immortal Alliance were sent outside the Immortal Alliance, and three floating mountains were arranged separately.
Great Immortal Envoy Jian Feiyu, together with the two Great Immortal Envoys from the North and West, stood in the front row, followed by the powerful men of the later period, who all came to observe the ascension.
“Friend Jiandao, why are there only three mountains? Didn’t the four of you ascend together?” The Great Immortal Envoy of the Western System looked at the three floating mountains and finally couldn’t help asking.
These suspended mountains are arranged with formations specially prepared by the Immortal Alliance for ascension, which can provide help to a certain extent.
As far as he knew, Li Yuanba, Li Shiming, Li Taibai and Yin Shilan were going to ascend together this time, so four floating mountains should be prepared.
"I don't know either!" Immortal Envoy Jian Feiyu shook his head and replied.
He really didn't know. Li Yuanba had just prepared it that way. As for why Li Yuanba didn't explain more, he didn't want to force him to answer.
The Immortal Alliance is preparing for ascension, and outside the temple in the divine realm, two six-winged archangels are also preparing.
Unlike the Immortal Alliance, there are no other angels outside the Divine Realm Temple, or the angels near the temple are not interested in the two six-winged archangels becoming gods.
Because all the angels nearby are Li Shiming's subordinates, even after the two six-winged archangels become gods and leave, the power system of the divine realm will not change at all.
In fact, as the 'Holy Spirits' refined by Li Shiming as 'Flying Yaksha', they do not need to consider their lifespan. As long as the master Li Shiming does not die, the 'Holy Spirits' can exist forever.
After the two six-winged archangels become gods, a four-winged archangel under the control of Li Shiming will take over the position of the six-winged archangel, and then use the power of faith to promote himself to a new six-winged archangel. The remaining vacancies in the pyramid power will be filled one level at a time.
As for the more than one thousand 'holy spirits' that Li Shiming left in the Divine Realm, if he did not die in the upper realm, the Divine Realm would always be under his control.
Outside the Immortal Alliance, figures appeared on three floating mountains. Li Yuanba was on the left, Li Taibai was on the right, and Li Shiming and Yin Shilan appeared together on the floating mountain in the middle.
"Fellow Daoist Li Shizhen, are you planning to ascend to heaven with your Taoist partner?" The Western Immortal Envoy felt that there was something wrong with his cognition. He rubbed his eyes vigorously and asked in disbelief.
“Does he think that ascending is so easy? The difficulty of ascending together is not as simple as increasing it by two times!” the Great Immortal Envoy of the Northern System followed.
The great immortal Jian Feiyu was also greatly surprised. He wanted to go over and persuade them, but this kind of ascension observation should not disturb the ascender.
If he really wants to get close, he will become a mortal enemy.
Allowing these monks to observe is a sign of giving them enough trust.
"Maybe Li Shizhen has his own ideas!" Immortal Envoy Jian Feiyu explained with some lack of confidence.
The two great immortal envoys from the North and West looked at each other, and there was a barely perceptible gloating look in each other's eyes, but they did not dare to show this emotion.
The powerful later generations behind him were also discussing the matter.
Li Shiming looked at Yin Shilan with a smile. This was what he insisted on. Based on his understanding of Yin Shilan, if it were not for this, Yin Shilan would not be able to ascend in a thousand years, even if he had several thousand years more.
The danger of ascending is extremely great, and life and death depend on a bolt of lightning.
Yin Shilan did not agree at that time. It was only after Li Shiming tried to persuade her for a long time and showed his own strength that Yin Shilan agreed to do so.
"Shiming, if things are impossible, you must protect yourself and don't worry about me!" Yin Shilan said while gritting his teeth.
She has witnessed the vastness of the world of immortal cultivation in her life. She is a female cultivator with average talent, but now she stands at the top of the world of immortal cultivation, all because of the help of Li Shiming.
More importantly, she has been with the person she loves for her entire life. How many people in the world of immortal cultivation can do that?
She was already satisfied, and even if she died at this moment, she felt it was worth it.
"Don't worry, we will ascend to become immortals together!" Li Shiming said with a smile, his words full of confidence.
He didn't need to send any signal to Li Yuanba and Li Taibai, he just nodded to Yin Shilan.
Li Yuanba and Li Taibai materialized their own cave heavens, and Yin Shilan also materialized his cave heaven as well.
When Li Shiming materialized in the cave, all the cultivators in the entire area fell silent and stared at the top of Li Shiming's head.
The phantoms of five caves and heavens appeared there at the same time, making all the cultivators feel that this world was too absurd. It was too unreal. Could there really be cultivators in the world who could possess five caves and heavens?
By now, Li Shiming no longer cared about the secret of his five caves being discovered by others.
Together with Yin Shilan, Li Yuanba and Li Taibai, he began to merge the cave heaven with himself.
Yin Shilan, Li Yuanba, and Li Taibai all have elixirs made by him from top-grade fifth-grade spiritual herbs in their hands, which were prepared for this moment.
In addition, having witnessed the process of the fusion of the cave heaven by the great immortal Feng Jin before, IBMz15 had the best planning for the fusion process, which greatly reduced the difficulty of fusion.
However, Li Shiming, who the other monks thought would be in the most trouble, was the one who had it the easiest.
Li Shiming needed to merge the five caves and heavens. If he was still cultivating the 'chaotic energy', it would be difficult to merge the caves and heavens at this moment. However, he was cultivating the 'immortal energy' now, which made it unimaginably smooth for him to merge the five caves and heavens.
However, he still used Yin Shilan's fusion speed as a standard and did not make his fusion too fast, maintaining the same progress as Yin Shilan.
Although Yin Shilan's talent is not good, her cave heaven is much stronger than that of other great immortal envoys. The energy output speed of her cave heaven is more than a hundred times that of a normal great immortal envoy.
In order to prevent her from encountering any problems when merging with the cave heaven, Li Shiming let her enter the illusion cast by IBMz15 to simulate the process of merging with the cave heaven.
Therefore, Yin Shilan's speed of integrating the cave heaven is almost the same as that of Li Yuanba and Li Taibai.
When the fusion was over, Li Shiming did not forget to bless Li Yuanba and Li Taibai with the magical energy of 'Xiantian Yimu'.
Thunderclouds gathered in the sky, and the three great immortal envoys who were observing were all paying attention to Li Shiming.
Above Li Shiming and Yin Shilan’s heads, two thunderclouds quickly merged together to form an even more terrifying thundercloud.
The dark golden lightning in the thunderclouds constantly tore open the space, cutting out tiny cracks in the space.
Against the backdrop of the thundercloud in the middle, the two thunderclouds on the sides appear much weaker.
But no cultivator really thought that the two thunderclouds were weak. They all looked towards the thundercloud in the middle, as if they were about to see Li Shiming and Yin Shilan, a pair of great immortal Taoist lovers, fall under the thunder.
"Boom boom boom", three thunders fell almost at the same time.
At this time, the "immortal spirit" of Li Shiming rose, and the terrifying aura he exuded was so terrifying that not only the late-stage masters in the rear, but even the great immortal envoy Jian Feiyu and the two great immortal envoys of the North and West could not help but retreat backwards.
The three great immortal envoys showed horror on their faces. Of course, they could sense how powerful Li Shiming was.
It was an indescribable power. They were even sure that it would be difficult for them to maintain control of their bodies in front of Li Shiming, let alone fight.
Especially the two great immortal envoys from the North and West, they were even more shocked and terrified. For a while, they wanted to take action against Li Shiming.
Now thinking about it, it’s a good thing that they didn’t do it at that time. If they had done it, I’m afraid they would have ended up like the immortal Feng Kui.
The three great immortal envoys present at this time were all convinced that Great Immortal Envoy Feng Kui was killed by Li Shiming, and there was no other possibility.
With the strength of the great immortal Feng Kui, he is able to escape even if he encounters a six-winged archangel.
In the past, they were still wondering how the Great Immortal Envoy Feng Kui could be killed. After seeing Li Shiming truly display his strength, they were convinced that even if the Great Immortal Envoy Feng Kui was as powerful as him, any more of them would be killed instantly in front of Li Shiming.
Of course they didn't know that when Li Shiming killed the great immortal envoy Feng Kui, he didn't have the fighting power he has today.
Dark golden thunder fell, and wherever it passed, the space collapsed. The space above Li Shiming was like the end of the world.
Faced with such a terrifying dark golden thunder, Li Shiming went forward to meet it.
He punched at the dark golden thunder, and his fist collided with the dark golden thunder.
Something happened that made all the cultivators unbelievable. The dark golden thunder that could tear the void apart was actually dispersed by Li Shiming with one punch.
And not only was the dark golden thunder that came into contact with the fist dispersed, but it also continued to disintegrate upwards along the place where it came into contact with the fist.
In front of Li Shiming's fist, the void was distorted. If he had not intentionally constrained the space in this area, the collapse of the space here might have affected the Immortal Alliance.
He was really too strong. After integrating the five caves, his every move was equivalent to mobilizing the power of five worlds. Coupled with his immortal body, the power he unleashed was enough to destroy everything.
Li Shiming retracted his fist, turned around and smiled at Yin Shilan.
Yin Shilan was also staring at Li Shiming infatuatedly. The godly attack from Li Shiming just now would remain in her heart forever.
Li Yuanba and Li Taibai on the left and right sides both survived the heavenly tribulation safely. Although it was not as easy as Li Shiming's, they were not as embarrassed as the time when the great immortal Feng Jin survived.
The main reason was that Li Shiming had made sufficient preparations before, and he had done his utmost both in terms of resources and the process of ascension.
Feng Jin Dasheng's understanding of the ascension process is definitely not as good as IBMz15's repeated analysis and research of ascension data.
It was IBM z15 that studied the data of the ascension of the immortal Feng Jin, which made the promotion process of Li Yuanba and Li Taibai relatively smooth.
Four beams of light fell from the sky, covering the four people and transforming their bodies.
Li Shiming was also undergoing transformation, and his immortal body was further improved during the transformation. This was a reward from the upper realm for ascension, and it was determined based on the situation of each ascending monk, and they were not exactly the same.
Li Shiming himself is an immortal body, and the enhanced physical body rewarded by ascension has raised his immortal body to a higher level.
Yin Shilan, Li Yuanba and Li Taibai are all still normal, and their bodies have broken through the limitations of this world.
Li Shiming sensed that his two six-winged archangels had ignited their own divine nature and were flying into the sky with the divine fire.
He took one last look at the Immortal Alliance and this world. He was about to leave this world.
Of course, he still kept some backup plans in this world, such as leaving behind his "Flying Yaksha" and several caves he had obtained before.
The strongest of these 'Flying Yakshas' has reached the late fifth rank. Although there is still some gap between them and the great immortal envoys, it is not a problem for them to handle ordinary affairs.
Most importantly, the 'Flying Yaksha' of the late fifth rank can fully accommodate the might he brings down from the upper realm. Even if he really encounters trouble that he cannot handle, he or his other clones can bring down might.
Of course, this possibility is extremely low, at least there are still many archangels in the divine realm who can be borrowed.
In addition, he also left behind the "Heavenly Art", but he did not leave it in the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, but in a cave. There were checkpoints set up in the cave, and only by passing the checkpoints could one obtain the "Heavenly Art".
It's not that he doesn't want to pass down the 'Heavenly Art', but the conditions for practicing the 'Heavenly Art' are too difficult.
Guided by the ascension beam, Li Shiming vaguely sensed that another world had opened a door to him.
Just before entering another world, he seemed to see Nanling City, which was where he first came to this world.
"Goodbye!" he said silently in his heart.
(This book is finished! Thank you all for your support along the way!!!)