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It was impossible for all thirty-six of them, the Emperor Lords, to fuse completely. Even if doing so might give birth to a complete Heavenly Emperor in the theoretical ultimate state, no Emperor Lord could possibly accept such a thing.
As for choosing one to take the lead while all the rest served as auxiliaries, no Emperor Lord would agree to that either.
Because once primary and secondary were decided, many things would truly no longer be under one's own control.
Thus, the only choice was for them to turn themselves into subconsciousnesses, then extract and refine each of their traits, giving birth to a virtual personality infinitely close to perfection.
And this virtual personality could not suppress them in turn. So long as any one of them withdrew their will from the Heavenly Emperor Dharma Body, that personality would lose the foundation of its existence and immediately vanish into thin air.
Though the personality was virtual, after refining all the positive traits of the thirty-six Emperor Lords, it could be called the very model of perfection.
Great wisdom, great courage, and great perseverance were merely the most basic qualities.
"However, you have already been contaminated by the Void. Even if I do not kill you, you will still march toward destruction. Over the long ages, it is not as though no powerful figures tried to master demonic contamination—Yuanshi, Jun, Xuan, and the like—but in the end, Yuanshi was blasted to death, while Heavenly Emperors like Jun and Xuan mysteriously disappeared..."
"Although the Emperor Lords all believe that Heavenly Emperors like Jun merely vanished, they all know what truly became of them."
As the Heavenly Emperor spoke, his palm was already reaching for the throne in the Void. As for where Zhao Cheng's true body was undergoing nirvana, he