Two possessors of permanent immortal embryos charged toward the Immortal Emperor Realm at once, and both showed signs of succeeding. The aura of Immortal Emperors spread around them.
Bzzz!
Just as Shi Hao approached success, he discovered in astonishment that the Immortal Emperor art nurtured by the Dao Seed he had become was none other than the He Transforms at Ease Great Method he had long since mastered.
Over these years, he had fused all the great Daos he commanded, deducing them from their source to create his own Emperor Art. Yet in the end, he discovered that his Emperor Art had been there all along. He had obtained it back at the pinnacle of the Human Dao Domain, and it had become his greatest trump card against Shi Yi.
Shouldn't the creation of an art proceed from beginning-to process-to result?
Yet He Transforms at Ease was so extraordinary that the result had come first.
At that moment, many thoughts passed through Shi Hao's mind.
Elsewhere, blazing feathering immortal light erupted from Shi Yi's entire body. He was making his final push, with one foot already in the Immortal Emperor Domain. Only the last step remained.
Shi Yi had prepared his fallback long ago, but he needed an opening. To put it plainly, he needed a little time. If someone interfered now, all his efforts might come to nothing.
Shi Hao's state closely resembled Shi Yi's. One foot had stepped inside, but something was still missing. Just as with the Immortal Embryo Realm, they could stand in the Immortal Emperor Realm for an instant, but could not remain there permanently. They lacked the final measure of refinement needed to truly stand in that realm.
There was no time to consider how to make up for that shortcoming, because the Twin