CHAPTER 437: CHAPTER 437: FINALLY BECOMING A QUASI-EMPEROR

"Do you know how many immortals use swords in the Immortal and Demon Realms?"

"Who would have counted that?"

Brother Cheng thought for a moment: "There should be more than half, right?"

Thinking carefully, two-thirds of his disciples used swords as weapons.

This is because most martial techniques are swordsmanship and sword techniques.

And in the Immortal and Demon Realms, sword dao has developed the most extensively.

Even the common immortal artifacts are mostly immortal swords.

Cang Ling retorted: "I thought you wouldn’t know."

"Because there are so many who use swords, from the very beginning, countless immortals have cultivated the sword rule."

"And eventually, by the time they reach Quasi-Emperor, choosing the sword rule becomes the natural majority!"

"This rule is undoubtedly the number one popular rule!"

"And also the most fiercely contested rule!"

Brother Cheng was a bit surprised: "Really?"

"Even though I’ve been in the Azure Dragon Valley for these hundreds of billions of years, I still know some things about the outside world."

Cang Ling spoke slowly: "It’s very difficult to topple an Immortal Emperor, and over these hundreds of billions of years, most of the main rule thrones have hardly changed, and if it did change even once, it was considered a miracle."

"Only the position of Sword Sovereign has changed hands 15 times!"

"That frequent?" Brother Cheng expressed his shock.

"There are too many Quasi-Emperors vying for the Immortal Emperor throne of this rule, even the top sword cultivating immortal sect in the Immortal Realm, the Celestial Sword Palace, couldn’t hold it."

"If you want to become emperor through sword dao, you must be prepared to be challenged at all times."

Cang Ling added with a hint of schadenfreude: "Sword cultivators charge forward with no retreat; avoiding a battle would damage their sword heart. Even if they occupy the throne, they wouldn’t be considered a true Sword Emperor."

Brother Cheng shrugged, indifferent: "Don’t worry, after I become the Sword Sovereign, this position will share my surname."

"Then, the position of Sword Sovereign will be completely stabilized, which would be a blessing to the Immortal Realm."

Cang Ling couldn’t help but sneer: "Your confidence is getting more and more adorable!"

Brother Cheng didn’t linger; he started another breakthrough attempt.

In this way, he continuously broke through to the tenth time, selecting the Hearts of Main Rules such as Destruction, Devour, Life, Death, Space, Time, among others.

These rules are all extremely powerful main rules.

Brother Cheng naturally prioritized choosing them.

Of course, the current Immortal Emperor Dominators of these rules are not easy to deal with.

They are either giant bigwigs, reclusive ancestors, or similar to ancient creatures like the Dragon and Phoenix.

Cang Ling could no longer complain.

"You already have ten rule brandings, right?"

"Why haven’t you successfully broken through to Quasi-Emperor?"

Brother Cheng himself was puzzled, could ten brandings not support 992 main rules?

Could it require 99 brandings?

If that’s the case, then those 17 billion merits... damn, still not enough!

As he kept breaking through, succeeding in branding, and then failing to break through to Quasi-Emperor, Cang Ling became completely numb.

She found herself transitioning from initial tension, anxiety, to shock, to now having no emotional waves.

Whatever.

Anyway, this freak couldn’t be predicted by common sense.

She finally realized that this guy had so many main rules.

There are still more than 40 and counting.

Is this even a human?

She vaguely felt she was witnessing the birth of a miracle.

Or perhaps the falling of a miracle.

If he brands all main rules and still can’t ascend to Quasi-Emperor, what then?

Brother Cheng also didn’t know.

Those 17 billion merits were almost all used up.

At this time, he began branding the 49th Heart of Rule - Destiny Rule.

The later ones he chose were still all those powerful main rules.

Such as Devour, Corrosion, Light, Dark, Slaughter, Yin, Yang, Five Elements...

Why choose a less popular, less powerful rule, but with fewer people and less competition for a better chance of becoming Emperor?

Someone as flamboyant as Brother Cheng wouldn’t do something as undignified as that.

The word "escape" doesn’t exist in his dictionary.

Once again, a successful branding; Destiny Rule’s Heart of Rule successfully branded.

No matter how brilliant the process, after nearly 50 attempts, it all becomes bland.

He’s waiting for the next breakthrough failure.

Until he finishes using up the last bit of merits.

However, this time was different after all.

When the 49th Heart of Rule was successfully branded, the remaining 943 main rules all lit up as well.

Surrounding those 49 rule brandings, forming an outer circle.

A whole new power filled his entire being.

Then, it swiftly began to transform his vast immortal power.

At the same time, the Enlightenment Immortal Tree shone brightly again, illuminating the entire Immortal Country, continuously evolving.

His aura was rapidly surging.

Rushing toward a certain critical point with a roar!

In a blur, he saw those 49 rule brandings transform into 49 thrones.

And on each throne, there was a shadowy illusion occupying it.

These illusions had indistinct features but varied postures; some sitting, some standing, some human race, and some other races.

After a brief illusion, the 49 rule brandings collectively entered the depths of his Immortal Soul, vanishing into thin air.

He regained consciousness.

Opening his eyes, he heard Cang Ling’s excited shout.

"Did you succeed?"

"You are now at the early-stage Quasi-Emperor!"

Jiang Cheng felt the power several times stronger than before, as well as those 49 rule brandings, and completely relaxed.

Thankfully, he managed to breakthrough before his merits were exhausted.

Now he is a Quasi-Emperor and finally has prestige!

If he were to face the Crab Race late-stage Quasi-Emperor now, he could easily fight and win.

"49 rule brandings, and you’re just at the early-stage Quasi-Emperor, there are likely few opponents for you at this Realm.’

"This is truly a miracle!"

"Now I finally understand why you had such confidence in the Grand Demon Assembly."

Cang Ling’s tone carried undisguised joy and shock.

She vaguely developed a thought.

This second Dragon Emperor of Azure Dragon Valley, fundamentally, may not be any weaker than those ancient creatures born from the beginning.

"Hahaha, it must be!"

Saying that, he thought, what’s so great about being invincible at the Quasi-Emperor Stage.

Brother was already taking down the Nine Flames Immortal Emperor long ago.

Too bad about the Immortal Emperor position of Flame Rule, no one knows who filled the gap after his death.

Days later, he returned to Azure Dragon Valley.

Unleashing his unrestrained Quasi-Emperor aura, Cang Ji, Cang Qiong, Yikong, and other dragons were overjoyed!

"The Great Emperor finally broke through to Quasi-Emperor smoothly!"

"Hahaha, we now have eight Quasi-Emperors in Azure Dragon Valley."

"The Great Emperor’s rule brandings are one more than ours, the power is incomparable to ordinary Quasi-Emperors."

"Indeed, the grandeur of a Great Emperor is not just an empty reputation!"

"The Grand Demon Assembly has a glimmer of hope!"