Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 311 Laying the Foundation for the Future
The Immortal Emperor wasn't particularly surprised by his son's choice. After all, he already knew his child's character very well.

From this moment on, the Emperor's son was no longer regarded as the true successor by the Immortal Emperor. Although he would inherit all of the Immortal Emperor's achievements in the mortal realm, that would be the end of it.

This is actually a form of protection for him.

After all, the Undying Emperor had already learned a lot about the Immortal Realm and the past from his master Liang Yu. In addition to the part he already knew, the mortal universe and even the fragment of the Immortal Realm from which he was born could no longer satisfy the Undying Emperor.

In the future, the Undying Emperor will surely establish a formidable reputation among countless fragments of immortal realms and build unparalleled achievements throughout the myriad worlds. It is foreseeable that this will be a path of conquest filled with bloodshed and carnage.

Clearly, the Crown Prince is not suitable to participate in this process.

However, the immortal emperor did not completely give up. Because people grow up, and the fact that this child is weak and unlikely to achieve great things now does not mean that he will always be like this in the future.

Sooner or later, the Crown Prince will be separated from his wise and powerful father, who seems omnipotent, and his loving and kind mother who can tolerate all his shortcomings, and he will take charge of the Undying Dynasty on his own. At that time, he may well grow.

Even so, it is highly unlikely that he will grow to the point where he can help him or even fight alongside him.

But now, the Emperor's son's path has been determined. Thus, the Immortal Emperor announced the establishment of his heir, and this young man with shallow cultivation suddenly became the future master of this supreme divine dynasty.

Although his ascension to the throne is destined to be tens of thousands of years in the future, he still needs to make an appearance now. After all, without a proper name, words will not be persuasive, and without persuasive words, things will not succeed.

He, the immortal emperor, could control everything with his absolute strength. Even if he were to start over, he would still be confident that he could rebuild such achievements. But the emperor's son could not.

He lacks both the strength and the domineering spirit of the Immortal Emperor, so the Immortal Emperor and Empress need to pay special attention to him and pave the way for his advancement.

Of course, letting all the races of the universe know of his existence is just the beginning.

In the years that followed, the Emperor's son was showered with love and enjoyed unparalleled glory. The ancient scriptures he cultivated, the supernatural powers he learned, and all the resources he used were among the best in the universe. He even had the Immortal Emperor personally set up various grand formations to assist him at every step of his cultivation.

During the Emperor's son's training, there were other people who grew up alongside him.

Under the decree of the Immortal Emperor, the ten divine races, and indeed most races in the universe, sent their most outstanding geniuses to serve as companions to the Emperor's son. They were to cultivate alongside him, grow up together, and ultimately become the future rulers of the universe.

This is a case of one party willing to give and the other willing to receive. With the Crown Prince's bloodline and talent, it wouldn't be difficult for him to suppress these people. The Undying Emperor is using this method to help the Crown Prince establish his authority.

The races involved were naturally more than happy to accept this. On a smaller scale, their outstanding descendants would enjoy some of the privileges afforded to the emperor's children, and the immortal emperor himself might even occasionally offer guidance. Growing up in this environment was far better than remaining within their respective races.

On a grand scale, this is the future. To be close to the Crown Prince is to be close to the future ruler of the divine dynasty. Whether the Undying Emperor is alive or not, they can gain higher authority within the divine dynasty. Therefore, on the Big Dipper, the most outstanding offspring of all races in the universe gathered to receive the highest level of education from the Undying Divine Dynasty. Of course, they would also go out to train, but for these strongest second-generation individuals in the universe, it was largely meaningless.

Time flies, and another thousand years have passed. During this thousand years, the Heavenly Emperor's son has reached the peak of the quasi-ninth level.

This was the result of his relentless pursuit of perfection under the strict demands of the Immortal Emperor. For each minor realm he reached, if the Immortal Emperor was not satisfied, he had to stop and continue honing his skills until he met the standard.

Limiting his combat power to the ninth level of Quasi-Emperor was also intentional on the part of the Undying Emperor; otherwise, he should have been able to reach the initial stage of alternative enlightenment.

Over the course of this millennium, most of the other prodigies from various races who grew up alongside the Heavenly Emperor have also reached the level of Quasi-Emperor.

Although their speed was significantly restricted, it was enough to shock them, and a considerable number of them even pledged allegiance to the Crown Prince as a result. While there were many small groups among them, they had generally developed a good foundation of friendship.

Upon achieving his goal, the Immortal Emperor publicly bestowed titles upon these prodigies from various races who had grown up alongside the Emperor's son, making them the future clan leaders designated by the Immortal Emperor.

However, the Undying Emperor did not allow these people to return and begin inheriting the myriad races to strengthen the divine dynasty's rule. Instead, he sealed the Emperor's son and the high-ranking prodigies among them who had reached the Quasi-Emperor level within the Divine Source. The remaining low-ranking Quasi-Emperors were given further training, and once they reached the required level, they were also sealed within the Divine Source.

Subsequently, the Immortal Emperor sent all these people back to the myriad races and designated that they be born together with the Emperor's son.

Even the Undying Empress was somewhat surprised. She couldn't help but ask, "What are you trying to do? Why are you both training them and then letting them seal themselves away? Even if you hope that they will be born together with our children and take over together to maintain stability, after being sealed into the divine source for who knows how many years, will they still have the conditions to take over so smoothly?"

The Undying Emperor said, "I want their foundations to be unstable. When they are born tens of thousands of years later, everything about their respective races will have changed drastically. New people, new power, new successors. What will they have left besides the successor I have chosen?"

"When the time comes, if they still want to be the clan chief and have any ambition, they will have no choice but to turn to our children and their friends who grew up with them. After all, they have no relatives left, and the only people they know and are closest to in this world are their friends who grew up with them."

"At that time, our children can take advantage of this opportunity to gain supreme authority by supporting their former friends to rise to power and truly secure their positions."

The Immortal Queen smiled slightly and said, "You're still not giving up, you want to train him, right?"

The Immortal Emperor sighed, "I originally wanted him to be born in the future, when the Divine Dynasty was about to collapse completely. At that time, he would know what it means to fall from the sky to the ground."

"In that situation of isolation and helplessness, or even being surrounded by enemies, he could only rely on himself to carve out a bright future."

"But I've already agreed to his choice, and I can't go back on my word. So I can only leave him with an easy question for now."

(End of this chapter)