Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 323 Everyone has something to gain

Although Tai Chu readily agreed, it was ultimately a matter of circumstances being beyond his control. The Immortal Emperor's power had now reached a level unimaginable to him.

Although the Undying Emperor probably wouldn't directly deal with him because of their shared status as fellow disciples and the power of their master, the Limitless Heavenly Venerable, the thought of being targeted by him was terrifying.

This title of "Senior Brother" is just an empty name. Since the Undying Emperor has already offered to be his Senior Brother, he might as well go along with it and gain some benefits for himself. Compared to this title, paving the way for his future cultivation is more important.

After all, as a Holy Spirit who has not yet been born, these things are too far removed from him.

Of course, he also left a promise that if he could defeat the Immortal Emperor, he could become the senior disciple again, thus leaving room for infinite possibilities in the future. If he could catch up with or even surpass the Immortal Emperor in the future, it would be like gaining a free benefit.

Even if the Immortal Emperor possessed unparalleled talent, making it impossible for him to catch up, he still gained tangible benefits and wasn't at a loss. Therefore, Tai Chu had no psychological burden regarding this.

However, the power of faith displayed by the Immortal Emperor still surprised him. This power was clearly ethereal, yet solid and profound, and even had the faint power to turn decay into magic, create things from the void, and nurture immortality.

After all, the divine embryo at the center of the Undying Heavenly Blade, forged by the power of faith and identical to the Undying Emperor himself, is essentially a living being. If it were to be born, it would likely possess power that even ordinary cultivators would find difficult to attain.

Unexpectedly, the Undying Emperor possessed such a trump card in addition to his formidable strength. This startled Tai Chu once again. However, it also demonstrated that the power of faith was indeed extraordinary.

Although there was no evidence, Tai Chu's intuition told him that this power could definitely promote the evolution of the Primordial Ancient Mine. As long as the Primordial Ancient Mine continued to evolve, he, as the Son of Tai Chu, would naturally reap immense benefits.

Furthermore, Tai Chu was unaware that this power of faith originated from the beliefs of mortals, and thus naturally contained countless impurities, mixed with various worldly vulgarities. Directly using this power to strengthen oneself would have certain negative consequences.

Therefore, from the Wuji Heavenly Venerable to the Yuanshi Heavenly Venerable, and even the current Immortal Emperor, none of them have directly integrated this power into themselves.

The Primordial Ancient Mine, however, is different. It is an inanimate object, a rare and extraordinary place in the universe, and of extremely high quality. The infusion of faith into it is almost impossible to affect the essence of the Primordial Ancient Mine.

With the filtration of the Primordial Ancient Mine, the Primordial Being nurtured within it will only receive indirect strengthening, and there is absolutely no need to worry about it being adversely affected. With such assistance, the Primordial Being's birth will occur sooner.

The Undying Emperor was overjoyed to see that Tai Chu had agreed. His master, the Boundless Great Heavenly Venerable, only had the two of them as his formal disciples. The Undying Empress, as the Holy Spirit of Immortal Fire, was at most a nominal disciple. As long as Tai Chu was willing to acknowledge him as the senior brother, then his status would most likely be confirmed.

After all, even if his master had other disciples, they would not have entered the sect earlier than him, let alone attained enlightenment earlier.

As for Tai Chu's words that he would become the eldest disciple again if he could surpass him in the future, he didn't take them to heart at all. Not to mention that he had already attained the Dao of Emperor and lived a third life, giving him a huge first-mover advantage, even if he were to compete with Tai Chu in the same era, the Undying Emperor had absolute confidence.

Of course, the Immortal Emperor didn't want to be the senior disciple because he had any ulterior motives; he simply didn't want anyone else above him.

The Supreme Celestial Venerable Wuji was an unparalleled power that even the Undying Emperor could not match. The stronger he became, the more terrifying the Supreme Celestial Venerable's abilities became. In the fragment of the Immortal Realm where the Undying Emperor was born, there was probably no one who could compare to this Supreme Celestial Venerable for millions of years. If it weren't for the limitations of the human universe, his master would have become an immortal countless millennia ago.

Even in this degenerate age where it is impossible to become an immortal or achieve immortality, the master still managed to discover more than one path to immortality. Moreover, he himself embarked on the most difficult path to becoming an immortal in the mortal world.

If we disregard the legends, no one has yet fully succeeded on this path. Even so, the Immortal Emperor is quite certain that the mortal immortal path they are currently following is far superior to that of ordinary true immortals.

Because of his master's various performances, the Undying Emperor vaguely felt that his master might really be able to create miracles, not only becoming an immortal in the mortal world where immortality was impossible, but also becoming a legendary immortal king, thus completely restoring the immortal realm and becoming the savior of the immortal realm.

Therefore, the Immortal Emperor respected his master. This was not only because the other was now far superior to him, but also because if they were in the same position, he was not confident that he could do everything that the Limitless Heavenly Venerable had done.

Therefore, although the Immortal Emperor was always arrogant, he still regarded Liang Yu as a mentor who could guide him. But he could not tolerate anyone else trying to overshadow him.

Therefore, the Immortal Emperor's efforts to win over this senior brother were both a sign of respect for his master, the Limitless Heavenly Venerable, and a reflection of his confidence and pride.

Moreover, besides gaining this title to make his mind go straight, the Immortal Emperor can also benefit from it.

The Primordial Mine is, after all, a wondrous place, far more resilient than most things in the world. With this highly forgiving experimental subject, the Undying Emperor might be able to discover methods for strengthening special terrains and items with the power of faith. This might allow Purple Mountain to evolve further. Even the Phoenix Nest he personally crafted might be able to be further perfected through this.

Moreover, the process by which the Primordial Ancient Mine digests the power of faith, eliminates impurities, and transforms it into divine energy to nurture the Primordial, may allow the Immortal Emperor to learn the method of achieving Nirvana through the power of faith, thus enabling him to live out his fourth life.

Therefore, while he appeared to be helping Taichu, the Immortal Emperor was actually using this excellent research material to pave the way for his own future. This was undoubtedly a win-win situation for the Immortal Emperor.

The Undying Emperor laughed and said, "Since that's the case, then my junior brother Taichu will wait a little while. I will now set about designating the Taichu Ancient Mine as the supreme holy land of the Divine Dynasty, so that the power of faith can gather here to help you evolve."

Tai Chu said, "Then I thank you very much, Senior Brother."

The Undying Emperor said, "Junior brother, don't worry. Although I haven't used the power of faith to strengthen the strange land yet, I will return soon to control the process and will definitely not put you in any danger."

Tai Chu was relieved upon hearing this, as he had never used such power before and was unsure if there would be any problems. He said, "Senior brother, please take care. I cannot see you off further."

After bidding farewell, the Immortal Emperor transformed into a five-colored divine light and flew away, heading straight for the Big Dipper.

(End of this chapter)