Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 358 Practice
After Liang Yu left, the Celestial Venerable of Morality suppressed his chaotic thoughts and transmitted the general situation of the current human universe to Zhang Bairen through his divine thoughts, so that he could have a general understanding of the current human universe.

Next, he needed to start planning his disciple's path of cultivation.

So he said to Zhang Bairen, "Let's not dwell on the past for now, let's focus on the present. Originally, I wanted to take you away from here to a better place to cultivate, but now I'm having some reservations."

"So, why don't you make the choice yourself? If you choose to follow me back to Mount Da Luo, you will be able to cultivate in one of the most extraordinary places in the human universe, and you will also be able to obtain various other resources to assist you. If you have any questions, you can even ask me. I guarantee that your path of cultivation will be smooth from now on."

"Or, I may simply impart the scriptures and supernatural powers to you, and you may cultivate here until you are able to traverse the starry sky. Then I will come and guide you to the Great Luo Immortal Mountain. In such a harsh environment, even those who cultivate secret realm techniques will find it difficult to move an inch, let alone those who cultivate chaotic ancient techniques."

"But once you achieve something, you will have the strongest foundation, accumulating strength for a future breakthrough. At that time, I will help you fill in the gaps and carry out a detailed refinement to fix all the remaining problems."

"The choice is entirely up to you."

This continent is now extremely barren, lacking in the essence of heaven and earth, and its laws are not manifest. It is almost equivalent to the ancient, primordial planet that has become Earth in later generations. Cultivating under such circumstances, especially the chaotic ancient methods, is indeed extremely difficult. Even with Zhang Bairen's extraordinary talent, this is still an immense challenge, as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Zhang Bairen didn't hesitate at all and immediately said, "I choose to cultivate here."

The Celestial Venerable said, "You should think this through carefully. The difficulty of cultivation here is far greater than outside. If you cannot reach the point where you can traverse the starry sky, then I will have to pretend that I do not have you as my disciple."

Zhang Bairen said, "Master, I've thought it through. Let's do it this way."

The Celestial Venerable said, "Very well, then I will impart the Dharma to you. I hope you will not disappoint me."

With that, the Celestial Venerable of Morality passed on the scriptures and supernatural powers he had created to Zhang Bairen, though this only included the first half of the cultivation. As for the rest, the Celestial Venerable of Morality wanted to consider it further and strive for perfection.

However, even the existing parts contain all the extreme realms of those earlier realms, and even some ideas of the Moral Celestial Venerable that he has never put into practice.

Then, the Celestial Venerable of Morality pointed a finger at Zhang Bairen's forehead and said to him, "I have left a divine power in your body. As long as you can meet the standard, this divine power will be activated and will take you directly to my Daoist temple, Mount Daluo."

"Work hard, and I hope we can meet again soon."

The Celestial Venerable of Morality drifted away and disappeared into the horizon. He did not linger, but directly traversed the starry sky and returned to the Great Luo Immortal Mountain.

Zhang Bairen digested the scriptures he had acquired and stepped into the future with great ambition. The reason he made this choice was that he had learned something from the description of the universe by the Celestial Venerable of Morality: the greater the difficulty, the greater the achievement.

Zhang Bairen felt that he was exceptionally talented and had received such good fortune in the future, so he was very confident. That's why he wanted to challenge himself with something more difficult and lay the most solid foundation for himself.

After all, times have changed. With the Moral Celestial Venerable as his guide, he might be able to go even further. Therefore, he needed to plan ahead for the future and use this method to strengthen his foundation. Even the Immortal Realm was shattered; even becoming an immortal might not guarantee his safety. Thus, Zhang Bairen secretly resolved that he would not only become an immortal, but also an extraordinary one.

Centuries later, a cultivator equivalent to a saint emerged from this barren continent. However, no one knew that he cultivated a completely different system from that in the universe and was a remnant of an old era.

However, it doesn't really matter if they know, since the environment of this continent is too harsh, and there aren't many high-level cultivators there. They simply can't leave this world and leak this information.

During Zhang Bairen's cultivation here, he actually had no opponents. In other words, his only opponents were himself and the harsh environment of this place.

Zhang Bairen arrived in the void, and a divine light flashed between his brows, directly opening a domain gate and sucking him in.

When he first stepped into the Great Luo Immortal Mountain, his body seemed to be receiving rain after a long drought, spontaneously absorbing the essence of heaven and earth. He even activated some of the special laws within the Great Luo Immortal Mountain, as if they were bestowing blessings upon him.

In truth, Zhang Bairen wouldn't have needed to spend so much time to reach this level. However, he not only pursued mastering each realm to its limit but also continuously explored the foundations laid by the Moral Celestial Venerable, seeking to research new ultimate realms. Therefore, he spent significantly more time. Nevertheless, the results were remarkably effective.

After entering the Great Luo Immortal Mountain, the avatar of the Moral Celestial Venerable had already observed Zhang Bairen's current situation in detail. He could hardly find many flaws to strengthen him, as his foundation was already solid enough.

Zhang Bairen immediately bowed and said, "Greetings, Master."

The Celestial Venerable of Morality laughed and said, "It seems I was right about you. If we only consider what you have achieved so far, then even I, your teacher, would find it difficult to guide you any further."

Despite saying this, the Celestial Venerable of Morality immediately began instructing Zhang Bairen. However, the Celestial Venerable of Morality never directly pointed out his problems; each time, he would create a special supernatural power or secret technique for Zhang Bairen to cultivate. In the process of mastering these techniques, Zhang Bairen would suddenly realize where his problems lay.

In other words, Zhang Bairen's comprehension and temperament were extraordinary, which is why the Celestial Venerable of Morality did this.

However, Zhang Bairen only operated in this Great Luo Immortal Mountain for several decades. After further improving himself under the guidance of the Moral Celestial Venerable, he was sealed in the Divine Source again.

The reason for this is that the Undying Emperor was still alive at this time, and it would be almost impossible for Zhang Bairen to prove his Dao with the imprint of the Emperor's Great Dao, even with his extraordinary talent.

Secondly, the Celestial Venerable of Morality felt he hadn't fully grasped the system yet, and his scriptures still had room for further refinement. Now that Zhang Bairen had laid such a solid foundation, he could proceed with further cultivation after Zhang Bairen had completely perfected his scriptures.

In this way, Zhang Bairen can gain even more from it, thus perfecting every step of this system.

(End of this chapter)