Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 422 The Divine Tortoise Approaches Gouchen

Just as the geniuses of the human universe were cultivating diligently, striving to establish an invincible reputation and pursue enlightenment and immortality, a void rift suddenly appeared, and a dark figure fell from it, arriving at a vast ancient life star.

Once it had stabilized its form, its true appearance was revealed. It was a black tortoise, and although its size was not particularly special among demon cultivators, it was still comparable to the size of a thatched hut.

Although his cultivation level was not particularly high, only at the level of a half-saint, his hidden blood and qi were like a vast ocean, which was terrifying.

Moreover, on the shell behind this black tortoise, countless runes intertwine to form a Dao diagram, perfectly formed, as if revealing all the secrets of heaven, captivating all who behold it.

The Xuan Turtle watched the spatial rift in the void rapidly healing and felt anxious, but its strength was limited and it was too late to return through the rift.

He said with deep regret, "Why was I so curious? Now look what's happened, how am I going to get back?"

"Forget it, since things have come to this, let's see what this is all about."

The black tortoise sighed, but quickly composed itself and prepared to first familiarize itself with the general situation of the place. Perhaps, it could find its way home.

But which direction should he go? The divine light on the Dao diagram on his back flickered slightly, and the patterns within began to undergo subtle changes before dimming again.

So the black tortoise chose a direction and slowly headed towards the direction it had deduced.

Although this Xuan Turtle is in a similar situation to the Undying Emperor, it does not come from the Immortal Realm, but from the Jade Flower Divine Island.

Over these long years, Jade Flower Divine Island has continuously evolved due to the constant transformations by the Celestial Venerable Lingbao, becoming increasingly mystical. In the last tens of thousands of years, the Celestial Venerable Lingbao also mastered the Dao of Domains, leading to a complete upheaval on Jade Flower Divine Island.

The native creatures living on Jade Flower Divine Island were originally ordinary creatures without any special characteristics, but they underwent a mutation under the influence of the laws of Jade Flower Divine Island, and possessed Jade Flower Divine Blood similar to Kunlun Immortal Blood, thus becoming a self-proclaimed race.

However, in terms of average ability, the Yuhua Clan is far inferior to the Kunlun Clan. After all, even without the Kunlun Immortal Blood, the Kunlun Clan is still a race of various extraordinary beasts.

As Yuhua Divine Island continued to evolve, these Yuhua Divine Race members also began to undergo various kinds of evolution, thus deepening their foundation.

Following the traces left by Lingbao Tianzun's enlightenment, many members of the Yuhua Divine Clan with high comprehension were awakened and embarked on the path of cultivation. This Xuan Turtle was one of them.

He possesses the strongest Jade Flower Divine Blood in the history of Jade Flower Divine Island, which is comparable to the strongest Kunlun Immortal Blood Ying Shenxiao when he once competed with Liang Yu.

Perhaps it was because the great changes in the world finally affected the interior of this strange place that this Xuan Turtle came into being at the beginning of this great era.

Of course, Ying Shenxiao was originally a mythical beast named Yingzhao, and with the added benefit of Kunlun Immortal Blood, he possessed extremely high intelligence from the very beginning.

Although this Xuan Turtle was extraordinary, it was ultimately just an ordinary turtle, its extraordinary nature solely due to the Jade Flower Divine Blood. Furthermore, this Jade Flower Divine Blood only enhanced its vital energy and essence, without adding to its intelligence.

Therefore, he originally just lived a lazy life on Jade Flower Divine Island, relying on the vast life essence and blood energy he possessed through the power of Jade Flower Divine Blood, acting according to his instincts.

Until one day, several local demon cultivators who had embarked on the path of cultivation seized territory and arrived here. As a result, the Xuan Turtle had no choice but to leave its homeland and migrate based on its intuition.

Finally, he saw a towering jade disc that reached into the clouds.

The jade disc was smooth and flawless, yet countless array patterns intertwined and evolved within it, enduring through time. The Xuan Turtle was instantly drawn to the streams of light constantly flowing across the jade disc, and fell into a state of profound enlightenment.

During this process, he awakened his spiritual intelligence and embarked on the path of spiritual cultivation.

Furthermore, his tortoise shell, which already bore the Dao traces of the Jade Flower Divine Island's laws, underwent a transformation, replicating the array diagram within the jade disc and generating endless variations. This can be seen as the result of the combined effect of his innate divine abilities and exceptional comprehension.

The grand array within this jade disc is naturally the array diagram left behind by the Celestial Venerable Lingbao to guide the Emperor Li in his cultivation.

Although the Celestial Venerable Lingbao did not intentionally guide the beings on Jade Flower Divine Island to awaken their spiritual intelligence and cultivate, he left behind numerous imprints of the Great Dao. Anyone with exceptional talent can glean some insights from them.

This Xuan Turtle is undoubtedly the most talented one since Lingbao Tianzun took charge of Yuhua Divine Island.

Although Lingbao Tianzun had not paid much attention to these matters, the black tortoise still caught his attention.

In Lingbao Tianzun's opinion, this Xuan Turtle was definitely a promising talent.

In terms of bloodline and physique, he is even comparable to the top tier of the Undying Golden Body and the Heavenly Tyrant Body.

In terms of comprehension, he was able to directly comprehend the Dao from the Heavenly Evolution Array Diagram he left for the Power Emperor, thereby awakening his spiritual intelligence and embarking on the path of cultivation.

Furthermore, he possesses innate supernatural abilities, including the capacity for deduction and calculation. These abilities even resonate with the Heavenly Evolution Array Diagram, resulting in its evolution.

For this reason, Lingbao Tianzun devoted some of his energy to focusing on his cultivation.

Guided by its innate divine abilities, this Xuan Turtle encountered numerous dangers and turned them into good fortune, continuously improving its cultivation. It even gained insights from the various Great Dao imprints left by the Celestial Venerable Lingbao, further enhancing its abilities.

Therefore, Lingbao Tianzun deliberately left several new Dao imprints, in which the mysteries of the scriptures he created in his previous lives were derived.

After all, although the scriptures from previous lives were stronger than ordinary imperial scriptures or heavenly techniques, they were still within the range that low-level cultivators could master.

The scriptures he wrote in his later lives were considered divine scriptures. Only those with extraordinary talent could use them to build their foundation and cultivate. Most people simply could not do it.

Moreover, those with exceptional talent who manage to cultivate this path have a high probability of becoming trapped in the later scriptures of Lingbao Tianzun and never being able to escape.

Therefore, in order not to limit his future, Lingbao Tianzun guided him to comprehend his early scriptures.

And this Xuan Turtle did not disappoint Lingbao Tianzun. He successfully grasped the complete Lingbao Scripture from those Great Dao imprints, and with it, he continuously cultivated and progressed, eventually becoming a half-saint on Yuhua Divine Island.

During this process, Lingbao Tianzun confirmed that this black tortoise indeed possessed the qualities of a king.

Therefore, Lingbao Tianzun implanted the Jade Flower Immortal Scripture deep into the origin of his bloodline. As long as his cultivation level is high enough in the future and he begins to study his own bloodline, this immortal scripture will gradually revive.

He then threw the Xuan Turtle into an ancient star in the outside world. This ancient star was none other than Gouchen Ancient Star.

(End of this chapter)