Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 490 Ancient Road Nomination
In the original timeline, Qitian did not actually suffer this misfortune so early.

Originally, he made great strides on his cultivation path and soon ventured into the ancient starry road, becoming the most dazzling star at the time.

After defeating powerful enemies time and time again, he gradually became the center of attention, and with everyone's expectations, he successfully made the ultimate leap, becoming the contemporary emperor revered by all races.

After that, he protected all living beings like a true emperor, was worshipped by all races, and fulfilled all the responsibilities that an emperor should have.

But later, even as the invincible supreme emperor, he could not stop the passage of time, nor could he reverse life and death. He could only watch as his relatives, friends, and lovers passed away one by one under the erosion of time, leaving him alone sitting in the heavens, where the whole world was silent.

As a result, his mindset began to change. He began to constantly explore the methods of immortality and seek the path to becoming an immortal. He also devoted a great deal of time and energy to how to resurrect the dead.

But clearly, even an emperor cannot do such a thing.

In this process, he gradually lost his original heart. His heart grew colder and colder, and he abandoned all his past responsibilities and good nature.

He had to sadly admit that perhaps he was never as noble as he thought, and that he only appeared to be a good person because it was something he could do.

Unless absolutely necessary, who wouldn't want to be a great person praised by everyone and remembered in history?
But now, faced with the ruthlessness of time, he has lost his family, his friends, and his lover, until he himself is facing death. So he has reached this moment of desperation, and like countless supreme beings, he has abandoned his past principles.

He severed his own flesh, becoming part of the dark chaos, colluding with those he had previously intimidated, and began to treat all living beings as his sustenance. For the sake of his own ascension to immortality, he abandoned everything.

After countless millennia, he finally encountered the North Star Immortal Path, which was most likely the true path to immortality, but he failed to enter it.

It seems that only a truly flawless enlightened being can succeed on this path, but he not only suffered from exhaustion of vital energy but also cut himself in half, so naturally he could not succeed.

Afterwards, having lost a great deal of life essence, he and other supreme beings once again stirred up a dark upheaval, beginning to slaughter all living beings in order to prolong their own lives.

However, because their losses were too great, with the help of the resourceful Stone Emperor, they were no longer satisfied with devouring all living beings and set their sights on the deities of the ultimate imperial weapons.

Afterwards, they were also countered by means of the Sun Saint Emperor's human skin, the Yellow Emperor and Yan Emperor briefly recalling their past life's Dao Fruit, and so on.

Thus, due to his extremely poor condition, the Supreme Being of Abandoned Heaven had no choice but to undergo a profound ascension to reclaim the throne. It was at this moment that he was overcome with emotion, recalling his past, and even unconsciously shed tears.

Ultimately, he was repeatedly blasted apart by the briefly resurrected Ruthless Emperor, eventually being completely obliterated, ending his life.

Now, this Qitian has not only acquired the title of Qitian ahead of time, but has also experienced the pain of losing everything ahead of time.

After drifting through the starry sky for decades, Qitian finally arrived at another star field and unexpectedly entered an ancient star road.

His ancient star was located in a completely decaying star field. All the other stars in this star field had long since died out, and only his home planet had not yet reached the final stage.

Among these abandoned ancient stars, Qitian gradually realized the tragic fate that was destined to befall his homeland, and became even more determined to continue his cultivation and change everything.

However, it was among these stars that Qitian obtained many lost ancient scriptures and supernatural powers, as well as various ancient artifacts that were damaged for various reasons.

With these scriptures as supplements, Qitian's Dao and Dharma became increasingly perfect, and his own cultivation continued to improve. In this starry sky so desolate that it was almost devoid of any life, Qitian successfully broke through and became a saint.

It was during this process that he came to a profound realization of why no one from his homeland had ever been able to travel to other star systems and return again over the years.

Firstly, the distance is simply too far, and crossing such a long distance without any supplies would require an extremely high level of cultivation.

Secondly, ancient stars occasionally explode completely in this starry sky, and the aftershocks are enough to kill countless cultivators; and there are countless other dangerous terrains formed for various reasons.

Thirdly, there is no direction; one can only grope their way forward in the starry sky. Therefore, successfully escaping this no-man's-land would indeed be extremely difficult.

Under the influence of these multiple factors, Qitian may be the first cultivator from his ancient star to come to another star field in tens of thousands of years.

After embarking on the ancient starry road, Qi Tian's talent naturally attracted everyone's attention. He swept across this ancient starry road and encountered almost no powerful enemies.

His experience cultivating in his hometown and in that uninhabited starry sky made his foundation extremely solid. Coupled with his already exceptional talent, Qitian's performance was no less than that of most young Daoists.

The fact that such a talented cultivator could be born in such an era has deeply impressed countless cultivators along the Starry Sky Ancient Road.

However, they also felt some regret, since the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth was currently in a low period of inactivity, and cultivation would become more difficult as they progressed, especially at the stages of Great Sage and Quasi-Emperor.

In this situation, it would indeed be extremely difficult to ultimately leap to become an emperor.

However, Qitian was not affected by these things. He focused on his own cultivation, comprehended the mysteries of the countless ancient scriptures he obtained, and later perfected his own ancient scriptures. Before breaking through this ancient star road, he had already become a Great Sage and even touched the forbidden domain.

However, due to his past experiences, Qitian did not take in any followers, but instead embarked on this endless path of arduous cultivation alone.

It was during this time that Qitian understood the future of the path of cultivation. Even if he were invincible for a lifetime and became a Dao Prover, he would not be able to bring the dead back to life or turn back time, which was undoubtedly a cause for despair.

However, the existence of the Immortal Sect did not discourage Qi Tian; instead, it strengthened his resolve. What even an Extreme Dao Emperor could not do, he might be able to do after becoming an Immortal.

If he can ascend to immortality and become a true immortal, then perhaps everything he pursues will be possible.

With this in mind, Qitian, who had recently become a Great Sage, successfully arrived at the final ancient road.

But at that moment, he sensed an extremely powerful aura, which made him involuntarily release his own energy to confront it.

Although it was only a brief exchange, Qi Tian still sensed that this was a formidable enemy who could truly rival him.

On the crystal tablet before the ultimate ancient road, Qitian found out who this aura came from; that person left behind only the two words "light".

He smiled calmly and left the name "Qitian" on the crystal tablet.

(End of this chapter)