Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 495 The End of the Trial
From the moment they advanced to Quasi-Emperor level, the Ultimate Ancient Road became the exclusive domain of the Son of Light and Abandoned Heaven. Everyone else had fallen behind them, and only the two of them continued to venture deeper into the Ultimate Ancient Road.

In terms of bloodline and scriptures, the foundation of the Son of Light is naturally superior to that of Qitian. However, Qitian has cultivated in that ancient star that is about to perish for a long time, and under the suppression of the Great Dao, he has obtained an extremely solid foundation. Therefore, the two still did not determine a winner even after becoming quasi-empresses.

Because the Great Dao is not revealed, even though they have gained immense benefits on the ultimate ancient path, their cultivation still cannot make rapid progress.

Even these young emperors were eventually suppressed by the forces of heaven and earth, unable to make further progress. This suppression was even more terrifying than what they had felt during their Great Sage days.

This is why, even though they all harbored invincible ambitions, they lacked sufficient confidence in their ability to attain enlightenment.

Two hundred years have passed, and the two of them have basically seized all the opportunities that were useful to them in the ultimate ancient road, but their cultivation level has only increased to the third level of Quasi-Emperor.

By this time, they were already around a thousand years old.

It should be understood that, under normal circumstances, such a gifted young ancient emperor should, by the time he is a thousand years old, at least become a high-level quasi-emperor, even if he cannot directly reach the point of making the ultimate leap like Gai Jiuyou and others.

When Ye Fan was a little over a thousand years old in later generations, the geniuses of those golden ages were already around the high-level Quasi-Emperor stage. Although these people came from different eras, their actual cultivation age wouldn't be much longer than Ye Fan's.

This shows that the influence of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth on cultivation is extremely significant.

Of course, Gai Jiuyou was indeed a miracle, because he triggered the Great Tribulation of Proving the Dao at the age of a thousand under the dual suppression of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth being invisible and the traces of the Azure Emperor's Dao still remaining.

However, the speed of cultivation does not fully represent future achievements; it is only one indicator.

The Divine Child of Light and the Abandoned Heaven engaged in a fierce battle at the end of the ultimate ancient road to test the final outcome. After all, they would each have to cultivate separately and find their own path afterward.

This journey of trials, in which we have always encouraged, supported, exchanged ideas, and learned from each other, is nearing its end.

Over the years of cultivation, both the Son of Light and the Abandoned Heaven have forged their own paths and continuously perfected them, making them increasingly powerful.

However, they had finally hit a bottleneck, and their cultivation could no longer improve. So, one reason was that they would practice for each other because they would be cultivating separately afterward, and the other was that they would seek a way to break through in a life-or-death battle.

Amidst the interplay of dazzling divine light and dark gloom, the Son of Light and the Abandoned Heaven engaged in close combat.

Because of the divine vision of light that the Son of Light obtained from the divine emperor's vision, the Son of Light subtly gained the upper hand. No matter what kind of attack Qitian launched, the opponent had no blind spots or weaknesses, but Qitian was indeed in true human form.

The Supreme Celestial Venerable Wuji once used this miraculous aspect to defeat all heroes with an impeccable defense, establishing his invincible reputation on the ultimate ancient path.

Now, the Son of Light has also mastered this divine power, causing Qitian, the only one who can fully experience this troublesome aspect, to suffer greatly.

However, Qitian also had his own insights. He comprehended a peerless divine power from the destruction of stars and the collapse of the Great Dao, called Qitian Juedao. It can temporarily dispel the laws of heaven and earth and create a lawless and unruly place, which greatly affects the divine power of the God of Light and makes it difficult to work.

Therefore, the battle between the two sides remained deadlocked, with no clear winner.

However, as the battle progressed, the two of them had a sudden inspiration and simultaneously triggered the divine restriction, each unleashing a supreme divine power that completely surpassed their past selves.

The Son of Light formed the Light Fist Seal, condensing endless divine light into a single point, as if to split the heavens and earth, bringing light to the dark and ignorant world and pointing out the path to the future for all beings. This move was the light of hope, the light of life, and the light of creation. His punch pierced directly through Qitian's chest.

Qitian also held the Qitian Divine Seal in his hand, as if it had evolved a special law different from the current world, which could destroy and hinder the operation of the existing laws, break the old order, and change the world.

His attack blew half of the Son of Light's skull off.

The two stood motionless for a long time, seemingly prepared to perish together. However, the laws and Daoist principles flowing within their bodies grew stronger and more perfect.

Through this great battle and the divine restriction triggered when they fought to their hearts' content, both of them fell into a deep state of enlightenment.

After a long while, once they had emerged from their divine state and finished their enlightenment, the two separated and began to heal their injuries.

Although they didn't achieve a clear victory in this battle, they gained valuable insights into their future path. At least for the time being, they will no longer be hindered by bottlenecks and can continue to advance by one or two minor realms.

The Divine Child of Light said, "Brother Qitian, we'll meet again in the future."

Qi Tian cupped his hands and said, "Brother Guangming, take care."

The two exchanged a smile, clearly showing mutual appreciation.

They had agreed to fight again in five hundred years, so after saying goodbye, they went their separate ways.

Throughout this process, Qitian remained a lone figure, so his departure was quite swift. Aside from taking some resources with him to his ancient star that could be used to develop a cultivation civilization, he had no other commitments and thus quickly and completely departed.

The Son of Light not only has old followers, but also some new followers who joined after entering the Ultimate Ancient Road, so he needs to stay on the Ultimate Ancient Road for a while to guide the cultivation of others.

However, while these people still have potential, it is limited, and they need a lot of time to accumulate it before they can continue to improve.

Even so, they, and even the other geniuses on the ultimate ancient path, can only become quasi-emperors at most.

People like the Chaotic Ancient Emperor, who can continuously raise their limits through hard work and experience, are indeed extremely rare, even rarer than the ancient emperors.

Therefore, this era's war has come to a complete end for everyone except for the Son of Light and the Abandoned Heaven.

Soon, his followers followed him away from the Ultimate Ancient Road, as there were some old scores to settle.

And the races they represent have finally reached the point where they can unite and accomplish something great in the universe.

After all, a quasi-emperor at the third level who has triggered divine restrictions multiple times, established himself in the forbidden realm at a young age, and possesses genuine potential as a young ancient emperor is indeed a great supernatural being of great importance in the current human universe. There are very few cultivators who can confront him head-on.

Therefore, redividing spheres of influence is a piece of cake.

(End of this chapter)