Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 497 Victory and Defeat
In the years that followed, the Son of Light began to lead his followers to form a large alliance, developing his power while collecting and searching for various resources needed for his cultivation, as well as ancient scriptures, supernatural powers, and even the insights of previous cultivators.

These races, regardless of size, have deeply recognized the immense potential of the Son of Light.

For a peerless genius who has the potential to attain enlightenment and has already reached the third level of Quasi-Emperor, they would naturally go all in and do everything in their power to help him succeed in attaining enlightenment.

Although there is still a competitor, Qitian, and given the current environment, the Son of Light may not be able to take the final step, if not now, he can simply seal himself away for the next life, right? The Son of Light has no Great Dao imprints restricting him.

Even if they still fail, with the potential of the Son of Light, becoming a Quasi-Emperor at the Ninth Heaven or even achieving Dao through an alternative path is almost guaranteed. Even the rewards given by cultivators of this level would be enough to bring them enormous benefits.

Therefore, the races to which these followers belong do everything in their power to provide all possible assistance to the Son of Light.

Even many races that had no connection to him began to try to recruit him with various offers, wanting to join this group with unlimited potential.

There are dozens of powerful clans that want to marry the God of Light with various generous conditions without the God of Light having to pay any price.

After all, with the kinship ties in place, the Son of Light would naturally take good care of them.

The Son of Light was naturally pleased with this outcome. Although he had few worldly desires, he still carefully selected several powerful clans to form marriage alliances.

These powerful clans all possess special bloodlines with strong bloodline power, and some even have the potential to replenish their bloodline power to produce sufficiently powerful offspring.

Although it is pragmatic, it is also an important guarantee that the Son of Light made for his people.

If they don't leave behind a few powerful descendants, the God of Light race will still have a considerable chance of declining after his ascension or death.

Moreover, sharing interests with these races would also help his Light God race to quickly grow into a top race in the universe.

Even from the perspective of one's own spiritual practice, this is necessary.

After all, it would be very difficult to make further progress if he relied solely on his own efforts in isolation. However, by leveraging the powerful influence of this interest group to gather sufficient resources, he could save himself a lot of hard work.

As the saying goes, "stones from other mountains can be used to polish jade," and the Light God, who was increasingly feeling that every step was difficult, naturally needed these things to help him cultivate.

Under these circumstances, the Light God's cultivation continued to improve. Although the progress was slow, it did not stagnate.

Compared to the luminous divine son who was well-versed in various scriptures and combined the strengths of many schools of thought, Qitian's cultivation and life seemed rather closed off.

He did not refer to the doctrines and methods of others, but focused on his own doctrines and methods, and improved himself from them.

He had hardly ever left his hometown; the furthest he had ever gone was to that ancient star nearby, which had become a dead zone.

In this terrifying, apocalyptic environment, Qitian began to explore his unorthodox supernatural powers that defied the laws of the human world.

Of course, besides his arduous cultivation, he was also gradually changing his homeland, the only star in this star field that had not yet completely perished.

Researching how to better revitalize it and transform it into a top-tier ancient star that gathers the essence of heaven and earth is also part of Qitian's daily routine.

Of course, besides this, Qitian also spread his teachings and methods all over this ancient star, promoting the continuous development of the cultivation forces there.

Because these people practiced the lineage that was based on his Dao and Dharma, Qitian was able to draw nourishment from their various ingenious ideas and continuously improve his self-created ancient scriptures.

Refining one's heart in the mortal world is also one of his commonly used cultivation methods. It seems simple, but Qitian has combined multiple cultivation methods and is not simply practicing in isolation.

Under these circumstances, his cultivation level also continued to improve, which in turn led to the advancement of his spiritual practice.

During the first five-hundred-year agreement, the 1,500-year-old Divine Child of Light and Abandoned Heaven only cultivated to the sixth level of Quasi-Emperor.

It took them five hundred years to advance only three minor realms, and that was even after they exhausted all their efforts and used various methods to accelerate their cultivation. This shows just how significant the difficulty of their cultivation was due to the obscurity of the Great Dao.

Unlike Qitian, who was almost reclusive and did not contact other major races in the universe, the Son of Light had already displayed his power and developed the aura of a superior who held great power and was the only one who mattered.

The two are like a hermit and an emperor.

Although they had a good relationship, they didn't exchange more than a few pleasantries before launching into a fierce battle.

This time, although their battle ended in a draw, a subtle difference in skill was evident. The Son of Light had a slight edge, causing Qitian to lose by half a move.

Of course, their confrontation was conducted in secret, and no one outside knew about it.

The Divine Child of Light said, “Brother Qitian, you have been living in seclusion, only working behind closed doors in your own little world. Now you have fallen behind, which shows that personal strength is ultimately limited and cannot completely overcome the limitations of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.”

"I invite you, fellow Daoist, to come down from the mountain and join me in comprehending the myriad laws of the world, to pool our wisdom and make progress together. What do you say? At that time, your hometown will become the brightest star and the most glorious holy land in this human universe."

Qi Tian said, "Brother Guangming, it's just a temporary victory or defeat, and the final outcome is still unknown. My path may not be impossible."

The Prince of Light said, "Then I'll wait and see."

Afterwards, they each went their separate ways to continue their own paths of cultivation, without wavering in the slightest.

Time flies, and another five hundred years have passed. Their second five-hundred-year agreement has arrived.

During this period, the two-thousand-year-old Divine Child of Light and Abandoned Heaven's progress slowed down even further, only advancing two minor realms to become Quasi-Emperor level eight.

Although it was a short time, the Light God Clan officially became a first-class race in the universe. Under the guidance of the Light God's Child and with the infusion of resources from other races, the Light God Clan grew rapidly and quickly accumulated a vast amount of resources.

This alliance, centered around the Son of Light, has grown increasingly large, showing signs of becoming an immortal divine dynasty.

As for Qitian, this ancient star has been completely reshaped by him, becoming extraordinary and a rare high-level ancient star in the universe. The cultivators within it have also made continuous progress, giving rise to many branch sects that have begun to thrive.

He himself stopped making public appearances and began to focus entirely on his spiritual practice.

Therefore, the aura of the Son of Light was even stronger, like an unparalleled emperor; while Qitian was ethereal and elusive, like a banished immortal descending to earth.

Without saying much, the two of them immediately launched into a fierce battle.

Although they still couldn't determine a clear winner this time, Qitian successfully turned the tide and took the lead.

(End of this chapter)