Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 536 Returning Home
Upon understanding all of this, Chen Chong was at a loss for words.

He murmured, "Senior brother, even you aren't confident this time?"

The Holy Master of Lingguan, Yun Xian, wasn't always as cold-blooded and thoughtful as he is now. On the contrary, he was once a man who acted impulsively and passionately, and careful planning was never his style.

This is precisely why he killed several holy sons from other holy lands and sects out of momentary anger and personal grudges, making countless enemies.

In that perilous situation where he was ambushed and killed, the Holy Master of Lingguan suffered betrayal from his friends, the death of his brothers in battle, and the sacrifice of Chen Chong, who burned his life to save him, burying his own future.

From that day on, Lingguan Saint Master Yunxian learned to plan carefully before acting, to consider the overall situation, and to suppress and eliminate his own emotions so as not to be influenced by reason and make wrong judgments.

It was from that day on that he became the person most people know him to be.

However, because of this, he never suffered such a loss again, and instead, he progressed smoothly to this point, becoming the true leader and successor of the Lingguan Holy Land.

No matter what happens, he can arrange various plans and backup plans to achieve his goals perfectly. But it was from this point on that he began to calculate gains and losses almost ruthlessly, even using his life as a bargaining chip.

Although Chen Chong didn't like his current state, he understood that it was a necessity dictated by circumstances. Moreover, the calculations he displayed were ultimately for the sake of humanity.

Therefore, Chen Chong has always wholeheartedly supported him over the years, and only on very rare occasions has she criticized him for being unreasonable and thus disobeying orders.

And every time he disobeyed orders and caused other consequences, the Holy Master of Lingguan was able to find other ways to smooth things over.

It can be said that in Chen Chong's mind, the Holy Master of Lingguan was definitely a master strategist.

But this time, the Holy Master of Lingguan deliberately orchestrated his departure from the Lingguan Holy Land, indicating that he wasn't confident he could easily resolve the potential chaos within the Holy Land. At the very least, he lacked the confidence to protect Chen Chong's life during this chaos, which is why he did this.

Based on the Holy Master of Lingguan's understanding of Chen Chong, he knew that once Chen Chong understood all this, he would never leave the Holy Land of Lingguan to seek refuge, even if it meant his death.

Chen Chong is definitely not a stupid person. He may be out of touch with the news and his thinking may be a little slow, but sooner or later he will figure out the danger that is about to erupt in the Lingguan Holy Land.

Only the act of treating others as bargaining chips, which Chen Chong personally detests the most, can cause him to lose his composure and affect his judgment.

If this bargaining chip is one of his closest people, his disciple, then Chen Chong's attention will be completely diverted, making him unable to notice the great chaos that is about to occur in the Lingguan Holy Land.

In this way, the master and apprentice naturally moved away from the eye of the storm.

Having figured all this out, Chen Chong was both moved and furious. He immediately changed his tune and said, "Chang Sheng, you heard what that ancient clan sage just said. War is coming soon, and the Lingguan Holy Land is destined to become the most dangerous place and the starting point of the great war."

"Therefore, you cannot return to the Holy Land of Lingguan. Where do you want to go? I will change the coordinates so you can go there quickly."

Just as Changsheng was about to speak, Chen Chong interrupted him, saying, "I know you also want to live and die with the Lingguan Holy Land, but your cultivation is too weak. You are the seed on which we place our high hopes, one of the hopes to change this chaotic situation."

"Whether it's the Purple Star or the Sacred Land of Spiritual Observation, it's not up to a junior at the first level of the Immortal Platform to sacrifice himself. If you want to fight them to the death, then you should cultivate diligently."

"One day, you will become like Ancestor Lingxu, a pillar of strength who can sit in Ziwei and deter all races from invading. Only then can you save the Holy Land of Lingguan and the Ziwei Star." "Or, you may go even further and become a true emperor, an invincible emperor belonging to my human race, thereby completely changing the situation of the entire universe. In that case, not only Ziwei, but the entire human race of the universe can stand at the pinnacle of all races."

"No matter where you go, it's better than going back to your death now."

Changsheng said, "But Master, you..."

Chen Chong smiled and said, "I am a person without a future. Whether the human race has me or not will not make much difference, so it doesn't matter whether I live or die. In fact, I might not even die. But you are different. Your future has infinite possibilities."

“I haven’t accomplished many great things in my life. The first thing was to help my senior brother become the Holy Master of Lingguan and witness him become the successor of the Lingxu Ancestor; the second thing I hope to do is to teach a disciple who can be remembered in history.”

"Immortality is my last wish. Can you help me fulfill it?"

Upon hearing this, Changsheng felt a pang of sadness and quickly replied, "Master, I will definitely do it."

Chang Sheng knew that Chen Chong had made up his mind to return to the Ling Guan Holy Land and contribute his strength, even his life. As a saint, it would be easy for him to subdue this cultivator at the first level of the Immortal Platform Realm and send him away.

Therefore, it is impossible for Changsheng to return to the sacred Lingguan Temple.

Chen Chong glanced into the distance and said, "Chang Sheng, they're about to break free. If you have nowhere to go, then I'll decide for myself."

Changsheng said, "I want to go home."

Chen Chong was taken aback upon hearing this, and then said, "That's true. Although your parents are not far from the Lingguan Holy Land, they will inevitably be affected once a great war breaks out."

"How about this, I'll go with you, and you can take them with you, and then we'll go our separate ways."

So, Changsheng took out a jade platform, and Chen Chong raced against time to modify the array patterns on it, finally setting the destination near Changsheng's hometown.

Although Changsheng had been going in circles all the way, he was never too far from his hometown, so he could still be teleported there directly.

Therefore, Chen Chong and Chang Sheng opened the domain gate and left the place before those ancient clan saints could escape, and erased the remaining traces.

But when Chen Chong reached the latter half of the void passage, his expression changed drastically. The void passage was being affected by an unknown force and began to become extremely unstable.

So he quickly formed the Lingxu Seal he had obtained from the Lingxu Ancestor, using the void laws contained within it to stabilize the void passage, thus ensuring the smooth progress of this teleportation.

Chen Chong and Chang Sheng both knew that something big was happening. Perhaps the great war centered on the Lingguan Holy Land was about to erupt. It was the fluctuations caused by this war that made the void near the Lingguan Holy Land unstable. Or perhaps, the invading ancient races were interfering with the void here.

Their destination was quite a distance from the Spirit Observation Holy Land, but the void passage they were in was being affected by an inexplicable force. For a moment, they couldn't imagine what the Spirit Observation Holy Land, the epicenter of the storm, was like now.

At this moment, a shadow fell over Changsheng's heart. Would his parents be affected by this great battle? How were they now?

(End of this chapter)