Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 573 Two Major Alliances
Having reached the ninth level of Quasi-Emperor, Changsheng truly has no rivals in the current human universe.

After all, the previous tens of thousands of years were a period when the laws of heaven and earth were not active and unfavorable to cultivation. To cultivate to a high-level quasi-emperor in such an era was as difficult as ascending to heaven, let alone achieving enlightenment through alternative means.

Moreover, whether it is the initial alternative path to enlightenment or the complete alternative path to enlightenment, it is something that only those with the potential to become emperors can achieve. If one does not have enough talent, then no matter how much time or resources one has, it is impossible to cross this threshold.

Therefore, in the current human universe, even those who are about to attain enlightenment at the peak of the ninth level have not appeared in the open. As a young ancient emperor, Changsheng is indeed a top-tier expert.

Therefore, a large part of Changsheng's prestige was due to his strength; at this point, Changsheng was already capable of making the ancient clans flee in terror.

However, just as Changsheng began to unite the various tribes of the human race, the ancient races that had deep-seated conflicts with the human race were not to be outdone. They also formed an ancient race alliance, and the leader of the alliance was the Beast God, who had a long-standing grudge against Changsheng.

In today's human universe, there are not many prodigies who can be called young ancient emperors like Changsheng.

Xin Lingxiao is the son of Emperor Ming, and the divine race behind him is already very powerful. Even though the number of divine race members is small and it is difficult for them to expand on a large scale, they are more than capable of protecting themselves.

Moreover, since Emperor Ming, the gods have always had an ambiguous attitude towards the human race, so these ancient races that have accumulated grudges against the human race cannot rely on him.

As for Brahma, the Five Elements, and Xuanhuang, regardless of their race, these ancient clans couldn't find them at all. Clearly, they didn't want to get involved in this affair and only wanted to focus on their own cultivation.

The past of these three people has long been lost in the river of history. In today's human universe, almost no one knows about their past. These ancient races don't even know that they were once enlightened beings who have returned to cultivation.

Therefore, they could only place their hopes on the Beast God. Although the Beast God's reputation was damaged due to his retreat during the battle against Changsheng on the Ultimate Ancient Road, the battle between him and Changsheng was still undecided, and their previous battles had been evenly matched.

Bringing in an opponent who is on par with Changsheng to compete against him is one of their few options.

After all, they had a blood feud with humanity, and they couldn't just surrender. The potential reckoning and a series of unequal treaties would be enough to completely crush them. Therefore, they had to make one last desperate attempt.

The Beast God was naturally pleased with this, as it would be of immense benefit to him. He readily agreed to the ancient clans' request and immediately began utilizing their resources to facilitate his cultivation.

Over the years, his progress has slowed down. Even though he possesses the true potential of an emperor, he has begun to feel the limitations and can no longer progress as rapidly as before. If this continues, he might fall behind Changsheng.

Therefore, the fact that these ancient tribes were willing to support him in his fight against immortality can be seen as relieving his immediate crisis.

Thus, the Beast God began to continuously draw upon the resources and traditions of various races to aid his cultivation, truly achieving the integration of the strengths of all beasts, shaping a perfect divine body, and making the Dao and Dharma he cultivated even more perfect.

After learning about Changsheng's current cultivation progress through information from various ancient clans, the Beast God began to use these ancient clans to develop followers and collect faith power, so that the name of the Beast God would be truly fitting.

Even though he had already reached the Quasi-Emperor stage, Changsheng's cultivation continued to advance without any pause, which put pressure on the Beast God. If this continued, his cultivation speed might fall behind Changsheng's.

If he were to be even a step too slow in the face of an opponent like Changsheng, it would mean that he would have no chance of becoming the emperor of this era, and it would be of no use even if he had the talent to become the emperor in a different era.

Given his feud with Changsheng, if he loses, he will most likely lose the chance to seal himself away and try to attain enlightenment in the next life. Even if Changsheng doesn't kill him, his mental state will be damaged, and whether he can attain enlightenment in the future will become uncertain.

Therefore, the Beast God harbored no illusions. In order to surpass immortality, the Beast God decided to use the power of faith to aid his cultivation and make himself stronger. Because he chose to directly incorporate the power of faith into himself and his natal treasure to accelerate his cultivation, the Beast God faith he spread was very clear and purely directed towards himself.

Although the ancient races were dissatisfied with this matter, they had no choice but to endure it in order to defeat the immortals, prevent the rise of the human race, and settle scores with them.

Thus, the Beast God began to accelerate his cultivation with the help of faith, eventually maintaining a cultivation speed similar to that of Changsheng. Over the years, he also became a cultivator at the ninth level of the Quasi-Emperor realm, confronting Changsheng and the organized human race.

However, this also directly relieved the human settlements that Changsheng had not yet been able to reach. These ancient races were also afraid of being wiped out by Changsheng and the human alliance behind him, so they had no choice but to quickly band together to fight back, and the blockade imposed on many human forces simply disappeared.

After re-establishing contact with the outside world, these groups of humans quickly sent envoys to join the alliance formed by the Longevity Organization.

After learning everything about the Beast God and the Ancient Clan Alliance from human envoys in various regions, Changsheng remained calm, and even felt a hint of excitement.

On the ultimate ancient road, he had not yet determined the victor of the Beast God, which made him somewhat regretful at the time.

Now, the Beast God not only rivals him in personal cultivation, but has also united many ancient clans to form an alliance to fight against the human race, which he has now reorganized.

From this perspective, the Beast God might be his most important opponent. However, this battle obviously won't break out immediately.

Chang Sheng understood that the Beast God probably wanted to cultivate until he could not advance any further, and then use the great battle to break through the barrier and complete the most crucial final leap.

Changsheng himself shared this idea, so naturally he wouldn't start a war prematurely.

Moreover, even disregarding their own interests and considering only the human race, it would take time for the various human powers to unite and cooperate, forming a valiant and disciplined coalition army. Therefore, the decisive battle cannot be rushed.

Changsheng took stock of the human forces he had cultivated over the past hundred years and identified the remaining forces as his next targets for wooing.

At this time, the human forces that had not yet recognized his position as emperor were mainly four: the Undying Golden Body lineage, the True Profound Divine Dynasty which was re-established with the help of the Undying Golden Body lineage and the Bright Emperor, the Azure Heaven Overlord Body lineage, and finally the divine race.

Of course, there is actually another powerful force that stands apart from the world, but no one except Changsheng has ever thought of it, and that is the Immortal Tomb.

Although no one in the human universe knows that the Lord of the Immortal Tomb is actually the Longevity Celestial Venerable who has transformed into an Earth Immortal, the human race does indeed hold absolute dominance within the Immortal Tomb.

In this era where the human universe has evolved into a battleground for all races, the Immortal Tomb, which still retains the emphasis on sectarianism over race from the mythological era, is quite unique.

Because of its relatively independent existence, the struggle for supremacy among the myriad races in the human universe did not affect the life within the Immortal Tomb at all. Therefore, these human forces never imagined that the Immortal Tomb was actually a very important branch of the human race.

Although Changsheng didn't say it, he secretly included the Immortal Tomb in his future plans.

(End of this chapter)