Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 574 Borrowing a Treasure
After determining the next course of action, Changsheng entrusted Mu Renqing to represent him in negotiating with the major human forces to form a human alliance in order to prepare for the future war against the ancient race alliance under the Beast God.

As for the Ziwei Star human race, it was naturally represented by the Holy Lord of Lingguan, who selected cultivators to participate in this preparation for war.

Changsheng himself set off again, heading towards the ancestral star of the Undying Golden Body lineage.

Since the True Profound Divine Dynasty was rebuilt and re-established as a powerful force under the protection of the Undying Golden Body lineage, the True Profound Ancient Star and the ancestral star of the Undying Golden Body lineage are now very close to each other, forming a triangular relationship and helping each other.

Therefore, the pursuit of immortality was actually aimed at these two forces.

The Undying Golden Body lineage has been the guardian of humanity since the time of the Undying Holy Emperor. For tens of thousands of years before, when humanity was targeted, the Undying Golden Body lineage, much like the current Immortals, went out of their way to help other human races. Therefore, the Undying Golden Body lineage has always enjoyed a very good reputation.

The lineage of immortality and the lineage of the indestructible golden body share the same ideals, which is why he prioritized winning over the lineage of the indestructible golden body.

Of course, another reason is that the Undying Golden Body lineage has suffered heavy losses in recent years due to frequent wars with various ancient clans. Later, it was even subjected to a joint attack by multiple ancient clans, which greatly weakened its strength.

Therefore, thousands of years ago, the Undying Golden Body lineage could only be confined to their ancestral star, relying on the protective array left by the Undying Holy Emperor to protect themselves from the siege of countless ancient clans.

By the time of Changsheng's generation, not a single cultivator from the Undying Golden Body lineage had even embarked on the Ancient Starry Sky Road.

The True Profound Divine Dynasty was spared complete annihilation only under the protection of the Undying Golden Body lineage. Its subsequent recovery and growth were also supported by this lineage. Therefore, the True Profound Divine Dynasty naturally stood firmly by the side of the Undying Golden Body lineage, but as a result, they also suffered heavy losses.

Fortunately, the Ming Emperor forged their inherited divine sword into an ultimate imperial weapon, so they still had the ability to protect themselves.

However, just like the Undying Golden Body lineage, no prodigy in this generation of the True Profound Divine Dynasty has embarked on the Ancient Path of the Stars.

Changsheng traversed the endless starry sky and arrived at the ancestral star of the Undying Golden Body lineage, only to find that a large number of ancient races had gathered there and launched a fierce attack. These ancient races joined forces to activate a grand imperial formation, even incorporating an ultimate imperial weapon into it as its core.

The dazzling and magnificent divine light bursting forth in the dark universe, the pale golden phantom of an ancient god whose face could only be seen within the light, and the cyan divine pot with faint wing-like natural patterns engraved within it, all indicate that this array pattern and the ultimate imperial weapon are the foundation left behind by the Emperor of Light in the past.

Clearly, the Light Gods were also involved, and were even the main force behind it.

In fact, this is also closely related to Changsheng. After all, the newborn Prince of Light was personally killed by Changsheng, which created a deep-seated hatred between them. Therefore, the Light God Clan naturally could not let it go, so they joined the ancient clan alliance led by the Beast God to support the Beast God in killing Changsheng.

Judging from their past practices, the Undying Golden Body lineage is likely to become an important force for achieving immortality. Therefore, under the arrangement of the Beast God, these ancient races pretended to be lying low and actively preparing for war to lull the various human tribes into a false sense of security, while in reality they were secretly concentrating their forces to destroy the Undying Golden Body lineage in the shortest possible time.

Even if we can't destroy them, we can at least severely damage them so that they can't help us achieve immortality.

However, it was clear that the foundation of the Undying Golden Body lineage exceeded their imagination. Not only did they possess the Six Paths Treasure Wheel, the ultimate imperial weapon left behind by the Undying Holy Emperor, but several corpses of the Undying Golden Body also briefly revived under the effect of the great formation, unleashing terrifying combat power.

Although these corpses were far from their peak combat power, they were still enough to leave the ancient race helpless, leaving them with no choice but to resort to a war of attrition.

Although Changsheng had reached the ninth level of Quasi-Emperor, he still found it difficult to intervene in such a battlefield. This made Changsheng anxious; he did not want to see guardians of the Undying Golden Body lineage suffer such a fate. However, when it came to the power of the ultimate path, especially a complete imperial array and a fully revived ultimate imperial weapon, unless he achieved enlightenment through an unorthodox method or wielded an ultimate imperial weapon, it would be very difficult for him, a mere Quasi-Ninth Level cultivator, to change the course of the battle.

After all, although the Taiyin Body and the Undying Golden Body belong to the highest level of physique below the Chaos Body, at the Quasi-Ninth level, the Taiyin Body does not have the leapfrog progress that the Undying Golden Body can achieve after mastering its physique, directly resulting in combat power far exceeding that of ordinary Quasi-Ninth level individuals.

Of course, there are always trade-offs. While the Undying Golden Body allows one to possess power far exceeding that of an ordinary Quasi-Ninth level cultivator at the Quasi-Ninth level, it also has the limitation of not being able to attain Dao.

Although the Taiyin Body does not make such a leap forward, it does not affect the attainment of the Dao, and will continue to show stronger Taiyin power as the cultivation progresses.

However, the advantages of the Taiyin Body are all future matters. Unless the current Changsheng completes the accumulation of the ultimate leap, it will be difficult for him to do anything to a complete Imperial Dao Array Pattern and a fully revived Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon.

Wait, an ultimate imperial weapon? Chang Sheng's eyes suddenly lit up as he looked at the distant True Profound Ancient Star, which, although besieged, was far less intense than this one.

The True Profound Divine Dynasty's inherited divine weapon, the True Profound Divine Sword, is an ultimate imperial weapon. If he, a quasi-ninth-level cultivator, can wield this ultimate imperial weapon and fully revive it, it can become a key factor in changing the course of the battle.

Thus, Changsheng quietly departed, heading towards the True Profound Divine Dynasty. The True Profound Divine Dynasty only had a few low-to-mid-level Quasi-Emperor cultivators, the highest being no more than the fourth level of Quasi-Emperor. However, they were surrounded by three fifth-level Quasi-Emperors, each activating a portion of the Imperial Dao array patterns. Therefore, although the people of the True Profound Divine Dynasty were anxious, they were still unable to break the deadlock.

After all, the other side didn't want to fight them head-on or break through the True Profound Divine Dynasty; they just wanted to prevent any unforeseen changes from causing the True Profound Divine Dynasty to go out to provide assistance.

Changsheng quietly approached and activated the array patterns in the black seal that he had previously imprinted on his natal magic weapon. The new array patterns from the Ziwei Star Guardian Array and the Lingguan Holy Land Guardian Array were activated instantly, directly encompassing the three quasi-emperors and the Zhenxuan Ancient Star, completely sealing them off.

When Changsheng was refining this great seal, he hoped it would have the power to suppress all heavens and govern all paths. Therefore, he specially drew materials from the supreme array patterns of the Ziwei Star Guardian Array and the Lingguan Sacred Land Guardian Array, two array patterns from the Wuji Heavenly Venerable, and continuously combined and derived new array patterns to strengthen the divine power of the great seal.

Under the suppression of the Great Seal, the incomplete imperial array patterns of these three quasi-emperors were hindered from operating freely.

The reason why Changsheng's actions and the scene here went unnoticed was twofold: firstly, he concealed his aura, and secondly, because the great seal contained the Heaven-Deceiving Array Pattern, which could conceal the secrets of heaven.

The three men clearly recognized Changsheng and were immediately shocked, but now they had no chance.

Before they could react, Changsheng flicked his finger, and the three quasi-emperors were silently frozen by the power of Taiyin, losing their life force.

When the ancient clans deliberately withdrew their forces to prepare for war to confuse them, the True Profound Divine Dynasty had briefly made contact with the outside world. Therefore, they naturally knew everything about immortality. So they immediately stepped forward and said, "Greetings, Human Emperor."

Changsheng said, "We'll talk about these things later. I'd like to ask you fellow Daoists to lend me something."

The True Mysterious God Lord asked, "What does the Human Emperor wish to borrow?"

Changsheng said, "I want to borrow your True Profound Divine Sword to help the fellow Daoists of the Undying Golden Body lineage."

(End of this chapter)