Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 583 Reason
Cang Yun felt somewhat ashamed. This time, he had ultimately acted out of opportunism and failed to sever ties with the ancient clans immediately, which gave Xuanjing Quasi-Emperor an opportunity to win over some members of the Overlord Clan, thus causing this great chaos.

Although this incident did not cause any actual chaos, it exposed an extremely serious problem. The fact that so many members of the Overlord Body lineage could collude with the ancient clans is no small matter.

Even if a powerful emperor were to appear and grant him the power to restore order, the impact would still be extremely negative.

Cang Yun said, "Human Emperor, I have already apprehended all the main people involved in this incident, and the remaining accomplices are being arrested one after another. We will soon wipe them all out. Their leaders are two elders from my Hegemon Body lineage. I also want to know why they were persuaded by Xuan Jing."

Chang Sheng nodded slightly, and the two of them immediately entered the magnificent golden hall.

Gu Tan had been waiting there for quite some time. Only after seeing Chang Sheng did he breathe a sigh of relief and completely relax.

Under Cangyun's guidance, Changsheng sat in the middle, while he himself sat to Changsheng's right, and Gu Tan sat to Changsheng's left. As for the other high-ranking members of the Overlord Body lineage, they stood on the left and right sides respectively.

Although there are more than one person in the Overlord Body lineage who is higher in realm and stronger than Gu Tan, Gu Tan is, after all, the sect leader of the Undying Golden Body lineage. The cultivators of the Overlord Body lineage have all seen the Six Paths Treasure Wheel that just revived and the Undying Holy Emperor's Divine Thought within it.

Therefore, although Gu Tan was not the third person present, he symbolized the Undying Golden Body lineage, which, despite its decline, still possessed profound heritage. Thus, he was naturally qualified to sit next to Chang Sheng, just like Cang Yun.

Immediately, Cangyun spoke in a Daoist voice: "Bring them in."

Under Cang Yun's orders, two cultivators from the Overlord Body lineage were brought in. They were bound by thick shackles, and chains made of purple-gold divine iron pierced through their collarbones, binding them tightly. Countless runes emerged from the chains, sealing off their five secret realms as well.

In this situation, their cultivation and vital energy were completely locked, leaving them utterly unable to resist.

One of the two was older, and his vitality indicated that he had entered his twilight years, though he was still far from his death. His name was Cang Gu, one of the three Quasi-Emperor level eight cultivators of the Overlord Body lineage, and a senior figure who had been in charge of the Overlord Body lineage for thousands of years. Cang Yun had even received guidance from him.

Another quasi-emperor at the seventh level was Cangyun's greatest rival, named Xuanwu.

It was these two, along with several other mid-to-low-level Quasi-Emperors, who jointly activated the Overlord Bell and also competed with Cangyun for control of the Overlord Body Ancestral Star Guardian Array.

Upon seeing their appearance, Cang Yun couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness, but he quickly suppressed this emotion and said coldly, "Speak, why did you do this? What benefits did that Xuanjing promise you that would make you commit such a heinous act? Are you trying to destroy my Hegemon Body lineage?"

Cang Gu and Xuan Wu exchanged a glance and couldn't help but sigh.

Cang Gu said, "Since the Overlord Ancestor has already rejected our actions and chosen you and him, then I have nothing to hide anymore."

"What Xuanjing promised us was only to support the independence of my Hegemony lineage and to establish our own supreme divine dynasty."

Long before the Heavenly Overlord had attained enlightenment, the Overlord Body lineage was ambitious, hoping to use the secret techniques and scriptures created by this ancestor to make the Overlord Body lineage a top clan in the universe and rule over the endless starry sky.

However, with Yuanshi Tianzun still alive at the time, both he and Cangtian Bahuang had to restrain their ambitions. Cangtian Bahuang originally harbored similar thoughts, but after meeting Yuanshi Tianzun and Wuji Tianzun, he abandoned these goals and turned his attention to immortality and the future. After all, the world after ascension was far more vast than the small puddle of the mortal realm; confining himself to ruling and dominating the mortal world was clearly too narrow-minded.

After the disappearance of the Primordial Celestial Venerable, the first Dao Prover of this era was the Undying Heavenly Emperor. The Undying Divine Dynasty he established was unshakable. Therefore, although other cultivators of the Overlord Body lineage had ambitions, they could only lie low.

Later on, the Overlord of the Azure Sky abandoned this idea and focused more on his own cultivation and the protection of his descendants. Therefore, from this point on, the Overlord Body lineage became more conservative and did not expand outwards on a large scale.

Until recently, in the last tens of thousands of years, all cultivators in the human universe have weakened due to the obscurity of the laws of heaven and earth, and the foundation of the Azure Heaven Overlord Body lineage has naturally begun to stand out from the crowd. As a result, some of them have begun to develop ambitions and are no longer satisfied with confining their power to this small part of the starry sky.

The reappearance of the gods and their subsequent subtle independence from the human race through Emperor Ming's methods have stirred the ambitions of those in the Overlord lineage.

Now that the human race is weak, their Overlord lineage seems to be able to emulate the gods and become a large race independent or semi-independent of the human race, and expand to establish an Overlord Blood Dynasty.

Coincidentally, their generation also produced a Cangyun with exceptional talent. When the world changes, he might very well try to attain enlightenment and become a figure like Emperor Ming.

However, after Cang Gu tested him many times, he discovered that although Cang Yun had the idea of ​​expansion, he never thought of breaking away from the human race like the gods. Therefore, he could only hide his thoughts and secretly began to win over and cultivate people who had similar ideas to him.

As soon as the great era began, Cangyun indeed started to make rapid progress, constantly achieving various breakthroughs, which gave him more confidence.

However, every few hundred years, extraordinary geniuses like the Immortal and the Beast God were born in the human universe. With them around, it was difficult for them to achieve their goal.

The Xuanjing Quasi-Emperor was telling them that Changsheng was about to become the Human Emperor. If he successfully attained enlightenment, it would be completely impossible for their Hegemony lineage to become independent like the Gods.

After all, judging from Changsheng's performance, he will definitely put a shackle on the Hegemon Body lineage, making them inseparable from the human race.

However, if they support the Beast God, it will be different. Even if the Beast God attains enlightenment, it will not prevent the Overlord Body lineage from becoming independent from the human race and expanding its power. In fact, it will strongly support the Overlord Body lineage in order to suppress the human race.

Xuanjing valued this point, which is why he stayed in the Overlord Body lineage for a longer period of time and even promised many benefits on behalf of the Beast God.

After witnessing Changsheng's performance firsthand, they became even more certain that Cangyun was no match for Changsheng. If things continued this way, their Overlord Body lineage was destined to be suppressed by the Human Emperor and unable to remain independent.

So they made up their minds and used the Overlord Bell and the protective array to try and kill Changsheng. But unexpectedly, Changsheng was protected by the Six Paths Treasure Wheel, and Cangyun could communicate with and draw upon the divine thoughts of the Overlord Emperor Cangtian within the Overlord Bell.

Therefore, their plan failed and even had extremely negative consequences, which could only be dealt with by the divine will of the Heavenly Overlord and the Azure Clouds.

Therefore, Cang Gu and Xuan Wu were already heartbroken and naturally spoke their minds without reservation.

(End of this chapter)