Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 587 Battle
After fully recovering, Cangyun felt a sense of defeat. He had been defeated by both Changsheng and the Beast God, and both times the difference in skill was quite significant, not just a narrow defeat by a single move.

He thought that he would become stronger after undergoing the baptism of the Heavenly Blood Pool, or at least narrow the gap, but the result was still not much different.

The fact that Changsheng's Humanity Divine Fist and the Beast God's Myriad Beasts Divine Fist were evenly matched shows that Changsheng and the Beast God are on the same level, and it won't be easy to determine a winner.

Clearly, he still hadn't caught up with them, and there was almost no hope of catching up after that.

Those who are about to achieve the Dao at the peak of the ninth level will generally face a barrier as insurmountable as an insurmountable chasm, which is difficult to cross and break through.

To overcome this insurmountable barrier, one must continuously explore, truly attain enlightenment, and accumulate sufficient knowledge before crossing it, triggering the great tribulation of enlightenment, thereby achieving the ultimate leap and becoming an emperor.

Of course, if it is an era in which there are Daoists or the aura of the previous Daoist has not yet dissipated, then although they can cross this barrier, they cannot make the ultimate leap and can only achieve Dao in another way.

Although Cangyun is also a Daoist on the verge of enlightenment, and his realm is comparable to that of Changsheng and the Beast God, he has already sensed this insurmountable bottleneck and cannot find a way to continue accumulating strength and becoming stronger in a short period of time.

While Changsheng and the Beast God are also at this stage, they clearly still have room for improvement and have even found a direction to continue accumulating strength and becoming stronger.

Therefore, Cangyun suppressed all his former arrogance and turned his attention to pursuing an alternative path to enlightenment. However, the essence of cultivation is to overcome and surpass one's past self, so sending out these external influences actually helps him focus on himself, which is a good thing.

Cangyun said, "Human Emperor, you just exchanged a blow with that Beast God. Do you think you were confident of winning?"

After fighting the Beast God, the more Cang Yun thought about it, the more he felt that the Beast God was simply invincible. He had integrated countless true bloodstains with his inherited divine abilities, so he could be said to have no weaknesses.

After witnessing the Beast God's powerful physical body, he also tried to approach it from the perspective of primordial spirit or supernatural transformations, but he found that the Beast God was also extremely terrifying in these aspects, no weaker than his physical body.

Therefore, it seems that Changsheng will not have an easy time winning; he can only defeat his opponent through sheer strength. In the past few decades, Changsheng's attacks have almost always been swift and deadly, so Cangyun doesn't know if Changsheng possesses such power, which makes him somewhat worried.

Chang Sheng smiled slightly and said, "It's hard to say, but at least I won't lose."

Cangyun was relieved upon hearing this. Changsheng had always been a very humble person; if he said he wouldn't lose, then the situation should at least be a draw.

Cangyun shook his head, clearing his mind of these distracting thoughts, and said to Changsheng, "If it weren't for the Human Emperor's rescue, I would probably have been killed by him. This Beast God has integrated the strengths of all races, is infinitely versatile, and appears and disappears unpredictably. If he is determined to kill our human cultivators, it will probably cause great chaos."

"We need to find a way to counter him."

Chang Sheng nodded in agreement. If even Cang Yun was defeated by an advantage, then the others would only be in a more sorry state when facing the Beast God. Besides, he couldn't possibly follow the Beast God around forever.

Recalling the Beast God's attitude of regarding the ancient races as worthless, and his background of having almost no relatives or friends, only followers and collaborators, Changsheng also felt troubled.

He couldn't help but say, "This Beast God has no other ambitions besides proving his Dao. It's difficult to restrain him. Unless I openly challenge him and force him into a duel with me."

Cangyun said, "But what if he doesn't accept the challenge?"

Changsheng said, "As long as he still wants the ancient clan to continue supporting his cultivation and helping him collect faith power, he absolutely cannot back down." "Originally, I wanted to make defeating him the most crucial battle before proving his Dao, but now it seems that this battle will have to be brought forward."

In fact, there was another reason that Changsheng did not say: the Beast God was close to perfection, and he would soon no longer need the ancient clan's help in cultivation.

If he were to challenge him to a duel, the Beast God would certainly seize the opportunity to demand more benefits from the ancient race in order to achieve a final breakthrough, reach perfection, and no longer need the help of others.

During this process, the Beast God will naturally settle down and stop attacking the human race. After all, nothing is more important than his own cultivation.

Afterwards, Changsheng and Cangyun returned to Ziwei Star, the core of the human alliance. They chose this place as their core for three reasons: first, Changsheng himself came from this place; second, the protective array of Ziwei Star was of extremely high standard; and third, it was located in the center of the human race's core area.

Changsheng told the others about his desire to challenge the Beast God, and their expressions immediately varied. Was this battle, which had lasted for hundreds of years, finally coming to an end?
However, seeing that Changsheng was determined to do so, they couldn't object any further. Gu Tan suggested that Changsheng postpone the agreed-upon date of the decisive battle. Changsheng naturally didn't object to this.

So, Changsheng took a blank silk scroll woven from celestial silkworm silk, wrote the character "war" on it, and then sent it to the Ancient Clan Alliance.

Upon learning of this, the Beast God couldn't help but smile slightly: "Chang Sheng, it seems we are on the same wavelength this time."

In fact, the Beast God's previous attack on Cangyun was intentional. He hoped that Changsheng would make a big fuss to resolve this matter, so that he could take the opportunity to force the ancient clan to increase their demands.

These ancient clans had always worried that the Beast God would seize all their bloodlines and heritage, and then turn his back on them after successfully attaining enlightenment, so they had always held back. However, due to the Beast God's rapid progress, they were forced to invest heavily in helping him advance.

Now, their sunk costs are already very high, and their enmity with the human race is deepening, so they cannot afford to let the Beast God fail and can only continue to invest heavily.

Therefore, the Beast God immediately summoned the leaders of the various ancient clans to discuss the matter.

Looking at the seemingly ordinary silk scroll, the ancient clan leaders exchanged bewildered glances, none daring to open it. After all, it might contain the means to achieve immortality, and they feared they wouldn't be able to handle it and would make a fool of themselves.

Seeing the faint fear emanating from them, the Beast God sneered inwardly, but remained outwardly calm. He beckoned with his hand, took the silk scroll, and gently opened it, revealing only a simple and unadorned character: "War."

The Beast God said, "He's afraid I'll continue killing the core members of the human race, so he's forcing me into a decisive battle."

A quasi-emperor of the Light God race asked, "In your opinion, Alliance Leader, how should we respond?"

The Beast God said, "I cannot retreat from this battle, but we cannot start the battle now either. We must postpone it for a while and set a deadline to buy me time to become stronger."

Another ancient clan quasi-emperor asked, "I wonder if the alliance leader is confident of victory?"

The Beast God said, "That depends on whether you are willing to help me."

(End of this chapter)