Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 600 One move is missing

The Beast God has been a formidable enemy, rivaling the Immortal since the beginning of the Starry Sky Ancient Road, with no clear victor for centuries. His talent is recognized by everyone, even by Xin Lingxiao, as the potential of an Ancient Emperor.

It can be said that if it weren't for this era, the Beast God would have had a very high probability of successfully attaining enlightenment.

But now, he has encountered an even more terrifyingly talented immortal. In the final battle leading up to his ambition—to become emperor—he was defeated.

This result naturally brings joy to some and sorrow to others.

The human race was naturally overjoyed with this outcome. Changsheng had successively defeated Xin Lingxiao, the son of Emperor Ming, and also defeated the Beast God, who had previously been considered his equal. It seemed that the final victor of this era was no longer in doubt.

After all, Brahma, Xuanhuang, and the Five Elements were merely fleeting phenomena, and there are no records of them making a move after the Ultimate Ancient Road. To say that they can be compared to the Beast God or even the Immortal would be something few people would believe.

But the situation is different for the ancient races. The neutral forces are alright, but those ancient races who joined the ancient race alliance to fight against the human race because of their grudges against the human race have mixed feelings.

After a true human emperor is born, even if they are not wiped out, they will probably be severely weakened and may even fall into decline.

The outcome of the battle between Shen Lingxiao, Fantian, Xuanhuang, and the Five Qi Alliance was not too unexpected, but they still felt a sense of awe for Changsheng's talent and strength.

After all, these bystanders clearly saw that Changsheng attained enlightenment when he was evenly matched with the Beast God, thus becoming stronger in battle and ultimately defeating the Beast God.

If they were to face the Beast God, even if they could win, they would likely find it difficult to gain enlightenment and make progress during the battle.

When Shen Lingxiao thought about how Changsheng had also grasped the essence of the Taiyin Body's perfection from a battle of equal strength, thus achieving victory, he couldn't help but feel a sense of powerlessness.

He had thought that after completely breaking through the shackles that Emperor Ming had deliberately left to hone him, he could make rapid progress and challenge immortality again, but now it seems that he was overthinking it.

At least for now, he has no confidence in challenging immortality.

While the onlookers had their own thoughts, the two on the mythical battlefield stopped fighting altogether.

Changsheng said, "You lost."

The Beast God struggled to heal his injuries and said with a sense of loss, "Yes, I lost. Meeting you was the luckiest thing that ever happened to me, but also the cruelest."

"Because of your pressure, I was able to continuously improve, gain the support of those ancient clans to complete my path, and thus fully develop my potential. But it is also because of you that I lost the possibility of proving the Dao."

"I have sealed myself away from this life tens of thousands of years ago, abandoning everything from the past, all for the sake of proving the Dao, becoming an emperor, and ascending to immortality. In this era, I have nothing, only this dream sustains me to keep moving forward."

"But now, my dream is shattered. Changsheng, why don't you just kill me?"

Changsheng said, "Because you haven't given up yet, have you?"

The Beast God chuckled helplessly, "You really can't hide anything from me. Although I've lost, I still have a chance. As long as I kill you, I won't have lost."

Changsheng said, "I'd like to see what methods you have to kill me."

The Beast God sighed. If he had been defeated by someone else, he might have had a chance to continue cultivating and challenge again, or he could simply seal himself away in the next life to pursue the path to enlightenment.

But Changsheng would not let him go; in this battle, defeat meant death. So even though the Beast God had already failed in the struggle for the path to enlightenment, he would still continue to struggle, even if it meant relying on external forces. After all, only by killing Changsheng could he have a future.

The Beast God took a deep breath, and countless streams of faith surged from his body, instantly transforming into a vast ocean that even submerged the nearby shattered ancient star.

Then, divine light flashed within the Beast God's Dao Palace Secret Realm, and the Beast God's Dao Self emerged from it, stepping into the boundless power of faith. With a core in place, this power of faith rapidly condensed, transforming into another Beast God, whose aura was identical to the original.

The Beast God consumed all the faith power he had accumulated before, and with his Dao Self as the core, he briefly condensed a one-time avatar that was equivalent to his original body.

Next, he took out an array diagram, with his main body and dharma body each occupying one side. In addition, three other supreme artifacts of the Dao attainment level, including his own natal magic treasure, were also integrated into this array diagram. The array diagram grew in the wind, encompassing longevity within it.

Seeing this, Changsheng released the Human Emperor Seal. This black seal had been receiving a large amount of faith power over the years, and had long since become infinitely close to a true supreme imperial weapon. In addition, with the innate Dao diagram obtained from the Ziwei Star Guardian Array, even a supreme imperial weapon would find it difficult to contend with it.

In an instant, a fierce clash erupted between the two sides. The deity of the Human Emperor Seal was revived. He held the seal in one hand and evolved the innate Dao diagram in the other, engaging in a fierce battle with the Dharma body of the Beast God.

Changsheng then used the Xingzi Secret Technique to arrive next to a Supreme Artifact. With a single strike of the Human Dao Divine Fist, he shattered the Supreme Artifact into pieces, completely destroying it and even tearing a large hole in the array diagram.

But at that moment, the other two supreme artifacts, including the Beast God's own natal magic weapon, burst into raging flames, unleashing terrifying power at the cost of self-destruction to attack Changsheng.

The Longevity Cycle used the power of Yin to resist, engaging in a fierce tug-of-war with these two forces.

At that very moment, the true form of the Beast God appeared silently, a black gourd appearing in his hand. He shouted, "My darling, turn around! The gourd transforms into a sword!"

An indestructible divine essence transformed into a celestial sword and spewed out from the gourd's mouth, instantly severing the Taiyin power that Changsheng used to protect his body and beheading him directly.

Then, the Beast God Kunpeng flapped its wings and leaped directly outside the array. Inside the array, with Changsheng unable to recover and retaliate immediately after being beheaded, the Beast God directly caused its Dharma body, forged with the power of faith, along with the entire array and the supreme artifact within, to dissolve into the Dao.

Instantly, a raging fire of the Dao, capable of incinerating all things, blazed fiercely in the mythical battlefield, enveloping both the Longevity Seal and the Human Emperor Seal within it.

Although the price paid by the Beast God was extremely heavy, it was all worth it as long as it could kill Changsheng.

Just as the Beast God was lamenting that he couldn't win directly and had to resort to such a trick, a familiar Yin energy stood firm in the sea of ​​fire and became even stronger.

Suddenly, layers of intricate Dao diagrams appeared on Changsheng's body, continuously eroding the power of the Dao Transformation Flame. Just then, Changsheng managed to reattach his head.

This is a forbidden artifact that Changsheng accidentally obtained while traveling through the universe. It was created by an ancient deity from a mythical era who was studying word puzzles.

Although it was only a semi-finished product, and the secrets of the word puzzle had not been fully understood, it was still an absolute weapon of mass destruction. Changsheng had kept it hidden all along, and had not even used it when entering the Ancestral Star of the Azure Heaven Overlord and the Ancestral Star of the God Clan, but unexpectedly it was used up in the counterattack of the Beast God.

However, the Dao-transforming fire ignited by the Beast God was not completely extinguished; a small portion of it truly touched upon the Immortal Seal and the Human Emperor Seal.

However, the person and the seal were connected by aura, exuding a faint immortal charm as if they were immortal, and they withstood the burning of the remaining Dao fire and gradually extinguished it.

The Beast God looked at Changsheng emerging from the Dao Fire, but instead of trying to escape, he stayed where he was.

(End of this chapter)