Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 602 Another Defeat to Xin Lingxiao

After news of Changsheng's slaying of the Beast God spread, the human universe was once again in an uproar. After all, this meant that the current Dao Prover was basically confirmed.

This era is another era belonging to the human race.

Human forces across the universe were emboldened by this momentum, while other races had their own thoughts.

Soon, under Changsheng's leadership, the human race launched a full-scale counterattack, regaining all the lost territories. The ancient races that had deep-seated hatred for the human race were also purged one by one.

Although the ancient races no longer have a central leader, their power remains immense, and it seems extremely difficult for the human race to eliminate them one by one.

But with Changsheng as the stabilizing force, all resistance from those ancient clans is futile. After all, to resist Changsheng now, they would need to have another peerless genius among them who has achieved enlightenment through unconventional means.

Therefore, those ancient clans abandoned their pawns to save their king. Before the human race could completely defeat them, they began to collapse on their own. They sent envoys hoping that Changsheng would let them go, offering to negotiate terms.

Changsheng was not a bloodthirsty person, so he was relatively lenient with the conditions proposed by the various ancient races. Apart from a very few extreme races that wanted to be completely annihilated, most races only had to pay a lot of compensation and eliminate all individuals within their race who had blood feuds with humans.

These conditions seem relatively lenient, but they are enough to severely damage these ancient clans, and it is unknown how long it will take for them to recover.

After all, their race had been at war with the human race for a long time, and most of their core members had perished. Moreover, under Changsheng's supervision, they simply couldn't fabricate anything.

In order to preserve their races, large-scale rebellions broke out among the various races. Countless ancient race cultivators who had grudges against the human race broke away from their races and began to hide throughout the universe.

And they will also be hunted down by humans and their own original race.

This massive purge naturally resulted in rivers of blood and widespread suffering. But Changsheng, who had already secured his position as the Human Emperor, showed no mercy.

After all, just seeing from their memories how these ancient races treated humans was enough for him to abandon all mercy and execute them one by one in the coldest and cruelest way.

Time flies, and this purge lasted for over a hundred years before it was largely completed. Even now, many ancient cultivators on the purge list are still hiding and being hunted down by humans.

In this process, all the major clans suffered heavy losses, but in order to preserve their lineage, they had no choice but to do so.

After all, even the Light God Clan, which had produced a Light Emperor, chose to back down after Changsheng visited them, so they were even less capable of resisting.

After this round of purges was largely completed, humanity once again became one of the top races in the human universe, displaying a thriving and prosperous state. It is foreseeable that if this continues, a glorious era for humanity is on the horizon.

The immortal who created this situation not only had his name as the Human Emperor resound throughout the universe, but also had countless forces of faith converge, making his Human Emperor Seal even more divine.

However, Changsheng did not continue to manage clan affairs at this time, but returned to his hometown, Ziwei. He retrieved a massive Xuan Yin Black Crystal from the heavens, as large as a mountain, and carefully carved it into a huge city, which he erected near his former hometown.

Because this place is one of the intersections of the sacred Lingguan site and the protective array of Ziwei Star, it can almost be considered the central location of Ziwei Star. Therefore, Changsheng named this city, which he built with his own hands, Tianyuan.

In the future, after he attains enlightenment, he will use this place as the core to build a brand new grand formation on Ziwei Star, closely integrating it with the existing protective formation. But for now, he is cultivating here with his family and friends.

As time continued to pass, Changsheng began to move towards the ultimate goal of achieving enlightenment in an unconventional way. However, he also found it increasingly difficult to suppress himself and was on the verge of losing control, which would trigger the great tribulation of enlightenment.

Even though the human race had basically stabilized and Changsheng was no longer bothered by trivial matters, Xin Lingxiao, Wuqi, Xuanhuang, and Fantian still did not come to challenge him.

This is certainly not because they have given up competing with Changsheng, but because after witnessing Changsheng's performance in defeating the Beast God, they are no longer confident in defeating Changsheng and therefore need to make more preparations.

And so, another hundred years passed. By this time, Changsheng was over fourteen hundred years old, and his strength had become even more terrifying, bringing him infinitely close to the pinnacle of alternative path to enlightenment.

Although he was waiting for the other four to challenge him, he was also constantly accumulating his skills, hoping to achieve the maximum result in his final leap. Therefore, although he could have made the final leap much earlier, he always suppressed himself and did not take that step.

Finally, Xin Lingxiao arrived at Ziwei Star and quietly locked onto Changsheng's aura. Changsheng knew that Xin Lingxiao was about to make one last desperate attempt.

At this moment, Xin Lingxiao's aura was even stronger, but Changsheng couldn't help but frown slightly.

Because at this time, Xin Lingxiao had cultivated the Ancient Scripture of Divine Transformation and used it to elevate his divine blood to the level of Supreme Divine Blood. Thanks to the fact that Emperor Ming was already of Supreme Divine Blood when he was born, his divine blood was even higher than that of the Divine Emperor Body. Moreover, Emperor Ming had conducted various studies on this, so it did not take him long to take this step.

However, while this made him more powerful, it also put him in another kind of constraint.

This is because it is the Dao of the Limitless Heavenly Venerable, not his own. Unless he can thoroughly understand this ancient scripture and make his own modifications, he cannot break free from its constraints. Even the Ming Emperor at that time cultivated for a thousand years before succeeding. Although the obscurity of the laws of heaven and earth was a factor, it still demonstrates the difficulty of this process.

By making this choice, Xin Lingxiao has essentially given up on achieving enlightenment in this lifetime. After all, no one will wait for him to break through this constraint over hundreds or thousands of years. Not to mention, he might not even be able to break through this constraint like the Ming Emperor; he might simply be trapped and die.

Seeing Changsheng's reaction, Xin Lingxiao said, "You figured it out?"

Changsheng said, "You want to emulate Emperor Ming?"

Xin Lingxiao said, "No, it's just that I can no longer keep up with your progress except for this method."

Changsheng said, "Is that so? Then you may make your move."

Immediately, the two engaged in a fierce battle in the starry sky. On the unorthodox path to enlightenment, Changsheng had progressed faster and further than Xin Lingxiao, forcing Xin Lingxiao to rely on the Ancient Scripture of Divine Transformation to cultivate supreme divine blood to compensate for his shortcomings in cultivation. Combined, these two factors made Xin Lingxiao's strength even more terrifying.

But when facing Changsheng, he felt that same sense of powerlessness again. Last time, he had pushed Changsheng to his limit and only lost after continuously improving his abilities, but this time, the gap between them had widened considerably.

Even though Shen Lingxiao possessed a more powerful origin and physical body thanks to the supreme divine blood, he still could not resist the power of the eternal Yin.

In the end, he was defeated again.

(End of this chapter)