Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 696 Second Generation
Upon returning to Ziwei Star after a long absence, the Sun Emperor couldn't help but feel a strong sense of loss and change. Fortunately, many of his acquaintances were high-level cultivators with accomplished cultivation, so they wouldn't all pass away so quickly.

The Sun Emperor was naturally closest to his homeland, so he spent the longest time preaching on Ziwei Star.

This generation of human prodigies on Ziwei Star is not as prosperous as during the reign of the Taiyin Emperor, but it is no worse than most places in the universe. These people have grown into Great Saints and Quasi-Emperors, becoming the new generation of leaders on Ziwei Star.

Aside from the Sun Emperor, the most outstanding prodigy of Ziwei Star is the Heavenly Demon King, who possesses the Heavenly Demon Body.

He obtained the Power Emperor's inheritance on the ancient star Gouchen, which allowed him to advance further. Although he was still no match for the Sun Emperor, he was already at the top level in the human universe.

Over the years, he has successfully surpassed all the other geniuses of Ziwei Star, becoming the only one among them to achieve supreme enlightenment through an unconventional path. Apart from him, the strongest of the other geniuses on Ziwei Star is only at the ninth level of the Quasi-Emperor realm.

Of course, the Heavenly Demon King was still a step below the true ancient emperor in terms of talent. Therefore, although he explored the field of alternative path to enlightenment very deeply, he did not reach the point of achieving complete alternative path to enlightenment.

However, at this time, the Heavenly Demon King organized many demon forces, uniting the already weak and scattered demons who were constantly fighting among themselves into a single force, and creating the renowned Heavenly Demon Alliance.

Although they still dare not contend with the human race, they at least possess a major power that is considered top-tier even on Ziwei Star.

After preaching and expounding the Dharma, and after meeting his old friends, the Sun Emperor, like the Moon Emperor, also founded a Sun Religion.

During this period, the Sun Emperor also left behind his bloodline, which became the mainstream of the Sun Cult.

In this sect that belongs to the Sun Emperor personally, and not to the Sun Human Emperor, what is naturally passed down is the Sun True Scripture that he created, while the Sun Mother Scripture is only used as a foundation.

As for the Lingguan Holy Land, the power from which he came, it goes without saying that the Sun Emperor increased the foundation of the Lingguan Holy Land as much as possible, linking his array patterns with those of the Taiyin Emperor and the Wuji Heavenly Venerable to form a multi-layered protective array.

The Sun Emperor also combined the three major formations of Ziwei Star to make its power even stronger.

After that, the Sun Emperor went into seclusion again, but not on Ziwei Star, but on Mount Tai.

After all, for his cultivation, the Sun Emperor currently prioritizes the laws of the Sun, supplementing it with the Taihuang Sutra. Although cultivating the Taihuang Sutra is a secondary option, he can still cultivate faster by utilizing the fundamental laws of Mount Tai.

To further advance one's already mastered solar laws, one needs to comprehend the incomplete but higher-level solar laws within the Fusang Divine Tree.

In addition, he also studied the Yin-Yang Dao Scripture given to him by the Celestial Venerable of Longevity. Although the Sun Emperor had not yet reached the point of Yin arising from Yang at this time, and was still far from comprehending the harmony of Yin and Yang or the Yin-Yang duality, studying this scripture could still give him more insights into the laws of the sun.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, fourteen thousand years have passed.

During this period, the Sun Emperor would tour the human universe once every three thousand years to promote the development of the human race.

Of course, since he also had to take care of his own cultivation, this three thousand years was not accurate. Each time, there would be an error of several hundred years, so it was not exactly three thousand years.

Through his continuous efforts, the human race achieved further development and became even stronger on the basis of the era of the Taiyin Emperor.

During this time, a great deal of faith power converged upon him. This faith power was divided into two parts: one part was injected into the Emperor's Seal, making it even stronger, while the other part was channeled into Mount Tai. From the Eternal Heavenly Venerable, the Sun Emperor obtained a method to evolve the wondrous lands, and this faith power was one of those methods.

In fact, over the past two hundred thousand years, a large amount of faith power had already gathered in Mount Tai, which was established as a sacred place for the human race by the Taiyin Human Emperor. This faith power was naturally refined by the Taiyin Human Emperor within Mount Tai, allowing it to grow even further.

Now, the Sun Emperor has done the same thing to make Mount Tai even stronger.

In the future, the Sun Emperor will most likely need to rely on Mount Tai to undergo a transformation. Therefore, the stronger Mount Tai is, the higher the probability of his successful resurrection.

However, by this time, the Sun Emperor had no time left, as he had reached the late years of his first incarnation.

One lifetime lasts 17,000 years, which is longer than most emperors, but it cannot be considered among the most outstanding. To say nothing of the distant past, the first lifetime of the Taiyin Human Emperor lasted 18,000 years.

Although strength and lifespan are not entirely correlated, it is still quite valuable as a reference for these two very similar emperors.

The Sun Emperor knew that the achievements he made in this first life were likely not as good as those of the Moon Emperor.

However, the Taiyin Human Emperor is already second only to the Immortal Emperor in the hundreds of thousands of years of this era, so being inferior to him is not a big problem. Moreover, this is only the first incarnation, and he can continue to improve in the future.

The first incarnation of the Celestial Venerable of Morality in the mythological era was not particularly outstanding, but each subsequent incarnation was stronger than the last, eventually making him one of the most powerful Celestial Venerables of the mythological era. Therefore, sometimes a low starting point does not necessarily mean that one will be inferior to others in the future.

Instead of rushing to prepare for his next life, the Sun Emperor left Mount Tai and began to travel through the human universe once again.

Of his former acquaintances, only the Heavenly Demon King, Cang Nan, and the White Tiger King remained alive. Among them, the Heavenly Demon King and Cang Nan were given the elixir of immortality by him, while the White Tiger King was given the elixir of immortality because it was originally found in Kunlun Immortal Mountain.

Of course, even though they have now attained enlightenment through unorthodox means, their lifespan is at most around ten thousand years, so they are already in their twilight years.

During their years of spiritual practice, even though they lived two lifetimes, they failed to achieve complete enlightenment through alternative means, so their probability of attaining enlightenment in future lives is indeed not high.

Therefore, none of the three chose to proclaim themselves as descendants, but instead began to focus on developing their own power and striving to make it more prosperous.

The Sun Emperor personally went to see them off, as he had few old friends left, and this might be their last meeting.

During this farewell, the Heavenly Demon King, Cangnan, and the White Tiger King all challenged the Sun Emperor once again, trying to unleash their full potential and resolve their final regrets.

Although the Sun Emperor had become so powerful that he could defeat them at will, he still showed respect to these former opponents, witnessing their complete Dao attainment as they countered each move, allowing them to have a perfect ending.

After that, the Sun Emperor returned to Mount Tai and, with the help of the elixir of immortality, lived a second life.

(End of this chapter)