Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 721 Emperor Yuan
After the aura of the Sun Emperor dissipated, a new era began. Prodigies from all races across the universe rose up, striving to gain a place in this new era and leave their own legendary names in the long river of history.

At this time, the human race's position remained unshakable, with an unimaginably profound foundation. However, judging solely from the prodigies they produced, it was not enough to overshadow the glory of other races.

Thus, a great struggle began to intensify.

The Big Dipper was once the capital of the Immortal Dynasty and the birthplace of the Immortal Emperor. It is considered one of the top ancient life-bearing stars in the human universe.

Before the emergence of the Immortal Dynasty, the Big Dipper was devoid of life for a long time because it was reshaped by the Boundless Heavenly Venerable in his chaotic form. It wasn't until the end of the mythological era that this ancient star once again became a habitable planet.

As a result, countless races, including humans and ancient races, have sent many cultivators to explore and develop this place as a new settlement.

However, after the birth of the Undying Emperor and the establishment of the Undying Divine Dynasty, life on this ancient star naturally began to be dominated by ancient races.

In this lifetime, two peerless geniuses were born on the Big Dipper. They each possessed extraordinary talents, almost like two young ancient emperors reborn.

But two tigers cannot share one mountain, let alone the path to enlightenment where only one person reigns supreme in the entire universe. Thus, various battles broke out between these two prodigies. They grew stronger through competition and gradually became beings that made all cultivators on the Big Dipper despair.

Even after becoming saints, they still couldn't determine a winner, so these two prodigies agreed to fight again after returning from the ancient starry road.

And so, as time went by, these two prodigies fought their way through the ancient starry paths without encountering any rivals, successfully reaching the ultimate ancient path. After leaving their names, they returned to the Big Dipper and went back to their homeland.

When the two reunited on the Big Dipper, they naturally fulfilled their old promise and determined who was superior. Although they were both less than three hundred years old at this time, they had already reached the Great Sage realm.

This battle may seem a bit premature, but for the two of them, their opponent is the strongest they can still recognize since returning from the Ancient Star Road. The outcome of their battle is, in some ways, more important than the outcome of the Ancient Star Road itself.

Thus, in a place called Qixia Plain, two young prodigies stood facing each other and an earth-shattering battle broke out.

In the end, the young prodigy who called himself Yuan defeated his opponent and achieved final victory. Even though they tried their best to control their power, the aftershocks still turned Qixia Plain into a barren and desolate wasteland.

This is a major event for the Big Dipper, and also for the human universe. After all, they are not only the most powerful prodigies on the Big Dipper, but also among the strongest on the ancient star path. The outcome of their battle will affect far more than just the Big Dipper.

The Taiyin Emperor appeared silently, and looking at the prodigy who had defeated his opponent in Qixia Plain and displayed his brilliance, he couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

The appearance of that ancient celestial being in his youth was exactly the same as that of this prodigy who called himself Yuan; there was no difference between them.

Fortunately, their auras were still different, enough for the Taiyin Human Emperor to distinguish them.

Is this a similar flower? Unbeknownst to anyone, the Taiyin Emperor opened his divine eye and thoroughly analyzed the original aura of this young prodigy, but he still could not find any connection between him and that ancient celestial being. He could only feel a vague sense of similarity, but with obvious differences.

If we had to point out a similarity, it would be their weapons. This young prodigy's natal magic weapon was also a gourd, but a dark blue one. Moreover, this gourd even exuded a strong vitality, as if it had just been picked.

Clearly, his gourd was also an elixir of immortality—a gourd that grew on the Seven-Colored Gourd Immortal Vine, which he had refined into a weapon. However, although the Taiyin Human Emperor was curious, his days were numbered, and it was obviously too late to delve deeper into this phenomenon.

In any case, this prodigy was clearly a glimpse of the future seen by that mysterious ancient celestial being, and a similar flower that he wished to entrust with his legacy. Therefore, the Taiyin Human Emperor decided to hand over the Immortal-Slaying Gourd to him as soon as possible, so as to settle this karmic debt and better begin his own transformation.

So, he quietly left an ancient formation, deliberately aged, on the road the boy would inevitably take back to his hometown, and left the Immortal-Slaying Gourd inside it.

Of course, the Taiyin Emperor kept all the information that the mysterious Celestial Venerable had passed on to him before his death inside the gourd, and he would know it when the boy grew up and became an emperor.

The scriptures and supernatural powers of that mysterious celestial being were naturally placed outside the gourd, allowing the young man to comprehend them directly.

This young prodigy has now reached the Great Saint Realm and has clearly already touched upon the forbidden realm, so he has actually forged his own path.

In this situation, the scriptures of that mysterious deity would not have too much influence on the path he took.

As for the gourd itself, it is a divine weapon that, even without the deity, can still be compared to the ultimate imperial weapon. Therefore, the Taiyin Emperor also left a seal on it, so that it can only exert power at the same level as its master.

After seeing that the young man had obtained all the relics, including the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, the Taiyin Emperor stopped paying attention to him and headed towards Mount Tai.

After a round of discussions with the Sun Emperor, the Moon Emperor went straight to the Wuji Immortal Mountain.

For this young prodigy named Yuan, however, the situation was entirely different. Although this gourd was dormant, its essence was extraordinary, and it also bore a clear resemblance to his own gourd, indicating that it was a precious artifact.

However, he wondered if that gourd vine would still produce black gourds.

The ancient scripture beside him surprised him even more. After all, his own Dao and Dharma had something in common with this ancient scripture.

However, when he thought of their gourds, the boy was no longer surprised.

After obtaining this scripture, this young prodigy's foundation was further strengthened, making him even more powerful.

After embarking on the ultimate ancient path, he began to defeat other opponents one after another, becoming the only victor on the ultimate ancient path. At this time, he was only eight hundred years old and had already become a quasi-emperor at the fifth level, completely achieving the goal of having no rivals on the ultimate ancient path.

After that, he continued to grow and began to show even more amazing potential. Many veteran quasi-emperors who had already achieved great success in their cultivation were defeated by him.

Finally, at the age of 2,500, he triggered the Great Tribulation of Enlightenment. And he was the later Emperor Yuan.

(End of this chapter)