Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 749 The End of an Era
Time flies, and eighteen thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye. During this time, the God Emperor's cultivation has become increasingly profound, and he is virtually unmatched in the world.

The God Emperor, now twenty thousand years old, had finally entered his twilight years, but his incomparably powerful life essence still radiated vigorous vitality. However, he was no longer at his peak, and his long hair had turned white.

According to the God Emperor's own perception, he might still have several thousand years before the end of this life, estimated to be around 24,000 to 25,000 years.

The fact that he had such a long lifespan in his first life was naturally due to the extremely rich accumulation he had before he attained enlightenment. The Divine Silkworm with ten transformations was indeed no weaker than a Chaos Body or a Celestial Spirit descending to earth.

During this time, the God Emperor, feeling restless, left the Ancient Star of the Divine Silkworm and came to the outside world.

Soon, eight cultivators who had achieved enlightenment through unconventional means responded to his call and came to meet him. These were the last group of geniuses he had defeated: the Undying Golden Body, the Azure Heaven Overlord Body, the Sun Prince, the Moon Prince, the Jade Flower Divine Blood, the Kunlun Immortal Blood, the Underworld God Blood, and the Longevity Immortal Body.

Apart from the three self-severed supreme beings who had rebuilt their cultivation and the Heavenly Emperor's son, the God Emperor's strongest opponents had all come before him.

The Heavenly Emperor's son was under the care of the Immortal Heavenly Emperor. After going to the Primordial Ancient Mine, there was no further news of him. As for the other three self-severed Supreme Beings who had rebuilt their cultivation, they were sent to the Strange World by Liang Yu in accordance with their previous agreement when they reached the point where they could not advance any further.

Of course, Liang Yu is currently at a crucial stage in his cultivation. The sixth secret realm he built based on the Qiankun Creation Tower is nearing completion. Therefore, it was the Wuji Daoist who came to guide them to the strange world.

Wuji Daoren's cultivation was relatively leisurely at this time. He only needed to use the field method and the earth immortal method to condense his own Dao fruit and return to the complete position of the mortal immortal. These miscellaneous tasks were naturally assigned to this clone by Liang Yu.

Even though Wuji Daoist had not yet reached the peak state of the Mortal Immortal before Liang Yu's transformation, opening the passage between the two realms was still easy for him. Therefore, these three self-severed Supreme Beings left the mortal universe and never appeared again.

Nearly 20,000 years have passed, and the other eight prodigies are still alive because they all have powerful backgrounds. The elixir of immortality is either something they have in their birthplace or something they can trade with others, which is why they have all lived a second life.

Now that they have sensed the birth of the God Emperor, they naturally want to come and challenge him, hoping to bring a perfect end to their lives on earth.

Although the God Emperor was the first incarnation, and the other eight were the second, they were all now in their twilight years. The God Emperor's appearance at this time was actually to give them a perfect ending; otherwise, he wouldn't have made a point of lingering in the universe.

Of course, the outcome was predetermined. Even though these eight individuals were all extraordinary achievers with exceptional physiques, they still couldn't withstand the God Emperor's attack. If the God Emperor hadn't been mindful of past relationships and deliberately suppressed his own power to a level comparable to theirs to counter their attacks, they would have posed no threat to him even if they had all rushed at him.

Of course, even though the God Emperor suppressed his power, his profound understanding and application of the Dao and his powerful physical body were still gaps that they could not bridge.

However, they were already very satisfied to be able to fight the God Emperor again at the last moment and do their best to show the Dao fruit of this life.

Of course, the eight people eventually went their separate ways.

For the four original, veteran Earth Immortals, helping others enter the strange world wasn't particularly difficult. However, they also knew that this immortal gate was left behind by the Supreme Celestial Venerable Wuji, and even if they wanted to send their descendants in, they couldn't set the standards too low, otherwise they might incur the displeasure of the Supreme Celestial Venerable. After all, if they were allowed to send people indiscriminately, it would be too unfair to those cultivators in the mortal universe without any background, and it wouldn't serve as a sufficient test.

Therefore, these four Earth Immortals left extremely rigorous tests within the strange land. Only those who could successfully pass them would be allowed to enter the strange world.

To pass such a test, only the most exceptional and unconventional paths to enlightenment can succeed. In a different era, such unconventional paths would have a very high probability of leading to enlightenment.

Therefore, after the battle with the God Emperor, the Blood of the Underworld God and the Blood of Jade Flower God failed the test and eventually passed away, while the Immortal Body of Longevity and the Immortal Blood of Kunlun successfully passed the test and were sent to the strange world by the Celestial Venerable of Longevity and the White Tiger Emperor.

As for the four prodigies of the human race, namely the Sun Prince, the Moon Prince, the Undying Golden Body, and the Azure Heaven Overlord Body, they were summoned to Mount Tai by the Sun Holy Emperor after their battle with the God Emperor.

At this time, the Sun Emperor had become the fifth Earth Immortal in the human universe. Although his direction was different from the other four Earth Immortals, and he only wanted to use Mount Tai as a transition, it was still essential for him to exchange ideas and discuss the Dao with the other Earth Immortals.

After all, their cultivation on the first half of the path to becoming an Earth Immortal was basically the same, and all four of them had thought about leaving the Earth Immortal Realm to some extent.

Moreover, even if they continue on the path to becoming Earth Immortals, they still need to explore the next step. Communicating with the Sun Saint Emperor would naturally greatly help them further develop their understanding of the methods of becoming Earth Immortals.

During this process, the Sun Emperor also worked with them to set up a path to heaven within Mount Tai. As long as they could pass the test, he would send these human cultivators to the strange world. And these four were the first batch of human cultivators to undergo the trial.

Although one of these four was his own son, the Sun Emperor remained impartial and treated them all equally.

Ultimately, the Lunar Prince successfully passed the test and was sent to the Strange World by the Sun Emperor, while the other three failed and remained in the human universe. However, they did not give up. Instead, they went to Mount Tai and, under the guidance of the Sun Emperor, further improved themselves. By studying the Taihuang Sutra, they gained a deeper foundation, and eventually, all three passed the test and were sent to the Strange World.

Some of their remaining remarks have added another layer of mystery to Mount Tai's already extraordinary status.

Legend has it that Mount Tai is the closest place to the celestial realm, where a god-like emperor resides. Human cultivators who lack the opportunity to attain enlightenment can enter Mount Tai. If they can pass the trials there, they will be guided by the emperor to ascend to the celestial realm.

This rumor was naturally orchestrated by the Sun Emperor, who deliberately had these few people spread it to guide the human race.

Five thousand years later, as the first generation of the Divine Emperor came to an end, the lingering charm of this glorious era vanished completely, and the entire era came to a close.

After all, the only one who belongs to that glorious era now is the invincible God-Emperor. Utter silence is the inevitable fate that even the most invincible Dao-proverrer will ultimately face.

(End of this chapter)