Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 755 Entering the Taichu Ancient Mine

In his later life, Ye Fan was a Heavenly Emperor, and one of the most outstanding Dao Provers at that level. His Heavenly Emperor Cauldron became a Celestial Artifact after he crossed that final hurdle in his fourth life, before his fifth life.

Although the Divine Emperor was exceptionally talented and comparable to Ye Fan, he was ultimately slightly inferior, so his progress should have been slower than Ye Fan's.

However, due to the special material of the God Emperor's battle armor, which not only uses the silkworm molts left over from his past as the main material, but is also strengthened by him by melting and refining with nine kinds of immortal metals, the God Emperor's battle armor evolves at a speed no slower than the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron. This life is the moment when this battle armor evolves into an immortal artifact.

However, in a way, Ye Fan and the God Emperor's current paths are quite similar. They both rely on the Elixir of Immortality to live a second life, the Immortal Essence of Longevity to live a third life, and study the laws within the Elixir of Immortality corresponding to themselves to live a fourth life, reaching the point where they can forge immortal artifacts.

And clearly, this fourth incarnation is also a crucial transformation on their path to immortality in the mortal world.

As the God Emperor felt the significant improvement he had gained from this transformation, he couldn't help but feel more confident about the future than ever before.

However, given the current state of the God Emperor, his accumulated resources have been temporarily exhausted. He needs a bit of inspiration to stimulate him so that he can take the next step more quickly. And his target is naturally the Primordial Ancient Mine.

When he defeated the Heavenly Emperor's son, the Undying Heavenly Blade invited him to the Primordial Ancient Mine to meet the Undying Heavenly Emperor. However, he felt that there was still a considerable gap between him and the Undying Heavenly Emperor, and he also had a very clear understanding of the future path, so he did not go immediately.

However, the God Emperor has now reached a bottleneck, and he himself has improved a lot because of these two transformations. In this state, the God Emperor naturally recalled the agreement and hoped to get a breakthrough from the Undying Emperor so that he could make further progress.

So the God Emperor donned his battle armor and headed towards the Primordial Ancient Mine. With the aura left behind by the Undying Heavenly Blade, he could directly sense the location of the Primordial Ancient Mine.

The current God Emperor can now peel away the Heavenly Heart Mark, allowing it to enter the next recovery period. However, he has not yet seen clearly his future path, only having a basic direction. Therefore, he has temporarily retained his state of being in harmony with the Heavenly Heart Mark.

His successful transformation made cultivators in the human universe feel his power. Even if the lifespan of a God-Emperor who has lived out his fourth life no longer increases, he will still live for at least 30,000 years before his lifespan ends, meaning he will be alive for more than 100,000 years.

The God Emperor, who could make the Supreme Being of the Forbidden Zone feel despair in the original timeline, is even more terrifying in this timeline.

The Primordial Ancient Mine is a wondrous place, and also the supreme holy land of the Undying Divine Dynasty, which was once revered by all races. However, this place has been lost for a very long time, and even later emperors have rarely been able to see it.

It now appears that this place became the secluded cultivation location of the Undying Emperor, which is why it disappeared without a trace and remained unknown to others. The God Emperor was naturally extremely curious about this sacred place.

Upon actually seeing this wondrous place, the God Emperor felt a profound sense of awe.

There are two main types of array patterns in this strange place. One comes from the Undying Emperor, and the other is not very familiar to the Divine Emperor. However, he has been to Ziwei Star and seen the protective array there, so he can tell that it is the aura of the Wuji Heavenly Venerable.

The reason why the God Emperor was shocked was that both array patterns revealed a realm far more profound than his own.

It seems that although I have worked hard to catch up and achieved brilliant results, the gap is still inevitable.

The God Emperor shook his head slightly, erasing the slight negative emotion rising in his heart, and headed towards the portal opened by the outer array of the Primordial Ancient Mine.

He did not conceal his presence, so the Primordial Ancient Mine naturally took action and invited him inside.

Upon entering the Primordial Ancient Mine, before the God Emperor could even examine its unique terrain, his attention was drawn to a familiar figure before him. The God Emperor said, "Seventy or eighty thousand years have passed, and you're still in the mortal realm?"

The Emperor's son said, "I only asked my father to seal me away for a period of time. This is my last battle before leaving the human universe."

The Divine Emperor said, "Judging from your current state, it would be an easy thing for you to attain enlightenment in future generations. You will have an infinite future then, so why be so fixated on temporary victory or defeat?"

The Emperor said, "I am a loser, a loser who couldn't win even by cheating and having to retake the course. It would be too unfair of me to take away the opportunities of those who come after me."

"Moreover, my path does not need to be found in the human world."

After arriving at the Primordial Ancient Mine, the Heavenly Emperor's son, who was only 1,500 years old, naturally still had room for improvement. Therefore, he did not leave the human universe directly, but chose to continue his secluded cultivation.

Under the guidance of the Immortal Emperor, the Emperor's son's state of mind became even more perfect. He accepted his weakness, let go of the wrongdoings he had made in the past out of regret and resentment, and frankly reintegrated the Dao Fruit of his past life and the Emperor's mark that he had sealed in the Immortal Divine Seal into his body. He relied on the combination of his two Dao Fruits to dissolve the Emperor's mark and elevate himself to a higher level.

Although he did not defeat the Undying Emperor or the God Emperor, he surpassed his past self, which was enough to bring his Dao heart to perfection.

It can be said that if the current Emperor's son were to go to another era, achieving enlightenment would be effortless.

But at this point, the Heavenly Prince was no longer fixated on attaining enlightenment in the human world; he wanted to explore his own future in a strange world and forge his own path.

Resolving the Emperor's mark was his way of letting go of his father, the Immortal Emperor, and now challenging the God Emperor is his final act against this powerful enemy who once defeated him.

The God Emperor said, "You challenged us too late."

The Divine Emperor could discern the Heavenly Prince's thoughts to some extent. However, even though the Heavenly Prince had combined the Dao Fruits of two lifetimes and achieved an extremely terrifying breakthrough, he was still ultimately no match for his first life, let alone his fourth. Even without going all out, the Heavenly Prince would find it difficult to withstand a single blow from him.

The Heavenly Emperor said, "After you attain enlightenment, it will be too late for me to challenge you at any time. I might as well witness the strongest version of you."

The God Emperor said, "Very well, then I will grant you this wish."

The Heavenly Emperor's son took a deep breath, and a dazzling five-colored divine light attacked him.

The Divine Emperor faced his old acquaintances with the same unwavering resolve as before, but he suppressed his own power to the same level as the Heavenly Emperor's son. He used his superior cultivation to develop his current techniques and countered the Heavenly Emperor's son's moves in battle.

This battle was less a direct confrontation and more a philosophical debate, a discussion showcasing the achievements of each side.

As for the result, it was naturally without any surprises. No matter how much the God Emperor suppressed himself, he was still able to gain an overwhelming advantage.

(End of this chapter)