Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 776 Ascension
After living out his second life, the Great Roc Emperor no longer communicated and discussed Dao with the Black Tortoise Emperor and the White Tiger Emperor. Instead, he returned to his homeland and began to make various arrangements for his departure from the human world.

His Dao and Dharma are at odds with the methods of transformation, and the compatibility between Jade Flower Divine Island and Kunlun Immortal Mountain and him is not high. Furthermore, because his Dao is of an extremely domineering type, he even finds it difficult to find a suitable method for prolonging his life.

Therefore, the Great Roc Emperor no longer bothered with it and chose to ascend to the strange world as soon as possible.

In that world, he would not only have more opponents of similar strength, but also enough time to continue to develop and improve his Dao and Dharma. This was undoubtedly the most suitable path for him.

Upon returning to the Great Roc royal family, the Great Roc Emperor immediately launched into a sermon, explaining in great detail his understanding of the Golden-Winged Roc bloodline and its evolutionary methods. He then further broke down his own Dao and Dharma, making sure all his clansmen learned them step by step.

Finally, he also traveled around for hundreds of years answering questions and resolving doubts, enabling his people to cultivate themselves better.

After this period, the Great Roc Emperor even went to the ancient star of Gouchen and preached for over a hundred years, answering questions for many cultivators.

After that, the Great Roc Emperor continued to set up formations in his homeland, combining them with the original formation to make the overall formation patterns even more exquisite.

It was also during this period that Emperor Dapeng left behind several princes, serving as an important foundation for their lineage. Including his first life, the number of princes he left behind was not small among the various emperors.

All these actions undoubtedly point to one thing: the Great Roc Emperor will soon leave the human universe, since he had previously paid little attention to these matters.

Although the Great Peng royal family felt regretful about this, their status as a royal family was now truly established. Apart from the Supreme Imperial Weapon, they were in no way inferior to other royal families. Even if the Great Peng Emperor were no more, they would still stand strong.

The Great Roc Emperor was naturally prepared for this. In his first life, he had found the immortal metal needed to forge a divine whip similar to the weapon he was currently using, but unfortunately, he had not had enough time and energy to successfully forge it. He could only nurture it with his own source power to make it even more wondrous.

After getting to know the Xuanwu Emperor and the White Tiger Emperor, forging an ultimate imperial weapon was not difficult. With the help of the power of the two Earth Immortal Realms, he could quickly forge a new ultimate imperial weapon to pass down to future generations.

And this life, naturally, is the time for him to forge this imperial weapon.

Thus, over the next few centuries, with the help of these two emperors, the Great Roc Emperor successfully forged a second supreme imperial weapon and left it to the Great Roc royal family.

At this point, the Great Roc Emperor could naturally settle all matters concerning the mortal realm.

As he prepared to leave, the Great Roc Emperor once again arrived at the ancient formation where he had received his inheritance during his quasi-emperor period. The inheritance here had greatly influenced his current Dao and Dharma, and even pointed out the direction for his future path. It was of great significance, which was why he deliberately came here.

This was because after the Great Roc Emperor attained enlightenment, he had come to this completely destroyed ancient formation to trace its past and try to understand its origins, but in the end he could only see nothingness.

Would the Celestial Venerable of Freedom possess such means? Judging from the various deeds and performances he left behind in the human universe, he should have been only on par with himself at his peak. However, the advanced version of the "Word of Speed" technique, which purely pursues extreme speed, is indeed not a method that others could create. Therefore, the Great Roc Emperor could only be skeptical about it.

As fellow members of the Nine Celestial Venerables, Liang Yu and the others did not publicize what the Carefree Celestial Venerable did in the end. Therefore, almost no one in the human universe knew about the Carefree Celestial Venerable's desperate gamble in the mythological era, which resulted in his fleeting and stunning performance.

Therefore, all the Great Roc Emperor knew was the story of the Carefree Celestial Venerable before his self-inflicted death, and at that time, the Carefree Celestial Venerable was indeed no stronger than the Great Roc Emperor. That's why the Great Roc Emperor always felt somewhat puzzled.

However, this time, the great formation suddenly collapsed and vanished completely after sensing the aura of the Great Roc Emperor, leaving behind a domain gate in the void.

This change naturally caught the Great Roc Emperor off guard, but he couldn't help feeling a surge of excitement. After all, it meant that the mysterious figure behind it all was about to reveal himself.

Without hesitation, the Great Roc Emperor entered the domain gate. In the blink of an eye, before even the Great Roc Emperor, known for his speed, could react, he was teleported to a celestial mountain that could be described as a paradise on earth.

If it weren't for the unique aura of the Heavenly Heart Imprint of the mortal universe still present in this place, the Great Roc Emperor would have doubted whether he had directly arrived in a strange world or a celestial realm. And before him stood a Daoist, a Daoist who utterly extinguished any fighting spirit or power to resist him.

The Great Roc Emperor asked, "Who are you, senior?"

The Taoist priest said, "I am the Taoist Priest Wuji."

The Great Roc Emperor was startled: "Are you the Limitless Heavenly Venerable?"

The Taoist Wuji said, "That's not accurate. I am merely an incarnation formed from his mortal body, at most half of him."

Mortal form? Incarnation? The Great Roc Emperor was somewhat stunned. Even his incarnation was so terrifying, so what about his true form?

After silently marveling at it, the Great Roc Emperor quickly dispelled his distracting thoughts and asked, "Senior Wuji, was that great formation created by you or the Great Heavenly Venerable?"

Wuji Daoren said, "It was specially arranged for you by the Great Celestial Venerable."

The Great Roc Emperor said with some surprise, "Could that secret technique be falsely attributed to the Free and Unfettered Celestial Venerable, but actually created by the Great Celestial Venerable?"

Wuji Daoist shook his head and said, "No, this method was indeed created by the Free and Unfettered Celestial Venerable himself. He made a major breakthrough at the end of the mythological era, and this is one of his achievements at that time."

Upon hearing this, the Great Roc Emperor was somewhat surprised. Judging from these words, it was clear that the carefree Celestial Venerable at that time was much more powerful than he had imagined.

So he asked, "Where is the Free and Unfettered Celestial Venerable now? Could he be in some strange world?"

As a half-successor of the Carefree Celestial Venerable, the Great Roc Emperor was naturally very concerned about his whereabouts.

The Taoist Master Wuji sighed, "You will never see him again."

Seeing the somewhat complicated expression on Wuji Daoist's face, Dapeng Huang decided not to ask any more questions.

The Taoist Master Wuji said, "There's no need to dwell on the past. Since you've decided to go to this strange world, I'll give you some pointers and show you the way."

As he spoke, he pointed a finger at the Great Roc Emperor's sage platform. The Great Roc Emperor, powerless to resist, immediately fell into a state of enlightenment.

The Wuji Daoist passed on to him partly the evolutionary method given by Liang Yu after deducing and deciphering the bloodline of the Golden-Winged Roc, and partly his understanding and insights into the fundamental characteristic of speed. These are naturally what the Roc Emperor needs most right now.

After receiving the information and awakening from enlightenment, the Great Roc Emperor found himself back in the human universe. Everything that had just happened seemed like a dream, and it was even difficult to distinguish between reality and illusion.

Judging from their interactions, Wuji Tianzun and Xiaoyao Tianzun must have had some relationship back then, but something unpleasant must have happened later. The fact that he specifically sent his avatar to guide him suggests that he was suitable for Xiaoyao Tianzun's inheritance.

The Great Roc Emperor shook his head, no longer thinking about these things, and returned to his hometown to begin his final seclusion.

Three thousand years later, the Great Roc Emperor ascended to immortality through the Immortal Gate and left the mortal universe.

(End of this chapter)