Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 781: Entering the Ancient Mine

After successfully attaining enlightenment, the Primordial Saint Emperor reached the pinnacle of his life. Overpowering an entire era to attain enlightenment is an achievement that anyone can be proud of. In fact, in this era where immortal sects exist, attaining enlightenment means that becoming an immortal is within reach and a bright future can be opened up.

However, under these circumstances, the Primordial Holy Emperor did not become arrogant or complacent.

After all, the master of the Primordial Saint Emperor was the Boundless Great Heavenly Venerable, and his senior brother was the Undying Heavenly Emperor. For the two of them, merely proving the Dao was obviously not an achievement to be proud of.

After stabilizing his own aura, the Primordial Saint Emperor sensed something and immediately perceived the existence of the Primordial Ancient Mine and the Boundless Immortal Mountain through his own origin.

Before achieving sufficient accomplishments, the Primordial Saint Emperor did not wish to return to the Boundless Immortal Mountain to see his master, the Boundless Great Heavenly Venerable. Therefore, he set off for the Primordial Ancient Mine. He also missed his senior brother, the Undying Heavenly Emperor, who was cultivating in the Primordial Ancient Mine.

At this time, the Primordial Holy Emperor was unaware that the Immortal Emperor had begun his Nirvana, which is why he acted this way.

But he hadn't taken more than a few steps when he stopped and said, "Come out, what do you need me for?"

In the void before him, a Holy Spirit appeared. This was a stone Holy Spirit, but because its transformation was interrupted, it was born incomplete. It was only through the art of mending the heavens that it was able to restore itself to a perfect state and successfully cultivate to the initial stage of alternative enlightenment.

However, his lifespan is now almost exhausted, and he doesn't have many years left to live.

The Stone Saint immediately knelt in the starry sky and said, "Holy Emperor, I am on behalf of the Saint Clan. Please, for the sake of us being Saints, open up a pure land for our lineage."

Upon hearing this, the Primordial Holy Emperor was taken aback and said, "You've come to ask me to help the Holy Spirit lineage?"

The ancestral home of the Holy Spirit Clan, Xuanqiong Divine Mountain, was destroyed by Wuji Tianzun. Taichu Holy Emperor himself was Wuji Tianzun's disciple. Asking him to protect the Holy Spirit Clan was indeed something that Taichu Holy Emperor found somewhat unbelievable.

Although he is indeed the Holy Spirit, and there was indeed a risk of being prematurely interfered with and being born with incomplete constitutions, the Holy Spirit is born and nurtured by nature, and there are indeed not many who have a sense of ethnicity.

Compared to the ethereal Holy Spirit Clan, he clearly had more faith in the Limitless Heavenly Venerable, who allowed him to conceive a more perfect being, and the Undying Emperor, who had slept with him in the Primordial Ancient Mine for many years.

The Stone Spirit said, "The Source God comes from the Underworld. The Spirit Emperor and we are ultimately not the same kind of Holy Spirit. Therefore, we can only place our hopes on you."

“I know that the Holy Spirit race has produced many individuals who have wreaked havoc on the human world throughout history, but not all of our race are born with contempt for life. Many Holy Spirits cause trouble because their gestation process was interrupted by accidents and they harbor resentment. Even with the Heaven-Mending Technique, it is difficult to completely eliminate this resentment. Moreover, not all Holy Spirits can learn this technique, and even if they do, it requires a lot of time, energy, and resources.”

"Such Holy Spirits, as well as some races with Holy Spirit bloodlines, are the mainstream of my Holy Spirit lineage."

“Holy Emperor, if you were to establish a holy land for my Holy Spirit race, so that all Holy Spirits could have a common home and a place to belong, and could feel this racial consciousness from the moment they are conceived, not only would all Holy Spirits have a normal racial consciousness, but you could also protect more Holy Spirits from being disturbed.”

"In this way, the possibility of my Holy Spirit Clan causing trouble can be greatly reduced, allowing my Holy Spirit Clan to grow peacefully and become one of the myriad races in the universe, living in harmony with other races. This is also a great merit."

The Primordial Holy Emperor knew that what the stone man Holy Spirit said was indeed true. The reason why the Holy Spirit lineage was rejected was because they were very prone to instigating turmoil; and the reason why this happened was firstly because they were born and raised in the world, ascending directly to heaven without a normal life growth process and life, so they were naturally prone to despising life, at most recognizing the Holy Spirits of their own kind;

Secondly, it is because the Holy Spirit lineage does indeed have a large number of individuals who were disturbed by the excavation of other races and thus had to be born prematurely. These Holy Spirits naturally hate other races, while those Holy Spirits who were not disturbed will also be hostile to races other than the Holy Spirits because of lingering fear.

However, the problem is that keeping the Holy Spirit Clan in line is an extremely time-consuming and laborious task, involving a series of issues that cannot be easily resolved. They might even create a second Holy Spirit Ancestral Land. Therefore, the Primordial Holy Emperor was also somewhat troubled and hesitant.

The Primordial Holy Emperor pondered for a moment and said, "I need to think about this matter some more. You may go now."

This Stone Saint Spirit had originally taken a desperate gamble, risking his life as it neared its end, with no certainty of success. Now, although the Primordial Saint Emperor had neither agreed nor refused, they still had hope.

Then the stone man, a holy spirit, said, "Respectfully seeing off the Holy Emperor."

As the Primordial Holy Emperor hurried towards the Primordial Ancient Mine, he pondered the feasibility of this event, but the more he thought about it, the more troublesome it seemed, and he couldn't come up with a solution for the time being. Of course, the most crucial point was that he had no feelings for the other Holy Spirits, and it didn't seem worthwhile to expend too much energy on them.

He didn't come to his senses until he arrived at the Primordial Ancient Mine.

However, outside the Primordial Ancient Mine, the Primordial Holy Emperor suddenly frowned slightly, because a great change had occurred here, which was very different from when he was conceived.

Could it be that someone cultivated to become an earth immortal in this place?
Although Tai Chu had no particular feelings about the Tai Chu Ancient Mine, this change still made him feel a sense of melancholy.

At this moment, the Yuan Emperor emerged from the Primordial Ancient Mine and said, "Fellow Daoist Taichu, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Upon truly meeting the Primordial Emperor, the Yuan Emperor genuinely felt the oppressive aura emanating from this supreme physique. His performance upon first attaining enlightenment was significantly inferior to that of the Primordial Emperor.

Although this Primordial Saint Emperor was not quite at the level of a God Emperor, he was still incredibly powerful. He truly lived up to his reputation as a disciple of the Limitless Heavenly Venerable.

As for this Earth Immortal Yuanhuang, the Primordial Saint Emperor naturally recognized his aura. Due to the Primordial Ancient Mine, he even felt a strange sense of familiarity from the Yuanhuang.

However, it is true that the Earth Immortal's true body, which was condensed by the Primordial Ancient Mine but changed by other laws, is indeed somewhat similar to the Primordial One. He also condensed his body with the Primordial Ancient Mine and later underwent a lot of evolution and change due to Liang Yu's various methods.

They were all based on the Primordial Ancient Mine, but they made many changes, so now they are practically like half-brothers.

He then cupped his hands and said, "Fellow Daoist Yuanhuang, it's a pleasure to meet you. I wonder if Senior Brother Tianhuang is still here?"

The Emperor said, "More than a thousand years ago, the Heavenly Emperor began his Nirvana. At that time, the Great Heavenly Venerable even sent a divine thought to pass through this place."

(End of this chapter)