Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 830 The Ultimate Ancient Road

The emperor also longed for the ancient road through the stars.

He was placed by the Primordial Celestial Venerable on an ordinary ancient star with almost no noteworthy opponents or powerful forces, but it had a domain gate leading to the ancient starry sky.

Clearly, his master was intentionally letting him adapt to the current state of the human universe, understand the general situation of cultivation and other aspects of the universe, and further solidify his foundation during this time, so as to make plans for the future. That's why the Emperor is now on such an ancient life-bearing star.

Now that the Emperor has accomplished all these goals, it is naturally time for him to enter the Ancient Star Road and begin the next stage of his cultivation.

Filled with lofty ambitions, the emperor embarked on the ancient road to the stars.

From this point onward, the Emperor clearly felt that the average strength of the geniuses he encountered had increased significantly, which made him look forward to the opponents he would face in the future.

The appearance of the Emperor undoubtedly caused a tremendous sensation on the ancient star road. After all, for there to be someone in this mortal universe named Emperor was simply too arrogant, practically a mockery.

Therefore, countless geniuses have launched various tests or provocations against the emperor because of this name, wanting to test his strength and see what ability he has to dare to use such a name.

The emperor had anticipated this from the beginning, but it was clearly exactly what he wanted.

His physique and foundation were too powerful, and ordinary cultivators could hardly pose a threat to him. Moreover, it was difficult to find such top geniuses in the early part of the Starry Sky Ancient Road. Therefore, the emperor deliberately provoked hatred in order to be attacked by the masses, thereby increasing the pressure on his cultivation.

Thus began the emperor's invincible path of unstoppable conquest. He advanced along this ancient starry road, unstoppable wherever he went, and even when besieged, it had little effect on him.

And so, the Emperor fought his way into the depths of the ancient starry road, his fame and prestige rising rapidly, gradually becoming the core seed of this generation with the greatest potential to become a Dao Prover.

As the Emperor ventured deeper into the ancient starry path, he finally began to feel the pressure. Although no cultivator could yet match him, a group of them working together would be enough to trouble him.

The emperor was naturally overjoyed. Instead of changing his strategy, he became even more flamboyant, frequently engaging in battles with various geniuses, often fighting against multiple opponents at once, and constantly improving himself in the process.

When the emperor became a saint king, he began to encounter those first-rate and top-tier geniuses who had been given special opportunities by his master, the Primordial Heavenly Venerable, to catalyze his growth.

Facing these people, even in a one-on-one battle, the emperor could no longer be as relaxed and carefree as before, but would feel pressure and even have to pay a certain price.

On the path to enlightenment, the pursuit of overwhelming strength and surpassing limits is the state sought by the vast majority of cultivators. As a powerful individual with exceptional innate abilities, the Emperor is naturally even more enthusiastic about this. Therefore, these pressures only excite him more.

Before reaching the ultimate ancient road, the most outstanding geniuses, even the top-tier geniuses, in the human universe would try their best to avoid direct combat and settle the score.

After all, this would make it difficult for the loser to continue on the ancient path. Eliminating competitors prematurely is also detrimental to future cultivation.

But the Emperor didn't care much about this. Having cultivated for so long, he was already very clear about just how heaven-defying his physique was. He knew that most of the future geniuses would be even less capable of competing with him. Therefore, if he were to fight him now, the gap between them might be smaller. This further angered the Emperor, leading to countless people targeting him both openly and secretly.

Under these circumstances, the Emperor made rapid progress despite the pressure, and his cultivation level continued to improve. Countless renowned first-class geniuses from all over the universe were defeated and left the stage in disappointment because of him.

In this way, the Emperor defeated all the prodigies along the adjacent ancient star paths, or prevented them from confronting him directly. In other words, the Emperor was the victor on these ancient star paths.

At this moment, the Emperor had reached the peak of the Saint King realm and mastered the forbidden domain. He did not stop and continued towards the ultimate ancient path.

Since the opening of this ultimate ancient road will take some time, the Emperor did not rush there immediately, but instead tried to break through to become a Great Sage before getting closer to it.

After all, he has been hated a lot lately, and there's a chance that some geniuses at the Great Saint Realm might come looking for trouble because they're related to some of his defeated opponents.

At that time, there might be more than one Great Sage coming to cause him trouble, so he should become a Great Sage as well to better deal with all of this.

Thus, the emperor drifted through the universe, comprehending the Dao and integrating all the Daoist techniques and supernatural powers he had acquired on the ancient starry road, further enhancing his advancement secrets and continuously perfecting the scriptures he had created.

Although the scripture of Yuanshi Tianzun was very suitable for him, it was ultimately a scripture created by someone else. Even the princes with the strongest bloodlines could not perfectly match the scripture of their fathers, let alone the emperor and Yuanshi Tianzun, who were merely master and disciple.

Therefore, to go further, one still needs to create one's own scriptures to succeed.

And so, several decades passed, and the two-hundred-year-old emperor successfully transcended his tribulation and became a Great Sage.

After reaching this point, the Emperor simply consolidated his Dao Fruit before heading to the final ancient road and leaving his name on the crystal tablet.

Because the Emperor arrived decades later in order to break through to the Great Sage realm, the names on the crystal tablet already numbered over a hundred. Considering the brilliance of this era, while over a hundred Great Sages might not represent all of them, it was certainly more than half.

Although it was somewhat regrettable that most people had already left their names in advance, the Emperor still immediately released his powerful aura, turned his back to the majestic pass, faced the starry sky and ancient road, and quietly waited for those who came after him.

Only those prodigies who can briefly spar with him without being at a disadvantage will be allowed to pass and have their names recorded, while everyone else will be intercepted by him.

Yuanshi Tianzun did the same thing back then. He stood in front of the crystal tablet, keeping most of the competitors out of the Ultimate Ancient Road, which ultimately resulted in only thirty-six geniuses entering the Ultimate Ancient Road for trials.

The Emperor's actions can be seen as an attempt to emulate his master, aspiring to create a new legend in this era, much like his teacher. Furthermore, this also represents a convergence of timelines. After all, the most significant achievement of the Emperor in the original timeline after his emergence in the primordial era was a replica of this situation.

Thus, the Emperor defeated the fifty-four Great Saint Realm prodigies who came, killing or wounding them, causing them to abandon the trial of the ultimate ancient road. However, there were a few prodigies who even the Emperor had to fight hard to defeat, and thus they successfully made their mark.

(End of this chapter)