Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 831 Proving the Dao
After suppressing all the heroes in front of the ultimate ancient road, the Emperor's reputation became even more illustrious, and he became a figure like a great demon king. Even the top geniuses were quite wary of him.

After all, few people could match the Emperor's powerful performance in suppressing those fifty-four Great Saints.

Although they inevitably lost some of their edge, they had to decide to avoid the Emperor to prevent engaging him too early.

Before long, the ultimate ancient road opened, and the emperor standing before the majestic pass of the ancient road did not hesitate to enter it, preparing to begin his next stage of cultivation.

From the names inscribed on the crystal tablet, the Emperor could sense the lingering aura of each of these prodigies. Although it was only a trace, it was enough for the Emperor to make a rough assessment of them.

Among these people, although most were comparable to the fifty-four Great Saints defeated by the Emperor, there were still a few geniuses who caught his eye, and a very few opponents whom he needed to treat with utmost seriousness.

What the Emperor didn't know was that many of these people possessed such great power at this stage because of the arrangement of the Primordial Celestial Venerable. Otherwise, although they had great potential, their growth rate would never have been so fast.

Regardless, this means that the emperor will finally be able to undergo further trials and tribulations.

After entering the ultimate ancient path, the emperor continued to improve and engaged in fierce battles with various geniuses.

Time flew by, and three hundred years passed in a flash. During this time, the Emperor's strength improved rapidly, and finally, at the age of five hundred, he successfully transcended the tribulation and became a quasi-Emperor.

Throughout these three hundred years, the Emperor maintained an extremely high-profile stance, battling and defeating countless prodigies, becoming the most dazzling genius of his generation. Under his influence, other top geniuses also became more frequent in their battles.

As a result, many of the geniuses who competed with the emperor fell behind and could no longer compete with them.

Therefore, once an emperor reaches the level of a near-empress, only a dozen or so individuals can still compete on the same stage as him, maintaining this rapid pace of progress, and possessing the deepest and strongest foundation. Other prodigies have either fallen behind or been eliminated.

Among those who could continue to contend with the Emperor, the princes and those with indestructible golden bodies and celestial dominance made up the majority. A significant portion of them were also deliberately cultivated by the Primordial Celestial Venerable to hone the Emperor's skills.

Under the various opportunities and blessings bestowed upon these people by the Primordial Celestial Venerable, as well as the pressure brought by the Emperor, these people underwent a complete transformation, squeezing out their greatest potential and thus becoming even more powerful.

Of course, one reason for this is that the Emperor did not blindly pursue a fast cultivation speed, but instead took a meticulous approach to perfecting every step. Otherwise, the Emperor's cultivation speed would be even faster, making it difficult for others to maintain their combat strength and foundation while making rapid progress.

Even after becoming a quasi-emperor, the emperor maintained a spirit of courageous progress coupled with meticulous attention to detail, constantly striving for improvement. He then began engaging in numerous battles with the dozen or so outstanding talents who had not yet fallen behind, mutually reinforcing each other's growth. In this process, their victories and defeats naturally included elimination, falling behind, and even death.

Thus, when the emperor was eight hundred years old, he had already reached the seventh level of the Quasi-Emperor realm, and those geniuses were defeated by him one after another, no longer able to keep up with him, but instead a significant gap had widened.

It can be said that at this point, the emperor was undoubtedly the ultimate victor.

However, the emperor, having become the foremost figure of his time, did not feel complacent or relax. He maintained his previous attitude, striving to push each step of his cultivation to its absolute limit before advancing to the next level. Two hundred years passed in this way, and the thousand-year-old emperor reached the peak of the Quasi-Nine Realms, becoming a potential Daoist. If he hadn't deliberately suppressed his power, he should have been able to reach the same level as the Primordial Holy Emperor of yesteryear, directly achieving the ultimate leap.

However, since the Primordial Saint Emperor was a Holy Spirit, even after being modified in various ways, he was still born with the cultivation of a Saint and his own scriptures and supernatural powers. Therefore, it is quite normal that the Primordial Saint Emperor took less time, provided that his foundation was also guaranteed.

After that, the emperor continued to hone his Dao fruit, and finally, at the age of twelve hundred, he completed the accumulation for the ultimate leap.

However, after reaching this point, the emperor did not directly attain enlightenment, but instead deliberately suppressed himself and first stepped into the realm of alternative enlightenment.

The legacy of Yuanshi Tianzun is too powerful and complete, and the Emperor has always used it as a standard to deduce his own scriptures and supernatural powers. Although he is powerful now, he cannot completely break free from the framework of Yuanshi Tianzun, which is why the Emperor intentionally suppresses himself.

Although directly attaining enlightenment wouldn't have much of an impact, the Emperor still hoped to forge his own path from the Dao and Dharma of his master, Yuanshi Tianzun, and to break free from his influence as much as possible.

Even so, the emperor's foundation will not become stronger, but he can gain more room for growth, which will help him in the more distant future.

Therefore, the emperor chose to further improve in the field of alternative enlightenment, so that his Tao and Dharma were truly perfected to the point that they were complete enough without the need for the scripture enhancement of the Primordial Celestial Venerable before advancing to the next level.

Thus, the foremost emperor of his time fell into obscurity.

Finally, when the emperor was 1,600 years old, he successfully perfected his Dao and Dharma, and thus reached the point of completely unconventional enlightenment.

Only then did the emperor finally trigger the Great Tribulation of Proving the Dao, and begin to challenge for the throne.

Amidst the boundless sea of ​​lightning, the Emperor continuously combined his Dao with the Heavenly Heart Imprint, using the enhancement of all the Dao of Heaven and Earth to further elevate his Dao and Dharma, thus becoming even more powerful.

Finally, the emperor successfully overcame the tribulation that was his path to enlightenment and became the supreme emperor of this generation.

As for his title, neither the Emperor himself nor the myriad races of the human universe gave him a new one, but continued to address him as Emperor. In other words, from this moment on, the name Emperor also became his title.

Although it sounds somewhat different, the Emperor's strong performance has always been much stronger than that of ordinary Dao Prodigies. The great calamity he triggered when he attained Dao was also more powerful than that of ordinary Dao Prodigies. Even from the aura that was faintly revealed in the Heavenly Heart Mark after he attained Dao, one could sense his extraordinary nature.

For such a powerful and unique emperor as the Primordial Holy Emperor, a special title is naturally required, and the title of Emperor is just right.

(End of this chapter)