Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 846 Visit
There is more than one starting point for the ancient star road of the primordial star, but Hangu Pass is undoubtedly the most famous and oldest. It is also a majestic pass left behind after the fusion and combination of the great arrays left by Yuanshi Tianzun and many other Daoists.

Once the ancient star formation is fully revived, this ancient star will only have this one entrance left, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack.

In each generation, a powerful cultivator would reside on this ancient star, ranging in strength from a Great Sage to a Quasi-Emperor. The cultivator guarding this place in this generation was the Great Sage Li You from the Suiming Kingdom.

Suiming Kingdom is the legacy of the third human emperor, Suihuang. Although it is not as ancient as mythical powers such as Xuanqing Holy Land, it is still one of the most powerful forces on the ancient star.

Therefore, the task of guarding Hangu Pass naturally required someone from this lineage to rotate with other forces.

Li Er rode his green ox forward, and wherever he went, purple energy surged for 30,000 miles, which had long since alarmed the Great Sage Li You.

Looking down from the city wall, he saw an old Taoist priest riding a blue ox, exuding an inexplicable Taoist aura that made him feel enlightened the moment he saw him.

Although Li You Dasheng was a veteran Dasheng who had reached this level many years ago and possessed extraordinary strength, he still couldn't help but feel a sense of awe and reverence when he saw Li Er.

Li You, the Great Sage, originally wanted to test this renowned new Great Sage, but at this moment, he gave up. His mind was completely captivated by this inexplicable Daoist charm, and he was unable to extricate himself for a time.

The Great Sage Green Ox naturally sensed his presence as well, and said, "Sir, was he frightened by you?"

Li Er looked up and met the gaze of the Great Sage Li You. He then looked away and smiled slightly, "Do I look that scary?"

The Great Sage Green Ox muttered, "Sir, your appearance is indeed not frightening, but your aura is frightening. You look like a celestial being."

As Li Er rode him through Hangu Pass, he said, "You're overthinking it."

As the Great Sage Li You watched Li Er and the Green Ox depart, he muttered to himself, "Truly terrifying."

Just now, Li Er's glance at him had made him involuntarily want to begin comprehending the Dao. This was certainly a good thing, but the resulting awe of Li Er would obviously affect his Dao heart.

However, at that very moment, a ball of Dao fire within him suddenly stirred, waking him from this state. Only then did he regain his composure and eliminate the influence.

This Dao Fire is actually one of the Dao Fires created by the Emperor Sui. It was obtained by the young Great Sage Li You, who used the Fire Scripture to integrate this Dao Fire into his own body, thereby gaining a more powerful physique.

Although this ball of Dao fire has been completely integrated into the body of the Great Sage Li You, it will only be re-condensed and become a fire seed again after he transforms into a Dao. However, there are still fragments of the true spirit of the Emperor Sui within it. The special aura carried by Li Er slightly disturbed these fragments of the true spirit.

However, in any case, the Great Sage Li You still gained new insights from this process, not only from the Daoist charm brought by Li Er, but also from the evolution of this Dao Fire. Therefore, he immediately began to go into seclusion.

When Li Er and the Green Ox embarked on the ancient star road, the ultimate ancient road had already opened. Since Li Er had only just left the ancient primordial star, he hadn't yet inscribed his name before the crystal tablet, and even if he traveled at full speed, he couldn't possibly catch up. It could be said that this trial of the ultimate ancient road was no longer relevant to him.

But the Great Sage Green Ox was different; he had already left his name, so he could directly enter the Ultimate Ancient Road through the Domain Gate. However, he chose to give up and decided to continue following Li Er.

With just a brief encounter, he experienced significant progress in his own cultivation due to Li Er's unique aura and the evolution of his Daoist methods, filling him with confidence for the future. He firmly believed that following Li Er would bring even greater rewards than the ultimate ancient path. Thus, the man and the ox began their journey through the starry sky, traveling the universe while cultivating their Dao and leaving behind their own legends in various parts of the cosmos.

As time went by, Li Er's cultivation level rose accordingly. When he was five hundred years old, he was promoted to Quasi-Emperor, becoming one of the most powerful cultivators of this era.

After all, the human universe is currently in a low period, and there are very few cultivators who have reached the high level of Quasi-Emperor.

Of course, this speed was clearly not Li Er's limit. If he intended to increase his speed, he could even demonstrate faster progress without affecting his foundation and accumulated knowledge.

In fact, during this period, Li Er did not deliberately cultivate; he simply relied on the accumulation of his own cultivation to naturally improve his realm.

During this period, Li Er began to acquire various scriptures to perfect his Dao and Dharma. These scriptures were mainly from the mythological era, especially the inheritance of the Nine Heavenly Venerables. He also acquired more than one of the Nine Secrets.

During his spiritual practice, he clearly found that these scriptures were more in line with his Tao and Dharma, and were more inspiring.

As for the Great Sage Green Ox, although Li Er did not directly guide his cultivation, he subtly guided his progress throughout the process, and thus he benefited greatly, reaching the peak of the Great Sage in these three hundred years.

After all, he was originally a top genius qualified to compete for the Dao Proof qualification. Even without Li Er, he could at least become a high-level Quasi-Emperor. With Li Er's guidance and the enhancement of his special Daoist charm, his performance would naturally be even more terrifying.

Thus, although Li Er and Qing Niu did not enter the Ultimate Ancient Road for trials, their prowess overshadowed all their contemporaries, making the trials of the Ultimate Ancient Road seem meaningless.

Time passed once more, and Li Er, at the age of seven hundred, advanced to the sixth level of Quasi-Emperor. There were almost no people in the universe who could compare to him. Those geniuses who had completed the trials on the ultimate ancient road lost all confidence in competing with him after seeing Li Er.

Therefore, Li Er became the undisputed number one of his generation without even making a move.

Meanwhile, Li Er and the Great Sage Green Ox arrived at the ancestral planet of the Mighty Bull Demon Clan. Of course, this time Li Er and the Green Ox traveled side by side.

The Mighty Bull Demon Clan warmly welcomed their arrival, and Xuanxiao Quasi-Emperor, who had exchanged a few words with Li Er before, personally greeted them.

Xuanxiao Quasi-Emperor's previous act of allowing the Great Sage Green Ox to be taken as a follower by Li Er and even become his mount caused a great uproar among the Mighty Bull Demon Clan, and he was almost branded as the most heinous and unforgivable sinner.

After all, Xuanxiao Quasi-Emperor's claim that Li Er and Daode Tianzun were very similar was naturally unconvincing to them; that special similarity in Daoist charm could not be expressed in words.

However, after Li Er gradually rose to prominence and the other high-ranking members of the Mighty Bull Demon Clan saw him in person, all these doubts disappeared, and the Xuanxiao Quasi-Emperor finally escaped the state of being criticized and attacked.

He looked at Li Er with a smile and said, "Please, sir, our clan has been waiting for you for a long time."

(End of this chapter)