Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 849 Dao Emperor
Time flies, and another century has passed in the blink of an eye. At the age of one thousand, Li Er had reached the point where he could normally make his final leap.

But for some reason, there seemed to be a faint constraint within his body, not strong, but it prevented him from making his final leap and directly ascending to heaven to successfully attain enlightenment.

Clearly, this is the effect of some remaining traces from his predecessor.

Although the Celestial Venerable of Morality tried his best to reclaim all his Dao Fruits and primordial spirit to reduce his influence on this body, in the end, this body had still cultivated under the Celestial Venerable of Morality's control, and had even cultivated the methods of the Chaotic Ancient Era. Therefore, there were still traces of the Great Dao left by the Celestial Venerable of Morality in Li Er's body.

Because of the different systems, Li Er was unable to sense the existence of these marks during his early cultivation. It was only when he was close to attaining enlightenment that these unusual paths began to hinder him.

Of course, the Celestial Venerable of Morality could have completely removed these marks, allowing Li Er to be in his purest state and begin a new life. However, considering Li Er's extraordinary foundation and the fact that he was born in an era with virtually no rivals, the Celestial Venerable of Morality deliberately left these remaining marks of the Great Dao as a trial for Li Er.

If Li Er could break through the Dao imprints left by the Supreme Lord of Morality, then he could maximize his independence from the Supreme Lord of Morality's Dao and Law, making Li Er's own Dao more perfect and more independent.

This is also why the Supreme Lord of Morality did not leave any scriptures or supernatural powers to Li Er at the beginning.

Li Er didn't care too much about this. He had expected that his past self would affect his present self. He just needed to cultivate as much as possible and break through this barrier.

Thus, Li Er continued his cultivation, striving to break through this constraint. Due to this suppression, the Moral Celestial Venerable could not directly achieve the ultimate leap, so he could only attain enlightenment through an alternative path first, and on this basis, he began further exploration and progress.

In this way, the footprints of Li Er and the green ox covered an even wider area.

During this period of decline, Li Er traveled throughout the human world and the universe, and through his intentional or unintentional influence, he showed countless cultivators the way forward, making their cultivation smoother.

Therefore, although this period of decline has not yet passed, under the influence of Li Er, the realm and cultivation of countless practitioners have begun to rise, and there seems to be a significant rebound.

Li Er naturally gained a great deal of attention during this process, and countless cultivators would even deliberately follow him in order to receive his guidance.

However, due to Li Er's superior cultivation, these cultivators naturally could not keep chasing him indefinitely, and Li Er would only meet cultivators with whom he had a connection.

Time began to flow again. At the age of 1200, Li Er had already achieved enlightenment in a completely different way. If it were any other cultivator, even a true young emperor, reaching this point would be considered as having no further progress to make, and they could only prove the Dao.

But for Li Er, this realm was not the end. He could continue to improve, and the shackles within him had not yet reached the point where they could be broken.

Thus, it wasn't until he was 1,500 years old that Li Er achieved his final sublimation, gaining the ability to break through the shackles within his body.

At this time, even the Green Ox's cultivation had reached the peak of the ninth level of Quasi-Emperor, extremely close to achieving an alternative path to enlightenment.

At this time, Li Er ended his cultivation and journey and went to the desolate wilderness on the edge of the universe, triggering the great tribulation of enlightenment.

In an instant, an immeasurable sea of ​​lightning covered the entire sky. A deafening explosion shook the heavens and earth, tearing apart all the paths of creation and causing the entire human universe to tremble.

The occurrence of this great tribulation of enlightenment was not unexpected by other cultivators in the human universe. After all, many years ago, Li Er had already established himself as the number one person of his time, and he would be the only one to attain enlightenment in this generation. However, what was unexpected was that even though they had a premonition that Li Er's tribulation of enlightenment would be extraordinary, they still did not expect its momentum to be so terrifying. This made them think of the top enlightened beings of this era in the past.

Clearly, Li Er was destined to be an extraordinary emperor.

During his tribulation, Li Er naturally underwent a tribulation of almost the highest level of enlightenment. The phantom of the Moral Celestial Venerable emerged from the sea of ​​thunder, and countless humanoid figures formed from the Elixir of Immortality engaged him in fierce combat.

After a long while, the sea of ​​thunder dissipated, and Li Er stood in the void, completely removing the remaining Dao imprints from himself, reaching the purest state, and imprinting his Dao imprints into the universe, allowing the Heavenly Heart Imprint to combine with himself, thus becoming the emperor of this generation.

Li Er felt himself becoming more powerful, and with the enhancement of the Heavenly Heart Mark, he once again comprehended the Dao, thus making his realm more stable.

Soon, he began to use this state to explore the reincarnation seal within his body again. But clearly, there was still no residual information from his previous life; he could only see a reincarnation seal formed purely from the mysteries of life and death.

Therefore, Li Er stopped his search and focused on his own spiritual practice.

After completing his tribulation and cultivation, Li Er returned to the side of the Green Ox.

Seeing that Li Er showed no abnormalities after attaining enlightenment, Qing Niu finally felt relieved. He had always been very worried that Li Er might be an incarnation of the true Daoist Celestial Venerable, but now that he had attained enlightenment, he still hadn't shown any deeper connection with the Daoist Celestial Venerable. It seemed that no matter what relationship he had with the Daoist Celestial Venerable, he should already be an independent being.

With Li Er around, not only him, but the entire Mighty Bull Demon Clan will rise to prominence.

Then the green ox beamed with joy: "Congratulations, sir, on your successful attainment of the Dao and becoming a true Dao Emperor."

Li Er's title was Dao Huang (Emperor of the Way).

During his time cultivating in the human universe, his natural state and his effortless mastery of various Dao techniques when instructing other cultivators undoubtedly demonstrated that his perception of the Dao had reached an extremely acute level. Even just being around him made it easier to comprehend the Dao because of his aura.

Therefore, the title "Li Er" has been circulating among all races in the universe for a long time, and now that Li Er has truly attained enlightenment and become an emperor, this title can naturally be officially recognized.

In fact, it was quite a coincidence.

In the mythological era, the title of the Moral Celestial Venerable was not only Moral Celestial Venerable but also Dao Venerable; however, in this era, Li Er's title is Dao Emperor.

"Zun" is the title of those who attained enlightenment in the mythological era, while "Huang" is the title of those who attained enlightenment in this era. Both titles use "Dao" as a prefix, which undoubtedly foreshadows their extraordinary achievements.

Li Er was naturally indifferent to this title. After all, a name is just a label. Li Er was a symbol he was given when he was born as a completely new person. The title of Dao Huang was quite in line with what he pursued, so he would just let nature take its course.

(End of this chapter)