Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 853 Second Generation
After gaining a brief understanding of the various complex methods of transformation, the Dao Emperor did not immediately begin his cultivation. Instead, he entered the Xuandu Cave atop the Great Luo Immortal Mountain, using the unique terrain close to the Dao and the characteristic of the myriad Daos merging brought by the Heavenly Heart Mark to comprehend the Dao and cultivate, attempting to make his Dao more perfect.

After all, the best results and the greatest chance of success are achieved when one reaches a state of perfection where there is no further room for improvement.

Thus, the Dao Emperor entered into a deep state of enlightenment and cultivation.

Three thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye. The five-thousand-year-old Dao Emperor is still rising, and his strength has become unimaginable. It is hard to find anyone in the human universe who can compare to him.

Unless those special Daoists who have transcended the mortal realm and are on the path to immortality are found, the Dao Emperor at this moment is invincible in the mortal world, and it is difficult to find an opponent in the world who can withstand a single blow from him.

At this point, the Dao Emperor's own cultivation had temporarily reached its limit, making it difficult to achieve further success.

Instead of continuing his cultivation on this immortal mountain, he left the Great Luo Immortal Mountain and returned to the ancient primordial star.

After three thousand years, most of the birds and beasts he had enlightened were now very old, but they used various methods to stay alive so as to see the Emperor Dao one last time.

They each found their own path and lived extraordinary lives. After all, without the Dao Emperor, they might have died as ordinary wild beasts, never having the chance to cultivate.

Therefore, they were naturally extremely grateful to the Dao Emperor.

The Emperor bid farewell to each of the birds and beasts, seeing them off. Having fulfilled their final wishes, many of the birds and beasts passed away on the spot, while the very few who remained had little room for further advancement. Having achieved their goals, they too departed.

Aside from them, Li Guo maintained a very steady and stable cultivation progress. He was slightly older than the Dao Emperor, so Li Guo was now around five thousand years old.

At this point, he was still at the peak of the Saint King realm. Given his circumstances, this was clearly an extremely slow pace.

However, in Dao Huang's view, Li Guo's state of being completely unaffected by the outside world and simply allowing himself to improve naturally is obviously an ideal state, so his potential is indeed still very great.

After meeting the Dao Emperor, Li Guo successfully broke through and became a Great Sage.

Facing Li Guo, who had successfully broken through, the Dao Emperor said, "You are the only disciple I have ever acknowledged. I am giving you a choice: either leave with me or cultivate on your own in this mortal realm?"

Although Li Guo's progress was slow at this point, his early performance showed that he still had great potential. Therefore, no one mocked him anymore and regarded him as a classic example of a late bloomer.

Having already begun to thrive, Li Guo could be said to have achieved great success. And after becoming a Great Sage, he would undoubtedly reap even greater fame and fortune. But leaving now would mean all that he had accumulated would vanish.

This was naturally a test left to him by the Dao Emperor.

Li Guo did not hesitate at all: "Disciple is willing to follow Master."

The Dao Emperor said, "Very well. I am going to travel around the human world, and I will take you with me this time."

Afterwards, the Dao Emperor led Li Guo on a new journey. He followed his past path, striving to spread the Dao and its teachings, to revitalize this somewhat dormant era caused by the inactivity of the laws of heaven and earth, and to enable countless cultivators to become even stronger.

At the end of their journey, Dao Huang and Li Guo arrived at the ancestral star of the Mighty Bull Demon Clan. Naturally, the most excited about Dao Huang's visit was the Azure Bull. More than three thousand years ago, he had already reached the peak of the Quasi-Nine Realms, and now, like their ancestor, the Azure Bull had achieved a unique path to enlightenment, making him truly outstanding in the current human universe.

Therefore, the Mighty Bull Demon Clan naturally welcomed the Dao Emperor with the greatest possible force.

After giving a sermon and transforming and strengthening the Mighty Bull Demon Clan from the inside out, the Dao Emperor used the Bodhi seeds from the Bodhi Ancient Tree to extend the life of the already old and near-death Xuanxiao Quasi-Emperor, giving him a new life.

At this point, the Mighty Bull Demon Clan had clearly risen to a new level.

Finally, the Dao Emperor said to the Green Ox, "Now you are the absolute leader of the Mighty Bull Demon Clan. You are one of the few supreme beings in the human universe who have achieved enlightenment through an alternative path. You are a true overlord. This is truly a cause for celebration."

The green ox said, "Sir, I wish to stay by your side forever, please grant my request."

The Dao Emperor said, "Are you truly willing to give up all of this and leave with me?"

The green ox said, "Please grant me permission, sir."

The Emperor said, "Very well, then you may come with me."

Overjoyed, Qingniu immediately entrusted all affairs of the Mighty Bull Demon Clan to the rejuvenated Xuanxiao Quasi-Emperor, and then asked Daohuang with anticipation, "Sir, where shall we go?"

Dao Huang said, "Go to Senior Brother Dao De's Dao Temple, Da Luo Immortal Mountain."

Upon hearing this, Qingniu was greatly shocked. Li Guo, who knew everything, quietly told him everything.

When speaking to others, Dao Huang did not reveal his origins in detail, but Li Guo and Qing Niu were his direct subordinates, so only they knew Dao Huang's specific origins and his current relationship with Dao De Tian Zun.

Upon learning that they were about to visit the Daoist temple of the Celestial Venerable of Morality and even had the chance to meet him in person, Li Guo and Qing Niu were naturally quite excited.

After all, the Moral Celestial Venerable is one of the three Dao Ancestors of the Primordial Ancient Star, and has extraordinary significance to the Primordial Ancient Star. As a cultivator of the Primordial Ancient Star, Li Guo naturally longed to be associated with him. In addition, the Moral Celestial Venerable was also the key to the rise of the Mighty Bull Demon Clan. He was the most revered Dao Prover of their clan, and the Green Bull naturally respected him greatly.

After entering the Great Luo Immortal Mountain, the Green Ox received guidance from the Dao Emperor, which helped him achieve greater perfection before he continued to study the direction the Dao Emperor had pointed out for him, in order to become even stronger. However, throughout his life, he only reached the point of completely achieving a different kind of Dao and could no longer make any progress.

So the Dao Emperor used the Bodhi seed to allow it to live a second life, and then sealed it away.

As for Li Guo, he continued his steady and methodical cultivation, and eventually achieved an unconventional path to enlightenment at the age of eight thousand, and reached a completely unconventional level of enlightenment at the age of nine thousand, which was incredible.

Even if he remained stuck at his limit during advancement, his lifespan would only be around ten thousand years, thus eliminating any possibility of further progress. Therefore, the Dao Emperor allowed him to consume the Bodhi Seed to live a second life, until he cultivated for several thousand more years, reaching the pinnacle of this field and reaching a point where further advancement was impossible, before sealing him away.

As time passed, the Dao Emperor himself reached old age at 25,000 years old and, with the help of the Bodhi Seed, lived out his second life.

(End of this chapter)