Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 294 The Final Battle with Maximum Intensity
Twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Huang Tian is now two hundred years old. He, along with the Immortal Fire Saint Spirit and the Annihilation Heavenly Venerable, have truly entered the Great Saint realm.

Over the past twenty years, the Seven Divine Generals have also broken through to new heights, leaving their mark on this place. However, they are much older than Huang Tian, ​​so the youngest Great Sages here are still those three.

Finally, the ultimate ancient road has opened. Top talents from all over the world have begun their journey, about to face the final battle of this great era.

This time, over three hundred people met the requirements and stepped onto the ultimate ancient path. Such a grand occasion was rare even in the mythical era. Especially considering that these three hundred people were the result after Huang Tian and the Seven Gods had eliminated a large number of geniuses.

Ning Fei had just stepped out of the great formation when he discovered that the portal to the Ultimate Ancient Path had been open for quite some time. He glanced back at the ancient formation that was constantly collapsing and disappearing, then spurred his horse into the domain gate and entered the Ultimate Ancient Path.

Over the past ten or twenty years, this grand formation not only transformed Ning Fei several times, but also allowed him to see the future and experience countless lives based on the secrets of the previous characters. This greatly enhanced Ning Fei's combat awareness and cultivation level.

At this moment, Ning Fei's Tribulation Transcending Heavenly Art had reached an extremely high level, giving his physical body a faint aura of immortality that could withstand countless calamities. Thus, he was no longer afraid even in close combat with a celestial being like Huang Tian.

Moreover, through the accumulation of countless reincarnations, Ning Fei's Dao heart became even more steadfast, and he even made up for the defects of the Forgetfulness Heavenly Art, and began to create his own Forgetfulness Heavenly Art.

To step into forbidden territory and create one's own ancient scriptures—this is the true qualification for attaining enlightenment. Even if one cannot attain enlightenment, such a person is essentially a supreme being capable of achieving enlightenment in a completely unconventional way.

Although Ning Fei possessed this talent, without Liang Yu's powerful array accelerating his progress, it would likely have taken him considerably longer to reach this level. In that case, he would have fallen completely behind and lost his eligibility to compete.

Among the more than three hundred Great Saints who have embarked on the ultimate ancient path, Huang Tian, ​​Immortal Fire Saint Spirit, Annihilation Heavenly Venerable, and Ning Fei are naturally the four strongest.

After entering the ultimate ancient path, the transformed Ning Fei challenged Huang Tian once again, and this time, Ning Fei actually fought Huang Tian to a draw. Their battle made many Great Sages admit their inferiority and lose their desire to attain enlightenment.

Then, the four, their interest piqued, engaged in a chaotic battle, ultimately solidifying their lead. Ning Fei's negative reputation, stemming from his defeat to Huang Tian, ​​was completely erased by this fight.

Over the next three hundred years, these four individuals, as leaders, controlled the pace of cultivation and the progress of their strength throughout the entire process. They maintained a relatively consistent cultivation speed, ensuring that they perfected each stage of their training.

In fact, if these four were to focus solely on cultivation, the others would have no chance of catching up. After all, the Celestial Venerable of Nirvana was a Celestial Venerable who had undergone a major cultivation rebirth; although Ning Fei was not a rebirth cultivator, he had already sensed his own perfected state in multiple future times through the Pre-Word Secret, so he did not need to accumulate experience or make mistakes.

As for Huang Tian, ​​he possesses an even more profound foundation. Just look at the later Little Immortal Phoenix and Ye Yishui to see how fast they could cultivate if they were allowed to do so freely. Although the Immortal Fire Saint Spirit's physique cannot completely compare to Huang Tian's, the essence of his Immortal Phoenix Dao Fire can still make up for this.

Therefore, they were actually giving others a chance, but the difficulty was still very high. In these three hundred years, these four reached the peak of the Great Sage realm almost simultaneously. Only a very few other prodigies could catch up.

Over the next three hundred years, other prodigies, including the Seven Divine Generals and some Supreme Beings remnants from the mythical era, fell far behind. In the realm of Quasi-Supreme Beings, only these four continued to make progress.

When Huang Tian was eight hundred years old, he reached the ninth level of the Quasi-Saint realm. The previous battles for the qualification to prove the Dao were essentially over, but Huang Tian had only gained some advantages. Although he could win, it wasn't a decisive victory. However, at this point, the difference in talent among these people began to slowly become apparent. Huang Tian not only didn't slow down but also continued to improve, while the other three began to encounter bottlenecks. Even the reborn Heavenly Venerable of Annihilation was no exception.

Ultimately, at the age of nine hundred, Huang Tian reached a state where he could make the final leap, defeating all three of them in succession, truly widening the gap between them, and finally achieving victory.

Originally, Huang Tian should have reached this stage around the age of eight hundred, just like Yuanshi Tianzun, but in order to keep pace with the other three, he deliberately slowed down his speed.

But just as Huang Tian was full of ambition and about to prove his Dao, six auras soared into the sky, interrupting his thoughts.

These six people were naturally Ying Shenxiao, Sansheng Zhizun, Yuanxiang Wang, Chuanying, the progenitor of the Undying Golden Body, and the progenitor of the Azure Heaven Overlord Body. Upon seeing them, Huang Tian's feelings were first astonishment, then anger, and then excitement.

Although Huang Tian could still attempt to prove his Dao at this point, given his already solid foundation, he would not shy away from the challenge since these six had clearly stated their intention to fight him.

However, Huang Tian was still somewhat puzzled. Opponents like Ning Fei were rare; even the Primordial Heavenly Venerable only had one. How come he encountered three? Keep in mind, if those three hadn't met someone like him, they would almost certainly have attained Dao. Are geniuses of this caliber so common? Could it be a case of accumulated talent finally blossoming during a changing era?

But that wasn't the end of it. After finally defeating these three formidable opponents, he faced six more veterans from the previous era.

Among them, the slightly weaker Yuanxiang King, Chuanying, and Sansheng Supreme all achieved enlightenment in completely unconventional ways and then advanced further. The other three even possessed strength comparable to ordinary enlightened beings without ever attaining enlightenment themselves.

This made Huang Tian wonder if he was being targeted.

But since things had come to this, Huang Tian could only continue cultivating. Under the pressure of these six supreme beings, Huang Tian's potential was forced out even further.

Huang Tian abandoned the direct ultimate leap and instead chose to achieve enlightenment through an alternative path. Two hundred years later, when he was 1,100 years old, Huang Tian had already achieved enlightenment through this alternative path.

With the blessing of the Phoenix True Body, Huang Tian also possessed strength comparable to an ordinary Dao Prover. After all, his Phoenix bloodline was a supreme bloodline comparable to the Chaos Body, and even surpassed the Undying Golden Body and the Azure Heaven Overlord Body.

In the ensuing battles, Huang Tian frequently clashed with these six supreme beings, and his strength continued to improve. Although anyone could attempt to prove themselves first, they all tacitly agreed to determine the strongest.

The intensity of this final battle was truly off the charts.

(End of this chapter)