Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 654 Star King
Looking at those who have attained enlightenment in the past, they all attained enlightenment at their peak, and very few of them lived past five thousand years old, let alone six thousand five hundred years old.

For a quasi-emperor at the peak of the ninth level who is about to attain enlightenment, their lifespan will not exceed nine thousand years, so six thousand five hundred years is already past their peak.

To have accumulated experience at this age and then make that final leap is something no one has ever done before.

Of course, this excludes those who successfully accumulated knowledge in previous eras and only achieved enlightenment in later lives, such as the White Tiger Emperor and the Abandoned Emperor. It only includes those who achieved enlightenment through normal cultivation.

It can be said that the birth of the Star Emperor is a legend. Du Mu broke the record for the fastest cultivation before the Quasi-Emperor, while the Star Emperor broke the record for the slowest Dao attainment among those who cultivated and attained Dao through normal means.

The fact that the fastest and the slowest emerged in the same era is quite a strange and remarkable thing.

However, it is precisely because they appeared in the same era that their influence was even more profound.

The existence of Du Mu serves as a warning to future cultivators that even with exceptional innate talent and a privileged background, and by virtue of this, one possesses a cultivation speed far exceeding that of others, it does not guarantee the attainment of the highest level. One may still be stuck at a certain stage and ultimately fade into obscurity.

The Star Emperor's attainment of enlightenment greatly encouraged those cultivators who did not start from such a high level. Being behind temporarily does not mean being behind forever. No matter how low their starting point is, as long as they never give up, they still have the possibility of achieving great things later in life and accumulating strength for a future breakthrough.

The human universe is in the Dharma-ending Age, and there are no substances that can prolong life. Moreover, each era can only allow one cultivator to ascend to the highest level and become an invincible Daoist. Therefore, cultivators born in this universe must strive to crush all obstacles on the path of cultivation with courage and diligence, and sublimate themselves to the extreme in the shortest time in order to achieve their goals and obtain a broader future.

This trend is shaped by the environment of the human universe, so most cultivators can only follow this path.

While Star Emperor's steady and methodical approach might have meant missing out on early opportunities, it certainly showed many people a possibility. At least for some cultivators, it was deeply inspiring, revealing a path more suitable for them.

Of course, this also gave many cultivators a reason to comfort themselves. After all, there are far fewer people like the Star Emperor who achieve great things late in life, only beginning to accumulate strength and unleash their full potential after their peak period has passed, than those geniuses with the potential of ancient emperors in their youth.

Gu Qun and Cang Yuan were also quite surprised by the Star Emperor's attainment of sainthood. At the time of the Star Emperor's ascension, they, at the age of five thousand, had reached the pinnacle of their lives and could no longer advance beyond continuing the broken path or obtaining the Harmony Flower.

The Harmony Flower has only appeared two or three times in history, but apart from the last time it was used by the Undying Holy Emperor and the Azure Heaven Overlord, the other times it has been vague and only rumors have been left, so they have no way to deal with it.

Under their combined deduction, the Dao-Harmony Flower seemed to exist, and they could not find any clues at all.

At this moment, the Harmony Flower is in the hands of the Primordial Celestial Venerable, so they naturally cannot deduce its whereabouts. Moreover, even if they found the Harmony Flower, it would be of no use. Because, based on the previous situation, this Harmony Flower requires at least a million years of gestation and the stimulus of a major era change.

If they want to use it, they'll have to wait until the next era.

So they had no choice but to give up, and for the next thousand years they continued to explore, wanting to take another step forward, even if they couldn't completely reconnect the broken path, taking a step would be good enough.

But in the end, they made little progress other than perfecting their own path.

At this time, the self-proclaimed Shen Lingxiao and Cang Yun reappeared and encountered the two of them. Shen Lingxiao, who had achieved enlightenment in a completely unconventional way and had also cultivated the supreme divine blood, and Cang Yun, who only had a portion of the hegemonic blood but had also reached the realm of completely unconventional enlightenment, naturally became important opponents of Gu Qun and Cang Yuan upon their reappearance.

Gu Qun and Cang Yuan were unable to attain enlightenment because their physical paths were blocked. Xin Lingxiao and Cang Yun, on the other hand, were limited to achieving enlightenment through alternative means because they lived in the era of the Human Emperor. As a result, they could not directly make their ultimate leap in this era and needed to break through this limitation through a great battle to succeed.

Gu Qun and Cang Yuan are naturally the most suitable opponents.

Of course, for Cangyun, not wanting his lineage to be suppressed by the Undying Golden Body lineage was also one of the reasons.

Xin Lingxiao not only broke through the bloodline limitations of the Ming Emperor, but also broke through the restrictions imposed on him by the Ancient Divine Scripture of Differentiation after cultivating the Supreme Divine Blood. Therefore, his foundation was even greater than that of Cangyun. Gu Qun had previously defeated Cangyuan of their Overlord Body lineage and had maintained a slight advantage over the years.

Therefore, their Overlord lineage can only rely on their numerical advantage to make up for their shortcomings.

At this time, the six-thousand-year-old Star Emperor was merely a high-level Quasi-Emperor, and naturally did not catch their eye, nor was he regarded as an opponent.

But during the five hundred years that the four of them were expounding on the Dao and developing the Dharma, frequently exchanging ideas and practicing together in preparation for their final breakthrough, the Star Emperor maintained this drive and made the ultimate leap.

After learning about this Star Emperor, the four of them were naturally deeply shocked. Gu Qun and Cang Yuan thought it was already quite an achievement to meet Du Mu, this eccentric genius, but they never expected to meet another completely different eccentric genius, which inevitably left them with mixed feelings.

However, these four people had relatively high moral standards and were all respectable people. Therefore, even though the Star Emperor bypassed them and directly attained enlightenment, they did not interrupt him.

After all, their paths are different. They are all invincible warriors who are brave and diligent, while the Star Emperor is a pure cultivator who focuses on self-cultivation and comprehending the universe and nature. Therefore, the Star Emperor naturally has no need to defeat everyone and become invincible for life.

Amidst a sea of ​​lightning, the Star Emperor bathed in the light of tribulation and ascended to the pinnacle of humanity, becoming the emperor of this era.

Since he never grew up by defeating all his rivals in bloody battles, the Star Emperor did not deliberately seek them out.

He simply traveled through the universe during his cultivation, witnessing the movement of the sun, moon, and stars, and seeing the truth behind the changes in constellations, thereby continuously elevating his own Dao, and finally taking this step directly.

He was called the Star Emperor because he cultivated the power of stars and comprehended the laws of constellations.

Now that he has successfully attained enlightenment, the Star Emperor's aura has merged with the Heavenly Heart Mark, covering the universe, and countless stars are shining with dazzling starlight as if offering a gift to him.

From that moment on, the Star Emperor bathed in starlight and became the supreme ruler of this era. In the future, his record as a cultivator, his latest attainment of enlightenment, will be even more enduring than the name of the Star Emperor he became after attaining enlightenment.

In the distant future, even the title of Star Emperor disappeared into the river of history, but the record of attaining enlightenment at the age of 6,500 was always remembered and, like Du Mu, was forever enshrined in history.

(End of this chapter)