Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 680 Prelude
Since the disappearance of the Taiyin Human Emperor and his departure from the human world, four more emperors have appeared in the human universe.

However, among these four emperors, Shengxuan Tianzun came from Xianling, which was originally part of the human race system that was incorporated into the human race system by the Human Emperor.

Therefore, although Shengxuan Tianzun's direct contribution to the development of the human race was not that great, she indirectly made the human race's position more stable.

The Corpse King later came from the Underworld. Although his predecessor was a human, he was no longer considered to be of the same kind as humans. While the Underworld and humans had no conflict, they were not very close either.

It was thought that this time, the other races would finally have a chance to catch their breath, but who would have thought that after this Corpse Emperor went to the ancient star of the primordial world, he changed his previous indifferent attitude and contributed a lot to the development of the human race, clearly showing his inclination.

Thus, the human race's position remained unshakable.

Although the origins of the Star Emperors after him were mysterious, they ultimately had no special connection with the human race. However, before him, the human race produced an Undying Golden Body that was almost comparable to the Undying Saint Emperor before he used the Dao-Merging Flower to attain enlightenment, and a slightly weaker but still extremely powerful Azure Heaven Overlord Body.

Most critically, Emperor Ming's son, Xin Lingxiao, and the Supreme Cangyun of the Hegemony lineage, who once followed the Human Emperor, were also born in this era.

Let alone the fact that the Star Emperor harbors no ill will towards the human race, even if he wanted to target them, the outcome would be uncertain given that he is facing four supreme beings who have already achieved completely unconventional paths to enlightenment.

Thus, the glorious era of humanity did not end, but rose even higher.

After that, the other ancient races welcomed another Blood Phoenix Emperor who had no connection with the human race, and this time the human race did not have such a supreme being emerge.

Although the Blood Phoenix Emperor harbored no ill will toward the human race, the human race's development seemed to have finally reached its peak, and signs of decline were beginning to emerge.

In the ten thousand years that the Blood Phoenix Emperor's aura of the Great Dao gradually dissipated, these ancient races finally made a comeback, and began to tentatively instigate small disturbances to provoke friction with the human race, trying to find out the strength and weakness of the human race and challenge its status.

In the preceding years, the human race had always enjoyed a glorious golden age, remaining the largest race in the human universe for tens of thousands of years, deterring other ancient races from invading.

But precisely because of this, as humanity enjoyed peace for a long time, internal conflicts began to accumulate and erupt, and the unity and high spirits of the past during the reign of the Human Emperor were no longer present.

Moreover, the ancient races have been constantly at war for countless generations, thus forging even more powerful warriors. Human cultivators, on the other hand, have not experienced as much conflict.

Therefore, when the ancient race launched a probing attack, the human race was surprisingly unable to resist. Although it cannot be described as a complete rout, they were still forced into a series of defeats.

However, under such circumstances, many factions within the human race were still busy fighting for power and profit, completely unaware that a crisis was about to return.

Beset by internal and external troubles, the human race's power, while not suffering significant overall losses, has shrunk considerably.

Most importantly, during this probing attack, these ancient races discovered the current problems facing humanity and began to exert increasing pressure. They all wanted to carve out a piece of flesh from this race, which had grown to an extremely large size, to accelerate their own progress.

As the war intensified, humanity once again faced a crisis. However, even so, humanity still managed to maintain its core sphere of influence by launching attacks on all sides, relying on its profound resources.

The saying goes, "When a whale falls, all things flourish." If humanity were to decline or even perish, other ancient races could seize the opportunity to rapidly expand and become even more powerful. Thus, the challenges facing humanity are becoming increasingly severe. However, this crisis is considerably smaller than that during the reign of the Taiyin Emperor. After all, while the power of the ancient races may not have changed drastically, the current human race is far more formidable than it was then.

Therefore, a tug-of-war broke out between the human race and many ancient races in the universe, and the situation became deadlocked.

As the Blood Phoenix Emperor's aura of the Great Dao completely dissipated, a new round of the struggle for Dao certification erupted once more, ushering in another period of chaos. At that time, the human race might no longer be as peaceful as it is now.

Although the Taiyin Emperor was somewhat heartbroken by this situation, he did not intervene to change it. During his seclusion, he had already decided to entrust the responsibility of protecting humanity to the next possible emperor, and he would only intervene again when humanity truly faced annihilation.

After all, humanity cannot rely on just one person. Only when generations of human cultivators strive for self-improvement and unite in spirit can humanity prosper.

Moreover, given the current situation, the possibility of the human race being wiped out is still too far off, and it is not enough to make the Taiyin Human Emperor feel threatened.

Moreover, the solar body that Wuji Tianzun has his eye on has already been born. Perhaps the challenges that humanity faces in this era are the problems he needs to solve, just as he led humanity to rise from decline back then.

Thinking of this, the Taiyin Emperor quickened his pace and arrived at the Ziwei Star.

After the Taiyin Emperor attained enlightenment, Ziwei Star became the imperial star of the human race, ranking alongside the ancient star of the primordial world where the sacred Mount Tai is located as one of the two most important places for the human race. Therefore, this crisis could not directly affect Ziwei Star, so Ziwei Star remained peaceful at this time.

However, although Ziwei Star, as the imperial star of the human race, was not besieged by the ancient race as it was before the rise of the human emperor, the major forces located on Ziwei Star still took on their responsibilities with a strong sense of duty. With Lingguan Holy Land and Taiyin Sect as the core, they organized the major forces on Ziwei Star to draw some cultivators from their disciples to go to the place where the human race and the ancient race were at war to protect their homeland.

This practice has always been common, and many major human powers do it. However, some powers, such as the Spirit Observation Holy Land, the Taiyin Sect, and the Undying Golden Body lineage, do it wholeheartedly, while others just go through the motions.

Because of this action, although Ziwei Star was not directly involved in the war, there was still a strong fighting spirit and sorrow among the human race in this place.

After all, a considerable number of the cultivators who went from Ziwei Star to fight against the ancient races were buried in the starry sky and never returned to their homeland.

Sensing this atmosphere, the Taiyin Human Emperor sighed softly, recalling the past. He could lead the human race to become strong, so that they would no longer suffer the fate of being besieged and enslaved by the ancient races as they had in his time, but he could not spare everyone from the suffering of war.

However, things in this world can never go as planned. If the majority of people can be spared from disaster, that is already a great blessing.

Even though the Taiyin Emperor was very open-minded, he still accelerated the search process.

Although he is now a Chaos Body, chaos inherently contains Yin and Yang. Therefore, he can still rely on the power of the Yin Body to establish a mysterious connection with the Sun Body and thus locate its position.

He followed the energy flow and finally found the human prodigy who possessed the body of the sun.

(End of this chapter)