Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 685 Calculation
During this time, besides honing his cultivation and accumulating merits, Tai'an also secretly investigated whether any of the major forces on the human side who were in charge of this war were truly colluding with the ancient race. The results filled Tai'an with immense anger.

Some of these powerful forces use coercion and enticement to win over the various prodigies of the human race. If they refuse, they will deliberately send them to dangerous places, and even intentionally leak their information, using the ancient races to eliminate dissidents.

Moreover, Tai'an even received information that in the border area between the human and ancient races near this battlefield, someone was secretly buying and selling the movements of the human race's prodigies in order to make huge profits.

This struck Tai'an as utterly absurd: the human race and the ancient race had joined forces to sell out geniuses they could no longer control to the other in order to consolidate their own power.

Moreover, this transaction has been going on for a very long time, starting even before the war between the humans and the ancient races.

Thanks to the Heaven-Deceiving Array Pattern given to him by the Holy Lord of Lingguan, and the deliberate care and opportunities created by the Great Sage of Gulin from the Undying Golden Body lineage, Tai'an was able to avoid being exposed.

In the past, anyone who learned this, regardless of their powerful faction, would die an accident, surrounded and killed by the ancient clans. Tai'an's parents discovered this, which led to their being trapped and buried far from home.

In fact, it was the Ancient Forest Great Sage of the Undying Golden Body lineage who first discovered this matter, but he was preoccupied with dealing with the Great Sage of the Ancient Clan and had no time to investigate. Moreover, given his status and strength, any move he made would be detected.

During times of war, the Undying Golden Body lineage participated in battles across a wide area, with its members scattered across multiple star regions. As a result, Gu Lin was isolated and had no helpers.

Therefore, Gu Lin thought of the forces on Ziwei Star, led by the Lingguan Holy Land and the Taiyin Sect. Although there were many human forces on this battlefield, those on Ziwei Star were undoubtedly of great importance.

If they could help me, I might be able to free up my time to resolve this matter.

Just then, the Holy Master of Lingguan had some doubts about the truth behind the deaths of Tai'an's parents, and after hearing what Gu Lin said, he immediately decided to join.

Tai'an is actually the key piece that stirs up the situation.

Tai'an is the Holy Son of Lingguan, a status that is enough to make other major forces hesitate to act against him. Only when they are sure that he has really found something will these forces take action against him.

With the deliberate assistance of the Heaven-Deceiving Array Pattern and Gu Lin, even if Tai An discovers something, he won't expose it so quickly, given his intelligence.

During this time, Gu Lin and other cultivators from Ziwei Star could help him conduct a more in-depth investigation and ultimately identify the main suspect.

The final step was to have Tai'an deliberately reveal his parents' identities and intentionally or unintentionally show what he had found out after they had a target.

This would naturally cause panic among the forces within the human race, who would then begin plotting to kill Tai'an in an accident and stop the investigation.

Just as their plan was not yet complete, Tai'an suddenly went to the battlefield of the kings to pay respects to his parents, which immediately threw these forces into chaos.

After all, Tai'an's parents had investigated a lot of inside information back then, and Tai'an suddenly went to the place where his parents died in battle. Could it be that they left some backup plan that would allow Tai'an to obtain what they had investigated?
In their eyes, Tai'an had never gone to pay his respects before, but suddenly went shortly after he learned about these things, which must be suspicious.

Lingguan Holy Land is, after all, one of the most powerful forces in the universe. Perhaps they really do have some secret techniques?

These human forces immediately panicked and hurriedly contacted the ancient tribes to kill Tai'an.

Meanwhile, the major forces of Ziwei Star, led by the Lingguan Holy Land, secretly dispatched many cultivators to hide in the shadows and secretly monitor the movements of the human race.

Finally, Tai'an's actions threw these human forces into disarray, causing them to reveal their weaknesses.

Thus, a massive purge erupted within the human race. Like pulling up a radish and bringing out the mud, the cultivators from Ziwei Star, having cultivated a complex web of human factions for years, successfully followed the clues and apprehended a large number of those involved.

The Great Sage of the Ancient Forest took charge of the entire matter, and even brought out the Six Paths Treasure Wheel left behind by the Undying Holy Emperor to trace the origins and wipe out all those involved in the human race within the circle.

Meanwhile, in the battlefield of the kings, Tai'an was surrounded by the ancient tribes.

Seeing that all seven kings from the ancient clan who had reached the peak of the Dao-Slaying realm had come here, Tai'an said, "You really think highly of me."

An ancient king said, "I know we are no match for you. Sun King, you truly deserve to be called the second Human Emperor, but we will never allow the human race to produce another Human Emperor."

Tai'an said, "So, you've all given up your ambition to become invincible and come here to kill me?"

Another ancient clan king sighed, "Yes, this life no longer belongs to us. Long before we even met you, we were already awestruck by the power of another prodigy. Since we have no hope, let's help him remove the obstacles."

Upon hearing this, Tai'an couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement: "Can you tell him who it is?"

An ancient king said, "Why waste words with him? What use is such knowledge to a dying man?"

As he spoke, he made the first move.

Tai'an immediately clenched his fist, his whole body radiating a dazzling divine light, as if a divine sun had appeared in the world. He swung the Divine Fist of Humanity, unleashing a torrent of humanity.

The divine light dissipated, but Tai'an remained unmoved. However, the ancient clan king's right fist was shattered, leaving him a bloody mess with bone fragments flying everywhere.

Tai'an then formed a hand seal, using the Dou character secret technique to generate the power of the sun. A blazing sun appeared in his palm. The ancient clan king hurriedly met the attack, but was shattered into pieces by this blow. If it weren't for the help of the other kings, this ancient clan king would probably have been defeated within ten moves.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Tai'an's strength is much greater than his, but rather that they adopted a life-or-death fighting style, where the danger of one move is greater than that of a hundred or so.

Tai'an laughed and said, "Come at me all at once, what do I, Tai'an, have to fear?"

The seven kings gazed at the figure in the starry sky, radiating divine light and appearing like a sun god descending to earth, and couldn't help but sigh. To be born in the same era as such a remarkable person was their misfortune.

However, their fighting spirit remained high, showing no fear whatsoever, and even a hint of excitement rose within them. The prospect of killing such a powerful figure, even if the victory was dishonorable, filled them with awe and longing.

On this day, Tai'an slew seven top kings from the ancient race in the Kings' Battlefield, thus entering the realm of half-saints. Afterwards, while being pursued by the ancient race, he killed four more half-saints, terrifying all the ancient race members in the Kings' Battlefield so much that they dared not step into it again.

Thus, Tai'an became the first person in Ziwei Star and even in several star regions involved in this battlefield.

Of course, the ancient clans couldn't have sent only seven kings and four half-saints to kill Tai'an; they also dispatched several saints willing to die for their cause. However, they were all secretly killed by the human saints sent by the ancient forest, and none of them successfully entered the Kings' Killing Field.

Of course, Gu Lin and the human saints did not intervene in Tai'an's attack by the ancient race. This was Tai'an's own request; he would handle everything himself as a form of training, as long as the saints and above did not intervene.

(End of this chapter)