Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 687 Heroes
For security reasons, news of Tai'an's departure from Ziwei Star was kept secret. Although the forces on Ziwei Star could generally guess that he had already embarked on the Ancient Star Road, they still needed to keep it a secret from the major powers in other star regions.

After all, the great purge that Tai'an had previously triggered was a major event, and its influence had begun to gradually spread to all regions of the human race.

Similar incidents have clearly occurred in more than just this one star system; similar situations have occurred in other battlefields as well.

After this incident became public knowledge, people naturally began to notice some unusual things that had happened in the past. Bringing up these old grievances would inevitably lead to more unrest and more reckoning.

Under such circumstances, it's inevitable that some people will harbor resentment towards Tai'an. Therefore, although this matter will soon be guessed, it's best to keep it a secret for as long as possible, at least giving Tai'an more time for peaceful development.

At this time, Tai'an was unaware of these things. He traversed the boundless starry sky and began to try to comprehend the Taiyin Mother Scripture by taking advantage of this cold and desolate environment.

Although this training is less effective due to physical limitations, it serves as a reference and guide for improving one's own solar power.

Moreover, the Taiyin Emperor not only created the Human Way Divine Fist in the past, but also created the Taiyin Mother Scripture, which is widely circulated among the human race, in order to enhance the overall strength of the human race.

Tai'an aspires to become the successor of the Taiyin Human Emperor, so he naturally wants to create a Sun Mother Scripture to enable the human race to possess both Yin and Yang powers, making them stronger and giving them more choices.

After becoming a sage, Tai'an should further develop his own Tao and Dharma, and try to create an ancient scripture suitable for himself. It would be convenient for him to start studying the Taiyin Mother Scripture in advance to lay the groundwork for the future Taiyang Mother Scripture.

Of course, his main purpose was to create scriptures that belonged to himself and the body of the sun.

Tai'an continued its progress along the ancient road, and its prestige grew ever stronger. The title of "King of the Purple Star" hadn't appeared for two or three thousand years, making it incredibly prestigious.

Tai'an himself was among the strongest of the nine generations of human kings on Ziwei Star, almost on par with the former Taiyin Human Emperor. Therefore, he naturally became an important seed with a illustrious reputation on the ancient path of the human race.

More than a hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye. At the age of two hundred, Tai'an successfully cultivated to the peak of the Saint King and mastered the forbidden domain.

During this period, Tai'an did not pursue advancement in cultivation level, but instead focused more on developing his physical constitution and creating his own ancient scripture. Not only Tai'an, but most of the geniuses on the Starry Sky Ancient Road were like this.

Perhaps due to the influence of Du Mu and Xing Huang, cultivators in the last tens of thousands of years have stopped pursuing speed and instead prioritized their foundation.

Of course, this is precisely why Tai'an's cultivation speed is even more outstanding. After all, he suppresses himself and increases his potential with each advancement, but even so, he still approaches the Great Sage realm at the age of two hundred. Many people cannot do this even without suppressing themselves at all.

Finally, Tai'an arrived at the final ancient road, wanting to leave his own name here.

But as he approached the final ancient path, Tai'an sensed a familiar aura. He immediately said, "You really have made it this far."

The Heavenly Demon King silently revealed himself. At this moment, he was at the same level as Tai'an, and his aura was still comparable to Tai'an's.

The Heavenly Demon King said, "Human King, I remember our agreement well. We will have a battle sooner or later."

Tai'an smiled slightly, his entire being transforming into a divine sun, radiating dazzling divine light. He said, "There's no time like the present, why not do it right here and now?"

Before the Heavenly Demon King could speak, a powerful aura emanated from Youyi, causing the two of them to turn their gazes to the other side.

Before them, a figure whose entire body seemed to be cast from gold traversed the starry sky and arrived at this place. The moment he saw Tai'an and the Heavenly Demon King, his golden eyes flashed with divine light.

A golden aura shot into the sky, making the newcomer appear like a golden celestial being.

The three auras collided, silently crushing countless meteorites into dust. Tai'an looked at the golden figure and said, "You look familiar, Golden Ancient Clan, are you Jin Huang?"

In the battlefield of kings, he learned from the ancient clan kings he had killed that a prodigy comparable to himself had been born, causing them to despair and thus abandon their struggle for the Dao-proving position. That prodigy came from the Golden Ancient Clan, and his name was Jin Huang.

Before the rise of the Taiyin Human Emperor, Ziwei Star had been invaded by a coalition of ancient clans led by the Golden Ancient Clan. It was only after the Taiyin Human Emperor returned as the future Empress that the invasion was completely resolved.

In a way, the Ziwei Star and the Golden Ancient Clan have some connection.

More than 200,000 years ago, the ancestor of the Golden Ancient Clan accidentally obtained a fragment of the Pre-Word Secret. During his comprehension, he unexpectedly saw that a young emperor would be born in their Golden Ancient Clan in the future. Therefore, he passed on the position of clan leader to a Golden Ancient Clan cultivator who was not considered the most outstanding at the time.

This outcome led to the most talented member of the Golden Clan, the Quasi-Emperor Jin Hua, rebelling and taking a portion of the Golden Ancient Clan with him in an attempt to establish their own independent clan. Later, they joined forces with other ancient clans to invade Ziwei Star.

And Jin Huang is the result of the prophecy of that ancient golden clan ancestor.

He is not a cultivator of this era, but was born in the era of the Corpse Emperor, and is only now being born.

From the day he was born, he was like the Blood Phoenix Emperor, bringing the power of his race's bloodline to a whole new level. He was indeed a descendant of the ancient Golden Clan cultivator who was passed down the position of clan leader by the Golden Clan's ancestor.

The birth of Jinhuang actually confirmed a prophecy made by a quasi-emperor many tens of thousands of years ago, which can only be described as a strange event.

Jin Huang said, "An ancestor of my Golden Ancient Clan died at the hands of the Taiyin Human Emperor. Now I have met you, the Human King of this generation, and you are also a person with the body of the sun. Could it be that Heaven wants me to avenge my ancestor?"

Tai'an sneered, "I'm afraid your birth will only add to my glory as the new Emperor."

The Heavenly Demon King glanced at the growing number of cultivators from various races gathering around him and immediately asked, "Do you two wish to have a decisive battle here?"

Jin Huang said, "Why not? Is killing him such a difficult thing?"

Tai'an said, "If he wants to come and die, I wouldn't mind."

The Heavenly Demon King shook his head and said, "You two should stop for now. You should have sensed that the opening of the Ultimate Ancient Road is not far off. It's more important to leave your mark first."

"And do you really want to fight in front of them?"

Upon hearing this, Jin Huang and Tai An restrained their auras and did not draw their swords again.

Because they all sensed that before the ultimate ancient path, there were still quite a few formidable prodigies who could pose a challenge to them. These included those with a primordial Heavenly Tyrant Body, those with partially primordial Undying Golden Body, the White Tiger King of the Kunlun Clan, and the Azure Dragon Daoist of the Jade Flower Divine Clan…

Of course, the most terrifying among these people are two mysterious individuals who keep a low profile.

One of them was naturally enveloped in a hazy mist, as if it were the primordial energy that rose and transformed into the heavens at the beginning of time; while the other looked ordinary, but every time you saw him, his appearance and form were constantly changing, making it difficult to see his true face.

These two were naturally the two remaining of the five Supreme Beings who had once proclaimed themselves in the Primordial Ancient Mine, and they had both rebuilt their cultivation. The former was the Primordial Pure Supreme Being, and the latter was the Illusionary Spirit Supreme Being.

(End of this chapter)