Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 688 The Ultimate Ancient Road
The Primordial Ancient Mine once had five supreme beings who proclaimed themselves as supreme beings. The Xuanhuang Supreme Being, the Five Qi Supreme Being, and the Brahma Supreme Being were born during the era of the Taiyin Human Emperor and were later sent to a strange world.

Now, the remaining two have also been released to train Tai'an, who will become the future Sun Emperor.

Although Liang Yu had not yet woken up, this was a method he had arranged long ago. Therefore, when Tai'an was born, the two of them also came to the human world and began to rebuild their cultivation.

The former enlightened beings, having undergone a second cultivation, naturally possessed immense value. Therefore, their existence made Tai'an and Jinhuang wary, and they abandoned the idea of ​​starting a war at this time.

After all, they didn't want to reveal their full strength at this crucial moment. Moreover, if they were to fight each other, both sides would inevitably suffer serious injuries if a clear winner were to emerge.

If someone tries to eliminate them both prematurely, even if they defeat their opponent, their lives may be in danger.

On the path to enlightenment, there are quite a few cultivators who abandon their principles in order to achieve final victory; they dare not gamble.

So Tai'an, Jin Huang, and Tian Yaowang first went to the crystal tablet on the ultimate ancient road and left their names, and then began to meditate and cultivate.

The opening of the ultimate ancient road is not far off, so there is no need for them to return to their hometown again.

Over the next ten years, many people underwent tribulations on the ultimate ancient road, eventually becoming Great Sages. Jin Huang, Tai An, the Heavenly Demon King, and even the Supreme Yuan Qing and the Supreme Huan Ling all became Great Sages during this period.

Of course, they broke through after making their names known, specifically to do so before the opening of the ultimate ancient path. If they hadn't deliberately suppressed their progress, they would have become Great Sages even sooner.

Most people don't have the ability to leave their mark here before becoming a Great Sage, so many people deliberately speed up their journey to become a Great Sage in order to gain the qualification to enter the ultimate ancient road. Some are even willing to sacrifice their own resources for this.

This is normal, though. The opportunities within the Ultimate Ancient Path are mysterious, and even if they can't obtain everything, they will still benefit greatly. The current losses, while having a negative impact, are not irreparable. If they had broken through too late and missed entering the Ultimate Ancient Path, that would have been a huge loss.

And so, the Ultimate Ancient Road officially opened. By now, more than three hundred Great Sages have left their names before the Ultimate Ancient Road.

Looking at these prodigies from various ethnic groups and regions, Tai'an felt a surge of fighting spirit. Although only a very few of them could be his opponents, such a large group was enough to give him ample challenge and training.

Time flies, and three hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period, most of the more than three hundred Great Saints met a tragic end, either being killed, having problems in their cultivation and passing away, or having their Dao hearts shattered and giving up the fight.

Among the remaining cultivators still competing, a clear stratification has gradually begun to emerge.

Once you reach the Great Sage realm, many of the advantages you had in the early stages disappear, and you become more focused on comprehension and talent. Many differences that weren't very noticeable in the early stages become increasingly apparent here.

The leading group of people are already trying to become quasi-emperors, while the majority of the lagging group are still far from the peak of the Great Sage.

Ultimately, only ten of these prodigies successfully broke through to the Quasi-Emperor level at the end of these three hundred years, becoming the first tier of prodigies of this generation.

Besides Tai'an, Jin Huang, the Heavenly Demon King, Yuan Qing Supreme, and Huan Ling Supreme, there are five others among these ten. First is the White Tiger King from the Kunlun clan, a descendant of the White Tiger Emperor, possessing the immortal blood of Kunlun; second is the Azure Dragon Daoist from the Yuhua Divine Clan, possessing the divine blood of Yuhua.

Thirdly, there is Cang Nan, who has reverted to his ancestral Cangtian Overlord Body. Although he is about one-tenth flawed compared to the true Cangtian Overlord Body, thanks to the secret technique created by Cang Yun to improve the physique of incomplete Overlord Blood cultivators, he still unleashed terrifying power, almost like the true Cangtian Overlord Body.

Fourth is Yuan Jiang, a prodigy from the Yuanmo Clan, a great clan in the universe. Fifth is also a human, but he doesn't have any special physique; he's just a very powerful mortal named Qing Que.

If we exclude the Yuanqing Supreme and Huanling Supreme who have undergone reconstruction, then the fact that three of the other eight prodigies are from the human race is enough to prove the extraordinary nature of the human race.

It can be said that, theoretically, the next emperor will most likely emerge from among them.

After all, those who achieve great things later in life, like the Star Emperor, are even rarer than the young ancient emperors, and even if such a person did exist, Tai'an and the others could not possibly wait for him for thousands of years.

Even after becoming quasi-emperors, the ten of them did not slack off. Instead, they continued to maintain their courageous and diligent attitude and began to explore and upgrade in the realm of quasi-emperors.

After becoming a quasi-emperor, Tai'an discovered that there was a seal within his body, hidden in his dantian, but he had never noticed it.

The seal uses the laws of the sun, which is just within Tai'an's current level to slowly break. Although the aura of the things inside the seal is completely sealed, for some reason, Tai'an still has a strong premonition that what's inside the seal will definitely be of great use to him.

Finally, Tai'an recalled the scene he had almost forgotten. The figure who had taught him the Primordial Scripture seemed to have indeed placed a divine tree into his body, and this seal might contain that divine tree.

Tai'an was stunned when he recalled the appearance of the divine tree. The divine tree seemed to be exactly the same as the legendary Fusang divine tree. Could it be that the elixir of immortality was now inside his body?
Therefore, Tai'an began to focus his attention more on the seal within his body, comprehending the laws of the sun within it while perfecting his own Dao and Dharma, and further exploring the mysteries of the Sun Body.

However, although Tai'an became more reserved and no longer frequently participated in those high-intensity battles, the others did not give up. In fact, as their cultivation became increasingly difficult to progress, their battles became increasingly bloody.

Over the next hundred years, the ten of them gradually improved and eventually all reached the third level of Quasi-Emperor.

Just then, the Heavenly Demon King challenged Yuan Jiang, the prodigy of the Yuan Demon Group. The two engaged in a life-or-death battle, fighting for thousands of rounds. In the end, the Heavenly Demon King cleaved Yuan Jiang in two, nearly killing him on the spot.

Even though he stopped in time, Yuanjiang still suffered serious injuries and withdrew from the competition for the ultimate ancient path.

Almost simultaneously, Jin Huang challenged Qing Que, a mortal prodigy from the human race, and the two fought for thousands of rounds. However, unlike the Heavenly Demon King, Jin Huang showed no mercy, tearing Qing Que to shreds with his self-created golden immortal light, killing him instantly.

In addition, Cang Nan of the Overlord Body lineage challenged Qing Jiao Dao Ren of the Yu Hua Divine Clan and won the final victory, causing him to withdraw from the competition for the Ultimate Ancient Road.

From then on, three of the ten prodigies were gone, leaving only seven.

(End of this chapter)