Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 868 Ancient Rubbings
As Liang Yu predicted, the Immortal Realm had indeed fallen into an extremely stagnant situation millions of years ago, with these three True Immortals and their families and forces being the absolute dominant force in this Immortal Realm.

Millions of years ago, the first True Immortal was born from this fragment of the Immortal Realm. He successfully dominated the fragment and became its absolute ruler.

Although the Immortal Realm Fragment is just a fragment, it is still vast and boundless, and even a True Immortal would find it difficult to fully grasp it.

Therefore, even if he deliberately influenced the laws of the Immortal Realm, or even secretly eliminated some talented cultivators who were destined to become immortals, or left hidden injuries in their bodies so that they would die in an "accident" during their cultivation, he still could not prevent his descendants from becoming true immortals.

Thus, the second true immortal was born.

From then on, the situation in the Immortal Realm changed again, forming a two-way division of the world, and began mutual struggle and infighting.

Of course, while they were vying for control of the Immortal Realm, they also tacitly joined forces to prevent others from becoming immortals.

However, their struggle gradually escalated, and when they finally erupted into a great battle, the third True Immortal took advantage of their inability to attend to the overall situation and underwent tribulation to become a True Immortal.

Thus, the situation in the Immortal Realm changed once again, from a two-way division to a three-way standoff.

This True Immortal initially intended to change the situation, but his efforts were thwarted by the combined suppression of the other two True Immortals. During this process, he also realized the benefits of eternally dominating the Immortal Realm, and thus began to waver.

In this situation, the other two True Immortals immediately used various means to get the third True Immortal to stand on their side as well.

Thus, the boy who once aspired to change everything also became part of this rigid system.

At this very moment, the Immortal Realm was completely plunged into a dead end.

Once they have gathered three True Immortals, they can not only maintain a balance of power, but also work together to invoke the laws of the Immortal Realm, thereby preventing all cultivators in the Immortal Realm from becoming True Immortals, and ultimately ensuring that this world will forever remain under their rule.

No one could break through their blockade and become a true immortal when the three true immortals joined forces, thus their rule was completely solidified and could no longer be shaken.

This situation lasted for millions of years, and no one was able to trigger the tribulation to become an immortal. Even those geniuses who had the potential to become true immortals were completely stuck in the realm of humanity because of the methods of these three people, and could not continue to progress.

Thus, the three of them hadn't even directly attacked those geniuses who had the potential to become immortals for a long time. Even cultivators with higher talent than themselves couldn't break through their combined blockade. Watching them fail time and time again, eventually becoming disheartened and heading towards their demise, was a kind of perverse pleasure for these three True Immortals.

After all, those with lower talent became true immortals simply because they were born earlier, while those with higher talent had their paths blocked by them and ultimately could not catch up. This gave them a twisted sense of pleasure.

But about 300,000 years ago, a prodigy was born in a fragment of the Immortal Realm, a genius whose understanding far surpassed that of the three of them, and who was probably one of a kind even in the heyday of the Immortal Realm.

His name was Gu Tuo. In an extremely short time, he achieved the status of a Supreme Being, and even went further to become an Extreme Dao Supreme Being, a rarity even in the Immortal Realm. With such rapid progress, in just a few thousand years, he had the potential to become an Immortal.

If Gu Tuo can become a true immortal, then he will probably soon surpass these three true immortals, and it is even possible that he will reach a higher realm.

In other words, with him around, not only this fragment of the Immortal Realm, but the entire Immortal Realm might have a chance to reunite.

These three True Immortals couldn't help but feel extremely jealous and resentful of such a peerless genius.

If the other party truly becomes a True Immortal, then the situation they have painstakingly built will be completely shattered. Even more crucially, Gu Tuo has always openly stated his determination to disrupt the current state of the Immortal Realm, to bring new life to this lifeless world, and to lead the people of the Immortal Realm towards a new future.

As a result, many young talents gathered around him. They shared the same ideals and were determined to work together to make the Immortal Realm great again.

In other words, Gu Tuo has always been unequivocally determined to overthrow these three true immortals.

In this situation, the three true immortals would naturally use various means to prevent him from becoming an immortal, ultimately keeping him stuck at the Supreme Dao level and unable to make any progress.

At first, the three True Immortals thought that as long as they could prevent him from making any further progress, he would be driven to despair by having nowhere else to turn.

Being able to watch such a peerless genius find himself with nowhere to go and ultimately meet his demise, like a dazzling but fleeting firework in the night sky, would undoubtedly bring them the greatest satisfaction.

Although the so-called prodigies who were with Gu Tuo possessed extraordinary talent, they were all stuck at this stage, unable to make any further progress. This made the three True Immortals feel extremely pleased.

But unexpectedly, Gu Tuo was able to continuously improve even though he could not advance to the True Immortal realm. With the realm of the Supreme Being of the Extreme Dao, he possessed strength far exceeding that of ordinary Human Dao Supreme Beings, making it difficult for even one of them to kill him.

This instilled a strong sense of crisis in them; perhaps this ancient rudder truly could make history, break their blockade, and defy the heavens to become an immortal.

So, the three of them eventually broke off relations and joined forces to severely injure him 50,000 years ago, destroying part of his Dao foundation and leaving his Dao fruit flawed, making it virtually impossible for him to continue to improve.

Of course, the three of them intended to kill, but in the end, Gu Tuo, whose strength was beyond their expectations, managed to escape.

Although Gu Tuo escaped, due to the damage to his foundation, further progress was virtually impossible. Therefore, even if he didn't die, the three True Immortals could rest easy.

As they had predicted, Gu Tuo disappeared completely after that, and the geniuses he had organized all went their separate ways. This most powerful force for change in millions of years ultimately failed.

Therefore, although they have been trying to find the whereabouts of Gu Tuo, they no longer worry about it.

But what these three true immortals never expected was that, fifty thousand years later, this ancient tuo would take advantage of this opportunity to trigger the great calamity of becoming an immortal.

Judging from his aura, Gu Tuo's strength was even greater than when they had broken his Dao Foundation together in the past.

In just 50,000 years, how did he manage to completely repair the damage to his Dao foundation and even advance further?

Faced with such an outstanding person, the hearts of the three immortals sank.

One of the True Immortals exclaimed, "Truly astonishingly talented! Terrifying, terrifying!"

Another True Immortal said, "Things have come to this point, we can only make one last attempt."

(End of this chapter)