Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 869 Changes in World Lines
The three True Immortals were filled with mixed emotions. After so many years of decay within this fragment of the Immortal Realm, a genius had finally emerged who had the potential to repair it and make it great again. However, they had suppressed him because of their own power and desires, personally extinguishing any hope of the Immortal Realm's revival.

But the most painful thing is that even though they had already done this step, Gu Tuo still managed to take that step and become a true immortal.

Although it relied on the power of this mysterious immortal king, it still managed to break through their blockade and step into a new world.

It is foreseeable that, without external interference, this Gu Tuo will likely continue to improve and surpass them, becoming the undisputed number one in this fragment of the Immortal Realm, thus leading this world toward a brand new future.

This ancient artifact is almost like the chosen one of the immortal realms, a last means of self-salvation born from this world. No matter how much they suppress it, it can always rise again.

Now, their last hope is to use this mysterious Celestial King to get rid of him.

Even if Gu Tuo is truly a hope born from the condensation of the Immortal Realm's fortune, he still cannot stop this mysterious Immortal King.

Although his exact level is unknown, all three True Immortals are certain that he is no ordinary Immortal King. He could possibly have created an entire Immortal Realm single-handedly, so the chosen one born from a shattered Immortal Realm would naturally be insignificant.

So the three immortals immediately rushed to the immortal king at top speed.

After descending into the Immortal Realm, Liang Yu could make everything in this world completely open to him with a mere thought, leaving nothing to hide. Therefore, the movements of these three True Immortals and the cultivator who triggered the tribulation to become an immortal could not escape his discerning eyes.

Liang Yu's attention was naturally drawn to this prodigy who dared to trigger the tribulation of immortality upon his arrival.

After all, although he was a True Immortal, his foundation and strength were extremely powerful, and he had gone very far on the path to becoming the Supreme Being.

In a world like the Immortal Realm, where longevity resources are abundant and the laws of the Great Dao are complete, it is not impossible to go further in the realm of the Supreme Being, but it is impossible to become a Mortal Immortal like in the Dharma-ending Age.

Long before they reach that level, they will be unable to suppress their cultivation and will have to break through to the True Immortal Realm.

This prodigy, however, is different. His strength has clearly surpassed this limit, reaching a level in the realm of humanity that is virtually impossible to attain in the immortal realm.

The reason for this, besides his extraordinary talent, is that he has undergone a transformation.

In a world like the Immortal Realm, the time required for a Supreme Being to live to old age is unimaginably long. Therefore, to undergo a transformation under such abundant vitality, one must have achieved some breakthrough and actively initiated the transformation, which is extremely difficult.

Such a special supreme being naturally aroused Liang Yu's curiosity.

So the moment Liang Yu looked at him, his name was detected by Liang Yu's divine sense.

Upon learning that he was actually Gu Tuo, Liang Yu frowned slightly, and then directly crossed the river of time to see his past deeds.

After being severely injured and having his Dao foundation damaged by those three True Immortals, Gu Tuo was indeed disheartened and wanted to give up completely, ending his life in this way. After all, in the Immortal Realm, injuries like his would probably require immortal medicine to heal. But even if the Immortal Realm didn't have immortal medicine now, it was already monopolized by those three True Immortals, so he basically had no hope of continuing his cultivation.

So, Gu Tuo began to try to let go of everything, return to nature, and live a peaceful and tranquil life for a while. During this process, his Dao injuries continued to worsen, making Gu Tuo, who was born in the Immortal Realm and had never had much of a concept of life and death, deeply aware of this.

Under such circumstances, Gu Tuo actually comprehended the mystery of annihilation and rebirth through his extraordinary comprehension, thus allowing himself to be reborn and fully repair his Dao injuries. As a result, Gu Tuo himself became even stronger, not only in terms of strength and cultivation, but also in terms of his foundation, which became more profound and he possessed greater potential.

Even so, Gu Tuo was still not confident in breaking through the barrier imposed by these three True Immortals.

Therefore, he could only continue to explore this insight he had gained, making himself stronger and stronger, hoping that one day he could grow to the point where he could defy the immortals and break through the shackles to become an immortal.

In the original timeline, Gu Tuo should have remained dormant for hundreds of thousands of years until he raised his cultivation to an extremely terrifying level, and then officially became a True Immortal. After becoming an Immortal, he would have killed these three True Immortals, allowing this fragment of the Immortal Realm to regain its vitality and be completely reborn.

Afterwards, Gu Tuo will lead the remaining cultivators of the Immortal Realm to progress together and begin working hard to repair the Immortal Realm.

Hundreds or even millions of years later, Gu Tuo will become a quasi-Immortal King, and will continue to reach the pinnacle in this field, becoming the strongest in the Immortal Realm. Even among the other fragments of the Immortal Realm, almost no one can compare to him.

At that time, Ye Fan, Emperor Wushi, Emperor Ruthless, and Duan De, along with the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin, led their sect to ascend to immortality. In an era when it was impossible to become an immortal, they broke through the limits and entered the Immortal Realm, giving the native inhabitants of the Immortal Realm a small shock to the human universe.

Thus, Ye Fan and his companions became allies with Gu Tuo in the years that followed, fighting side by side. For a considerable period, Gu Tuo was able to keep up with Ye Fan's trio without falling behind, and even eventually earned the title of Heavenly Emperor.

However, in the great calamity brought about by the dark forces, Gu Tuo unfortunately died in battle. His son was Gu Qing, who was jokingly called the Collapsing Emperor.

Without a doubt, Gu Tuo's performance at the True Immortal and Immortal King stages must have been outstanding; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to stand shoulder to shoulder with Ye Fan and his two companions, let alone obtain the true title of Heavenly Emperor.

Therefore, Gu Tuo must be an extremely rare type of True Immortal who has honed his skills to the extreme in the realm of True Immortals, thus possessing a powerful True Immortal whose cultivation is no less than that of a Mortal Immortal.

However, in the current timeline, Liang Yu's descent into the Immortal Realm allowed the three True Immortals to relinquish their control over the Immortal Realm's Great Dao, thus freeing Gu Tuo from the blockade. As a result, he immediately seized the opportunity to trigger the Immortal Tribulation, advancing towards becoming a True Immortal hundreds of thousands of years ahead of schedule.

It's hard to say whether this change is good or bad. Although the original timeline's ancient Taku spent hundreds of thousands of years more due to the blockade, he also reached an extremely terrifying level in the realm of supreme beings, accumulating immense power.

Although modern rubbings have taken less time to complete, their foundation and accumulation are not as impressive.

However, over these hundreds of thousands of years, he might have honed himself to perfection, thus compensating for this shortcoming. Therefore, it is too early to say whether he has gained or lost.

(End of this chapter)