Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 884 Recovery
And so time flew by, another ten thousand years passed. This time, the fifty-thousand-year-old Dao Emperor finally reached the end of his life. This lifespan was clearly exceptional, making the Dao Emperor himself feel completely satisfied.

However, he has now reached old age and should try to live out his fifth life.

Dao Huang looked into the depths of the Great Luo Immortal Mountain and found that the Moral Celestial Venerable was still in seclusion and had not made any move.

Seeing this, the Dao Emperor knew that this Celestial Venerable would probably need some more time to finish his cultivation, so he stopped paying attention to him and focused his main energy on his own transformation.

The method for the Dao Emperor's transformation in this life is to comprehend the laws within the Bodhi Ancient Tree, thereby enabling him to achieve further improvement, since his predecessor was a divine embryo nurtured by this immortal herb.

Over the years, the Bodhi Tree has grown continuously on Mount Daluo, and even received the nourishment it received tens of thousands of years ago, thus achieving even greater growth. Therefore, the Dao Emperor still had to spend a lot of effort to further deepen his understanding.

And now, it is time for him to successfully transform.

Therefore, the Dao Emperor no longer hesitated and focused all his attention on the primordial laws within his body. He used the knowledge he gained from comprehending the Bodhi Ancient Tree to call upon the part of the laws within his body that originated from the Bodhi Ancient Tree, thereby making them more perfect and giving birth to new power in the process, so as to give himself the opportunity to transform.

Throughout this process, he consistently resonated indirectly with the Bodhi Tree through Mount Daluo, which protected and guided him, ensuring a smoother transformation.

Before long, a massive surge of energy and blood erupted forth, but it did not feel oppressive at all. Instead, it made the immortal mountain even more vibrant. Moreover, this energy was fleeting, disappearing as soon as it appeared.

Thus, the Dao Emperor successfully lived out his fifth life.

After successfully completing this transformation, Dao Huang had a clearer understanding of his future path. The influence of his predecessor made him very fond of the Great Luo Immortal Mountain, quite close to the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and extremely talented in the Chaotic Ancient Law. Even in his origin, there was still a trace of the Dao Fruit of the Moral Celestial Venerable.

These all greatly helped Dao Huang, but they were not Dao that Dao Huang possessed himself.

Therefore, even though Dao Huang was constantly undergoing transformations by relying on the blessings left by Dao De Tian Zun, he was very clear that he was only doing this to better break free from Dao De Tian Zun's influence and completely step out of his own path.

Therefore, in his cultivation over these lifetimes, the Dao Emperor has always tried to draw nourishment from these transformations to make his Dao Fruit stronger.

For him now, the next step is naturally to continue to comprehend the Chaotic Ancient Method, which he has already gained a great deal of knowledge about, in order to live out his sixth life, and finally, in his seventh life, to completely break free from all the influence of the Moral Celestial Venerable and truly become independent.

By then, the Dao Emperor's potential will reach an incredibly terrifying level. Although it's uncertain whether he'll have the chance to become a Mortal Immortal, he will at least far surpass ordinary Dao Proving Beings, making significant strides on the path of transformation. He'll at least be guaranteed to reach the minimum level of becoming a powerful True Immortal. Therefore, the Dao Emperor himself is full of anticipation for this future.

However, now is not the time for him to immediately devote himself to cultivation.

Before going into seclusion, the Celestial Venerable of Morality entrusted him with the Great Luo Immortal Mountain, the Bodhi Ancient Tree, the Eight Trigrams Furnace, and the Vajra Bracelet. He also instructed the Celestial Venerable of Morality to take good care of his disciple Zhang Bairen and to let the Dao Emperor choose a suitable time for him to be born.

Now, ten thousand years have passed since the Dao Emperor abandoned the Heavenly Heart Mark, and his Dao aura has basically dissipated. A new era is about to begin.

After the immense power of the Boundless Celestial Venerable's ascension to the Celestial King, this era can undoubtedly be considered a glorious one. For Zhang Bairen, who has undergone a complete transformation and become even more powerful, this era is perfect as a stage for his growth. Since the Boundless Celestial Venerable has already become a Celestial King, it means that the Moral Celestial Venerable's ascension to the Celestial King is not far off. This means that they may very well be leaving this world soon, so Zhang Bairen really needs to get into trouble as soon as possible.

After all, if he were born too late, Zhang Bairen might not even have met the Celestial Venerable of Morality during his growth process, and the master and disciple fighting side by side naturally need to be of similar age.

In fact, the reason why the Dao Emperor chose to separate the Heavenly Heart Mark before the end of his previous life was to pave the way for Zhang Bairen's birth.

But for some reason, just as the Emperor was about to release Zhang Bairen, he suddenly had a bad feeling and felt that releasing Zhang Bairen at this time was not a good idea.

Although he didn't know why, the Emperor still terminated the plan to bring Zhang Bairen into the world because of this.

He frowned, trying to deduce the truth, but could only see chaos. Yet, this strange premonition persisted, preventing him from ignoring it. With the Celestial Venerable of Morality absent, he had no way to inquire about the origin of this matter.

Ultimately, after much hesitation, the Emperor Dao did not follow his premonition and did not allow Zhang Bairen to be born.

He couldn't help but feel extremely curious: could some mysterious figure be born in this generation?

Driven by this curiosity, the Dao Emperor resumed his cultivation, but he always devoted some of his energy to observing the human universe.

In the ancient, primordial star, there is a mountain range that stretches like a dragon, yet it lies hidden among the mountains and appears inconspicuous.

However, if a cultivator skilled in Origin Techniques comes here, he will find that this place appears ordinary on the surface, but in reality it is a place where dragons return to the sea.

What makes it unique is that this mountain range, winding and spiraling, seems to be taking flight, possessing the special charm of riding a dragon and ascending to heaven.

Any cultivator with expertise in the field of Origin Arts who could see through this place would be amazed by its naturally formed terrain that defies the creation of heaven and earth. However, there are still too few people in the human universe who can comprehend this method.

Therefore, even with such extraordinary terrain, no one on the ancient star noticed its uniqueness, allowing this extraordinary terrain to remain hidden, which is truly regrettable.

At the very moment the Dao Emperor's Dao Imprint completely dissipated, a fat Daoist awoke inside the mountain range. He looked completely bewildered, seemingly unaware of his origins and past, a complete blank slate.

He looked around and saw that the only thing buried with him in the ancient coffin where he was lying was a divine crystal.

Driven by curiosity, the fat Taoist picked up the divine crystal, and immediately large chunks of memories flooded into his mind.

Influenced by these memories, the fat Taoist finally recalled the past and muttered to himself, "Time is like a knife, each cut ages us. I wonder how my fellow Taoists are doing?"

(End of this chapter)