Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 139 Initial Formation
Time flies, and seventy years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Over the past seventy years, Wuji has cultivated both the Wheel Sea Secret Realm and the Dao Palace Secret Realm to their peak. If he so desires, he can cultivate to sainthood in either of these single secret realms at any time. In other words, he is now actually a half-saint, and not just any ordinary half-saint.

The scripture Wuji cultivated in the Sea of ​​Wheels realm was still the Daoist scripture. This scripture was incredibly profound, seemingly the very root of the Great Dao, and perfectly suited for Sea of ​​Wheels cultivation. Therefore, he didn't need to change it. Although he also consulted other ancient scriptures, the Daoist scripture was absolutely dominant.

As for the scriptures cultivated in the Dao Palace realm, they originated from the Lingbao Heavenly Venerable. The Lingbao Heavenly Venerable's scriptures can condense the five elements within the Dao Palace into countless runes, which continuously evolve like array patterns, forming a perpetually regenerating and rotating Five Elements Grand Array. Of course, Wuji still primarily used this scripture, while also referencing other scriptures.

During his cultivation, Wuji rebuilt his Sea of ​​Wheels Secret Realm a total of nine times before finally achieving Great Perfection. His Dao Palace Secret Realm, on the other hand, was rebuilt a total of five times before reaching Great Perfection.

The former took a total of forty years, while the latter took thirty years. Of course, this wasn't due to the difference in difficulty between the two secret realms, but rather because he had already become very proficient. After all, practice makes perfect.

It's even foreseeable that cultivation in the Four Extremes Secret Realm and the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm will be faster. However, the Sendai Secret Realm is unlikely to be as fast. After all, it is the most complex and difficult to master among the five secret realms.

Within Wuji's sea of ​​reincarnation, the pitch-black sea of ​​suffering was vast and boundless, with raging waves that resembled a truly boundless ocean, exuding an aura of deathly stillness, constantly washing over his wheel of life.

Within this vast sea of ​​suffering, nine white springs of life gushed forth, reaching straight to the sky, brimming with endless vitality, seemingly capable of bringing the dead back to life and healing flesh and bones.

Above the nine life springs, a divine vein, seemingly reaching to the heavens and the earth, stretches across the Sea of ​​Wheels Secret Realm, radiating boundless divine light.

At the other end of the divine bridge, a pure land floats suspended, boundless and exuding an inexplicable Taoist aura. And above it, five divine palaces are faintly visible high in the sky.

These five divine palaces are equally vast, as if each one could encompass the entire heavens.

In each of Wuji's divine palaces, there is a deity presiding over the palace, each manifesting the form of one of the Five Emperors of the Primordial Era; in addition to the Five Emperors, there are also divine beasts and immortal spirits such as the Yellow Dragon, Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise, who are positioned under the Five Emperors.

Furthermore, within each divine palace, countless beings arise from the five elements, resembling five colossal worlds. Countless five-colored runes intertwine, and even his physical body's breath carries the circulation of countless streams of the five elements.

Within the Dao Palace, his departed self and Dao self completely disappeared, leaving only the sound of chanting and the rhythm of approaching the Dao, together constructing the most perfect and powerful true self.

Although only two secret realms have reached the Great Perfection stage and the others have not yet begun, Wuji's aura is still unimaginably powerful.

During these eighty years, Wuji was worried that he would not be perfect enough if he only cultivated two secret realms, and would be at a disadvantage when fighting against other geniuses. Therefore, he spent a lot of time, energy and resources repeatedly tempering his physical body and primordial spirit.

During this period, Wuji consumed a large amount of resources and divine treasures, and consulted various secret techniques and supernatural powers, ultimately forging an indestructible supreme body and an unbreakable primordial spirit.

Originally, his physique was a fully-equipped mortal body, so even with normal development, his physical body would not be weaker than other top-tier physiques. Now, after this series of tempering, his physical body is even more powerful than unimaginable.

It can be said that neither the Indestructible Golden Body nor the Heavenly Tyrant Body can surpass him in terms of physical strength. In fact, unless there are exceptional individuals like Ye Fan, most others would likely lose to him in a physical contest.

The same applies to his primordial spirit, though it's not as strong in this area. After all, while cultivation in other secret realms is somewhat related to the primordial spirit, the Immortal Platform Secret Realm is the primary focus. Even before beginning his cultivation in the Immortal Platform Secret Realm, the fact that he could refine his primordial spirit to the point where it's no weaker than those who have cultivated there is already terrifying. Of course, this is actually due to his excessive caution. With the secret techniques passed down by Liang Yu and his own physique and talent, even if he only cultivates a single secret realm, most people wouldn't be able to expose his weaknesses.

However, striving for excellence is certainly good; to become the strongest, one must excel in every aspect.

This progress in cultivation is actually quite slow compared to Wuji's talent. If he had cultivated in the normal way, he would most likely have become a saint ten or eight years ago. But now, he has only completed two-fifths of the path to sainthood.

In this process, he made a name for himself and became one of the most outstanding young talents in the ancient star, which can be considered as fulfilling part of his dream back then.

However, his cultivation of a single secret realm was indeed an anomaly on the ancient planet. In fact, it was extremely rare throughout the entire universe.

Over the years, his achievements also included Source Arts. However, he wasn't very interested in Source Arts, using them purely as a supplement, so although his achievements were considerable, he didn't delve into them deeply.

Of course, his ability to escape death several times during this period and eventually rise to prominence was largely thanks to his Source Arts. Even the pink-clad girl he took with him remained safe thanks to his Source Arts.

After years of training on the ancient star, Wuji now knows that his master was deliberately deceiving him. All that talk about being mediocre or just average was nonsense.

But when he thought that even now he couldn't see his master's true face, or even understand everything about the mysterious person who guided him in that immortal mountain, he put away his pride.

Since Master is so knowledgeable and has connections with such powerful masters, even if his words are biased, they are not necessarily all false.

Perhaps he's just a case of "when the cat's away, the mice will play." Perhaps he's only strong on that ancient planet, and not so strong in the vast universe.

With this mindset, Wuji almost self-tortured himself by striving to reach the pinnacle in every field.

Of course, he still had unwavering confidence in his heart; he was just trying his best.

At this moment, Wuji was at the foot of Mount Tai. He stared blankly at the token in his hand, carved from ten-thousand-year-old agarwood.

This token is called the Pride of Heaven Token. Only the most outstanding Dao-Slaying Kings and Half-Saints of the Primordial Ancient Star can obtain it and use it to participate in the grand event held once every thousand years at Mount Tai.

This grand event primarily involves two forces: the human race and the demon race. They will decide some major matters between their respective races through battles between various Dao-Slaying Kings and Half-Saints.

The fact that he was able to obtain this Pride Token is proof that he has been recognized as a top genius by the cultivation world of the ancient primordial star.

(End of this chapter)