Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 159 Surpassing the Best
Time flies, and nearly seventy years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Over the years, the dozen or so prodigies chosen by Liang Yu have all reached the realm of Saint King, making a name for themselves on their respective ancient paths through the starry sky, and continuing to advance towards the ultimate ancient path.

Among these people, Yuanxiang King, on whom Liang Yu placed the most hope, also broke through and rose again, becoming even more terrifying. He truly became the perfect state he had deduced, possessing the power of a dragon and the body of a demon god, and his path of proving the Dao through force was further perfected. Moreover, his Dao heart became more resilient, and his mind was no longer flawed.

Therefore, instead of continuing along the ancient starry road, he jumped back and forth, breaking through the first half of several ancient starry roads, leaving his invincible figure under the vast starry sky.

Even though he fought his way through several ancient roads, he still couldn't find Yuanshi Tianwang Wuji, who had once defeated him, as if the news of him embarking on the ancient starry road was a lie.

In the end, King Yuanxiang could only continue deeper into the ancient starry road. Since he couldn't meet him beforehand, he would meet him again on the ultimate ancient road.

Chongxu also tried to find Wuji, but he was soon trapped in the great formation that Liang Yu had tailored for him. By the time he came out, thirty or forty years had passed.

In order not to fall behind, he rushed into the depths of the ancient road at top speed. After all, he didn't believe that Wuji's speed was that slow.

Gradually, these promising players had all ventured deep into the ancient road, but Wuji was still nowhere to be found.

On an ancient star that had fallen into deathly silence, Wuji slowly opened his eyes. Nearly seventy years had passed, and he had finally perfected the five great secret realms.

If we calculate it, Wuji was only fifteen years old when he first started cultivating, and now he has been cultivating for about 135 years, which means he is already 150 years old.

Becoming a saint at the age of 150 might not seem slow to others, but it's far too slow for the top geniuses on the ancient path, especially for Wuji.

With his talent, if he had cultivated normally, he would probably be a Saint King by now, and at a very high level. It seems a bit of a waste that he spent so much time cultivating a single secret realm to get to this point.

However, the time for the accumulated strength to finally burst forth is finally here; the culmination of more than a hundred years of effort is about to be unleashed.

During this period, he did not actually embark on the ancient star road, but instead traveled among various life-bearing stars, searching for suitable scriptures for his later cultivation.

During this process, he obtained the fragment of the Tribulation Transcending Heavenly Skill to temper his physical body, the Pre-Word Secret of the Annihilation Heavenly Venerable to cultivate his primordial spirit, the Soldier Word Secret of the Boundless Heavenly Venerable to refine his Dao-proving treasure, the Longevity Heavenly Skill of the Longevity Heavenly Venerable to cultivate the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm, the Travel Word Secret of the Carefree Heavenly Venerable and the Carefree Heavenly Skill to cultivate the Four Extremes Secret Realm, and the Two Elements Dao Scripture fragment of the Limitless Great Heavenly Venerable to cultivate the Immortal Platform.

In addition to the Daoist scriptures he had previously practiced in the Sea of ​​Wheels Secret Realm and the spiritual treasure Daoist scriptures he had practiced in the Dao Palace Secret Realm, he had unknowingly acquired a portion of the inheritances of the eight Heavenly Venerables who had created the Eight Secrets. Although none of them were complete, it was still a fair share of the blessings.

It can only be said that this was some kind of inexplicable fate that allowed him to gather the inheritances of these Celestial Venerables. After all, in the original timeline, he would have been the first person to collect all nine secrets.

During this journey, Wuji first spent sixteen years perfecting the Four Extremes Secret Realm, then another sixteen years perfecting the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm, and then thirty years perfecting the first three levels of the Immortal Platform Secret Realm. It can be said that every step he took was steady and solid.

He has now mastered seven extraordinary phenomena, using the "Fighting" secret technique to evolve seven supreme divine abilities corresponding to his seven parts: the five great secret realms, his physical body, and his primordial spirit. It can be said that he has reached the pinnacle of these seven realms, possessing seven extreme realms below the level of a saint. His physical body corresponds to the extraordinary phenomenon "Immortal King Descending to the Nine Heavens," with the divine ability "Heaven-Turning Seal"; his primordial spirit corresponds to the extraordinary phenomenon "Daoist Venerable Descending to the Mortal World," with the divine ability "Spirit God Seal"; the Wheel Sea Secret Realm corresponds to the extraordinary phenomenon "Yin-Yang Life and Death Diagram," with the divine ability "Yin-Yang Seal"; the Dao Palace Secret Realm corresponds to the extraordinary phenomenon "Five Emperors Suppressing Heaven and Earth," with the divine ability "Five Elements Seal"; the Four Extremes Secret Realm corresponds to the extraordinary phenomenon "Four Directions Starry Sea," with the divine ability "Four Symbols Seal"; the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm corresponds to the extraordinary phenomenon "Jianmu Connecting Heaven and Earth," with the divine ability "Void Seal"; and the Immortal Platform Secret Realm corresponds to the extraordinary phenomenon "Thirty-Six Heavens," with the divine ability "All Heavens Seal."

These seven forces are clearly distinct, yet they coexist harmoniously, all manipulated by his invincible Dao heart.

At this moment, he finally triggered the tribulation to become a saint. A vast sea of ​​lightning crashed down, and countless bolts of lightning formed various divine palaces and celestial pavilions, within which countless humanoid phantoms appeared, all of them being those who had proven their Dao throughout the ages.

Within the sea of ​​thunder, Wuji activated the secret technique passed down by Liang Yu, beginning to unify the five great secret realms and undergo a transformation.

Finally, after his body was shattered and reassembled countless times, he finally became a saint, and immediately reached the fifth level of sainthood.

In fact, if he hadn't deliberately suppressed it, he might have been able to launch an attack on the ninth level of the Saint Realm.

Even so, his cultivation speed will become extremely fast.

Now, his physical body seems indestructible, radiating a faint divine charm; his primordial spirit shines with boundless divine light, exuding an aura of immortality; and the five secret realms resound with the sound of the Dao, giving rise to countless laws and runes.

With the blessing of the seven extreme realms, his power was simply unbelievable. In fact, the power of these seven parts began to gradually combine and unify.

During this process, Wuji attempted to completely integrate his seven powers into one, achieving a perfect combination, and ultimately unexpectedly unleashed a combat power several times or even higher than his normal state.

This seems to be the prototype of a supreme secret technique, which could temporarily grant the user greater combat power than normal. In fact, many powerful beings in the universe, whether they have attained enlightenment or not, have created secret techniques to enhance their combat power. However, for geniuses who have already reached the Eighth Forbidden Realm, these secret techniques cannot improve their combat power.

However, Wuji gradually began to understand the essence of this type of secret technique and began to create his own secret technique to enhance combat power. Even though he was an Eight Forbidden Technique, it still had a certain amplifying effect.

Moreover, because he had entered the forbidden realm of the gods many times, he began to understand that the forbidden state was the moment when this secret technique could truly be fully utilized.

But that's for the future; now he should truly embark on the ancient path through the starry sky.

Over the next fifty years, Wuji made rapid progress along the ancient star path of humanity, sweeping all before him. Because the seeds chosen by Liang Yu progressed even faster, Wuji did not encounter them, while he easily defeated most of his other opponents.

In those fifty years, he actually surpassed others and became one of the first geniuses to reach the ultimate ancient road.

In the year he turned two hundred, he attained the status of a Great Sage before the final ancient path.

(End of this chapter)