Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 38 Gods
"God Ancestor? Who? Me? How come I didn't know I had that title?"

Liang Yu looked at the old man and the young man who were bowing deeply to him and said calmly.

Both the old man and the young man possessed an aura he was very familiar with—divine blood. Clearly, they were either divine beings or members of the divine race. Judging from their relationship, the latter was more likely.

Although the old monk's hair and beard were white, and his blood and energy were still vigorous, it was clear that he was indeed quite old, probably over seven thousand years old.

It was indeed rather strange that this old man would bow so deeply to Liang Yu, a young man who looked only about twenty years old but whose actual lifespan was only 1,500 years, and address him as the Divine Ancestor.

Although the boy was only ten years old, he was already a cultivator at the Fourth Extreme Realm. The divine blood within him was extremely powerful, even stronger than the divine bodies born from the human race, but probably not as powerful as the gods of later generations.

The old man said with a mixture of respect and fervor, "I am Xin Lin, the current patriarch of the Divine Clan. This child is Xin Hao, the current young patriarch of our Divine Clan."

The gods are a mysterious and unique race, who have passed down divine blood through generations. Originally, they were one of the supreme true bloodlines among humans, but after growing stronger, they gradually separated from humans and became their own distinct lineage.

At this time, the gods were still in a state of ambivalence. They did not consider themselves human internally, but they had not severed ties with the human race externally.

Liang Yu speculated that the gods may have truly severed ties with the human race only in the early Primordial Era. This was because the human race at that time was suppressed by the myriad races of the Primordial Era and was in a period of decline, unable to attend to other matters.

Although the number of gods is small, their ordinary members are similar to the divine bodies that occasionally arise from the human race.

When Ye Fan later went to the ancient planet of the God Clan, he discovered that among the approximately 30,000 members of the God Clan, more than 2,000 of them possessed divine bodies equivalent to those in the outside world, meaning their physical constitutions were comparable to those of Ji Haoyue and the Jiang family.

This is simply incredible.

Although the divine body wasn't considered an exceptionally strong physique in the later stages, having over two thousand of them was truly terrifying.

This resulted in the fact that, although no one from either the divine race or the divine body outside of Liang Yu had attained enlightenment, their minimum standard was indeed ridiculously high.

When discussing the upper limit of cultivation, two prominent figures from the later generations of the divine race must be mentioned. One is Du Mu, who reached the pinnacle of Great Sagehood at the age of one hundred but later failed to even become a Quasi-Emperor; the other is God Venerable, one of Ye Fan's rivals on the ancient starry road.

Although the former lacked staying power, its cultivation speed was indeed terrifying; the latter had an excellent overall performance.

The main achievements of the Divine Venerable were: first, defeating Ji Haoyue and shattering his Dao heart; and second, being ranked alongside Yin Tiande and Yao Guang as one of the highest-ranking opponents of Ye Fan's generation.

Ultimately, the deity attained a unique level of enlightenment. In other words, if it were an era where no one had become emperor before him, he would have had a very good chance of achieving enlightenment.

A divine body may not be very strong, but the king of divine bodies is very strong.

In Ye Fan's generation, all sorts of physical bodies have emerged, such as the Brahma Battle Body, the Primal Demon Body, the Azure Heaven Overlord Body, the Innate Dao Embryo, and the Human King Body, but none of them can compare to the God Venerable.

While differences in individual temperament, talent, and circumstances play a significant role, this also demonstrates that the strength of the True God-King Body is indeed first-rate. Of course, this excludes exceptions such as the Chaos Body and the Innate Sacred Body/Dao Embryo.

The founder of the gods in the mythological era was actually a divine being, who had reached a different level of enlightenment, but had passed away many tens of thousands of years ago.

Judging by the timeline, he probably just happened to run into the Carefree Celestial Venerable, ultimately stopping his path to unorthodox enlightenment. Liang Yu shook his head and said, "The Divine Race? Divine blood is merely a type of true blood from the human race; how dare they claim to be their own race?"

Before Xin Lin could say anything, the young man roared in anger, "Heavenly Venerable, how dare you insult my clan like this? My clan is noble and extraordinary, unlike those..."

Xin Lin covered his mouth and restricted his movements, then said, "God Ancestor, Xin Hao is short-sighted and inexperienced. He spoke without thinking. I hope God Ancestor will forgive him."

So the gods had already begun dividing the human race internally so early? But for Liang Yu, this was just a minor matter that didn't require his special attention.

Liang Yu shook his head and said, "How your clan educates its descendants is none of my business, as long as they don't cause harm to the world, it doesn't matter. Tell me why you've come."

Xin Lin breathed a sigh of relief, then said with great excitement, "Before I came here, I consulted the ancient books of my clan and personally visited Ziwei Star to confirm it. After repeated verification, I discovered that you, Heavenly Venerable, are actually of the same lineage as our divine race! I have come here to recognize our kin."

Liang Yu almost wanted to kick Xin Lin out, but seeing the old man's unwavering attitude, he began to have some doubts. Could it be that he really had a connection with the gods?
He asked, "From the same lineage? Which ancestor were you from?"

Xin Lin said with certainty: "More than 300,000 years ago, my ancestor of the divine race chose to leave by traversing the starry sky because the Ziwei Star was destroyed by the Corpse Calamity and he could no longer cultivate."

Later, he was defeated in battle against the Carefree Celestial Venerable and failed to attain enlightenment, thus founding my Divine Race. And your ancestor was the brother of the progenitor of my Divine Race! He did not choose to leave back then, but remained in his ancestral homeland, Ziwei. Therefore, although hundreds of thousands of years have passed, we are indeed related.”

Liang Yu was speechless. He opened his palm, and two drops of blood appeared in his hand at some point. They were the divine blood from Xin Lin and Xin Hao's bodies.

Xin Lin's brow twitched; he had no idea when Liang Yu had taken his divine blood. Seeing this, Xin Hao's eyes widened, and he stopped making a fuss.

Using unparalleled methods, Liang Yu traced the origins of the divine blood of these two individuals, ultimately revealing a supreme being with an unconventional divine body who had attained enlightenment. He wielded a divine sword, his body radiating brilliant divine light, resembling an ancient god, exuding a supreme and divine aura.

Liang Yu frowned slightly, because he realized that what Xin Lin said was actually true. The divine blood within him was indeed similar to that of this progenitor of the divine race, coming from his close relative.

Although his ancestors had become mortals who couldn't even enter the path of cultivation many years ago, they were indeed of the same lineage.

Upon Liang Yu's personal confirmation, Xin Lin immediately knelt down: "According to the family genealogy, Your Majesty is of a higher generation than me. Moreover, you proved your Dao with a divine body, becoming the first person to prove their Dao with divine blood, creating an unprecedented history for our divine race. Therefore, you should be another divine ancestor of our divine race. Our divine race has been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years, and we have finally waited for this day."

Although Liang Yu's divine blood reversion and resurrection can only be considered half a divine body at most, he has elevated his divine blood to a level stronger than that of a God Venerable or the founder of the God Race through acquired transformation, and created a mysterious technique that can increase the concentration of divine blood. From this perspective, he can indeed become the true God Ancestor of the God Race.

Of course, the claim that Liang Yu is of a higher generation than Xin Lin is untrue; it was just something he said to reduce Liang Yu's resistance. In reality, if you really count seniority, Liang Yu might not even be as high as Xin Hao.

Xin Lin's trip was actually to get Liang Yu to endorse him. With Liang Yu's support, the gods who had produced Dao Provers could truly be high above and their position unshakeable; and the Mystic Transformation Technique created by Liang Yu could allow every member of the gods to improve their physique, greatly raising the upper and lower limits of every member of the gods.

It could be said that the rise of the divine race was just around the corner. That's why Xinlin was so excited.

But he was destined to be disappointed.

(End of this chapter)