Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 86 Ten Thousand Dragons
After returning to the ancient star, Liang Yu placed Kunlun Immortal Mountain, Xuanqiong Divine Mountain, and the core of the Divine Ruins next to Wuji Immortal Mountain.

Liang Yu used the Origin Technique to plant these rare sites at the convergence point of the earth veins on the ancient star, and then set up an infinite array to protect these rare sites within them.

However, a strange fluctuation emanated from Liang Yu's Qiankun Creation Tower. Upon closer inspection, Liang Yu was slightly taken aback. What was this vast, boundless, and unfathomable power of faith?

Liang Yu could clearly sense that this power of faith seemed to have formed a divine embryo. If this continued, it might soon be born into the human world.

However, Liang Yu still used his supreme divine power to lock down the growth of the faith embryo's consciousness, preventing it from continuing to develop. After all, Liang Yu hadn't yet begun researching the power of faith, and if any problems arose, he wouldn't have time to discover them; he needed to first get a general understanding of it.

From a later perspective, the power of faith is indeed incredibly versatile. However, neither the Emperor nor Ye Fan forged a Faith Body; perhaps they had made some discovery. Of course, they could also simply believe in their own invincibility and not want to rely on external forces.

Moreover, the path of Liang Yu's next two to three generations has been largely determined, so he does not need the power of faith, at least not for a long time.

Liang Yu sealed the power of faith within the Qiankun Creation Tower. Next, he was to attend a gathering to bid farewell to yet another old friend.

Long Xiaotian's location was completely exposed to his discerning eyes. Soon, he locked onto a star.

A golden path appeared, stretching straight to the heavens. Liang Yu rose and strode forward, leaving the endless starry sky behind him. What other cultivators considered a distance so vast that it would take a lifetime to reach was merely a blink of an eye for him.

Soon, Liang Yu arrived outside a pale purple ancient star. This ancient star emitted a pale purple divine light and was filled with inexplicable Daoist charm. In Liang Yu's eyes, countless dragon vein energies converged on this star, and the movement of the wind and clouds seemed to be accompanied by the roar of dragons.

At its very core lies a unique and wondrous terrain, formed by the convergence of countless dragon veins. At its core are nine large dragon veins, their tails pointing outwards and their heads inwards, vaguely resembling the terrain of nine dragons guarding a pearl.

However, upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that these nine dragon veins are actually composed of countless smaller dragon veins, so while they appear to be nine dragons, they are in reality ten thousand dragons.

At the very core lies a colossal nest constructed from countless ancient, black logs. These logs are so massive that even dozens of people could not encircle them.

This is dragonwood, a legendary object used by dragons to build their nests.

Nourished by the dragon vein energy that manifests as countless colossal dragons in the shape of long rivers, this dragon's nest, towering like a majestic mountain range, exudes an ancient and mysterious aura, as if it came from ancient mythology.

Within the dragon's nest, a faint, chaotic energy emanated, as if heaven and earth were not yet separated, and yin and yang were in one.

Isn't this the Dragon Nest?

In ancient times, the Wanlong Emperor used this place as his main base, and the Wanlong royal family regarded it as their sacred ground. Later, because the path to immortality was about to open in the Big Dipper, the Wanlong Emperor moved his entire clan, bringing this place with them to the Big Dipper.

Later, Wanlonghuang committed suicide and entered the Primordial Ancient Mine, but the Wanlong royal family remained one of the top clans among the myriad races of the Northern Dipper Primordial Era.

After that, the Battle Saint Emperor failed to transform into a Battle Immortal, leading to the end of the Primordial Era. The myriad races of the Primordial Era foresaw that the world was about to change and that a period of great difficulty in cultivation would likely come. Therefore, they all sealed off their ancestral lands and never appeared in the world again.

Thus, the ancient era arrived, and the calamity of the Wanlong royal family began.

First, the Ruthless Great Emperor placed his fourth coffin here, which also subtly damaged the array patterns here.

The Dragon Nest, their ancestral home and supreme holy land, was occupied by a human race they had always looked down upon, yet they were powerless to stop it. After all, if the other side were to act ruthlessly, they would be wiped out just like the Holy Spirit Ancestral Land.

Later, at the end of the Ancient Era, the Great Emperor Wushi also came to this place. Fortunately, the Great Emperor Ruthless had arrived first, otherwise this place would not have been able to be protected. The fact that it was noticed by the two strongest Great Emperors of the Ancient Era shows that the terrain of this place is indeed extraordinary. In the Post-Ancient Era, after the world changed drastically again, it was thought that they would finally rule the Big Dipper again, but their arrogance was short-lived, as Ye Fan and the Human Demon Dongfang Taiyi came knocking on their door with the broken Immortal Cauldron.

Left with no other choice, they had to abandon their ancestral homeland and return to their ancestral star along the ancient imperial platform left behind by Emperor Wanlong.

Later, the most outstanding daughter chosen by the Wanlong Emperor, the Wanlong Princess whom he left for posterity, was killed by Ye Fan, and even he himself died at Ye Fan's hands.

It's fair to say that their fate was indeed not good.

Seeing this star, Liang Yu had a vague guess: Could this be the ancestral star of the Wanlong royal family? And will the future Wanlong Emperor emerge from this place?
Liang Yu did not conceal his extreme aura, so he was immediately detected by the creatures on the ancient star.

Led by Long Xiaotian, they chanted in unison, "Homage to the Supreme Heavenly Venerable!"

The Great Celestial Venerable? Although this title has begun to spread widely throughout the universe, this is the first time Liang Yu has heard anyone call him that.

That makes sense. In the Primordial Era, the highest title was Heavenly Emperor, and in the Desolate Era and beyond, the highest title was Heavenly Emperor. So, the Mythical Era should also have such a title to represent the strongest being of the Mythical Era.

Originally, this title should have been Emperor Venerable, signifying the supreme ruler among emperors. Emperor comes from the Desolate Heavenly Emperor, and Venerable comes from the Heavenly Venerable of the mythological era. It signifies inheriting the past and ushering in the future, opening up a brand new Heavenly Court and a brand new era.

But now it seems that this title is about to be replaced by Liang Yu, the Great Celestial Venerable.

Liang Yu looked at these dragon people and found that they truly lived up to their name. It could be said that most of the races in the universe with dragon bloodlines had gathered here, making them a diverse and fascinating group.

Of course, these are all innate bloodlines, not including those like Xue Yueqing from later generations who cultivated dragon blood later in life.

Liang Yu's discerning eye flashed, and he saw through the true nature of these people's bloodlines. In fact, very few of them truly possessed the bloodline of a true dragon. Most of them were not descendants of true dragons, but rather it was as if the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth had replicated the mysteries of the true dragon bloodline of the past in their bloodlines.

Just as Liang Yu's Dao was imprinted by Heaven and Earth, so people with the same physique as him would be randomly born in later generations; the True Dragon, as the strongest race in the past, also had its bloodline power imprinted by Heaven and Earth. However, due to the end of the Dharma era, the replicated dragon blood has lost the laws of immortality and can only be considered a special bloodline in the mortal world.

Take Long Xiaotian, for example. He is clearly a Holy Spirit, yet he possesses the form of a dragon and can truly resonate with things related to true dragons. A Holy Spirit born of heaven and earth naturally has no blood relation to a true dragon. Therefore, he is merely a result of heaven and earth replicating the body of a true dragon.

Although most of the other clansmen were not as prestigious as him, they were generally similar.

In other words, although they have no blood relation to the prehistoric dragons, their bloodline is essentially the same as that of real dragons. If they enter the Immortal Realm, they still have a chance to transform into true dragons, although that hope is very slim. But in the mortal realm, they are destined to only be high-quality imitations.

However, Long Xiaotian's descendants were different. They seemed to have formed a completely new race, with remarkably stable bloodline power. Upon closer examination, Liang Yu discovered that this bloodline was born from the union of Long Xiaotian's Holy Spirit bloodline and a dragon species possessing true dragon blood. Perhaps it was this union of two bloodlines that gave birth to a completely new bloodline.

Considering Long Xiaotian's long purple hair, dragon scales, and dragon horns, could it be that the Myriad Dragon Emperor is actually his descendant?

However, upon seeing these dragon species with their diverse forms and origins, Liang Yu finally understood why the Dragon Emperor was called the Dragon Emperor.

This title is not only because of the Myriad Dragon Nest, but also because the Myriad Dragon Emperor is the common emperor of countless dragon blood branches on the ancestral star who have similar bloodlines but are not completely of the same race. He brought these races to a whole new level.

In other words, the Emperor of Ten Thousand Dragons is literally the Emperor of Ten Thousand Dragons.

(End of this chapter)