Shrouding the Heavens: Starting by joining the Holy Land of Yao Guang

Chapter 150 Traces of the Ancient Races

Both Dongfang Taiyi and Li Yao were the people in their time who had the deepest understanding of the Taiyin True Scripture and the Taiyang True Scripture. When the two discussed the Dao of Yin and Yang, their explanations of Yin and Yang were full of profound insights, and every word was as simple as the Dao, giving people a lot of inspiration.

This discussion was not a one-sided instruction from Li Yao, but rather an exchange of his own insights, which were often insightful and profound, and even Dongfang Taiyi gained something from it.

As the sun sets and the moon rises, the Great Dao Heavenly Sound resounds throughout the main hall, and the sacred power of the moon and the sun is incredibly abundant. It is not until dawn the next day, when the golden crow patrols the sky, that the Great Dao Heavenly Sound ceases, and the two primordial sacred powers slowly diminish.

Li Yao gained a lot from this discussion. He digested the profound insights into the Great Dao that he had gained from comprehending the secrets of the previous characters, and was now able to re-enter the realm of creation to comprehend the Great Dao.

One discussion on the Dao saved him three months, and more. His grasp of the profound mysteries of the Dao was clearly enhanced by this discussion.

Li Daoqing and Yao Xi also woke up, both of them overjoyed because their cultivation had been greatly improved.

Li Daoqing, in particular, has been at the peak of the Great Power for nearly a thousand years, but he has been stuck there. Now, he has finally felt his bottleneck. As long as he digests the insights he gained from this enlightenment, his cultivation will surely rise to another level, reaching the level of a living fossil, and he will be qualified to challenge the Heavenly Barrier of the Dao.

"Thank you for your kindness, senior." Li Daoqing bowed to Dongfang Taiyi and said gratefully.

This is the grace of attaining enlightenment, which is no less than a life-saving grace for a cultivator.

"To seek the Dao in the morning and die content in the evening" is not just an empty phrase in the cultivation world.

“No need. I have also gained a lot from this discussion.” Dongfang Taiyi waved his hand, then looked at Li Yao and exclaimed, “Your talent is the best I have ever seen in my life. It is as if the Human Emperor and the Holy Emperor have been reborn.”

The old man was deeply moved. Li Yao had only obtained the Taiyin True Scripture and the Taiyang True Scripture a little over a year ago, not even two years ago, yet he had already comprehended the two immortal scriptures to such an extent. Even if the two Holy Emperors were reborn, they would not have achieved this much.

It can be said that based on Li Yao's understanding of these two immortal scriptures, even if his cultivation does not progress any further in the years to come, he can still cultivate to the Saint realm by relying on one of the Taiyin True Scripture and the Taiyang True Scripture. The only bottleneck is to break through the Dao barrier.

After witnessing Li Yao's existence, Dongfang Taiyi felt that he possessed the true bearing of an emperor and had an enlightenment that was close to that of an immortal.

In this world, unless someone else preemptively attains enlightenment, Dongfang Taiyi truly cannot imagine who else could rival Li Yao at the same level.

"Senior, you flatter me. I am merely a novice with decent comprehension, nothing special," Li Yao said modestly.

Dongfang Taiyi shook his head. The simple-minded old man who loved barbecue didn't notice anything amiss in the other person's words. Instead, he said seriously, "This is no longer just good comprehension, but almost like an immortal. In the ancient times, there were many heroes, but none could compare to you."

Li Yao smiled subtly. At this moment, he certainly couldn't just say it was a fluke, so he changed the subject and explained the purpose of his visit.

"That's how it is. My senior passed on to me two immortal scriptures, the Taiyin True Scripture and the Taiyang True Scripture, but I, without informing him, took it upon myself to pass on the Taiyin True Scripture to others. This is truly a sin."

Yao Xi quickly stepped forward, bowed, and apologized: "This is my fault. I kept pestering my junior brother to pass on the true scriptures to me. I hope you will punish me, senior."

Dongfang Taiyi waved his hand, helped the two up, and said, "The Taiyin True Scripture and the Taiyang True Scripture are the mother scriptures of our human race. In the ancient times, the two holy emperors spread the teachings throughout the world, and many powerful people of the human race knew these two mother scriptures. As long as the practitioners are not wicked and have committed unjust killings, it is fine. So you don't need to apologize to me."

Li Daoqing breathed a sigh of relief. His biggest worry was that Dongfang Taiyi would take this matter to heart.

In this day and age, the transmission of cultivation scriptures is a very serious matter. Judging by his own experience, he thought that Dongfang Taiyi also did not want the Taiyin True Scripture and the Taiyang True Scripture to be spread.

The leakage of cultivation scriptures is a terrifying thing. For example, if the Taiyin Divine Sect had not spread its Taiyin True Scripture, the Duanmu family would never have been able to steal the divine artifact.

Although this situation is not the norm, it is undeniable that such a thing was not unique to the Duanmu family throughout history.

Li Daoqing was unaware of the Taiyin Divine Sect, but similar incidents had occurred in the Beidou region.

Actually, this is nothing unusual in the cultivation world, because the rule of the strong is an eternal theme here, with the strong rising and the weak falling.

The Duanmu family was so special because after they won, they didn't even spare the corpses of the Empress Taiyin, making the most of everything.

This behavior seems a bit excessive. It's understandable that you're worried about not eliminating the root of the problem and resorting to killing, but for the sake of the Emperor, you should at least properly dispose of those corpses.

The Duanmu family, however, used the corpses of the former emperors to forge weapons, extracted the emperor's bloodline using secret methods, cultivated spiritual soil, planted Nether Bamboo, and so on. They spared no effort to completely exploit the former emperors' corpses.

Sometimes, the evil in people's hearts can even make the gods take notice.

Therefore, the leakage of scriptures can sometimes cause immense harm.

"Thank you very much, senior." Li Yao said sincerely, touched by the old man's magnanimity.

Dongfang Taiyi waved his hand: "Strive to cultivate diligently. When the two Holy Emperors were spreading the true scriptures, their wish was for every member of the race to be like a dragon. Your current performance is exactly what the two Human Emperors wanted to see."

"Junior, remember this."

The three did not disturb Dongfang Taiyi too much, as the old man needed peace and quiet.

After leaving the temple, Li Daoqing sighed softly, "The magnanimity of the two emperors is truly admirable."

They, mere mortals, will never understand the breadth of that mind.

Just as Li Yao never understood why the Sun Emperor, knowing how the Purple Star had treated his descendants, was still willing to protect it.

Perhaps as one's cultivation level reaches a certain point, one's mind and heart will truly become incredibly broad?
Li Yao couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it. He figured he would know once he reached the summit.

After returning to the Holy Son's Palace, Li Yao once again entered the Creation Realm and began to comprehend the Taiyin True Scripture and the Taiyang True Scripture.

For him now, the most important thing is to improve his cultivation. He has been cultivating for ten years now, and he is very close to the birth of the Primordial Races. When the Primordial Races are born, he must ensure that his combat power can suppress those princes and princesses.

This is not difficult for Li Yao. Now that he has mastered the method to enter the forbidden realm of gods, as long as his cultivation level keeps up and is no weaker than those princes and princesses, he can suppress everyone in the world.

Alternatively, it's fine if they're a little weaker, but at least the difference in cultivation level shouldn't be too great; otherwise, even divine restrictions can't bridge that gap.

After all, those ancient princes and princesses were all incredibly powerful. When they were born, their cultivation was at the second level of the Sendai realm, and they had already traveled a great distance at that level.

"There are at least a few years left to raise your cultivation to the second level of the Sendai realm. It's still plenty of time."

There is still plenty of time, after all, the ancient races awakened one after another. In the next few years, only the royal family will be relatively active, while the imperial family will not appear much. By the time the imperial family becomes fully active, it will be more than ten years later.

"Perhaps, some ancient races have begun to awaken one after another, but they have not yet emerged into the world."

These ancient beings, who have been asleep for millions of years, will certainly need some time to adapt to and understand the present era after they awaken. Perhaps some of the vanguard have already awakened and are hiding in the shadows investigating the current Big Dipper Starfield and gathering intelligence.

"It seems we need to send people out to search and see if we can find any trace of the ancient races."

Those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts. Sooner or later, the ancient races will clash with the human race. Given this, it seems quite normal for him to take the initiative.

Of course, this doesn't mean that all ancient races should be condemned outright. Many ancient races were willing to coexist peacefully after the human race demonstrated its extraordinary strength. However, some ancient races were simply hostile to the human race.

Li Yao naturally wouldn't do anything to the ancient races that were willing to coexist peacefully, but those stubborn ones were just what he needed to relieve his boredom, otherwise the Eastern Wilderness would be far too dull these days.

……

Time flies, and half a year has passed in the blink of an eye. The insights into the Taiyin True Scripture have been completely digested, and Li Yao's cultivation can no longer be suppressed.

During a massive calamity, his cultivation reached the ninth step of the first level of the Immortal Platform, making him a half-step Great Power.

This year marks Li Yao's tenth year of cultivation. He is just one step away from breaking through to the second level of the Immortal Platform and truly standing at the pinnacle of the Five Domains of the Big Dipper. In fact, even now, his strength is no longer afraid of ordinary Saint Lords, and he can fight against the top group of people in the Eastern Wilderness, relying on his own strength rather than external objects.

After his breakthrough, Li Yao did not go out. There were very few things in the Eastern Wilderness that could interest him now.

The price of his strength far surpassing that of the younger generation is that he has no rivals, to the point that he can't find an opponent to fight now.

Li Yao also heard about Ye Fan's situation. As expected, the news that Ye Fan possessed the Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron had leaked out, and he was now being hunted down all over the world.

The allure of the Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron was simply too great; even the most sacred lands and aristocratic families couldn't resist sending out their young experts.

Ye Fan is experiencing a thrilling and dangerous parkour career. This is the most difficult period for him. Once he gets through it, he will soar to the heavens.

In Li Yao's view, these things were just child's play and not worth mentioning, because so far, almost all of them have only involved young experts.

It seemed as if each family had tacitly reached an agreement to let their young disciples compete for it, and whoever got it would own it.

If Li Yao were willing to step forward and protect Ye Fan at this moment, it would definitely deter those who coveted the treasure, and many would no longer dare to covet the Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron.

But Li Yao had no intention of standing up for Ye Fan. Everyone has their own path to walk, and he wasn't Ye Fan's nanny.

Although he needs teammates in the long run, since the future is too dark and he will be isolated and helpless on his own, if they can't even get through this little hurdle, then they are not qualified to be his teammates.

Li Yao sat quietly in the Holy Son Hall, focusing intently on his cultivation. He cherished these rare moments of peace and tranquility in his practice.

But things didn't go as planned. Even though he didn't go out, something came up to him, forcing him to interrupt his cultivation.

Yang Xun, a powerful figure from the Yao Guang Holy Land, the junior brother of Holy Lord Li Daoqing, and a top expert of the Yao Guang Mountain lineage, was assigned a mission by Li Yao to search for traces of the ancient races. After more than half a year, he finally made some progress.

The one who came to deliver the message was an elder from the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm. Naturally, such a errand-running task did not require a powerful figure to come in person.

“There’s something unusual going on in the southern region. Many remote villages have lost all their inhabitants. We’ve checked carefully and found that they all disappeared recently, the longest being two years ago. But because they’re so remote, no one noticed.”

The elder of the Dragon Transformation Realm brought this news, which shocked him.

About half a year ago, Yang Xun secretly gathered a group of powerful individuals and secretly left the Yao Guang Holy Land to investigate some unusual events in the Southern Region.

At first, they gained nothing, because the Southern Region was vast and there were simply too many unusual events happening on this land.

However, as the investigation deepened, many people discovered numerous abandoned villages in remote areas.

One or two may not seem like much, after all, it's not uncommon for a band of robbers to pass by and loot an entire village.

However, when hundreds or thousands of such villages appeared, everyone noticed something unusual.

After setting their target, they went to remote areas based on this characteristic, and without exception, they found many villages that had been completely looted.

Finally, everyone put their information together and discovered that there were more than 10,000 deserted villages, and all of them had only become deserted in the last year or two.

At this moment, everyone noticed something was amiss and knew that this was definitely not an ordinary matter.

If we consider a village to be as small as 100 households, and each household to be at least three people, then with more than 10,000 villages, that would amount to nearly three million lives.

It's an astonishing number. Even a bloodthirsty cultivator probably couldn't kill that many people in their entire life.

This is a conservative estimate; the actual number is certainly far greater. Moreover, this is only what they found within six months. The Southern Region is vast and boundless. Even the Yao Guang Holy Land could not possibly search every corner of the Southern Region within six months. There must be many more villages like this that they have not yet found.

And this happened in the last two years, and to this day, almost no one knows about it.

If Li Yao hadn't suddenly come up with the idea of ​​sending powerful figures from the Yao Guang Holy Land to investigate, this matter might never have been discovered.

Because the Southern Region was so vast, no one cared about some remote villages, and those who died were just ordinary people.

Even if a cultivator happened to pass by and discovered one of the desolate villages, he wouldn't think it was a big deal. He would probably just think that the village had suffered some kind of calamity, resulting in the death of the entire village. He would never have imagined that the number of villages that suffered such a tragedy was as high as tens of thousands!
It must be said that the person who did this was very clever and made full use of this point. Only by finding the vast majority of villages, like the Yao Guang Holy Land, could the anomaly be discovered.

Even the powerful figures of the Yao Guang Holy Land only realized something was wrong when they found hundreds or thousands of such villages, because the number was simply too large.

Li Yao clenched his fists so tightly that they seemed to shatter the void itself, and his eyes flashed with a terrifying killing intent that made the elder of the Dragon Transformation Realm beside him tremble in the knees.

The elder knew that his holy son's killing intent was not directed at him, but even so, it made his legs go weak.

Noticing the elder's unusual behavior, Li Yao took a deep breath, suppressed his killing intent, and said in a deep voice, "Continue, have you found any other clues?"

More than three million lives—even Li Yao felt a heavy weight on his shoulders. These people were ordinary people who worked from sunrise to sunset. They were born into the lowest rungs of society and didn't even understand the world of cultivators. They lived in ignorance. But now, they had become victims, turning into cold numbers in intelligence reports.

Elder Hualong calmed himself down before continuing, "We have indeed found some clues. In one of the villages, a great battle broke out. It seems that a cultivator witnessed the tragedy and stood up to fight the perpetrator, leaving behind traces of the battle. A black scale was also found on the battlefield. It does not belong to any race today and must be an ancient creature."

Li Yao caught the key information and asked, "How is that cultivator now?"

"His whereabouts are unknown. Judging from the situation at the scene, that person should have been defeated, but he did not perish; instead, he escaped from the jaws of death."

"Find him, find out everything, find out who did this, and then scatter their ashes," Li Yao said menacingly.

"Yes."

Elder Hualong bowed and withdrew from the Holy Son Hall, his face grave. He knew that something big was about to happen.

In the spacious and majestic hall, Li Yao's face was cold, and his mind was somewhat unsettled.

Although the dead were all complete strangers, the shocking numbers still enraged him.

Anyone who isn't heartless would feel angry upon hearing this. This isn't about three hundred or three thousand people, but three million!
This is even a very low estimate; the actual number, nobody knows.

Sitting cross-legged in the Holy Son's Hall, Li Yao calmed himself for a long time before finally suppressing the murderous intent in his heart.

Next, once the person responsible is found, he will personally take action to eradicate this ancient remnant race.

Millions of years have passed, yet these ancient races still haven't realized who the true master of this ancient star is.

Li Yao sighed softly. In the end, although the human race was strong, their numbers were simply too vast. Only the most powerful forces could make the ancient races wary. Apart from them, they didn't take them seriously at all.

Ordinary mortals are probably just food in their eyes.

For the next few days, Li Yao kept his eyes closed and rested, waiting for the Yao Guang Holy Land to find that cultivator so that he could continue his investigation.

At the very least, he needs to know who the enemy is this time, and which race they belong to.

On the seventh day, the monk was found.

(End of this chapter)