Shrouding the Heavens: Beginning Dao Proving from the Ancient Era
Chapter 44

Undying Mountain

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Undying Mountain

At the Cosmic Frontier, Chaos Qi surged like a boundless ocean.

A pair of hands extended out, tearing apart the vast Chaos. A figure strolled through it.

Emperor Dao Laws coiled around him. Wherever he passed, the surrounding Chaos Qi scattered aside, revealing a path.

The figure walking through the Chaos was Chen Zhao, who had come from Heavenly Soldier Star.

"Looks like this is the place." Chen Zhao narrowed his eyes slightly and thrust his hand toward the boundless Chaos ahead.

In an instant, Chaos churned and countless laws surged, presenting a scene of the creation of heaven and earth. The entrance to a Chaos world appeared.

Yet after casting his gaze into that Chaos world, Chen Zhao frowned slightly.

"It really is gone. Looks like Emperor Lord took it."

He had left Heavenly Soldier Star and come to the Chaos region at the Cosmic Frontier.

It was for the Sentient Immortal Corpse that Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord had slain long ago.

Although the Sentient Immortal Corpse's Immortal Dao Source had been extracted by Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord, its remains still existed.

The immortal corpse's remains had been sealed within the Chaos by Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord, who had inscribed formations to suppress them and prevent any ominous occurrences.

Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord had specifically sent him into the Chaos to inspect the condition of those immortal corpse remains.

Now that the immortal corpse remains had vanished without a trace, Chen Zhao could not help thinking of Emperor Lord.

The immortal corpse remains might have fallen into Emperor Lord's hands.

Unable to find the immortal corpse remains, Chen Zhao planned to return to Ziwei Star.

Just then, Chen Zhao noticed something strange about the Chaos ahead. Something seemed to exist within it.

This stirred his curiosity. Anything that could be born within Chaos was a supreme treasure of heaven and earth.

Looking closely, he found that the Chaos region ahead was shrouded by natural Dao Patterns formed by the Great Dao, sealing off this place and completely concealing it within Chaos.

If he had not become an emperor through his Chaos Body and possessed an innate sensitivity to the Chaos Great Dao, he truly would not have noticed anything unusual here.

The more extraordinary this place appeared, the more curious Chen Zhao became.

This was the Ancient Era, when many good things had yet to emerge into the world.

Clearly, a supreme treasure was being nurtured within.

Chen Zhao threw a punch toward the front. The surrounding Chaos Qi rose and fell, while countless strands of Chaos Qi shattered, forming a terrifying might.

The Great Dao Runes all broke apart beneath that punch, revealing an Immortal Land wreathed in Chaos Qi.

"Sure enough, there's something inside."

With those words, Chen Zhao strode forward and entered this Immortal Land hidden within Chaos.

After passing through the vast Chaos Qi, Chen Zhao entered the place. When he saw the scene before him, even with his current state of mind, he was somewhat astonished.

"So it's this place."

Ahead lay an endless mountain range of black peaks. The black mountains towered into the clouds, dark as ink, with ribbons of black mist curling around their surfaces.

Every mountain was a king among mountains, imposing and majestic, standing tall as eternal, terrifying auras flowed across them.

It was as if he had arrived at the moment heaven and earth first opened. An ancient aura flowed through this place, making one's heart tremble.

Every black mountain here could be called a king among peaks if placed on any other Life Star.

The mountain range formed by so many great peaks was truly vast and boundless.

"Undying Mountain." Chen Zhao swept his gaze across the area, taking everything in at a glance.

In the universe of Later Generations, several mountains were exceedingly famous.

Kunlun Mountain, Mount Sumeru, and Undying Mountain.

Later Generations were filled with legends concerning these three famous mountains.

All three were renowned blessed lands in the universe.

In Later Generations, Undying Mountain was occupied by Stone Emperor, who had transformed from a Stone Embryo into a Saintly Spirit, becoming a Life Forbidden Zone.

As for Mount Sumeru, Amitabha had severed it from the Original Immortal Land and moved it to the Big Dipper.

"Has Undying Heavenly Emperor come here yet?" Chen Zhao fell into thought.

He then began investigating the area, but found no trace of Undying Heavenly Emperor.

Undying Mountain should have emerged during the Ancient Era, though he did not know exactly when.

He did not know whether it had been during the Mid-Ancient Era or the Late Ancient Era.

Undying Heavenly Emperor had then occupied it for a time and even made a coffin from the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree, undergoing a transformation inside it.

That coffin later triggered a series of events, and in Later Generations, the unfortunate Tai Emperor even died because of it.

Only after the Ancient Era did Stone Emperor occupy it and completely turn it into a forbidden zone.

Chen Zhao had already seen Kunlun Immortal Mountain.

Other than lacking that exceptionally special Path to Immortality Land, the Undying Mountain before him was not inferior to Kunlun Immortal Mountain in the slightest.

"Looks like this place is fated for me." Chen Zhao sighed inwardly.

If Undying Mountain fell into his hands, it would be equivalent to indirectly removing a Life Forbidden Zone.

If Stone Emperor underwent Self-Severance in the future, he would likely have nowhere to call home.

Chen Zhao stepped forward and arrived at the central region among the many great peaks.

Ancient trees grew lush and verdant here. Upon arriving, he discovered that this area was filled with a unique aura.

Endless Great Dao seemed to circulate here, filled with mysterious power that gave one a feeling of enlightenment.

Chen Zhao descended onto Undying Mountain and looked at the special ancient tree before him.

The Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree.

It was only about ten feet tall, its trunk merely half a meter thick. Resembling a coiled dragon lying prone, it twisted upward toward the sky.

The most extraordinary thing was that the ancient tea tree's leaves were all extremely peculiar. No two leaves were alike, and each flowed with the radiance of the Dao.

The leaves took the forms of small cauldrons, divine phoenixes, immortals, mountains, and rivers. Every shape was exceedingly strange and contained a unique Dao charm.

"Undying Medicine."

This was the most extraordinary Undying Medicine in heaven and earth.

It had once been a supreme treasure of the Foreign Realm and could rank among the top three immortal medicines of All Heavens and Myriad Realms.

It would have some effect even on the Immortal Kings of the Foreign Realm.

Unfortunately, the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree later suffered a calamity and was split in two, then planted in separate places, greatly weakening its medicinal effects.

Especially after the end of an era, the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree also endured Heaven's Will Blade, falling in rank and becoming an Undying Medicine.

Later, the Undying Medicine would suffer even more miserably, as Undying Heavenly Emperor would chop off its branches to make a coffin.

The Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree was extremely special. It could only be planted in Undying Mountain and could not survive in the outside world.

Chen Zhao glanced to the side. Beside the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree stood an ancient, massive stele.

"Without entering reincarnation, undying is the foundation."

The massive stele was extremely ancient. No one knew from which era it had been passed down. Ancient auras flowed across it, as though it had endured countless years without decaying.

"Divine Spring."

Chen Zhao looked ahead and discovered a pool of Divine Spring behind the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree.

Below the Divine Spring lay the earth veins of Undying Mountain, where rich Life Essence surged and roiled.

A gentle stream flowed from it, emitting crystalline rosy light and containing endless vitality and creation.

This was a true Divine Spring.

It could be used to cultivate Undying Medicine and could even prolong a person's vital essence.

Chen Zhao arrived at the other side of Undying Mountain.

There stood a small hill. If one were to see through the mountain itself,

one would discover a shimmering green light beneath the hill, flawless and immaculate, as if it could breathe and draw in the essence of heaven and earth. Its entire body was covered in tear-like marks.

Immortal Tears Green Gold.

"Green Gold Saintly Spirit Emperor." Chen Zhao fell into thought.

The Green Gold Saintly Spirit Emperor of Later Generations would only emerge during the Heavenly Emperor Era. In his Second Life, he possessed formidable strength and could even exchange blows with Ye Fan, who had lived eight lives and was nearly immortal.

Although Green Gold Emperor was defeated in fewer than ten moves, no one could deny his strength.

After all, Ye Fan had been in his Eighth Life at the time, his strength having long surpassed the Human Dao Domain by far.

The fact that Immortal Tears Green Gold Emperor had not been instantly defeated was enough to prove his strength.

Covering the Sky has many inconsistencies, so it's difficult to write. Please forgive me.

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