I Had No Choice, So I Became the Heavenly Venerable

Zhang Sanfeng: @Meng Chuan, thank you, Fellow Daoist Meng. I will never forget what you did for me today. If you ever have need of me, just say the word.

Meng Chuan: You're too kind, Master Zhang. Since fate brought us into the same group, we should naturally help one another.

Zhang Sanfeng: From what you said earlier, there should be a work about your world too. Little Meng should know it, so why...?

Meng Chuan: That work takes place more than a hundred thousand years before my time. I'm not mentioned in it at all, so I can't upload it as a Fate Instance.

On Wudang Mountain, Zhang Sanfeng stared at those words in shock. More than a hundred thousand years? The recorded history of his own world spanned only a few thousand.

Zhang Sanfeng: Are there Immortals and gods in your world, Fellow Daoist Meng?

System notification: Group administrator Meng Chuan uploaded a memory fragment. Anyone may view it.

Rather than explain, Meng Chuan uploaded a memory fragment of the great tribulation he had faced a hundred years ago when becoming a Great Emperor.

Boom!

A boundless divine tribulation surged forth, shattering even the Cosmic Frontier. Lightning poured into the universe, reducing countless Star Systems to dust. Supreme laws spread across the entire cosmos.

Because of the Chat Group, Zhang Sanfeng could clearly feel every fluctuation from that moment, yet remained unharmed.

As the lightning tribulation roared, the Myriad Daos wailed. Every law of the Great Dao in the universe would be suppressed. One man was about to establish his own Dao, rise above all others, and look down upon the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

Boom!

The heavenly tribulation shook the world, blanketing everything and swallowing endless Star Systems. It was as though the mortal realm itself were being destroyed.

The rules of the Great Dao aligned and shifted without cease. The law and Dao of this age's supreme figure would become the only ones, overshadowing every tradition and ruling this universe.

Thunder rumbled, chaotic qi surged, and blazing bolts danced. Each stretched across several Star Systems, vast beyond measure. The sight was staggering.

Amid the heavenly punishment and endless lightning stood a lone figure in white, fighting fiercely against the Great Dao. He sought to fuse his supreme imprint with the universe and become the one and only.

That man was Meng Chuan. Lightning struck him, and with a roar, he absorbed its immense energy. Every movement of his hands and feet carried the boundless power of the Great Dao.

Before long, several shadowy figures appeared deep within the tribulation: Nine Heavenly Venerables standing on high, a man wielding the Five-Colored Heavenly Blade, and an imposing figure with the Ancient Mirror above his head.

Meng Chuan let out a long cry and charged into the depths of the tribulation. He battled those supreme figures of antiquity, red blood spraying with every exchange of fists and feet.

The lightning tribulation could not seriously hurt Meng Chuan, but those phantoms dragged him into a bitter fight. One on one, he believed he was inferior to none of them. There were simply too many!

The battle raged on. The Cosmic Frontier was smashed apart and returned to chaos, while even the aftershocks shattered endless starfields.

After an unknown span of time, Meng Chuan finally dispersed every phantom. His body was battered and covered in wounds. He gazed at the endless lightning tribulation, gave a long cry, and swallowed the whole of it!

Meng Chuan's body rapidly healed. His supreme might spread throughout the universe, myriad divine lights shining in his eyes. From the Cosmic Frontier, he looked across the cosmos. Wherever his gaze fell, countless people cried out the name of the Dao Beginning Great Emperor.

Prodigies of his generation wept openly. One man had become Emperor; all the rest could only look up from beneath his throne.

Meng Chuan sat down at the Cosmic Frontier, drawing in boundless vital energy to restore himself.

The memory fragment ended there. Zhang Sanfeng's face was filled with shock. He had received many shocks today, but this was the most direct and overwhelming of them all.

Zhang Sanfeng: Only today have I learned how vast the world is. To think there are figures such as Great Emperors! This old Daoist had been a frog at the bottom of a well, looking up at a sliver of sky.

Meng Chuan: Don't sell yourself short, Master Zhang. Your world has limited you. If you lived in mine, you would surely become a sage and a founder.

Daigu Madoka: So I'll have to face the Dark Giant again someday?

Daigu Madoka: Also, let me just say: the Great Emperor's might is divine!

From Daigu Madoka's words, Meng Chuan knew what point in time he was at. As for the flattery—was he the sort of person who could be swayed by one little compliment?

The Ancient One: The Great Emperor's might is divine!

The Ancient One really did come from the movie universe!

Meng Qi: @Meng Chuan, Great Emperor, what... what should I do?

Meng Qi's feelings were tangled. He had seen his future self live step by step according to other people's plans until he attained the Dharmakaya. Yet he had barely enjoyed any good days before an even greater shadow descended.

That was Heaven's will!

But in the end, he became the Primordial Heavenly Venerable, a major figure even among those on the Far Shore! He was pleased with that outcome, but some things could not be judged by the outcome alone.

Meng Chuan: "You saw all of it? Then what the hell did the Chat Group cut?"

Meng Qi: It cut out the cultivation techniques!

Seeing how approachable the Great Emperor was in conversation, Meng Qi felt a little better.

Meng Chuan: Since you've seen it all, you know there's nothing I can do right now.

If the people of the Shrouding the Heavens World heard that, their jaws would hit the floor. The Great Emperor was invincible in heaven and on earth. Apart from finding no path to immortality, was there anything he could not do?

Zhang Sanfeng: Even the Great Emperor can do nothing? Little Meng, what happened to you?

Daigu Madoka: How did this conversation suddenly get so far beyond me...?

The Ancient One: ...

Meng Chuan: Little Meng's world is rather unusual.

Zhang Sanfeng: How unusual?

Meng Chuan: ...

Meng Chuan: It's unusual in a way you rarely see. What do you all think of my strength?

The Ancient One: I have visited countless timelines and dimensions, but I have never seen a being who could fight the Great Emperor.

Daigu Madoka: Even if I transformed into Tiga, I'd be nowhere near a match for you.

Zhang Sanfeng: Even Immortals and gods could not compare.

Meng Chuan: You weren't like this when you first joined the group!

Meng Chuan: In Little Meng's world, during its most flourishing age, someone like me wouldn't even be called strong.

Meng Chuan did not know what level a Great Emperor corresponded to in Lifetime, but it was certainly below the Legendary Realm.

Meng Chuan: To the strongest beings in that world, the entire myriad heavens and worlds are nothing but playthings. If something happens that displeases them, they can tear it all down and start over, letting everything unfold according to their wishes.

Meng Chuan: Words can't describe that kind of power. You can ask Little Meng. He can let others enter his Fate Instance, and he can edit it himself.

Meng Qi: I'll give everyone access. Go and see for yourselves.

Naturally, that was after he had cut a few things from the Fate Instance.

Meng Chuan entered as quickly as he could. He was intensely curious about the power of those on the Far Shore. In his previous life, he had only been able to imagine it from words; now he had a chance to see it.

Meng Chuan: Hopeless. No saving you. Wait to die. Farewell!

Zhang Sanfeng: Hopeless. No saving you. Wait to die. Farewell!

Daigu Madoka: Hopeless. No saving you. Wait to die. Farewell!

The Ancient One: What a powerful yet illusory world.

Meng Qi: None of you will save Little Meng, whose loyalty reaches the clouds?

Daigu Madoka: Actually, Little Meng, as long as you follow your original fate, you'll be able to change everything in the end. Those regrets might as well never have happened. After all, by then you'll be incredibly powerful.

Meng Chuan shook his head at Daigu Madoka's words. The country Daigu lived in kept him from fully understanding Meng Qi's state of mind.

Meng Qi: For now, I can only take things one step at a time.

Meng Qi: If there's no other way and I really end up on that original path, I'll just have to become the Primordial Heavenly Venerable!

Meng Chuan: ???

Zhang Sanfeng: ???

The Ancient One: ???

Daigu Madoka: ??!

What the fuck are you talking about?

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