The Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable

Heaven and earth were boundless, and the cosmos was vast. Countless Life Source Lands lay scattered throughout existence, allowing generation after generation of living beings to flourish and multiply.

Deep within the cosmos, an ancient, immense star wreathed in rising violet mist stood at the far end of the eternal void. Ancient mountains towered over boundless oceans, divine radiance filled its skies, and the Great Dao seemed to manifest upon it.

Anyone standing in the void beyond its skies and gazing toward that violet star could feel its supreme might and the imperial aura suffusing it. A supreme being had attained the Dao there, leaving one of the deepest marks in the cosmos. Across the entire universe, only a handful of such life-bearing stars existed.

Such an ancient star was a supreme holy land of the cosmos, a place celebrated across countless Life Source Lands, an undying legend throughout the universe.

The Imperial Star-Ziwei!

This supreme ancient star appeared only in ancient legends. It was hailed as the sovereign of all stars and the source of all arts. In the lore passed down by the human race throughout the heavens, it was also humanity's birthplace, the sacred soil of its ancestral roots.

Even now, countless human Dao lineages stood upon Ziwei, ruling over all lands, with none daring to defy them. Thus, Ziwei had flourished for hundreds of thousands of years without ever declining, making it the most sacred source of creation in the cosmos.

Yet today, the atmosphere on Ziwei, that ancient star celebrated by myriad races, was utterly unlike before. Oppression hung over the entire star. Somewhere beyond perception, a certain presence seemed to be gathering there from across the cosmos. Even wild beasts had hidden in their caves early, not daring to poke their heads out.

The next instant, beyond Ziwei's skies-

"RUMBLE!!"

An utterly violent roar swept across Ziwei and resounded throughout the cosmos. Heaven and earth seemed on the verge of overturning. Boundless lightning took solid form, like a vast, limitless ocean crashing down from the heavens.

This was a Path-Proving Tribulation!

At that moment, supreme might rose from the Imperial Star Ziwei. An instant later, a golden figure appeared at the Cosmic Frontier, together with the vast heavenly tribulation.

The golden figure wore blue-green feathered robes, his hair bound in a Daoist topknot of longevity. Behind his head hovered an unadorned yet profoundly mysterious halo, as though a heavenly venerable from myth had descended into the mortal world.

"BOOM!"

The immeasurable imperial tribulation surged forth, shattering the entire Cosmic Frontier in the next instant. Yet He Mu stood within the great tribulation without moving in the slightest.

The next moment, the lightning tribulation seemed to grow enraged and abruptly turned violent. Endless lightning transformed into divine beasts and immortal spirits. True Dragons roared, Immortal Phoenixes spread their wings, and qilins leaped forth, as though charging from prehistoric times into the present, all attacking He Mu together.

Divine radiance spilled across the heavens, and tribulation light threw the sea of stars into turmoil. There could be no doubt that if such a great tribulation spread beyond this place, even its aftershocks would reduce an entire star region to ashes.

At the Cosmic Frontier, the great tribulation grew ever fiercer. He Mu was cloaked in immeasurable golden light, while the Dao wheel behind his head spun, shedding towering rays of immortal light to resist the heavenly lightning.

He Mu formed a Dao seal with his hands and gave a sharp cry:

"Battle!"

In the next instant, the immortal spirits bled. The sacred beasts formed by the heavenly tribulation were slain in a flash, and the endless lightning was swept clean. All heaven and earth fell still.

"BOOM!"

The myriad Daos erupted, and a calamity far surpassing the previous one descended once more. It was as though the Heavenly Dao had flown into a rage, vowing to slay the ant that dared challenge its celestial might. Immeasurable lightning transformed into the Thirty-Three Heavens. Above those layers of celestial realms, three palaces manifested, with three supreme emperors visible seated within.

Then those three paramount figures rose from their palaces and charged at He Mu. The Taiji Immortal Diagram stretched across the world, a bloodstained Immortal Sword swept in every direction, and the Divine Banner shook heaven and earth, reenacting the past, present, and future. The endless sea of lightning that had formed the Thirty-Three Heavens bore down alongside the three immortal figures. Their might was so immense that even He Mu's expression changed.

"Battle heaven! Battle earth! Battle eternity!"

He Mu roared, bringing the Battle Saint Method to its utmost limit. Divine laws of the Great Dao surged with it, powerful enough to slaughter gods and slay immortals. Covered in blood, he clashed with the three supreme beings within the heavenly tribulation.

As the aura of the great tribulation continued to spread, ancient beings opened their eyes in several secret places throughout the cosmos. Supreme presences faintly seeped out-the sovereigns within the forbidden zones were watching.

"Has another age of prosperity arrived? Another successor has attained the Dao."

An ancient heavenly venerable murmured, yet his voice echoed between the great forbidden zones of the cosmos.

"That battle method does have its merits. His blood and vitality must be abundant. Only... I wonder whether he will stand in our way."

An ancient venerable spoke in an icy tone, a trace of covetousness flowing through his gaze.

"The immortal road is still far from opening. We should not expend our blood and vitality to emerge. It is only a single lifetime of glory, after all. There is no need to concern ourselves."

Another ancient being dismissed it with disdain, then sank once more into the deepest slumber.

"Splendor fills the eyes, yet it is only clouds and smoke passing before them. To become an immortal..."

A prehistoric titan also whispered, his voice carrying regret and sorrow.

Soon, the great forbidden zones fell quiet again. Only a few gazes still illuminated vast distances, continuing to watch the great Path-Proving Tribulation at the Cosmic Frontier.

At the Cosmic Frontier, the great tribulation continued. The figures of the three great heavenly venerables had already dispersed. What appeared within the heavenly tribulation next were, astonishingly, stalk after stalk of Immortal Medicine.

The many immortal medicines unleashed their auras, their might actually surpassing that of the three venerables before them. The instant they appeared, they made He Mu cough up blood.

"Immeasurable light, immeasurable longevity, immeasurable tribulations!"

He Mu threw back his head and roared in fury. The myriad Daos of heaven and earth moved with him, tracing the most profound patterns through the void. His body, withered by the unending battle, instantly filled out again, and the divine light around him flared. Dao traces filling the sky became the most terrifying assault in existence and struck at the heavenly tribulation. With a single blow, he sought to contend with heaven for victory and claim the heavenly mandate.

"Fight!"

At that moment, all sound fell silent. Immeasurable light filled the cosmos, and all heaven and earth lost their color and sound.

When the endless light dispersed, nothing remained at the Cosmic Frontier except a figure clad in tattered blue-green feathered robes. His body was covered in blood, his flesh utterly depleted, yet supreme might still surrounded him as he stood tall at the Cosmic Frontier.

It was none other than He Mu!

He Mu opened his mouth, and countless streams of vital essence from several neighboring star regions instantly surged toward him. The next moment, an invincible might radiated from his supreme imperial body, piercing the entire cosmos and making all living beings bow their heads.

"Today, I have attained the Dao. Let all living beings offer their congratulations. I am the Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable!"

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