Terran Guardian - Chapter 4036

Chapter 4011: Daoist Monarch’s Shroud

“Boom!”

The formation shattered with a deafening roar.

Even a top-tier Immortal Emperor formation couldn’t withstand the full force of a powerful Immortal Emperor at the pinnacle of his realm.

Watching the formation dissipate, the Nine Mountains Immortal Emperor stared intently at the space before him, eager to seize the opportunity to emerge.

However—

when the formation vanished, no opportunity appeared; only a figure in purple robes stood there, hands clasped behind his back.

The instant he recognized the figure, the Nine Mountains Immortal Emperor’s expression turned to utter horror.

“Shen Changqing—!!!”

That face!

He would never forget it!

Back then, when the other party, posing as the Heavenly Demon Saint Lord Shen Hong, severely injured him, the Nine Mountains Immortal Emperor had already gathered information about him.

How could he be unfamiliar with the face of this Profound Heaven Sword Master?

But what the Nine Mountains Immortal Emperor never expected was that this very person would be waiting for him behind the formation.

In that instant,

only one thought flashed through the Nine Mountains Immortal Emperor’s mind

:

Run!

Without hesitation, the Nine Mountains Immortal Emperor instantly burned his essence blood, his body transforming into a crimson divine rainbow that vanished into the void in the blink of an eye.

Shen Changqing’s eyes were indifferent. A giant bronze axe appeared instantly, its world-destroying axe light slicing through billions of miles of space, arriving behind the Nine Mountains Immortal Emperor in a flash, seemingly about to kill him completely.

In this life-or-death crisis,

the Nine Mountains Immortal Emperor didn’t have time to think. He directly summoned a blood-stained linen, and a vast heavenly might and Daoist aura erupted from it.

“Boom!!!”

The axe light, powerful enough to kill a half-saint, failed to shatter the blood-stained linen.

The Nine Mountains Immortal Emperor seized this opportunity and completely disappeared without a trace.

Seeing this, a look of surprise appeared in Shen Changqing’s eyes. He then reached out and grabbed the blood-stained linen directly in his hand.

“He ran pretty fast!”

He looked at the gradually healing space and shook his head slightly.

To be honest.

To kill the Nine Mountains Immortal Emperor in one blow, Shen Changqing had even used the bronze giant axe, intending to use the power of an ultimate treasure to completely crush his opponent.

After all—

within the Crimson Jade Dao Palace, both were cultivators at the peak of the Immortal Emperor realm, and killing each other using ordinary methods was not so easy.

That’s why

Shen Changqing used an ultimate treasure.

But unexpectedly,

even so,

the Nine Mountains Immortal Emperor still escaped.

Thinking of this, Shen Changqing lowered his gaze to the blood-stained linen in his hand. This item could withstand the sharp edge of the bronze giant axe, showing it was extraordinary.

Then,

he turned and left.

The Nine Mountains Immortal Emperor was nothing to Shen Changqing anymore.

He could escape for a while, but he couldn’t escape forever.

He would kill him when the opportunity arose.

…

“The Xuan Tian Sword Master lives up to his name!”

“I didn’t expect the tenth-ranked Nine Mountains Immortal Emperor to lack even the courage to face him head-on—”

The other cultivators gasped at this scene.

They had expected a world-shaking battle between the two top ten Immortal Emperors.

But to their surprise,

the Nine Mountains Immortal Emperor lacked even the courage to fight.

The moment he saw his opponent appear, he turned and fled.

No one had imagined that a powerhouse ranked tenth on the Immortal Emperor’s Tablet would be so afraid of Shen Changqing.

However,

when they recalled the world-destroying axe light that cleaved through billions of miles of space, many Immortal Emperors felt a chill run down their spines.

That level of power had clearly surpassed the limits expected of an Immortal Emperor.

One veteran Immortal Emperor exclaimed in shock, “Isn’t it said that the Crimson Jade Dao Palace is suppressed by Dao Venerable rules, preventing any power above the Immortal Emperor level from manifesting?”

Hearing this,

the other cultivators remained silent.

Extreme Dao Divine Weapons!

Few had ever heard of them.

Therefore, they had no idea why Shen Changqing possessed such power.

However, one thing was clear to all these Immortal Emperors:

such an existence was not someone they could afford to offend.

The so-called opportunity behind the formation!

Now it seemed that it was simply a setup by the opponent during his seclusion.

It was only thanks to the Nine Mountains Immortal Emperor that the formation was broken. If it had been any other Immortal Emperor, even if they managed to break the formation, they would likely have perished.

…

Half a day later.

Shen Changqing found another patch of starry sky, then casually set up an array of restrictions to continue his seclusion and enlightenment.

He had not yet fully digested the power of the Great Dao.

However, with the formation broken, Shen Changqing had no choice but to emerge from seclusion.

At this moment.

Inside the first layer of space.

Shen Changqing took out the blood-stained burlap again. It was covered in blood, with an aura of supreme annihilation clinging to it, radiating a terrifying pressure.

The moment his divine sense landed on the blood-stained burlap, an extremely fierce and annihilating battle intent erupted.

In that instant.

Shen Changqing’s sea of consciousness trembled violently, as if a raging storm had been unleashed.

An ancient and majestic phantom seemed to stand at the end of the river of time. The moment the other party cast its gaze upon him, Shen Changqing met its eyes, and all he could see were a pair of eyes filled with endless deathly stillness.

“…”

Shen Changqing’s breath hitched, a strong sense of crisis surging into his heart, but the next moment, this feeling subsided.

All the strange phenomena disappeared.

The first level of space remained unchanged.

The blood-stained burlap sack lay quietly before him, unchanged in the slightest.

“The Daoist’s Shroud—”

Shen Changqing murmured to himself.

At this moment.

He now understood what the blood-stained burlap before him truly was.

The Dao Venerable’s Shroud!

A piece of burlap that had once been used to wrap the body of the Dao Venerable, which, due to being stained with the Dao Venerable’s blood and fused with the Dao Venerable’s Great Dao, had ultimately evolved into this supreme treasure.

This treasure was imbued with the resentment of the ancient Dao Venerable; ordinary cultivators who obtained it might be corrupted by this power if they were not careful, ultimately leading to their death and the dissipation of their Dao.

However, for Shen Changqing, this corruption by the Dao Venerable’s power posed little threat.

Having mastered the Seven Profound Divine Tower, he was naturally unafraid of such corruption by the ancient Dao Venerable.

And disregarding these negative effects, the Dao Venerable’s Shroud was undoubtedly a supreme treasure, a top-tier ultimate divine weapon.

After all, the power of the Dao Venerable was terrifyingly immense; even a shroud on his body still possessed boundless power.

To put it simply

, wearing this shroud was equivalent to a defensive treasure.

Even a Creation-level spiritual treasure might not be able to break through the defense of this Dao Venerable’s Shroud.

It could be said…

Wearing the Dao Venerable’s shroud is tantamount to being invincible.

Of course—

there’s a prerequisite.

The cultivator must be able to withstand the power of the Dao Venerable’s shroud.

This shroud contains the immense power of the Dao Venerable of the past. If an Immortal Emperor dared to wear it, he would likely be instantly killed.

At that time

, he could kill himself without the enemy even lifting a finger.

This is why the Nine Mountains Immortal Emperor didn’t wear the Dao Venerable’s shroud but simply threw it away.

The other party wouldn’t dare to do that!

An Immortal Emperor wasn’t qualified to bear the Dao Venerable’s shroud.

And it was precisely for this reason that this treasure ultimately ended up in Shen Changqing’s hands.

“The geniuses on the Immortal Emperor’s Stele all possess extraordinary luck. If the Nine Mountains Immortal Emperor were to find this item and use it properly, there would be very few people in the Crimson Jade Dao Palace who could truly threaten him.

However… now it’s all benefited me!”

Shen Changqing smiled slightly.

While failing to slay the Nine Mountain Immortal Emperor was regrettable, obtaining this Dao Venerable’s Shroud was a huge gain.

The Nine Mountain Immortal Emperor could be killed at any time, but a treasure like the Dao Venerable’s Shroud was far more difficult to obtain.

After all, beings of that level stood at the very pinnacle of the entire Chaos.

The fall of a Dao Venerable

was no easy feat—

besides

, not everything is worthy of being used to wrap a Dao Venerable’s body.

This Dao Venerable’s Shroud itself was made of extraordinary materials, thus qualifying to bear the body of a Dao Venerable and ultimately transform into its current form.

Afterwards,

Shen Changqing carefully put away the Dao Venerable’s Shroud.

This item was beyond his current ability to refine, nor could he currently bear its weight.

In Shen Changqing’s view

, to truly wear the Dao Venerable’s Shroud, one would need at least a physical body that had reached the Nine Tribulations Half-Saint realm, or even broken through to the Saint realm.

With his current physical body, comparable to a Four Tribulations Half-Saint, he was not yet capable of achieving this. Shen Changqing understood

this

without even trying.

After all—

even just facing the Dao Venerable’s Shroud, he could feel the terrifying and ominous aura it contained.

His sixth sense was almost frantically warning him.

Shen Changqing believed that if he dared to wear it, he would surely die a gruesome death.

Therefore,

he could only temporarily put away this treasure.

Or, like the Nine Mountain Immortal Emperor, he could throw out the Dao Venerable’s Shroud at a critical moment, which could save his life.

But doing so would come at a heavy price.

If he wasn’t careful at all, the Dao Venerable’s Shroud could be completely lost. Shen Changqing naturally valued

this treasure. “However—” “I cannot bear the Dao Venerable’s Shroud, and neither can other cultivators. If we were to put this Dao Venerable’s Shroud on someone at a critical moment, we could use the power of the Dao Venerable to completely suppress and kill them!” This thought popped into Shen Changqing’s mind, but he quickly dismissed it. It was easier said than done. No one would stand there and let him put the Dao Venerable’s Shroud on them. If it were truly so easy, Shen Changqing could have easily killed cultivators of this level himself; there would be no need to utilize the power of the Dao Venerable’s Shroud. Therefore, the Dao Venerable’s Shroud seemed to have only one use: to save his own life in a critical moment, nothing more. Subsequently, Shen Changqing temporarily set the Dao Venerable’s Shroud aside. This item contained the Dao Venerable’s Great Dao, but there was no need for him to comprehend it now. In fact, the information Shen Changqing possessed related to the Dao Venerable was far more than just a single Dao Venerable’s Shroud; he could slowly comprehend it later. For now, he focused on digesting the Great Dao he had previously comprehended. … While Shen Changqing was in seclusion, news of the Nine Mountain Immortal Emperor’s defeat spread like wildfire. When other cultivators learned that Shen Changqing had appeared in the Great Dao Heaven, they were all shaken, and many Immortal Emperors were secretly wary. The appearance of such a powerful figure here was not a good thing for them.