Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 308 The Second Life of the Immortal Emperor

In truth, the Emperor's great effort seemed largely meaningless. After all, no matter how much he improved it, this immortal elixir would at most be better than ordinary Nine-Turn Immortal Pills and Immortal Divine Medicine Fruits, and more suitable for him, but it was unlikely to bring about a qualitative change in him.

Even during this process, as long as the Immortal Emperor absorbs the medicinal power from the elixir, he can live a second life without doing anything. Even if he specifically uses this to undergo Nirvana, he won't achieve much. After all, the medicinal power is limited; even if you undergo Nirvana once, the improvement is extremely limited.

However, the Immortal Emperor's purpose this time was not to increase his strength. He wanted to use this Nirvana, which was guaranteed to succeed and had almost no risk, to truly explore the essence of the Nirvana method and pave the way for future transformations.

After all, in the future path to Nirvana and immortality, perhaps only this Nirvana will be one that the Undying Emperor can fully control and meticulously manage every detail of.

The Undying Emperor waved his hand, summoning a ball of immortal liquid that adhered to his body. He also activated the great formation within Purple Mountain to seal his aura and, incidentally, mobilized the earth's energy from this unique terrain to assist him.

After preparations were complete, the Undying Emperor began his Nirvana. His body gradually disintegrated, and countless essences, origins, and laws began to dissipate, transforming together with the immortal liquid into a five-colored sphere of light. Within the sphere of light, a point of undying spiritual light gradually absorbed these nutrients, began to grow, and slowly formed a young immortal phoenix.

As the Undying Emperor began his transformation, his Dao Imprint trembled once more, reaching a limit where it was on the verge of collapse yet still able to hold on. Everyone knew that the Undying Emperor had reached his limit.

But whether it was the ten direct descendants of the Divine Dynasty or the myriad races that submitted to the Divine Dynasty system, they all had full confidence in the Immortal Emperor. After all, the Immortal Emperor's power was extremely rare even in the mythological era.

The Immortal Emperor's lifespan of 25,000 years in his first life had already broken the record of the mythological era, creating a new legend for a new era. Now, living a second life would naturally not be difficult for him.

The process of the immortal emperor's rebirth lasted for a hundred years.

Suddenly, a surge of energy shot straight into the heavens from within Purple Mountain, shaking the universe and alarming all living beings across countless races and realms.

The Great Dao Imprint of the Undying Emperor, which was on the verge of collapse, was restored once more, its astonishing power causing all paths to groan in agony. In the darkness, it seemed as if a five-colored immortal phoenix imprint was dancing above all paths, evolving into laws that were close to those of immortality, captivating countless people and almost causing them to perish.

They knew that this immortal emperor had lived a second life and was once again reigning over the world, and that his legend would continue for countless more millennia.

Within Purple Mountain, the Immortal Emperor's Nirvana was completely finished, and all the immortal elixir had been consumed during the process. As he had anticipated, he had gained almost no improvement this time. However, with this experience, his next Nirvana would be much smoother, as if he had mastered the process twice before.

He stepped out of Purple Mountain and stood in the void. At this moment, the Undying Emperor's long hair was flowing freely, and his skin was crystal clear, like a flawless piece of jade. Behind him, there was a halo composed of nine five-colored divine lights, shining brightly.

Instantly, countless cultivators among the stars of the Big Dipper and its surrounding area sensed his supreme form through the Dao Imprint. Many of them knelt down, bowing deeply and shouting, "May the Heavenly Emperor live a long and prosperous life!"

Given Liang Yu's ability to return after living for 100,000 years, the original "100,000 years" was no longer sufficient to praise such extraordinary enlightened beings, since they truly could live for 100,000 years. Therefore, this statement seemed more like a curse than a blessing.

Moreover, those celestial beings of the mythological era had opened up the gates to immortality, and given the astonishing performance of the Immortal Emperor, he naturally had a chance to become an immortal. Therefore, during the Immortal Emperor's reign, when the Immortal Divine Dynasty ruled over all races, "immeasurable immortal lifespan" became a new term of praise.

This is actually one of the changes caused by the Immortal Emperor's plan.

Over the years, under the influence of the Undying Divine Dynasty, the supreme deity of the universe is now the Undying Emperor, and even the Nine Heavenly Venerables, who were once extremely powerful in the mythological era, have begun to decline. In today's universe, cultivators who believe in the Undying Emperor constitute the absolute mainstream.

After all, the Immortal Emperor had a vast divine dynasty that tirelessly spread its teachings, while in the mythological era, figures like Liang Yu and the Primordial Celestial Venerable relied on their personal actions to inspire cultivators to spontaneously embrace their faith. The efficiency was naturally worlds apart.

This entire process was orchestrated by the Immortal Emperor from beginning to end.

His reason for doing this was to gather enough faith power to conduct further research. After all, the areas of research conducted by the Celestial Venerables of the mythological era were too detailed and numerous, and he needed to find a new path; the directions he had chosen were already few.

Therefore, when the Immortal Emperor lived a second life, countless forces of faith converged like a vast ocean, seemingly about to completely submerge the Big Dipper.

A divine light flashed behind the Undying Emperor's head, and the Undying Heavenly Blade soared into the sky, drawing all the power of faith into its blade like a bottomless pit.

The original power of faith had already condensed into a divine embryo, and now, under the convergence of this massive new wave of faith power, this divine embryo is almost transforming into a real living being.

Of course, the Immortal Emperor had long ago integrated his divine sense into it to prevent this divine embryo from developing its own independent consciousness. Through his divine sense, the Immortal Emperor could meticulously perceive the process of this divine embryo's creation from nothing to its final, complete perfection. Now, this divine embryo was almost becoming a new version of himself.

During this process, the Immortal Emperor deeply experienced the terror of the power of faith. This ethereal power could actually create something from nothing, forming a real life.

Under the deliberate guidance of the Immortal Emperor, he discovered that the image of this divine embryo was not entirely himself, but rather the image of himself in the minds of all living beings. As long as he intentionally caused changes in the Immortal Emperor worshipped by all living beings, this divine embryo would also change accordingly.

After several trials, the Immortal Emperor terminated the process and stopped testing the changes in the divine embryo. He allowed the Immortal Divine Dynasty to guide and alter the image of the Immortal Emperor throughout the universe, making the Immortal Emperor in the minds of all beings as close to his true self as possible.

The current Immortal Emperor only wants another version of himself, not another god.

However, now is a good time. The Immortal Emperor has regained his youth and returned to his peak, and his power is even greater than before. Now is the perfect time for him to further consolidate his personal image and increase his popularity.

With this in mind, the Undying Emperor revealed his aura without any concealment. Bathed in boundless divine light, he seemed to have become a god. He summoned the elite troops from his ten personal guards to accompany him on his journey through the universe, visiting all races.

(End of this chapter)