Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 331 World Cauldron

Although the Underworld Lord created the Origin Technique, he never really paid much attention to it. His main focus was always on the research of the Reincarnation Method.

Therefore, even though the Underworld Lord lived for a long time after attaining enlightenment, his Source Techniques remained at the level of the Source Emperor, without any further improvement. If it weren't for Liang Yu's influence, the Underworld Lord would have essentially given up on Source Techniques.

Even later, when Mingzun and Liang Yu jointly researched and developed the higher realms of Heaven and Earth Lord and Universe Lord after attaining enlightenment through the Origin Technique, he still chose to continue to achieve immortality through the method of reincarnation and abandoned the Origin Technique.

Therefore, Liang Yu's dedication to the Origin Technique even surpasses that of the creator, the Underworld Lord.

Liang Yu originally only used it as an aid, but during the later transformation process, he found that this source technique was really useful. This secret technique had a great effect on his cultivation and even his transformation, so Liang Yu attached more and more importance to it.

The later deciphering of the core laws of the wondrous lands and the development of the Earth Immortal technique by the Celestial Venerable of Longevity were both derived from the Origin Technique. Of course, the Origin Technique also played a significant role in the research on the Holy Spirit.

It was through this series of achievements that Liang Yu finally greatly improved his Source Technique by transforming into the Chaos Holy Spirit's physique, and touched the level of a Universe Lord.

Liang Yu could sense that the Cosmic Lord represented the pinnacle of Origin Techniques. To progress further, he needed to break free from the framework of the Underworld Lord.

As for the Primordial Celestial Venerable, his Origin Techniques were extremely utilitarian, existing solely to aid his own cultivation. Therefore, his Origin Techniques hadn't seen much progress. After all, Origin Emperor-level Origin Techniques were more than sufficient for his current incarnations.

Of course, it wasn't that Yuanshi Tianzun couldn't see the origin of techniques; rather, in all miscellaneous fields outside of his own cultivation, such as weapon crafting, array formations, and alchemy, he only studied the parts that could help his own cultivation, never delving into the entire field. Therefore, he was somewhat unbalanced in these areas.

For example, if you're comparing how to forge the strongest unique weapon, then Yuanshi Tianzun's skill is no less than that of Daode Tianzun, who is also skilled in weapon forging. However, if you're comparing overall weapon forging ability, then Yuanshi Tianzun is almost completely ignorant of many weapon forging methods. This is because he doesn't need that many weapons.

Or if you want to compare array patterns, then in some array patterns, Yuanshi Tianzun is even no less than Lingbao Tianzun, but if you compare all array patterns, then Yuanshi Tianzun has almost no knowledge of many array patterns.

In short, aside from his own cultivation, he only mastered a portion of all other methods to assist him in cultivating his strongest self. Even his complete mastery of Origin Arts to the Origin Emperor level was a result of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable's sentimentality and remembrance of the Underworld Venerable.

If it weren't for this master-disciple relationship, Yuanshi Tianzun would probably only have studied the parts of the Source Technique that could assist his own cultivation, instead of fully mastering and cultivating them.

However, after witnessing Liang Yu's move, Yuanshi Tianzun also began to take an interest in it.

After all, Liang Yu had bypassed all his defenses and invaded the Kunlun Sacred Realm directly. The array patterns he left behind were completely ineffective.

In fact, the reason he, the Primordial Banner, and the Myriad Origin Cauldron noticed Liang Yu's presence was only because Liang Yu hadn't concealed his whereabouts. If Liang Yu had intentionally hidden himself, he would have lurked this avatar within the Kunlun Sacred Realm, making it very difficult for them to detect him.

If Liang Yu were an enemy, he could launch a silent attack on Yuanshi Tianzun. Although this attack could only activate the origin of Kunlun Sacred Realm and a small amount of the origin power of the Great Universe, and therefore its power was not that strong, it was enough to catch Yuanshi Tianzun off guard.

If Yuanshi Tianzun was at a critical juncture in his transformation when he was attacked, there was a high probability that the attack would directly cause him to fail in his transformation, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

Even the Primordial Celestial, who was extremely familiar with Origin Techniques, instantly conceived an extremely ruthless move: to trigger the Origin of the Kunlun Sacred Realm, causing it to explode directly. This move would likely be detrimental even to the Primordial Celestial, if he were aware of it. In fact, the Primordial Celestial's idea was feasible; Liang Yu could indeed directly detonate these wondrous lands. And these special terrains, nurtured by the power of the Great Universe's Origin and possessing a small amount of immortal divinity, could indeed unleash terrifying power upon explosion.

However, Liang Yu was naturally reluctant to do so. After all, if such a special existence as a Qidi were destroyed, it would take countless millennia for a new one to appear. Moreover, there was indeed no one in the vast universe that could make him pay such a price.

In conclusion, based on the above ideas, the Primordial Celestial Venerable rekindled his desire to further cultivate Source Arts. Of course, he would not change his cultivation direction because of this, but the potential of Source Arts seemed to be greater than he had thought, so perhaps he should put more effort into making them play a greater auxiliary role.

In the original timeline, the Emperor should have conducted further research on Origin Techniques. After faking his death, he likely remained in the mortal realm for a considerable period, leaving array patterns throughout the mortal universe, intending to refine them into a World Cauldron. Only after completing his arrangements did he leave the mortal realm and enter the strange world.

After entering the strange world, the Emperor followed the same method, using the strange world as material to refine the World Cauldron.

If the Emperor hadn't been interfered with by Ye Fan, the Great Emperor Wushi, the Ruthless Great Emperor, and the Underworld Lord, he could have successfully refined both worlds into World Cauldrons.

The method used to forge the World Cauldron is clearly a special technique that combines Origin Arts, Array Patterns, and even the art of weapon crafting. This is exactly in line with the current cultivation style of the Primordial Celestial Venerable.

This shows that his level of Origin Technique is probably not low. Even if he hasn't reached the level of a Universe Lord, he is probably at least a Heaven and Earth Lord who surpasses the Origin Emperor.

After all, the Immortal Treasure Map had been in the Emperor's hands for a long time, so he naturally also mastered the imprint of the human universe. Therefore, even if he had not reached the level of the universe master, he was enough to use array patterns and source techniques to encompass the human universe.

After entering the strange world and becoming a mortal immortal, the Emperor no longer needed to further improve his source techniques to cover the strange world with this method.

However, this World Cauldron is indeed extraordinary. Although the Emperor only extracted a portion of the secrets in each aspect of Origin Techniques, Array Patterns, and Weapon Forging, it perfectly integrated them into a new supreme secret technique. It is indeed enough to forge a supreme immortal weapon that far exceeds imagination, which is an invincible weapon that is compatible with his invincible person.

This secret technique is completely consistent with the cultivation path that Yuanshi Tianzun has always followed, with his own cultivation as the absolute core, and he only learns the useful parts of other miscellaneous knowledge.

However, the current Primordial Celestial Venerable already has a predetermined path and does not need the assistance of the Source Technique for the time being. Moreover, the Primordial Banner and the Myriad Things Source Cauldron have not yet been destroyed, so the method for refining the World Cauldron has not yet been born.

If Liang Yu hadn't made Yuanshi Tianzun wary, he might have continued to study the Origin Technique after becoming an immortal.

Because both of his immortal artifacts will be destroyed due to the fusion of Dao fruits, the only artifact that can be suitable for him as a mortal immortal is the World Cauldron.

After all, the Primordial Banner was intertwined with his life, and they had grown together; the Myriad Origin Cauldron was made of special materials, perfectly suited to him. Even if he forged a celestial artifact of the same level, it would be difficult to replace it.

Of course, even if the Primordial Celestial Venerable, who is not now corrupted by dark forces, created this method, he probably wouldn't use it.

(End of this chapter)