Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 335 Changes in the Immortal Tomb
From the moment he entered the Immortal Mausoleum, Liang Yu felt something strange. This special place, which was evolving into an independent world, namely the Earthly Immortal Realm, had a slightly different spiritual energy compared to the outside world. It seemed to contain a little bit of life essence.

Clearly, the now further evolved Immortal Tomb has the ability to generate its own spiritual energy, rather than absorbing it from the universe.

Or, to put it another way, the original Immortal Mausoleum simply absorbed a large amount of spiritual energy from the universe, compressed and filtered it, so that the Immortal Mausoleum always maintained a purer and richer spiritual energy.

However, the current Immortal Mausoleums, supported by the human universe, have begun to generate their own unique spiritual energy, which is why the spiritual energy of these Immortal Mausoleums has undergone such changes.

This results in beings born and cultivating in the Immortal Mausoleum generally having longer lifespans and healthier bodies, making it practically the best health and wellness sanctuary in the entire universe.

Of course, although it can prolong life, it does not actually break through the lifespan limit of each realm. It's just that the average lifespan of cultivators of all levels, and even ordinary people, is higher than that of most regions in the universe.

This vital essence is naturally the result of the combined effects of the special laws and Dao traces within the Celestial Venerable of Longevity, the Ginseng Fruit Tree, and the Immortal Tomb. Its essence is essentially a highly diluted form of longevity substance. Under their combined influence, the spiritual energy generated by the Immortal Tomb perfectly merges with this power, making them inseparable.

Of course, this is far from being a true substance of immortality. To directly generate genuine substances of immortality and make the Immortal Tomb World a veritable realm of immortality, the current Celestial Venerable of Immortality is still far from achieving it.

After sensing this special spiritual energy of heaven and earth, Liang Yu's avatar couldn't help but synchronize with his avatar in the underworld, thereby sensing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the underworld and discovering that it had also undergone similar changes.

The spiritual energy of the underworld contains a yin energy, which is harmful to ordinary people and cultivators, but greatly beneficial to cultivators who practice special methods and the Yin-Yang race born in the underworld.

Liang Yu originally thought this was just a special feature of the Underworld, after all, the Underworld was originally a land of the dead with extremely heavy Yin energy. But now it seems that it is not that simple.

In the original Netherworld, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth circulated with the spiritual energy of the universe. Therefore, this special Yin energy and death energy were actually just mixed with the spiritual energy. Although they were difficult to separate, they were still different energies.

But now, the energy within the Netherworld no longer flows with the outside world. Like the Immortal Tomb at this time, it has begun to generate its own unique spiritual energy—a special spiritual energy that perfectly merges with the special power within the Netherworld. Of course, this change is much smaller than that of the Immortal Tomb.

Other wondrous places, including Wuji Immortal Mountain, have not yet experienced this change, so Liang Yu naturally thought that this must be a special effect of the Earth Immortal's method.

Over the years, although the Underworld Emperor and the Celestial Venerable of Immortality have made slow but steady progress, they have still been making progress nonetheless. With the accumulation of experience during this period, they have finally achieved new results.

From the sixth stage of the Earthly Immortal Realm onwards, they can focus primarily on the development and expansion of their extraordinary lands. However, this is only a general direction; the specific details still require their continuous exploration.

The special spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the Netherworld and the Immortal Tomb is actually one of the effects of the sixth stage of the Earth Immortal Technique. After the Earth Immortal Blessed Land continues to grow to a certain extent, it will form a world barrier that almost allows this realm to exist independently, thus becoming an Earth Immortal Grotto-Heaven.

Having reached this stage, the Underworld Emperor and the Eternal Heavenly Venerable can be considered to have fully reached the Heavenly Emperor level. Although they also reached this stage after re-condensing their forms in the fifth stage, there were still some shortcomings. Now, they can truly be compared with the second incarnation of Liang Yu and the second incarnation of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable.

According to the deductions of the Underworld Emperor and the Celestial Venerable of Longevity, after cultivating the Earthly Immortal Grotto-Heaven, the next crucial step is to evolve it into the Earthly Immortal Realm. The so-called Earthly Immortal Realm means that these wondrous places will evolve into true worlds that exist in relation to the greater universe.

The ability to generate a higher level of spiritual energy in the universe, different from that of the human world, through special internal laws and Dao traces is actually only one of the conditions for this extraordinary place to become the realm of earth immortals.

This step is probably the most difficult in Phase Six. After all, they are truly going to transform this wonderland into the world.

Of course, the fact that the spiritual energy emanating from the Immortal Tomb is clearly more mature than that of the Underworld shows that the Celestial Venerable of Longevity is still ahead of the Underworld Emperor. Perhaps this is why Liang Yu did not immediately notice the changes in the Underworld, but sensed the changes in the Immortal Tomb.

Of course, Liang Yu wasn't just focused on the changes in the Immortal Tomb; he also paid special attention to the Ginseng Fruit Tree. This immortal elixir, as one of only four immortal herbs with the potential to transform into human form, was also constantly evolving along with the Immortal Tomb.

Upon seeing it this time, Liang Yu clearly sensed that although it would most likely take human form after the elixir of immortality, its progress was already faster than that of the Chaos Green Lotus and the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree. Theoretically, they should have been born in the later part of this era. Liang Yu's previous estimate was indeed very accurate.

Of course, besides this, Liang Yu also paid attention to the life forms that were constantly growing and developing within the Immortal Tomb, and the cultivation civilization they had developed. Although these cultivators had not yet reached a very high level, they were definitely full of potential.

Perhaps in the future, the top cultivators in the Underworld and the Immortal Tomb will become strong contenders for the Dao-proving position in the Great Universe.

After Liang Yu had observed the Immortal Tomb for some time, the Celestial Venerable of Longevity quietly appeared. Seeing that Liang Yu had a sufficient understanding of the various parts of the Immortal Tomb, he spoke, "Fellow Daoist Wuji, you are still so unfathomable. What brings you here this time?"

Liang Yu said, "I dare not accept such praise. Fellow Daoist Changsheng, your immortal mausoleum has changed so much that I didn't recognize it at first and thought I had come to the wrong place. Perhaps in the future, your realm will become a sacred place for cultivation in the human universe."

The Celestial Venerable of Longevity said, “Fellow Daoist Wuji, you flatter me. I am merely a person who has achieved enlightenment through stillness and wants to do something for the development of the universe. They are either mortals who cannot cultivate due to their environment, or weak cultivators whose homes are about to be destroyed and who have no way to escape.”

"Although I have attained the Heavenly Venerable Realm, I am still limited by my environment and cannot become an immortal. Moreover, I cannot enter the Immortal Realm. In the end, I can only cut my own throat to survive. How similar I am to them! When I see them, I think of my past self who had nowhere to go. So I hope to do something for them, and also for myself."

(End of this chapter)