Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 365 The Path to Immortality
The Immortal Emperor stood in the universe, his godlike form resounding throughout the cosmos. He looked towards Purple Mountain and saw a figure standing atop its peak—his master, Liang Yu. Liang Yu smiled slightly at him, nodded, and then transformed into primordial energy of the universe, returning to the world.

The Immortal Emperor knew that when he underwent Nirvana, his master must have used this method to observe him nearby, to prevent any accidents. Although he himself completed Nirvana smoothly, having someone protecting him certainly made a difference.

He snapped out of his thoughts and began to pay attention to the outside world.

After experiencing this rebirth, his faith power surged once again.

The power of faith sweeping towards the Immortal Emperor flowed like rivers into the sea, converging into a vast ocean that seemed capable of submerging the endless starry sky.

The Immortal Emperor formed a divine seal, channeling the power of faith into Purple Mountain. He then used his great supernatural powers to begin refining Purple Mountain, gradually transforming it as if it were about to become an immortal artifact.

The nine dragon veins that guarded Purple Mountain were also transformed by the Undying Emperor, becoming even larger, as if there were really nine true dragons lurking underground, ready to soar into the sky when the time was right.

Immediately afterwards, the Undying Emperor gathered the power of faith and summoned a large seal that had been forged long ago, turning it into an ultimate imperial weapon, which he left in Purple Mountain.

The Immortal Emperor also left countless array patterns in this special terrain where nine dragons guard a single pearl, making it even more indestructible. Afterward, the Immortal Emperor stepped into the universe.

After arranging the major affairs of the Divine Dynasty, he decided to withdraw from the world. Now he no longer needed to collect the power of faith, and the Heavenly Heart Mark had also been removed. As long as he controlled his Great Dao aura and did not let it leak out, a new Dao Prover could appear ten thousand years later.

Judging from his Nirvana process this time, the period of weakness in his Nirvana will only get longer and longer, so he still needs to keep a low profile.

Having made up his mind, the Undying Emperor stood in the universe, constantly increasing his aura. His terrifying power made countless stars tremble and the entire universe's Great Dao was constantly fluctuating.

Some veteran cultivators had already roughly connected the dots to what had happened in the past, namely the legendary ascension of the Primordial Celestial Venerable to immortality at the end of the previous era.

Could it be that even this immortal emperor has now reached this point?

The aura of the Undying Emperor reached its peak, his body radiating five-colored divine light in all directions, as if a god had descended to earth. The Undying Heavenly Blade in his hand also emitted boundless immortal light.

After this transformation, the Undying Heavenly Blade is now infinitely close to becoming a celestial weapon. Perhaps it will become a true celestial weapon in the lifetime of the Undying Emperor.

The Immortal Emperor wielded the Heavenly Blade and cleaved it open, a sharp blade of light flashing forth. Instantly, the void of the universe was sliced ​​open, revealing a long, thin crack. Within this crack, countless celestial lights flowed, seemingly leading to another world.

As the crack widened, a portal radiant with divine light emerged from the void through it.

The Undying Emperor then formed the Undying Phoenix Seal and struck the Immortal Gate, causing the heavens and earth to tremble and the universe to shake.

After the Immortal Gate was blasted open, a path to immortality, interwoven with countless beams of celestial light, appeared, leading to an unknown realm. The Undying Emperor entered the Immortal Gate and never returned to the world.

The outside world was in an uproar. Since the Primordial Celestial Venerable, the Undying Emperor had once again opened the gate to immortality. This seemed to confirm once again that the Limitless Celestial Venerable and others had indeed opened up a path to immortality that did not require the correct timing.

Unlike the hustle and bustle outside, the Undying Emperor strolled calmly along the path to immortality, soon arriving at its depths. He saw an extremely complex array, interwoven with Origin Heavenly Divine Runes and countless array patterns, its complexity dazzling even the Undying Emperor. From this array, the Undying Emperor sensed the aura of his master, the Limitless Great Heavenly Venerable, as well as three other auras that, though he had never seen before, he knew their origins.

Since no major event like the fall of the Heavenly Court occurred when the mythological era ended, not much of the Nine Secrets' heritage was lost. Therefore, the Undying Emperor collected all the Nine Secrets, as well as a portion of the heritage of the Nine Heavenly Venerables of the Mythology.

Therefore, from the similar auras, the Undying Emperor knew that the other three auras were the Moral Celestial Venerable, the Spiritual Treasure Celestial Venerable, and the Primordial Celestial Venerable from the mythological era.

Clearly, these people were all companions of their master, the Boundless Heavenly Venerable, fellow Daoists exploring the path of immortality in the mortal world together. Moreover, judging from their auras, each of them was no less powerful than himself, and some were even stronger.

This made the Immortal Emperor secretly alarmed. They had already reached this point nearly 100,000 years ago, so what about now?

The pride and self-satisfaction of living a fourth life vanished from the Immortal Emperor's heart; it seemed he still had a long way to go.

The Immortal Emperor immediately began to study the area and discovered that there was indeed a special world on the other side of the great formation, which should be the so-called strange world. As long as he knew the correct location, the Immortal Emperor could enter that world on his own without the great formation.

However, before he could examine it closely, the Immortal Bell sensed the arrival of the Undying Emperor and awoke from its slumber.

Over the years, it has remained alone in this great formation, constantly tempering itself. No one else has come here, so it has been in a long-term slumber.

After nearly 100,000 years, someone has finally come to this place, which makes even the immortal bell somewhat excited.

However, after sensing the aura of the Undying Emperor, the Immortal Bell couldn't help but say, "Are you the Immortal Phoenix that the Boundless Great Heavenly Venerable took in? Your aura is far stronger than that of ordinary Dao Prodigies. Could it be that you have also embarked on the path of the Mortal Immortal?"

The Immortal Bell, which had been staying on Wuji Immortal Mountain for many years, naturally knew of the existence of the Undying Emperor. It had only been guarding the mountain for less than 100,000 years when this weak Immortal Phoenix suddenly became the Supreme Emperor, far surpassing ordinary Dao Proving beings. This still shocked the Immortal Bell.

At this moment, the Immortal Bell couldn't help but recall the day when the Boundless Great Celestial Venerable asked it if it was willing to give up its immortal artifact form and take human form in the future. At that time, it was still somewhat hesitant, but now, after seeing the changes in the Undying Emperor, it couldn't help but want to take human form as well.

After all these years of guarding this place, although no Daoist has entered the strange world through the great formation, it has still keenly sensed the part of the longevity substance contained therein.

It didn't want to take human form mainly because it didn't want to give up its immortal body. But now that this world exists, even if it takes human form, it has a great chance of becoming an immortal. Even if it doesn't become an immortal, it can still enter the world and gain immortality.

Of course, another reason is that these people, including the Wuji Celestial Venerable, are getting stronger and stronger. They all have their own immortal artifacts. Sooner or later, I will be unable to keep up with the version and will be eliminated.

Therefore, the scales in its heart have begun to tip completely in favor of transformation.

The Immortal Emperor said, "Let's make a deal."

(End of this chapter)