Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 378 The Sixth Incarnation of Yuanshi Tianzun

In the blink of an eye, another two thousand years have passed.

During this period, the Three Lives Emperor had basically completed his other affairs, such as refining the Supreme Emperor Weapon and spreading the word about the Underworld. He only needed to spend the rest of his time on his own personal cultivation.

Therefore, Emperor Sansheng went into seclusion and cultivated in the depths of the underworld, and the human world and the universe once again fell into peace.

Witnessing this scene, the Celestial Venerable of Immortality was not in a hurry to reveal himself. The civilization in his Immortal Tomb World had not yet developed to a sufficiently powerful level. If he rashly revealed himself, he might be invaded and attacked by other forces in the universe. It would be embarrassing if he had to take action himself.

What the Celestial Venerable of Immortality actually wanted was a super power, like the current Netherworld, that was self-contained and superior to the top-tier powers that had produced Dao-proving individuals.

The Underworld originally had a large number of native races with deep roots, making it easier for them to develop; while the Immortal Tomb had no other life forms and required him, the Eternal Celestial Venerable, to guide and cultivate them from scratch, so he naturally lagged behind.

Moreover, even disregarding that point, the Underworld possesses the Dao-proving Emperor Sansheng, as well as a soon-to-be-born ancient corpse with spiritual powers and three Origin Divine Embryos—these four seeds are destined for a glorious future.

However, the Immortal Mausoleum still lacks any potential candidates to compete with other geniuses for the position of Dao Proof, thus it lags behind in this respect.

Fortunately, the personal cultivation level and the evolution level of the Immortal Tomb of the Celestial Venerable of Longevity were much higher than those of the Underworld Emperor's Underworld Land, otherwise it would have been really difficult for him to be the Ancestor of Earthly Immortals.

The Celestial Venerable of Immortality withdrew his gaze and resumed focusing on his Immortal Tomb World. After all, haste makes waste, and the Celestial Venerable of Immortality's state of mind was extremely resilient after countless years of tempering; such a trivial matter was not enough to disturb his peace of mind.

Of course, the Celestial Venerable of Immortality wasn't truly lagging behind in managing the world. After witnessing the Undying Emperor's rebirth in a fourth life through the power of faith, the Celestial Venerable of Immortality also began researching the power of faith within the Immortal Tomb World.

Moreover, he has a natural advantage in this regard. Firstly, although Taoism does not place as much importance on the power of faith as Buddhism, it still conducts some research on it. Therefore, the starting point for the Eternal Life Celestial Venerable is higher than that of the Underworld Emperor.

Secondly, and most importantly, the malevolent aura of the dead clashes with the beliefs of the living. This can be seen in the later instance when Ye Fan used the God Emperor's body, which was undergoing transformation and was almost indistinguishable from the dead, to fight against the power of faith from Mount Sumeru.

The Celestial Venerable of Longevity was naturally aware of this phenomenon. However, the underworld was full of corpses and the malevolent energy they emitted, which would spontaneously clash with the power of faith, causing them to weaken each other.

Therefore, the Underworld Emperor needs to find a different way to develop the power of faith in the Underworld, while the Eternal Heavenly Venerable does not.

Therefore, although the Immortal Tomb of the Celestial Venerable of Longevity is not as rich as the Netherworld Land of the Underworld Emperor, the Celestial Venerable of Longevity is still absolutely superior when considering all aspects.

Liang Yu didn't pay much attention to this matter. The current Underworld Emperor was quite sensible; Liang Yu had already subtly warned him about these things, and he had also met the resurrected Lingbao Tianzun.

Therefore, not only in the human universe, but even within the underworld, those secret techniques that once caused the calamity of corpses have been restricted from being passed on, and only a very few people can master them.

As for that ancient corpse, the Underworld Emperor couldn't interfere with a being that hadn't fully developed consciousness.

However, the Underworld Emperor had communicated with the three Origin God Embryos in advance and began prenatal education to guide them towards goodness.

After all, the Underworld Emperor did not want to have to sacrifice his own family for the greater good in the future, nor did he want to be implicated by them and blamed by the Supreme Heavenly Venerable.

In the sacred realm of Kunlun, Yuanshi Tianzun opened his eyes. His body was utterly decayed and lifeless, a true depiction of someone on their last legs. However, this lifetime of Yuanshi Tianzun lasted approximately 77,000 years before reaching its end, and he could no longer endure it—a truly terrifying prospect.

After all, both Lingbao Tianzun and Daode Tianzun's fifth incarnations only had lifespans of over 50,000 years. Perhaps only Liang Yu's fifth incarnation, with his 80,000 years, could surpass him.

Of course, this is also because, like Liang Yu, Yuanshi Tianzun did not use the elixir of immortality or the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill from his first life, but relied on his own reversal of death to live.

Moreover, Yuanshi Tianzun was mostly in mortal form. Although mortal form is the foundation of everything, it does not provide any special bonus to lifespan. Therefore, Yuanshi Tianzun's lifespan in each incarnation was generally slightly shorter than Liang Yu's.

Since both Daode Tianzun and Lingbao Tianzun relied on the elixir of immortality and the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill for two of their incarnations, their lifespans were generally shorter than Liang Yu and Yuanshi Tianzun's, at least for their first five incarnations.

However, this situation should be very different in the sixth incarnation. This is because they not only remained dormant for about 100,000 years, but also used an extraordinary method of reversing life.

During his long cultivation in this lifetime, Yuanshi Tianzun fully experienced the vastness and profundity of the Chaos Law. He can now be said to have achieved great mastery of the Chaos Law, but he still feels that he has not fully grasped the Chaos Law and reached the state of perfection.

In truth, he could have long ago used the chaotic laws he cultivated to transform into a chaotic body, but because he could still constantly sense his own flaws and shortcomings, he stubbornly endured for several more thousand years, until he was almost completely exhausted before stopping. After all, he wanted to transform into the most perfect chaotic body.

However, some changes in the laws of chaos can only be mastered by truly transforming into a chaotic being.

Without much hesitation, Yuanshi Tianzun began the transformation with practiced ease.

He has already reached an extremely high level in the path of physical evolution by studying the humanoid divine tree and the Chaos Body King Bo. Therefore, it is not difficult for him to use the laws of chaos to transform himself into a Chaos Body.

Soon, countless chaotic energies emanated from the body of the Primordial Celestial Venerable, causing the entire Kunlun Sacred Realm to become hazy and exude an astonishing divine charm.

Although Yuanshi Tianzun's Origin Techniques had reached the level of the Lord of Heaven and Earth, he was unable to transform the Kunlun Sacred Realm like Liang Yu.

Even so, under the influence of his source techniques and array patterns, the Kunlun Sacred Realm still underwent further evolution.

Before long, Yuanshi Tianzun completed his transformation, completely transforming himself into a chaotic being. In other words, he lived his sixth life.

Having experienced five resurrections, Yuanshi Tianzun has gradually begun to grasp the true meaning of becoming an immortal, and he feels that he is not so far away from becoming an immortal.

As Yuanshi Tianzun sensed his own physique and the laws of chaos, many things he had not fully grasped before suddenly became no longer secrets.

Yuanshi Tianzun felt that in this state, he only needed a short time to completely perfect the Chaos Laws. As for the direction of his next life, Yuanshi Tianzun had already made plans.

So after a simple adjustment, he went back into ascetic practice.

(End of this chapter)