Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 390 Nine Secrets United
When discussing the Nine Secrets, one cannot avoid the concept of the Nine Secrets as a unified whole.

When Yuanshi Tianzun first attained enlightenment, he entered Wuji Immortal Mountain and discussed the Dao with Liang Yu, Daode Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun, Mingzun, and others.

At that time, Liang Yu had gathered the other eight secrets, and Yuanshi Tianzun added the final secret, "Jie," to him, making Liang Yu the first to achieve the unification of the nine secrets and demonstrating the power of the unification of the nine secrets on the spot.

That attack shocked everyone present; no matter which incarnation they were, they couldn't find any method to compare. Therefore, they all included the study of the Nine Secrets as one of the directions they would definitely delve into in the future.

The three people present—Liang Yu, Daode Tianzun, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Lingbao Tianzun who was absent—all mastered all nine secrets. Therefore, in addition to studying the individual upgrades of the nine secrets, they naturally also studied the unification of the nine secrets over the years.

At that time, their level of understanding was not high enough, so their understanding of the Nine Secrets Combined into One was not deep enough, and they could not grasp what level this secret technique was.

Now, as their cultivation levels rise, the value of the Nine Secrets Combined in their hearts has not only not decreased, but has continued to increase.

After all, they have already lived six lifetimes, and they still cannot create a forbidden technique that surpasses the combination of the Nine Secrets, which is truly unimaginable.

However, Liang Yu had anticipated this. After all, Ye Fan only gathered all nine secrets in his eighth life, and the combined power of these nine secrets was comparable to Ye Fan's forbidden techniques at that time.

Ye Fan achieved a state of immortality in his later years during his eighth incarnation, truly becoming a mortal immortal. Therefore, when he mastered the Nine Secrets Unified, he was almost a mortal immortal, if not a true mortal immortal.

In other words, while the Nine Secrets, when considered separately, are merely top-tier secret techniques within the human realm, their combined form can instantly leap to become a top-tier immortal technique. After all, Ye Fan's forbidden methods from his eighth incarnation are likely unmatched even by many in the True Immortal realm.

Therefore, Liang Yu and others still have a long way to go before they can truly master the Nine Secrets in One.

For others, mastering the Nine Secrets as one and treating it as a supreme secret technique is enough. But for Liang Yu and his group, the Nine Secrets as one is not important; what matters is the profound mystery it contains.

Only by fully grasping this secret can they thoroughly understand the unity of the Nine Secrets and transform it into their own. Only in this way can they continue to strengthen the Nine Secrets, allowing them to evolve into individual immortal arts.

Therefore, even though these people have now mastered the Nine Secrets in their combined application, they are still not satisfied and want to completely unravel its mysteries.

Liang Yu said, "Over the years, I have also tried to combine the Nine Secrets into one, but I found that my upgraded version of the Nine Secrets into one is almost no better than the original. I wonder what Fellow Daoist De thinks?"

Upon hearing this, the Celestial Venerable of Morality said, "As expected, Fellow Daoist Wuji, you have also reached this point. I also tried to upgrade these Nine Secrets, but in the end, I also encountered the problem you mentioned, Fellow Daoist Wuji."

"But what exactly the reason is, we may only know after we have thoroughly studied the original Nine Secrets Combined into One."

The Primordial Celestial Venerable remained silent. The Nine Secrets were his research direction after he had perfected the Chaos Laws, and at this time he had not yet sublimated all the Nine Secrets, so naturally he had not yet encountered this problem.

However, since Yuanshi Tianzun possessed the Hedao Flower for a long time, and the Hedao Flower replicated some of the Dao Fruits of the Nine Heavenly Venerables in the mythology, Yuanshi Tianzun still gained a lot of insights into the unity of the Nine Secrets through this.

Upon hearing this, Liang Yu said, "Since Fellow Daoist of Morality feels the same way, it seems that this issue can only be left for the future."

Of course, despite this, they still engaged in in-depth discussions about their understanding of the Nine Secrets in Unity to mutually verify each other's insights and gain further understanding. The insights held by the Primordial Celestial Venerable naturally proved very helpful to Liang Yu and the Moral Celestial Venerable. Perhaps only when they fully comprehended the Nine Secrets in Unity could their respective upgraded versions of the Nine Secrets unleash their full power, allowing this method to continue evolving.

Thus, the discussion among these three individuals came to a complete end. Their individual accumulations had been largely depleted, and they needed to engage in further accumulation.

Yuanshi Tianzun cupped his hands and said, "Fellow Daoist Daoist, now that this matter is settled, we shall meet again another day."

Liang Yu also cupped his hands in farewell to the two men.

Then, Liang Yu and Yuanshi Tianzun broke through the void and headed towards their respective Daoist temples.

Upon returning to Wuji Immortal Mountain, Liang Yu closed his eyes and sat on the ancient tea tree of enlightenment, beginning further cultivation.

He had gained quite a bit from this discussion. The only regret was that Lingbao Tianzun was in deep cultivation and couldn't participate; otherwise, Liang Yu would likely have gained even more insights. Their exchange would naturally have sparked even more inspiration and brilliant ideas.

Although he felt regretful, Liang Yu immediately threw himself into cultivation to digest the results of this Dao discussion. After all, his time in this life was running out.

The first step, naturally, is to further refine his own laws of chaos. The laws of chaos of the Primordial Celestial Venerable still provide him with considerable inspiration, allowing him to add many details.

This was a piece of cake for Liang Yu now, and he completed it quickly. After all, these details were just minor oversights caused by Liang Yu and Yuanshi Tianzun's personalities and focuses, which could be easily corrected by the natural emergence of the Chaos Laws once they were aware of them. Their respective understanding of the Chaos Laws was already profound enough.

Secondly, there's the matter of the Nine Secrets. Liang Yu plans to save the unification of the Nine Secrets for his next life, as it's a rather complex issue that's difficult to fully grasp in a short time.

Therefore, he is now simply improving and perfecting his own Nine Secrets based on the upgraded versions of the Nine Secrets by Yuanshi Tianzun and Daode Tianzun. This was naturally something that Liang Yu, who possessed the Fruit of the Unity of All Laws, could complete very quickly.

Finally, there was the World Cauldron Technique that Liang Yu obtained from the Primordial Celestial Venerable. Liang Yu used this technique to further strengthen the Boundless Immortal Mountain.

Subsequently, Liang Yu also used this method to make certain changes to the great formation guarding Wuji Immortal Mountain.

Inside and outside the immortal mountain, countless primordial divine patterns and array patterns intertwined, drawing upon the power of the universe's origin, together forming the phantom of a pagoda that enveloped the Wuji Immortal Mountain.

Today, Wuji Immortal Mountain is not only indestructible, becoming a treasure land that almost no one in the human universe can break, but it also truly possesses the terrifying power to suppress all the heavens.

Of course, under this method, several immortal artifacts inside Wuji Immortal Mountain were also tempered to a higher standard.

After all, this state, which is derived from the World Cauldron Method, has too strong a refining ability. With a little guidance, it can even refine the immortal body of a celestial artifact, thereby reconstructing and evolving it.

After completing all of this, Liang Yu once again went into seclusion to make final preparations for his seventh rebirth.

(End of this chapter)