Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 393 The Transformation Method of the Celestial Venerable Lingbao

A century later, Lingbao Tianzun had mastered all the methods of the underworld that the Underworld Emperor had found, and further perfected the method of transformation he was about to undergo.

Upon seeing Lingbao Tianzun emerge from seclusion, the Underworld Emperor asked, "Tianzun, have you completed the method of reversing life?"

Lingbao Tianzun said, "Fellow Daoist Minghuang, I would like to borrow your Netherworld Land for a while, is that alright?"

The Underworld Emperor felt uneasy, but still said, "Since the Heavenly Venerable has spoken, I will naturally grant his request."

Lingbao Tianzun naturally noticed this, and he said, "Don't worry, my place of transformation is not limited to this one; this is just the beginning. Moreover, I will use this formation to make up for the losses incurred here."

As Lingbao Tianzun spoke, a miniature array in his palm continuously evolved, revealing the meaning of life, death, and reincarnation. It resonated with the true meaning of the Netherworld Scripture and was an astonishing array that combined source techniques and array patterns.

With this formation in place, the evolution of the Netherworld would be faster, and its offensive and defensive capabilities would be greatly enhanced. Even the Netherworld Emperor could gain enlightenment from the evolution of this formation, further perfecting his own path.

Lingbao Tianzun continued, "You don't need to worry that my transformation will cause a great disaster if it fails. During the transformation, I will use the Zhuxian Sword as the array eye and let the array patterns penetrate my whole body directly from the inside. If things go wrong, I will destroy myself."

"Moreover, at that time, three fellow Daoists, Wuji, Daode, and Yuanshi, will use the Duren Scripture to suppress it, making it absolutely foolproof."

The Underworld Emperor chuckled awkwardly and said, "The Heavenly Venerable is insightful and has a flawless plan; I admire him. I agree sincerely and without any coercion."

The insurance provided by Lingbao Tianzun was indeed comprehensive enough. Furthermore, the existence of the *Duren Jing* (Scripture of Salvation) truly put the Underworld Emperor at ease. After all, even the Underworld Lord couldn't break this secret technique specifically designed to counteract corpse calamities.

Now, Lingbao Tianzun's power has become even greater, and his Salvation Scripture will naturally continue to upgrade. With this method, even if Lingbao Tianzun truly becomes a scourge of corpses, he will be restrained by his own means.

With the added guarantee from Liang Yu and others, Lingbao Tianzun's transformation this time was indeed foolproof.

Therefore, the Underworld Emperor decisively released the core area of ​​the Underworld, allowing Lingbao Tianzun to use it at will.

Seeing this, Lingbao Tianzun placed the great formation in the Underworld Emperor's Palace, combining it with the origin of the Underworld, allowing the Underworld Emperor to completely control the formation. Afterward, he entered the depths of the Underworld.

Lingbao Tianzun found the core of the laws of the Underworld. Once, this place nurtured the corpse of the Tribulation-Crossing Tianzun, allowing him to become a spirit, the Underworld Lord; later, it also nurtured the Corpse Emperor, perfecting his reincarnation seal and granting him a life form. Even Yuanshi Tianzun lived his fourth life here.

Here, Lingbao Tianzun can quickly form the Reincarnation Seal and begin to transform death into life. This is also the first step in his transformation process.

Lingbao Tianzun took out a small stone box and placed it on the ground. The stone box was no bigger than the palm of his hand, without any gaps, and looked as if it were just a regular-shaped stone.

But upon contact with the earth's energy, the stone box grew taller in the wind, transforming into a stone coffin, adorned with carvings of dragons and phoenixes, depicting the appearances of all living beings, exuding an aura of vicissitudes.

This is the legendary Nine-Layered Coffin of the Gods, an ancient coffin design from the mythological era, which only extraordinary individuals were qualified to use. Later divine emperors buried themselves in such a stone coffin, lying there for countless years before completing their transformation.

Lingbao Tianzun is about to transcend life and death and achieve rebirth, which requires him to truly die once. Therefore, he also needs to bury himself in such a stone coffin to facilitate his transformation.

With a thought from Lingbao Tianzun, the stone coffin cracked open layer by layer, revealing a deep and vast space inside that seemed to be able to contain all the heavens, yet also seemed to be just big enough to hold one person.

Lingbao Tianzun lay down in the stone coffin, and the coffin lid closed layer by layer, forming a seamless whole and completely sealing it off.

Then, countless array patterns and primordial divine runes lit up, extending from the stone coffin and merging with the origin of the Netherworld, allowing the origin and Dao traces of this place to also affect the inside of the coffin. Of course, these array patterns also served a defensive purpose. Not only were they difficult for outsiders to breach, but they were also difficult for the Spirit Treasure Celestial Venerable inside to shake.

And at the core of this grand formation is naturally the Immortal Execution Sword.

As Lingbao Tianzun said, these array patterns not only connect to the Netherworld and isolate the stone coffin in the outside world, but also directly invade every inch of Lingbao Tianzun's skin inside. The Zhuxian Sword is even directly inside Lingbao Tianzun's Immortal Platform.

It can be said that as long as there is a problem, the Zhuxian Sword can directly destroy this body, making the disaster disappear without a trace.

Seeing that the array patterns had been fully developed and could operate freely without his continued maintenance, Lingbao Tianzun stopped trying and allowed himself to face death.

The method of reversing death used by Lingbao Tianzun actually originated from the Sutra of Salvation.

When he was dealing with the corpse calamity, he conducted in-depth research on the various experimental results of the underworld at that time, and thus created the Scripture of Salvation to subdue all these evil spirits. Whether it is a Yin spirit, a corpse demon, or a divine thought, they will all be purified or even obliterated under the effect of the Scripture of Salvation.

Although the underworld is no longer a threat, Lingbao Tianzun has not given up his study of the Sutra of Salvation in these lifetimes.

Over the years, Lingbao Tianzun has successfully grasped some of the mysteries of the Reincarnation Seal, understanding its ability to transform death into life. Based on his past interactions with the Underworld Lord, Lingbao Tianzun has also come to understand that the Reincarnation Seal contains fragments of the primordial spirit from the past.

In other words, Lingbao Tianzun is confident that he can awaken the fragments of the primordial spirit in the Samsara Seal through the Salvation Sutra, and may even be able to dismantle the Samsara Seal, allowing it to truly become a new life.

After arriving in the underworld this time, he further refined his understanding through the methods of the underworld. Only then was his transformation process truly complete.

This method involves using a sutra to awaken the true self of an ancient corpse after it has been connected with spirits, thus bringing it back to life.

Under the research of Lingbao Tianzun, he was able to transform his past primordial spirit fragments and Dao fruits into a special reincarnation seal, thereby completing the spiritual connection.

Next, he only needs to use the Salvation Scripture to decompose the Reincarnation Seal, reunite the fragments of his primordial spirit with the Dao Fruit, and he can truly be resurrected, thus living out his seventh life.

The problem is that to dismantle and restore the special reincarnation seal formed by the spiritual connection of Lingbao Tianzun's corpse, it would probably require Lingbao Tianzun himself to use the Salvation Scripture. Even someone like the Limitless Great Heavenly Venerable Liang Yu, who unifies all laws, could not achieve such perfection.

But by then, Lingbao Tianzun had completely lost his past memories and was no longer himself. So how could he complete the task?
Lingbao Tianzun naturally found a solution as well.

The answer to this question is divine thoughts. By purifying these thoughts with the *Scripture of Salvation*, they can be temporarily revived, recalling the fruits of their past lives. In that case, another Lingbao Heavenly Venerable can truly resurrect his spiritually connected ancient corpse.

Over the years, Lingbao Tianzun also mastered the method of generating divine thoughts through the Reverse Refinement and Salvation Scripture. The pure and unwavering faith of the creatures on Yuhua Divine Island and their obsession with becoming immortals were the essential conditions for generating divine thoughts.

After Lingbao Tianzun conducted in-depth research on him, he proactively created his own divine consciousness. After Lingbao Tianzun's true death, his divine consciousness will be born and sealed in Biyou Palace by a great formation, to be awakened when he completes his spiritual communication in the future.

Of course, just in case, Lingbao Tianzun also hid a wisp of his immortal true spirit within his divine consciousness, maintaining its existence with the power of faith. In this way, even if his transformation failed, that wisp of true spirit would still have a chance to be resurrected with the help of Liang Yu and the others.

Thus began his transformation.

(End of this chapter)