Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 398 The Immortal Mausoleum is Strong and Strong
After Emperor Li ascended to heaven, the human world began another long period of recovery. This process was one that even Liang Yu, who had become a true master of the universe, could not change.

Ten thousand years after the death of a Daoist who has attained enlightenment, his Dao imprint will suppress future generations from attaining enlightenment. This is partly because the Daoist who attained enlightenment was indeed too powerful and could suppress an entire era.

However, on the other hand, given the current state of the human universe, it would take at least ten thousand years to fully digest these Dao energies and restore the Heavenly Heart Mark to a state where the next Dao Prover can combine with it.

In other words, this is also a self-protection mechanism that the universe develops when it is damaged.

Although Liang Yu has become the true master of the universe, even the most skilled cook cannot cook without rice. The human universe has only so much resources. Unless he directly drains the pond to catch all the fish, causing the greater universe to pay the price of further deterioration, he cannot change this recovery process.

Therefore, the human universe entered another ten thousand years of relative quiet.

At this moment, a strange fluctuation came from the underworld, causing the countless ancient corpses buried deep underground to tremble slightly, as if they were about to come back to life, crawl out of the huge burial pit that had buried an era, and return to the human world.

This inexplicable aura even alarmed the Corpse Emperor, who was sealed within the Immortal Source and preparing to emerge at the right time.

Even the Underworld Emperor, who was cultivating, was startled. As the ruler of the Underworld, he naturally traced the aura back to the core treasure land of the Underworld.

At that time, there was only one ancient coffin of a deity buried there, and its owner was Lingbao Tianzun.

The Underworld Emperor keenly sensed that the reincarnation mark within the Corpse Emperor's body was stirred by this aura and actually resonated faintly, but then it seemed to be frightened and went into hiding, without making any further movement.

After all, Lingbao Tianzun's Reincarnation Seal was a special Reincarnation Seal that he modified himself, unlike those of others. In addition, the Scripture of Salvation was the core of his life, so Lingbao Tianzun's Reincarnation Seal could even terrify ten thousand corpses.

However, it seems that the corpse of Lingbao Tianzun has already formed the reincarnation seal and begun to nurture a new true spirit.

Although I already knew that Lingbao Tianzun, an expert in dealing with corpse calamities, had a deep understanding of the ancient corpse's spiritual communication method, was it too exaggerated that he had formed the Reincarnation Seal in just 20,000 years?
Lingbao Tianzun has now mastered the profound essence of source techniques through his exchanges with Liang Yu. In addition, the source of the underworld has indeed been absorbed into the stone coffin in large quantities over the years, so the speed of this process has been greatly accelerated, which was exactly what he expected.

The speed of 20,000 years still surprised him.

Of course, this does not mean that Lingbao Tianzun is ready to be born. He has only completed the most difficult step and successfully condensed the Reincarnation Seal. There is still a long gestation period before he can truly become spiritual and become a new life.

The Underworld Emperor took a deep breath and approached the stone coffin. Enveloped in countless intricate array patterns, even the Underworld Emperor could not decipher its secrets.

However, because these array patterns are constantly absorbing the primordial power of the Netherworld, he can still roughly sense the state of Lingbao Tianzun.

After carefully sensing it up close, the Underworld Emperor still faintly perceived that trace of reincarnation power, as well as a bit of life force transformed from the extreme death energy.

Seeing that Lingbao Tianzun had no other questions, the Underworld Emperor decided to leave and continue his seclusion.

At this moment, a ripple of sword energy emanated a faint Daoist charm.

The Underworld Emperor looked back and saw the deity of the Immortal Execution Sword emerge from the ancient coffin of the gods and say to him, "Fellow Daoist Underworld Emperor, please wait."

The Underworld Emperor turned around and said, "You have appeared now, does the Heavenly Venerable have something he needs my help with?" The Immortal Execution Sword Deity said, "According to the master's arrangement, after achieving this step and successfully forming the Reincarnation Seal, I will move this ancient divine coffin to the Immortal Mausoleum."

"I wonder if Fellow Daoist Underworld Emperor could give me a ride? I haven't seen Fellow Daoist Changsheng for a long time and don't know where the Immortal Tomb is located. I'm afraid I'll delay your business."

Upon hearing this, the Underworld Emperor was slightly taken aback, realizing that the Celestial Venerable Lingbao might have discovered some secret, which was why he had changed the place of transformation. However, he did not ask any further questions, but instead said directly, "Then I will send you and the Celestial Venerable on your way."

Then, the Underworld Emperor extracted a portion of the Underworld's essence, transforming it into a thick fog that enveloped the ancient coffin of the deity, before taking it to the Immortal Mausoleum.

Before the Underworld Emperor and the Immortal Execution Sword could speak, the Eternal Heavenly Venerable separated the world barrier and personally greeted them.

Upon sensing this aura, the Celestial Venerable of Longevity was also surprised. He was familiar with the Underworld Emperor, who often communicated with him; and he was also familiar with the aura within this ancient divine coffin, after all, the Celestial Venerable of Spiritual Treasure and he were both among the Nine Celestial Venerables of Mythology, representative figures of the previous era.

How could Lingbao Tianzun, who had already embarked on the path of immortality in the mortal world, die, and how could he embark on the path of proving his Dao through a corpse? Changsheng Tianzun did not believe that Lingbao Tianzun had died due to a failed transformation. There was only one possibility: Lingbao Tianzun wanted to use this method to reverse his aging process.

Therefore, although the Celestial Venerable of Longevity did not know why they came to the Immortal Mausoleum, he still came out to greet them immediately.

The Underworld Emperor cupped his hands and said, "Fellow Daoist Changsheng, you can discuss the next steps with Fellow Daoist Zhuxian."

Seeing that both the Celestial Venerable of Immortality and the God of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword nodded silently upon hearing this, the Underworld Emperor turned and left.

The Immortal Slaughtering Sword Deity roughly explained the method of reversing life to the Celestial Venerable of Longevity, and then said, "Fellow Daoist Longevity, the Master's transformation requires him to slumber in the Immortal Tomb for a period of time. He told me that whatever Fellow Daoist Longevity asks for, I should fulfill them all. If there are any difficulties, he will definitely make up for them after he is revived."

"I wonder if Fellow Daoist Changsheng would agree?"

The Celestial Venerable of Longevity laughed and said, "I and Fellow Daoist Lingbao belong to the Nine Celestial Venerables of Mythology. I am willing to unconditionally support his transformation."

Even the Immortal Slaughtering Sword God didn't expect the Eternal Life Celestial Venerable to agree so readily. He paused for a moment, then said, "How can this be? Your transformation will absorb a large amount of Immortal Tomb Origin, causing great damage to you, Fellow Daoist Eternal Life."

The Celestial Venerable of Longevity said, "These are trivial matters and not worth mentioning. Let's get started quickly so as not to delay Fellow Daoist Lingbao's transformation."

As he spoke, the Celestial Venerable of Immortality pulled the Immortal Slaughtering Sword deity and moved the ancient divine coffin to the core treasure land of the Immortal Mausoleum.

The ancient coffin took root on the ground, and the array patterns covering it rapidly intertwined with the Origin God patterns, forming a special array pattern inside the Immortal Tomb, which began to continuously absorb the primordial power within the Immortal Tomb.

In the underworld, the body of Lingbao Tianzun successfully condensed the Reincarnation Seal and, amidst the extreme death energy, gave birth to a glimmer of life, even beginning to condense a faint true spirit.

Within the Immortal Mausoleum, which was originally a longevity immortal land transformed from the tombs of immortals, the corpse of Lingbao Tianzun could greatly enhance its meager vitality through the source of this place, and allow its true spirit to truly stabilize.

After the terrain changed, Lingbao Tianzun's ability to communicate with spirits also began to increase continuously, becoming faster and faster.

(End of this chapter)