Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 399: War Emperor
Under the arrangement of Lingbao Tianzun, his communication with the ancient corpse will take four stages to be fully completed.

The first stop is naturally the Underworld, responsible for the most crucial step: forming the Reincarnation Seal, thereby transforming death into life and initiating the process of rebirth.

The second stop is the Immortal Tomb. Taking advantage of the fact that this place was once a burial ground for immortals but is now filled with the power of life, one can accelerate the process of transforming death energy into life energy, thereby quickly shedding the corpse energy and death energy.

Originally, even if a spirit communication with an ancient corpse was successful, it would still carry a heavy aura of death. However, with the continuous breakthroughs of the Underworld Lord and the explorations of the Underworld Supremes during the Corpse Calamity, a perfect spirit communication with an ancient corpse that does not carry any aura of death or decay has been created. The Celestial Venerable Lingbao is naturally also moving in this direction.

The Immortal Tomb originally contained the remains of a true immortal who had passed away and ascended to the Dao. In addition, the Celestial Venerable of Longevity was skilled in the Laws of Life, which is why the Immortal Tomb possessed the characteristic of accelerating the resurrection of the Celestial Venerable of Spiritual Treasure.

As for the third stop, it is naturally the ancient star of the primordial era, the most advanced place for raising corpses in the universe. Lingbao Tianzun once came to this place and left behind his legacy, but because it was during the time of the corpse calamity, he was worried that the underworld would find out about this place and cause even greater disasters. Therefore, he also used the secret formation of characters to hide it.

Now that the death energy and corpse energy have been completely transformed into life energy in the Immortal Tomb, Lingbao Tianzun only needs to bury himself in the ancient primordial star to greatly accelerate his spiritual connection process, allowing the condensed true spirit to grow rapidly and merge with his physical body to become a true life.

The Void Emperor and the Eternal Universe Emperor of later generations completed the entire process of corpse nurturing in just over ten thousand years, demonstrating the wondrous nature of this ancient star. If the Celestial Venerable Lingbao were to be buried here for a period of time, the entire process could naturally be greatly shortened.

The fourth and final stop is naturally Yuhua Divine Island. There, Lingbao Tianzun will not only be truly reborn under the source of Yuhua Divine Island, but will also use divine power to recall his past life's Dao fruit, achieving a final reversal of life.

The entire process involves dividing the ancient corpse into several nodes for spiritual communication and nurturing them separately in the most suitable locations, achieving both the fastest speed and the best results, thus successfully bringing it back to life.

As the ancient coffin containing the body of Lingbao Tianzun began to draw upon the essence of the Immortal Mausoleum to revitalize and strengthen Lingbao Tianzun, the deity of the Zhuxian Sword breathed a sigh of relief. After all, this meant that Lingbao Tianzun's evolution was on the right track.

Immediately, the deity of the Immortal Execution Sword said, "Fellow Daoist Changsheng, the Lord knows that you are guiding the development of civilization in the Immortal Tomb, intending to continue the style and Dao of the mythical era. Therefore, he left behind a copy of his legacy in advance to be passed down in the Immortal Tomb. I wonder what Fellow Daoist Changsheng thinks?"

This was actually a bargaining chip prepared in advance by Lingbao Tianzun, used in a deal between Zhuxian Sword and Changsheng Tianzun. After all, Lingbao Tianzun's legacy in the mortal realm was not abundant, and most of it consisted of scattered fragments. It would be a good thing if a lineage of cultivators could remain in the Immortal Tomb to completely continue his legacy.

Of course, these inheritances are only the achievements of Lingbao Tianzun in his previous lives. After all, the later parts are not something that can be learned by others.

Unexpectedly, the Celestial Venerable of Longevity did not negotiate any terms and directly offered to lend a helping hand to the Celestial Venerable of Spiritual Treasure.

However, the Zhuxian Sword knew Lingbao Tianzun's temperament well and knew that he would never allow it to receive such benefits for nothing. Therefore, although Changsheng Tianzun had no conditions, the Zhuxian Sword still revealed these rewards.

Upon hearing this, the Celestial Venerable of Longevity sighed slightly and said, "I really cannot refuse Fellow Daoist Lingbao's condition. Since that's the case, then I will accept it with shame."

Immediately afterwards, the Celestial Venerable of Longevity spread the Dao and Dharma of the Celestial Venerable of Spiritual Treasure, which were transmitted by the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, throughout the Immortal Tomb World through various means, allowing a new lineage to emerge among the native cultivators of the Immortal Tomb and inherit the Dao and Dharma of the Celestial Venerable of Spiritual Treasure.

In this celestial tomb, the carefree Celestial Venerable and the boundless Celestial Venerable have died, so their legacies were naturally collected by the Celestial Venerable of Longevity for transmission in this realm; his own and the Celestial Venerable of Nirvana's legacies were passed down personally by them. Now, the legacies of the previous lives of the Celestial Venerable of Spiritual Treasure are also gathered here.

With these five lineages, we are already more than halfway to the completion of the Nine Heavenly Venerables' lineage as envisioned by the Eternal Life Celestial Venerable.

After the Celestial Venerable of Immortality agreed and began promoting the Dao and Dharma of the Celestial Venerable of Spiritual Treasure in the Immortal Tomb, the Deity of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword also relaxed for a while. Now, the entire process of the Celestial Venerable of Spiritual Treasure's transformation has reached the second step.

The Immortal Mausoleum and the Underworld are the strongholds of the two Earth Immortals, so some conditions still need to be negotiated before an exchange of benefits can be reached.

After these two successes, the subsequent ancient star in the primordial world would naturally be a piece of cake. Although this ancient star was the homeland of Yuanshi Tianzun, it was not his property. Lingbao Tianzun could naturally undergo transformation here without any problem.

As for the final Jade Flower Divine Island, it belongs to Lingbao Tianzun himself, so there are naturally no obstacles.

Thus, the Zhuxian Sword once again entered Lingbao Tianzun's body, undergoing a transformation along with him.

As the imprint of the Great Dao of the Power Emperor fades, another great era begins.

At that moment, a deafening thunderclap resounded throughout the universe, startling all corners of the cosmos. Clearly, someone had once again triggered a tribulation of enlightenment at this crucial juncture.

As with the previous times, this time it was also an ancient person who proved the Dao. He was Chuanying, the eldest disciple of Yuanshi Tianzun.

Amidst a sea of ​​lightning, an invincible war god, his body engulfed in crimson flames, charged and rampaged through the thunder. He wielded a stone staff, each strike seemingly possessing immense power, capable of overturning the heavens and earth and annihilating all things.

As Chuan Ying continued to rise and fall in the sea of ​​thunder, his aura gradually became more restrained. He was no longer like before, when he would go mad as soon as he activated the Invincible War God Body. Instead, he returned to calm, as if returning to his original state.

After a long while, the sea of ​​thunder dissipated, and Chuan Ying stood in the starry sky, merging with the Heavenly Heart Mark, allowing his Great Dao aura to harmonize with the myriad paths of the universe, overwhelming all realms.

This time, Chuan Ying was free from inner demons and obsessions. He even became a disciple of Yuanshi Tianzun, greatly enhancing his foundation. Therefore, he successfully attained enlightenment and became an invincible war emperor for an era.

Of course, even though Chuan Ying continued to explore the realm of alternative paths to enlightenment and gained a profound foundation, he was still only like the Three-Life Emperor, stronger than ordinary Dao-proving individuals, and still far from the Quasi-Heavenly Emperor level.

As someone who had established himself in this field, Chuan Ying naturally knew that he was still inferior to the Power Emperor, the Annihilation Heavenly Venerable, the Undying Saint Emperor, and the Azure Heaven Overlord who had ascended in the past.

Of course, Chuan Ying's decline wasn't due to a lack of talent, but simply because he suffered from a disadvantageous physical constitution. At his stage, those exceptionally strong physical constitutions still had a significant impact, but in the more distant future, these advantages would gradually disappear.

However, thanks to his clear and pure mind, these things did not frustrate him. Instead, they gave him even stronger motivation to challenge himself to reach even greater heights.

After all, Chuan Ying already knew about the strange world and the immortal realm. The future world was so vast, and he was only temporarily behind. There were still infinite possibilities in the future.

(End of this chapter)