Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 405 Three Venerables Buried in One Pit

In the Immortal Tomb, the Celestial Venerable of Longevity wielded the Immortal Sword of Longevity, each sword light containing boundless killing intent, as if capable of destroying everything.

Immediately, his sword stance changed, and his aura softened instantly, with a life-giving, gentle aura replacing the extreme killing intent from before.

Finally, his sword transformed once more, as if evolving into a Yin-Yang diagram, which then combined the two sword techniques into one, allowing them to transform into each other in endless variations.

The ultimate weapon of the Celestial Venerable of Longevity is also a sword. Although his greatest skill lies in the "Zhe" secret technique, which pertains to the Way of Life, swordsmanship is also one of his strengths. However, his achievements in this area are not as dominant as those in the "Zhe" secret technique.

The sword technique he had just comprehended and evolved was actually the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Technique of Lingbao Tianzun. This style, so different from his usual sword techniques, greatly benefited him, and his swordsmanship achievements surpassed those of the past. This sword technique could even complement his own.

However, Lingbao Tianzun is currently the number one person in the field of swordsmanship. Although the Zhuxian Sword Technique was only his achievement in previous lives, it is still difficult for Changsheng Tianzun to match him.

However, over these tens of thousands of years, he still managed to comprehend it and cultivate it to an extremely profound level.

Even so, it was not easy for him to combine the two to create a new sword technique.

Fortunately, the mystery of how two diametrically opposed forces can transform into and unify each other has already been explored in Liang Yu's Two Elements Dao Scripture.

Therefore, over the years, the Celestial Venerable of Longevity studied this scripture and grasped the balance point from it. He finally combined the two, blending the mysteries of the Longevity Sword Technique and the Immortal Slaying Sword Technique, thus elevating his swordsmanship to a higher level.

Just as he was about to perfect his swordsmanship, a special aura invigorated him.

The Celestial Venerable of Longevity was overjoyed, for this aura originated from the ancient coffin of the Celestial Venerable of Spiritual Treasure. Clearly, during these twenty thousand years of gestation, the Celestial Venerable of Spiritual Treasure had achieved another significant advancement.

He sheathed his longsword and went to the core of the Immortal Tomb. Over the years, the ginseng fruit tree, whose intelligence had greatly increased, had also taken root near the Celestial Venerable Lingbao, constantly sensing the changes in the Celestial Venerable Lingbao through its special connection with the Immortal Tomb.

The special energy contained in the ginseng fruit tree, in turn, nourished the transformation of Lingbao Tianzun, allowing him to progress even faster. This is a mutually beneficial relationship.

Upon seeing the arrival of the Celestial Venerable of Longevity, it anticipated that the Celestial Venerable of Spiritual Treasure might have already achieved his goal. Therefore, after greeting the Celestial Venerable of Longevity, it left the place.

After slightly sensing the aura of the ancient coffin of the gods, the Celestial Venerable of Longevity was also shocked. The corpse of the Celestial Venerable of Spiritual Treasure had completely lost all traces of corpse energy and death energy, and had become full of vitality, as if it had been resurrected.

However, it was not long before the Celestial Venerable of Longevity discovered that although the true spirit nurtured in the body of the Celestial Venerable of Spiritual Treasure had grown considerably, it was still very weak and completely incompatible with the physical body.

The Immortal Execution Sword Deity emerged from the ancient coffin of the gods and said to the Celestial Venerable of Immortality, "Fellow Daoist of Immortality, my master's gestation at this stage is complete. I bid you farewell on his behalf."

The Celestial Venerable of Immortality said, "I wonder where your next stop is? Would you need my assistance?"

Zhuxian Sword said, "Thank you for your kind offer, Fellow Daoist Changsheng. However, our next stop is the Ancient Star of the Primordial World, which my master has already arranged. There is no need for you to trouble yourself."

The Celestial Venerable of Longevity said, "In that case, I wish you a safe journey and that you, Fellow Daoist Lingbao, will soon complete your transformation."

The Immortal Execution Sword said, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Changsheng. We are off." After saying that, the Immortal Execution Sword returned to the ancient coffin of the gods. Countless array patterns lit up, and under the control of the Immortal Execution Sword, it carried the ancient coffin into the sky.

Because the Celestial Venerable of Immortality had opened the barrier between worlds long ago, this ancient coffin came directly to the human universe, then broke through the void and fled to the ancient primordial star.

The ancient primordial star is a first-class place for raising corpses in the universe, and the best treasure troves within it are, firstly, the area beneath Mount Tai, and secondly, the area beneath Thunder Marsh.

However, Mount Tai has now become a wondrous place and has completely regained its former grandeur, thus naturally changing the terrain of some ancient primordial stars, which has caused the area beneath Mount Tai to lose its ability to nurture corpses.

Therefore, the best place to nurture corpses on the ancient primordial planet is now only Lei Ze.

Of course, even if one went to the caves in other famous mountains and rivers of the ancient star, it would be enough to successfully achieve spiritual emergence in hundreds of thousands of years. Thunder Swamp is just faster, without any fundamental change. But the Celestial Venerable Lingbao is in a hurry, so he naturally chose this place.

Beneath Thunder Marsh, a Thunder Marsh Dao Embryo has always been gestating, destined to become the future Emperor Fuxi. Not only Liang Yu, but also the former Underworld Lord and the Primordial Heavenly Lord studied this Dao Embryo to aid their own transformation. Therefore, several powerful arrays exist beneath Thunder Marsh, difficult to perceive.

However, Lingbao Tianzun already knew of the existence of this place, so the Zhuxian Sword found it very easily.

What the Immortal Execution Sword didn't expect was that there was a familiar figure here—the Celestial Venerable of Morality. Or rather, it was the Bodhi Divine Embryo avatar of the Celestial Venerable of Morality.

Long ago, when the avatar of the Celestial Venerable of Morality reached the end of its lifespan, the Celestial Venerable of Morality deliberately buried it here, hoping that this body could be reborn and bring him some surprise. Although this research may not be useful, it's never a bad thing to try.

The deity of the Immortal Execution Sword reappeared, gently activating the great formation.

Far beyond the endless starry sky, Liang Yu sensed this anomaly. He looked at the place and instantly understood the situation. He then opened the great formation, allowing Lingbao Tianzun to enter. He had done the same when Daode Tianzun buried this avatar here before.

However, this means that this precious cave must not only allow the Thunder Ze Dao Embryo to condense its true spirit and gradually become a real life, but also enable the ancient corpse, equivalent to the Sixth Moral Heavenly Venerable, to become spiritually connected, and help the current weak true spirit of the Spirit Treasure Heavenly Venerable to grow rapidly.

This is something that even if you were to completely extract the essence of this place, you probably couldn't do it.

Therefore, Liang Yu had no choice but to remotely activate the power of the universe's origin to enhance the foundation of this place, and temporarily concentrate the essence on Lingbao Tianzun to help him complete his transformation in the shortest possible time.

After all, only Lingbao Tianzun among them was undergoing transformation, and he was also an important ally of Lingbao Tianzun, while the other two were just empty shells, without even having their own consciousness.

Seeing this, Zhuxian Sword felt a little embarrassed, since they had essentially cut in line.

However, the moment the ancient coffin of the deity fell, countless array patterns spread out, further strengthening and transforming the great array that nurtured the Thunder Swamp Dao Embryo. Although it did not accelerate its growth, it made its foundation even more profound.

This was naturally a contingency plan left by Lingbao Tianzun before he even began his transformation. As for the avatar of Daode Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun hadn't expected it to be here.

Thus, a multi-life Celestial Venerable who embarked on the path to immortality in the mortal world, a Celestial Venerable clone whose spiritual power would likely far exceed expectations, and a future Supreme Being created by the Boundless Celestial Venerable and perfected by many others were buried together in the same pit, beginning their respective evolutions.

(End of this chapter)