Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 470 The White Tiger Emperor's Choice
The reason why the fusion of the Dao Fruits of the Moral Celestial Venerable was so smooth is that he fused two Dao Fruits, unlike the Primordial Celestial Venerable who had four Dao Fruits.

Secondly, the Dao Fruit formed by the Moral Celestial Venerable through the cultivation of the Chaotic Ancient Method in his incarnation is weaker than the Dao Fruit he originally possessed. With one being stronger and the other weaker, the weaker one can only serve as a supplement. It is directly absorbed and transformed into nourishment by the Dao Fruit of the Moral Celestial Venerable's Secret Realm Method, causing the Moral Celestial Venerable to undergo a transformation, without any collision.

In comparison, although the four Dao Fruits of Yuanshi Tianzun came from different periods of his life, they would also form special incarnations to continue their cultivation after being separated. Therefore, the strength of the four Dao Fruits of Yuanshi Tianzun was similar, so there was no main Dao Fruit that could absorb and devour all the other Dao Fruits. Naturally, they would collide and would be difficult to merge quickly.

The Primordial Celestial Venerable chose the Chaos Dao Fruit as the core not because it was the strongest, but because the laws of chaos were the most inclusive, which could weaken the collisions between the several Dao Fruits and accelerate and promote their fusion.

This is also the insight that Yuanshi Tianzun gained after being inspired by Liang Yu's theory of the unity of all laws and cultivating the laws of chaos to their ultimate level.

Even the Primordial Celestial Venerable found the process of merging the Dao Fruit difficult to control and could only proceed slowly. Even so, he nearly lost control several times after just getting started, and has only now stabilized and begun the slow merging process.

However, stability now does not mean success is within reach. Yuanshi Tianzun's Dao Fruit is only in the initial stage of integration. When he reaches a deeper level of integration, he may still face other problems.

But at least for now, Yuanshi Tianzun has indeed gotten on the right track. However, according to Liang Yu's estimate, it will probably be tens of thousands of years or even longer before Yuanshi Tianzun can completely complete the fusion of his Dao Fruit, be reborn, and begin his eighth life.

Therefore, it seems that Yuanshi Tianzun's time as a mortal immortal was indeed longer than Liang Yu's.

After Yuanshi Tianzun got on the right track, the array patterns he had left behind intertwined with the Yuantian Divine Patterns, encompassing the Kunlun Sacred Realm and transforming it into a World Cauldron that sealed Yuanshi Tianzun's body, which was undergoing transformation.

Inside the cauldron, this power was even subtly guiding and assisting the fusion of Yuanshi Tianzun's Dao fruit, making it smoother.

The World Cauldron originally possessed the ability to refine all things and absorb Dao Fruits. Now, the Primordial Celestial Venerable has also used his four Dao Fruits as raw materials, allowing the World Cauldron to refine and fuse them, thus ensuring the steady progress of his transformation and avoiding any unexpected events.

Therefore, it seems that the problems that Liang Yu just estimated Yuanshi Tianzun would encounter later were actually foreseen by Yuanshi Tianzun. This World Cauldron was his backup plan to help him solve these problems.

Liang Yu couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, "Wonderful! Fellow Daoist Yuanshi, you are indeed a genius!"

This world cauldron is exceptionally powerful. If its array patterns could be expanded throughout the entire universe without interference, it might truly have the potential to completely refine the human universe into an unparalleled treasure cauldron.

Clearly, in his years of cultivation, Yuanshi Tianzun further perfected this method, making it even more profound.

It is precisely because of this that the World Cauldron was able to further refine and fuse the Dao Fruit of the Primordial Celestial Venerable himself.

Seeing this, Liang Yu sighed, but he immediately tapped his finger and embedded layers of energy fields into the World Cauldron, greatly enhancing its resistance. This ensured that if any problems arose in the future, these methods could temporarily hold off the attack and buy him a moment to descend to this place.

After completing the setup, Liang Yu gently pushed the Kunlun Sacred Realm into the void, adding another layer of disguise.

Even if the Primordial Celestial Venerable's transformation fails and he explodes, Liang Yu will still be able to descend upon this place in time to completely quell the disaster and prevent it from affecting the outside world.

However, in Liang Yu's view, the probability of Yuanshi Tianzun failing is not high.

So far, Yuanshi Tianzun and Lingbao Tianzun are undergoing transformation, Daode Tianzun is dreaming of eternity, and the Immortal Emperor is still in Nirvana. This scene reminds Liang Yu of another underworld lord who has embarked on the path of immortality in the mortal world, and who has long since fallen into slumber.

Liang Yu's companions who embarked on the path to immortality in the mortal world have all fallen into slumber, striving for the next stage. Only Liang Yu himself is immortal and exists in the world in his complete state.

However, thinking of the Underworld Lord, Liang Yu couldn't help but pay special attention to his movements.

In the original timeline, the Underworld Lord would only reappear later in this era, where he would encounter the human-demon Dongfang Taiyi. However, in this timeline, the Underworld Lord has accumulated far more resources, so he should have succeeded much faster.

After becoming a mortal immortal, Liang Yu easily found the hiding place of the Underworld Lord and discovered that he was not in the Big Dipper, but on the ancient star of the primordial world.

Even across the endless starry sky, Liang Yu could still sense the current state of the Underworld Lord. With the blessing of this ancient, primordial star—the best place in the human universe to nurture corpses—perhaps the Underworld Lord would be able to complete a reincarnation in hundreds of thousands of years.

Even with the increased speed, it would probably take him nearly a million years to reincarnate once this time. That's indeed too slow.

It seems that even with their various research contributions, it will still take the Underworld Lord millions of years to succeed.

Liang Yu did not disturb the Underworld Lord. After confirming the whereabouts of his fellow Daoists, he returned to Wuji Immortal Mountain through the spatial rift and began his seclusion again.

During the time that Liang Yu was helping Yuanshi Tianzun seal his body, the White Tiger Emperor ended his seclusion.

Thanks to the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, the White Tiger Emperor successfully lived out his third life and gained another 15,000 years of lifespan.

Now, ten thousand years have passed since his third incarnation, and he is in the final stage of his peak. It is time for him to make a choice.

During his ten thousand years of cultivation, the White Tiger Emperor still had not mastered the Kunlun Immortal Scripture to its fullest extent, and it was highly likely that he could no longer use the Kunlun Immortal Scripture to transform himself into the Kunlun Immortal Body and thus live a reverse life.

Therefore, at this point, he no longer had the opportunity to wait until the reverse life was completed before making a choice; he could only choose between ascending to immortality and becoming a terrestrial immortal.

If he chooses the former, then he should leave something for future generations, make arrangements for posterity, and then leave the mortal universe to ascend to immortality through the celestial gate.

If he chooses the latter, he must continue to cultivate the Kunlun Immortal Scripture, condensing as much and stronger Kunlun Immortal Blood as possible within his body, thereby deepening his connection with the Kunlun Immortal Mountain and eventually merging with it.

The White Tiger Emperor sighed, unable to make a decision for a moment. He stepped out of Kunlun Immortal Mountain and embarked on a journey once more, retracing his past routes and revisiting familiar places. During this journey, the White Tiger Emperor made his decision.

In the end, the White Tiger Emperor did not choose to ascend to heaven, but instead chose to remain in the mortal realm, and like the Black Tortoise Emperor, he cultivated himself into an Earth Immortal by relying on the Kunlun Immortal Mountain.

(End of this chapter)