Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 511 Inheritance
Compared to the previous Emperor of Light and others, Emperor of Light and Darkness can be considered the one who has learned Liang Yu's Dao and Dharma most thoroughly and successfully.

Although the Bright Emperor studied Liang Yu's Ancient Scripture of Transformation and comprehended the divine blood phenomenon, integrating it into his own Dao and Dharma, he only borrowed some of its profound mysteries, and his main focus was still on his own cultivation.

But the Emperor of Light and Darkness is different. His Dao and Dharma encompass both the laws of darkness and light, which are in harmony with the profound meaning of the Yin-Yang Dao Scripture. Therefore, he absorbed the mysteries of the Yin-Yang Dao Scripture and gave rise to the Yin-Yang duality of light and darkness.

Although this concept of light and darkness originated from Liang Yu's concept of Yin and Yang, it has forged its own path and has not been confined within it.

The Light and Dark Emperors, who have already successfully attained enlightenment, can even continue to collect the Yin-Yang Dao Scriptures and explore further mysteries from the complete texts to perfect their own Dao and Dharma.

This can be considered the ideal state for learning from others' methods.

Because he had a deep understanding of Liang Yu's Yin-Yang Dao Jing, after attaining enlightenment, Guang An Huang felt even more the terror of this legendary Wuji Tianzun.

There is a high probability that the Two Elements Dao Scripture was created by him in his previous lives, and is just one stage in his cultivation path, and not even very late in the process.

Even so, the Emperor of Light and Darkness still felt a sense of awe and reverence. He had absolutely no confidence that he could reach the realm of the supreme mysteries contained in this scripture.

It can only be said that, as fellow seekers of enlightenment, the difference is indeed very obvious.

Although the Emperor of Light and Darkness felt a strong sense of defeat, he quickly recovered. After all, such figures are few and far between in the long, predictable history of the human universe.

To be able to become the first person in the mythological era, known as the Great Celestial Venerable, given the existence of figures like Yuanshi Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun, Daode Tianzun, and Mingzun, is indeed incomparable to him.

However, with the existence of the Immortal Sect, the future holds infinite possibilities. As long as one can continuously surpass oneself and make progress, a bright future is also possible.

The grudges and affections between the Light and Dark Emperors had been settled before he attained enlightenment. Knowing that the Immortal Sect existed, he did not intend to spend any more effort rebuilding his clan, which had been completely wiped out. Therefore, he wanted to focus all his energy on his own cultivation.

Before entering the mortal world this time, Liang Yu directly condensed various methods of becoming an immortal and even many methods of transformation and reversal of life into indestructible Dao imprints, which he scattered throughout the universe, so that later generations could gain experience and direction from them, thereby increasing their possibility of reversing life.

Although most ancient emperors could not even reverse their lives once, for a few special Dao-proving individuals, if they had detailed guidance on various transformation methods, they would be more likely to find the most suitable transformation method for themselves and move in the right direction.

Although it is highly unlikely that a mortal immortal will be born, there is still hope that a few special Dao-proving individuals who have achieved rebirth once or twice will emerge.

Anyone who can achieve reversal of life is an extraordinary cultivator. Even if they cannot become immortals in the mortal world, they still have the hope of becoming special true immortals after entering the immortal realm.

Such a person, after being tempered in the Immortal Realm and even the myriad worlds in the future, may very well continue to improve and possess extraordinary True Immortal Dao Fruits, thus laying a solid foundation for the future.

However, this method of transformation and rebirth is ultimately more about practice than theory. Even if one knows the method to become an immortal, it is extremely difficult to modify and apply it to oneself.

Liang Yu was simply helping them save some time on trial and error.

Of course, these Dao imprints are as if they do not exist for the vast majority of cultivators in the human universe, and they would not be able to perceive them even if they encountered them.

To gain knowledge from these great Dao imprints, one must at least attain enlightenment through unconventional means.

As the current emperor who had perfectly integrated with the Heavenly Heart Mark, the Light and Dark Emperor naturally and easily detected these unusual Great Dao Marks, gaining knowledge from them that could absolutely be called priceless treasures. It was precisely for this reason that the Light and Dark Emperor directly abandoned all distracting thoughts and focused on preparing to cultivate diligently before ascending to immortality.

However, before that, he needs to find an elixir of immortality or a Nine-Turn Immortal Pill.

If he only has one lifetime, he can hardly guarantee that he will gain much.

Even if it's impossible for him to repeatedly reverse his life and become a mortal immortal, he could still try to reverse his life once and then ascend again to lay a more solid foundation for the future.

Therefore, the Emperor of Light and Darkness first began searching for the elixir of immortality in the human universe. Ultimately, he found the long-lost Ancient Tree of Life.

For Liang Yu, the elixirs of immortality hidden throughout the human universe were already out in the open, but he had not yet reached the point where he could conjure up all of them, so he did not collect them.

Liang Yu had discovered the Tree of Life long ago, but he only left a divine thought within it to protect it from annihilation, without interfering with its activities.

The fact that the Light and Dark Emperor was able to find the Tree of Life was not due to Liang Yu's deliberate arrangement. Rather, it was because the Tree of Life relaxed its ability to conceal its aura after being protected by Liang Yu's divine sense, which is why the Light and Dark Emperor, who had searched through half of the human universe, was able to detect it.

After obtaining the elixir of immortality, the Light and Dark Emperor immediately went into seclusion.

During this journey, he basically collected all the Yin-Yang Dao Scriptures left by Liang Yu, and even exchanged his own scriptures with the Light God Clan for all the scriptures of the Light Emperor as a reference.

Therefore, he still has many ideas to continue to develop in order to further perfect his own Tao and Dharma.

So, the Emperor of Light and Darkness found a special place in his hometown, planted the Ancient Tree of Life, and began his cultivation.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, ten thousand years have passed. The lifespan of the first incarnation of the Light and Dark Emperor was roughly the same as that of the Abandoned Emperor, both around fourteen thousand years.

During his millennia of cultivation, the Light and Dark Emperor deeply understood the difficulty of transformation. Although he already knew the principles of many methods of transformation, he still found it difficult to apply them to himself and achieve rebirth.

For this reason, the Light and Dark Emperor, who had lived a second life by relying on the Ancient Tree of Life, decisively gave up continuing his cultivation of the Transformation Method and devoted all his energy to the advancement of his own Dao and Dharma.

In the years that followed, the Light and Dark Emperor successfully cultivated his own laws of light and darkness to a higher level, approaching the current limit, making it difficult to break through further.

Furthermore, he relied on the Yin-Yang Dao Scripture to further combine these two laws, making his light and darkness Yin-Yang perfect.

Due to his increased cultivation, the lifespan of the second incarnation of the Light and Dark Emperor was extended compared to the first incarnation, reaching approximately 15,000 years.

Of course, this was a deduction made by the Light and Dark Emperor based on the fact that he reached the end of his peak at the age of ten thousand.

Afterwards, the Emperor of Light and Darkness ended his cultivation. But before ascending, considering the Yin-Yang Dao Scripture he had obtained and the mysteries of becoming an immortal, he left his legacy in the mortal universe as well.

He then ascended from the celestial gate and left the mortal universe.

(End of this chapter)