Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 614 The Second Life

The trials on the Emperor's Seal were naturally under his control before the Taiyin Emperor left the mortal realm. Regardless of the talent or strength of the newcomer, he could conduct a comprehensive test on them.

After all, the Taiyin Human Emperor wanted to try to walk the path of immortality in the mortal world. Even if he failed, he wanted to live several more lifetimes to increase his foundation when he had no choice but to ascend.

Although he doesn't know exactly which incarnation he will be able to separate from the Heavenly Heart Mark and conceal his own Great Dao aura to avoid suppressing others, he may still meet the next descendant qualified to become the Human Emperor.

Moreover, this Emperor Seal will be continuously sublimated by the power of faith and through his continuous refinement over countless years, as well as through the refinement by other descendants qualified to become Emperors, thus truly becoming capable of standing alone.

Currently, the tests that the Taiyin Emperor wants to conduct in this stage mainly focus on his personal character and innate talent. To assume the throne of the Emperor, he needs to meet the standards in both of these aspects.

After all, without noble character, it is difficult to govern the human race with impartiality; without great strength and superb talent, it is impossible to secure the position of human emperor or suppress foreign enemies.

Taking advantage of this Fengshan ceremony, most of the major human forces have arrived, and the Taiyin Human Emperor has also taken the opportunity to spread the Human Dao Divine Fist widely.

He had previously prepared many stone tablets, inscribing his own martial arts legacy within them—a skill he had actually learned from the Undying Holy Emperor. Now, he distributed these stone tablets to various human factions, placing them in every human territory.

In this way, everyone can learn the Divine Fist of Humanity by comprehending the fist intent of the stone tablet.

To prevent the stone tablet from being surrounded by certain forces and hindering other cultivators from comprehending it, he also inscribed array patterns based on the laws of the void within it, so that everyone who went to the stone tablet would be affected by the laws of the void and unable to come into contact with each other.

However, unlike the Taiyin Mother Scripture, the Human Dao Divine Fist, although also applicable to the human race, has very high requirements. Only genius cultivators with both talent and strength can learn it. Moreover, its advancement lies not only in the improvement of supernatural powers, but also in the understanding of the history of human development and the enlightenment of the spirit passed down by the human race.

The future Human Emperor can be born from any human race, and the Humanity Divine Fist is one of the important indicators, which is why the Taiyin Human Emperor did so.

After all, although the current Emperor's Seal still contains the Taiyin Law of the Taiyin Emperor, it is more of the profound meaning of the Human Dao Divine Fist. Learning this fist technique can create a mysterious connection with the Emperor's Seal.

The Taiyin Emperor also left the Taihuang Scripture in the Emperor's Seal. He himself could only refer to this scripture as a source of inspiration for further study, but perhaps future generations could master it.

After meeting the four Earth Immortals, the Taiyin Human Emperor thought that if the human race could have an Earth Immortal in charge, wouldn't it be able to prosper forever?
However, to date, none of those who have cultivated to become Earth Immortals have found a way to escape the wondrous realm and regain their freedom. In other words, becoming an Earth Immortal is currently equivalent to being trapped in the mortal world, unable to leave.

The Taiyin Emperor himself had neither the opportunity nor the desire to become an Earth Immortal. He didn't know if any of his descendants would be willing to go to such lengths for humanity. But clearly, it was a sacrifice—a sacrifice of giving up the vast world outside to protect humanity.

Of course, although the methods of the Earth Immortals can only be confined to the mortal realm so far, the Celestial Venerable of Longevity does not care about this. In fact, he is very confident that he can achieve this one day.

However, the confidence of the Celestial Venerable of Longevity did not come from himself, but from the Celestial Venerable of Limitless Limit, who truly led the creation of the Earthly Immortal Method.

The Taiyin Emperor, after all, had not witnessed the era in which the Wuji Heavenly Venerable reigned supreme, nor had he seen his methods of altering the human universe. He had only seen the results, so naturally, he could not fully comprehend the Changsheng Heavenly Venerable's reverence for the Wuji Heavenly Venerable. Of course, if the Wuji Heavenly Venerable could truly deduce the subsequent developments of the Earth Immortal Techniques, he wouldn't be too surprised.

However, the Taiyin Emperor was not very accepting of placing his hopes on others.

Therefore, the Taiyin Emperor only left behind the Taihuang Sutra, but made no arrangements to guide future generations to take this step.

After the Fengshan ceremony concluded, the Taiyin Emperor returned to Ziwei Star and resumed his cultivation.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, another eight thousand years have passed. The first life of the Taiyin Human Emperor has come to an end. One life lasts for eighteen thousand years, which is almost the same as that of the Primordial Celestial Venerable of the mythological era.

Of course, the reason why Yuanshi Tianzun lived for 18,000 years was largely due to his profound cultivation, but his physical body was mortal. Although it was a mortal body of a very high standard, it ultimately did not have any lifespan bonus.

Compared to the Taiyin Human Emperor, he was slightly inferior in cultivation, but had a slight advantage in physique, thus their lifespans were comparable. After all, the Taiyin Body did not significantly increase lifespan, at least not compared to things like the Undying Golden Body, the Heavenly Overlord Body, or the Supreme Divine Blood.

Over the course of eight thousand years, the Taiyin Emperor bid farewell to his old friends one by one. These people included his elders, his comrades-in-arms, and even his former adversaries. People such as the Holy Master of Lingguan, Chen Chong, Mu Renqing, Mo Tian, ​​Xiao Ran, Xin Lang, and many others have all passed away with the passage of time.

Even before the second incarnation of the Taiyin Human Emperor, he was already facing this situation of universal stagnation.

Of course, a few of his old acquaintances chose to remain anonymous. One was Xin Lingxiao, the son of Emperor Ming; another was Cangyun of the Hegemon Body lineage; and finally, there was his wife, Xie Yurou.

The Yin Emperor rose and toured the human universe. Although he saw no familiar faces in the places he visited, the newly born humans still held him in high esteem.

This time, he did not return to Ziwei Star, but came to the ancient star of primordial chaos and entered Mount Tai.

At this time, Mount Tai had become one of the highest holy sites of the human race. Countless forces of faith gathered here, making the Emperor's Seal at the top of Mount Tai even more divine, almost as if it had come to life completely.

The Taiyin Emperor planted the laurel elixir of immortality at the core of the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin, picked its fruit, and swallowed it in one gulp.

Instantly, his decaying body was reborn, becoming crystal clear, and a vast aura, as large as the starry sea, surged out, causing the entire Mount Tai to tremble slightly.

Although the Human Emperor Seal was now semi-independent of the Taiyin Human Emperor, it still shone brightly under this momentum, echoing the Taiyin Human Emperor.

With the help of the elixir of immortality, the Taiyin Emperor lived a second life. In his previous life, he devoted a great deal of effort to the development of the human race and did not focus wholeheartedly on cultivation. Now, in this second life, he will devote all his efforts to exploring the method of transformation and launch an attack on the ever-evolving path of the mortal immortal.

(End of this chapter)