Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 616 Transformation
The Taiyin Emperor's tour naturally further boosted the morale of the human race. In particular, during this process, he also preached in various places, guiding the cultivation of countless cultivators and widely disseminating the correct interpretation of the Taiyin Mother Scripture, reducing the misunderstandings among those at the lower levels of cultivation.

Therefore, the human race naturally celebrated it as if it were the New Year.

But the situation is different for other races. Regardless of any past grievances they may have against humans, the humans are growing increasingly powerful, and if this continues, they might expand further in the future. In that case, they would be powerless to resist.

They originally thought that the Taiyin Emperor was emerging from seclusion at this time to ascend to immortality through the celestial gate.

Judging from the lifespan of the first incarnation of the Taiyin Emperor, he has already lived for ten thousand years in his second incarnation, which means he has reached his peak. This peak will end within one or two thousand years.

Judging from the emperors who chose to ascend in the past, ascending in this state was a tacit understanding among them.

The Taiyin Human Emperor was born at this time and traveled around to help the development of the human race. It really looked like he was about to leave the human universe.

But clearly, they were all disappointed.

The Taiyin Emperor did this only because he had some confidence, but the risk of reversing life was very high, and he could not guarantee that he would succeed. That's why he traveled to various places to completely eliminate his worries, so that he could completely abandon all external affairs and try further cultivation.

And so, time began to fly by again.

For the Taiyin Emperor, who was in seclusion for cultivation, worldly affairs had been almost completely severed, and his past ideals had been largely realized. Therefore, he had truly abandoned everything and was cultivating as a seeker of the Dao in the purest sense.

Therefore, he could calmly endure the monotonous life of secluded cultivation for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, a life unimaginable to most cultivators. In fact, he could even immerse himself in it and experience boundless joy.

Of course, this is only because the current conditions allow him to be a pure seeker of the Way. If war or even dark turmoil were to occur in the human universe at this time, he would not hesitate to withdraw from this state, take up his responsibility again, and protect all living beings.

The Taiyin Emperor in the original timeline was actually in a completely different state from the Taiyin Emperor at this time. That Taiyin Emperor would face countless terrible upheavals.

This is because the era in which the Taiyin Human Emperor lived was an era in which the path to immortality was about to begin. If we calculate based on time, the path to immortality would likely begin during his third incarnation.

Judging from the situation when several self-severed supreme beings emerged to attempt the path to immortality when the Big Dipper Immortal Path and the Flying Immortal Path opened in later generations, the Taiyin Human Emperor was bound to face such a terrifying situation.

Even if there aren't that many supreme beings in forbidden zones who have chosen this path to immortality, there are probably more than just one or two. In order to be in good condition before attempting to ascend to immortality, they might launch a dark upheaval beforehand.

Once the path to immortality truly opens, if they fail to pass the trial, as long as they don't die, they will generally trigger a dark upheaval to heal their injuries and wait for the next opening of the path to immortality.

In other words, the Taiyin Emperor in the original timeline would almost certainly have faced dark turmoil, and possibly more than once.

However, it is clear that during his reign, the Dark Turmoil did not cause much harm to the human world at that time, and he suppressed it with his own strength, instead creating a golden age for the human race.

After the Path to Immortality opened, although the Taiyin Emperor failed to enter it, dying midway due to unforeseen circumstances and developing divine thoughts as a result, he also left behind all the other self-severed supreme beings who wanted to enter the Path to Immortality before his death, preventing them from returning to the mortal realm and suppressing a dark upheaval. However, in the current timeline, the existence of the Immortal Gate has essentially replaced the Path to Immortality, which opens every tens or hundreds of thousands of times. Therefore, even though the Path to Immortality is only tens of thousands of years away from opening, almost no one in the mortal universe is paying attention, not even the Taiyin Emperor, the most promising emperor of the time who has the best chance of making it onto this direct route to the Immortal Realm.

Not to mention, the forbidden zones of life were completely eradicated at the end of the mythological era, and now the human universe will not have any new forbidden zones formed because of the existence of the immortal sects.

Therefore, at this point, the Taiyin Emperor could indeed focus on his cultivation without worrying about other matters.

Through such cultivation, the Taiyin Human Emperor accumulated more and more strength, and eventually moved towards a successful transformation.

Eight thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye. The lifespan of the second incarnation of the Taiyin Emperor should have come to an end, but his aura has only become filled with twilight, without any sign of dissipating.

Within Mount Tai, the Taiyin Emperor's body was withered and decaying, his vital energy and blood were declining, and he was infinitely close to death, as if he would pass away at any moment, but his aura remained stable.

This is, of course, thanks to the Taiyin Emperor's completion of half of the Taihuang Sutra.

With the help of the Taihuang Sutra, the Taiyin Emperor can use the power of the Taishan Origin to slow down his aging and buy himself more time.

In fact, the Taiyin Emperor was already ready to complete his transformation. Within his body, the essence of immortality had condensed into a divine embryo. As long as it was activated, he could use it to reverse his life.

However, the Taiyin Emperor gained some new insights during this process, so he hoped to make further improvements to this divine embryo. That's why he used the Taihuang Scripture to absorb the source of Mount Tai and buy himself time.

These insights stemmed from a comprehension of certain Yin principles contained within the Laurel Elixir of Immortality. Based on this understanding, the Yin Emperor further refined his own Yin principles.

Although there is still a long way to go before fully comprehending the core principles of the laurel elixir of immortality, it has already been a great achievement.

Moreover, this change will also make him more compatible with the Laurel Elixir of Immortality, making it easier for the Taiyin Human Emperor to deeply comprehend the core laws of the Laurel Elixir of Immortality and undergo a completely new transformation.

Before his transformation, the Power Emperor of yesteryear also used the power of the Jade Flower Divine Island's origin to buy time before truly completing his transformation. The Taiyin Human Emperor, who had communicated with the Xuanwu Emperor, was naturally well aware of this, which is why he deliberately slowed down his pace, hoping to achieve perfection.

Under these circumstances, the Taiyin Emperor cannot leave the area of ​​Mount Tai. In fact, to achieve the best effect, he should not leave the terrain of the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin at the core of Mount Tai.

Despite being in a life-or-death situation, the Taiyin Emperor's Dao heart remained clear and unwavering. He then proceeded to subtly alter the divine embryo nurtured by the immortal essence according to his own plan.

And so, another thousand years passed. When the lifespan of his second life reached nineteen thousand years, the Taiyin Human Emperor completed his work and, through this transformation, began his third life.

(End of this chapter)