Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 702 The Emperor Refines the Body

Liang Yu said, "The core of your method, the power of Nirvana, is already perfect enough. Although I have also studied the power of Nirvana, I can only say that I have only scratched the surface. So the core of your method is completely determined, and I can only offer some suggestions on other aspects."

The first thing Liang Yu proposed was the change in the form of the immortal artifact body that the Immortal Emperor wanted to transform into.

At this point, Liang Yu was very clear about the state of the Boundless Dao Stele, and he had also incorporated this part of the mystery into this transformation. Therefore, he directly improved the method of the Undying Emperor's self-refinement based on his own experience.

Originally, the Undying Emperor's plan was to nurture the Five-Colored Immortal Gold with his own essence and blood, allowing it to generate a large amount of spirituality, and finally integrate his extraordinary Immortal Phoenix body into it, ultimately refining it into the form of a Five-Colored Immortal Phoenix like the Blood Phoenix Emperor.

However, with Liang Yu's improvements, this form became more complex and mysterious.

First, there's this portion of Five-Colored Immortal Gold. No matter how much the Undying Emperor nurtures it, it's still ultimately an inanimate object. But the human universe contains beings like Holy Spirits, and inanimate objects can transform into living beings under certain conditions.

If a Celestial Gold being were to become a Holy Spirit by chance, it would possess a physique comparable to that of a Chaos Body, and its Celestial Gold body would be virtually indestructible.

The Crimson Phoenix Supreme, who died at the hands of Liang Yu, already surpassed ordinary Dao Provers because half of his body was formed from phoenix blood and crimson gold.

Liang Yu himself had once transformed into a Chaos Holy Spirit, and had also obtained the research on Holy Spirits from the Underworld Lord, the Moral Heavenly Lord, the Spiritual Treasure Heavenly Lord, and others. Furthermore, he had combined the nine great immortal metals to forge a supreme immortal artifact. Therefore, when it comes to the research on Holy Spirits and immortal metals, Liang Yu can almost be said to be unparalleled in the universe.

Therefore, Liang Yu incorporated the mysteries of the Holy Spirit into the laws researched by the Immortal Emperor, which could give this body even greater vitality.

According to Liang Yu's research on the mysteries of the Boundless Dao Stele, although the Undying Emperor cannot be completely transformed into a celestial artifact life form, under this method, the spirituality and vitality within his artifact body can be further refined, minimizing the possibility of the Undying Emperor's primordial spirit sinking.

Moreover, Liang Yu also incorporated the mysteries of the elixir of immortality into this process. When the Immortal Emperor was refining his own physical body, he could also use the body of the Divine Phoenix Immortal Elixir as a main material to make his physical body even more perfect, and also greatly enhance his Nirvana power, thus greatly increasing his evolutionary efficiency.

Of course, it only requires the old body left behind after the Divine Phoenix Immortal Medicine was reborn as a seed; it does not need to be completely fused into it.

Although sacrificing the elixir of immortality would be more effective, neither Liang Yu nor the Immortal Emperor would do that.

Liang Yu wanted to transform the Divine Phoenix Elixir into human form in the future, while the Undying Emperor did so simply because the elixir was formed from a powerful immortal phoenix. The Undying Emperor had a strong sense of belonging to the Phoenix Clan, and he could not possibly sacrifice the elixir, which might have been formed from the body of one of his ancestors.

Of course, Liang Yu's suggestion was also intended to achieve two goals at once. After its Nirvana, the Divine Phoenix Immortal Elixir would transform into a seed, which would then enter the physical body of the Immortal Emperor, growing and evolving alongside him. This could potentially allow the Divine Phoenix Immortal Elixir to acquire a deeper foundation, laying the groundwork for its future transformation.

Although the Divine Phoenix Immortal Elixir was in a daze and lacked much wisdom, it chose to trust this unimaginably powerful master and disciple pair because of its remaining spiritual sense.

At this point, for the Undying Emperor, his physical body was considered completely perfect. Because the Undying Emperor had not mastered the field technique, nor had he deciphered the fundamental laws of the various wondrous lands, Liang Yu's other ideas were temporarily useless, so it was indeed complete enough at the moment.

After that, it is about strengthening one's primordial spirit within the vessel, comprehending the Dao, and developing a small immortal realm.

Regarding the comprehension of Daoist principles, the Undying Emperor had already forged his own path and needed no further guidance from Liang Yu. As for the methods to strengthen the primordial spirit, the Undying Emperor had already obtained some secret techniques from Liang Yu and several other mythical celestial beings, so he didn't need to concern himself with them. As for the evolution of minor immortal realms, whether it was the Earth Immortal or the Corpse-Dissolving Immortal, it was essentially based on the section of scripture left behind by the Desolate Heavenly Emperor that Liang Yu obtained from the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin. Of course, what they obtained was Liang Yu's own translation and adaptation, not the original version.

The Immortal Emperor had already mastered this part of the content, and he had even communicated with several Earth Immortals, from whom he obtained some derivative variations. Therefore, the Immortal Emperor himself had already studied it in sufficient depth.

However, during Liang Yu's transformation, both his physical body and the Qiankun Creation Tower evolved into countless worlds, so his experience could still allow the Undying Emperor to advance further.

Next comes the Undying Emperor separating his Dao Fruit, and the part where he will use the fusion of the Dao Fruit to shatter his physical body and be reborn in Nirvana.

Originally, the Undying Emperor wanted to sacrifice the Undying Heavenly Blade and transform it into his own Dao Fruit clone, just like the Primordial Heavenly Venerable did back then, so that his Dao Fruit could continue to improve and thus be on par with the Dao Fruit that he had evolved within the blade.

However, with Liang Yu's improvements, the Undying Emperor no longer needs to sacrifice the Undying Heavenly Blade as part of the Undying Emperor's Dao Fruit clone. He only needs to devote some energy to supporting the continued evolution of the Dao Fruit clone inside the Undying Heavenly Blade, in addition to evolving himself within the weapon.

In fact, the Primordial Celestial Venerable had already achieved this, but that was a later development. Now, the Undying Emperor is in his sixth incarnation, and knowing the specific method, he can still avoid damaging the Undying Heavenly Blade.

Thus, the Undying Heavenly Blade escaped a calamity and not only continued to exist, but also continued to evolve due to the nurturing of the Undying Emperor's first six Dao Fruits.

Although the Undying Heavenly Blade had no objection to sacrificing itself for the Undying Emperor, it was certainly better to continue existing and evolving than to be directly turned into nourishment. Therefore, it could be said to be extremely grateful to Liang Yu.

As for the final step of fusing the two Great Dao Fruits to shatter the physical body, transforming it back into life, and using this process to undergo Nirvana, the Undying Emperor himself had already mastered it perfectly, so Liang Yu did not need to offer any further suggestions for modification.

After thoroughly digesting Liang Yu's improved techniques, the Immortal Emperor said, "Master, see you in the future."

Although the Immortal Emperor can now ensure that his true spirit remains intact, it will still take him a considerable amount of time to awaken after transforming into a physical body. It's uncertain whether his master will still be alive by then. Therefore, this can be considered a farewell in advance.

Then, the Undying Emperor began his cultivation. He first separated his Dao Fruit, transforming it into a five-colored immortal phoenix, and sealed it into the Undying Heavenly Blade. Countless array patterns converged, using the Undying Heavenly Blade and its Dao Fruit as the core, continuously tempering the blade and allowing the Dao Fruit to slowly evolve as well.

Next, the Undying Emperor took out the Five-Colored Immortal Gold, which he had refined by combining five kinds of immortal gold over 80,000 years, and combined it with the old body left by the Divine Phoenix Immortal Medicine. Then, he disintegrated himself and merged into it, forming a statue of a Five-Colored Immortal Phoenix.

Although it is a statue, it exudes a mysterious vitality, as if it is about to come to life and take flight at any moment.

Then, his primordial spirit entered the statue along with the seed of the Divine Phoenix Elixir of Immortality, making the statue, which was faintly alive, even more vibrant, as if it were truly a sleeping celestial phoenix.

Ultimately, the Immortal Emperor's primordial spirit merged into it, completely transforming into the vessel's form. Thanks to his superior cultivation and methods, the statue instantly became a celestial artifact, faintly exuding an inexplicable aura of immortality.

Seeing that the Immortal Emperor had achieved initial success, Liang Yu waved his hand and left a fine array of energy fields on the statue to help it grow faster.

(End of this chapter)