Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 709 Yin Yang Twin Bodies
The lifespan of the third incarnation of the Sun Emperor will be significantly longer than that of the previous two incarnations. In his prediction, it should be similar to that of the Moon Emperor, lasting for more than 20,000 years.

Now in his twilight years, the Sun Emperor roughly estimated that if he continued to cultivate in Mount Tai, he could probably live for another three or four thousand years.

Therefore, during this period, the Sun Emperor needs to further improve upon his accumulated immortal essence in order to perfect his transformation method as much as possible.

Of course, just in case, the Sun Emperor had already gathered all the materials for the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill during his previous tour of the human universe.

To prevent him from still not perfecting the transformation method after thousands of years, the Sun Emperor began refining the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill as soon as he finished his seclusion.

Of course, although the Sun Emperor also possessed the normal Nine-Turn Immortal Pill formula, the one he was refining at this time was the special Nine-Turn Immortal Pill that the Moon Emperor had refined, which used the two immortal herbs, Fusang and Yuegui, as the main ingredients and combined them into one.

The current Sun Emperor has not yet mastered the art of Yin and Yang in harmony, but with the experience of the Taishan Origin and the previous Taiyin Emperor in alchemy, the Sun Emperor eventually succeeded in refining this special Nine-Turn Immortal Pill.

In this way, even if the Sun Emperor still hasn't fully perfected his transformation method by then, he can use the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill to prolong his life and buy himself some time.

The Sun Emperor couldn't help but sigh. The path to becoming a Mortal Immortal was still too difficult. Even with such superior conditions, he still struggled to make progress. It was hard to imagine how difficult it would be for someone like the Boundless Heavenly Venerable to undergo a complete transformation on his own to become a Mortal Immortal.

However, the Sun Emperor did not give up so easily. There was still a path ahead for him, and he could still grow. Even if he ultimately failed, living several more lifetimes would greatly enhance his foundation and give him a broader future.

Moreover, if he could reverse his life multiple times in the mortal universe, he might have a chance to continue his cultivation in that strange world and complete the latter half of the path to becoming a mortal immortal. After all, that strange world contains substances that promote longevity, which could extend his lifespan, and it happens to be in the Dharma-ending Age, fulfilling the conditions for the birth of a mortal immortal.

In this situation, the only problem with his achievement as a mortal immortal is that his foundation is weaker. However, as long as he continues to improve, it is not impossible to make up for it.

Moreover, becoming a mortal immortal is the greatest accumulation. Even if he can only barely become the weakest mortal immortal, he is still a rare and outstanding person with a bright future.

Therefore, even though the Sun Emperor was losing some confidence in the path to becoming a Mortal Immortal through repeated attempts, he still did not give up on becoming one.

After successfully refining the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill and having a guaranteed method, the Sun Emperor left Mount Tai after a long absence and began to travel throughout the human universe.

All cultivators, including humans, could tell from his aged physique and decaying aura that perhaps this second-generation human emperor, who had existed for over 50,000 years, had reached the point where he was to leave the human universe.

The Sun Emperor's footprints traversed the universe. After helping humanity cultivate a group of talents and intimidating all races with his power, he returned to Mount Tai to begin the final preparations for this life.

Whether this succeeds or fails, the Sun Emperor will abdicate the throne and remove the Heavenly Seal, making way for future generations.

And so, time passed slowly. Drawing upon the various inheritances accumulated by the Taiyin Emperor and the human race over countless years, the Sun Emperor continuously stimulated the immortal essence within his body to grow, and sought inspiration from other transformation methods to create entirely new techniques. Finally, another four thousand years passed, and the third incarnation of the Sun Emperor came to an end.

The three generations of the Sun Emperor, combined, spanned exactly 60,000 years, perfectly matching that of the Moon Emperor. This was undoubtedly a coincidence, and it made the Sun Emperor even more certain that it was time for him to relinquish his throne and focus on his cultivation.

The Sun Emperor hesitated for a moment before summoning the Emperor's Seal. For hundreds of thousands of years since the era of the Moon Emperor, the Emperor's Seal had been continuously accumulating the power of faith to evolve itself. After merging the faith power of two generations of emperors, its foundation was already incredibly profound.

Furthermore, the Human Emperor Seal was originally the natal magic weapon of the Taiyin Human Emperor, making it extraordinary. With these two factors combined, the Human Emperor Seal only needs one more refinement to become a celestial artifact.

The Sun Emperor originally intended to try to completely evolve it into a celestial artifact, but for some reason, due to a premonition, he abandoned this approach and instead inscribed his own solar laws within it, placing them on par with the Taiyin Emperor's Taiyin laws. He also mobilized the power and laws of Mount Tai's origin, further accumulating the foundation of the Emperor Seal.

Under such refinement, the Human Emperor Seal has become more extensive than a Celestial Artifact, but it is still a mixed and not refined one. It lacks the most crucial step of sublimation. Someone needs to succeed the two Human Emperors, Taiyin and Taiyang, and fully integrate the various powers within the Human Emperor Seal before it can leap to become a Celestial Artifact.

Although the Sun Emperor himself was unsure whether such a person would exist in the future, he chose to trust his intuition and believe in the descendants of humanity.

Subsequently, the Sun Emperor began his transformation.

In these thousands of years of research, the Sun Emperor was no longer satisfied with the conventional transformation of immortal essence into immortality. Instead, he began to pursue higher achievements and pave the way for his future self. Now is the time to try.

While catalyzing the immortal essence he had accumulated over three lifetimes, giving it unprecedented vitality, the Sun Emperor took out the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill he had refined and swallowed it in one gulp.

After separating, these two forces were enough to allow the Sun Emperor to live a second life. Under the Sun Emperor's control, they continued to converge and merge. In order to make it even more perfect, the Sun Emperor even used his own physique to draw upon the power of the Taishan Origin to support this transformation.

Ultimately, he successfully integrated all these powers into one. Now, he only needs to digest them to live out his fourth life.

However, the Sun Emperor did not gain enlightenment in this way. Instead, he began to transform himself by using this new life force, and at the same time, he began to use the aura of the Fusang Divine Tree and the Laurel Divine Tree to push his own solar and lunar laws to the extreme.

As the forces of extreme yang and extreme yin clashed, the body of the Sun Emperor gradually split in two, forming two bodies. Both of these bodies lived out their fourth life and returned to their peak.

However, one is dominated by the laws of the sun and supplemented by the laws of Mount Tai, while the other is dominated by the laws of the moon and supplemented by the laws of Mount Tai. These two bodies are opposed to each other, but they can be closely united under the connection of the laws of Mount Tai.

This Yin-Yang dual body is the transformation method researched by the Sun Emperor.

(End of this chapter)