Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 728 God-Slaying Gourd
The last gourd that Yuanhuang found was naturally the Purple-Gold Red Gourd that Daode Tianzun had obtained when he traveled the universe using the Bodhi Divine Embryo. This item was of no use to him, but it was of great significance to Yuanhuang. Therefore, Daode Tianzun threw it out of the Great Luo Immortal Mountain, and thus Yuanhuang obtained it.

After collecting all the gourds, the Emperor Yuan no longer traveled in the human world, but went directly to the Primordial Ancient Mine to begin further cultivation.

Just like in his previous life, his cultivation still focused on the Primordial Immortal Scripture and the study of the gourd vine. However, now that the Yuan Emperor has collected all seven gourds, he has another way to study the gourd vine: weapon forging.

The Immortal-Slaying Gourd is a special ultimate divine weapon formed by the fusion of these seven gourds. Moreover, Emperor Yuan possessed all the methods and experience of the ancient Celestial Venerable in refining the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, so he could even further perfect this technique. Thus, Emperor Yuan immediately devoted himself to training the troops.

The Undying Emperor also gave Yuan Huang great support. Even while in his physical form, he condensed a wisp of primordial immortal fire to help Yuan Huang train his troops.

This wisp of immortal fire came from the Immortal Emperor, a true immortal phoenix, and naturally carried the power of nirvana. Under the effect of this wisp of nirvana immortal fire, the gourds that the Yuan Emperor had collected, which had long since become inanimate objects but still retained some vitality and divine remnants, were directly awakened to their full internal vitality, and even formed a great connection with the gourd immortal vine.

This was clearly an unexpected delight for Emperor Yuan. Under these circumstances, the internal laws of the gourd vine and the special laws within the seven gourds were fully revealed, making them much easier for him to comprehend and saving him a great deal of effort.

Under the constant catalysis of the Emperor, the seven gourds gradually melted into one, which also allowed him to gain a deeper understanding.

Time flies, and five thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye. Emperor Yuan finally succeeded in using this wisp of immortal fire to refine and combine the seven gourds with his previous dark blue Emperor Yuan gourd as the core, and created a white gourd with extraordinary divine power.

Because the paths of the Yuan Emperor and that ancient Celestial Venerable are ultimately different, and the growing environment of this gourd vine will also affect the seven gourds that grow, this gourd is white instead of black, even though it uses the same materials and similar methods.

After pondering for a long time, Emperor Yuan named the white gourd the God-Slaying Gourd. Since the black gourd had taken such a domineering name as the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, he naturally wanted to create a counterpart, and thus the God-Slaying Gourd came into being.

During this process, Emperor Yuan further refined the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, making it even more wondrous. It complemented and enhanced his God-Slaying Gourd, creating a mysterious connection between them. Although the two gourds were independent, they were subtly and inextricably linked.

Compared to that Celestial Venerable, the Yuan Emperor was clearly much luckier. Not only was it easier for him to collect all seven gourds, but he also had the help of the Immortal Emperor's immortal fire, making his weapon-forging journey much easier.

After undergoing a transformation with the help of the Immortal Essence of Immortality, that Celestial Venerable spent nearly three lifetimes refining the Immortal-Slaying Gourd. In contrast, the second generation of the Yuan Emperor had only been in existence for a third of his life, yet he had already successfully refined the God-Slaying Gourd, which was almost equivalent to it. This was undoubtedly a great stroke of luck.

Generally speaking, the weapon of a Dao Prover is basically corresponding to the strength of its master. The stronger the Dao Prover, the more characteristics their natal magic weapon will have that other supreme imperial weapons do not possess.

Aside from special cultivators like Wuliang Tianzun who specialize in this path, the strength of a weapon is not absolutely positively correlated with the individual's strength, but it is still closely related.

The reason why this Immortal-Slaying Gourd is so extraordinary is naturally because that ancient celestial being was reborn and possessed immense power.

While Yuan Huang's strength hadn't yet reached that level, his natal magic weapon had undergone a significant evolution, surpassing what its master should be capable of—a truly remarkable event. After refining the God-Slaying Gourd, Yuan Huang could better understand why that Celestial Venerable had placed his hopes on the Primordial Spirit Dao-Merging Weapon.

The God-Slaying Gourd he had personally crafted was now imbued with a strange vitality and divinity. Even though he knew that the Heavenly Venerable had failed in his Dao Integration Soldier project, he still couldn't help but feel that there was hope for success.

However, the Emperor Yuan had already decided to temporarily focus on transforming himself using the Primordial Immortal Scripture and the Primordial Ancient Mine, so he quickly turned his attention back to his own research.

Around the same time, the Sun Emperor in Mount Tai came to the end of his fourth reign, which lasted for about 30,000 years.

For a Daoist who has twice experienced a resurrection, living to 30,000 years old is naturally not a very long time. But for the Sun Emperor, a shorter lifespan is quite normal.

After all, he has now split into two. Although these two bodies share the burden of his cultivation and enlightenment, they have also divided his own Dao fruit and origin into two parts, thus naturally reducing the lifespan that each body can live.

Compared to the Taiyin Emperor, who had already grasped the essence of Yin and Yang in his later years during his third life, his progress was clearly somewhat slow. If he continued on his path step by step, he would soon have to end his exploration of the mortal immortal path and enter the strange world.

Therefore, the Sun Emperor deliberately used this method to try to shorten the time to enlightenment.

Now he has finally reached the advanced stage of Yin-Yang harmony, and naturally he can use the exploration of Yin-Yang harmony to transform himself, just as the Taiyin Emperor once did.

The Sun Emperor paid only a brief look at human affairs and found that the reigning Yuan Emperor had no ambitions and did not expand his own race. There were no problems with the human race either. So he withdrew his attention and began to prepare for his transformation.

Previously, the Sun Emperor's Yin and Yang bodies sat facing each other, while his Holy Emperor Tower hung high in the void, mobilizing the power of Mount Tai's origin and the array patterns he left behind to suppress and separate the two bodies. There was also the Human Emperor Seal on the outside to suppress it and prevent problems from occurring during his transformation.

However, having successfully grasped the secret of Yin and Yang in harmony, he no longer needed to be so cautious. After all, both of his bodies possessed the power of Yin and Yang and achieved a balance, only with different emphases.

However, the Sun Emperor now needs to undergo a transformation. For any Dao Prover, the method of transformation is extremely difficult and risky. Therefore, the Sun Emperor naturally dared not be careless. This time, he even activated the array patterns left by the Taiyin Emperor to prevent himself from having any problems.

After preparations were complete, the Sun Emperor's two bodies began to utilize the power of Yin and Yang to initiate this transformation.

(End of this chapter)