Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 731 Immortal Vine Seed Divine Embryo

Although Emperor Yuan had made many preparations for the Primordial Lake lineage, in reality, with his current strength, it wouldn't take him too long to accomplish these things.

Therefore, since the Yuan Emperor lived out his third life, only a few hundred years have actually passed, and the refinement of the ultimate imperial weapon has already taken up more than half of that time.

After returning to the Primordial Ancient Mine, Yuanhuang began further cultivation. However, as Yuanhuang gained a deeper understanding of the Gourd Immortal Vine, his direction actually began to shift.

Initially, under the guidance of the Immortal Emperor, Yuanhuang realized that his primordial spirit was not limited to merging with Dao weapons; he could also try merging with this gourd vine to become a divine medicine body and then be reborn, thus achieving a transformation.

Although it might damage a divine herb, such a price is not insignificant for the sake of his cultivation. Moreover, the gourd vine might not necessarily be destroyed. With the occasional guidance of the Undying Emperor, he might be able to find a way to regenerate it without destroying the vine.

However, after Yuanhuang mastered the Taichu Immortal Scripture, he naturally gained a deep understanding of the methods of the Earth Immortals and generated more inspiration from it.

The method of becoming an Earth Immortal is actually somewhat similar to the method of merging one's primordial spirit with the Dao. Both involve merging oneself into another inanimate object and using its properties to gain immortality and continuously evolve. However, the method of becoming an Earth Immortal is clearly more complex and safer, making it a truly smooth and prosperous path.

However, the prerequisites for becoming an Earth Immortal are too difficult to meet, so to this day only a handful of people have succeeded in this path.

Yuanhuang gained insights from the methods of the Earth Immortals, further perfecting his own methods. He could then integrate himself, the gourd vine, and the Primordial Ancient Mine into one, achieving a symbiotic relationship among the three.

In this way, the essence of the Primordial Ancient Mine can support and replenish the essence that he absorbed and consumed from the Gourd Immortal Vine during his transformation.

Moreover, after merging with the gourd vine, he can maintain his identity by relying on his close connection with the Primordial Ancient Mine, so as to avoid the risk of losing his mind like a primordial spirit merging with the Dao.

Even when he is about to break free from the gourd vine and transform into a new life, the power of the Primordial Ancient Mine can help him further reshape himself.

After establishing his future direction, Emperor Yuan continued his cultivation, constantly refining his method to increase his chances of success.

During his cultivation, Yuanhuang would also take time to study other methods of transformation, trying to draw inferences from one instance to another, gain new insights, and better improve his own methods.

And so, the Primordial Emperor vanished from the mortal realm once more, never to be seen again. Had it not been for his ever-present and powerful aura of the Great Dao, even the cultivators of the Primordial Lake lineage would have found it difficult to confirm whether the Primordial Emperor was still in the mortal world.

By this time, even though the Yuan Emperor had left the human universe, the Primordial Lake lineage had enough resources to stand among the powerful races of the human universe. Therefore, the Primordial Lake lineage paid less attention to the Yuan Emperor than other races. They were more focused on converting all the resources left behind by the Yuan Emperor to make their lineage even stronger.

And so time flew by again, and in the blink of an eye, nearly 20,000 years had passed.

Just when all the races of the human world were about to forget the existence of the Yuan Emperor, his aura, which began to fluctuate and weaken, made all the races of the human world remember his existence again.

Clearly, the third incarnation of the Yuan Emperor had a lifespan of about 20,000 years, and now it was coming to an end, which is why he was unable to control his own Dao aura.

Including his two previous lives totaling 30,000 years, Emperor Yuan has already lived for 50,000 years, which is undoubtedly a far superior number. Even some Dao-proving individuals who possess both the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill and the Elixir of Immortality cannot live to 50,000 years old, yet Emperor Yuan has achieved it.

Just as the various races of the human universe began to recall the deeds of the Yuan Emperor once again and began to observe his future, his Dao aura began to dissipate continuously, and finally he completely broke away from the Heavenly Heart Mark.

Had the Primordial Emperor passed away? None of the races in the mortal universe, or even the Primordial Lake lineage, could be certain. But considering that many previous emperors had vanished silently, they naturally leaned towards the idea that the Primordial Emperor had entered the Immortal Realm in his later years. Meanwhile, in the Primordial Ancient Mine, the Primordial Emperor, now in his twilight years, said, "Thank you for your help, Heavenly Emperor."

For Emperor Yuan at this moment, removing the Heavenly Heart Mark and allowing his own Dao aura to naturally dissipate was not an easy task.

Knowing that his situation was urgent and that he needed to focus all his energy on the transformation, the Undying Emperor took direct action. A blade of light flew out from the Undying Heavenly Blade, tracing the Yuan Emperor's Dao aura all the way up to the heavens, completely separating the Heavenly Heart Mark from its Dao aura.

This was a request made by Emperor Genko while the Immortal Emperor was still conscious, which is why he expressed his gratitude.

The Immortal Emperor said, "It seems you have explored the path to the future sufficiently. Then I wish you success."

Emperor Yuan said, "I am certain that I will succeed, thanks to the auspicious words of the Heavenly Emperor."

Then, the Immortal Emperor fell into a deep sleep once more. In order to help the Yuan Emperor unleash this strike, the Immortal Emperor had deliberately endured for a longer period of time, and only now fell asleep, naturally no longer having the energy to pay attention to whether the Yuan Emperor had succeeded.

Emperor Yuan, with his mind highly focused, began his transformation.

Through years of cultivation and enlightenment, Emperor Yuanhuang has achieved new insights compared to his previous understanding, and thus he has modified his method of transformation.

The ancient celestial being who refined the Immortal-Slaying Gourd lived a third life by accumulating immortal essence and ultimately undergoing a transformation. Therefore, he had conducted extremely detailed research on this method; the Undying Emperor had also used this method.

With their accumulated knowledge, Emperor Yuan naturally had a great understanding of this art.

Therefore, during his nearly 20,000 years of cultivation in this lifetime, the Yuan Emperor began to nurture the immortal essence of longevity, which is expected to lead to another path of transformation.

However, since the time when the Emperor Yuanhuang transformed into the Immortal Essence of Immortality was too late, he no longer had enough time to accumulate it, so this method seemed to have to be abandoned.

However, the birth of this immortal essence gave the Yuan Emperor a new insight. He changed the method that was originally derived from the primordial spirit merging with the Dao weapon and the parasitic immortal medicine, and used the divine embryo formed by the immortal essence nurtured in his own body as the core, replacing the primordial spirit and the immortal true spirit that he had planned before.

After several revisions, the Emperor Yuan's laws were finally perfected and were now ready to be put to use.

Emperor Yuan adjusted his own condition, buried himself in the Primordial Ancient Mine with the help of the Primordial Immortal Scripture, and planted the gourd vine directly on his body so that it could absorb nutrients from his body to grow continuously.

Meanwhile, the unfinished immortal essence within him, transformed into a divine embryo, entered his body through the roots of the gourd vine under the protection of the Primordial Ancient Mine Law, and achieved symbiosis with the help of the Yuan Emperor's previous research on the gourd vine.

In this way, the gourd vine continuously absorbed the essence of the original body of the Yuan Emperor and the Primordial Ancient Mine to evolve itself, while the divine embryo of the Yuan Emperor, which coexisted with the gourd vine, began to continuously absorb the original divinity of the gourd vine to evolve.

In this way, the gourd vine became a transit point and converter, continuously providing the Yuan Emperor with the power of rebirth and transformation. After all, the primordial power of the Primordial Ancient Mine could no longer directly affect him, but it was different after being transformed by the gourd vine.

(End of this chapter)