Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 767 Second Generation
The Origin God, aged 15,000 years, has finally reached the end of this life. Even divine treasures born from the Origin, unless they become immortals, will ultimately be subject to the calamities of birth, aging, sickness, and death.

Of course, this is only the theoretical end of a Source God's lifespan. Unlike most other Dao Prodigies, Source Gods have two other ways to extend their lifespan and postpone the start of their second life.

The first type is the Source God's own talent; he can slow down aging and prolong his life by absorbing divine treasures from the Source.

In the original timeline, the Source God and Source Demon were among the more active beings among the supreme beings of the forbidden zones, and they were able to maintain a decent state. The reason for this was most likely related to this talent.

From the Source Masters' Divine Treasures that Ye Fan cut open, it can be seen that they can absorb all the Earth Life Fruits, Divine Medicines, and other treasures sealed in the Source by absorbing the essence of the Source, and turn them into their own nourishment.

When the Source God of this worldline absorbed the essence of the Source from all over the universe to comprehend the Dao, he also further enhanced this talent. Therefore, as long as there are enough Sources sealed with immortal treasures for him to absorb, it is entirely possible to further extend his lifespan under this limit.

The second method relies on the Netherworld Nerve to activate the Netherworld's essence, replenish one's life essence, and slow down the aging process.

Thanks to the already strong connection between the Source God and the Underworld, this method was perfectly applicable to him. However, this connection wasn't strong enough to allow him to relive his life once again.

Of course, the Source God has other methods, such as using his own talent to reduce his life activities and using Source Technique to simulate the process of being sealed in the Source before his birth to lock in the loss of life, etc., but these methods can be said to have little effect.

For a living emperor, any attempt to seal off his vital energy and lifespan is futile.

The reason for considering these methods instead of trying the most orthodox method of transformation is that the Source God is willing but unable to do so. In his cultivation in this life, he has not found a way to successfully reverse his life.

How to prolong life when transformation is impossible was originally a problem that troubled most cultivators, but after the opening of the Immortal Gate, this problem no longer exists. They only need to enter the strange world directly after failing to explore.

The Source God should have done the same, but considering that the Source Ghost and Source Demon might also face this predicament of having no way out without ascension in the future, the Source God's actions were actually exploring a path forward for them.

After all, they might use such methods in the future, and they might even discover methods of transformation by extending their lifespan through these means.

Although the Underworld does not currently possess its own elixir of immortality, the Underworld Emperor has a deep friendship with the other major Earth Immortals, so finding one is not difficult. Moreover, during the Corpse Emperor's era, the Underworld still retained many fruits from the Ancient Tree of Life, so it is not a problem for the Source God to live a second life.

However, considering that he should enter the strange world in peak condition, the Source God did not use the elixir of immortality directly, but instead began to try these methods of prolonging life.

His initial method was naturally to absorb the celestial treasures within the source. So he left the Netherworld again and searched for various sources containing special divine treasures in the human universe, using their essence to prolong his life, ultimately extending his lifespan considerably.

Using this method, the Source God's life was extended for a full 1,500 years before he returned to the Underworld.

The reason for giving up at this time is mainly because this method has reached its limit and is difficult to continue using. Even the Earth Life Fruit, a divine treasure, has lost its effect. Apart from the Elixir of Immortality, other divine treasures are indeed of little use.

However, in this process, the legend of the Source God spread even more widely.

After returning to the Underworld, the Source God still did not use the elixir of immortality to live a second life. Instead, he began to use the Underworld Scripture to prolong his life and continue to slow down his aging.

Under this method, the Source God extended its lifespan by another 1,500 years in its later years. Of course, during these 3,000 years, the Source God also used other means to assist and minimized its own consumption as much as possible, which barely allowed it to achieve this.

In other words, the Source God lived for 18,000 years in his first life, which is indeed an incredible feat. Although his lifespan was extended entirely by external forces, this alone is enough to prove his special nature.

At this point, the Source God has no other options but the elixir of immortality.

Even the Underworld Emperor found his actions somewhat unbelievable. However, very few people could replicate these methods; they were clearly attempts made by the Source Gods for the sake of the Source Demons and Source Ghosts.

At this truly desperate moment, the Source God finally used the fruit of the Ancient Tree of Life left behind by the Corpse Emperor and successfully lived a second life.

In this lifetime, the Source God completely abandoned all distractions and devoted himself wholeheartedly to his cultivation.

After all, he was about to leave the human universe in this lifetime, and he should focus entirely on himself.

Perhaps because it had absorbed too much essence, or perhaps because the Tree of Life was truly extraordinary, the second-generation Source God felt that his life force had become much stronger.

Because of his previous experience, this time, after starting his second life, the Source God relied on the Netherworld Scripture and other means to reduce his life consumption and began to focus on his own cultivation.

Time flies, and two thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye. In the Boundless Immortal Mountain, the God Emperor finally ended his cultivation. And at this moment, he had finally reached the end of this fourth incarnation. Living for fifty thousand years in this fourth incarnation was indeed an extraordinary thing.

At this point, the Divine Emperor had fully grasped all the content that Liang Yu had specifically instructed him on, which required further comprehension. In other words, his Eleventh Transformation of the Divine Silkworm had reached a completely new level, enough to unlock the next stage of cultivation.

Since Liang Yu was still in seclusion at this time, the Divine Emperor could only find the Daoist Wuji first.

Liang Yu's clone is also slowly advancing his own Red Dust Immortal state, hoping to regain the peak Red Dust Immortal state that his original body once reached.

In addition, he tried his best to deduce the methods of Earth Immortals based on Wuji Immortal Mountain, exploring the next direction and striving to develop new variations. Of course, the methods of field were also of paramount importance.

Therefore, Wuji Daoren is currently in an extremely busy state.

However, he was indeed more relaxed than the original body, so the God Emperor still managed to find him smoothly.

The Daoist Wuji said, "Judging from your appearance, it seems you have already achieved some success in the Eleven Transformations of the Divine Silkworm?"

The Divine Emperor said, "Yes, that's why I would like to ask Senior Wuji to allow me to undergo a transformation on this immortal mountain."

(End of this chapter)