Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 824 Ascension
Before his transformation, Yuan Gui felt that he had little room for improvement in his first life, and his cultivation was accumulating very slowly. Therefore, his main improvements were in source techniques and field.

But after completing this transformation, Yuan Gui not only found that he had made great progress, but even his upper limit in this realm had been raised a lot, gaining more room for improvement, not to mention the improvement in lifespan and combat power.

In this way, even if he enters a strange world, he can probably save a lot of hard work and time.

Clearly, this is the benefit of completing the transformation. This is also why those who attained enlightenment in the past strived to complete their transformation in the human universe before going to the strange world.

After all, although the strange world is also in the Dharma-ending Age, there are substances that promote longevity, making it difficult to reach old age when lifespan is exhausted. If one cannot even reach old age, then it is difficult to experience death.

If one cannot grasp the true meaning of death and life, then achieving a transformation will naturally become much more difficult, and not everyone can proactively undergo a transformation.

Therefore, Genki's achievement this time is absolutely significant.

The Underworld Emperor said, "Congratulations, Junior Brother, on your successful transformation. With this, you will likely achieve even greater advancement after entering the Strange World."

Yuan Gui said, "Without my senior brother's help, and without Yuan Shen and Yuan Mo accumulating experience for me, I probably wouldn't have been able to successfully achieve this transformation on my own."

"It's truly unimaginable how terrifying the difficulty of becoming a Red Dust Immortal is, requiring multiple transformations to succeed."

The Underworld Emperor said, "Yes, I hadn't even managed one transformation before I became an Earth Immortal. Back then, I knew that those who could undergo multiple transformations were unimaginable geniuses."

"Fortunately, even those of us who aren't particularly talented still have a path to take. I can embark on the path of becoming an Earth Immortal through persistent, gradual progress. Although it's a slow journey, I can still make continuous progress."

"As for the Source Gods and Source Demons, and even more outstanding Dao Provers like yourself, they can enter the Strange World to prolong their lives and wait for the opportunity to enter the Immortal Realm to continue their path."

At this point, the Underworld Emperor couldn't help but sigh, "Thanks to the Boundless Supreme Heavenly Venerable, we all have a bright future."

Yuan Gui said, "The Great Celestial Venerable is indeed the benefactor of countless Dao-proving practitioners, including us."

The Underworld Emperor regained his senses and asked, "What will you do next? Will you ascend directly, or will you try to explore the path to immortality again?"

Yuan Gui smiled bitterly, "Senior brother, you've seen this transformation. I barely succeeded this time because of Yuan Shen and Yuan Mo paving the way and you protecting me. He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened. Reaching this point in the human universe is basically my limit."

The Underworld Emperor had anticipated this, and immediately nodded, saying, "Indeed, after entering the strange world, you can comprehend the Dao of that world and exchange ideas with countless Dao-proving individuals who have ascended to this world for many years. Perhaps they can bring you entirely new insights."

Yuan Gui said, "But before I leave, I still want to do something for you, Senior Brother."

After this transformation, the source ghost's compatibility with the underworld has increased significantly, and its source techniques have become more refined with the addition of field techniques. Although it is not yet at the level of the source emperor like the underworld lord of the past, it is already able to further transform the underworld.

The Underworld Emperor readily agreed. Even though the Xuanwu Emperor, who became an Earth Immortal many years later, had far less advanced infrastructure on Jade Flower Divine Island than he did, he still managed to maintain an extremely high rate of evolution in his Earth Immortal Realm because of the enhancement provided by his Domain Technique.

Even the Underworld Emperor himself struggled to master Source Techniques to a high level, let alone more complex domain techniques. Such special talent was indeed not something easily acquired. Therefore, the Source Ghost's assistance was of great significance to him, greatly promoting his further upgrades and evolution of the Underworld.

So after living out his third life, the Source Demon did not leave immediately, but instead spent another three thousand years helping the Underworld Emperor to carry out an extremely profound reconstruction of the Underworld.

Thanks to the fact that the Source Ghosts are more powerful than the Source Gods and Source Demons, the Underworld Emperor successfully made the evolution of the Underworld more traceable, and the distribution of various ley lines and special terrains became more reasonable and systematic.

While this won't directly enhance the essence of the Underworld, it can greatly improve the operation of its various parts, allowing the Underworld Emperor to utilize the power of the Underworld more freely.

In other words, the Underworld Emperor's power and even his cultivation level did not actually increase, but his efficiency in using his own power improved by a level.

In addition, the development space of the Underworld has become much larger, which can be regarded as indirectly improving the Dao Fruit of the Underworld Emperor.

After accomplishing all this, Genji finally decided to leave the human universe. After all, it was difficult for him to achieve significant improvement in the human universe, but the situation was different in that world.

At this time, the third incarnation of the Source Demon had only lived for three thousand years, but if the time required for transformation is included, he had lived for forty thousand years since his birth. Being able to live for so long is already quite remarkable.

The Underworld Emperor said, "Are you planning to leave now?"

Yuan Gui said, "Senior Brother Minghuang, my future lies in the strange world, and I also miss Yuanshen and Yuanmo a little."

The Underworld Emperor said, "After becoming an Earth Immortal, my perception of time seems to have become somewhat less acute. When I think back, it's been hundreds of thousands of years since the Source Demon left that time, but it feels like I said goodbye to him just yesterday."

"The even earlier Origin Gods, Corpse Emperors, and Three Lives Emperors existed countless tens of thousands of years ago. I wonder what became of them now."

Upon hearing Yuan Gui's words, the Underworld Emperor suddenly realized that he seemed to be losing his sense of time. After all, the greatest benefit of the Earth Immortal Technique was the ability to achieve immortality ahead of time.

An immortal being, without the process of aging or the threat of death, would naturally find it difficult to perceive the passage of time.

Even the Underworld Emperor couldn't help but sigh at this sentiment.

Of course, this is also because the Corpse Emperor, Source God, Source Demon, and Source Ghost, who had been nurtured in the Underworld for many years, were all leaving one after another, and in the future, he would indeed be the oldest one in the Underworld.

Yuan Gui said, "Don't worry, Senior Brother, I will go and see their current situation for you. And since you already know the path ahead, we will surely meet again. When that time comes, we will fight side by side and make the name of the Underworld resound throughout the heavens."

The Underworld Emperor said, "I hope that day will come soon."

Afterwards, Yuan Gui bid farewell to the Underworld Emperor, turned around and left the human universe, leaving the human universe through the immortal sect's great formation, heading towards his own future.

(End of this chapter)