Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 847 Traceability
During his travels through the starry sky, Li Er's cultivation level continued to improve, and he successfully discovered the existence of the Reincarnation Seal within his body and studied it.

Thanks to the emergence of five emperors in the Underworld during this era—the Three Lives Emperor, the Corpse Emperor, the Source God, the Source Demon, and the Source Ghost—its strength and reputation have expanded to the maximum extent.

Therefore, the Reincarnation Seal and the method of raising corpses are relatively widespread in the human universe. Of course, due to the conscious restrictions imposed by the underworld, only a very few people know the details of the method of raising corpses; others only know that this phenomenon exists.

Therefore, Li Er was able to learn what the Reincarnation Mark within his body meant during this process. From this moment on, Li Er finally knew some of the secrets about his origins, although it was still unknown which great supernatural being or ancient corpse he was a spirit medium.

This result naturally allowed Li Er to successfully explain all the unusual phenomena in his body, including his extraordinary comprehension, powerful physique, special Daoist aura, and unique appearance.

Clearly, most of these are related to his predecessor.

After learning about his origins, Li Er, despite his usually clear-mindedness, couldn't help but feel a surge of joy. After all, besides his unwavering pursuit of cultivation, discovering his own origins was his greatest goal, and this goal had made significant progress.

However, it was from this moment that Li Er suddenly thought of the special attitude that the quasi-emperor of the Mighty Bull Demon Clan had towards him on the ancient primordial star.

Over the years, although the Great Sage of the Green Ox's cultivation was far inferior to that of Li Er, only reaching the third level of the Quasi-Emperor realm, he was still significantly stronger than the vast majority of geniuses in the human universe. Only a few cultivators of his generation could compare to him.

Let alone the Mighty Bull Demon Clan, even among the major forces that have truly produced Dao Prodigies, this Green Bull's talent is absolutely top-notch.

It is clearly highly unusual that the quasi-emperor would be willing to make such a prodigy his follower and mount.

Therefore, it is very likely that the future emperor recognized his predecessor, which is why he did this.

After all, making friends is one thing, and having followers is another. The former, even if there is a distinction between primary and secondary, are equal, while the latter have a clear distinction in status.

Even if Li Er possessed extraordinary talent and boundless potential, this attitude was still somewhat excessive.

While the appearance of a Dao Prover is not exactly a secret, it will eventually fade into the dust of history, disappearing until no one remembers it anymore. The Mighty Bull Demon Clan, a large clan that has never produced a Dao Prover and rarely interacts with them, knows even less about Dao Provers.

Therefore, it seems that his predecessor must have had a great relationship with the Mighty Bull Demon Clan, which is why that quasi-emperor did such a thing.

During his previous travels and cultivation, Li Er obtained a lot of information about the Mighty Bull Demon Clan from this green ox. Although the green ox was reluctant to tell Li Er many things due to racial inheritance, Li Er still knew that if the Mighty Bull Demon Clan had a close relationship with any Daoist and could recognize their physical appearance, it must be the Moral Celestial Venerable.

After all, their ancestor was rumored to be the mount of the Celestial Venerable Morality.

So, could it be that he was a spirit communicating with the deceased Lord of Morality? But after careful consideration, Li Er still found it hard to believe.

As a cultivator born from an ancient star, he was very familiar with the name of the Moral Celestial Venerable and was quite clear about his deeds.

Therefore, he was very clear that the Celestial Venerable Morality had appeared until the end of the mythological era. If the legend of the Mighty Bull Demon Clan is true, then the Celestial Venerable Morality also appeared in the early part of this era.

So, given the existence of celestial gates that allow ascension, how could such a brilliant and talented figure as the Celestial Venerable of Morality simply pass away and become a corpse to communicate with spirits?
Faced with this perplexing situation, Li Er decided to personally travel to the Mighty Bull Demon Clan to try and uncover the truth.

Qingniu was naturally quite excited about this. Although becoming someone else's follower was somewhat embarrassing, he was absolutely convinced of Li Er's abilities. At this point, Li Er was almost certainly going to be the emperor of this generation, so he figured the Mighty Bull Demon Clan wouldn't target him too much. Thus, Li Er and Qingniu arrived at the Mighty Bull Demon Clan.

After the Xuanxiao Quasi-Emperor greeted him, Li Er cupped his hands and said, "I have come to your noble family to ask you a question."

Xuanxiao Quasi-Emperor said, "I guess you want to ask me why I let you subdue him back then, right?"

Li Er said, "Yes, please enlighten me, Fellow Daoist Xuanxiao."

Xuanxiao Quasi-Emperor said, "Sir, you should know that our clan has a portrait of the Moral Celestial Venerable, which was made by our ancestor by imitating his form and Daoist charm. It is a true replica of the Moral Celestial Venerable's true appearance."

"To answer this question, I would naturally like to invite you inside and view this portrait with me."

Long before Li Er arrived, the several quasi-emperors of the Mighty Bull Demon Clan had already decided to reveal the secret of the portrait in order to investigate the true origins of this Li Er. They simply could not believe that the Moral Celestial Venerable had actually passed away, so the truth naturally held immense appeal for them.

Therefore, Emperor Xuanxiao had the authority to bring Li Er, an outsider, to view this painting.

Upon seeing the portrait of the Celestial Venerable Morality, both Xuanxiao Quasi-Emperor, who had seen it more than once, and Qingniu, who was seeing it for the first time, exclaimed in amazement, "It's so lifelike, so incredibly lifelike!"

In their eyes, Li Er not only looked exactly like the Taoist deity in the portrait, but even his aura was almost identical, with no difference whatsoever.

In Li Er's eyes, the other "self" in this portrait was indeed too similar to his own aura, causing him to feel a momentary daze. However, upon closer inspection, he still discovered a subtle difference.

But if he was a spirit communicating with his ancient corpse, then this difference would obviously be normal. This made Li Er begin to doubt whether his predecessor was truly the legendary Moral Celestial Venerable.

However, despite the immense impact of this fact, which even made Qingniu somewhat give up thinking, Li Er remained as calm as ever.

He said, "So, Fellow Daoist Xuanxiao did this because I might be a being wholly connected to the Celestial Venerable of Morality?"

Xuanxiao Quasi-Emperor said, "No, I don't necessarily think you are the ancient corpse of the Moral Celestial Venerable who communicates with spirits."

Li Er asked, "Why?"

Xuanxiao Quasi-Emperor said, "Because the reincarnation seal in your body is obviously different from the normal reincarnation seal, isn't it? With this in mind, I naturally don't believe that your predecessor was the Moral Celestial Venerable."

"Of course, this may be because I don't want to admit that Moral God is dead, but that's how I feel."

Seeing Li Er lost in thought, Xuanxiao Quasi-Emperor continued, "If you wish to continue exploring the truth, why not go to the Underworld and study the differences in the Reincarnation Seals? You will then gain further insight."

(End of this chapter)