Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 99 Immortal Remains
The six supreme beings' expressions changed drastically. The countless stars that had gathered around them began to fade slowly, eventually disappearing without a trace. It was unclear when, but these stars had been replaced by phantoms created with Origin Techniques; the real stars were gone.

If someone had a sufficiently broad perspective, they would discover that countless stars were connected by the Origin Heaven Divine Patterns to form a giant treasure wheel, following behind a piece of immortal land, flying at high speed in the starry sky, traversing the boundless starry sky.

The Underworld Lord sat in the Immortal Tomb, manipulating the Origin Heaven Divine Runes as he muttered to himself, "It should be far enough now. Wuji, you are truly insidious, resorting to such tricks against so many supreme beings who are easy to deal with. But this suits my purposes just fine."

"Let me take this opportunity to see if there is any real immortal tomb in this immortal mausoleum."

Upon discovering this, the Azure Nether Supreme sneered, "Very well, very well. My Immortal Mausoleum has earned enough face by having the two of you join forces to deal with it. Since we have no other way out, then we will fight you to the death and see if the Boundless Great Heavenly Venerable is truly a god among mortals, close to immortality and the Dao."

Liang Yu did not speak again, but an endless aura flowed, and a terrifying aura, as if the heavens were about to collapse, pressed down, as if time and space were frozen by this heavy pressure, eternally still.

These six supreme beings knew that Liang Yu's combat power had reached a level where he could almost instantly kill a sublimated supreme being, so they dared not hold back any longer and directly used their sublimation power to the fullest.

They each swallowed a drop of bright red blood, adjusting themselves to their peak condition, and then their extreme aura soared into the sky.

Liang Yu looked at them with great interest and said, "These blood beads don't seem to be from the mortal world. Could it be that immortals were really buried in the Immortal Tomb?"

The Azure Nether Supreme roared, "Wuji! No matter how strong you are, you are still human. Do you think you can withstand the might of immortals?"

As he spoke, his entire head began to radiate bursts of divine light, revealing a flawless, jade-like skull that could not be concealed even by the skin and flesh covering it. His immense divine sense swept across the entire area, as if an ancient immortal's primordial spirit had been reborn and possessed by him.

Then, the remaining five supreme beings also lit up with their own divine light.

An old woman whose face was obscured swallowed a bead of blood and instantly became young again, regaining her youth. Her originally withered body became plump and beautiful, and the skin on her back revealed countless divine patterns, woven into a seamless celestial garment; she was the Supreme Heavenly Flower.

A burly man wielded a giant axe, his right arm bones radiating golden light, as if he were immortal. With a wave of his hand, the void collapsed and the heavens and earth trembled; he was the supreme god.

A refined young man held a scripture in his hands. His left leg bones emanated invisible waves of energy, as agile and nimble as a swimming dragon, seemingly capable of breaking through all obstacles; he was the Dharma Venerable.

A dignified middle-aged man held a longbow, with a vertical eye between his brows, as if he could see through the essence of all things in the world. He possessed an astonishing immortal light, which seemed to be able to pierce through heaven and earth with every breath, and his sharpness was unstoppable; he was the Supreme Lord of Rending Heaven.

A young man clad in animal skins radiated divine light from his chest, his heart pounding like a great bell, causing the heavens and earth to tremble and ripples to spread through the void; he was the supreme being of the wilderness.

Each of these six supreme beings merged a portion of the remnants of a true immortal into themselves, thereby gaining extraordinary supernatural powers.

However, what surprised Liang Yu the most was that these remains of True Immortals did not come from the same True Immortal.

Among these remains, the heart, the immortal eyes, and the immortal blood they had swallowed all shared the same origin; two bones shared the same origin as the immortal skin; and the head was a separate entity. In other words, the Immortal Tomb was indeed an Immortal Tomb, containing the remains of three true immortals.

However, Liang Yu still discovered a flaw. Although these remnants of True Immortals still contained immortal energy and even the characteristics of immortality, the immortal laws within them had almost completely dissipated.

Even so, it is still incredibly useful.

Liang Yu remained nonchalant and said, "Anything else? These might have been useful against my first incarnation, but they probably won't do me any good now."

The Azure Nether Supreme sighed, "Indeed, after all, you, Great Celestial Venerable, possess two immortal artifacts, the Desolate Tower and the Immortal Bell. How can we, mere remnants of corpses, compare?"

Liang Yu laughed, "Then I'll deliberately fall for your provocation. This time, I won't use the Desolate Tower or the Immortal Bell, I won't even use any weapons, I'll just kill you all with my bare hands." Qingming Supreme laughed loudly, "Good, as expected of the Great Heavenly Venerable, your spirit is truly astonishing. Then we won't hold back."

The six men immediately dispersed and launched their own attacks on Liang Yu.

In truth, the Azure Nether Supreme was also helpless; he truly did not want to fight Liang Yu. This remnant of a True Immortal was originally a supreme treasure they used to comprehend the mysteries of the Immortal Dao.

But after Liang Yu attained enlightenment, during the great battle with Kunlun Immortal Shadow, they were immediately terrified. The combat power that Liang Yu unleashed while wielding the Desolate Tower was something they were completely unable to contend with.

Moreover, judging from Liang Yu's attitude, they are natural enemies of the supreme beings who have launched dark upheavals.

As former supreme beings who once dominated an era, they naturally could not place their hopes on Liang Yu's mercy. Therefore, in order not to sit idly by and wait for death, they spent countless efforts to integrate these immortal corpses into themselves, so that they could draw upon some of their power.

This was the best method they had originally come up with.

During this time, the Carefree Celestial Venerable visited the Immortal Mausoleum and made an agreement with them to explore together the method of restoring the Immortal Platform.

They hadn't expected that the Celestial Venerable Xiaoyao, who had always been unpopular, had managed to gather more than twenty Supreme Beings to work together on the method to repair the Immortal Platform.

After talking with the Carefree Celestial Venerable, the Azure Nether Supreme Venerable discovered that the Carefree Celestial Venerable had created a secret technique that could extract divinity from divine treasures, transform it into a small amount of life force, and even reduce the damage to the Immortal Platform slightly.

The Carefree Celestial Venerable used this secret technique as a reward to attract them to join him.

After these supreme beings united, they first brainstormed and made possible hypotheses about the method of rebirth. After summarizing their findings, they jointly discussed and decided on the next step. Once the direction was determined, the details were broken down and handed over to the supreme beings who were skilled in this type of problem.

In this way, they are only conscious for about one hundred years out of every ten thousand years, using that time to tackle the problems assigned to them. After all, as self-severed supreme beings, if they remain awake for too long, it will cause their lifespan to deplete rapidly, making it difficult for them to revert to their original state.

Ten thousand years later, they will gather again to summarize their research findings and determine the next step.

After repeating this process several times, until a few years ago, they finally developed a method, the same one that the Celestial Venerable Xiaoyao had told Liang Yu about the divine silkworm. However, this method would lead to the loss of self, so they were greatly disappointed, and the small group disbanded.

However, they didn't lose out either. After all, with the secret technique of the Carefree Celestial Venerable, the approximately five hundred years of lifespan they lost during this period were made up for, and their condition even improved considerably due to the reduction in damage to their Sendai.

The rare divine treasures consumed might be precious to others, but for them, they were absolutely worth it. Not to mention, during this collaboration among more than twenty supreme beings, their cultivation had all made considerable progress.

Originally, it would have ended there. But the Azure Nether Supreme discovered that the secret technique created by the Carefree Celestial Venerable could actually refine and absorb these immortal corpses that they had integrated into their bodies.

This was an unexpected delight. But in his excitement, the Azure Nether Supreme did a quick calculation of the life force that the power contained within could be converted into, and discovered that if they each absorbed their own portion of the immortal corpse, they would only gain a few hundred years of lifespan to return to their peak.

If all of these were absorbed by one person, he could gain a lifespan of several thousand years, returning to his peak.

The effect was almost comparable to taking the elixir of immortality and the Nine-Turn Elixir for the first time.

(End of this chapter)