Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 101 The Truth About the Immortal Tomb
Beyond the distant starry sky, the Immortal Mausoleum lies scattered in the void. Within the Immortal Mausoleum, countless hills stand side by side, none particularly tall, yet all possessing extraordinary charm. Among these hills also stand countless ancient prehistoric steles, their origins unknown.

The atmosphere in these hills is also diverse. Some are shrouded in ethereal mist, like a fairyland on earth; some are filled with auspicious energy, like a blessed land; while others are eerie and gloomy, like a ghostly realm.

Most importantly, these hills are hollow inside, as square as if they were specially carved out tombs, but there is absolutely no trace of artificial excavation.

This is either the work of nature or the work of immortals.

Therefore, the name "Fairy Tomb" is indeed fitting, as the terrain truly resembles a cluster of countless burial mounds.

It is said that this place is the burial ground of ancient immortals. Although the tombs are mostly empty, it is said that this is because the true immortals inside ascended to heaven and left no remains.

In fact, there are still remains of immortals here, namely the remnants of corpses obtained by the Azure Nether Supreme. They only found these after settling in; the other hills were indeed empty.

Even the Bronze Immortal Palace did not originate from this place, but was obtained by the Azure Nether Supreme himself from the outside world.

At this moment, the Underworld Lord, with great interest, ventured into a hill, intending to use his skillful archaeological techniques to explore the origins and development of human cultivation civilization, and to reconstruct and reproduce the true history. After all, it was suspected that a real immortal had been buried here.

But soon, that earth-shattering aura made the Underworld Lord lose his will to continue.

"Holy crap, he, he, he broke a celestial artifact! A celestial artifact! How many are there in this world? You don't want it? Give it to me! This is such a waste, it's an absolute slap on the wrist!"

The Underworld Lord was as if he had lost his parents, letting out bursts of mournful howls. In an instant, he felt that even the Immortal Tomb was no longer appealing.

Meanwhile, the Tongtian Mingbao, which was floating in his sea of ​​consciousness, trembled in fright at this aura and shrank back into the depths of his life spring.

Under the Netherworld Lord's divine powers and source techniques, it had begun to evolve into a celestial artifact, becoming a semi-celestial artifact. But now even true celestial artifacts can be broken, so what good is it even if it becomes a celestial artifact? Won't it still have to be a mere artifact with its tail between its legs?
Liang Yu was unaware that his actions had caused Tongtian Mingbao to abandon all its ambitions and behave itself properly, thus preventing the situation in the original timeline from Tongtian Mingbao betraying the Underworld Lord and seeking independence.

In the original timeline, due to the profound realm and superb source techniques possessed by the Underworld Lord, the Heavenly Underworld Treasure had become a semi-immortal artifact, and due to the Underworld Lord's long-term slumber, it gradually began to develop independent consciousness.

Later, the Underworld Lord and the Emperor achieved extraordinary results while refining the Myriad Origin Cauldron using the Kunlun Immortal Mountain. Subsequently, the Underworld Lord used this to re-refine the Heavenly Underworld Treasure, causing its transformation into an immortal artifact to accelerate significantly.

But the Underworld Lord did not live to see it truly transform into a celestial artifact before his own life came to an end. Thus, the Heavenly Underworld Treasure truly became ownerless.

After all, the next incarnation of the Underworld Lord was the one witnessed by the human demon Dongfang Taiyi in the late Primordial Era. Such a long period of time was enough for him to discard the influence of his former master.

Moreover, even if the Underworld Lord were to quickly live on to the next life, he would still sever all ties with the past within an hour and start anew. In that case, he would still lose control of the Heavenly Underworld Treasure.

Therefore, the loss of control over the Tongtian Mingbao is actually a highly probable event.

But now, Liang Yu's performance in breaking the immortal artifact made it realize that even if it became an immortal artifact, it could not guarantee immortality and indestructibility, so it directly lost the confidence to stand on its own.

After completing the post-war restoration work, Liang Yu carried the bronze immortal palace and began to walk towards the Underworld Lord.

Upon seeing the Bronze Immortal Palace, he was reminded of the Ruthless Great Emperor of later generations, and he couldn't resist the urge to try and see if he could break down the Immortal Palace like her.

The result was that he could indeed destroy the Immortal Palace from within. Although the fact that Azure Nether Supreme and Heavenly Radiance Supreme were severely injured and unable to continue controlling the Immortal Palace also demonstrated his terrifying strength. Of course, it was somewhat regrettable that Liang Yu suffered damage to the Immortal Palace, but not by much.

After all, he already had the Immortal Bell and the Desolate Tower in his hands, and the Boundless Dao Stele and the Qiankun Creation Tower were not far from becoming immortal artifacts, so he no longer had any feelings for immortal artifacts.

In later generations, Ye Fan's Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron clearly became a celestial artifact when he had just lived out his fifth life. Therefore, the time when it truly transformed into a celestial artifact was most likely earlier than his fifth life, and it may have already succeeded in Ye Fan's fourth life.

In other words, Liang Yu would probably be able to refine the Qiankun Creation Tower into a celestial artifact by his fourth incarnation at the latest. After all, although his starting point in his first life was not as high as Ye Fan's, he had already lived two more lives in reverse and had not used the elixir of immortality or the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill.

Since I'm almost able to forge a celestial artifact, it doesn't matter if I break one; it's not like it can't be repaired anyway.

Moreover, breaking a celestial artifact with bare hands is an epic achievement; if you don't try now, you might never have the chance again. After all, there are only a handful of celestial artifacts in the entire universe.

Seeing the bronze immortal palace with a large hole in Liang Yu's hand, the Underworld Lord was heartbroken. He gritted his teeth and said, "Fellow Daoist Wuji, why did you do this? Alas, it truly breaks my heart."

Liang Yu laughed and said, "It's just a celestial artifact. If you and I complete the research on these wondrous places, perhaps you can forge a celestial artifact yourself."

The Lord of the Underworld was aware of this, but seeing such a rare treasure destroyed still caused him immense heartache.

Liang Yu opened his Dharma Eyes and looked at the Immortal Tomb, saying, "In your opinion, fellow Daoist, is this truly the tomb of an immortal?"

The Underworld Lord adjusted his thoughts and said, "Although I haven't looked at it closely yet, based on my many years of experience, it should be true."

Liang Yu smiled as he took out the remains and said, "Fellow Daoist is right."

The Underworld Lord's eyes shone brightly, but he still tried his best to maintain his composure. However, he could not suppress his excitement and said, "There really is a celestial corpse! That celestial tomb is perhaps the most important place we should study."

"After all, during the exploration just now, I have roughly concluded that this is a place that might not have become a wonder like Kunlun Immortal Mountain, but because a true immortal buried a corpse there, it has become a wonder of wonders by relying on the dissipated immortal energy and laws."

Liang Yu was also somewhat surprised; the Underworld Lord was indeed the Underworld Lord, having seen through the essence of this place so quickly. After some verification, he discovered that this Immortal Tomb was indeed as the Underworld Lord had said.

Under normal circumstances, the Immortal Mausoleum would at most be a secret place like the Heavenly River Divine Realm, unable to become a wondrous place with its own independent laws and Dao traces, and near immortality.

In that case, as the world changes, this place will completely lose all its charm and return to ordinariness in a million years at most.

However, under the influence of the dissipated essence of the immortal corpse, the immortal energy, and the laws of immortality, this place began to undergo strange changes.

Under the influence of nature, it evolved by using these non-human forces, forming its own laws and Dao traces, thus becoming truly on par with Kunlun Immortal Mountain and the Primordial Ancient Mine.

Therefore, studying this extraordinary place might indeed be the best starting point for deciphering all extraordinary places. Of course, there's also Kunlun Immortal Mountain, after all, this divine mountain born in the mortal realm can nurture immortal artifacts.

By comparing these two perspectives, unlocking the secrets of this wondrous place seems imminent. Liang Yu is also eagerly anticipating the results he can derive from this research.

(End of this chapter)