Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 113 Nirvana
Under the Mysterious Eye of Dharma, which was driven by the Great Dao of Yin and Yang, Liang Yu saw even more clearly the process of the Chaos Green Lotus's Nirvana and understood its purpose.

The elixir of immortality is inherently divine, allowing one to live forever. Even if severely injured, it can still be reborn under suitable conditions.

It's normal for things like the Qilin Immortal Elixir and the Bodhi Ancient Tree to have intact seeds remaining.

Like a humanoid elixir of immortality, it is now just a withered root, devoid of all life and even the last trace of its divinity has vanished. Any other creature would be utterly dead by now.

But under the combined nourishment of the divine spring, the essence of the immortal medicine, and its own life spring, Ye Fan managed to regenerate. This kind of immortal divinity is truly terrifying.

Legend has it that there were originally thirty immortal herbs, each unique, but perhaps only half remained in later generations. Of course, this refers to the number in Ye Fan's era; now, in the mythical age, there might be slightly more.

After all, the laurel tree that still exists today disappeared completely after it was obtained by the Taiyin Emperor in ancient times, and it's hard to say whether it was destroyed.

Although this is just a rumor, it shows that even with such terrifying immortality, these elixirs of immortality would be hard-pressed to protect themselves in the midst of cosmic turmoil.

Without a means of protection, even if one achieves immortality, one will still live in constant fear, as if walking on thin ice. When the time for calamity arrives, one will still turn into a handful of dust and vanish completely.

Therefore, although the Chaos Green Lotus was also an immortal elixir with a weak consciousness, it decided to defy fate and embark on the path of cultivation.

Rather than living an eternal life in this state of hiding and running, it's better to roam the universe in the most invincible and glorious state, achieving a short but extremely brilliant life.

Therefore, the Chaos Green Lotus has undergone Nirvana several times, some by unavoidable circumstances, but most by its own deliberate actions.

Its purpose is to continuously consume and transform this trace of immortal divinity during the process of constant nirvana, strengthen its true spirit, and ultimately completely break free from the body of the elixir of immortality, take human form, and embark on the path of invincibility.

For this reason, its divine power is significantly stronger than that of other immortality elixirs.

However, when it comes to divine power, most immortal divine medicines are quite weak, but the humanoid divine medicine and the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree are exceptions.

The Enlightened Ancient Tea Tree gained a portion of immortal divinity because it coexisted with the Wuji Immortal Mountain, thus acquiring a higher level of intelligence. The Humanoid Divine Tree, despite lacking these conditions, still possesses a higher level of intelligence, perhaps due to its unique nature or because it, like the Chaos Green Lotus, underwent a similar nirvana.

Liang Yu knew that the Chaos Green Lotus's idea had ultimately succeeded. Utilizing the unique terrain of the Immortal Transformation Pool and the immortal laws contained within the fragments of the Myriad Origin Cauldron, it successfully shed its immortal divine medicine body and became the first supreme demon emperor to attain enlightenment in the post-ancient era.

However, the subsequent events surrounding the Azure Emperor are somewhat difficult to assess. Opportunities to become immortals rained down upon him, but he managed to avoid them all, not taking a single drop.

However, Liang Yu still had high hopes for the Azure Emperor's potential. After all, the Chaos Azure Lotus was originally a divine being born innately, and later became an Immortal King in the Immortal Ancient Era. The immortal elixir at this time was transformed from its nirvana. In other words, the Azure Emperor could actually be considered a reincarnation of an Immortal King.

However, in a way, he and the Great Emperor Wushi form a control group.

The Azure Emperor's predecessor was the Chaos Azure Lotus Immortal King, and the Beginningless Emperor's predecessor was the Endless Immortal King; the Azure Emperor was a manifestation of the Immortal Elixir, ranking among the strongest physiques; the Beginningless Emperor was a Primordial Sacred Body Dao Embryo, on par with the strongest physique, the Chaos Body; the Azure Emperor was the first Great Emperor after the Desolate Ancient Era, and the Beginningless Emperor was the last Great Emperor of the Desolate Ancient Era.

Even later generations of Ye Fan, after embarking on the ancient starry road, were often referred to as the young Wu Shi, comparable to the Azure Emperor, and on par with the Ruthless Man.

However, one of them took the wrong path and ultimately missed countless opportunities to become an immortal; the other took the right path and ultimately had unlimited potential, making great strides forward.

Therefore, sometimes choices are indeed very important.

Liang Yu said, "Your Nirvana is too dangerous. Aren't you afraid of self-destruction?"

The Chaos Green Lotus replied with divine thought, "I do not seek eternity, but only day and night." Liang Yu sighed, "We seek the path to immortality with our free bodies, while you possess the path to immortality yet seek freedom. Indeed, the world is unpredictable and things rarely go as planned. Very well, I need your form to perfect my Dao fruit, so this can be considered mutual assistance."

Liang Yu clenched his fist, and the dense chaotic energy was squeezed into a ball, transforming into chaotic liquid that enveloped the Chaotic Green Lotus. Then, he decomposed the fruits of Fusang and Laurel, extracting their divine power, and infused it into the Chaotic Green Lotus in a state of yin-yang harmony.

Observing the Chaos Lotus assimilating and absorbing the Yin and Yang power is also beneficial to his understanding of chaos.

Finally, Liang Yu also added the most vital part of his life spring to it. After all, Liang Yu was now in his old age, and the effectiveness of his life spring had greatly diminished; only the carefully selected portion could have a sufficient effect.

The Chaos Azure Lotus was also taken aback and couldn't help but say, "Great Celestial Venerable, isn't this going a bit too far?"

Its heart skipped a beat. The Supreme Celestial Venerable Wuji was already in his twilight years, and the aura of decay was hard to suppress. Was he going to such lengths to eat it to prolong his life?

Looking at Liang Yu's slightly excited expression, staring intently at her, Chaos Green Lotus grew increasingly frightened.

Liang Yu laughed and said, "The elixir of immortality not only involves true immortals, but also concerns my personal path. Compared to these, a few worldly possessions are insignificant."

Looking into his clear eyes, the Chaos Green Lotus felt relieved and underwent its final transformation.

Of course, the Azure Phoenix Quasi-Venerable was unaware of all the conversations between Liang Yu and the Chaos Azure Lotus, because these were exchanges between divine consciousness.

With Liang Yu's help, the Chaos Green Lotus underwent a great rebirth, transforming back into a seed. This seed was entirely black, without any patterns or runes.

If it weren't for the wisps of chaotic energy peeking out, this seed would be no different from a smooth black stone.

Liang Yu said, "I promised to help you get a lotus seed, but it seems that I won't be able to get it now."

Upon finally seeing the Chaos Lotus again, the Azure Phoenix Quasi-Venerable was overwhelmed with emotion. Joy, regret, gratitude, and other feelings intertwined, leaving him momentarily at a loss for words.

Liang Yu opened his palm, revealing a pure white fruit shaped like an infant, radiating ethereal energy. He said, "But since I've agreed, there still needs to be an explanation. Since your purpose is to help your descendants establish their foundations, this ginseng fruit will fulfill your wish. Are you satisfied?"

The Azure Phoenix Quasi-Venerable finally calmed down and said, "Finding the Divine Lotus was entirely due to the Great Heavenly Venerable's divine power. I have done nothing to deserve this reward, so please, Great Heavenly Venerable, take it back."

Liang Yu said, "You brought the clues to me, so how can you say I've done nothing wrong? You should accept this."

The Azure Phoenix Quasi-Venerable dared not refuse any longer and immediately said, "Thank you, Great Heavenly Venerable. I am ashamed to accept your thanks."

Liang Yu laughed and said, "This place is far from your ancestral star. Let me take you back."

The Azure Phoenix Venerable bowed and expressed his gratitude.

With a flick of his sleeve, Liang Yu unleashed a divine light that swept up the Azure Phoenix Quasi-Venerable and sent it into the void. In the blink of an eye, he had returned to his ancestral star.

Looking at the familiar stars before him, he felt as if he were in a dream. If it weren't for the ginseng fruit sealed in the jade box in his hand, he wouldn't have been able to believe that what had just happened had truly occurred.

(End of this chapter)