Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 137 Achieving Sainthood in the Five Great Secret Realms
Liang Yu said leisurely, "Opportunities are limited, so you should think it over before you speak."

Wuji said, "Senior, can you guide me in learning whatever I want?"

Liang Yu said, "As long as you want to learn the ways of the human world, then you can."

Wuji was secretly alarmed; this man had quite the audacity. Judging from his words, he seemed to possess complete knowledge of all human affairs. But human abilities are finite; how could there possibly be a genius in this world?
But when he glanced at him, he couldn't see anything unusual about the person in front of him.

Wait, nothing seems amiss? Wuji immediately changed his mind and looked at Liang Yu more closely. This time, he noticed something different.

Every movement, every expression, and even his entire being was incredibly natural and harmonious, as if he were born of heaven and earth, one with all things. Even his entire body was incredibly natural, as if in harmony with the workings of heaven and earth.

Wuji shook his head. His master held this person in high esteem, and his intuition and observation also told him that this person was definitely extraordinary, so he chose to believe the mysterious cultivator in front of him.

In fact, Liang Yu wasn't boasting when he said that. Initially, he followed the path of "all methods reaching the heavens," which combined countless ancient scriptures and supernatural powers. Even before he had fully mastered it, he had already achieved the "Dou" character secret as a stage result.

Afterwards, he achieved mastery of all laws and transformed into the Myriad Laws Profound Body, directly creating a special physique and also creating the corresponding ancient scripture, Myriad Laws Heavenly Skill.

Later, he achieved the unification of all laws, using the principles of Yin and Yang to gather all laws together, gradually grasping the essence of the Dao and the laws. He then created a second special constitution, the Yin-Yang Dao Body, and the corresponding Yin-Yang Dao Scripture.

He is now steadily progressing towards the unity of all things, about to give rise to chaos. Therefore, he can naturally evolve the vast majority of scriptures and teachings in this world, thereby reaching extremely profound realms. He can even offer guidance to supreme beings who have attained enlightenment through unconventional means, or even ordinary practitioners who have realized the Dao.

Furthermore, he mastered the other seven secrets and created various corresponding supernatural abilities based on them. He was even highly proficient in Source Arts, truly entering the stage of a Lord of Heaven and Earth.

Therefore, he absolutely deserves the title of "possessing all the subtle and profound principles." Thus, his statement is actually quite modest.

Without the slightest hesitation, Wuji said, "I want to learn the strongest technique."

Liang Yu shook his head and sighed, "The strongest technique? What's the strongest? Or which kind of technique is the strongest? The path of the sun has the strongest technique, the path of reincarnation has the strongest technique, the path of the void still has the strongest technique, and the path of array patterns still has the strongest technique. Each of the different fields has its strongest technique, but which field can claim to be the strongest?"

Wuji frowned and said, "Does Senior mean that there is only the strongest in a certain field, but not the strongest in all fields?"

Liang Yu said, "Before the Daoist Master Morality attained enlightenment, who would have known that such a minor path as incarnation and avatar could give rise to an invincible technique? Before the Daoist Master Spiritual Treasure attained enlightenment, who would have thought that array patterns, which everyone knows, could also give rise to an invincible technique? Therefore, there is no strongest technique, only the strongest person. Or rather, the technique cultivated by the strongest person is the strongest technique."

In the ancient primordial star today, the Celestial Venerable of Morality and the Celestial Venerable of Spiritual Treasure are undoubtedly figures akin to Dao Ancestors. Although they did not originate from the ancient primordial star, they both left behind their respective legacies here.

In his later years, the Celestial Venerable of Morality came to this place. In order to explore the terrain of the ancient star, he traveled around the ancient star. During this time, he guided many people in their cultivation and left behind some inheritances.

Although Lingbao Tianzun was in a hurry, he left behind a great deal of knowledge. He even gave special guidance to some cultivators here to prevent the calamity of corpses.

It can be said that almost every powerful force on the ancient planet of the Primordial Era with a sufficiently long history can trace its origins back to these two. Their ancestors either received guidance from these two Celestial Venerables, inherited their legacy, or at the very least, inherited the legacy of their successors. Therefore, Wuji could completely understand Liang Yu's recounting of their deeds, especially since Duan De, the avatar of the Underworld Venerable, had also told him quite a bit about these two Celestial Venerables.

Wuji frowned and said, "Then how can I become the strongest person? Please teach me, senior."

Liang Yu said, "Is this all the guidance you gave this time? Once it's decided, it can't be changed."

Liang Yu deliberately limited the guidance to three times in order to test his character and see if he could see clearly what he wanted most and thus determine the path he wanted to take.

During the three years that the Underworld Lord's avatar spent with him, Wuji had already demonstrated extraordinary talent. Coupled with his astonishing physique, which was almost at the maximum level of a mortal body, his achievements would not be insignificant. Therefore, his Dao heart and wisdom were the last aspects that needed to be confirmed.

Wuji's brows relaxed, and he appeared very relaxed: "It's confirmed."

Liang Yu said, "Really? The only good methods you're currently practicing are the first part of the Origin Scripture and the Wheel Sea Scroll of the Dao Scripture. Don't you want the entire Dao Scripture or the entire Origin Scripture? In fact, if you're willing, I can even pass on to you those ancient scriptures of the legendary Heavenly Venerables."

"I can even give you the ancient scriptures of the Wuji Heavenly Venerable, who is suspected of ascending to immortality. Think about it carefully. Can you compare to the results of studying these Heavenly Venerables by figuring it out on your own?"

Wuji laughed and said, "Senior, there's no need to test me. You deliberately reminded me just to make me make this choice, right? Please give me your guidance."

Liang Yu also smiled and said, "Since you've made up your mind, I'll pass on two secret techniques to you."

“A long, long time ago, the Supreme Celestial Venerable Wuji had a sudden inspiration during his cultivation: since there are methods for cultivating a single secret realm, could we cultivate each secret realm to its extreme using a single secret realm method, and then connect the five great secret realms?”

"With this idea in mind, he created a secret technique that allows the five secret realms to cultivate independently without interfering with each other, until each secret realm is sufficient to achieve sainthood, at which point the five secret realms are connected to undergo a great transformation."

"This secret technique is the first one I will pass on to you."

In fact, Liang Yu had considered doing this in his early spiritual practice, but for various reasons, he ultimately failed to achieve it.

This idea naturally arose because of the Holy Body of later generations. The secret technique of the current Undying Golden Body lineage is to rebuild the five great secret realms after becoming a saint.

Although this is related to the special nature of the Holy Body, it also shows that there is still a lot of potential to be explored in the five great secret realms before one becomes a Quasi-Saint or even attains enlightenment.

In the current cultivation system, the three realms of Saint, Saint King, and Great Saint still mainly cultivate the Immortal Platform Secret Realm, but they also cultivate the other four secret realms in conjunction with it, making the five secret realms more connected as a whole.

(End of this chapter)