Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 15 Discussing the Nine Secrets of the Tao
“There are some special physiques in this world that are not naturally formed by heaven and earth, but rather are imitations of the Dao fruits of certain powerful beings. I wonder if any of you are aware of this?” Liang Yu said.

The Celestial Venerable of Nirvana pondered and said, "I have heard of it, but I have not found any evidence."

Liang Yu continued, "I've heard that the Celestial Venerable of Morality was born of mortal origin. I wonder if that's true or not?"

The Celestial Venerable of Longevity nodded: "The truth is genuine. Although his morality precedes mine, I know quite a bit about him. He was indeed a mortal human who attained enlightenment. It is precisely because of this that the Dao Scripture he created can be adapted to almost all life forms, becoming the strongest foundation-building scripture."

Liang Yu smiled and said, "Are you all familiar with the Supreme Immortal Body? I have fought against this physique several times and have a deep understanding of it. As far as I know, the Supreme Immortal Body did not exist millions of years ago. I believe that the Celestial Venerable of Morality transformed into the Supreme Immortal Body after his birth, and only then did this physique come into existence in this world."

The celestial beings were deeply moved. This was because the Supreme Immortal Body had indeed only begun to appear between heaven and earth after the Celestial Venerable of Morality passed away.

Moreover, the fourth incarnation of the Celestial Venerable of Morality experienced a leap in combat power. No one knew just how strong he was then; all that was known was that he could kill Supreme Beings as easily as slaughtering chickens. Although he only made one move, it still terrified the Supreme Beings of the Forbidden Zones. That move killed a Supreme Being from the Heavenly River Divine Realm.

In this lifetime, the temperament of the Celestial Venerable of Morality underwent some changes. This extraordinary and otherworldly temperament, almost like that of an immortal, was indeed somewhat similar to that of the Supreme Immortal Body.

The carefree Celestial Venerable couldn't help but ask, "What evidence do you have? After all, this could simply be a coincidence."

The birth of special constitutions is actually quite absurd; no one knows when the great laws of heaven and earth will suddenly create a mutant for you.

Just like the Holy Body and the Overlord Body that suddenly appeared in the later stages of mythology, apart from the extremely high difficulty of proving the Dao, they can be regarded as the first level below the Chaos Body.

Another example is the innate sacred body Dao embryo that suddenly appeared in later generations. This constitution is even more bizarre. Even if the descendants of the first generation with special constitutions inherit the physical characteristics of their parents, they will definitely experience a decline, showing a significant difference compared to the first generation.

However, the innate sacred body can completely inherit the special constitution of both parents and perfectly integrate them into a new constitution comparable to the chaotic body.

This special phenomenon can probably only be explained by the perfect compatibility between the sacred body and the innate Dao embryo.

Liang Yu was not speaking carelessly. He took out two pieces of divine source, each containing a drop of blood.

Liang Yu said, "This is the blood of the Moral Celestial Venerable and the Supreme Immortal Body. Can anyone find any similarities?"

Several Celestial Venerables each focused their divine light, carefully examining the two drops of blood. The drop belonging to the Supreme Immortal Body came from a Quasi-Venerable, one of Liang Yucheng's formidable enemies on his path. His physique had been nearly fully explored, enough to reveal the original mysteries of the Supreme Immortal Body.

The drop belonging to the Celestial Venerable of Morality should come from his third incarnation. Although the wisps of celestial light contained in his blood were not uniform, they truly possessed the same characteristics as the Supreme Immortal Body. If this blood were to undergo another transformation, it might indeed become the Supreme Immortal Body.

This drop of blood was something Liang Yu had unexpectedly acquired over the hundreds of years he had accumulated in the universe, and he also saw the indelible mark left by the Supreme Lord of Morality's all-out attack.

At that time, the Celestial Venerable of Morality unexpectedly saw a spacetime rift, from which wisps of immortal energy emanated, perhaps a rift in the immortal realm.

Even with his full effort, the three great treasures—the Tai Chi Diagram, the Vajra Bracelet, and the Eight Trigrams Furnace—failed to penetrate its defenses.

Even the Celestial Venerable of Morality suffered a backlash from that unknown space, sustaining considerable injuries. This drop of blood was left during this great battle, accidentally falling onto an ancient star and being sealed within the divine source, eventually being obtained by Liang Yu.

Liang Yu's conjecture was partly based on his own experience. He could transform his incomplete divine blood into a God-King Body, so there was no reason why the third incarnation of the Supreme Immortal Blood, who had already nurtured it, couldn't fully complete his physique. Therefore, his fourth incarnation must have relied on the true formation of the Supreme Immortal Body to live on. Liang Yu only needed to push his incomplete divine blood to its limit to gain strength beyond that of ordinary Dao-proving individuals. If someone could evolve a special physique from nothing, that achievement should be enough to allow them to live another life, with a significant increase in strength.

Furthermore, Ye Fan in later generations transformed into a chaotic body through nurturing the Hundred Scriptures in the furnace, which also demonstrates that the methods of cultivation can change one's innate constitution.

This also indirectly proves that it is theoretically possible for the Celestial Venerable of Morality to transform into the Supreme Immortal Body and live out his fourth life.

The great celestial beings fell into deep thought; this path had been quite enlightening for them.

Although the Underworld Lord does not follow this path, the lessons learned from others can be beneficial, and the mysteries of life are also of great use to him, a person who can communicate with spirits through the corpse of an emperor.

Although the three Celestial Venerables of Longevity, Nirvana, and Freedom have severed their own ties, they have found a new direction. If they can cultivate their Dao to a higher level, perhaps they can deduce and transform a special physique on their own.

After the exchange, everyone gained a lot.

Finally, Liang Yu said, “Everyone, before I attained enlightenment, I mastered the three secrets of Lin, Zhe, and Xing. These three fellow Daoists are completely unrelated, but these three unrelated secrets can resonate with each other and enhance their power. The Dou character secret that I created not long ago is also the same. Just now I learned the Qian character secret of fellow Daoist Jimie and found that it is still the same. I wonder if any of you know why?”

Liang Yu initially thought that the Emperor had made certain improvements after collecting the Nine Secrets, giving them a stronger connection, but now it seems that this is not the case. Because the Emperor has not yet been born, but this connection has already been established.

The Underworld Lord said, "If we have to find a reason for this, it is that the eight Heavenly Venerables in the present world have each mastered the supreme achievement in a certain general basic field. The combination of the eight secrets can cover almost all the major directions of cultivators, thus creating some kind of wonderful connection."

Although the three Celestial Venerables of Longevity, Nirvana, and Freedom had communicated with each other, they were still unaware of the truth.

However, the Celestial Venerable of Longevity laughed and said, "The title 'Eight Celestial Venerables' is really not very fitting. It would be great if there were one more junior who could reach this level. However, it is hard to think of anything that can surpass the scope of the eight of us, yet still be considered a basic level."

Liang Yu said, "If there really is a Ninth Heavenly Venerable, then let's call our secret techniques the Nine Secrets."

The carefree Celestial Venerable laughed and said, "Nine is the ultimate number, just right."

The Celestial Venerable of Nirvana also laughed and said, "If any fellow Daoist is interested, please remember to find the ninth person to match the auspicious number nine."

Although the Underworld Lord no longer remembered anything about his former self, the Tribulation-Crossing Heavenly Venerable, he still chimed in, "Nine Secrets, Nine Secrets. If someone in the future can combine the Nine Secrets into one and cultivate them all to an extremely high level, wouldn't he be an all-powerful Heavenly Venerable without any shortcomings?"

Several people looked at each other and smiled.

They exchanged their scriptures and secret techniques. Of course, the Underworld Lord's secret technique of the character "临" was learned through the inheritance left by his predecessor, which can also be considered as the personal participation of the Heavenly Venerable of Tribulation.

"I hope that one day we can embark on the path to immortality together." The Celestial Venerable of Longevity said with some emotion as he bid farewell to everyone.

Years later, when facing Liang Yu, who had become incredibly powerful, the Eternal Celestial Venerable would recall that afternoon when they discussed the Dao and expounded the Dharma, having a very pleasant conversation.

(End of this chapter)