Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 168 The Three Great Dao Ancestors of the Primordial Ancient Star
Yuanshi Tianzun was naturally dumbfounded, as this power far exceeded his current strength. It's no exaggeration to say that with this attack, he would be reduced to ashes without any chance of fighting back.

While this might be partly due to the fact that the Supreme Celestial Venerable Wuji was far stronger than him, it also demonstrates that this secret technique is absolutely unparalleled in the universe.

However, thinking that his sudden inspiration when he was young actually had such a miraculous effect, he was still slightly pleased and felt a unique sense of accomplishment.

As for the others, apart from Liang Yu, they were all extremely shocked. Even their current highest-level secret techniques couldn't unleash such terrifying power, yet the Nine Secrets Combined had achieved it. But the Nine Secrets were clearly only their early-stage Dao Fruits, and they were far less powerful back then than they are now.

Liang Yu had anticipated this, since even the Undying Emperor and Ye Fan, who had become immortals in the mortal world, thought it was a supreme secret technique that could be used as a killing move in battle. This showed that the combined nine secrets had even exceeded the scope of humanity.

This is quite a remarkable thing, considering that when the Nine Secrets were created, the strongest among the Nine Heavenly Venerables were Liang Yu and Yuanshi Tianzun, who had already reached the Quasi-Heavenly Emperor level in their first incarnation. However, the combination of their secret techniques resulted in a truly supreme immortal art.

Perhaps this is the true value of the powerful combination technique used by the nine Heavenly Venerables of our mythological era. After all, such a well-organized and high-quality combination is indeed rare in the entire universe of Shrouding the Heavens.

Liang Yu laughed and said, "It seems we are indeed destined to meet. I said years ago that if someone could cultivate all nine secrets to their fullest potential, they would probably be an all-powerful celestial being. Now it seems that there is a lot of room for exploration in these nine secrets, and they may become a research direction. Even if they cannot be used as a method for longevity and transformation, they can greatly supplement our own Dao."

The Primordial Celestial Venerable clicked his tongue; gathering all nine secrets was now imperative.

After all, what he pursues is the path of absolute supremacy. Moreover, an omnipotent celestial being? That seems like a possible direction as well.

However, all five of them could freely exchange their secret techniques. As for the "Soldier" secret technique, since the Boundless Heavenly Venerable was already dead, he naturally had no objection.

The secrets of the characters "前" (qian), "行" (xing), and "者" (zhe) were more widely circulated, so they had no reservations and exchanged them. Moreover, all three had stated that they didn't mind. After all, they themselves had already passed down many of the original versions of the secret techniques, and these weren't the ones they had improved upon.

Therefore, they each collected all nine secrets through the exchange. Based on the nine secrets, each of them can now develop in all aspects.

Then, they took their leave one after another. After all, finding the method for transformation in the next life is not easy; it still requires a lot of time and effort.

The Underworld Lord naturally returned to the Thunder Marsh to study the Dao Embryo, hoping to achieve a more thorough rebirth.

Lingbao Tianzun stepped into the vast universe with a clear purpose, and it seems that he had already made plans.

Liang Yu himself was still studying the Nirvana of the Chaos Green Lotus, and using it to perfect his own Dao fruit of returning all laws to oneness and being born from chaos, in order to transform into a true chaotic body in his fifth incarnation.

However, the Celestial Venerable of Morality did not leave, but said, "Fellow Daoist Wuji, I'm afraid I'll need to bother you for a while. And during this time, I dare to ask to borrow the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree."

Liang Yu said, “I would naturally welcome Fellow Daoist to visit. As for borrowing the Wudao Ancient Tea Tree, that is perfectly acceptable.”

With a wave of his hand, the Celestial Venerable of Morality sent an immortal elixir to take root on the ground—the Bodhi Tree, one of the immortal elixirs. This Bodhi Tree was entirely green, shimmering with light, as if carved from jade. As its green leaves swayed, azure light flickered, and rays of divine light from the Great Dao descended.

This tree is only about sixteen feet tall and hasn't grown any further. In fact, if such a divine tree were allowed to grow freely, it could reach the heavens and the earth, towering into the clouds. This current size is simply for convenience and aesthetics.

The two divine trees complement each other, and the intertwining of two kinds of spiritual energy, though having the same effect of helping people to comprehend the Tao, are different in essence.

Clearly, in this life, the Celestial Venerable of Morality intends to achieve his own transformation by studying the mysteries of the Bodhi Tree and the Ancient Tea Tree of Enlightenment. Moreover, since both trees greatly enhance comprehension, this will significantly increase efficiency.

As for Yuanshi Tianzun, he did not begin cultivation directly, but instead first came to the ancient star of the primordial world.

Although he wasn't particularly nostalgic, he still had a strange emotional connection to his hometown. After all, it's impossible for a person to live completely detached from the outside world, and therefore impossible to avoid any contact with it.

Moreover, he himself had once uttered such bold and ambitious words on Mount Tai. Although after meeting senior Daoist friends such as the Boundless Great Celestial Venerable, even he himself was not very confident that he could achieve it, but at least the era of the Primordial Ancient Star should still change.

The legend of Yuanshi Tianzun had long been circulating on the ancient star. He was the first celestial being born on their native planet, and his name, Yuanshi Tianwang, was even engraved on an ancient stele in Mount Tai. Therefore, the news that he was going to preach caused an uproar throughout the entire ancient star.

Chongxu, who has cultivated to the level of a Quasi-Saint, is now the core leader of the human race on the ancient star of the Primordial World. As someone who has known and competed with Yuanshi Tianzun for so many years, he naturally spares no effort in promoting some of Yuanshi Tianzun's deeds, thereby greatly enhancing the cohesion of the human race. Now that Yuanshi Tianzun is going to preach, they are naturally even more delighted.

The situation was not so good for the demon race. After all, the Demon Ape King had gone to the ancestral star of the Tongbei Ape clan and had not returned, and the Yuanxiang King was still exploring the universe for further methods. They were essentially leaderless and in complete disarray, fearing that the Primordial Celestial Venerable would come to settle scores with them.

In his early cultivation, Yuanshi Tianzun harbored great malice towards the demon race, believing that these creatures, born from moisture and eggs, with fur and horns, would be beasts in human form even if they attained human shape. This was mainly due to his extensive encounter with such demons during his cultivation on the ancient star of antiquity, coupled with historical records of demonic calamities in human history. During a long period of his cultivation, only a very few demons caught his eye.

Of course, this idea changed quite a bit later. After becoming a Celestial Venerable, he had no intention of deliberately targeting the demon race, not even those demons who had once hunted him down on the ancient primordial star.

However, since he is of human origin, he will still inadvertently favor humans.

Yuanshi Tianzun preached on the ancient star of the primordial world for a full hundred years, and also took in a group of disciples, passing down some ancient scriptures and secret techniques.

Even in the tens of thousands of years that followed, until the Primordial Celestial Venerable disappeared from the human world, he would occasionally preach on the ancient star of the Primordial World and guide the cultivation of some cultivators, leading the ancient star of the Primordial World to a new peak and making it an extremely prosperous holy land for cultivation in the universe.

Therefore, later generations of ancient cultivators from the primordial star ranked him alongside the Moral Celestial Venerable and the Spiritual Treasure Celestial Venerable as the three Great Dao Ancestors of the primordial star. Moreover, because he was born on his native planet and preached for the longest time, leaving behind the most legacy, the Primordial Celestial Venerable was placed in the center among the three Great Venerables.

(End of this chapter)