Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 175 Immortal Fire Transforms into Holy Spirit

In fact, Liang Yu's statement was not without merit. The current state of the flintwood was even more dire than the humanoid elixir of immortality that had been reduced to a few withered roots in later generations; it could no longer be considered medicine, but rather a special kind of ember.

To restore it to its original state, to reverse its current state back to that of the elixir of immortality, and thus revive it, is indeed an incredibly difficult task, akin to restoring something that has been reduced to ashes. Even Liang Yu himself is somewhat at a loss in this matter.

It could be said that flint was essentially doomed, only not immediately. Of course, if left unattended, it would still be an immortal, wondrous spark.

So, instead of trying to solve this problem that even immortals find daunting, why not let it disappear completely and merge into the Fire Phoenix, thus forming an unprecedentedly powerful Holy Spirit?

After all, the transformation of the elixir of immortality is almost equivalent to the strongest physique at the level of the Chaos Body. Although the flint only retains a trace of immortal divinity, it is still an elixir of immortality. If it can perfectly fuse with the primordial Dao Fire from the Immortal Phoenix and transform into a Holy Spirit, its physique might not be weaker than that of a true transformation of the elixir of immortality, and might even surpass it in some aspects.

In this situation, abandoning the flint is the more reasonable choice. After all, Liang Yu himself doesn't specialize in the laws of fire.

But Liang Yu didn't want to do that. After all, immortal medicines are irreplaceable miracles. Whether it's an incarnation of a Celestial King or a genuine elixir, its preciousness is unparalleled. Liang Yu couldn't bear to completely destroy such an existence.

Furthermore, Liang Yu had planned to restore the human universe to a certain extent in the future, until the Dao-proving beings there no longer needed the elixir of immortality to prolong their lives. Then, he would have these elixirs transform into human form, creating a group of reincarnated Immortal Kings to nurture. Even if not all of them were as amazing as the Azure Emperor, they would still be a group of seeds with immense potential. The Flintwood was naturally one of his targets.

Therefore, regarding the elixir of immortality, if one cannot find it, so be it; but having found it, one naturally cannot give up and must try to save him. Although this is a difficult problem, if it can truly be solved, it will greatly benefit his path to immortality in the mortal world.

Therefore, his question was not actually about wanting to give up on the flint, but rather a test of the immortal fire's character.

Holy spirits, being naturally born, often lack strong emotions and moral concepts, making them prone to causing trouble. If the celestial fire's character is not up to par, it could easily nurture a scourge, so it's best to probe its capabilities while it's still not very intelligent.

Seeing its sincere state, Liang Yu was naturally satisfied and granted its request.

Therefore, Liang Yu once again activated the Dao-Unraveling Divine Power, and countless intricate laws transformed into streaks of sword light that invaded the interior of the Immortal Fire, continuously separating it without harming either of them.

Ultimately, the Fire Phoenix and the Fire Tree separated in two. But at the same time, their auras began to weaken, showing faint signs of collapse and dissipation. After all, they existed solely to support each other.

However, the Fire Tree quickly stabilized. After all, it was the foundation; it had simply become much more rigid after the separation, as if it had lost its spirit. Meanwhile, the Immortal Fire Phoenix began to collapse uncontrollably.

Liang Yu uttered a single word: "Determined!"

In an instant, as if words had come true, both flames completely stabilized their forms.

Liang Yu used the Source Technique to seal the Fire Phoenix within the Immortal Source, and then sent it into the Wuji Immortal Mountain.

Originally, the ancestral land of the Holy Spirit lineage was the Xuanqiong Divine Mountain. The core laws within this divine mountain were of immense benefit to the Holy Spirit lineage, deepening its foundation and greatly accelerating its formation time. Now, the Xuanqiong Divine Mountain has been completely decomposed by Liang Yu and integrated into the Wuji Immortal Mountain, and the laws that can nurture Holy Spirits have also been integrated into the Wuji Immortal Mountain.

Furthermore, considering the original timeline of Undying Mountain, the Stone Emperor was a Holy Spirit, and it was he who transformed Undying Mountain into a forbidden zone for life; even the Immortal Tear Green Gold Emperor was conceived within Undying Mountain. This means that Undying Mountain was originally a sacred place very suitable for the growth of Holy Spirits.

This means that two extraordinary locations in the universe suitable for nurturing Holy Spirits were merged into one through Liang Yu's methods, resulting in a super-multiplied effect. Therefore, Wuji Immortal Mountain is the best place in the human universe for nurturing Holy Spirits, even surpassing the original Holy Spirit ancestral land, Xuanqiong Divine Mountain, by a significant margin.

Therefore, the transformation of the Immortal Fire Phoenix into a Holy Spirit can be accomplished within the Boundless Immortal Mountain.

As for the Immortal Source, it serves two purposes: firstly, it's a safety net Liang Yu uses to prevent its collapse; secondly, he intends to use the Source Technique to accelerate its transformation into a Holy Spirit.

When Liang Yu first entered the Underworld, he had already witnessed the Underworld Lord's methods of enlightening Source Gods, Source Ghosts, and Source Demons. Now that his Source Techniques have reached their peak, such methods are naturally no problem for him.

Therefore, on the one hand, he used the method derived from his long-term research on the Holy Spirit to transform the existence form of the Immortal Fire Phoenix, and on the other hand, he used the method of source techniques to enlighten the divine embryo to accelerate this process.

In this way, the Immortal Fire Phoenix will naturally become a Holy Spirit, and its gestation process will not take as long as that of a typical Holy Spirit.

For a normal Holy Spirit to be fully perfected and then born into the world, it generally takes hundreds of thousands of years. Other beings who wish to learn from this process can see, by observing the methods of transformation of the Holy Spirit used by the Taoist Celestial Venerable and the Spiritual Treasure Celestial Venerable, as well as the later transformation of the Feathered Emperor into a Holy Spirit, that this is also an extremely long process.

However, within the Xuanqiong Divine Mountain, this process can be shortened by about one-fifth. And the Wuji Immortal Mountain is an enhanced version of the Xuanqiong Divine Mountain, so this time could be further reduced, possibly to between half and two-thirds of the original. But even so, it would still likely take three to four hundred thousand years.

However, Liang Yu can also use the Source Technique and the Wuji Immortal Scripture derived from the core laws of Wuji Immortal Mountain to accelerate this process, potentially shortening it to within 100,000 years.

Seeing that the Immortal Fire Phoenix's condition had stabilized, Liang Yu turned his gaze to the fire tree formed from the flint.

Where should he begin? Liang Yu was at a loss. However, this was indeed a problem he couldn't solve right now, so he could only temporarily send this ball of fire into the Wuji Immortal Mountain to nurture it properly, leaving it for later.

After resolving the two major issues of the Immortal Flame and the Boundless Dao Stele, Liang Yu once again went into seclusion. After all, the Chaos Dao is a top-tier Dao with extremely high priority in the Shrouding the Heavens universe, and it is not easy to fully comprehend it.

If his goal was simply to transform into a Chaos Body, Liang Yu was already quite confident of success. However, this would only mean knowing the "how" but not the "why." He needed to grasp, or even master, its mysteries before transforming into a Chaos Body, so that he could become the most perfect Chaos Body.

Moreover, this is basically nearing the end of the path of physical evolution.

(End of this chapter)