Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 195 Suppressing the Prison
In the original timeline, the Underworld Lord truly abandoned everything, even his Dao-proving treasure, the Tongtian Underworld Treasure, before embarking on a new life. However, due to the extraordinary achievements he made in his previous years, especially in refining the Myriad Origin Cauldron at Kunlun Immortal Mountain, the Tongtian Underworld Treasure, even after being separated from him, still became a celestial artifact.

In this life, the Underworld Lord used the Kunlun Immortal Mountain to reforge the Tongtian Underworld Treasure with the Source Technique without damaging its origin and with minimal external consumption. He also used the Underworld Netherworld Nerve to activate the Underworld Soil to further refine and strengthen it. Therefore, the Tongtian Underworld Treasure was closer to a Celestial Artifact than in the original timeline.

At this moment, the Underworld Lord was hesitating about how to deal with the Heavenly Underworld Treasure, which was only one step away from becoming a celestial artifact.

He probably had three ideas at this time. One was to hand over the Tongtian Mingbao to Wuji, further refine it into a celestial artifact, and then transform it into a human, just like the Wuliang Daobei.

The second method involves using the Netherworld Scripture as a guide to fuse it with the essence of the Netherworld, making it the core of the Underworld. Now, with the accumulation of knowledge in the path of Earth Immortals, the Underworld Lord has some confidence in this method.

Thirdly, it was entrusted to Yuanshi Tianzun or Zhenyu Huang.

The Heavenly Nether Treasure was the treasure that allowed the Netherworld Lord to attain enlightenment. Therefore, it sensed a trace of the Netherworld Lord's intention and hurriedly said, "I am willing to follow you to the afterlife and help you become an immortal."

In the original timeline, Tongtian Mingbao witnessed the power of the Immortal Bell and mistakenly believed that once it became an Immortal Artifact, it would be fearless. Therefore, during the years when Mingzun was missing, it harbored rebellious intentions. But now, it has experienced the event of Liang Yu destroying the Immortal Artifact Bronze Immortal Palace. At that time, Tongtian Mingbao was terrified and completely suppressed its ambitions.

Later, when the Underworld Lord sparred with the Celestial Venerable Lingbao, it witnessed it all. Its master, seemingly lacking the demeanor of a true master, was actually quite formidable. Therefore, it knew it had to cling to this powerful figure. While perhaps not the strongest, it was certainly the most suitable. After all, it was the Underworld Lord's treasured artifact, which was only natural. So it immediately pledged its loyalty.

Upon hearing Tongtian Mingbao's words, Mingzun laughed and said, "Are you sure? If you follow me, you'll probably remain dormant for millions of years. I can hand you over to Wuji Tianzun and Yuanshi Tianzun. Once in their hands, you'll quickly become a celestial artifact and have a brighter future."

Tongtian Mingbao remained resolute and said, "Master, there's no need to say more. My mind is made up. Please don't abandon me."

Upon seeing this, the Underworld Lord nodded slightly and agreed to the Heavenly Underworld Treasure's request.

However, the Heavenly Nether Treasure can indeed bring immense benefits. This is because the Nether Lord will rarely use its power in his subsequent incarnations, instead sealing it within the Reincarnation Seal for passive protection in very rare circumstances.

In this way, it can comprehend the mysteries of the Reincarnation Seal as it follows the Underworld Lord through each of his rebirths, and evolve alongside him. Although the progress is many times slower, its future potential is certainly greater.

After determining the whereabouts of the Heavenly Nether Treasure, the Nether Lord mainly had the Nether Land and the three divine embryos sealed in the Source, which he had enlightened, namely the Source God, Source Demon, and Source Ghost in later generations.

There was also the ancient corpse that had not yet been born, but which, under his intervention, was gradually developing the Reincarnation Mark, and later became the Corpse Emperor.

The other miscellaneous items are insignificant, but these things do require careful handling. In the original timeline, the Underworld Lord's life ended too quickly and hastily, leaving many unresolved issues that led to considerable turmoil in later generations.

The current Underworld Lord not only has achieved greater success but also has more time, so naturally he has time to deal with these things. In fact, these things can be considered as one entity. As long as someone inherits the Underworld and becomes an Earth Immortal there, they can conveniently take over and properly handle the three divine embryos and this ancient corpse that is about to become sentient. The Underworld Lord can then simply wash his hands of the matter and not have to worry about anything anymore.

To become an Earth Immortal in the Underworld, there is undoubtedly an excellent candidate: the Prison Suppressor Emperor.

To be honest, the Prison Suppressor Emperor was not born into the native race of the Underworld, but was an ancient venerable from the outside world. However, he transformed himself into a Yin-Yang body through acquired cultivation techniques, thus becoming a creature of the Underworld even though he was not one.

Later, he demonstrated an extremely high degree of compatibility with the Netherworld. It can be said that, excluding the Netherworld Lord himself, the Prison Suppressor Emperor is undoubtedly the supreme being most compatible with the Netherworld. If the Prison Suppressor Emperor were to make the Netherworld his blessed land, the probability of success would certainly be high.

And this also fits his current title, Prison Suppressor.

Thinking of this, the Underworld Lord summoned the Prison Suppressor King to this place.

Long before the Eternal Celestial Venerable brought about the great calamity, the Prison Suppressor Emperor had already awakened from his slumber, and he had witnessed the Eternal Celestial Venerable's attainment of Earth Immortal status. Now that the Underworld Lord had summoned him, he already had a vague idea of ​​what it was about.

Although he had almost transformed himself into a true ancient corpse to coexist with the Netherworld, he was far less extreme than the Eternal Celestial Venerable. Therefore, although he was now highly bound to the Netherworld, he could still break free and rebuild his life through the reincarnation plan. At this moment, he had once again come to a crossroads of choices.

The Underworld Lord went straight to the point, informing the Prison Suppressor Emperor of the details of the Earth Immortal Technique, and said, "Fellow Daoist Prison Suppressor, I once said that after I left, you would be the Lord of the Underworld. Now, Fellow Daoist Longevity has created the Earth Immortal Technique. I wonder what your opinion is?"

The Prison King was amazed by this ingenious idea and became so engrossed in it that it took him a long time to come back to his senses and say, "This method is indeed wonderful. Even a supreme being like me who has severed himself could probably cultivate it. Fellow Daoist Changsheng and the Supreme Heavenly Venerable Wuji are indeed incredibly talented."

The Underworld Lord said, "Then what do you think, my friend? If you wish to walk the path of the Earth Immortal, then I can entrust the Underworld and everything within it to you with complete peace of mind."

"Of course, if you do not wish to follow this path, but merely wish to perfect your Dao fruit in preparation for reincarnation, then I will have no choice but to seek someone else."

The Prison King didn't hesitate much. He had already made his decision back then, and now that the Earth Immortal Method had appeared, he was even more determined to do so. So he said, "Fellow Daoist Netherworld Lord, as long as you are willing to hand over this Netherworld Land to me, then I am naturally willing to walk the path of the Earth Immortal."

The Underworld Lord laughed and said, "Originally, I was thinking that if you, fellow Daoist, were unwilling, then I would have to place my hopes on that ancient corpse that was about to become sentient. Now, I'm just entrusting the Underworld to you. Of course, I'll also trouble you to take care of that ancient corpse and the three divine embryos I left behind."

From this day forward, the Prison Suppressor King will be the true second-generation ruler of the Underworld. The title "Prison Suppressor" is indeed well-deserved.

(End of this chapter)