Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 214 Sacrificial Secrets
The flesh and blood of the Ten Supreme Beings, a portion of the original power of the wondrous heavens, the dark power that erodes and pollutes everything, the Great Dao imprints of dozens of Supreme Beings, and the time law that the Carefree Heavenly Venerable himself had reached the pinnacle—all of these were completely shattered and perfectly fused by this secret technique. With the Carefree Heavenly Venerable himself as the leader, it underwent a heaven-defying transformation, and even the treasure bottle evolved along with it, truly becoming a celestial artifact.

If you really think about it, these things are enough to undergo three or four transformations, but now they have been completely integrated and only undergone one transformation, which can be described as extremely extravagant.

First, the flesh and blood Dao Fruits of the Ten Supreme Beings could absolutely allow an ordinary Dao Prover to undergo a transformation, and might even yield a surplus. Moreover, each Dao Prover is a figure who has reached the pinnacle of their respective field; even a Heavenly Emperor-level Emperor Venerable wanted to scheme against several self-severing Supreme Beings, including the Longevity Heavenly Venerable, to absorb their Dao Fruits for personal gain. If even a Heavenly Emperor-level being could benefit, then the Carefree Heavenly Venerable at this moment would certainly be even more so.

Moreover, even the Undying Emperor, who underwent Nirvana more than once using this method, probably never used so much imperial flesh and blood for any of his rebirths. Even considering that the Carefree Celestial Venerable doesn't possess the racial talent for Nirvana like the Phoenix, thus incurring greater losses, it's still more than enough. Therefore, this portion alone exceeds the requirements for a single transformation.

Secondly, there is this dark power. Although it may lead to loss of self and complete corruption, while its quantity is small, its quality is very high. After all, even a Heavenly Emperor-level being like the Emperor Venerable suffered a mental breakdown due to it and found it difficult to break free. This is enough to show that, if side effects are disregarded, undergoing a transformation with such high-intensity power is not difficult.

After all, in addition to corruption, dark power also has a strengthening effect; otherwise, why would so many races side with the supernatural and embrace these strange powers?

Furthermore, the Celestial Venerable of Freedom's own laws of time were sufficient for him to transform himself into a special time-related physique; it was only temporarily impossible due to the damage to his Celestial Platform. This is undoubtedly the most valuable aspect, as it was a transformation entirely achieved by himself.

Finally, there's a portion of the primordial power of the heavens and the Great Dao imprints imprinted into the Immortal Treasure Bottle by dozens of Supreme Beings. Of course, even combined, these things are unlikely to achieve a complete transformation, since Great Dao imprints don't have that effect; they're more focused on the realm of laws and divine powers. But these things are absolutely enough to greatly enhance anyone's cultivation and further perfect their Dao.

Under the baptism of these dozens of Great Dao imprints, the Celestial Venerable of Freedom and the Immortal Treasure Bottle will naturally experience a significant increase in all their laws and supernatural powers.

Although the Celestial Venerable Xiaoyao evolved together with the bottle throughout the entire process, the Great Dao Treasure Bottle was only a hair's breadth away from becoming a Celestial Artifact, so the wear and tear from using it as a Celestial Artifact was not significant.

Of course, the damage to the Celestial Venerable Xiaoyao's own Immortal Platform also requires additional expenditure. Although he has repaired the Immortal Platform to some extent through various means, and has temporarily healed it with the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, returning it to its peak, the damage is still there, so repairing this damage is not easy.

So if you really calculate it, after deducting the losses, this transformation of the Carefree Celestial Venerable is almost comparable to three transformations, and it also brings with it the true evolution of this treasure bottle into a celestial artifact.

Of course, while that's true in theory, the actual effect isn't that terrifying. Or rather, such a transformation is difficult to compare with truly reborn three times. After all, transformations aided by external forces don't have such a powerful effect, as can be seen from the fact that even the Undying Emperor, who transformed more than once using the Imperial Bloodline, still couldn't defeat Wushi, who was at most in his second incarnation.

Regardless, the Celestial Venerable of Freedom truly ascended to immortality this time, transcending more than one level. However, this astonishing transformation of the Celestial Venerable of Freedom was not what shocked Liang Yu the most. What he found most unbelievable was the secret technique that the Celestial Venerable of Freedom used at the end, which seemed to be used for some kind of ritual.

This sacrificial technique can decompose all these forces and laws of different origins and forms, perfectly integrate them into one, and use them as nourishment for the carefree Celestial Venerable to absorb, thus aiding his transformation.

Other forces are one thing, but why is this dark power also affected? What secret technique could have such a high priority? Under the neutralization of this secret technique and other multiple forces, the Carefree Celestial Venerable actually managed to eliminate most of the harmful components of the dark power, thus avoiding the danger of being corrupted and developing a dark primordial spirit. Is this the source of the Carefree Celestial Venerable's confidence to dabble in this dark power?

Liang Yu frowned. Could this method of transforming all things in the world into another form through sacrifice and then absorbing them be a secret technique from the strange race?
However, he immediately thought of the Emperor from the original timeline. When he attacked the path to immortality, and later during the final battle in the strange world, he had tried to absorb the Dao fruits of others to evolve himself.

Could it be that the Emperor not only had his dark primordial spirit corrupted by dark power, but also mastered this sacrificial method, which is why he was confident that he could absorb the Dao fruits of others through sacrifice to advance his own path?
However, the side effects of the Celestial Venerable Xiaoyao's use of dark power were clearly not as severe. This might be because he gathered so much energy to neutralize it and reduced its danger through sacrificial rituals.

The Emperor, perhaps because he had been invincible for so long, felt that nothing in the mortal realm could harm him, leading him to recklessly charge forward, introducing dark power into his body, and subsequently suffering a mental breakdown due to the corruption. Even so, the Emperor managed to retain a portion of his self, struggling for millions of years to save himself, but ultimately failed. However, his decision to emerge only after the Immortal Emperor's side had been destroyed might well have been a result of his last remaining vestige of self seeking liberation.

But if that's the case, doesn't that mean the current Carefree Celestial Venerable has stepped into both of the major pitfalls that the Emperor Venerable would have encountered in the original timeline?

Under his intentional or unintentional influence, neither the Emperor nor the Heavenly Court were born, thus altering the tragic fate of the Primordial Heavenly Lord. But now it seems that it was simply a different person suffering the same fate.

However, this time, the Carefree Celestial Venerable knew what might happen, but still took the initiative to accept it, unlike the Emperor Venerable who, due to a lack of information, was unaware of the terrifying power and thus willingly became involved.

Perhaps in some ways, this can be considered a good thing. After all, two hidden dangers in the human universe are now concentrated in one person, which can solve the problem once and for all.

(End of this chapter)