Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 258 The Transformation Method of the Celestial Venerable Lingbao

Over the next five thousand years, these six supreme beings maintained this exchange, but Ying Shenxiao always maintained the lead, while the other five remained on par.

After this period of time, Yuanxiang King, Sansheng Supreme, and Chuanying all reached the later years of this life. After all, they were all approaching ten thousand years old. Although they had taken a small step towards the realm of completely unconventional enlightenment, ten thousand years old was like a threshold, firmly blocking all those who had not yet attained enlightenment.

Therefore, the three of them chose to seal themselves away, intending to reappear after the Primordial Celestial Lord departed and compete for the position of Dao Proof. Their Nine-Turn Immortal Pill was naturally intended for use when they returned to their peak upon rebirth.

As for Ying Shenxiao, he had already consumed the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, and this fourth incarnation was the result. Therefore, he placed all his hopes on the Kunlun Immortal Scripture. He aimed to cultivate the Kunlun Immortal Scripture to an extremely high level before his death, thereby completely evolving his Kunlun Immortal Blood into the Kunlun Immortal Body. In that way, he might be able to live another life.

An unconventional path to enlightenment, who actually dreams of living a fifth life, is undoubtedly a very defiant thing, but it is actually quite possible for Ying Shenxiao to do so, making him truly an anomaly among anomalies.

However, if he could cultivate the Kunlun Immortal Body, it would mean that Ying Shenxiao had fully met the second stage of the Earth Immortal Technique. At that time, perhaps he wouldn't even need to prove his Dao to embark on the path of Earth Immortal.

As for the Undying Golden Body Ancestor and the Azure Heaven Overlord Body Ancestor, they have already searched for materials to refine the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill. After all, they are now in the later stages of their current life, over seven thousand years old, and it is time for them to prepare.

Thanks to the efforts of the two Earth Immortals, the Celestial Venerable of Immortality and the Underworld Emperor, although the overall environment of the universe did not appear to have changed much, the variety of strange and wonderful natural treasures had indeed gradually increased, seemingly showing signs of recovery towards the early to middle stages of the mythological era. Therefore, it was not too difficult for the two progenitors to find materials for alchemy.

In truth, although these alternative paths to enlightenment fully meet the conditions for attaining the Dao, they cannot directly attain it. Because they were suppressed by the Dao's imprint for a long time, certain effects remain. This means that even after the Dao's imprint completely dissipates, they still need a great battle to completely break through the restrictions and attain the Dao in one fell swoop.

Therefore, when these six supreme beings attempt to attain enlightenment in future generations, they will reappear to wage a great war to see who takes that first step, while the others withdraw and wait for the next life.

However, this would be somewhat unlucky for the Undying Emperor. After all, he would only be born ten thousand years after the Primordial Celestial Venerable abandoned the Heavenly Heart Imprint, when the Great Dao Imprint would completely dissipate. That would mean that the six supreme beings would also be born in his lifetime to attempt to prove the Dao.

In other words, it is not enough for the Undying Emperor to simply defeat his contemporary prodigies, including Ning Fei. He also needs to defeat the Annihilation Celestial Venerable and the Immortal Fire Holy Spirit arranged by Liang Yu. Even after defeating all his competitors, he will still encounter these six supreme beings and have an overtime match with them.

Of course, these six supreme beings are principled individuals. They wouldn't take advantage of the Immortal Emperor's weakness and bully him while he was still vulnerable. However, they would force the Immortal Emperor to explore alternative paths to enlightenment. After all, to defeat all competitors, it would be impossible for him to achieve enlightenment without first finding an alternative path.

Given the arrogance of the Immortal Emperor, he wouldn't allow himself to use his unrestricted advantage to leapfrog ahead. This is far too intense.

However, that's a matter for the future, and it's uncertain. Who knows, maybe tens of thousands of years later these individuals will choose to ascend directly. After all, becoming the Immortal Golden Body Ancestor or the Overlord Body Ancestor is indeed extremely difficult.

As the six supreme beings each laid out their plans for the future, Lingbao Tianzun's aura steadily weakened, and he was the first to reach the end of his lifespan. This was understandable, given that he had been born relatively early in this life, and was now already 51,000 to 52,000 years old; it was indeed time to reach his limit. Even Daode Tianzun, who was born thousands of years later, was already in his twilight years and wouldn't last much longer, so it was even less likely for him. At this time, Liang Yu and Yuanshi Tianzun were also elderly men with white hair. Of course, Liang Yu could have maintained his peak condition using the special properties of his Yin-Yang Dao Body, but he chose not to do so.

Under the array seal of Lingbao Tianzun, his aura did not leak out, but it still attracted the attention of Liang Yu and Yuanshi Tianzun. Although they were already in their twilight years, they had completely determined and perfected the method of transformation for their next life, so they still chose to take some time to visit.

After all, Lingbao Tianzun is about to live his sixth life. If he succeeds, he will have completed more than half of his journey on the path to immortality in the mortal world. After all, he relied on the elixir of immortality and the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill in his second and third lives. Although he made great progress in those two lives, it could only be counted as one rebirth. Now, if he succeeds again, it will be equivalent to four rebirths. According to Liang Yu and others' calculation of seven rebirths, that's more than halfway there.

Today, Jade Flower Divine Island is hidden deep within the universe, densely covered with countless array patterns. The Celestial Venerable Lingbao has actually used these array patterns to simulate the effects of Origin Technique, allowing Jade Flower Divine Island to be almost completely infiltrated. Of course, although the Celestial Venerable Lingbao has the ability to modify this place, he has not done so.

Now, guarding this divine island and presiding over the entire formation is naturally the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, which has transformed into a celestial artifact. Just as he hesitated whether to let Liang Yu and Yuanshi Tianzun in, Lingbao Tianzun said, "Please come in, both of you."

Upon hearing this, the Zhuxian Sword Formation naturally opened its gaps.

Looking at Lingbao Tianzun, whose life force was now depleted, who was languishing and whose deathly aura was almost uncontrollable, Liang Yu and Yuanshi Tianzun knew that he had reached the end of his life.

But within his body, an unusual aura was faintly visible. It seemed as if a clump of blood essence was condensing within him, radiating a faint vitality.

Liang Yu and Yuanshi Tianzun quickly understood that Lingbao Tianzun's transformation in this life relied on array patterns, and that it was a two-pronged approach that combined internal and external methods.

Firstly, externally, over the past tens of thousands of years, Lingbao Tianzun has laid out countless array patterns throughout the universe. The effect of these array patterns is naturally to absorb the essence of heaven and earth from the universe, condense it into innate essence, and use it to nurture the power of new life, so that he can be reborn.

This method was actually used by the Desolate Heavenly Emperor as well. However, the Spirit Treasure Celestial Venerable deliberately controlled the power of the array patterns, ensuring that the absorption of innate essence was not too intense, but rather gradual and slow. After all, the current universe could not support him extracting large amounts of primordial essence, so a slow and steady approach was necessary.

As for the internal structure, it was similar to the field technique used by Chu Feng. Lingbao Tianzun had previously condensed a mass of blood essence within his body, a mixture of his undying true spirit, life essence, laws and Dao fruits, and so on, using it as a great elixir for the human body. His old body was continuously transformed into a precious acupoint by countless subtle array patterns, its divine essence nourishing the growth of this elixir. Furthermore, his body was also combined with Jade Flower Divine Island, utilizing its unique laws.

Under the influence of these two complex array patterns, one inside and one outside, Lingbao Tianzun may have to slumber for a long time, but he will probably achieve unprecedented transformation results.

(End of this chapter)