Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 264 Future Plans
Ying Shenxiao's choice was not unexpected by Liang Yu, but now it seems that he will not choose the path of the Earth Immortal.

Liang Yu could easily see that Ying Shenxiao did not fully use the original laws of the current Kunlun Immortal Mountain during his reincarnation to evolve into the Kunlun Immortal Body. Instead, just as the original Kunlun Immortal Mountain nurtured the Immortal Bell and the Primordial Ancient Mine nurtured the Primordial Beginning, this immortal mountain nurtured its own Kunlun Immortal Body.

In this situation, Ying Shenxiao will undergo a complete transformation, gaining even greater potential and perhaps going even further in the future. After all, if he can perfectly achieve his Kunlun Immortal Body, he will indeed be close to the state of a Chaos Body.

However, this suggests that Ying Shenxiao is most likely destined for immortality through ascension. After all, even if he were to reincarnate, he would still be resistant to elixirs of immortality and the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill. Moreover, his previous life, which was a reversal of fortune, relied on the Longevity Immortal Essence. Therefore, continuing on the path of immortality in the mortal world is practically impossible. Even if he were to research a method of transformation, success would be a distant dream.

However, this means that for the time being, no one on Kunlun Immortal Mountain can cultivate to become an Earth Immortal. After all, even with the Kunlun Immortal Scripture and the secret techniques simplified and transmitted by Ying Shenxiao, it's probably impossible to know how many years it would take to produce a Kunlun Immortal Bloodline of Ying Shenxiao's caliber.

There are approximately eleven extraordinary places in the universe today, namely Immortal Mausoleum, Underworld, Wuji Immortal Mountain, Daluo Immortal Mountain, Yuhua Divine Island, Kunlun Sacred Realm, Kunlun Divine Domain, Kunlun Immortal Mountain, Primordial Ancient Mine, Mount Sumeru, and Mount Tai.

There may be more, but these are the ones discovered so far. In other words, the current human universe can only produce a maximum of eleven Earth Immortals. However, there are only the Eternal Celestial Venerable and the Underworld Emperor. It's likely that even in the distant future, it will be difficult to gather eleven Earth Immortals. After all, those with a sufficiently high compatibility with extraordinary places are extremely rare, and these rare individuals are all exceptional people who will most likely choose to ascend rather than remain confined to the mortal realm.

However, while it's true that Earth Immortals can repair the human universe, their efficiency is indeed too low. Therefore, relying on Earth Immortals to repair the human universe is less effective than hoping Liang Yu becomes a Celestial King. At least for a considerable period of time, the role of Earth Immortals will not be that significant.

Of course, the existence of Earth Immortals is actually very meaningful, but not in the present, but in the future. This is because the method of becoming an Earth Immortal is not merely an alternative path to immortality, but also a hope for the continuous and rapid upgrading of the human universe in the future. After all, these Earth Immortals are bound to the human universe; their fates are intertwined. Moreover, at the same level, the efficiency with which Earth Immortals contribute to the improvement of the universe is far greater than that of immortals using other methods of ascension.

Right now, they can only produce a few random, low-grade natural treasures in the human universe, and the results are not yet apparent. But when these earth immortals become true immortals, or even immortal kings, the advancement of the human universe will be terrifying. Perhaps, in the future, the human universe will not only rebuild the glory of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, but will also go further and surpass the Immortal Realm.

Once Liang Yu becomes a Celestial King and truly begins to fundamentally repair the human universe, the speed at which these Earth Immortals repair the human universe will increase, and as their cultivation levels rise, they will become increasingly important.

Rather than repairing the Immortal Realm, it might be better to continuously upgrade the Human Universe and replace its position. After all, the top talents born in our Human Universe are among the best in all the realms. As for the figures in the Immortal Realm, whether in the past, present, or future, their potential is completely incomparable to that of the Human Universe.

At this moment, Liang Yu had begun to subtly make a decision: to tackle both aspects simultaneously. The Immortal Realm needed to be repaired, and the mortal universe even more so. Moreover, he not only wanted to repair it, but ideally, he wanted to elevate the mortal universe beyond its former glory.

Liang Yu pulled himself out of his thoughts. After all, he hadn't even become a Mortal Immortal yet, so thinking about these things was a bit too far ahead. However, this was also a matter of being prepared for the future. Having a goal and a plan allowed him to lay the groundwork and prepare in advance. Therefore, he still needed to pay special attention to future cultivators who could follow the path of Earth Immortals. Ying Shenxiao's transformation meant that there were one less person who could walk the path of Earth Immortals. However, this was also because the conditions for the path of Earth Immortals were not yet favorable. As long as the human universe was repaired in the future, the difficulty of becoming an Earth Immortal would decrease, and the upper limit would increase, naturally many people would try to walk this path.

However, in this sense, the four alternative paths to enlightenment that they valued have all disappeared from the mortal world and are preparing to reappear in future generations. At present, only the newly arrived Immortal Golden Body Ancestor and Overlord Body Ancestor are still trying to break through the limitations of their physiques.

Liang Yu paid special attention to these two ancestors and discovered that they had already collaborated to collect materials and research the formula and refining method for the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill. Clearly, they were preparing to refine the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill in another life to continue their search for ways to overcome physical limitations.

The reason they chose the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill instead of the Elixir of Immortality was naturally because they still harbored the idea that they could live another life after attaining enlightenment.

These two individuals were actually quite talented, certainly not inferior to ordinary cultivators. With their talents perfectly combined with their own physiques, the result was more than the sum of its parts. Therefore, working together, they successfully refined the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill. However, these two ancestors, who were not particularly skilled in this art, were indeed quite exhausted by the process.

Especially the progenitor of the Undying Golden Body. After all, their lineage doesn't need to refine any elixirs; their blood is a supreme medicine. Whether it's healing others or prolonging their lives, the progenitor of the Undying Golden Body only needs to shed a little blood.

The progenitor of the Overlord Body was relatively better off. After all, his blood was too domineering and extremely exclusive. It was fine if he saved his own descendants, but if it were others, they would probably just come out the same way they drank it, unable to digest or absorb it at all. Therefore, he had no choice but to master the art of alchemy.

However, because they fought and cooperated for thousands of years, shared the same troubles and similar life experiences, their relationship was no longer as tense as that of enemies, but rather became somewhat sympathetic.

However, in this life, despite their best efforts, they didn't achieve much improvement; they merely perfected their physical constitution, and their cultivation techniques became more effective. Of course, their overall cultivation level also progressed considerably.

Even though they had thoroughly studied their own constitution and origins, they still couldn't find any problems. If they couldn't even find the problem, then naturally they couldn't overcome it. Of course, this didn't mean that these two constitutions were truly without flaws; it simply meant their research wasn't deep enough.

Therefore, in order to continue this research, the two ancestors did not seal themselves off, but instead used the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill to prolong their lives and began a new life.

(End of this chapter)