Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 31 Breaking the Road
Upon hearing the name, the Carefree Celestial Venerable couldn't help but smile wryly, "So this is it. I had expected it, but hearing it in person still left me somewhat disappointed. This item is rare and hard to come by; we probably have no hope of obtaining it."

Actually, this answer isn't entirely unexpected. Although the Harmony Flower is a legendary thing, the mythical deities had long heard of it, but no one had ever seen it.

If there is anything in the world that can restore the Sendai of a self-severed Supreme Being, then the Hedao Flower is undoubtedly the most likely one.

Liang Yu said, "Besides the Dao Flower, I don't know if there are any other methods that can achieve this."

The carefree Celestial Venerable murmured, "Perhaps, a special method of transformation is needed, one that can both repair one's own Celestial Platform and open the door to the next life..."

The Carefree Celestial Venerable shook his head, pulling himself out of his reverie. He swept away his previous dejection and gloom, and said loudly, “Fellow Daoist Wuji, I observe that the Supreme Beings of these forbidden zones are like decrepit old men, withered bones in their tombs. Their hearts are dead; they are single-mindedly focused on the path to immortality, so no one has bothered to study how to restore their Immortal Platforms.”

I used to be like that too. Since none of them have done it, let me be the first. Even without the Harmony Flower, I can still continue the broken path.

Liang Yu looked at the Carefree Celestial Venerable. Although he wanted to say that the probability of success was not high, for some reason, seeing the radiant Carefree Celestial Venerable, he suddenly felt a strange sense of trust. It seemed that this Celestial Venerable who had regained his Dao heart could really do what others could not.

He smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Xiaoyao, things are possible with human effort. Since others can research all sorts of methods to transform and be reborn, I dare not say whether there is any method in this world that can cure you, let alone whether you, Fellow Daoist Xiaoyao, will research such a method."

The Carefree Celestial Venerable also laughed and said, "Fellow Daoist Wuji, although I am a few years older than you, I have wasted most of my life on the path to immortality. I have fallen behind. However, I will catch up with you one day. I will repay your kindness in enlightening me today. Farewell, and I hope that when we meet again, we will both have achieved success on the path to immortality."

Liang Yu cupped his hands and said, "Fellow Daoist Xiaoyao, may we encourage each other."

The Carefree Celestial Venerable activated the Word "Travel" secret technique, and although he was as leisurely as if he were taking a stroll, he instantly disappeared into the end of the universe.

In fact, Liang Yu had considered a plan to sever his own supreme status and become an immortal, and it was quite comprehensive.

First, the first step is to find the Harmony Flower so that a certain self-severing Supreme can fully recover to his peak and repair the damage to his Sendai after self-severance.
Secondly, they could send him into a strange world, or the world within the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin, to solve the problem of insufficient lifespan.

In this situation, he could rely on longevity substances to greatly extend his lifespan and begin to continue his cultivation to become even stronger.

The Undying Emperor, the Great Emperor Wushi, Ye Yishui, and Little Immortal Phoenix broke through their limits in this environment. The first two became Immortals of the Mortal World, while the latter two approached the level of Immortals of the Mortal World.

Even if these supreme beings cannot reach or approach the level of a mortal immortal, they should still make considerable progress.

Then, they will cultivate while waiting for a sufficient number of cooperative immortals to emerge in the mortal world, so they can together conquer the Immortal Realm. In the Immortal Realm, they can become true immortals and achieve eternal life.

This plan is very sound, but it is very difficult.

Leaving aside the issues of the strange world and the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin, just finding the Harmony Flower is already a major obstacle.

So, although the plan was good, it went wrong from the very first step and died before it even began.

In the subsequent steps, the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin carries a heavy karmic burden, making it unlikely to be easily found; the Strange World, however, is much simpler. As long as one finds the Immortal Treasure Map, or explores the key points on the path to immortality more, the probability of finding it is quite high.

Therefore, the biggest problem with this plan is still the Harmony Flower. Without finding the Harmony Flower, these self-severed Supreme Beings are basically beyond saving.

Moreover, even if they were found, the Divine Flower blooms only once every 100,000 years, and the Dao-Merging Flower would probably take even longer. Given the current number of Supreme Beings in the Forbidden Zones, even if Liang Yu only saves a small portion, the queue alone would stretch until Ye Fan and his entire sect ascend to immortality.

Therefore, this plan remains only at the conceptual stage. If the Harmonious Flower is actually found in the future, this plan may still be restarted.

Theoretically, Liang Yu could send these supreme beings to a strange world first, to buy them time before they reach the end of their lifespan. However, that world is easy to enter but difficult to leave, and everything afterward would be out of Liang Yu's control. It might take millions of years to gather three mortal immortals; the variables are too great.

However, Liang Yu actually knew of another possible method: to wait until the Flying Immortal Star millions of years later, and then enter the Immortal Realm by washing away the Imperial Laws.

Entering the Immortal Realm can solve the problem of insufficient lifespan, but it is uncertain whether it can repair the self-severed Immortal Platform. After all, the Immortal Realm has been shattered at this time, and neither secret techniques nor immortal treasures may have such miraculous effects.

Before his death, the Undying Emperor, who had fallen from the Immortal Realm to the mortal world, said that there were no cultivators of the Mortal Immortal level in the part of the Immortal Realm they were about to enter.

Duan De, who entered the Immortal Realm, also said that in the part of the Immortal Realm they entered, only a few true immortals could be born.

In such a dilapidated immortal realm, finding a suitable method to heal the self-severed celestial platform would probably not be easy.

Even if they could find a way to repair Sendai, or as a second choice, they could rely on their long lifespans to figure out a solution themselves, but there are only a limited number of people who can take this path.

There are only two or three spots available on this path to immortality. Just making these supreme beings endure for millions of years has already eliminated the vast majority of them. Making them wait several more rounds is worse than just killing them.

Therefore, this path not only has an unpredictable outcome, but also takes longer than the previous one.

Therefore, Liang Yu still chose to give up. After much thought, he decided it was best to wait until he lived a few more lifetimes. By then, he might find a new method; even if he didn't, sending them to the strange world would be easier.

Moreover, he can use this time to screen out those who have severed themselves, as not all self-destructive supreme beings are worthy of his help.

However, his intuition told him that the emperor of the future might bring about a turning point.

Emperor Zun was the last Heavenly Venerable of the mythological era. He created the secret of the character "皆" (jiē), which not only completed the Nine Secrets but also made him the first to unify the Nine Secrets.

After abandoning all divine arts, laws, and cultivation, he was reborn and became the pinnacle of the mythological era.

After the Emperor established the Heavenly Court, he invited some self-severed supreme beings to be reborn. For example, the Eternal Heavenly Venerable was invited by the Emperor to be reborn after the Underworld Venerable disappeared, and became the new master of the Underworld.

The Emperor used the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill to prolong the lives of these supreme beings, but it was somewhat different.

The original Nine-Turn Immortal Pill allows the cultivator to live for one lifetime, but its effect will be much worse if used a second time, similar to the Immortal Elixir.

Many of the Supreme Beings invited by the Emperor to leave the mountain had consumed the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, yet they were still able to temporarily heal the wounds on their Immortal Platforms through the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill refined by the Emperor, and survive in their peak condition for thousands of years.

Liang Yu guessed that this should be an improved version of the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, which is not exactly the same as the original.

So perhaps the Emperor has made significant progress in resolving the issue of self-severing the Supreme Being.

Moreover, the Emperor's method of abandoning everything to live a second life may also allow other supreme beings to be reborn.

However, for now, these matters are temporarily irrelevant to Liang Yu. After all, he didn't commit suicide, and there are only a very few among the Supreme Beings of the Forbidden Zone that he wants to save.

When one is successful, one should help others; when one is unsuccessful, one should cultivate one's own virtue. When he has the ability, he can naturally lend a hand; if they don't live to see that day, then it can only be considered that they are not destined to be together.

(End of this chapter)