Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 42 Past Events

Looking at this scene, Liang Yu couldn't help but feel puzzled. Why was this dark primordial spirit not dark at all? In fact, it looked quite normal.

However, judging from the fact that he could not sense any unusual aura at all, perhaps it was because this dark power was too weak.

He just figured it out for two reasons: first, because of the unusual reaction of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation in his hand to the two primordial spirits; and second, because there was a very subtle time difference between the two array patterns, with the one that was at a disadvantage reacting earlier.

And then there's intuition.

Moreover, even if he misjudged, Liang Yu could turn suppression into protection. Although Lingbao Tianzun's sword strike was incredibly impressive, he was ultimately only left with his primordial spirit. If Liang Yu intervened, Lingbao Tianzun in this state would be unable to break through the Desolate Tower.

However, it was precisely because he was able to unleash this sword strike that Liang Yu became completely certain that his choice was correct.

From their conversation, Liang Yu could roughly deduce the subsequent encounter between the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation and the Spirit Treasure Celestial Venerable.

In a timeline without him, the Four Swords of Zhuxian separated, each flying away and detached from the array diagram. However, due to this uncontrolled full-scale revival, the sword left behind a legend that the reunion of the four swords and the array diagram might bring back the Spirit Treasure Celestial Venerable.

Later, this sword formation was assembled to fight against the Emperor, but it was defeated and disappeared along with the end of the mythological era.

Further on, this sword formation was hidden in the Sea of ​​Wheels, where its former master, Lingbao Tianzun, had already established his own independent domain.

Lingbao Tianzun himself, however, could no longer endure the ordeal after tens of thousands of years and chose to fight to the death. Although he won, he was ultimately destroyed by the Dark Primordial Spirit through the technique of transforming his Dao into fire.

The undying Dao Fire burned fiercely, not only burning away the primordial spirit of Lingbao Tianzun, but also completely obliterating that dark power.

After that, the true spirit of Lingbao Tianzun may not have completely disappeared, but was still trying to save itself and rebuild itself.

But clearly, he ultimately failed. Only a trace of immortal divinity remained in his Sendai, turning into a slurry of divine liquid.

Finally, this divine liquid, burning like flames, was obtained by the Golden Crow Emperor. He used it to achieve Nirvana, reborn in reverse, and attained the Dao to become emperor, thus beginning his tragic life.

Lingbao Tianzun's primordial spirit bowed and said, "Fellow Daoist Wuji, thank you very much. If it weren't for your help, I would probably have no chance of survival."

Liang Yu returned the bow and said, "The Heavenly Venerable has quelled the corpse calamity, and his merits are immeasurable. My hometown, Ziwei, was preserved because of the Heavenly Venerable. This time, I am merely repaying a past favor."

Lingbao Tianzun laughed and said, "In that case, we already have karmic ties to bear, so there's no need for such formalities today. From now on, let's address each other as fellow Daoists and explore the path to immortality together."

Liang Yu said, “Fellow Daoist Lingbao is quite right. I wonder if you could tell me more about the Dark Primordial Spirit? I once accidentally learned some prehistoric secrets, which may be related to this. If that’s the case, I’m afraid there will be a great calamity in the human world.”

Lingbao Tianzun sighed, "This matter is still related to that corpse disaster."

His thoughts followed the words back to hundreds of thousands of years ago, to that dark and chaotic world filled with corpses and blood.

At that time, the Underworld Lord had been asleep for tens of thousands of years, and the other supreme beings in the Underworld began to promote and experiment with the method of raising corpses without any supervision.

Thus, throughout the universe, regardless of whether they are strong or weak, all have placed their hopes on the immortality of the body and the possibility of the reappearance of the primordial spirit due to their fear of death and their desire for immortality.

As a result, the entire universe became eerily gloomy, filled with ghosts and evil spirits. It was not just a hundred ghosts walking at night, it was ten thousand ghosts walking during the day.

In this dark age when the human world had become a den of demons and the mortal realm had turned into the underworld, Lingbao Tianzun was born. He advanced triumphantly, using his sword to slay evil and destroy demons, using his sword of slaughter to wash away hordes of corpses, and using his supreme array patterns to overwhelm the many with the few.

At that time, Lingbao Tianzun not only stopped killing with killing, but also used a more ruthless and decisive method to kill until no one in the world dared to raise corpses; he also created the Duren Sutra, which was specially designed to counter all of this, giving hope to those who were suffering from the calamity of corpses.

In this process, he inevitably clashed with the underworld.

This conflict escalated, and even a supreme being from the underworld died at his hands. Although the underworld avoided direct confrontation with him, it secretly continued to arrange and induce the ancient corpses to communicate with spirits, keeping Lingbao Tianzun busy putting out fires everywhere.

Of course, during this process, some supreme beings of the underworld were discovered by Lingbao Tianzun and killed on the spot.

It wasn't until the third incarnation of Lingbao Tianzun that he finally found the location of the underworld. Seeing the situation escalating, Fude Laoren intervened, awakened the Underworld Lord, and facilitated peace talks between the two sides.

At that time, the underworld harbored resentment towards Lingbao Tianzun because more than one supreme being had been killed by him.

After the ceasefire, one of the supreme beings released a monster that even he could not control, an immortal ancient corpse from the depths of the underworld.

After this ancient corpse gained sentience, its power became terrifying. According to Lingbao Tianzun's estimation, its physical body had definitely surpassed the realm of humanity. Perhaps, it truly was a celestial corpse.

Upon hearing this, Liang Yu couldn't help but say, "It is rumored that your Four Swords of Zhuxian were stained with immortal blood. Could it be from this battle?"

Lingbao Tianzun sighed, “Yes, back then I was young and impetuous, and named the sword that proved my Dao Zhuxian. My original intention was to say that there was no one in the world I could not kill, unless a true immortal descended to earth. Later, I thought that if I could not become an immortal, then killing a true immortal would be enough to make my life worthwhile.”

"But who would have thought that he would suffer retribution in this life. Although he was just an ancient corpse with spiritual powers, he was still considered half an immortal."

Liang Yu thought to himself, "This can be considered getting what I asked for." However, thanks to this battle, the name of the Immortal Execution Sword has finally been truly established.

Lingbao Tianzun, of course, had no idea that Liang Yu was thinking these things. He continued, "I won this battle with great difficulty, killing him with the Four Swords of Zhuxian, but I was also severely injured as a result, and my third life had to end prematurely. Before the immortal corpse died completely, it seemed to regain its senses and said something to me with a smile."

"What did you say?" Liang Yu asked, somewhat curious.

"Those who are stained with my immortal blood will be forever plunged into darkness and condemned to eternal damnation!"

“I’ve seen too many of these dying curses, so I didn’t take this one to heart.”

"After the war, my situation was very bad. Most of the immortal essence I had accumulated in my previous three lifetimes was consumed in this war, making it difficult to support my rebirth in the next life. So I could only refine the essence of the immortal corpse and turn it into immortal liquid to nourish myself."

"With the help of the immortal corpse's essence, my transformation was very successful, and I lived out my fourth life smoothly. However, this ancient corpse contains a special power, but it is too weak for me to detect."

“In the early stages of that life, I didn’t experience anything unusual, or perhaps my perception was clouded by this power.”

"In short, I found myself becoming increasingly unable to control my negative emotions, becoming less and less like myself, and more like a demon."

"Later, I went to the Underworld again and killed the mastermind. Of course, this time no one knew except the Supreme Being in the Underworld."

"At the time, I wanted to have a good talk with the Lord of the Underworld. But I suddenly found myself filled with evil thoughts that I couldn't suppress, and they even affected my actions, so I had to leave for the time being."

(End of this chapter)