Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 51: Later Years
After Xin Hao left, Liang Yu continued his seclusion.

Over the course of eight thousand years, he had completely comprehended the divine bloodline of the gods, which had multiplied for dozens of generations. It could be said that Liang Yu understood their divine bloodline better than the people themselves did.

Therefore, the next step is to use these research findings to find a way to transform oneself.

The so-called method of immortality in the mortal world is essentially about constantly transforming and regenerating to achieve a state of immortality regardless of external circumstances.

This path is indeed extremely difficult. After all, there are very few people like the Undying Emperor and the God Emperor who can reduce the difficulty by relying on their racial talents, and Duan De's method cannot be replicated by others.

Therefore, the vast majority of those who attain enlightenment still need to use a new method of immortality in each lifetime, just like Ye Fan in later generations.

One or two might be manageable, but six or seven is far too difficult. Even the vast majority of enlightened beings, though outstanding individuals of their time, cannot achieve this.

Most importantly, even if you have the method, the transformation process is still very dangerous. Although there is no Undying Emperor lurking in the shadows to launch a sneak attack, there are still many Supreme Beings from Forbidden Zones eyeing the opportunity. If Liang Yu didn't possess superior strength and the Desolate Tower, he would also be in a precarious situation at that stage.

Even without interference, the transformation process is fraught with risks. Even a brilliant figure like the Ruthless Great Emperor managed to destroy himself during the transformation, splitting into several parts and remaining in a state of prolonged mental instability. Needless to say, it would be even more difficult for others.

Although Liang Yu has mastered more than one method, he must first fully master each one before modifying it according to his own conditions in order for it to be effective.

Even longevity methods based on the same principle can have vastly different details depending on the individual's circumstances.

Therefore, he still needs to continue in his original direction to avoid running out of time.

Although Liang Yu possessed the elixir of immortality, he did not intend to use it now. The elixir of immortality was the simplest, most direct, and guaranteed method, so it was better to save it as a backup plan.

If one doesn't manage to complete the method of immortality in any lifetime, then one can use the elixir of immortality to live another lifetime and buy time.

Liang Yu closed his eyes, mobilizing his divine blood within his body while studying its connection to the divine blood from the very source of life.

Time flies, and another twelve thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye. If it weren't for the Great Dao imprint of the Boundless Celestial Venerable still pressing down on the heavens, people would probably think that he had already passed away.

The Supreme Beings of the Forbidden Zones were also quite amazed, who would have thought that the lifespan of the Longevity Celestial Venerable who created the Secret of the Word "Zhe" was actually far less than that of the Limitless Celestial Venerable.

They couldn't help but wonder if Liang Yu would have lived longer if that Chaos Body hadn't died back then. After all, Liang Yu was only the strongest divine body in history. No matter how much he raised the upper limit of divine blood, he was still inferior to the Chaos Body.

Does this mean that these people with special constitutions have such a large lifespan? Or is Wuji Tianzun a special case?
The Supreme Being of the Forbidden Zone's curiosity about special physiques grew stronger.

Liang Yu opened his eyes and looked at his gray hair falling down one side, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

As he estimated, his lifespan in this lifetime would end at around 22,000 years, and now was the last time of his life.

As Liang Yu reached his later years, his vital energy inevitably declined, his body became uncontrollably dry, and a sense of waning aura permeated the five secret realms.

Especially in the Sea of ​​Wheels Secret Realm, under the heavy deathly waters of the Endless Sea of ​​Bitterness, cracks slowly appeared on Liang Yu's Wheel of Life, and even his Spring of Life began to dry up and his vitality dimmed.

This overwhelming aura of death began to herald the imminent end of his life.

Over the course of more than ten thousand years, Liang Yu finally developed his own method for achieving immortality. At the same time, he also created the Ancient Scripture of Transformation.

As he had initially anticipated, the Ancient Scripture of Deity Transformation was extremely difficult and had very demanding requirements. Unlike the Mystic Transformation Technique, the Ancient Scripture of Deity Transformation placed extremely high demands on an individual's talent.

This ancient scripture is mainly based on Liang Yu's research and development of divine blood, and also incorporates some of the essence of the Tribulation Crossing Heavenly Technique.

Therefore, cultivators need to undergo nine extremely difficult transformations at each stage. From the Sea of ​​Wheels Realm to the ninth level of Quasi-Saint, there are a total of eighty-one transformations. Of these eighty-one transformations, approximately eighteen transformations are enough to initially possess divine blood; twenty-seven transformations are enough to transform into divine blood like that of an ordinary member of the divine race; thirty-six transformations are enough to transform into a divine body; sixty-three transformations are enough to transform into a divine king body or a supreme divine blood; seventy-two transformations are enough to reach the state that Liang Yu was in when he first attained enlightenment, which could be called a divine emperor body; and if all eighty-one transformations are completed, one can attain the supreme divine blood deduced by Liang Yu.

Each of these transformations requires not only exceptional personal talent but also a large amount of special resources.

But on this point, Liang Yu devised a completely new method.

Whether it's the Mystic Transformation Technique or the Ancient Divine Transformation Scripture, their need for external resources is the same: they only need to use the divine nature of heaven and earth to transform themselves.

However, during this seclusion, Liang Yu discovered that the origins of other beings could also satisfy his need for divinity, with special physiques and bloodlines having better effects, especially divine blood origins.

How did this become a pilot version of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art?
Although Liang Yu had anticipated this halfway through, since he had already discovered during his research on divine blood that various special physiques might contain different kinds of divinity with varying effects, the fact that it actually turned out this way still gave Liang Yu some strange feelings.

This ancient scripture doesn't seem very friendly to the gods, since it's inevitable that some practitioners of this scripture will attack the divine bodies and the divine race in order to transform themselves.

But that's not actually the case. Just like the secret method of the Holy Rebirth of the Five Great Secret Realms, the Divine Race actually has a secret method for developing divine blood that has been passed down, but it is contained in their ancient scriptures.

The Ancient Scripture of Transformation of Gods, due to Liang Yu's in-depth research on divine blood, has a development of the divine body that far surpasses that of the Ancient Scripture of the Divine Race.

Therefore, the divine race has a higher starting point for cultivating this scripture. However, due to their innate divine bodies, the subsequent parts are more difficult than for those who start from scratch. After all, they have not experienced the process of condensing divine blood from nothing.

Therefore, cultivators, whether or not they are born with divine bodies, each have their own advantages.

However, this means that those who cultivate this scripture, regardless of whether they are born with divine blood, can devour each other to transform themselves, since it is the most effective elixir for the human body. This is practically turning into raising poisonous insects.

Moreover, people of other physical constitutions and races will inevitably suffer in this process.

The Ruthless Great Emperor's Devouring Demon Art is infamous for its unique characteristics, and in the future, this Ancient Scripture of Transformation will likely be no less formidable.

However, it should be less severe than the Devouring Heaven Demon Art, since the Ancient Scripture of Divine Transformation can still use the treasures of heaven and earth, and does not necessarily have to devour the origin of other life forms.

Of course, this ancient scripture and the mystical art still have the same problem: future generations will still find it difficult to inherit the divine blood.

Liang Yu got up, left Wuji Immortal Mountain, and wandered in the universe.

He exuded an aura of waning sunset, and even his Dao imprint began to tremble and quiver, as if it were about to break apart.

Liang Yu passed by each of the restricted areas one by one, but none of the Supremes made a move.

Obviously, there wasn't such an obvious hook as at the Supreme Meeting.

If I really come out, and you take the elixir of immortality, wouldn't that be the end for you? With the Desolate Tower around, it's practically risk-free.

Liang Yu wasn't disappointed that these supreme beings weren't taking the bait. He himself didn't think he could catch them; it was just a routine matter.

But just as he was preparing to turn back and officially live out his second life, his gaze was drawn to an old friend.

"My life is about to end, and you're still alive?"

(End of this chapter)