Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 54 Moral God
"If I had known that Lingbao Tianzun had visited the ancient star of the primordial world, I would have just asked him directly."

Liang Yu shook his head; it was all for nothing. But then again, it made sense. Moral Celestial Venerable and Lingbao Celestial Venerable were both among the Three Pure Ones in the legends of Taoism on Earth, so they must have left behind some Taoist lineage here.

At this time, the Celestial Venerable of Morality was in the ancient star of the primordial world. His body became spiritual in later generations and transformed into Lao Tzu, which goes without saying.

However, in the original timeline, Lingbao Tianzun would not have a future. Therefore, the time during which he left behind his lineage on the ancient primordial star should indeed be before he was corrupted.

However, Yuanshi Tianzun is quite strange. Daode Tianzun and Lingbao Tianzun, who are also among the Three Pure Ones, are both enlightened beings and are famous throughout the universe. There is no reason why Yuanshi Tianzun, who is ranked alongside them, is an unknown extra.

However, in later generations' view, the title "Yuanshi" seems to have never existed.

Perhaps the truth is as Liang Yu has always guessed: Yuanshi was the predecessor of Dizun.

The Emperor was the last Celestial Venerable of the mythological era who abandoned everything to start anew. Clearly, among those things he discarded was his own title.

Even though this title had been circulating before, it was completely replaced after he became the Emperor and established the Heavenly Court.

Moreover, after the Heavenly Court fell, the Undying Emperor and the Supreme Being of the Forbidden Zone cleaned up and erased everything remaining in the Heavenly Court, including the past of the Emperor.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that the name of Yuanshi is only preserved in his homeland, the ancient star of the primordial era.

Liang Yu stepped into the ancient star, and the three layers of array patterns posed no obstacle to his entry. Of course, this was also because Liang Yu did not damage the place. If he were to attack the ancient star, all three layers of array patterns would fully activate in retaliation.

However, even if these array patterns were to activate, Liang Yu would easily break them. At this moment, he was incredibly powerful. Unless the Celestial Venerable of Morality was still alive, or the Celestial Venerable of Spiritual Treasure came in person, a few array patterns would be of no use whatsoever.

Since Kunlun Mountain did not yet exist on the ancient star at this time, the largest and most mysterious mountain range on the ancient star was Mount Tai.

Mount Tai is an immortal mountain that fell from the outer realms into this universe. Although the top part of its peaks is naturally formed, it manifests the terrain of nine dragons pulling a coffin, which is extremely mysterious.

Among the first people to see it was the Desolate Heavenly Emperor, who cut off a section of the wondrous land on Mount Tai, intending to use it as his tomb, but ultimately failed to do so.

In the long years that followed, this severed mountain became a forbidden zone for life—Burial Sky Island, also known as Shangcang.

Originally, Mount Tai was incredibly vast; even the sun, moon, and stars seemed like mere soil and gravel compared to it, only able to revolve around it. The saying "No mountain is greater than Mount Tai, no history is more ancient than Mount Tai" refers to this mountain.

Although Mount Tai is still majestic today, its size has shrunk by more than half, and it can only be called the number one mountain on the ancient planet.

Even in the years to come, this mountain will continue to decline until it loses its unique characteristics and becomes just an ordinary mountain.

The reason why Mount Tai declined completely in later generations was actually due to two factors.

First, the Desolate Heavenly Emperor severed its peak. As a result, the mountain lost its core secret place where all divine essence and laws were concentrated, and naturally lost most of its divine power.

Most importantly, once the main body is gone, the remaining parts cannot be restored or regenerated, and can only continuously lose all their inherent essence over the long years.

Secondly, the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains created by the Emperor were activated by the Feathered Divine Dynasty, causing Mount Tai, as part of the ancient primordial star, to also have a large amount of its essence absorbed. Ultimately, this extraordinary mountain from an unknown realm returned to ordinariness.

Of course, although Mount Tai is currently in a state of continuous loss of vital energy, it still retains some of its mystical features due to the excellent environment of the ancient primordial star at this time, and can barely maintain its title as the number one mountain of the ancient primordial star.

It might not be impossible to revive Mount Tai. If Burial Island, now a forbidden zone, could be reclaimed and its damaged array patterns repaired, the mountain might regain its former glory. However, Liang Yu focused his attention on Mount Tai not because of any divine wonders it possessed, but because it was the core of the Moral Celestial Venerable's array patterns.

With his eyes gleaming with divine light, Liang Yu's Origin Heaven Divine Eye revealed Mount Tai and the ancient primordial star as if they had become transparent, exposing various earth veins and Dao traces within them.

Just by looking at it, Liang Yu realized the peculiarity of this place. The reason why the ancient primordial star is an excellent place to nurture corpses is that there is a special Dao trace here, which contains the mystery of life and death and reincarnation, and can transform death energy into life.

Under the influence of these Dao patterns, the lifeless ancient corpse will be gradually nourished and quickly regain its vitality; in this process, an immortal true spirit will also rapidly condense within the ancient corpse to form a new primordial spirit.

The array patterns laid down by the Celestial Venerable of Morality are attached to these Dao traces, cleverly embedded within them, guiding this power to converge in one place, thereby giving birth to life.

Liang Yu traced the path to the end and discovered an ancient corpse at the confluence of earth veins beneath Mount Tai.

Clearly, this ancient corpse with white hair, a youthful face, and an otherworldly air is none other than the Celestial Venerable Morality.

Has the Celestial Venerable Morality already perished? Liang Yu sensed no life from this ancient corpse.

He parted the body of Mount Tai, entered the earth's veins, and approached the ancient corpse.

Soon, he was blocked by an array pattern radiating celestial light. Liang Yu did not launch a forceful attack, but merely activated the array pattern.

In an instant, celestial light flowed, and four supreme auras began to revive.

Liang Yu muttered to himself, "The Celestial Venerable of Morality actually forged four supreme weapons; he is indeed extraordinary."

The four ultimate weapons of the Moral Celestial Venerable are the Taiji Diagram, the Vajra Bracelet, the Bagua Furnace, and the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda.

Among them, the Taiji diagram is surrounded by countless rays of light and ethereal immortal energy. Countless divine laws and patterns intertwine to form Dao traces, drawing the Yin-Yang fish and evolving the Taiji Dao.

The Vajra Bracelet is pure white, and its inner circle seems to connect to an infinite world, encompassing everything and including all the heavens.
The Eight Trigrams Furnace contains the Eight Phases World, which rotates continuously, with the Six Ding Divine Fire burning fiercely, incinerating all things;

The magnificent and exquisite pagoda, radiating boundless divine light, is impervious to all laws, seemingly one with heaven and earth.

After sensing Liang Yu's presence, they withdrew their divine light and approached him. They exchanged a brief conversation and reached a kind of consensus.

The Taiji Diagram is the natal magic treasure of the Celestial Venerable of Morality and the first treasure he used to attain enlightenment. Therefore, it is the most miraculous, and it is the head of the four great magic treasures. Hence, it floated forward to negotiate with Liang Yu.

The Taiji Diagram deity manifested, its appearance almost identical to that of the Moral Celestial Venerable. It released its array patterns and said to Liang Yu, "We pay our respects to the Limitless Celestial Venerable."

Liang Yu said, "Did the Celestial Venerable of Morality undergo a transformation here?"

The Taiji diagram said, "Yes, Master has been here for millions of years."

Liang Yu frowned and said, "It's been millions of years and we still haven't finished. I'm afraid the outlook isn't very optimistic."

Taiji Diagram cupped its hands and said, “What the Heavenly Venerable says is very true. Master has maintained this state of neither birth nor death for a long time, and we are powerless to help him. If this continues, Master will probably fail completely. Heavenly Venerable, your skill is unparalleled in this world, can you help Master? We will agree to any request unconditionally.”

(End of this chapter)