Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 58 The Vessel of Life
Create life?
Liang Yu was also slightly startled by the target, Wuliang Tianzun.

However, the fact that the Origin Cauldron of All Things eventually transformed into a human and became one of the strongest members of Ye Fan's Heavenly Court second generation shows that immortal artifacts, or at least some special immortal artifacts, are almost becoming real life.

Given special circumstances and the spirit's own subjective will, they can detach from their physical form and truly transform into human beings, becoming life itself.

Judging from the fact that the Boundless Dao Stele did not rely on the personal strength of the Boundless Heavenly Venerable, nor on drinking the blood of the Supreme Being, nor did it draw upon the power of heaven and earth like the Emperor Venerable did when he forged the Myriad Origin Cauldron, yet it still began to evolve into a celestial artifact, perhaps the Boundless Heavenly Venerable gained some experience from the process of forging it, which led to this plan to create life.

Liang Yu said, "Creating life, the Boundless Heavenly Venerable truly has great ambition. However, in my opinion, this is no different from the ancient corpse communicating with spirits, except that it allows the newborn to get rid of the influence of its predecessor."

The Boundless Dao Stele presented a Daoist book forged from divine purple gold and said, "Heavenly Venerable, this is what the Master obtained in his lifetime, including the Boundless Daoist Scripture, the Secret of Military Affairs, and some forbidden secret techniques. I would like to ask you to complete the Master's arrangements and fulfill his last wishes."

Liang Yu looked at it with a half-smile and said, "Is this the arrangement of the Boundless Heavenly Venerable, or your own decision?"

The Boundless Dao Stele sighed, "Before he died, the master told me that I was free and no longer needed to care about anything concerning him, and that I should just live my own life. I originally intended to just leave and seek a way to transform into a celestial artifact."

"But for some reason, I always felt a pang of sadness when I saw the old man's dejected look. He used to be so spirited and invincible, but the battle with the Chaos Body in his later years plunged him into depression."

"Although he didn't use me in that battle and chose to fight bare-handed, he was still a Celestial Venerable of this era, while that Chaos Body hadn't even achieved enlightenment yet. Even under the suppression of realm, although Master won, he was still severely injured."

"On that very day, the master prematurely entered old age due to his injuries. He no longer pursued immortality, but instead rejected his past path and placed his hopes on creating life. He wanted to use his old body as the core to create a completely new life, to walk a completely different path, and to become an immortal in his place."

"He is, after all, my master, and can even be considered my biological parents. Even if he didn't ask for anything, I must help him fulfill his last wish."

Liang Yu sighed. The Boundless Heavenly Venerable thought that the human body was finite while magical treasures were infinite, so he spent too much energy on forging treasures to prove his Dao. It wasn't until he finally faced the Chaos Body that he realized that life was the greatest miracle in the universe, possessing infinite possibilities.

Therefore, he gave up on saving himself and began to deny his past path. But his pride as a Celestial Venerable made him unwilling to sink into such depravity.

So he refined the remnants of his chaotic body into a giant five-colored altar on the Big Dipper to challenge his future path to immortality; at the same time, he used his old body as nourishment to create a new life, continuing his path to immortality in a different way.

In hindsight, he was halfway to success. His plans ultimately created the first great emperor of the ancient era, Emperor Fuxi. This emperor completely abandoned everything from the past, except for his appearance and the weapon he used to prove his Dao; all his cultivation and Daoist techniques started from scratch.

This is actually somewhat similar to the Emperor's rebirth, both of which involve discarding the old body and turning it into nourishment to give birth to a completely new self and then embarking on a completely different new path.

However, the Emperor is still himself, but Fuxi is no longer Wuliang.

It's unknown whether the Emperor of the original timeline drew inspiration from the arrangement of the Boundless Heavenly Venerable.

The reason why it is said to be half successful is not because Emperor Fuxi did not become an immortal, but because the process of creating life was not thorough. Some traces of the past still remain, which subtly restrict Emperor Fuxi's achievements.

Liang Yu snapped out of his thoughts, took the Immortal Golden Daoist Book, and said, "I have long yearned for the Dharma of the Boundless Heavenly Venerable. Since that's the case, I'll go and take a look."

Obtaining the results of the Boundless Heavenly Venerable would be of considerable help to Liang Yu's path to immortality; at least the so-called process of creating life would be very useful. However, how many is this now? Of the nine Heavenly Venerables who have already appeared, he has already saved the Moral Heavenly Venerable and the Spiritual Treasure Heavenly Venerable, allowing them to continue their immortal journey in the mortal world; the Carefree Heavenly Venerable, the Longevity Heavenly Venerable, and the Nirvana Heavenly Venerable were also the core reasons for his plan to restore the Supreme Beings of the Forbidden Zone; now, he is handling the affairs of the Boundless Heavenly Venerable, helping him complete his final experiment.

Aside from the Underworld Lord, who hardly needs his help, and the Emperor Lord, who has not yet been born, he will most likely be helping all the other Heavenly Lords.

Liang Yu went to great lengths to ensure a bright future for all nine Heavenly Venerables of the mythology. This episode truly showcased the strongest sense of teamwork.

Liang Yu parted the lake water and used his source magic to clear a path, successfully entering the cave.

The underground energy here is thick and sticky, and the air seems so turbid that you could move it with your hand. Countless veins of earth energy intertwine and converge in the center to form a dark and empty cavern.

Although there are no monsters here, there is a sense of oppression that instills a deep-seated fear in people.

However, although this place is an extremely yin place, there is a point that gushes forth with intense vitality. As the saying goes, yin gives rise to yang, and things reach their extremes and then reverse. Instead of the yin substance like the Yellow Spring Water being born in the center of the cave with the heaviest yin energy, a true divine spring was born.

This is like the yang eye in the Tai Chi diagram, or like the life spring gushing forth in the sea of ​​suffering.

Beneath the spring of this divine spring, an ancient corpse dressed in a Taoist robe merged with the cave. The array patterns set up by the Boundless Heavenly Venerable extracted all the laws, blood and qi from the corpse, transforming them into yin and death qi that merged into the cave. At the same time, it manipulated the terrain of this place, making the divine spring nurtured in this extremely yin place even stronger.

After careful observation, Liang Yu discovered that there was a bit of immortal essence from the Boundless Heavenly Venerable in the divine spring. Under the nourishment of the divine spring, it continued to grow and showed a tendency to transform into an embryo.

The array patterns underground connect with those in the sky, drawing upon the power of the natural thunder pool to strike down and then channeling it into the divine spring to stimulate the birth of new life.

This ingenious idea greatly inspired Liang Yu. This place is the furnace that the Boundless Heavenly Venerable set up with the help of nature, and the embryo formed from the immortal essence of longevity is the vessel, a most precise and complex human vessel.

So, under this arrangement and approach, could the Origin Technique, a secret method that draws upon the power of heaven and earth, be done even better?

Liang Yu's thoughts flowed like a spring, and inspiration surged forth. He sensed that his source techniques were about to reach a new level.

But why do all these Celestial Venerables need Source Techniques to help them so much?
The reason is actually quite simple. In the mythological era, the longevity methods of most enlightened beings were closely related to the Holy Spirit and the raising of corpses. These two areas happen to be the parts where the Source Technique can play its most role. That's why it has become the case that even a Celestial Venerable seems to need the assistance of the Source Technique.

Why did the mythical era turn out this way? Liang Yu easily found the culprit.

There was such a person who ushered in the mythological era, created the Origin Technique, studied the Holy Spirit, and achieved the attainment of enlightenment through a corpse. It can be said that all those who attained enlightenment throughout the mythological era were influenced by him.

He is Cao Yusheng, the Heavenly Venerable Who Transcends Tribulation, or you can call him the Underworld Venerable.

This is truly the root of all evil.

(End of this chapter)