The Eternal Calamity of the Heaven-shading

Chapter 217 You, go and strip him naked.

The moment the coffin was opened, a radiant beam of divine light suddenly appeared, dazzling beyond compare.

"Master!" the Wheel of Tribulation cried out in alarm.

Amidst the dazzling celestial radiance, a humanoid body was enveloped in divine soul liquid, resembling a divine cocoon, rising and falling.

buzzing...

Strange patterns lit up, radiating terrifying power. This seemed to be a protective formation that had been triggered by the opening of the coffin.

"Ok?"

Chen Wu's eyes narrowed slightly. "No way, Cao Yusheng, you're even wary of me?"

Before he finished speaking, without making any move, the formation that was about to erupt instantly ceased its activity and became completely calm.

"That fatso is quite cautious. He actually set up a Heavenly Venerable-level killing array on his own coffin. If any unlucky soul comes along, he'll really be tricked by you."

"I say, did you have a premonition that the Reincarnation Seal was destined to attract a lot of people? So you simply hid in this corner by yourself, even concealing your own weapons?"

Chen Wu was talking to himself, as if he were conversing with the figure inside the divine cocoon.

Not far away, the deity inside the Wheel of Tribulation felt embarrassed upon hearing this.

If anyone else dared to mock a Transcending Tribulation Celestial Venerable like that, it would make them experience the wrath of an Extreme Celestial Venerable.

Unfortunately, the one before him was different. Even in front of the Tribulation-Crossing Celestial Venerable himself, he had no need to hold back at all.

So the Wheel of Tribulation simply pretended not to hear and wandered off into its own world.

"Forget it, I've already entrusted a young man to help clean up this mess you've made. He's quite good; at least at the Quasi-Celestial Venerable stage, he's no less capable than you. After he attains enlightenment in the future, he might even be able to embark on the path of immortality in the mortal world."

“Such geniuses only appear once every few hundred thousand years. We can’t let them work for nothing. But after thinking it over, I think this debt should be attributed to you.”

"So I'm taking a little bit this time, and the rest will be settled after you recover."

Perhaps it was because he had been walking alone on the path to immortality for too long, but at this moment, in front of his former buddies, Chen Wu seemed to have opened up and started talking, even becoming somewhat rambling.

However, the Wheel of Tribulation, which had been listening silently from the side, suddenly sensed that something was wrong.

"Ok?"

It looked straight at them, and an involuntary sense of foreboding rose within it: "Does the Celestial Venerable mean to...?"

Sure enough, in the next instant, Chen Wu reached out and casually grabbed at the divine cocoon from a distance.

Without any killing intent or malevolent aura, the divine cocoon burst open, revealing an unconscious, overweight Taoist priest.

He was overweight and dressed in an ancient Taoist robe. He lay quietly in the void, motionless, as if he had entered an eternal slumber.

Looking at that face, who else could it be but the Transcending Tribulation Celestial Venerable Cao Yusheng?

"Master!!!" Upon seeing this, the Wheel of Tribulation immediately flew over excitedly and circled around him.

"Cough cough..."

Chen Wu coughed lightly twice, his gaze lingering on Cao Yusheng's chubby face.

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that the latter's temperament had changed drastically.

Originally, during his time as a Transcending Tribulation Celestial Venerable, Cao Yusheng's image was never associated with divine might or grandeur.

Now he's a complete charlatan, full of evil intentions, as if he's plotting to swindle people the moment he opens his eyes.

The saying "appearance reflects the heart" holds some truth. Chen Wu could already foresee that the future Underworld Emperor was likely not a good person; otherwise, the people of the Underworld wouldn't be so terrified of him, and even his own weapons wouldn't betray him.

From the Heavenly Venerable of Tribulation to the Underworld Emperor, after undergoing two more transformations, until the time of Duan De, his moral standards should have declined sharply, eventually evolving into a ruthless Taoist priest who cheats and deceives everyone.

Thinking of this, Chen Wu sighed and muttered to himself, "Looking back, it's fortunate that I met Cao Yusheng when he had just woken up. He was honest and simple. Otherwise, it would have been much more troublesome to get along with him."

Not far away, the Wheel of Tribulation still ignored his words and respectfully said:

"May I ask the Heavenly Venerable, what is the current state of my master? Why can't I sense the presence of the Samsara Seal?"

“He hid himself, so of course you wouldn’t have noticed,” Chen Wu said calmly.

Following his gaze, one could see a flawless white mark engraved within Cao Yusheng's body—the Reincarnation Mark, profoundly mysterious.

Moreover, Cao Yusheng's Reincarnation Seal is very different from others. It begins in the Sea of ​​Wheels Secret Realm, passes through the Dao Palace, the Four Extremes, and the Dragon Transformation, and finally converges and sublimates in the Sendai Secret Realm.

Wisps of holy celestial light appeared and disappeared above, radiating an immortal brilliance, as if an immeasurable celestial calamity had descended, or as if a world was in the cycle of reincarnation.

"Life and death, reincarnation... no wonder..."

Chen Wu whispered, instantly grasping the great secret.

Both are transformations of Cao Yusheng, namely the Tribulation-Crossing Celestial Venerable and the Underworld Emperor, and these two are respectively at the beginning and end of the mythological era.

According to the original plot, the Underworld Emperor was the first person who was a Supreme Celestial Venerable in life and was able to attain enlightenment again after death, and he possessed the dual Dao fruits of Corpse Dao and Origin Technique.

So here's the question: during this long period of time, how many cultivators practiced the Reincarnation Seal, even causing a zombie outbreak, yet not a single one was able to attain enlightenment until the Underworld Emperor appeared, after which the second Corpse Dao Supreme, the Corpse Emperor, was born.

Is it that those people lack talent?

No, the answer is no.

The source was precisely Cao Yusheng. Relying on his unparalleled understanding of the Dao of Reincarnation, he deliberately left his own mark in the Reincarnation Seal, thus gaining complete control over those in the Corpse Path.

Thinking of this, Chen Wu's eyes deepened, and he couldn't help but complain: "Even I, someone who doesn't cultivate the Samsara Seal, have the urge to chop you up. Tsk tsk, you can imagine just how ruthless you are."

Then, he looked at the Wheel of Tribulation.

"You, go check Cao Yusheng's body and see if there are any treasures buried with him. Take them all off."

"what???"

Upon hearing this, the Wheel of Tribulation froze on the spot.

For a moment, the weapon couldn't help but wonder if it had misheard. The deity inside stared at Chen Wu for a long time, as if to make sure he wasn't joking.

"Heavenly Venerable, this...this is not a good idea..." The Wheel of Tribulation stammered, his words incoherent.

"Is there anything inappropriate about it?" Chen Wu asked back.

The Wheel of Tribulation subconsciously asked, "Why did you take away the treasures from Master's body?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Wu smiled and said, "Don't you know that everyone is looking for Cao Yusheng right now? They've practically turned the burial ground upside down. What if Cao Yusheng is found one day? Rather than letting so many treasures go to someone else, it's better to move them to another safe place first, and come back to retrieve them after he wakes up."

I believe you!
How come I never noticed before that the Eternal Celestial Venerable had such an unreliable side?

"If the Celestial Venerable does not agree with the master's actions and wishes to impose punishment, he may do so himself. But why must it be me?"

At this moment, the Wheel of Tribulation was about to cry.

(End of this chapter)