The Heavenly Emperor of Chu

Chapter 98 The Return of the Celestial Venerable Lingbao (10K10K)

Soon, Chu Tianshu discovered many errors and omissions during the deduction process, and then corrected them one by one.

It wasn't until a century later that this method of transformation was fully perfected.

In the deep hall, the sound of the Great Dao gradually dissipated, and Chu Tianshu slowly opened his eyes.

"The method of silkworm molting has finally been completely perfected!"

Including this Silkworm Transformation Technique, Chu Tianshu now possesses a total of three transformation techniques.

If everything goes smoothly, it will be enough for Chu Tianshu to live to his fifth incarnation and complete half of the mortal immortal path.

This is also due to Chu Tianshu's extraordinary encounters. Whether it was the Underworld Lord he encountered tens of thousands of years ago or the Nine-Layered Coffin of the Gods found by the Chu family, they all deeply moved him.

These are all people walking the path to immortality in the mortal world, and their Dao and methods are of great reference value to Chu Tianshu.

Otherwise, if Chu Tianshu were to create a transformation method on his own, it would take a considerable amount of time, and there would be no guarantee that it would be without any flaws.

"It's a pity that Fellow Daoist Divine Emperor's transformation is taking too long. I wonder when he will be able to complete the eleventh transformation."

Chu Tianshu sighed and turned his gaze to the nine-layered coffin of the gods before him.

At first, he planned to awaken the God Emperor, but after more than 10,000 years of enlightenment, Chu Tianshu discovered that the God Emperor's body was still undergoing transformation, and a hasty awakening could easily interrupt the God Emperor's path of transformation.

For a being walking the path to immortality in the mortal world, this is nothing short of a great obstacle and an enemy.

Given this situation, Chu Tianshu had no choice but to give up.

However, Chu Tianshu quickly thought of other people.

In ancient history, it wasn't just the Divine Emperor who fought to cross the river.

For example, Lao Tzu, whose body was said to possess spiritual power, and Lingbao Tianzun, whose corpse lay scattered across the starry sky.

Although they have encountered problems during their transformation, they don't seem to be completely dead.

Especially Lingbao Tianzun, even in the era of Ye Tiandi in later generations, his Immortal Platform Spiritual Liquid still helped the Golden Crow Emperor complete Nirvana and live a second life.

Such a miraculous effect doesn't seem like someone who's completely dead. If it can help Lingbao Tianzun return, it would also bring him another fellow Daoist.

With this in mind, he no longer hesitated and immediately flew towards the Heavenly Soldiers Ancient Star.

In the desolate and dim starry sky, Chu Tianshu could traverse the endless galaxy with a single step.

Before long, a peculiar life-bearing star appeared before Chu Tianshu.

It is considered peculiar because this star is different from other ancient life-bearing stars in the starry sky. Its shape is extremely irregular, resembling a head, and it exudes a unique Daoist aura.

This is the famous Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star, which is also the transformation of the head of Lingbao Tianzun from the mythological era.

The reason it is named after the Heavenly Soldiers is that in the distant past, at the end of the mythological era, the Heavenly Court once trained its troops here, hence the name Heavenly Soldiers Ancient Star.

Lingbao Tianzun attained enlightenment in the middle of the mythological era. He lived several lifetimes in reverse in the human world, quelled the corpse calamity, and his strength was among the top of the nine Tianzun.

People even say that Lingbao Tianzun slaughtered immortals, leaving behind endless legends in the human world.

"As expected of Lingbao Tianzun, who is known for slaying immortals, his strength has indeed reached the level of the Heavenly Emperor."

Chu Tianshu carefully comprehended the Daoist essence left on the ancient star of Heavenly Soldiers. It was significantly stronger than that of an ordinary Supreme Being, and not much different from that of his previous life.

This is quite astonishing. In his first life, Chu Tianshu's Dao Fruit had already reached the level of a second-generation Heavenly Emperor.

Although the Daoist essence left on the ancient star of Heavenly Soldiers was still somewhat lacking, it had reached the threshold of the Second Heavenly Emperor.

Or, to put it another way, although the Lingbao Heavenly Venerable of that time ultimately failed to transform, he still managed to elevate his Dao Fruit to the level of the Second Heavenly Emperor.

But soon, Chu Tianshu turned his attention to a majestic mountain range.

If the entire Tianbing Ancient Star is a head, then this vast and boundless mountain range is equivalent to the forehead, corresponding to the Sendai of the Human Head Secret Realm.

In a short while, Chu Tianshu's gaze pierced through the entire mountain range, revealing a magnificent Taoist platform inside.

Clearly, this platform is the altar of Lingbao Tianzun.

The next moment, Chu Tianshu took a step forward and entered the core area of ​​the mountain range.

Above the altar, a faint flame of life burned. At the base of this flame, there was a pool of strange spiritual liquid.

The elixir continuously provides energy to the flame of life, sustaining its burning.

"So, the Celestial Venerable Lingbao is not truly dead after all?"

Chu Tianshu murmured to himself, in that flame of life he could sense a faint, almost imperceptible consciousness, so weak that it seemed it might be extinguished at any moment.

Moreover, as time goes by, this consciousness will gradually fade away until it is destroyed, completely extinguishing any hope of Lingbao Tianzun's return.

But soon, Chu Tianshu came up with a solution.

With such a weak consciousness, it is almost impossible for Lingbao Tianzun to grow stronger and return on his own.

Otherwise, having existed for millions of years since the age of mythology, they would have returned long ago if they were capable of doing so.

On the contrary, as time goes by, his hope of returning will become smaller and smaller.

The only solution right now is to utilize the power of heaven and earth. Fortunately, Chu Tianshu had previously entered the Kunlun Immortal Mountain and deeply comprehended the ninety-nine dragon mountains, thus understanding this supreme formation.

The ninety-nine Dragon Mountains were originally constructed by the Underworld Lord to create immortal artifacts, modeled after the holy spirits nurtured by heaven and earth.

Since this formation can nurture immortal artifacts, nurturing holy spirits is naturally within its capabilities as well.

However, Chu Tianshu did not intend to move Lingbao Tianzun's altar. After all, in his current state, the slightest disturbance would likely cause him to perish completely.

He plans to rebuild a simplified version of the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountain Formation within this mountain range, using the myriad paths of heaven and earth to continuously strengthen the origin of the Spirit Treasure Celestial Venerable, so that perhaps he will truly have hope of returning in the future.

However, before that, he had to rebuild the ninety-nine Dragon Mountain formations. After all, the main purpose of this supreme formation was to nurture immortal artifacts; nurturing holy spirits was merely the foundation.

Chu Tianshu needs to change the function of this formation to focus on nurturing the Holy Spirit. This will greatly accelerate the process of Lingbao Tianzun's return; otherwise, it will take forever.

With this in mind, Chu Tianshu no longer hesitated and immediately sat down cross-legged, recalculating a simplified version of the ninety-nine Dragon Mountain formation in his mind.

Within his primordial spirit, ninety-nine illusory dragon mountains began to construct. Chu Tianshu reversed the effects of the formation while simultaneously calculating the success rate of their formation.

Soon, another three thousand years passed in Chu Tianshu's calculations.

It wasn't until one day that Chu Tianshu deduced the weakened version of the ninety-nine Dragon Mountains, reducing the number from ninety-nine to thirty-six.

The number four and nine are chosen to symbolize capturing a glimmer of hope.

At the same time, Chu Tianshu simply removed the function of nurturing objects from this formation, leaving only the function of nurturing.

"let's start!"

With a thought, Chu Tianshu caused a tremendous change to occur in the vast mountain range in an instant.

The originally chaotic mountain ranges, large and small, gradually coalesced under Chu Tianshu's manipulation, evolving into thirty-six Dragon Mountains.

At the same time, these dragon mountains are interconnected in an extremely mysterious formation, simultaneously absorbing and exhaling the essence of heaven and earth, transforming into an unparalleled formation.

At the dragon heads of each of the dragon mountains, streams of shimmering, colorful ribbons converged and began to flow into the celestial platform of the Celestial Venerable Lingbao.

At the same time, the life flame of Lingbao Tianzun on the Sendai began to burn fiercely, and his originally weak consciousness instantly stabilized and stopped declining.

Only after completing all of this did Chu Tianshu nod in satisfaction.

"That's right, Lingbao Tianzun's consciousness is gradually recovering!"

"If all goes well, we should be able to return within ten to twenty thousand years!"

Although this time was a little long, Chu Tianshu could accept it.

After all, it's not easy to bring a Celestial Venerable back from the brink of death.

It takes millions of years for a perfect Holy Spirit to be born, let alone the return of a Celestial Venerable.
Being able to shorten this time to ten or twenty thousand years is already extremely difficult.

Soon, as time passed, Lingbao Tianzun's consciousness began to grow stronger.

Chu Tianshu did not miss this opportunity either, cultivating here while watching the process of Lingbao Tianzun's return.

This is a very rare opportunity, allowing Chu Tianshu to directly witness the process of a Holy Spirit being conceived from nothing, which is of great benefit to Chu Tianshu.

If a suitable method of transformation cannot be created after five generations, it is not impossible to live out one lifetime according to the method of the Holy Spirit.

In the blink of an eye, another twelve thousand years have passed.

Lingbao Tianzun Immortal Platform.

The environment here has changed dramatically, now surrounded by the Longshan Mountains, which number four and nine.

These dragon mountains are majestic and imposing, each stretching for hundreds of millions of miles, deep into the ancient star of the Heavenly Army.

At the same time, these dragon mountains constructed an exceptionally complex formation, gathering the essence of heaven and earth from all corners of the universe.

Then, through further purification inside the dragon's head, it is gradually injected into the central Sendai through the mouth of the dragon's head.

Countless streams of radiant essence from heaven and earth flowed into the Sendai, and a misty aura rippled through the void, as if a great being was being conceived.

Outside the Sendai, Chu Tianshu sat cross-legged in the void, endless Daoist charm cascading down from his body, demonstrating supreme Daoist techniques.

Just then, Chu Tianshu seemed to sense something, his eyelids opened and closed, and boundless divine light was revealed.

"Fellow Daoist Lingbao?"

The next moment, a weak voice rang out in the void.

"This humble Taoist priest, Lingbao, thanks you for your help, fellow Daoist."

Immediately, a phantom Taoist appeared before Chu Tianshu. The Taoist's clothing was extremely ancient and carried a strong mythological flavor.

In particular, the Taoist robe had a picture of a magical treasure slaying immortals on it, which greatly interested Chu Tianshu.

"Congratulations! Fellow Daoist Lingbao has been in exile for millions of years and has finally returned today."

Chu Tianshu spoke first, expressing his great curiosity about the renowned Lingbao Tianzun from the mythological era.

After all, people say that Lingbao Tianzun once slaughtered an immortal, but Chu Tianshu sensed that Lingbao Tianzun's strength was slightly inferior to his first life. How could he have done that?
(End of this chapter)