Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 272 Fusion of Multiple Dao Fruits

Upon entering the Kunlun Sacred Realm, Liang Yu surveyed his surroundings and discovered that this sacred realm also exhibited fluctuations of world power, seemingly poised to evolve into a world itself. However, he only sensed it faintly, far less than in the Immortal Tomb, the Netherworld, and the Boundless Immortal Mountain.

Since Yuanshi Tianzun neither possessed the methods of becoming an earth immortal nor had he delved into the origins of the Kunlun Sacred Realm like Liang Yu, and even his source techniques had not reached the level of the Lord of Heaven and Earth, the changes in the Kunlun Sacred Realm were somewhat unusual.

However, upon closer inspection, Liang Yu discovered the reason for this change. Within the Kunlun Sacred Realm, there stood a colossal tree that seemed to reach the heavens and connect the three realms. The world power that Liang Yu sensed was actually being drawn upon by this divine tree. This tree was none other than the Tongtian Jianmu.

During his travels throughout the universe, the Primordial Celestial Venerable once inadvertently discovered a chaotic divine land. It should have perished long ago, but it was supported by the Jianmu tree and never completely collapsed.

At that time, the Primordial Celestial Venerable used his supreme divine power to reshape the chaotic divine land, saving the few living beings within. It was at that time that the Jianmu tree followed him to the Kunlun Sacred Realm.

Perhaps because the Jianmu tree inherently contains the power of the world, a trace of the Kunlun Sacred Realm's origin has been stirred. Of course, if the Jianmu tree leaves, the Kunlun Sacred Realm will return to its original state. However, in this sense, perhaps the Jianmu tree is the most suitable elixir of immortality for those Earth Immortals.

Liang Yu did not linger and quickly arrived before Yuanshi Tianzun. Yuanshi Tianzun was now sitting beside the Kunlun Immortal Pool, where a Dao-harmonizing flower was quietly growing.

Although the Harmony Flower is not yet fully mature, its essence has become even more profound, and it is about to reach a critical point. Perhaps all it takes is a change of era in the universe, a transformation of heaven and earth, for this Harmony Flower to be fully matured, becoming a divine object that can allow one to ascend to heaven in one step.

Above the head of the Primordial Celestial Venerable, the Primordial Banner hung high in the void, faintly intersecting with the aura of the Kunlun Sacred Realm. Although not as reckless as in the original timeline, the Primordial Celestial Venerable still used the power of the Kunlun Sacred Realm to accelerate the evolution of his two divine weapons.

The Primordial Celestial Venerable is now naturally exhausted, but there seems to be something unusual about his body, which arouses Liang Yu's interest.

In the eyes of the Primordial Celestial Venerable, Liang Yu, who had now lived five lifetimes and become a Chaos Body, was simply unfathomable. This aura, which seemed to be the beginning of heaven and earth and the source of all things, caused his Dao heart to fluctuate.

Upon witnessing Liang Yu's almost perfect Chaos Body, the Primordial Celestial Venerable couldn't help but develop a great interest in this physique. Perhaps, this physique would be of immense benefit to his Dao. Although he hadn't explored the path of physique evolution before, it seemed worthwhile to give it a try in the future.

After regaining his composure, Yuanshi Tianzun said, "Fellow Daoist Wuji, congratulations on living your fifth life. You have taken another big step on your path to immortality in the mortal world."

Liang Yu said, "Fellow Daoist Yuanshi, I have kept my word. I just wonder how well your transformation method is being prepared?"

Yuanshi Tianzun said, "Since you have arrived, fellow Daoist, I shall begin."

As he spoke, all the laws and Dao traces within the Primordial Celestial Venerable's body began to coalesce, even his primordial spirit power and life essence power coalesced. These powers were almost all the essence of his body, all condensed into one.

Finally, this condensed essence transformed into a tiny humanoid embryo, separating from the body of Yuanshi Tianzun. Then, Yuanshi Tianzun, now almost an empty shell, merged this embryo into the Yuanshi Banner. Subsequently, his aura utterly depleted, almost completely emptied, Yuanshi Tianzun fell into the Kunlun Immortal Pool, activating his improved reincarnation technique. Countless divine treasures melted into immortal liquid, nourishing his transformation.

Then, countless array patterns surged, and the primordial power within the Kunlun Sacred Realm, as well as the essence of heaven and earth in the universe, began to be rapidly absorbed by the array patterns, becoming nourishment for the rebirth of the Primordial Celestial Venerable.

Since all the essence of Yuanshi Tianzun had been separated from him, the time required for his transformation in this life would not be too long. After all, Yuanshi Tianzun at this time was almost a blank slate, with only the remaining primordial spirit and life essence undergoing reincarnation, so the efficiency was naturally very high.

Moreover, the Primordial Celestial Venerable once again relinquished all his cultivation. This time, although he did not transform into an infant, he returned to being a mortal without cultivation. However, last time, he used a method obtained from the secrets of the Holy Spirit and the Thunderous Embryo; this time, he chose a reincarnation method from the Divine Silkworm Clan that had been refined multiple times by Liang Yu and others.

Of course, the method of reincarnation was clearly not the focus of Yuanshi Tianzun's transformation this time; the key point was the part he separated from himself. After all, the difficulty for Yuanshi Tianzun to cultivate again and attain enlightenment once more was practically nonexistent.

Liang Yu naturally realized that the humanoid embryo that was separated by Yuanshi Tianzun was actually the Dao Fruit of Yuanshi Tianzun in this life, or rather, in the previous two lives.

Clearly, this was the result of Yuanshi Tianzun's work from the Harmony Flower. Based on the characteristics of the Harmony Flower, he condensed most of his essence into a Dao Fruit, which he then separated from his original body, allowing it to exist independently.

However, this reminded Liang Yu of the Ruthless Great Emperor of later generations, after all, she also separated her Dao Fruit child, letting her wander in the mortal world. This should also be related to the path of the Great Dream of Eternity.

Both the Primordial Celestial Venerable and the Ruthless Great Emperor separated their own Dao Fruits, and they both possessed the Dao-Merging Flower. Clearly, condensing their achievements into a physical Dao Fruit is the secret they derived from the Dao-Merging Flower. Although Liang Yu's research on the Dao-Merging Flower is not yet in-depth, his level of understanding naturally allows him to grasp this point.

However, this made Liang Yu guess what Yuanshi Tianzun wanted to do.

Although Yuanshi Tianzun is once again abandoning everything to start anew, this time it's different from the last time when he completely abandoned everything. This time, he didn't abandon the Dao Fruit of his previous life, but instead sealed it within the Yuanshi Banner. He did this because he intends to start anew in his third life, forging a new path and once again obtaining a sufficiently powerful Dao Fruit.

Then, the Primordial Celestial Venerable can merge these two Great Dao Fruits, thereby leveling up on the spot. Not only will his cultivation and strength increase greatly, but he can also live another life.

This is actually similar to Meng Tianzheng in the previous era. He sealed a portion of his true spirit and his severed old body into his divine bow, giving birth to a divine embryo, and defying the heavens to become an immortal through the merging of two bodies. If he hadn't been interrupted by an accident, he could have succeeded entirely.

Although Yuanshi Tianzun did not conceive a divine embryo, he did conceive his past Dao Fruit. Moreover, Liang Yu had a vague premonition that Yuanshi Tianzun would probably not stop at the fusion of the two Dao Fruits; he would definitely separate the Dao Fruits again.

However, how to integrate two or even more different Dao fruits is a major challenge, and it is unknown how Yuanshi Tianzun will do it.

(End of this chapter)