Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 274 Thirty Thousand Years

This wasn't the first time Yuanshi Tianzun had undergone a complete transformation, so even though he was cultivating on a different path, this life was still quite familiar to him. After all, his realm and cultivation were already too high, and he wouldn't encounter any obstacles in his cultivation process. Therefore, Yuanshi Tianzun progressed rapidly, making another ultimate leap in just a few hundred years, triggering the Great Tribulation of Enlightenment.

As the boundless sea of ​​lightning, powerful enough to shake the universe and shatter galaxies, was completely swallowed and refined by the Primordial Celestial Venerable using the Cauldron of All Things, the Primordial Celestial Venerable once again became the Celestial Venerable of this era. At that very moment, cultivators in the universe once again felt the supreme Celestial Venerable's mark covering the Heavenly Heart Mark, as if it could tread upon all paths.

Upon sensing this aura, countless cultivators couldn't help but sigh, "How can someone be so careless about attaining the Dao? The Primordial Celestial Venerable has attained the Dao three times in his three lifetimes, each time following a different path, and each lifetime is stronger than the last. He's simply inhuman."

After all, every cultivator who attains enlightenment reaches the pinnacle in a single field. This field may not be the strongest, but it should be the one they are most proficient in and best suited for. However, Yuanshi Tianzun has consecutively reached the pinnacle in three different fields, and even surpassed his previous achievements. Is it because Yuanshi Tianzun is proficient in too many fields, or is his talent so high that he can cultivate even fields that are not suited to him to unprecedented heights?
Compared to those who couldn't even achieve enlightenment in a single attempt, Yuanshi Tianzun's achievement was a complete annihilation. It was precisely because of this that Yuanshi Tianzun's reputation once again became incredibly prominent, even showing signs of catching up with Wuji Tianzun.

After all, the Celestial Venerable of Morality and the Celestial Venerable of Spiritual Treasure are still too far removed from the past. Most of the miracles they created have disappeared into the long river of history, so they naturally cannot compare to the Celestial Venerable of Primordial Beginning who is constantly creating miracles today.

Moreover, the previous incarnation of Yuanshi Tianzun lasted 30,000 years, so this incarnation will likely last even longer, and certainly not shorter. Therefore, Yuanshi Tianzun can most likely wait until the Immortal Sect is completely stable. In other words, as long as the Immortal Sect is real, Yuanshi Tianzun will most likely become an immortal.

However, these deeply disheartened cultivators were unaware that this was also a desperate measure by Yuanshi Tianzun. If he wanted to catch up with Liang Yu, Lingbao Tianzun, and Daode Tianzun, he had to use some extreme methods to increase the difficulty for himself, thereby achieving greater results and catching up in the shortest possible time. The fusion of multiple Dao Fruits was an idea he derived after studying the Hedao Flower.

Moreover, this is also related to Lingbao Tianzun. A large part of Lingbao Tianzun's power comes from his unparalleled mastery of array patterns and swordsmanship. With the combination of these two supreme achievements, Lingbao Tianzun had already obtained strength far exceeding that of ordinary Dao Provers even before he reversed his life, and even possessed a powerful weapon like the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Array.

This shows that perfectly combining the highest achievements in multiple fields can result in a sum greater than the sum of its parts. However, the mainstream of cultivation in the universe today focuses on in-depth study in one field, and very few people can reach the pinnacle in multiple fields.

The third incarnation of Yuanshi Tianzun has already made a start. He senses that as long as he recalls the old Dao Fruit and integrates it into his body, he may very well live another life, and his cultivation will greatly improve. Of course, this is on the premise that he doesn't destroy himself.

Having attained enlightenment once again, Yuanshi Tianzun began his final round of sermons and tours. After all, this era would come to a complete end in his lifetime, at which point he would use the opening of the immortal gate as a pretext to withdraw from the world.

Time flies by, and in the blink of an eye, another ten thousand years have passed.

In this lifetime, when the Nine Revolutions Immortal Pill was activated, the Immortal Golden Body Ancestor and the Heavenly Tyrant Body Ancestor continued to delve into their own physical constitutions, but ultimately they were still unable to break through the limitations of their own physical constitutions.

Fortunately, they had truly grasped the slight flaw within the very essence of the Holy Body. To solve the problem, they first needed to understand what the problem was. Therefore, although their progress was almost nonexistent, they still advanced further, gaining strength comparable to an ordinary Dao Prover. But this was already their limit.

Of course, it was precisely because they encountered a bottleneck that they probably couldn't overcome even in another life that they stopped trying to cross it. Instead, they traded two fruits of the White Tiger Immortality Pill with Ying Shenxiao and then gave up on further research.

As these two progenitors were about to die in this life, they each sealed themselves off, waiting for the opening of the immortal gate to be aided by Liang Yu and Yuanshi Tianzun and others.

Speaking of Ying Shenxiao, he re-emerged to cultivate after completing his reincarnation. Although he had washed away all his past cultivation in this life, he gained a much deeper foundation. Therefore, after Ying Shenxiao achieved enlightenment in another unique way, he still possessed strength comparable to an ordinary Dao-proving cultivator. Furthermore, if he continued cultivating, he might even improve further.

However, Ying Shenxiao did not continue his cultivation and chose to seal himself away. After all, he was to attain enlightenment in the future and needed to maintain a peak state, not waste too much of his lifespan. The Nine-Turn Immortal Pill and the Elixir of Immortality were no longer effective for him, so his margin for error was very low. Therefore, he wanted to seal himself away as soon as possible.

Of course, Ying Shenxiao sealed himself away after only two thousand years, while the other two used up almost all of their lifespan in this lifetime, living out the full ten thousand years.

Then another 20,000 years passed. The third incarnation of Yuanshi Tianzun was already 30,000 years old.

Over the years, the aura of Yuanshi Tianzun grew stronger and stronger, showing no signs of waning. His lifespan in this life was clearly longer than in his previous one. Moreover, the Yuanshi Banner, which carried his Dao Fruit from his previous life, also grew increasingly powerful, even becoming a celestial artifact. The Myriad Origin Cauldron, which Yuanshi Tianzun continuously refined, remained somewhat inferior.

This is quite normal, considering that the Primordial Banner incorporates the extraordinary Heavenly Emperor-level Dao Fruit of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable and is continuously nurtured by the Kunlun Sacred Realm, naturally accelerating the process considerably. As for the Myriad Origin Cauldron, no matter how miraculous it is, it will likely only become a Celestial Artifact during the fourth incarnation of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable. After all, it is neither the Primordial Heavenly Venerable's first natal weapon nor has it been further nurtured by the Primordial Heavenly Venerable using the Kunlun Sacred Realm; therefore, this final step is still somewhat difficult to overcome.

Over the years, Liang Yu's Dao Self has basically comprehended the secrets of the Harmony Flower and returned it to his original body. Of course, he has also basically mastered the method of fusing the Primordial Banner's Dao Fruit with a deity to create an avatar. He also passed this method on to the Boundless Dao Stele, allowing him to apply it to other situations and continue to evolve.

Of course, the Underworld Emperor, who had transformed into an Earth Immortal in the Underworld, also made further progress in recent years, re-condensing his physical form like the Eternal Celestial Venerable and reaching the threshold of the Heavenly Emperor level. Although his progress was much slower than that of the Eternal Celestial Venerable, this was also related to the fact that the Underworld was much more vast than the Immortal Tomb.

After 30,000 years, the universe is finally about to undergo a dramatic change, and a new era is about to begin.

(End of this chapter)