Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

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The reason why Yuanshi Tianzun did this was mainly because he didn't actually need a natal magic weapon right now.

He was already very close to becoming a Mortal Immortal, but the newly created Myriad Origin Cauldron had only just become an Immortal Artifact. To make it his natal magic weapon again would require a great deal of time for continuous refinement and modification. And spending this time would slow down his progress.

Of course, another reason is that Yuanshi Tianzun wanted an even more powerful cauldron. He mastered the method of the World Cauldron, and perhaps in the future, after entering the Immortal Realm or even a wider world, he could directly find those abandoned or broken universes and great worlds, and completely refine them into a supreme immortal cauldron, achieving his goal in one step.

According to the Primordial Heavenly Venerable, there are many races with that terrifying dark power outside the human universe, and perhaps their world can be used as materials for the Primordial Heavenly Venerable to refine his cauldron.

After the transformation was completed, Yuanshi Tianzun sensed that Wuji Tianzun in Wuji Immortal Mountain had fallen into a deep slumber, moving towards the next stage of the Mortal Immortal realm, and that his Qiankun Creation Tower was developing towards surpassing the level of supreme immortal artifacts.

Under these circumstances, Yuanshi Tianzun naturally did not want to spend any more time slowly refining the cauldron, but rather wanted to focus more on becoming a mortal immortal and exploring the boundaries of mortal immortals.

This newly formed Origin Cauldron reminded Yuanshi Tianzun of the Immortal Bell and the Boundless Dao Stele. Unlike the Immortal Bell, which was formed entirely from Kunlun Immortal Mountain except for its initial source, it was not deeply influenced by Yuanshi Tianzun's Dao.

Unlike the Boundless Dao Stele, it did not undergo a mutation and become an alternative life form, but the spirituality possessed by its deity still surpasses that of ordinary immortal artifacts by a considerable margin.

In this situation, the Origin Cauldron of All Things is more easily transformed into human form and possesses extraordinary potential.

Rather than letting this precious cauldron become his magic weapon, it would be better to let it continue to evolve into a supreme immortal artifact before transforming it into human form.

The first generation of Yuanshi Tianzun was inherited by Chuan Ying, the second generation by Di Huang, and the fifth and sixth generations by Wang Bo. The laws in this newly created Myriad Things Source Cauldron are vaguely similar to his current Dao Fruit.

So perhaps, after he takes human form, he can become his last disciple and inherit his ultimate achievements in the realm of humanity. In that case, only the Dao of Creation from his third and fourth incarnations will remain unpassed down.

Moreover, if such a cauldron of all things could be reborn as a human after becoming a supreme immortal artifact, its talent would definitely be among the top in the human universe.

Therefore, the Primordial Celestial Venerable sealed the Cauldron of All Things once again in the Kunlun Sacred Realm, and rearranged a great array, using the Kunlun Sacred Realm as the furnace and his Dao as the fire, to steadily promote the evolution of the Cauldron of All Things.

After that, Yuanshi Tianzun also paid attention to the movements of the others.

Lingbao Tianzun is still undergoing transformation, but in the eyes of Yuanshi Tianzun, he should succeed soon.

After embarking on the Great Dream of Eternity, the Celestial Venerable of Morality emptied his body of its essence, transforming it into eighty-one incarnations, leaving only an empty shell. Throughout these long years, he was mostly half-awake and half-dormant, thus, even though he did not become a mortal immortal, he did not exhaust his lifespan.

However, he is still some distance from achieving true perfection. After all, this is already the eighth incarnation of the Moral Celestial Venerable.

As for the others, even the Undying Emperor was far behind him, so the Primordial Celestial Venerable simply glanced at them and then skipped over them.

After more than 200,000 years of transformation, Yuanshi Tianzun, having reached a point of extreme stillness, also felt the urge to move. He left the Kunlun Sacred Realm, wanting to travel through the universe, experience the myriad aspects of the mortal world, and also to learn about what had happened in the human universe during his years of slumber.

The Primordial Celestial Venerable used a divine power to contain Mount Sumeru within a mustard seed, creating a small world within the Kunlun Sacred Realm in his palm, before entering the human universe. He intended to use this place as a starting point to return to the ancient primordial star and bring back those he had previously transferred.

The feeling of returning to the mortal realm filled Yuanshi Tianzun with emotion, after all, he himself had started his cultivation journey as a mere mortal. Now, more than 600,000 years had passed, a truly excessive amount of time.

But soon, the Primordial Celestial Venerable, having emerged from the no-man's-land, sensed something strange. The human race seemed noticeably different from when he began his transformation.

The current human race is more united and cohesive, and their spirit is clearly more positive and uplifting. Before he could investigate further, the Primordial Celestial Venerable sensed a fluctuation in the Heavenly Heart Imprint. The aura of the current emperor's Great Dao separated from it, plunging many humans within his sight into an atmosphere of confusion and heaviness. Meanwhile, other races seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, feeling much more relaxed.

Thus, a spark of curiosity arose in the Primordial Celestial Venerable, who silently infiltrated his Dao into the Heavenly Heart Imprint, directly observing the history of the more than 200,000 years that had vanished from his own existence through the Heavenly Heart Imprint.

Upon witnessing the dark age of decline, caused by the combined attacks of numerous ancient races against humanity, the Primordial Celestial Venerable frowned slightly.

Although he had long anticipated that this new era would be one of conflict among all races in the universe, and that the human race, as the dominant race in the mythological era, would inevitably be targeted, seeing such a thing actually happen still made Yuanshi Tianzun feel displeased.

After all, Yuanshi Tianzun was not only born of the human race, but also showed a clear preference for the human race compared to the other celestial beings of the mythological era who did not place much importance on racial differences.

Fortunately, although humanity experienced a period of darkness, it eventually found a true leader amidst blood and fire, who led humanity to dispel the darkness and usher in the glorious era we enjoy today.

The Primordial Celestial Venerable muttered to himself, "The Yin Human Emperor? Interesting."

When the transformation was just completed, the Taiyin Emperor had not yet removed the Heavenly Heart Mark. However, the Primordial Heavenly Venerable had already witnessed many Dao-proving beings rise and fall one after another. Therefore, even though the Taiyin Emperor was obviously much stronger than the average emperor, he did not care.

But after learning about his deeds, Yuanshi Tianzun became curious about him. Although they had never met, he still felt a sense of kinship with him.

With his level of cultivation, he could naturally see at a glance that the Taiyin Human Emperor was not a Dao Transformation Emperor, but rather someone who had actively shed the Heavenly Heart Mark. Clearly, this Human Emperor was a powerful ruler who had the potential to walk the path of immortality in the mortal world.

This made him even more determined to see what kind of person this emperor really was.

Thus, Yuanshi Tianzun directly tore through the void and headed towards the aura of the Taiyin Human Emperor that he had traced back, descending upon the ancient primordial star.

Having returned to his homeland after a long absence, Yuanshi Tianzun did not pay much attention to the changes here. He simply placed the Kunlun Sacred Realm in the treasure cave he had prepared beforehand, and brought back his old friends, disciples, and Jianmu tree to the Kunlun Sacred Realm.

Subsequently, Yuanshi Tianzun entered Mount Tai.

Upon seeing the Fusang Divine Tree, the Laurel Divine Tree, and the Dao diagram engraved in the Human Emperor's Seal, which evolved from the array pattern of the Wuji Heavenly Venerable, he immediately understood that this Human Emperor and the Wuji Heavenly Venerable did indeed have a profound connection.

For over two hundred thousand years, the Supreme Celestial Venerable Wuji had been overseeing the human universe, yet he still watched as humanity experienced such darkness, which made the Primordial Celestial Venerable somewhat uneasy. After all, the Supreme Celestial Venerable Wuji was also of human origin.

Now, seeing the intricate connections between this Human Emperor and the Supreme Celestial Venerable Wuji, the Primordial Celestial Venerable immediately understood that the reason the Supreme Celestial Venerable Wuji allowed that dark era to occur was perhaps because he wanted to nurture such a powerful Human Emperor through darkness and cruelty.

Thus, the slight dissatisfaction in Yuanshi Tianzun's heart dissipated completely, and his attention was instead focused on this human emperor.

Judging from his series of arrangements, it is clear that he has a very strong love for the human race and a far-reaching plan, which makes Yuanshi Tianzun feel more favorably toward him.

Wuji Tianzun clearly recognized his abilities, even offering him guidance after his enlightenment, hoping he could go further. Yuanshi Tianzun had great faith in Wuji Tianzun's judgment and also highly approved of the Human Emperor's actions, but he still wanted to further test the Human Emperor's talent and strength.

Upon seeing that the Yin Human Emperor had completed his transformation, the Primordial Heavenly Venerable directly appeared and asked, "Are you the Human Emperor?"

(End of this chapter)