Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 886 Yuanshi Overcomes Tribulation
In the past, Tongtian Mingbao was intimidated by Liang Yu's feat of breaking the Bronze Immortal Palace with his bare hands and the Underworld Lord's repeated all-out attacks, and dared not harbor any disloyal thoughts, choosing instead to remain obedient. Therefore, he ultimately embarked on a new transformation alongside the Underworld Lord.

Although this immortal artifact did not improve in rank over the past two million years, its essence became more profound, truly aligning with Duan De's method of reincarnation and gaining greater potential for growth.

Even its deity, along with the several reincarnation seals within Duan De's body, fell into a deep slumber, and began to subtly give rise to various secrets of reincarnation.

If things continue like this, when Duan De successfully becomes a mortal immortal, this Heaven-Reaching Netherworld Treasure should also become a supreme immortal artifact.

However, similar to Duan De, although most of the power of the Tongtian Mingbao was dormant, a small portion of its power could still be mobilized, which saved Duan De the trouble of preparing a protective method for himself.

And so, Duan De's new life began. In this life, he must either successfully attain enlightenment or, as in the original timeline, find a way to be comparable to one who has attained enlightenment without actually attaining it. Only by achieving this can his life be complete.

At this point, the Emperor's sudden impulse became quite obvious. Although Zhang Bairen was indeed extraordinary, and his physique had been greatly strengthened by the methods of the Moral Celestial Venerable, it was still too difficult for him to compete with Duan De, who was of the same generation.

After all, he was one of the few mortal immortals in the human universe within the original timeline. Not to mention, in the future, he became an Immortal Emperor after enduring countless years of trials. Although it may seem somewhat forced, it was enough to demonstrate his extraordinary abilities.

Even though he has not yet reached perfection, his foundation remains incredibly strong.

Liang Yu said, "Things have changed. It seems that Fellow Daoist Mingzun will have to wait a long time before he becomes a mortal immortal."

Yuanshi Tianzun said, "Although Master's method is stable, it is still a bit too slow. It seems we can't wait for him."

Liang Yu pondered and said, "Judging from the situation, it seems that he wants to explore a way to achieve perfection in this life without having to prove his Dao, so as to lay the foundation for the future."

Upon hearing this, Yuanshi Tianzun smiled slightly: "That won't do. Although his path is coming to an end, and in the next few lifetimes he will only need to perfect his path without having to prove the Dao in every lifetime, doing so is taking a shortcut."

"His method of reincarnation to become an immortal is already a special shortcut, just like the racial talent of the Undying Emperor and the God Emperor. Now he wants to continue to take shortcuts at this stage. I'm afraid the immortal he achieves in the mortal world will not be satisfactory."

Upon hearing Yuanshi Tianzun's words, Liang Yu immediately understood his meaning: "You must find a way to promote the growth of Fellow Daoist Mingzun, forcing him to attain enlightenment in every subsequent life in order to achieve perfection, so that his immortal path in the mortal world can be perfect?"

The Primordial Celestial said, "No, it's not enough to just prove the Dao. In each of his future lives, he must at least reach the level of the Underworld Lord in this life. Only by forming the Nine Reincarnation Seals can he possibly reach the peak of the Mortal Immortal realm."

The original timeline's Underworld Lord narrowly lost to the Heavenly Emperor-level Emperor Lord, so even if we consider that he also reached the level of the Source Emperor in the field of Source Arts, he can only be considered a weak Heavenly Emperor-level.

In this current timeline, due to the various influences brought about by Liang Yu, the Underworld Lord not only perfected his techniques and reached a genuine Heavenly Emperor level, but his Origin Technique also broke through to the level of Heaven and Earth Lord. In other words, this Underworld Lord at his peak was actually considered a Heavenly Emperor level with dual Dao Fruits.

According to Liang Yu and Yuanshi Tianzun's observations, Duan De currently only has three reincarnation seals within his body, meaning he still needs six more lifetimes.

If Duan De can reach the level of a peak Netherworld Lord in every subsequent life, then his Immortal Dao Fruit in the Mortal World will indeed be significantly stronger than in the original timeline.

After all, in the original timeline, Duan De only lived to be 15,000 years old in his later lives, and becoming a supreme being of an alternative path to enlightenment, comparable to a Dao Prover, was considered the pinnacle of his achievement in this life. The gap was still quite large. In retrospect, perhaps it was because Duan De's path to immortality in the mortal world was somewhat opportunistic that, at the beginning when the entire sect ascended to immortality, he could stand shoulder to shoulder with Ye Fan and the other two. However, in the years that followed, the gap between him and these three gradually widened, and he eventually fell behind completely.

Now that Yuanshi Tianzun is about to become a Celestial King, he has always been proud and arrogant, and he has quite a bit of affection for this master. Naturally, he does not want him to walk the path of the mortal immortal with such a low standard.

Upon hearing this, Liang Yu couldn't help but chuckle, and then said, "That's fine too. I also think that Fellow Daoist Mingzun has set his standards too low for himself. We should put him through some hardship and suppress his potential to the extreme."

"But Fellow Daoist Yuanshi, you chose this time to emerge from seclusion, surely it wasn't just for this reason?"

Yuanshi Tianzun said, "These are all just coincidences. It is the will of Heaven that I must urge my master to make progress."

The two exchanged a smile, having formed a general expectation of Duan De's life in this lifetime and even in the next few lifetimes.

Liang Yu had originally considered using some methods to promote Duan De's growth, but now that Yuanshi Tianzun, who has higher requirements, is here, he is happy to entrust this matter to Yuanshi Tianzun. After all, they are a true master and disciple, and we shall see how Yuanshi Tianzun will show respect to his master.

Liang Yu said, "Fellow Daoist Yuanshi, we can only talk about these matters and other reminiscing later. Your Immortal King Tribulation is about to be uncontrollable. If we wait any longer, the entire mortal universe will suffer."

The Primordial Celestial Venerable naturally sensed the terrifying calamity that was constantly condensing outside the human universe, and immediately said, "In that case, I will go and come right away."

In the words of the Primordial Celestial Venerable, this Great Tribulation of Immortal Kings seemed trivial, posing no difficulty for him. However, given his resources, transcending the tribulation to become an Immortal King was indeed not that difficult.

Having said that, he broke through the void and left the human universe.

When Yuanshi Tianzun first arrived outside the boundary, he didn't have many thoughts about the outside world, but he was curious about the disappearance of the strange world.

However, upon seeing the Immortal Realm, he understood that it must have been the Primordial Heavenly Venerable who had merged the two worlds into one. Naturally, the Primordial Heavenly Venerable couldn't help but marvel at the unparalleled power possessed by an Immortal King.

After that, he withdrew his attention and released his aura, allowing the Immortal King Tribulation condensed in the void to fully take shape.

In just 30,000 years, cultivators in the mortal universe and the immortal realm once again sensed an astonishing aura similar to that of years past, which caused them all to gasp in surprise.

However, only a very few people in the human universe know the truth, while the native cultivators in the immortal realm are even more shocked and feel a strong sense of dread about this lower realm.

After all, they had already witnessed the methods of the Supreme Celestial Venerable Wuji and knew how terrifying the Celestial Kings were.

Meanwhile, Yuanshi Tianzun himself concentrated on undergoing his own tribulation as a Celestial King.

(End of this chapter)