The First Emperor of the Primordial Era: Shrouding the Heavens

Chapter 23 The Past of the Celestial Venerable

"Haha...cough cough...cough...you actually went this far...cough cough...cough...the real universe..."

The carefree Celestial Venerable looked at the illusory cosmic image with dim eyes and spoke intermittently.

"Becoming an immortal... cough... cough cough... it's really difficult, I... am unwilling..."

Before he could finish speaking, the Carefree Celestial Venerable exploded, his eyes filled with resentment.

The story of the carefree and unfettered Celestial Venerable, who pioneered the "Xingzi Secret," has come to an end, leaving one with a sense of melancholy.

"Someone actually succeeded with a Taoist method that was supposed to be eliminated!"

As the Supreme Being of the Forbidden Zone of Life lamented the fate of the Carefree Celestial Venerable, he also looked at Jiang Ling with a solemn expression.

He was extremely shocked that someone had actually succeeded in the Taoist methods that the various deities had tried in the early mythological era.

Unlike many people in this world, the forbidden zone of life contains supreme beings who experienced that era, and some even personally participated in that incredibly crazy period, promoting the development of Taoist magic.

The supreme beings and all living beings of that era pursued the Dao to a pathological degree, deriving many unrealistic concepts.

"It seems that Fellow Daoist Qin Shi Huang has received the inheritance of that Celestial Venerable from the mythological era!"

In the Land of Divine Ruins, an ancient and incomparably powerful being spoke softly.

"Yuanshi Tianzun!"

Immediately afterwards, other supreme beings spoke up, their eyes filled with complex emotions.

For later generations, the Emperor was undoubtedly the most famous of the nine Heavenly Venerables of the era.

However, these supreme beings of the forbidden zone have a different perspective.

Among the nine Heavenly Venerables, there are also differences in strength. The Emperor Venerable is in the first tier, but it is not that no one can stand shoulder to shoulder with him.

Among the nine Heavenly Venerables, there are also several mysterious and powerful ones. Their strength is not necessarily inferior to that of the Emperor Venerables, but their deeds are not as famous as those of the Emperor Venerables. In fact, the traces of some Heavenly Venerables have long been lost in the river of time.

The four Heavenly Venerables of Tribulation Crossing, Boundless Heavenly Venerable, Primordial Heavenly Venerable, and Spiritual Treasure Heavenly Venerable are no less powerful than the Emperor Venerable, and may even be a step stronger.

All four were incredibly mysterious, leaving behind countless legends in the early days of the mythological era.

The Heavenly Venerable of Tribulation Crossing was the predecessor of the Underworld Venerable. He lived for a long time in the early mythological era and experienced the era of more than one supreme being.

Furthermore, the Heavenly Venerable of Tribulation at that time proposed a method of becoming an immortal by burying one's past life, forming the Samsara Seal, and comprehending the mysteries of life and death in the cycle of reincarnation, which influenced many supreme beings.

Like Yuanshi Tianzun, Wuliang Tianzun was one of the most mysterious celestial beings in the early mythological era, with his life and death shrouded in mystery.

However, their power is undeniable. Wuliang Tianzun slayed the Chaos Body, laid out the Big Dipper, and accurately calculated the nodes of the Big Dipper's path to immortality, which surpasses many supreme beings.

Yuanshi Tianzun promoted the development of Taoist magic. In the early days of the brilliant mythological era, Yuanshi Tianzun was undoubtedly crazy. He put forward all kinds of imaginative theories to verify Taoist magic, and wanted to research a sixth or seventh secret realm on top of the five secret realms.

In the early stages of the mythological era, after the passing of Lingbao Tianzun, he propelled the Daoist principles of the universe to an unprecedented height.

In that era, due to the method of reincarnation proposed by the Heavenly Venerable of Tribulation Crossing, many cultivators embarked on the path of proving their Dao through corpses.

However, there is a significant difference between the living and the spirits; not all living beings can successfully form the reincarnation seal.

Too many beings encountered problems when forming the Samsara Seal and turned into zombies. Moreover, this was not a minority, but rather a phenomenon that occurred to many people.

Later, it evolved into a catastrophe that affected the entire universe, with more zombies than living people, and the entire universe almost becoming a kingdom of the dead.

Most seriously, at that time, the Heavenly Venerable of Crossing Tribulations, who proposed the method of reincarnation, had already fallen into a deep sleep. He tested the method with his own body and was unable to suppress the corpse calamity.

The entire universe is in grave danger, as if it is about to be completely buried.

Just when the entire universe was plunged into despair, Lingbao Tianzun was born and became the supreme being in just two thousand years, suppressing the Corpse Calamity.

However, the universe was desolate after the zombie apocalypse, with less than one in ten living beings remaining, and too many races perished in that turmoil.

The countless traditions accumulated since the early days of mythology were almost completely lost in that upheaval, and too many brilliant civilizations perished.

Lingbao Tianzun lived for over 100,000 years across three lifetimes before all races in the universe recovered their vitality, but their Taoist magic had still regressed considerably.

Until the appearance of Yuanshi Tianzun, in order to pursue a higher realm, Yuanshi Tianzun spread his teachings throughout the universe and researched the sixth or seventh secret realm, hoping to become an immortal through it.

Guided by those who had attained enlightenment in this era, countless cultivators joined in and began to study the methods of cultivation in secret realms.

From then on, the world entered a glorious yet bloody era, with all sorts of imaginative and ingenious ideas being proposed and then put into practice.

That chaotic period of tens of thousands of years sparked countless civilizations in the universe, but also destroyed many other groups.

In just ten thousand years, the Daoist teachings of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths have surpassed the mythological era, representing more than three hundred thousand years of development from the Heavenly Venerable of Tribulation to the Heavenly Venerable of Spiritual Treasure.

Yuanshi Tianzun was the greatest synthesizer of reform and strengthening in his time. However, it is regrettable that, like Dujie Tianzun, Yuanshi Tianzun embarked on the path of testing the law with his own body, and passed away after living for only 40,000 years in two lifetimes.

Many people believe that if Yuanshi Tianzun had not been bound by the constraints of heaven and earth, and had been given tens of thousands of years more, he would surely have become an immortal.

However, Yuanshi Tianzun was too ambitious. In order to open the sixth secret realm, he almost self-destructed his cultivation and attempts, which is why he only lived for more than 40,000 years.

After him, Wuliang Tianzun and Daode Tianzun were born, succeeding Yuanshi Tianzun in spreading the Tao. In the era of Daode Tianzun, the method of cultivation was promoted throughout the universe, and countless beings embarked on the path of cultivation.

"Now that I've come to believe that Yuanshi Tianzun is not dead!"

Now that the Dao and Law lost from the mythical era have appeared on Jiang Ling, a Supreme Being speaks.

Not only him, but all those who attained enlightenment after Yuanshi Tianzun held doubts about whether Yuanshi Tianzun had actually passed away.

"That's right, not only Yuanshi Tianzun, but other Tianzun as well, haven't necessarily all passed away peacefully!"

In the Divine Ruins, after the elderly Supreme Being finished speaking, another Supreme Being immediately replied.

These supreme beings were not far removed from the era of those celestial beings, and had heard of the glorious years of those celestial beings such as the Primordial Celestial Venerable.

"It's all for the sake of becoming an immortal!"

The elderly Supreme Being spoke earlier. In fact, these Supreme Beings from the forbidden zones of life had been sealed for a long enough time, and they had all paid attention to those Supreme Beings who had appeared in history.

Among the nine Heavenly Venerables, the most mysterious are Wuliang Tianzun and Yuanshi Tianzun. These two have tried many methods to become immortals over the years.

Even an emperor like him has to admit the power of Yuanshi Tianzun and Wuliang Tianzun.

He passed away so naturally, it's something no one would want to believe.

Right now, the Daoist techniques they abandoned in the mythological era have appeared on Jiang Ling, which makes them believe that the Primordial Celestial Venerable has not passed away, but has instead hidden in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, or perhaps entered the Immortal Path.

"boom!"

Just as the Supreme Being in the Forbidden Zone of Life was marveling at the Daoist power manifesting on Jiang Ling, the Myriad Dao Furnace trembled, swallowing the flesh and blood of the Carefree Heavenly Venerable and the Time Bottle into the furnace.

"This fellow Daoist certainly has a unique way of doing things!"

Seeing Jiang Ling's actions, the Supreme Being inside the restricted area twitched slightly at the corner of his mouth.

Jiang Ling had said before that he would refine the Carefree Celestial Venerable and extract the medicinal power of the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, but no one expected him to actually do it.

"It's just a pity about the carefree Celestial Venerable. Thinking back to those days, when we fought together against the Emperor Venerable, we were practically side by side!"

Seeing the carefree Celestial Venerable refined by the Myriad Dao Furnace, some people in the forbidden zone couldn't help but sigh.

"What's there to regret? Obstructing others' path, we should have foreseen this day!"

Some supreme beings spoke coldly, showing disdain for the actions of the Carefree Celestial Venerable.

The myriad paths serve as a furnace, while the supreme origin and the essence of flesh and blood are used as medicine, constantly burning and condensing within the myriad paths furnace.

Meanwhile, Jiang Ling stood to the side, constantly forming hand seals, drawing upon the myriad principles of heaven and earth to refine the physical body of the Carefree Celestial Venerable.