Immortal Venerable

Biodata

Nature and Authority

Immortal Venerables stand fundamentally above ordinary Immortals. Even an Immortal such as Pei Ling considers the gap between himself and Immortal Venerable Li Luo impossible to overcome; to a Venerable, the Immortals present are comparable to mortals before a cultivator 1794.

• Immortal Venerables are associated with Order, while heavenly tribulation represents Chaos 1838.
• A Venerable can assimilate lesser beings into a “symbol” merely through their aura; “Curse” barely escapes such assimilation after encountering one 1969.
• Venerables may hold positions connected to universal symbols such as Life, Death, Night, and Space 1823 1838 1969.
• Ascending to Venerable requires forging an independent path rather than following one imposed by an existing Venerable 1905.
• The confrontation of multiple Venerables can affect Heavenly Tribulation itself and cause order and chaos to erode one another 1967.

Known Immortal Venerables

Li Luo

Myriad Immortals Gathering

Li Luo presides over the Myriad Immortals Gathering in the Primordial Era. He examines violations of the Heavenly Laws, personally annihilating Immortals who leaked Immortal secrets or otherwise committed grave offenses 1795.

• The Gathering’s first stated objective is to locate the missing Heavenly Tribulation 1793.
• Li Luo allows uncertain information about Heavenly Tribulation to be reported rather than demanding confirmed intelligence 1793.
• He judges Immortals according to their violations, with only a small number receiving pardon after providing legitimate justification 1794.
• His adherence to the Heavenly Law gives Shiwei and Feirong confidence to petition him to alter the plan to cut down Fusang and Jian Mu 1795.

Order and Life

Li Luo represents order and ultimately holds two Venerable seats: Order and Life. His possession of Life across both past and future is what allows him to occupy the Life seat 1973.

He warns Pei Ling that power must not be used to disrupt order or destabilize space-time, emphasizing that the Myriad Heavens and Myriad Worlds endure through the cycles of all living things 1969.

Yan Xu

Lord of the Night

Yan Xu is revealed as the Lord of the Night, a True Immortal, and an Immortal Venerable. He possesses knowledge extending beyond Pei Ling’s immediate timeline and tests Pei Ling’s mastery of Immortal Techniques 1825.

Yan Xu gives Pei Ling half an hour to devise an original path. He promises to save Pei Ling once if he succeeds, but states that he will otherwise watch without intervening 1826.

Chaos and Defiance

Yan Xu’s Dao is defined by opposition to conventional order. He identifies himself with Chaos and Disorder, and states that obeying the Heavenly Dao causes him suffering while defying it brings satisfaction 1972.

• He chose the Human Race as subjects for his experiments because of their teachability and the rapid development of his Immortal Techniques through them 1826.
• He improved [Ten Thousand Feet of Red Dust, Fear Me as Heaven] so that Heavenly Tribulation itself impersonates the caster and performs the tribulation 1827.
• The improved technique results in Heavenly Tribulation believing itself to be Yan Xu; this entity is later sealed within the blood-colored coffin connected to the Eternal Night Desert 1832.
• Yan Xu regards Pei Ling as possessing the qualities of a Venerable in both character and methods 1826.

Immortal Venerable Seats

Role in the Immortal Path

Immortal Venerables shape the conditions surrounding the Immortal Path rather than simply participating in it. Li Luo’s order-bound actions and Yan Xu’s experiments with Chaos create competing routes through which Pei Ling can pursue ascension 1826 1837.

Pei Ling ultimately rejects dependence on either Venerable’s offered route. After becoming a Golden Immortal, he recognizes that becoming a Venerable requires creating his own path rather than walking Li Luo’s Great Dao Immortal Technique or Yan Xu’s path of becoming King through Night 1905.

Trivia

• An Immortal Venerable once sealed his memories and lived as a mortal craftsman for decades to temper his Dao Heart; after recovering his cultivation, he brought only the courtyard he had personally built back to Wushi Villa 1535.
• Li Luo and Yan Xu’s final conflict ends in a draw because Li Luo holds both Order and Life, while Yan Xu loses a Venerable seat when Pei Ling takes Heavenly Tribulation 1973.