Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 120 The Return of the Spiritual Treasure
Before we knew it, thousands of years had passed.

In Liang Yu's eyes, the Yin and Yang energies condensed and began to slowly merge into one place, and chaotic energy also began to permeate his body.

Suddenly, a large array in the distant starry sky was activated, and Liang Yu immediately opened his eyes.

This is the aura of Lingbao Tianzun! It seems he is finally about to succeed and be reborn.

Liang Yu merged with the void, traversing the endless starry sky to arrive before this great formation. The Qiankun Creation Tower was suppressing his Dao aura to prevent it from affecting the outside world, so he still used the Desolate Tower to suppress the starry sky here, used the Immortal Bell to obscure the secrets of heaven, and used the Bronze Immortal Palace to take in the entire starry sky.

Then he stepped into the great formation.

The head that had turned into an ancient star shone brightly with immortal light, and at its core, a celestial embryo had been fully formed.

Suddenly, a torrent of blood and qi surged forth, as if a true dragon had been resurrected, unleashing an astonishing aura powerful enough to shake the heavens and earth, shattering the countless array patterns surrounding him. Then, countless sword lights burst forth, seemingly capable of cleaving through the heavens and earth. The surrounding array patterns were swiftly disintegrated by the sword light, turning into nothingness.

Furthermore, the sword light overflowed further, beginning to cut through the bronze immortal palace, leaving behind deep, bottomless engravings.

If Liang Yu hadn't used a celestial artifact to seal his aura, the universe would probably have trembled and the void shattered at this moment.

The ancient star's head crumbled little by little, turning into a shower of light, and a middle-aged Taoist with a solemn and dignified face was reborn from within the shower of light.

He concealed his aura, and instantly his entire being seemed to exist outside of heaven and earth. He was clearly visible and audible, yet impossible to perceive with divine sense, as if he had become a ghost, a phantom.

The four swordsmen of Zhuxian cheered and returned to the top of Lingbao Tianzun's head with the array diagram.

Lingbao Tianzun reached out, and countless sword lights intertwined, decomposing and recombining the array diagram of the Zhuxian Sword Formation, with streams of immortal light brewing within.

Although the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation is divided into five parts—the formation diagram and the four swords—they are essentially one. While Lingbao Tianzun did not completely transform the sword formation into a celestial artifact this time, its core formation diagram can already be considered a celestial formation.

Liang Yu smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Lingbao, after so many years, we have finally met in person."

Lingbao Tianzun cupped his hands and said, "This rebirth is all thanks to your help, fellow Daoist. I am deeply grateful."

Liang Yu said, "Fellow Daoist Lingbao, you are too kind. Now we only need to wait for Fellow Daoist Morality, and then we can eradicate the forbidden zone and begin our ascension plan."

Lingbao Tianzun asked, "Is Daode Tianzun still alive?"

Liang Yu said, "Fellow Daoist Morality underwent a transformation in the ancient primordial star. You have also been to this place."

Lingbao Tianzun pondered and said, "Back then, I was busy quelling the corpse calamity. Although I passed by the ancient star of the primordial world, I did not investigate it in depth. However, because it was an excellent place to raise corpses, I was afraid that the underworld would discover this place and cause an even greater disaster. So I set up array patterns to hide this place. At that time, although I sensed his array patterns, I did not expect that his true body was also hidden there."

Liang Yu said, "At that time, perhaps Fellow Daoist Morality still had a sliver of consciousness, so he concealed himself, and you, Fellow Daoist, did not look closely and thus missed it. But now, Fellow Daoist Morality will probably succeed in less than ten thousand years."

As they spoke, Liang Yu put away the Bronze Immortal Palace and the Desolate Tower Immortal Bell. The Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, hovering above the head of the Spirit Treasure Celestial Venerable, had already completely blocked his aura, so Liang Yu no longer needed to use immortal artifacts to seal his aura.

Lingbao Tianzun laughed and said, "Fellow Daoist Wuji, you not only obtained two immortal artifacts, the Desolate Tower and the Immortal Bell, but also this immortal palace that I have never heard of before. You are truly blessed."

Liang Yu shook his head and said, "Apart from the Desolate Tower, the other two items were given to me by those supreme beings from the forbidden zones, so I couldn't very well refuse them. I would like to ask you to come with me to the Ancient Star of Mars to discuss the ascension plan." Lingbao Tianzun said, "Alright. I am also very curious about what kind of world that is."

Then, both of them concealed their auras and flew across the universe, arriving at the ancient star Yinghuo. Liang Yu had already left a mark at this crucial point on the path to immortality on the ancient star Yinghuo, opening up a chaotic hole like the Great Emperor Wushi and the Undying Emperor in later generations.

Looking at the path to immortality that Liang Yu had already opened up a large section of, Lingbao Tianzun couldn't help but say, "I've seen this path to immortality before, but I only passed by it briefly. I never expected that it would be such a hidden paradise."

Liang Yu had already expanded the path to immortality to a place very close to the strange world, so Lingbao Tianzun only needed a slight ray of sword light to tear through the void to sense the existence of that vast and boundless world.

Lingbao Tianzun said, "Fellow Daoist Wuji seems to know quite a bit about this place. May I ask what kind of world this is?"

Liang Yu said, "You must have guessed about the damage to the Immortal Realm, right? This world was created by some powerful beings from before our time to repair the Immortal Realm. But for some reason, they failed, and this abandoned world became what it is now."

“I broke through the barrier thousands of years ago and saw the specific situation inside. There is indeed a substance for immortality in this world. In that world, even ordinary Daoists can probably live for millions of years or even longer, and they are not limited to only one person being able to attain Dao in one lifetime. As long as they continue to cultivate and improve in it, they probably don’t need to undergo transformations in each lifetime like we do to become immortals.”

Lingbao Tianzun said, "With such a superior cultivation environment, this realm can be called a minor immortal realm."

Lingbao Tianzun did indeed yearn for such an environment. After all, he was not only born in the degenerate age of the human world, but also happened to be in the midst of the corpse calamity. It can be said that he had never had a few peaceful days and did not even have much time to cultivate properly.

After all, he was not bloodthirsty by nature, nor was he a battle maniac. He wanted to study sword techniques and array patterns, and explore the supreme path and the way to immortality.

Forced by circumstances, he had no choice but to take up his sword, to stop killing with killing, to fight violence with violence, and to carve out a bright and just world for future generations. His sword was a sword of slaughter, but his heart was a heart of protection. To wield thunderous methods with a compassionate heart is the epitome of his character.

Liang Yu sighed, "This world is indeed a good environment for cultivation, but perhaps precisely because of this, cultivators at all levels in this world are weaker than those in our world."

Lingbao Tianzun said, "As expected. If I were in such a world, I probably wouldn't have the Zhuxian Sword, or even the Jietian Sword."

After all, these two sword techniques are different: one is the way of killing, and the other is the way of destruction and rebirth, a way of turning adversity into opportunity. A too-comfortable environment is unlikely to foster such an extreme and fiercely advanced swordsmanship.

Liang Yu said, "In your opinion, fellow Daoist, could we set up an array here to allow those who have attained the Dao, or even those who have achieved Dao through other means, to enter this place?"

Although Lingbao Tianzun created a brand new Intercepting Heaven Sword Technique in his fourth incarnation, it does not mean that he would abandon the Immortal Slaying Sword Technique and the Word Formation Secret.

He frowned and began to deduce the formation. The Zhuxian Sword Formation diagram kept changing and simulating various large formations.

This array diagram is merely a tool for setting up formations in the hands of others, but in the hands of Lingbao Tianzun, its true master, it can even be used to deduce and simulate formations, and even to predict heavenly secrets.

Countless array patterns flickered and changed; even ordinary cultivators would be dazzled by the array diagram under such circumstances.

Although Liang Yu's skills were extraordinary, and he mastered all the laws and unified them, he still could not shake the prestige of being the number one master of array patterns.

After a long silence, Lingbao Tianzun said, "It is feasible."

(End of this chapter)