Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 124 The Cycle of Life and Death in the Heavens

The Prison King had given up on the pointless competition and was now focused on enjoying tea and experiencing the power of these two supreme secret arts.

This was largely thanks to Liang Yu's various performances in his previous lives, which allowed him to realize early on that the gap between those who had attained enlightenment was incredibly large.

So when he saw the terrifying power of the Underworld Lord and the Heavenly Lord of Spiritual Treasure, he was shocked, but he quickly accepted it.

The Lord of the Underworld has always been amiable and approachable, but now it seems that even those who have died have underestimated him.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. Given the achievements of the Underworld Lord, he couldn't possibly be an ordinary Dao Prover. These ordinary Supreme Beings were too confident, which prevented them from seeing how terrifying the Underworld Lord truly was.

Meanwhile, Liang Yu also focused his attention, opening his Mysterious Eyes to concentrate intently on the battle. Now that his eyes had merged with the Origin Heaven Divine Eye, and even further gained the divine ability to see through the essence of the Great Dao, this Origin Technique and Array Formation were naturally no secret to him.

The Netherworld Lord's Origin Techniques have truly embarked on the path of a Heavenly Lord, reaching a combat strength equivalent to that of a typical Heavenly Emperor. It can be said that he has essentially mastered the new Origin Technique scrolls that he explored with Liang Yu.

Under such terrifying source techniques, these source heavenly divine runes could likely surround and obliterate a Dao Prover in a very short time, and might even be able to alter the heavens and earth, creating various strange terrains. Of course, creating a wondrous place like Kunlun Immortal Mountain is still impossible.

Liang Yu's own Origin Techniques are still a hair's breadth away from reaching this level, but the Underworld Lord has already fully established himself in this field. It can only be said that he truly deserves to be called the founder of Origin Techniques.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Liang Yu did not focus his main attention on this.

Lingbao Tianzun's secret of character formation is equally terrifying. He can actually form arrays in the void without any materials or careful arrangement; countless array patterns can be inscribed and generated with a flick of his hand.

The fact that Lingbao Tianzun's source techniques were on par with Mingzun's further demonstrates that he could achieve the level of a Heavenly Emperor using only the Word Formation Secret, which is truly terrifying. However, considering that Lingbao Tianzun had already refined the Zhuxian Sword Formation Diagram into a celestial artifact beforehand, this is indeed understandable.

This battle gradually devolved into a protracted tug-of-war. A formation diagram appeared above Lingbao Tianzun's head, with countless runes flashing and combining to accelerate his deductions;
A treasure wheel appeared atop the Netherworld Lord, its rotation constantly flashing with spiritual light. Countless Netherworld Lord figures manifested within it, working together with the main body to deduce the changes in the Origin Heaven Divine Patterns.

Upon seeing this, Liang Yu couldn't help but sigh. He hadn't expected the Heavenly Nether Treasure to have this function. It seemed that the Netherworld Lord had indeed hidden many hidden tricks.

However, in his view, this battle of magic was meaningless. It would probably take a thousand or eight hundred years to determine a winner.

Only over such a long period of time will they truly reach their limit, begin to make mistakes, be caught out by their opponents, and ultimately determine the outcome.

But that would be too much of a loss. Therefore, Liang Yu spoke up to stop them, saying, "Fellow Daoist Lingbao, Fellow Daoist Mingzun, you can stop now. Let's call this a draw."

Upon hearing this, both withdrew their supernatural powers, and the underworld returned to silence, as if nothing had happened. After all, they weren't really going to fight to the death, and since a winner couldn't be determined in a short time, a draw was acceptable.

The Underworld Lord wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Fellow Daoist Lingbao, your array patterns are infinitely varied and flawless. You truly deserve to be a grandmaster of this path."

This battle was truly a clash of equals, a meeting of formidable opponents. He hadn't been pushed to this point in a long time, to the point that even his seemingly flawless body was sweating. This only happened when his mental energy was severely depleted. However, this also truly ignited the fighting spirit within the Underworld Lord. He began to take things seriously, no longer thinking about how to deceive his opponent, but wanting to settle the score with the Spirit Treasure Celestial Lord.

Lingbao Tianzun wiped away his sweat and said, "Fellow Daoist Mingzun, your source techniques are ingenious and unparalleled. You wield the power of heaven and earth as easily as using your fingers and arms, doing whatever you want without any difficulty. I admire you, I admire you."

In this exchange, even though Lingbao Tianzun was prepared for the mysteries of the Origin Technique, he still hadn't expected it to be so wondrous. The last time he couldn't suppress his opponent despite racking his brains was probably with that immortal corpse.

Therefore, his words were truly from the bottom of his heart. Seeing the fighting spirit gradually emerging in the eyes of the Underworld Lord, the Heavenly Venerable Lingbao no longer used a fake smile to control his emotions as before, but instead revealed a genuine smile.

Lingbao Tianzun stared into Mingzun's eyes and said, "Since this move is too close to a draw, let's try again. Fellow Daoist Mingzun, I hope you won't disappoint me."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, spread his five fingers, and countless sword energies surged from his fingertips, rushing towards the Underworld Lord like bolts of lightning. Waves of killing intent spread out like a tide along with the sword light, staining the void in the hall with a layer of blood.

Amidst the boundless killing intent, it seemed as if true immortals were shedding blood and countless spirits were lying dead. All the ancient corpses and spirits in the entire underworld trembled, as if an annihilation was about to befall them.

This is the first sword technique of the mythical era, the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Qi, renowned for its method of killing!
The Underworld Lord stood still, and boundless corpse energy surged out from his body, surrounded by endless yin energy, which intertwined with immeasurable divine light around him, making him seem like the emperor of the underworld and the supreme ruler of the netherworld.

Under the divine light, one could vaguely see countless ancient corpses bowing in submission, and myriad ghosts offering their praises.

The beings of the Netherworld, who were initially intimidated by the power of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, abandoned their fear under this aura and instead prayed to this supreme ruler of the Netherworld for reassurance.

A treasure wheel took shape in his hand, radiating endless divine light. Countless runes intertwined within the wheel, and the two currents of life and death circulated. It seemed as if there were endless worlds rotating eternally within it, and in each world, countless spirits were constantly being reborn. The boundary between life and death seemed to be completely blurred.

This is the supreme divine power from the Underworld Emperor Scripture—the Wheel of Life and Death of the Heavens.

The two divine powers collided, and countless blood-red sword lights scattered, cutting into the treasure wheel from countless angles, as if to shatter everything, cause all things to perish, and disintegrate the universe.

Under this terrifying sword energy, the space within the hall was constantly being torn apart, and the damage was irreparable. This ultimate killing sword seemed capable of annihilating even the life force of the world and the void itself.

Under countless sword energies, all the beings manifested within the treasure wheel were slain, and boundless blood energy spread, as if to reduce the treasure wheel to nothingness.

But then, the Wheel of Life and Death trembled and divine light flashed. With just one turn of the wheel, all the beings manifested within it were reborn, and countless sword energies were completely obliterated in the process.

But then, the sword light flashed again, and all the beings manifested in the cycle of life and death suddenly split open again, as if the sword light could sever all lifetimes, and even reincarnation could not escape the inevitable death.

Amidst countless deaths and reincarnations, the two supernatural powers stood in fierce competition, and for a time it was difficult to determine which was superior.

(End of this chapter)