Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 198 Looking for Hedao Flower

The path to immortality will open every few hundred years, and Liang Yu and his group should take this opportunity to clear out all the forbidden zones of life.

However, speaking of which, this path to immortality is actually the one that the Emperor attacked in the original timeline, but for some reason, the difficulty of this path to immortality seems to be too high.

After all, even with a Heavenly Emperor-level Emperor wielding the Immortal Artifact, the Cauldron of All Things, and several Supreme Beings, including the Celestial Venerable of Longevity, who had briefly returned to their peak thanks to the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, joining forces with him, the final result was still that they failed to enter the Immortal Realm, instead ending up in a strange world. It's unclear whether the path is too far or the angle too extreme, but in any case, the difficulty of breaking through is extremely high.

Considering the failures of the Taiyin Human Emperor and the Demon Emperor in their attempts to conquer the path to immortality in the ancient times, it becomes clear that most paths to immortality appear promising but are ultimately inaccessible. This is why supreme beings hesitate, unable to determine which path to immortality is the right one.

Therefore, in the original timeline, only a small number of supreme beings emerged on the two paths to immortality, the Big Dipper Star and the Flying Immortal Star. This is also why most people who sever themselves as supreme beings did not dare to risk their lives when their fate was not fully certain.

However, these self-severed supreme beings are unaware of this, so they might still attack this path to immortality. After all, although Liang Yu had previously revealed some information to the Free and Unfettered Celestial Venerable and others, he only hinted that only those who had attained the Dao in this era could enter, without telling them that this path was exceptionally difficult, even for Heavenly Emperors. Therefore, those who received the information from the Free and Unfettered Celestial Venerable or others would naturally be even less aware of this.

Therefore, if even one supreme being from the heavens hesitates to act and tries, Liang Yu and his group can pinpoint the only forbidden zone of life that has not yet been located, thus eliminating it completely and eradicating all the forbidden zones in one fell swoop.

Of course, even if all the supreme beings in the heavens ultimately restrain themselves, they can still annihilate the other forbidden zones. With only one heaven remaining, what trouble can it cause? It would just be a pity for Mount Tai.

Now that the path to becoming an Earth Immortal has been discovered, if the heavens can be reconnected and restored to Mount Tai, perhaps the magnificent spectacle of the sun, moon, and stars swirling around the mountain like sand and gravel can be recreated. The Earth Immortals who achieve enlightenment within this mountain might be quite extraordinary. After all, the very terrain resembling nine dragons pulling a coffin signifies that this place is no ordinary place.

The Nine-Turn Immortal Pills that Liang Yu wanted to have refined by the Celestial Venerable of Morality were naturally not for Liang Yu and his group. They were for those who had sided with them and those few extraordinary geniuses who had achieved enlightenment through unconventional means.

For those who sever their own supreme power, this is both a reward and a way to maintain their peak condition. This state will not only allow them to better contribute to the elimination of the forbidden zone, but will also be more effective when they undertake the reincarnation plan in the future.

As for those few who achieved enlightenment through unconventional means, this was naturally to increase their margin for error. After all, it would be terrible if they were injured by those supreme beings who had reached the pinnacle of enlightenment, suffering irreparable damage to their Dao.

Now, among the self-severed supreme beings on Liang Yu's side, the Eternal Heavenly Venerable and the Prison Suppressor Emperor have already embarked on the path of Earthly Immortals with the help of Liang Yu and the Underworld Venerable, so they naturally no longer need the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill. After all, they are no longer human, and how could they consume pills in a strange land?

Moreover, they are unlikely to participate in the battle. After all, it would be troublesome if such an intense and high-intensity fight injured their blessed land. However, the two of them will definitely remain as reserves to prevent any mishaps by those who are actually involved in the battle.

In this situation, they would naturally encounter only a very small number of people, whom they could still defeat. After all, the fourth stage of Earth Immortals is considered to have the combat power of a quasi-Heavenly Emperor, and the fifth stage of Earth Immortals is considered to have the combat power of a Heavenly Emperor. No matter which stage they reach, they can easily defeat ordinary Dao Proving Persons, they just cannot fight as naturally and flexibly as humans.

Besides the two of them, Liang Yu's side also has seven self-severed Supremes: the Carefree Celestial Venerable, the Silent Celestial Venerable, the Profound Yellow Supreme Venerable, the Primordial Pure Supreme Venerable, the Five Qi Supreme Venerable, the Illusory Spirit Supreme Venerable, and the Brahma Supreme Venerable. The first two need no introduction, while the latter five come from the Primordial Ancient Mine. Therefore, they will likely also require seven special Nine-Turn Immortal Pills.

The four unorthodox supreme beings they chose were Ying Shenxiao, Sansheng Supreme, Yuanxiang King, and Chuanying. But this wasn't the end. After all, if the real battle broke out and he revealed his reincarnation and ascension plans, there might be some self-severing supreme beings remaining in the forbidden zones that Liang Yu and the others could recruit to join them in eliminating the other offending supreme beings. That would indeed require more than ten Nine-Turn Immortal Pills.

Liang Yu wanted to utilize them because there were still too many forbidden zones remaining. Including the Celestial Realm, which Liang Yu and his group hadn't yet found, there were still ten forbidden zones for life in the vast universe.

Liang Yu, along with the five others—Mingzun, Yuanshi Tianzun, Daode Tianzun, and Lingbao Tianzun—could not attend to everything. Therefore, to prevent any desperate self-destructive supreme beings from causing damage to the universe, they also needed sufficient manpower to look after areas beyond their jurisdiction.

Moreover, this can be considered a pledge of allegiance. Whether they were already on their side or joined after the actual fight, they all had to contribute to eliminating the self-severing supreme being. After all, expecting to enjoy the reincarnation and ascension plans without contributing was wishful thinking.

The Celestial Venerable of Morality said, "The path to immortality... alas, a dream that seems within reach yet remains elusive. Are we finally about to tackle those forbidden zones?"

Liang Yu said, "That's for sure, their end is near. Whether or not we can find the last hidden God, we must eliminate them."

The Celestial Venerable of Morality said, “I will do my best in this matter. If we can get rid of these pests, we can be free from worries and focus more on exploring the path to immortality in the mortal world. So if there is anything else you need me to do, Fellow Daoist Wuji, please just ask.”

Liang Yu said, "Fellow Daoist of Morality is very thoughtful. This time, we will definitely make them disappear completely."

Seeing that the Celestial Venerable of Morality had begun to immerse himself in the task and start deducing the elixir formula, Liang Yu did not disturb him any further.

Just as he was about to continue comprehending the Phoenix Treasure Technique, he sensed an aura approaching—it was the Primordial Heavenly Venerable.

Upon seeing the arrival of Yuanshi Tianzun, Liang Yu naturally invited him up the mountain. He asked, "Fellow Daoist Yuanshi, what brings you here?"

The Celestial Venerable of Primordial Beginning's expression was solemn yet tinged with joy. He said, "I have come here to ask Fellow Daoist Wuji to help me deduce the whereabouts of something."

Liang Yu had a vague guess, but he still asked, "What is it?"

The Primordial Celestial Venerable said, "The Flower of Harmony with the Dao."

(End of this chapter)