Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 206 Making a feint to the east and attacking in the west
"For tens of thousands of years, the Carefree Celestial Venerable has been in the Primordial Ancient Mine, and we have not noticed anything unusual about him. Even when you, Great Celestial Venerable, delivered the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill and explained the follow-up plan, he celebrated with us the upcoming arrival of a new era and made a promise to eradicate all the Supreme Beings of the Forbidden Zones."

"Great Celestial Venerable, do you have other plans for him, or does he have something to do alone? Or perhaps, he is not standing with us?"

Xuanhuang Supreme was naturally confused. In his eyes, Wuji Heavenly Venerable was an unprecedentedly supreme genius, a figure like a god or immortal on earth. Even the Heavenly Venerables of Morality and Spiritual Treasure, whom they had already considered dead, were brought back by Wuji Heavenly Venerable and became allies, preparing together to carry out a grand plan to change the universe.

Therefore, as long as they follow the Supreme Celestial Venerable Wuji, they can immediately usher in a new life, embark on the path to immortality again, and create an unprecedented new era together with the Supreme Celestial Venerable Wuji.

But at this crucial moment, the Carefree Celestial Venerable suddenly disappeared, no longer participating in their plans. This in itself was a dangerous sign, indicating that he himself must have some plans different from Liang Yu's. This meant that they might no longer be like-minded fellow Daoists.

After all, they had spent tens of thousands of years together in the Primordial Ancient Mine, and he still had some friendship with the Carefree Celestial Venerable. Seeing this situation now, he was naturally incredulous and even felt a little regretful.

Liang Yu fell silent upon hearing this. The Carefree Celestial Venerable had left without a word at this crucial moment, departing from the Primordial Ancient Mine, his whereabouts unknown. Had the Carefree Celestial Venerable ultimately chosen to be his enemy?

But the carefree Celestial Venerable clearly knew that the Moral Celestial Venerable and the Spiritual Treasure Celestial Venerable were still alive, and he also knew about the Ascension Plan. Even if he didn't reincarnate, he would still have a good chance to continue his path to immortality. But associating with other supreme beings from forbidden zones was an absolute dead end. Why would he do that?
Liang Yu had known the Carefree Celestial Venerable since his first incarnation when he attained enlightenment, and their relationship was quite good. It could be said that one of the reasons Liang Yu cared about these self-severed Supremes was that he wanted to help these fellow Nine Celestial Venerables. Therefore, he was somewhat conflicted at the time.

Liang Yu sighed and said, "I will handle the matter of the Carefree Celestial Venerable. Fellow Daoist Xuanhuang, you can just go and do your own thing."

Having said that, he sent the Xuanhuang Banner into the starry sky, hoping it would return to its master as quickly as possible. After all, war was about to break out, and the absence of his Dao-proving treasure would have a significant impact.

Of course, Liang Yu said this because just now in the heavens, there was an aura that no longer changed into other forms to hide itself, but instead revealed that unfathomable law of time. This aura was none other than the Carefree Celestial Venerable.

Clearly, after Xuanhuang Supreme and the others consumed the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, the Carefree Celestial Venerable seized the opportunity to leave the Primordial Ancient Mine and arrive in the Celestial Realm. Since Liang Yu now knew the Carefree Celestial Venerable's whereabouts, the matter concerning him naturally fell to Liang Yu.

Liang Yu suppressed the complex emotions that inevitably arose in his heart. He knew that the release of the aura by the Carefree Celestial Venerable was telling him that there was no need to look anymore, as he was already in the heavens.

As the aura of the Carefree Celestial Venerable was revealed, boundless divine light surged forth from all the forbidden zones, as if they were simultaneously using the same divine power or activating the same grand formation.

Liang Yu frowned slightly upon seeing this, because the aura within these forbidden zones was centered on the heavens, or rather, on the Free and Unfettered Celestial Venerable. In other words, the one who organized these forbidden zones was none other than the Free and Unfettered Celestial Venerable.

Seeing these divine lights, a sense of foreboding welled up within him, and he quickened his pace. But just as Liang Yu was about to reach the heavens, his expression suddenly changed drastically, his usual composure vanishing. Beyond the endless starry sky, a great array he had left behind had been activated. That array was the very one he had left behind on the path to immortality when he followed the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin.

Back then, he traced the past atop Mount Tai, which led to a cross-temporal eye contact with the Desolate Emperor. It was that encounter that brought him and the Desolate Emperor together.

It was because the desolate tower saw a vision from the future that it took the initiative to appear when it met Liang Yu, who had not yet attained enlightenment, and followed him through the tens of thousands of years.

Perhaps it was because of this eye contact with the Desolate Emperor that he witnessed the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin. After all, even Ye Fan hadn't seen this thing for hundreds of thousands of years after becoming an emperor, let alone Liang Yu, who had no connection to it.

At that time, the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin led him to an abandoned path to immortality left behind by the Desolate Heavenly Emperor. Within this path lay a seal left by the Desolate Heavenly Emperor, and within that seal resided a dark power from an unknown world. Liang Yu even speculated that perhaps this was the dark power that had corrupted the Emperor.

Liang Yu had completely repaired the seal left by the Desolate Emperor and reinforced it with his own array patterns. But now, that great array has been triggered.

Could it be that a supreme being secretly went there, wanting to obtain this power to fight against them? But the array patterns he left behind are not something these supreme beings can easily break through.

However, Liang Yu immediately sensed that the great array he had left behind was beginning to show signs of damage. He immediately thought of the power—whether divine ability or array pattern—that these Supreme Beings had jointly activated. Three or five Supreme Beings might not be able to break through his array pattern in a short time, but dozens of Supreme Beings were a different story.

At this moment, the Celestial Venerable of Freedom appeared from the heavens and said loudly, "Fellow Daoist Wuji, you'd better make a decision quickly. Will you kill us now and then go back to deal with the place you're currently concerned with, or will you deal with that place first and then come back to kill us? Choosing the former, you can stop my plan, but it may trigger a disaster; choosing the latter, you can stop a disaster, but you cannot stop my plan. Fellow Daoist Wuji, will your choice be different from what I expect?"

Liang Yu did not hesitate. He immediately chose to go to the path to immortality to deal with the possible overflow of dark power.

At the same time, a celestial light flashed above his head, and the Qiankun Creation Tower and nine Immortal Golden Pagodas formed a grand array that flew towards the heavens, sealing it off layer by layer. This was a supreme array pattern that he had modified based on the Secret of Character Formation.

Because the grand formation was at risk of collapsing, Liang Yu rushed over without any hesitation. After all, compared to the dark forces, the supreme beings of the forbidden zone were practically nothing. As long as the dark forces didn't cause any problems, it wouldn't matter if all these supreme beings escaped; it would just require a little more effort. Besides, they might not even be able to break through the grand formation he had set up with the pagoda.

Therefore, Liang Yu didn't release either his "Death Body" or "Dao Body." After all, the focus was on the dark forces at this moment, and he didn't dare to divert his forces unnecessarily. It can only be said that he chose the lesser of two evils.

(End of this chapter)