Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 21: Destruction from heaven and earth
Liang Yu coldly stared at Kunlun Immortal Mountain, where five enormous auras soared into the sky. The innate Dao traces and acquired array patterns engraved inside and outside the entire star intertwined to form naturally formed chains of divine laws, which disappeared into the void.

Liang Yu gradually felt that he was sealed off and isolated by the entire world. The laws of nature, heaven and earth, spiritual energy, time and space, and everything else were connected into a cage, locking Liang Yu inside and severing all his connection with the outside world.

Even his five senses were eroded, and he gradually fell into a state of emptiness where he could not find anyone to help him.

This is the second layer of the Kunlun clan's protective formation—the Heavenly Annihilation and Earthly Destruction Ten Absolute Formation.

If the previous All-Heavens Myriad Phenomena Annihilation Array was mainly used to defend against and trap invaders, then this array is for suppressing and annihilating all external enemies.

Liang Yu was not in a good mood at the moment. After seeing Ying Shenxiao's state, he vaguely guessed what was going on. His fellow Daoist might find it difficult to regain his Dao heart as he had when he was defeated before.

But with a formidable enemy at hand, there was no time to think about anything else. So Liang Yu activated the Forward Word Secret Technique, eliminating distracting thoughts and concentrating all his attention on the great formation.

"Heaven and earth are the furnace, and creation is the craftsman; yin and yang are the charcoal, and all things are the copper."

An ancient and melancholic chant resounded, and countless illusory beasts prostrated themselves in worship, unable to rise. Then, an ancient bronze furnace, indescribable in words, gradually formed. It used heaven and earth, time and space as its body and myriad paths as its fire, trapping Liang Yu within it.

The surrounding phantom beasts then rose up and were thrown into the furnace as firewood.

Liang Yu was inside the furnace, his senses and connections with the outside world were cut off, and the myriad flames were burning fiercely, even his supreme divine body felt faintly melting.

At this moment, nine figures appeared one after another in the furnace.

The leader, with a tiger's head and crimson hair, a single horn on his forehead, and eyes that gleamed with divine light, seemed to be able to see through the secrets of heaven; his entire body resembled a beast or a dragon, with white fur that revealed astonishing power—this was the ancient venerable Bai Ze.

Behind them were two figures: one with a tiger's body and a human head, and nine tails, whose sweeping tails caused the heavens and earth to tremble and the Milky Way to sway—this was the ancient Venerable Lu Wu; the other had nine heads, a human face and a bird's body, whose flapping wings sent a divine wind scattering stars across the sky—this was the ancient Venerable Jiu Feng.

The next six figures were familiar faces. There was Zhulong, who had a human face and a snake's body; Huashe, who had a human face, a jackal's body, bird wings, and a snake's tail; Hundun, who had long hair and resembled a dog; Qiongqi, who had the appearance of a tiger with wings on its back; Taowu, who had a human face, long teeth, a tiger's body, and dog's hair; and Taotie, who had the body of a sheep, a human face, and eyes under its armpits.

This Heavenly Annihilation and Earthly Destruction Ten Absolute Formation uses a furnace of heaven and earth to seal everything, burn it with the myriad paths of heaven and earth, and surround it with nine illusory figures.

These nine figures could deliver an attack equivalent to that of a flawless Daoist. With the nine figures attacking back and forth in turn, it was almost equivalent to three flawless Daoists joining forces.

Under the suppression of the furnace and the refining of the Dao fire, even ordinary cultivators would find it difficult to withstand for long.

This single grand formation is no less impressive than the core formation of any other forbidden zone. It's hard to imagine just how extraordinary the core Kunlun Immortal Formation must be.

Liang Yu also did not rush to break the formation with violence, nor did he intend to use the Desolate Tower.

He activated the "Former Word Secret," his primordial spirit seated high on the immortal platform, chanting scriptures to completely break through the great formation's obscuring of his senses. Upon regaining his senses, Liang Yu saw the furnace fire and the nine illusory figures within it, and couldn't help but feel excited.

He pointed to the furnace wall, which was only a few dozen square miles in circumference, and laughed, "This furnace is a bit too small; it's a bit cramped."

Zhulong sneered, "Then try stretching out and see if this furnace of heaven and earth can contain you, the Heavenly Venerable."

Liang Yu's figure swayed, his entire body growing taller in the wind, becoming towering and upright, his head like an ancient star, his eyes like the sun and moon, his mouth like the vast ocean, and his body like a pillar of heaven. Ordinary stars could only become playthings in his hands.

Of course, Kunlun Ancient Star is vast in scale and is one of the few life-bearing stars in the universe. It is naturally much larger than other stars, so it can still accommodate Liang Yu's Dharma form.

But this furnace of heaven and earth was not broken; instead, it grew with Liang Yu in the wind, becoming boundless, as if transforming into an independent world. No matter how Liang Yu changed, it could not reach its boundaries.

Even the nine illusory figures swelled in size, becoming as towering as Liang Yu. "Excellent, very good. This is interesting. I can't wait to break this great formation."

Liang Yu laughed heartily and launched an attack.

Back when he first attained enlightenment and fought fiercely against the four supreme beings, he had already combined his divine physical manifestations with the secret of the character "临" (Lin), creating a protective divine light that was impervious to all magic. Now, after experiencing the Dao debate in the Underworld, this divine power has been further enhanced, becoming truly unparalleled.

At this moment, his body was covered in divine light, directly isolating the myriad flames from Liang Yu, preventing them from having any effect on him. Liang Yu then strode forward, unleashing a Heaven-Turning Seal.

Bai Ze Supreme was the first to step forward, his eyes flashing with spiritual light, as if he could see through all of Liang Yu's actions and intercept him in advance.

He used his fingers to unleash the Profound Heart Sword Technique, striking directly at Liang Yu's weakest point, attempting to break through his defenses. The sharp sword light sliced ​​through the void, creating numerous tiny cracks.

Liang Yu remained unmoved, using the Douzi Secret Technique to unleash the Heaven-Turning Seal, which pressed down on Liang Yu's head. The sword light pierced Liang Yu's palm, but it could not break through the protective divine light.

Under the immense power of the Heaven-Turning Seal, the sword light twisted and disintegrated little by little, and then fell, shattering the phantom of the Supreme Bai Ze.

Liang Yu took another step forward, and Lu Wu Supreme Tiger Claw attacked his left side. Under the attack of the claw, even space was compressed into a crystal, making it difficult to dodge.

The Nine Phoenix Supreme gracefully attacked his right side, its nine-colored divine light converging into arrows that shot out in an instant, annihilating the world in their wake without a sound.

Liang Yu had just unleashed the Heaven-Turning Seal and had no time to defend himself, yet he remained unmoved.

Two more arms sprouted from his armpits. One arm formed the Heaven-Opening Seal, using its earth-shattering power to cut the Supreme Lu Wu in half at the waist. The other arm formed the Annihilation Seal, a terrifying power capable of annihilating all things that engulfed the nine-colored arrows, turning the Supreme Nine Phoenix into nothingness along with them.

Then, he continued forward, attacking the remaining six illusory figures.

The phantom of the Supreme Candle Dragon exhaled a breath of innate essence, manifesting the changing of the four seasons and the passage of time; the phantom of the Supreme Serpent Transformation moved its tail, causing a torrent of calamity water to erode and dissolve everything.

A fierce glint flashed in the eyes of the Qiongqi Supreme, and killing intent, malevolent energy, and blood energy converged into a boundless sea of ​​blood, within which countless ferocious soldiers and demons lurked, sweeping in.

Liang Yu neither dodged nor evaded, using his protective divine light to withstand the three divine attacks head-on. At the same time, he conjured a cosmic light seal in one hand, and a miniature river of time appeared in his palm, resembling both light and water, flowing endlessly. The illusory image of the Candle Dragon was struck by the power of time and instantly decayed.

His other two hands continued to form hand seals. One hand formed the Killing Seal, filled with boundless killing intent, which condensed into streams of Immortal Slaying Sword Qi, shattering the Qiongqi Supreme. The other hand formed the Azure Sea Seal, which evolved the endless Azure Sea of ​​the former Azure Sea Supreme, swallowing the illusory snake and turning it into nothingness.

At this moment, the illusory image of the Gluttonous Supreme opened its mouth and inhaled, and the sun, moon, stars, heaven and earth and all realms were swallowed into it, revealing a terrifying abyss that devoured everything;

The phantom of the Taotie Supreme manifested its aura and blood, soaring straight into the sky. With a single claw strike, it displayed no divine magic, only unparalleled and terrifying brute force.
Behind the illusory image of the Chaos Supreme, a divine wheel appeared, causing chaos in the laws of heaven and earth and the collapse of all things as it rotated.

Liang Yu realized that these nine illusory figures could only attack in three groups at most. Therefore, he continued to fight with three hands.

He combined the Myriad Stars Flying Immortal Technique of the Supreme Yuan Chen to create the Star River Seal, using endless star power to rush into the mouth of the Taotie phantom, and then used the flying immortal power to disembowel the Taotie; combined with the Underworld Lord's Underworld Emperor Scripture to create the Reincarnation Seal, the two streams of life and death circulated, crushing and grinding the chaotic phantom.

Finally, he confronted the Taotie phantom head-on with the Divine Emperor Seal, his divine blood boiling, and shattered the Taotie phantom with supreme divine power.

The nine illusory figures were shattered, but the aura of the great formation did not weaken much. The furnace of heaven and earth trembled, and the nine illusory figures were regenerated.

The Qiongqi Supreme laughed loudly, "The Heaven and Earth Furnace is the core of this formation. As long as the furnace doesn't burn out, the nine illusory figures can keep regenerating. This furnace is also one with heaven and earth, forming its own world, which is even difficult to touch, let alone destroy. I want to see how you plan to break it."

(End of this chapter)