Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 212 Darkness Vanishes
When Liang Yu hurriedly left the Celestial Realm, he left behind the Qiankun Creation Tower, which had already become a Celestial Artifact, and nine Immortal Gold Pagodas that were almost Celestial Artifacts. He arranged them into an array in the void to seal off the Celestial Realm and the Supreme Being within it, and even to lock down the void, stabilize the Celestial Realm, and completely cut off its contact with the outside world and its possibility of escape.

This grand formation was actually a new formation that Liang Yu deduced in the instant he met the Free and Unfettered Celestial Venerable, having comprehended the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth and the universe here, and combined it with the Secret of Character Combination and the Origin Technique. In other words, this grand formation was actually an impromptu creation by Liang Yu, a natural derivative.

However, because Liang Yu possessed considerable skill in both Origin Arts and Array Patterns, especially Origin Arts, the combination of the two allowed him to perfectly blend even improvisational techniques, thus completely locking down the Celestial Realm. Originally, under this grand array, the Celestial Venerable of the Celestial Realm would have been unable to complete his subsequent plans.

After all, the sealing of the void means that the Heavenly Realm cannot connect with other forbidden zones using domain gates; the source technique that locks the Heavenly Realm will also cause the Carefree Celestial Venerable to lose control of the Heavenly Realm. As a result, both refining the Immortal Dao Treasure Bottle and killing other Supreme Beings to refine it will be interrupted.

The problem is that the formation process was completed autonomously by the Qiankun Creation Tower and the nine Immortal Golden Pagodas. In other words, Liang Yu himself only provided the formation diagram; he did not directly participate in setting up the formation.

If he were to personally intervene, the Carefree Celestial Venerable's plan would naturally fail, leaving him completely at the mercy of others. However, the Qiankun Creation Tower is, after all, merely a celestial artifact. Its speed of array formation and its level of source techniques are naturally far inferior to Liang Yu's, thus slowing down the process considerably. After all, the heavens not only possess their own unique laws that repel external forces, but also several supreme array patterns interwoven with everything, perfectly integrated to obstruct them. The Qiankun Creation Tower is insufficient to ignore these obstacles.

For other cultivators, this slight slowness wouldn't have much of an impact, but for the Free and Unfettered Celestial Venerable, who created the world's fastest speed technique and mastered the laws of time, this little bit of time was enough for him to manipulate. After all, he was fast, faster than ever before.

Therefore, it was precisely because of this slight delay that the Celestial Venerable of Freedom had the opportunity to use the laws of time to alter the flow of time within the heavens, thereby extending that point in time and allowing him to complete his plan before the great formation was fully formed. However, even so, at the moment the nine supreme beings perished, the heavens still slipped from his control.

However, within the ancient cave at the very core of the heavens lies a super array composed of dozens of array patterns. These array patterns are linked together with the Immortal Treasure Bottle, and under the control of the Carefree Celestial Venerable, they unleash boundless divine power, thus blocking the continued invasion of this great array and preserving a safe haven for themselves.

It can be said that the entire process of Xiaoyao Tianzun's plan was a constant race against time. If he were to be even slightly slow in any aspect, there was a high probability that he would lose everything. But now, he has finally managed to snatch a sliver of hope from Liang Yu's grasp, a victory that can be considered a stroke of luck.

But in reality, it didn't mean much, because Liang Yu could return quickly, and he wouldn't have time to escape anywhere. It can only be said that although the Carefree Celestial Venerable had calculated everything and seemed to have no flawless strategies, he still couldn't break the deadlock, because he had no way to confront Liang Yu's absolute strength.

But at this moment, the Carefree Celestial Venerable calmly got up and stepped into the blood pool refined by the Ten Supreme Beings, and the Immortal Treasure Bottle followed him in.

Meanwhile, Liang Yu, who was on the path to immortality, couldn't help but fall into deep thought, as the situation here left him somewhat uncertain. It certainly wasn't that the dark power had broken through the seal and was about to cause a catastrophe for humanity. If that were the case, it would be more normal; Liang Yu would simply need to find a way to seal the dark power, send it back to the other side of the world rift, or spend countless hours gradually eradicating it. In short, this would make things clearer.

But the reality was quite the opposite. At this moment, there was no dark power left in the seal between him and the Desolate Emperor.

Originally, this wisp of dark power emerged from a rift in the world, but it was completely blocked by the seal of the Desolate Emperor. If the seal hadn't gradually weakened over the years, this dark power wouldn't have been able to get through. Of course, with the seal he later added, this dark power returned to a state where it couldn't advance an inch further. Moreover, as long as he's alive, he can sense the seal's condition at any time and come to reinforce it whenever needed.

But now, even the faint rift in the world that had been emanating dark power is beginning to heal. He's only been here for a moment, yet the rift has already shrunk by a tenth. At this rate, it will probably disappear completely within a few breaths. In other words, this hidden danger will soon be completely resolved.

What's going on? Although it seems that the dark force has retreated to another world, causing the rift to become unsustainable and begin to repair itself, is that really the case? Liang Yu wasn't sure. After all, when it comes to this kind of dark force, one can't be careless. But even after examining it thoroughly, he couldn't find anything unusual.

However, during this investigation, Liang Yu also discovered the method by which the Free and Unfettered Celestial Venerable influenced the seal he left behind. The combined attack of the Free and Unfettered Celestial Venerable and his supreme beings came from the other side of the crack, impacting his seal from within.

Liang Yu watched as the crack completely healed, then removed the seal, catching a wisp of energy within. He fell silent. Liang Yu seemed to have a vague idea of ​​what the Carefree Celestial Venerable intended to do.

Immediately afterwards, the message transmitted by the Qiankun Creation Tower also appeared in his mind. The events that had just happened centered on the heavens, including the major supreme beings joining forces to refine the Immortal Treasure Bottle, the other six forbidden zone supreme beings being ambushed and losing their chance to escape, the nine supreme beings being ambushed and killed by the Carefree Heavenly Venerable, and the Carefree Heavenly Venerable blocking the great formation, all flashed through Liang Yu's mind.

These events further confirm that the Carefree Celestial Venerable did not intend to sabotage his plan to eliminate the Supreme Beings of the Forbidden Zones; in fact, he helped him, not only allowing the Supreme Beings of the other six Forbidden Zones to be attacked one by one, but also personally killing ten Supreme Beings. Of course, among the Supreme Beings who died in the heavens, only the Old Man of Fortune was truly innocent. Although he liked to mediate and smooth things over, he did not have any blood on his hands.

These messages completely corroborated Liang Yu's thoughts at that time.

The Carefree Celestial Venerable is indeed going to mend his broken path on his own, and he's about to succeed. But will he still be the same person then?
(End of this chapter)