Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 213 The Transformation of the Carefree Celestial Venerable
Inside the ancient cave at the heart of the heavens, the Carefree Celestial Venerable murmured to himself, "Wuji, you should now know what I'm about to do. Will you come and directly stop my transformation, or will you let me succeed?"

As he spoke, he closed his eyes. Immediately afterward, a dark power emerged from beneath the ancient cave. This dark power was filled with a terrifying aura of violence, gloom, and annihilation; it was a completely destructive force, and it also exhibited extremely strong aggression, as if it could corrupt and assimilate everything it produced.

This is completely different from the yin energy and even the laws of destruction that naturally arise between heaven and earth. This kind of power seems to be something that should not exist in the human world, and it is in conflict with all the laws of heaven and earth.

Upon sensing this power, the Qiankun Creation Tower trembled slightly and quickly contracted its array patterns. After all, it had followed Liang Yu in treating Lingbao Tianzun, witnessed Lingbao Tianzun's dark primordial spirit, and even accompanied the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin on the Path to Immortality, where it saw the dark power sealed within. Therefore, it was well aware of the terrifying nature of this power, and now that it sensed the appearance of dark power in the heavens, it naturally dared not touch it in the slightest.

However, the scale of this power seems similar to the one it encountered within the seal on the path to immortality. Could it be the same power? The Qiankun Creation Tower also connected this to the story of the Carefree Celestial Venerable's attack on that seal. Since it could attack that crack, it could probably draw in the dark power from there as well.

However, even though the heavens had clearly touched upon the dark power to some extent, there was no change whatsoever, as if they had not come into contact with anything at all, and there was nothing unusual.

This is, of course, because the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin was once placed here by the Desolate Heavenly Emperor, leaving behind some of its aura. However, the terrain of the heavens is originally shaped like the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin, so perhaps even without the residual aura of the real Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin, it could remain unaffected.

The Carefree Celestial Venerable channeled this dark power into the blood pool. Instantly, the originally bright red essence blood liquid turned dark red. Countless law runes and terrifying dark power intertwined and began to blend together, flowing into the Carefree Celestial Venerable's body.

Within the body of the Carefree Celestial Venerable, a vast chanting resounded, causing even the heavens to tremble slightly, and disrupting the flow of time within him. Countless runes intertwined on his body, and a river of time, its origin and destination unknown, encircled him, its ends disappearing into the void, as if he were the master of time, the supreme god who ruled over the present moment.

Boundless divine light emerged from the Immortal Treasure Bottle, dozens of humanoid Great Dao imprints appeared, and countless Great Dao laws were mixed together, but under the pressure of the dark power, they had to begin to merge into one and fight against this terrifying heterodox power together.

Then, the treasure bottle gathered all this power and merged with the Carefree Celestial Venerable, achieving a unity of man and treasure. All of this began to slowly integrate into the Carefree Celestial Venerable's body, and he would absorb all its power and laws, including the power of darkness.

Then, the array patterns at the core of the ancient cave changed again, and the primordial power of the heavens was once again drawn in, beginning to flow into the body of the Carefree Celestial Venerable. Under the binding force of the primordial power of the heavens, all these forces completely converged into one, gradually weaving into a huge cocoon of light.

During this process, Heaven suffered many calamities. First, it had a large amount of its essence extracted while refining immortal artifacts, and then the transformation of the Carefree Celestial Venerable actually extracted another wave of essence from it.

After these two waves of depletion, the heavens themselves became dim and lifeless, as if they were about to lose all their divine essence and become mortal. Of course, this was only an appearance; the core laws within the heavens were still stubbornly operating, maintaining their unique and almost immortal status.

The heavens have suffered a severe blow, and it's likely that it will take countless years to recover. However, Liang Yu already intended to reconnect the heavens and Mount Tai, completely restoring Mount Tai, so he didn't stop this process. Perhaps, if the heavens were weaker, merging with Mount Tai would be easier. After all, these two parts have been separated for countless millennia, and significant differences have long since developed. If the core laws hadn't remained largely unchanged, reconnecting them would have been an impossible task.

Yes, when the Celestial Venerable of Freedom mobilized the power of the primordial essence of the heavens, Liang Yu, who had confirmed that the dark power had completely disappeared and the rift in the world had been completely healed, broke through the void at top speed and returned to the vicinity of the heavens. Therefore, he could have actually stopped the Celestial Venerable of Freedom from doing so, but he did not.

Upon seeing Liang Yu, the Qiankun Creation Pagoda was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "Master, what should we do with him?"

Liang Yu sighed softly, "Remove the array patterns. Let me see how far he can go."

The moment he returned to this place, the Carefree Celestial Venerable had already absorbed the dark power, along with other elements, into his body. It could be said that even if he immediately tried to stop him, he couldn't change the fact that the Carefree Celestial Venerable had been corrupted.

However, Liang Yu had previously told the Celestial Venerable of Freedom about the terrifying nature of this power, so he wanted to see what method the Celestial Venerable of Freedom had come up with that made him feel that he could use this dangerous power.

Of course, although Liang Yu allowed him to continue to transform out of curiosity and because of his past pleasant conversations with the Free and Unfettered Celestial Venerable, what supported him in doing so was his absolute strength.

The rift in the world that had been leaking dark power has now been healed, rendering that dark power powerless. With the strength of that power, it could not create an entity that was so difficult for him to deal with.

Upon hearing this, the Qiankun Creation Tower, though filled with doubt, did not disobey the order and removed the array patterns, returning all ten pagodas to Liang Yu's side.

At this moment, countless laws and Dao traces completely different from those of this world suddenly began to appear within the array platform set up by the Carefree Celestial Venerable. In a daze, Liang Yu seemed to see countless living beings slaughtering various exotic beasts and immortal spirits, offering them along with all kinds of treasures they had collected on the altar, and then bowing deeply without rising. Above the altar, an unparalleled ancient god faintly appeared.

Now, this platform is the altar, and all the power within the body of the Carefree Celestial Venerable is the offering. He himself is the object of the sacrifice, that is, the ancient god.

Under this secret technique, the chaotic and almost unimaginable power began to be broken down and transformed into a pure and unified force. Even the dark power was altered, becoming less aggressive. All of this was integrated into the body of the Carefree Celestial Venerable through his time magic. The large cocoon stopped trembling and began to spread with Dao diagrams formed by the laws of time, representing the four seasons, the sun and moon, the river of time, and the vicissitudes of life. Within these diagrams, a world-shaking divine embryo holding a celestial treasure bottle was brewing.

(End of this chapter)