Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 22 Kunlun Immortal Array
The extraordinary nature of the Heavenly Annihilation and Earthly Destruction Ten Absolute Formation astonished countless supreme beings who were watching this place. If it were them, they would probably only have a chance to escape by reaching the pinnacle of their abilities and fighting with all their might, and they might not even be able to escape. Breaking the formation would be a pipe dream.

Of course, if it were them, they wouldn't have taken the initiative to join the battle like Liang Yu, and they wouldn't need to consider these things.

"This formation is only formed by combining a portion of the Kunlun Immortal Formation's power with the array patterns of the nine supreme beings, yet it is already so terrifying. What about the core Kunlun Immortal Formation?"

"After seeing this formation, I am even more convinced that the Kunlun Immortal Formation is the number one formation in the world."

"That's not quite right. Lingbao Tianzun can set up several more peerless formations different from the Zhuxian Sword Formation, but can they still set up the Kunlun Immortal Formation without Kunlun Immortal Mountain?"

"Only with the Kunlun Immortal Mountain can there be the Kunlun Immortal Array. This is an irreplaceable immortal feat that cannot be compared with human effort."

"Lingbao Tianzun's secret of character formation is the highest achievement in the art of array patterns, and its application depends entirely on one's own mind. It's a pity that we will never see him use the secret of character formation to break the Kunlun Immortal Array, or break the array with the array."

While the supreme beings were discussing the matter, Liang Yu stopped attacking and began to focus on defense.

The attacks from the nine supreme phantoms could only cause ripples when they struck his carefully maintained protective divine light; they were difficult to break through and even more difficult to cause damage.

The battle reached a strange stalemate, turning into a war of attrition.

But soon, chanting sounds emanated from Liang Yu's body once again. Countless law runes evolved with increasing complexity and subtlety, making the near-immortal aura within him even more pronounced, almost as if it were about to burst forth from his body.

Gradually, the scriptures and laws that were constantly evolving within his body began to divide into dozens or even hundreds of blocks, simultaneously deducing the laws of the great formation and the nine venerables in completely different directions and patterns.

Liang Yu was originally exceptionally gifted, capable of multitasking. After mastering the "Previous Character Secret," he took it a step further, able to handle even more aspects simultaneously. This moment was a testament to that achievement.

Outside, the Heaven and Earth Furnace burned everything within with the fires of myriad paths, and nine illusory figures emerged to surround and kill. Liang Yu's divine body continuously absorbed and analyzed the power of the nine supreme illusory figures, and transformed himself into a small Heaven and Earth Furnace, constantly using the external Dao fire and the attacks of the nine figures to temper his Dao and Dharma.

Under the forging of the dual furnaces, Liang Yu's aura was further enhanced.

The proper way to break the formation is to concentrate all your strength and directly use forbidden secret techniques to break the formation's weak points.

However, before fully understanding the grand formation, Liang Yu did not want to completely destroy its structure, so he deliberately chose this war of attrition mode.

Taotie roared in fury, "That Wuji Heavenly Venerable! He actually used the power of the great formation to perfect his own Dao Fruit!"

Although the five supreme beings of the five supreme immortal mountains did not appear in person, they remotely manipulated the great formation through the Kunlun Immortal Mountain.

Seeing this, they were enraged and repeatedly activated their formation, determined to make Liang Yu bleed. But their efforts had little effect.

Seeing Liang Yu, who ignored the attacks of the nine Venerables and sat down to begin cultivation within the great formation, the five Supreme Venerables once again felt a deep sense of defeat.

Zhulong took a deep breath and said, "Let's dismantle the great formation."

Chaos said, "But..."

“Continuing will only help him cultivate; it won't do anything to him. We only have a chance of winning if we use the Kunlun Immortal Formation.” Zhulong frowned, and his tone became cold and hard.

Seeing that Zhulong was showing signs of anger, the other four supreme beings immediately intervened to stop the great formation.

Seeing this, Liang Yu said regretfully, "Don't stop! I'm still halfway to completely cracking this. It's been so long since I've felt this comfortable, everyone. How about I let you practice a little longer without fighting back?"

Taotie was furious: "You! Arrogant!" "Arrogance requires ability, and I happen to have it." Liang Yu smiled slightly, with a hint of sarcasm.

Zhulong stopped the other supreme beings and said, "Wuji Heavenly Venerable, you are very good. You are the second strongest Heavenly Venerable I have ever seen. Unfortunately, you still cannot break through my Kunlun."

Liang Yu said, "So you weren't the strongest? I'm a little curious then, is it the Moral Celestial Venerable or the Spiritual Treasure Celestial Venerable?"

Zhulong said in a deep voice, "Even the four-generation-old Heavenly Venerable of Morality would back down when he saw my Kunlun Immortal Mountain. You are not even as good as him, so it is best not to risk your life."

Liang Yu put away his Dharma form and said, "It's alright, practice makes perfect. If I can't defeat you this time, I'll just treat it as practice. When I live to my third or fourth life, I'll come back and fight again. Anyway, I won't lose anything. Or, do you think you can keep me here? Or can your great formation continue to grow stronger like me?"

Zhulong knew that Liang Yu's mind was made up.

At this point, both sides were in a difficult position.

As things stand, Liang Yu has reached agreements with all the other major restricted areas, but Kunlun Immortal Mountain refuses to cooperate.

Therefore, Liang Yu must regain his honor in Kunlun, otherwise his prestige as the current Celestial Venerable will be greatly damaged.

Moreover, there was the previous incident where a snake wielding a magic bell attacked him, and there must be an explanation for that.

Of course, establishing his authority was only a minor, secondary reason for Liang Yu's trip; the main reason was to pave the way for a complete conquest of Kunlun Immortal Mountain. Although he used the Source Heaven Divine Eye, he did not use any Source Techniques.

With his current level of Source Technique, it would be difficult for him to shake Kunlun Immortal Mountain, but he could still play a role in weakening it. However, if he used Source Technique, there was a high probability that he would alert the Kunlun Supremes and cause them to prepare in advance.

Liang Yu would not do something that would increase the difficulties for future generations for the sake of momentary pleasure. His goal was to annihilate all the supreme beings of the forbidden zones who had instigated the Dark Turmoil.

On Kunlun's side, Zhulong initially thought that even if Liang Yu was stronger than him, he wouldn't be much stronger, and that he was just relying on the immortal artifact, the Desolate Tower.

In addition, for countless millennia, Kunlun Immortal Mountain has always remained aloof from the world. Even the Four Moral Celestial Venerables gave up attacking Kunlun Immortal Mountain, let alone others.

Driven by this confidence, Zhulong had no intention of backing down from the start. Instead, he held a grudge against Ying Shenxiao and Huashe, intending to make Liang Yu suffer a crushing defeat. This was both to avenge his grievances and to demonstrate the supreme prestige of Kunlun Immortal Mountain.

But now, Liang Yu's strength has exceeded his expectations, which makes him somewhat regretful. Perhaps he should have stopped Hua She in the first place, or perhaps they should have made peace with Liang Yu like the other forbidden zones.

But now, there's no going back.

Zhulong said loudly, "Since the Heavenly Venerable insists on settling scores with us, then we have no choice but to play along. The Kunlun Immortal Formation is our last trump card. If you can break it, we will surrender and be at your mercy."

Before Liang Yu could respond, they activated the immortal formation.

Liang Yu activated his two Heavenly Eyes and looked at the Kunlun Immortal Mountain itself. It was formed by ninety-nine peerless dragon veins intertwining and converging in an extremely complex way.

Now, all the divine essence is converging, and the celestial light at the very center of the immortal mountain has almost solidified. Endless celestial light flows, and an immortal aura that transcends the mortal realm and allows one to ascend to heaven permeates the air.

Compared to the previous two grand formations, this immortal formation appeared simple and unadorned. It didn't have any special changes; it simply condensed a phantom image permeated with immortal energy—a large cocoon.

(End of this chapter)