Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 226 The Twin Wonders of Time and Space
After a long while, the power of time that had been enveloping and strangling Liang Yu finally dissipated. Liang Yu was unharmed, but his body was covered with a chaotic aura, which had become even more mysterious after devouring and destroying countless laws of time and the power of years.

Previously, Liang Yu had always kept his power roughly equal to that of the Carefree Celestial Venerable. However, due to his superior cultivation level, even with suppressed power, the difference in their cultivation levels made it difficult for the Carefree Celestial Venerable to withstand his attacks. Even before the Carefree Celestial Venerable used the Law of Time, Liang Yu didn't need to use any supernatural abilities; he could suppress the Carefree Celestial Venerable simply by relying on his own cultivation level to launch attacks at will.

However, when the Celestial Venerable Xiaoyao used the Law of Time, Liang Yu also used some additional variations, such as the chaotic power derived from the Yin and Yang. Although this was still not a divine power, it was a further development of his power and cultivation, thus allowing him to completely suppress the Celestial Venerable Xiaoyao.

Of course, while Liang Yu is currently overwhelming Xiaoyao Tianzun, if it were his second life, he would definitely be locked in a fierce battle with the current Xiaoyao Tianzun. For example, the time-law divine abilities that Xiaoyao Tianzun just used would likely have severely hampered Liang Yu's second life. While he wouldn't necessarily lose, the fight would be far more difficult.

The carefree Celestial Venerable had just executed a series of exquisite maneuvers, demonstrating his profound understanding of the laws of time. Therefore, he still allowed Liang Yu to further develop the power of chaos and use even more advanced methods.

If Liang Yu doesn't control his power, even though the Free and Unfettered Celestial Venerable has become stronger, he will be quickly killed, and then it will be impossible to study the Free and Unfettered Celestial Venerable in detail now that he has become like this.

Moreover, he was also demonstrating his Dao attainment to the Free and Unfettered Celestial Venerable. After all, the Free and Unfettered Celestial Venerable had taken such a risk precisely because he couldn't match him and couldn't even see any hope of catching up. Therefore, he was very eager to know just how far Liang Yu had progressed.

Now, Liang Yu naturally fulfilled his wish, allowing him to witness the achievements of his life. That's why he showcased his Yin-Yang duality and his methods of generating chaos as much as possible. In this way, the Carefree Celestial Venerable could meet his end without regrets. This could be considered Liang Yu's final act of mercy.

Liang Yu said, "That's right. With just this one move, I'm afraid there might not be anyone in the entire universe who can compare with you in terms of the laws of time for millions of years."

The next Heavenly Emperor to cultivate the Law of Time was actually the Great Emperor Wushi, who lived at the end of the ancient era, millions of years in the future.

The Celestial Venerable of Freedom sighed, "I never imagined that the power of chaos would be so terrifying. It seems that the chaotic body of the past died too early, before we fully realized the horror of the laws of chaos."

Next, the Carefree Celestial Venerable adjusted his state once more. The Immortal Treasure Bottle, which had been crafted by dozens of Supreme Beings at the cost of their entire fortunes, shone brightly. It had undergone a transformation alongside the Carefree Celestial Venerable, thus taking the final step and becoming a true Immortal Artifact. Therefore, it was bound to the Carefree Celestial Venerable by life and death, as if they were one, even more closely connected than the Immortal Tear Green Gold Bottle that the Carefree Celestial Venerable had previously crafted.

The immortal laws within this treasure bottle began to evolve continuously, its mouth shimmering with a ghostly light, as if capable of swallowing all things. Within the bottle, countless cycles of time and space were created and destroyed. The laws contained within this treasure bottle were primarily based on the laws of space.

The Celestial Venerable of Freedom merged the treasure bottle into himself, and man and treasure became one, inseparable. With his left hand, he manifested the laws of time, and a long river of years meandered and swirled, forming a divine power that vaguely resembled the character "宙" (Zhou). In his right hand, a celestial treasure bottle containing the birth and death of all things faintly appeared, eventually twisting and transforming into the character "宇" (Yu).

The universe, encompassing the four cardinal directions, is called "Yu" (宇), and the past and present are called "Zhou" (宙). The universe represents spacetime, so the divine power of the Carefree Celestial Venerable, which derives the meaning of "universe," naturally includes spacetime. Now, the Carefree Celestial Venerable has actually used the laws of this Immortal Treasure Bottle to fuse the two principles of spacetime into one. Of course, while this is a clever trick, it is also a special method. The Carefree Celestial Venerable uses his weapon to derive different laws, then merges them with himself to achieve the fusion of two great laws.

If one could go a step further and completely transform this weapon into one's own clone, or even a second Dao Fruit, and fully merge it with oneself, wouldn't that also be a way to achieve immortality? However, even if one cannot undergo a transformation, at least increasing one's own strength and cultivation would not be a problem.

Liang Yu couldn't help but sigh, perhaps the Carefree Celestial Venerable had inadvertently discovered a further direction, but he hadn't yet figured out how to take it a step further.

The Celestial Venerable of Freedom activated his divine powers, combining the power of the laws of space and time. He vanished instantly, merging into the void. He then used the laws of time to accelerate, making him appear and disappear unpredictably. His actions were even more elusive than simple speed or time acceleration.

As the Yin and Yang energies within Liang Yu's body merged, the chaotic energy truly began to permeate his entire body. He seemed to transform into an ancient god from before the birth of the world, ancient and mysterious, as if he were the origin of everything.

All of Xiaoyao Tianzun's attacks were silently neutralized by Liang Yu, but the aftershocks had begun to cause the great formation to crack. However, it quickly recovered under the intertwining of source techniques and formation patterns, and still did not affect the outside world. Although the great formation remained stable, the Qiankun Creation Tower silently expanded the range of the great formation, moving it further away from the center of the battle to avoid being affected.

At this moment, the Carefree Celestial Venerable concealed himself in the void using the spatial laws contained within the treasure bottle. By distorting space and obscuring distances, he made distant objects appear closer and near objects farther away, seemingly right in front of Liang Yu. However, Liang Yu's attacks would completely miss, as if they were worlds apart. Even if the Carefree Celestial Venerable himself was millions of miles away, he could still attack Liang Yu as if the ends of the earth were within reach, completely ignoring spatial distance.

With the Time Law greatly enhancing his state, the Carefree Celestial Venerable was practically a ghost, impossible to touch. This was also the hit-and-run style that the Carefree Celestial Venerable had always excelled at: using high-speed, high-frequency attacks to keep his opponent constantly on their toes, while he used his extreme speed to prevent his opponent from seizing any counterattacks.

During this process, the Carefree Celestial Venerable will also prepare a fatal blow, waiting for the opponent to make a mistake before striking to secure victory.

However, this had little effect on Liang Yu. After all, even though Liang Yu, who had preserved his power, could not match the speed of the Free and Unfettered Celestial Venerable who combined the two paths of time and space, he did not need to take the initiative to attack. He could simply rely on the power of chaos to protect himself and make all of Liang Yu's attacks disappear.

However, Liang Yu did not intend to waste time like this, and instead launched an attack.

(End of this chapter)