Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 237 Heaven-Opening Seal
As the Emperor in the original timeline, Yuanshi Tianzun's talent was actually among the highest in the entire Shrouding the Heavens universe. Although he has now embarked on a different path of development from the original timeline, and is currently somewhat behind the others, this does not diminish his immense potential. After all, the Emperor explored the path of immortality in the mortal world while being corrupted by dark forces, and ultimately succeeded.

As one of the most promising individuals to become a Mortal Immortal, Liang Yu naturally held him in high regard. Therefore, the Dark Ice Plains, which was pacified by the Primordial Celestial Venerable this time, had the largest number of Supreme Beings among the remaining ten forbidden zones, with a total of seven Supreme Beings remaining there at this moment.

The Dark Ice Plains, though called an ice plain, is actually a vast continent, entirely composed of a single massive block of ice, almost like black crystal. A terrifying chill emanates from it, freezing even stars and the void itself. In such a horrific environment, naturally, no life can exist.

However, this place is called the Dark Ice Plains because of its ability to absorb light, making the area around the Dark Ice Plains as dark as night, or even completely shrouded in darkness where nothing can be seen.

The Dark Ice Plains' unique characteristics are also related to its material. This special material is called Mystic Ice Jade, a treasure that can only be nurtured in extremely cold lands. The fact that this vast continent is entirely composed of this treasure is truly extravagant.

Of course, the most crucial point is that this ice field is still naturally formed and has even given rise to unique icy traces. It can be said that this place is quite close to a wondrous land, but ultimately there is still a fine line separating them, and that fine line is the insurmountable chasm.

Although most lives would freeze to death in such an environment, the self-severed Supreme Beings possess immense vitality and are not afraid of this extreme environment. In fact, it is precisely because of this environment that they can further extend their lifespan after sealing themselves within their Immortal Source.

As long as they are in a deep sleep, they can enter a state similar to hibernation to minimize their life activities and thus lock in their lost lifespan.

They naturally participated in the plan of the Carefree Celestial Venerable, but their fate is self-evident. While they were enraged by the Carefree Celestial Venerable's betrayal, the Primordial Celestial Venerable had already arrived at this place.

Since he did not conceal his aura, the seven supreme beings naturally adjusted their state quickly as well.

The Lord of the Ice Plains glanced around and said, "Where is the Underworld Lord? Where is Morality? Where are the Spiritual Treasures? Yuanshi, surely you're not the only junior who came this time? Is Wuji out of options?"

“Young man, you think you can take on seven opponents by yourself? Let Wuji come instead. If he can’t come, then Daode and Lingbao will do.” Other supreme beings chimed in.

Although they sensed a similar aura between Yuanshi Tianzun's second incarnation and Liang Yu's second incarnation, they didn't believe Yuanshi Tianzun could reach the point of casually slaying supreme beings. After all, because the various forbidden zones were so frightened by Wuji Tianzun that they had retreated from the world, Yuanshi Tianzun had no actual combat achievements after attaining enlightenment.

Although these supreme beings could sense that the Primordial Celestial Venerable was definitely stronger than them, they were not sure exactly how much stronger he was.

If they were facing that supreme emperor who shook the universe in their original timeline, they would naturally not dare to be arrogant. But now, this Primordial Celestial Venerable is indeed not enough to frighten them.

With the Primordial Celestial Venerable atop the Cauldron of All Things and holding the Primordial Banner, he smiled coldly and said, "Of course, I'm the only one here to send you seniors on your way this time. This is a small matter that I can handle by myself, so why trouble them?"

"Hmph, arrogant! Let me test your mettle!"

As he spoke, a supreme being's blood surged, his body covered in beast hair as hard and sharp as steel needles, resembling a humanoid behemoth. He swung his palm, countless runes flashing, the immense power to shatter heaven and earth and seize stars contained within it. This was actually the great divine power, "Sun and Moon in the Palm," once used by his former adversary, the Demon Ape King. However, in the hands of this supreme being, this divine power could almost grab the sea of ​​stars and capture entire realms.

Yuanshi Tianzun held a banner in one hand and formed a hand seal with the other, unleashing his divine power, the Heaven-Turning Seal, which he had once used primarily to power his physical body at its peak, to meet the attack head-on. This strike seemed capable of crushing the heavens and shattering all realms. The Lord of the Ice Plains, seeing this, immediately sensed danger and shouted, "Don't take it head-on! Dodge it!"

But while he reacted quickly, the power of the Primordial Celestial Venerable was even faster. This strike shattered the supreme being's palm; amidst the splattering blood, his arm began to crumble, eventually causing his entire body to disintegrate. Then, the Primordial Celestial Venerable's mark further crushed him, causing his entire body to explode, his primordial spirit to turn to ash, and he succumbed to death.

The Primordial Celestial Lord actually killed a Supreme Being with a single blow!
This fully proves that Yuanshi Tianzun not only had a similar aura to the second incarnation of Wuji Tianzun, but his strength was also comparable to that of Wuji Tianzun at that time.

Yuanshi Tianzun waved his hand and said, "I thought he had some special skill. I accidentally went a little too far, but luckily he died relatively quickly and didn't suffer too much. Who's next? Or are you all going to attack together?"

The Lord of the Ice Plains remained calm. He said, "Let's strive for ultimate sublimation. We have no choice but to fight to the death. As long as we can obtain his essence blood and the mark of the Great Dao, we will surely survive even if we sublimate."

As he spoke, the aura of the Six Paths of Ultimate Dao soared into the sky.

The Primordial Celestial Lord did not stop them, allowing them to ascend. After all, his achievements were indeed somewhat lacking. When people mentioned the Limitless Celestial Lord, they meant he had consecutively killed fifteen Supreme Beings; when they mentioned the Spiritual Treasure Celestial Lord, they meant he had quelled the Corpse Calamity. So he also needed to accumulate some achievements. After all, with the forbidden zones gone in the future, where would he find someone to self-slay Supreme Beings to rack up achievements for?

The auras of these six supreme beings merged into one, and countless array patterns lit up in the Dark Ice Plains, instantly creating a chilling atmosphere that seemed to freeze even space and time.

The ice field continued to shrink, gradually transforming into a treasure seal. With the combined efforts of the six, this treasure seal attacked Yuanshi Tianzun, and even the starry sky began to solidify and shatter wherever it went.

With the Origin Cauldron of All Things protecting his body, Yuanshi Tianzun forcefully waved the Yuanshi Banner, and an unparalleled power that could create heaven and earth and recreate the universe erupted. This strike was the Creation Seal created by Yuanshi Tianzun himself. Although it was somewhat similar to Liang Yu's move, it was developed from a different perspective.

Liang Yu's Heaven-Opening Seal was influenced by Pangu's axe splitting chaos, separating the pure from the impure; while Yuanshi Tianzun used ultimate power to break through chaos, causing all things to naturally come into being, which is consistent with his previous life's secret formula of the character "皆". There is no superior or inferior between the two, they are just occasionally on different paths.

With this strike, a large hole was torn open in the Dark Ice Plains, and the six Supreme Beings were all severely injured, their bodies shattered by the immense force. However, the Primordial Celestial Venerable was completely unharmed. He activated the Myriad Origin Cauldron and the Primordial Banner to suppress the Dark Ice Plains, and then charged forward with his fists clenched.

Yuanshi Tianzun was as invincible as a tiger among sheep. His hands were like Dao tablets forged from immortal gold. He unleashed the Heaven-Turning Seal, the Four Symbols Seal, the Five Elements Seal, the Yin-Yang Seal, the Void Seal, and the Heavenly Seal in succession, shattering one supreme being after another. Clusters of Dao fires lit up in the starry sky, each representing the fall of a supreme being.

Before long, only the Lord of the Ice Plains remained. Seeing the Primordial Celestial Venerable annihilate the other Ascended Supremes with near-instantaneous kills, he couldn't help but sigh, "Primordial, you are actually someone like Wuji. I underestimated you. It seems that you are the true invincible beings of this world, the true Celestial Venerables."

Yuanshi Tianzun remained silent, silently waving the Yuanshi Banner. The power of creation erupted, and a ball of Dao fire once again lit up the starry sky.

That's not enough. How can this be enough? With those old monsters around, I can't stop here. I must become stronger. In my entire life, I, Yuan Shi, have never been weaker than anyone else.

(End of this chapter)