Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 36 Preaching
Liang Yu rambled on and on. He was stirred by past memories and, unusually, became genuinely moved.

Liu Jingming didn't interrupt. In his opinion, this junior brother didn't seem to be much different from back then.

However, he did learn a lot of things from Liang Yu that he didn't know before.

So Liang Yu's rapidly improving acting skills and his habit of always having a backup plan were taught by his master? That's truly amazing. This seemingly kind and harmless old man actually has this skill.

As for his master's favoritism towards Liang Yu, he didn't feel anything. Liang Yu's talent was indeed something he greatly admired. Although he was the senior brother who entered the sect earlier, a considerable part of his cultivation in the first two secret realms was actually taught by Liang Yu personally.

Even in his youth, during their shared cultivation, he had already been completely captivated.

Because no matter what kind of supernatural powers or methods, no matter what kind of scriptures or classics, Liang Yu could quickly master and become proficient in them, and even improve upon them.

When the gap is too large, he can't even feel jealous. Because there is no competition between them at all.

After a long while, Liang Yu stood up again. He said, "Senior brother, I will preach here."

"Here?" Liu Jingming looked around. Apart from his fellow disciples, there was hardly anyone around this back mountain. It was overgrown with weeds and quite desolate.

Liang Yu laughed and said, "Master has only seen me become a saint, but he hasn't seen me become a Heavenly Venerable yet. I want to show him the grandeur and Dao attainment of a Heavenly Venerable, so that he knows that I haven't taught my disciple wrongly."

Liu Jingming shook his head and said, "I think you just want to show off to him. Fine, you're the Celestial Venerable, so I'll listen to you. But shouldn't this place be tidied up?"

Liang Yu pondered for a moment and said, "Senior brother, please wait a moment while I make some arrangements here."

He flicked his finger, and a drop of immortal liquid floated in mid-air, decomposing into the essence of heaven and earth, falling into the desolate mountain. Then, he formed a hand seal and used the exquisite techniques of the Source Art to capture sixty-four dragon veins from the ground, forming a special terrain called "Eight Treasures Containing Eight Immortals".

Within this terrain, every eight dragon veins form a celestial treasure, namely the Auspicious Gourd, the Demon-Subduing Fan, the Pure Yang Immortal Sword, the Thunder Sound Fishing Drum, the Pure World White Lotus, the Myriad Flower Basket, the Purple Gold Divine Flute, and the Yin-Yang Jade Tablet.

Each of these eight celestial treasures nurtured a celestial being.

In addition, the essence of heaven and earth decomposed from the immortal liquid completely transformed this land into a spiritual land, far surpassing even the main base of the twelve holy lands of Ziwei Star.

Under such terrain, this place simultaneously possesses miraculous effects such as spiritual practice, warding off evil, changing one's luck, enlightening the mind, and prolonging life.

Liang Yu didn't stop there. He then set up another complex array to protect the graves of his master and his fellow disciples.

Then, the formation extended outwards, absorbing and transforming the protective formation of the Lingguan Cave Heaven that he had previously set up, encompassing the entire core area of ​​the Lingguan Cave Heaven, forming a larger, more complex, and stronger formation.

This entire grand formation is perfectly integrated with the terrain of "Eight Treasures Containing Eight Immortals," complementing each other and making it virtually invincible.

The entire process lasted for seven days, and Liu Jingming watched helplessly as the back mountain of Lingguan Cave Heaven transformed into a sacred paradise on earth.

Liang Yu said, "The arrangements are complete now, Senior Brother."

With a flick of his hand, Liang Yu sent a jade book into the hands of his senior brother, Liu Jingming. This was the complete Daoist scripture. Of course, it did not include forbidden secret techniques or numerical secrets.

After thinking for a moment, he added the "Dou" character secret to the disciples he could choose to teach.

Liu Jingming was somewhat dazed. Although he had long guessed that Liang Yu had attained enlightenment and become the Supreme Celestial Venerable, the distance between them had made it feel unreal. Only at this moment did he truly realize that Liang Yu had become a Celestial Venerable. He stumbled out of the back mountain to gather his disciples, not even noticing that his hair and beard had completely returned to black, and his blood and energy were as abundant as a man's.

"Sect Leader, how come you've become so young again? Did you run into an immortal?"

"Exactly! I feel like I've gotten a lot younger, and even my understanding of the laws of heaven and earth has deepened. Could it be that an immortal has descended?"

"Sect Leader, could it be that the Venerable Wuji has already arrived? And he orchestrated all of this?"

"What does this Boundless Celestial Venerable look like, Sect Leader? Is he a thousand-handed, thousand-eyed, towering figure?"

"Head..."

Liu Jingming shook his head, finally snapping out of his daze. He said, "Quiet down, listen to me. I have an announcement to make: Wuji Tianzun is my junior brother."

"..."

Everyone in Lingguan Cave Heaven was completely stunned. What? Wuji Tianzun? Junior Brother?
Our third-rate power on Ziwei Star has actually produced a Celestial Venerable of this era? But how come we've never heard of such a person before?

Liu Jingming continued, "The first sage of my Ziwei Star in tens of thousands of years was named Liang Yu. He was a disciple of the former sect leader Qing Lingzi, who is also my junior brother. Fourteen hundred years after leaving Ziwei Star, he attained the Dao of Heavenly Venerable, who is now the Wuji Heavenly Venerable."

What? Liang Yu, the number one person in ten thousand years of Ziwei Star whom we regard as a role model, has actually become a Celestial Venerable? And he came from our faction?
The series of bombshell announcements made everyone at Lingguan Cave stop thinking.

Liu Jingming said, "He's in the back mountain right now, so don't go in without permission. From now on, all we need to do is prepare to receive the cultivators who come later."

Upon hearing that Liang Yu had arrived at the back mountain, everyone fell silent, not daring to utter a sound, and simply followed Liu Jingming's instructions mechanically.

When the disciples arrived near the back mountain, they discovered that the once desolate back mountain had been completely transformed into a pure land and a sacred place for cultivation.

Under Liu Jingming's ban, they dared not enter, only craning their necks to try and see, but could see nothing. Afterwards, they prepared to welcome the guests under Liu Jingming's arrangement.

Finally, after more than twenty days, the day Liang Yu had promised to preach arrived.

Countless cultivators had already gathered outside Lingguan Cave Heaven. All twelve holy lands and thirty-six sects were present, along with various well-known and unknown rogue cultivators. Although they possessed higher cultivation levels and greater strength, they dared not disobey the arrangements of Lingguan Cave Heaven.

These powerful cultivators, who were usually so influential, were now as docile as children. They held their breath, not daring to even breathe loudly.

At this moment, a figure appeared. He sat high in the sky, and beneath him, a nine-colored divine lotus emerged from the void, transforming into a lotus platform to support his body and prevent it from falling.

It was surrounded by radiant light and auspicious clouds, with primordial energy flowing endlessly; above it, boundless auspicious clouds manifested and changed in countless ways. An aura of supreme power naturally emanated from it, as if a celestial being had descended to earth, or a divine emperor had come down to the mortal realm.

Everyone stole glances, but could not see his face or form; all details were hidden in the endless divine light. Strangely, however, all the cultivators from all directions, looking from different angles, could only see Liang Yu's ethereal, almost immortal-like face.

This is Liang Yu using the unique nature of his divine emperor phenomenon to preach to all beings.

Upon seeing Liang Yu appear, the cultivators did not hesitate, bowing deeply in unison and chanting, "Homage to the Boundless Heavenly Venerable! Long live the Heavenly Venerable!"

(End of this chapter)