Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 46 Fairy Fire
After bidding farewell to Lingbao Tianzun, Liang Yu embarked on his journey home. This place had been restored to its former seclusion thanks to his and Lingbao Tianzun's efforts.

With his intervention, Lingbao Tianzun will successfully transform tens of thousands of years later, and then the ancient star of heavenly soldiers in later generations will no longer exist.

However, his other body parts continued to slowly evolve into stars and realms. With a flick of his sleeve, Liang Yu sent these enormous stones dispersing into beams of divine light, flying towards all corners of the universe.

Since Lingbao Tianzun has decided to let these old bodies nourish the universe, Liang Yu will give them a push to help these remnants complete their evolution more quickly.

Now I can finally go back to my seclusion.

Liang Yu stepped out, but was interrupted by the desolate tower halfway there.

Liang Yu released the constantly trembling desolate tower, and the tower excitedly told him, "Go in that direction quickly, I sense that something very useful to me has appeared."

Liang Yu was somewhat surprised; this was the first time he'd seen the desolate tower so excited. So he immediately asked, "What's making you so excited?"

Huangta said, "A ball of fire."

Following the guidance of the desolate tower, Liang Yu opened his Dharma Eyes and looked into the distance, only to find that his destination was actually the Big Dipper, which was the Burial Emperor Star in later generations.

Could the fire on the Big Dipper be celestial fire? But the Big Dipper hasn't fully stabilized yet, how could celestial fire arrive so early?
Liang Yu took a step forward, golden light flashing, and carried the Desolate Tower across the cosmos, arriving at the Big Dipper in an instant.

At this time, the five continents that Wuliang Tianzun had refined with his chaotic body were still being perfected, and there was not a single life on the ancient star.

Liang Yu focused his divine light on the five continents, which were covered with various divine patterns. At the very core, wisps of chaotic energy were constantly decomposing and perfectly combining with the universe. The ancient star of the Big Dipper was also growing stronger under the combined effect of these two forces.

Furthermore, a massive magic array is brewing within the star, subtly connecting with all the heavens and myriad realms.

Liang Yu knew that when the path to immortality in the Big Dipper opened in later generations, this continent used the secret of the Chaos Body to merge everything and combine the power of the seven supreme beings into one, unleashing an earth-shattering blow and breaking open the gate to immortality.

The Boundless Heavenly Venerable truly lives up to his reputation as the founder of the "Secret of the Art of War"; his method of transforming the chaotic body into a continent is nothing short of ingenious. Although it is not yet fully formed and many people in later generations will continue to refine it, the core components have already been completed.

Of course, this is because the Boundless Heavenly Venerable was injured by the Chaos Body, and his lifespan ended prematurely, leaving him no time to complete these follow-ups.

However, this also shows that the path of proving the Dao through treasures, as used by the Boundless Heavenly Venerable, only moderately enhances his physical combat power. Although he did not use his Boundless Dao Tablet in this battle, he was indeed severely injured by someone of a higher level.

Speaking of which, this Chaos Body King Bo took half the life of a Celestial Venerable, yet managed to escape alive, and then spent millions of years regrouping before being reborn. This performance was truly astonishing, befitting the strongest physique.

Then, Liang Yu casually extracted a wisp of chaotic energy from the ancient star of the Big Dipper and stored it away. Wang Bo was, after all, a chaotic body; it would be a waste to let him grow under Ye Fan's suppression.

If given the chance, Liang Yu planned to use this chaotic energy to find Wang Bo, who was still in the recovery period, and have him recover and be reborn ahead of time. He wanted to see if the value of this chaotic body could still be preserved after entering the strange world or even the immortal realm.

However, for now, let's follow the plan of the Desolate Tower and search for the Immortal Fire. Within the area that should belong to the Eastern Wilderness of later generations, a raging fire has quietly appeared out of nowhere.

This area is divided into ten layers. The first nine layers are ablaze with flames of various colors, while the very center remains untouched by the flames, revealing a barren and desolate land. It is almost identical to the Fire Domain of later generations.

The origin of the Immortal Fire is unknown; it only exists in the center of the Fire Domain, or perhaps the Fire Domain itself was born from it. In later generations, there are two main legends about the Immortal Fire: one is that the Desolate Tower once rose and fell here, and the other is that immortals were burned to death here.

The former is almost certainly true; the Desolate Tower did indeed repair itself with celestial fire in the Fire Domain. The damage to the Desolate Tower at that time was likely due to the ancient divine war triggered by the Undying Emperor.

As for the latter, it's clear that while the celestial fire is wondrous, without human control, it would at most only burn a quasi-emperor to death. Of course, if someone were to sever their own supreme being or achieve enlightenment through unorthodox means without dodging, avoiding, or blocking, the celestial fire should also be able to burn them to death.

Putting aside these legends, the greatest achievement of this immortal fire was being activated by Gai Jiuyou, aiding him in his battle against the Lord of the Divine Ruins. In the end, both the Lord of the Divine Ruins and Gai Jiuyou died, but the immortal fire remained intact.

Even imperial weapons are destined to be destroyed in such a great battle, but the immortal fire was able to escape unscathed, which proves that the nature of this fire is extraordinary.

Later, Ye Fan entrusted this fire to his disciple Ye Tong and the Immortal Treasure Map to his disciple Yang Xi, instructing them to fight against the Supreme Being of the Forbidden Zone. This shows that the Immortal Fire and the Immortal Treasure Map are similar, both being special items close to immortality.

Furthermore, judging from Ye Fan's reunion with the Immortal Flame on Flying Immortal Star, this Immortal Flame seems to be following the path to immortality. When the Big Dipper opens the path to immortality, it goes to the Big Dipper; when Flying Immortal Star opens the path to immortality, it goes to Flying Immortal Star.

But now, for some reason, the Celestial Flame has arrived in the Big Dipper millions of years ahead of schedule. This is because, between now and the Big Dipper's arrival, the path to immortality has been opened more than once.

Upon closer inspection, Liang Yu noticed that the immortal fire seemed to be drawing upon the chaotic energy dissipating from the ancient star of the Big Dipper. This immortal fire must have been attracted by the chaotic energy. Once the chaotic energy stopped dissipating, it would seek out the place where the path to immortality was about to open to absorb immortal energy.

This might suggest that this fiery domain was only temporarily created, and that it will eventually move to other places before returning to the Big Dipper.

The fact that the Desolate Tower is so enthusiastic about Immortal Flame reveals some clues, since these items could all be relics left behind by immortals. Moreover, the fact that Immortal Flame can repair a damaged Void Mirror suggests that any powerful artifact can likely gain immense benefits from Immortal Flame.

Upon entering the fire domain, Liang Yu quickly reached the tenth level. The flames of the first nine levels had no effect on him; wherever he went, the flames would silently extinguish and only reignite after he had passed.

At the very center of the fiery domain, a tree over half a meter tall, composed entirely of flames, moved slowly, as if taking a stroll. The fiery tree was entirely woven with mysterious runes, radiating an aura of annihilation.

Above the fiery tree, a small celestial phoenix made of runes and Dao principles leaped from branch to branch.

Upon seeing Liang Yu enter, the immortal fire ceased its movement. The immortal fire phoenix let out a clear cry, and a spark of fire, capable of burning away all worlds and scorching the void, shot out.

Liang Yu held the flame in his palm and examined it closely, saying, "The immortal fire is indeed extraordinary. I once saw a holy spirit born from divine fire, and his original Dao fire was probably not as exquisite as this immortal fire."

Of course, the power of the Purple Extreme Saint Venerable's primordial Dao Fire was greater than that of the current Immortal Fire, but that was because he had attained enlightenment. In terms of essence, the Purple Extreme Divine Fire could at most be considered a supreme divine fire in the mortal realm, while this Immortal Fire was unlike anything found in the mortal world.

However, the Purple Extreme Saint Venerable was already extraordinary, being a Holy Spirit born from the Purple Extreme Divine Fire. If this celestial fire were to transform into a Holy Spirit, how powerful would that be?

(End of this chapter)