Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 56 A Gaze Across the River of History

Ultimately, the reason the Celestial Venerable of Morality made these mistakes was because he lacked a knowledgeable person to help him. When it comes to raising corpses, who could be more professional than the Lord of the Underworld? Not to mention that the Lord of the Underworld also created monsters like Source Gods and Source Demons through his research on Holy Spirits. This is definitely a perfect match of expertise.

Although Liang Yu's Origin Techniques were not as advanced as those of the originator, the Underworld Lord, they were still quite sophisticated. The method of the Moral Celestial Venerable was not inherently problematic; it only needed to be modified using Origin Celestial Divine Runes.

As for the ancient formation in Mount Tai, even if it were just a remnant, or even if the entire formation were intact, it might not be able to stop Liang Yu.

The reason these four weapons could not save themselves was that the array pattern of the Celestial Venerable of Morality used them as the key points of the array, so that they could maintain the great array in case of unexpected situations.

If the formation had been stable before, it wouldn't have been so bad, but now, if they left, it could cause the formation's structure to become unstable, or even collapse completely. Therefore, they cannot leave the key nodes of this formation.

Moreover, even if they leave, it will be useless, as these four weapons are incapable of repairing this complex array that even the Celestial Venerable himself had spent countless efforts on.

Liang Yu opened his Source Heavenly God Eye and used Source Technique to lay out Source Heavenly God Patterns, which combined with the array patterns of the Moral Heavenly Venerable, encompassing all the laws of heaven and earth and the special Dao traces of the ancient primordial star.

As for the remaining power within Mount Tai, he didn't erase it directly, but sealed it away. After he destroys the forbidden zone of Burial Sky Island in the future, Mount Tai might be able to be repaired, so these incomplete array patterns should be preserved.

Under the influence of the Source Technique, the array patterns of the Moral Celestial began to change continuously until they were completely integrated with the ancient star, and there was no longer any trace of the unnatural abnormality from before.

In this process, Liang Yu finally began to master the supreme source techniques used by the Underworld Lord to enlighten the source gods and source ghosts.

With the rapid advancements in Source Techniques and the research on Holy Spirits by Lingbao Tianzun and Daode Tianzun, Liang Yu had accumulated a great deal of knowledge on the methods of transforming Holy Spirits.

Perhaps in some future life, he will also use the mysteries of the Holy Spirit to develop his own method of transforming into the Holy Spirit.

Under Liang Yu's methods, the weakened immortal embryo within the old body of the Moral Celestial Venerable finally stopped dissipating its essence and began to slowly absorb external essence to replenish itself, so as to grow faster.

Liang Yu also conveniently used his Source Technique to manipulate the celestial stars, channeling the essence of heaven and earth into the Moral Celestial Venerable to accelerate his transformation. Of course, this was done with a force that would not harm the very essence of the stars.

Liang Yu injected some of the Kunlun Immortal Liquid into the old body of the Moral Celestial Venerable. Instantly, the immortal embryo shone brightly, and an ancient and powerful consciousness slowly awakened.

With Liang Yu's help, the Celestial Venerable of Morality finally recovered from his state of immortality and even regained his senses.

He transmitted his voice, "Fellow Daoist Wuji, thank you for your help."

Liang Yu knew that the Celestial Venerable of Morality was only temporarily conscious and that it wouldn't last long. Therefore, he directly told the Celestial Venerable of Morality about his initial ideas for eliminating forbidden zones and ascending to the strange world, as well as the basic information of his two specially selected allies, the Underworld Venerable and the Spirit Treasure Celestial Venerable.

Although the sheer volume of information overwhelmed him, making it difficult to remain calm, he still replied, "Such a meritorious deed, I will naturally do my best. However, I will need tens of thousands of years to complete my transformation."

Liang Yu laughed and said, "Then I will wait for you to be born, fellow Daoist. With you and Lingbao here, the success rate of these plans will be much higher."

The reason we don't mention the Underworld Lord is because his path is completely different from theirs, and he can't afford to wait.

"Lingbao? Is that the fellow Daoist who once set up the array on the ancient star of the primordial world? I once sensed that sword intent filled with killing intent in the darkness. I never expected that in the millions of years since I disappeared, there would be such an amazing figure besides you. You are truly a force to be reckoned with."

The Celestial Venerable of Morality sighed. In the early stages of mythology in his time, apart from the legendary Desolate Emperor who founded the ancient Heavenly Court in the previous era, all the other Dao-proving beings he knew had been far surpassed by him.

But more than a million years later, more than one person has emerged to rival him, proving that I am not alone in this path.

Of course, what shocked him the most was actually the Underworld Lord. After all, the Tribulation-Crossing Celestial Venerable was the first Celestial Venerable to usher in the Mythical Era. He had actually left behind a contingency plan, allowing his own corpse to regain spiritual power and prove the Dao anew, and even created such an astonishing method. He was truly extraordinary. Thinking of this, the Moral Celestial Venerable said, "Fellow Daoist, these methods of yours come from the Underworld Lord, and the Underworld Lord is also the ancient corpse of the Tribulation-Crossing Celestial Venerable who has regained spiritual power. It seems that we have all underestimated this ancient Celestial Venerable in the past."

Liang Yu said, "If anyone in this world can become an immortal, then Fellow Daoist Mingzun's chances are probably greater than ours, but we cannot follow his path. Farewell, Fellow Daoist Daode."

Liang Yu waved goodbye and was about to leave when he heard the Celestial Venerable of Morality say again: "When I woke up this time, I found that there seems to be another fellow Daoist in the ancient star's ley lines. However, he should have been born after I fell into a deep sleep. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Wuji knows this?"

Liang Yu raised an eyebrow: "I noticed it too. This should be the Boundless Heavenly Venerable who was before me. However, he seems to be different from you, fellow Daoist; he is completely dead. I will go and take a look later."

"It's good that Fellow Daoist Wuji had already planned this out. Farewell."

The Celestial Venerable of Morality fell silent once again, but this time, the immortal embryo gestating within his old body was no longer as lifeless as before, but was full of vitality and spirituality.

After returning to the ground, Liang Yu did not immediately go to find Wuliang Tianzun, but instead landed on the summit of Mount Tai.

He used the desolate tower to stabilize the void, formed hand seals, and in an instant, the world changed color, ghosts wailed and gods howled, and countless fragments of history were reflected in the void.

Liang Yu used forbidden methods to trace history and look back on the past in this place.

It seems that few cultivators from the ancient stars and Mount Tai of the mythical era came here. Although countless cultivators offered sacrifices to the heavens here, their highest cultivation level was only Quasi-Venerable.

Until more than a million years ago, the figure of the Celestial Venerable appeared. He looked in the direction of Liang Yu, but did not react, and disappeared into Mount Tai.

Liang Yu continued to trace back, following the river of time all the way to the origins of the mythological era.

During this process, he finally saw the Kowloon Coffin being pulled back and forth in this place several times, although this was only a remnant of history.

Thanks to the fact that this time is not too far removed from the present and that not many Daoists are paying attention to this place, Liang Yu did not experience a significant backlash.

But now, he is also facing obstacles.

Before the age of mythology, there was an insurmountable barrier that prevented him from tracing back further.

Liang Yu knew that was the Chaotic Ancient Era. He took a deep breath and attacked with all his might again. This time, he was finally injured, coughing up blood continuously, and cracks began to appear all over his body.

Finally, a gap was opened in the barrier, and he successfully traced back to the chaotic past.

Liang Yu stopped what he was doing and looked at the figure standing atop Mount Tai. He exuded an invincible aura of supreme power, with a nine-story pagoda hanging above his head.

Back then, Mount Tai was countless times larger than it is now, standing alone in the starry sky, surrounded by countless galaxies.

The two stood atop Mount Tai and gazed at each other across the river of history.

The figure withdrew its gaze, severed the terrain of the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin atop Mount Tai, merged with the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin, and entered the bronze coffin itself, drifting into the depths of the universe.

The desolate tower suddenly trembled and said, "So it's now!"

(End of this chapter)