Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 6 One against Four
At the same time, Cangming and Yuanchen were also forced to undergo extreme sublimation under the attack of Ziji Saint Venerable.

In an instant, five invincible supreme beings stood in the starry sky, their auras surging and colliding, causing the entire universe to tremble and crumble.

Whether they were paying attention or not, everyone in the restricted area awoke from their slumber.

"They're insane, absolutely insane. What are they trying to do? Through through the universe?"

"These four fellow Daoists are doomed. It's a pity for this junior; his Douzi Secret Technique might have been on par with ours. Now he'll probably be buried with them."

"Why bother? The path to immortality is only a few hundred thousand years. It would be unwise to fight now."

The Supreme Beings turned their gazes to the edge of the universe and began to observe the battle. After all, the battlefield of the Five Supreme Beings was extremely rare throughout history, and even few Dao Proving Beings had ever witnessed it. Even in the previous massive corpse calamity, including the Spirit Treasure Celestial Venerable, there were at most three or four participants in the battle.

Liang Yu looked at the four ascended supreme beings opposite him and said, "Ziji, you know how they just treated you. Do you really believe they would wholeheartedly join forces with you to kill me?"

The Purple Extreme Saint Venerable raised his head and swallowed a ball of immortal liquid, saying, "No need for further words. The four of us have time limits, but you do not, so you must be the first to die."

Liang Yu then turned to the other three: "What about you? If it weren't for Zi Ji, you might not have needed to undergo the ultimate sublimation, and your lives wouldn't be in danger. Don't you hate him?"

The other three naturally harbored resentment, but at this moment, they also understood that killing Liang Yu was their top priority. If Liang Yu dragged things out, they would all die.

Seeing that he couldn't provoke the group, Liang Yu sighed, "The four supreme beings joining forces to kill me alone is such a high honor. I have no choice but to use all my strength."

The Purple Extreme Saint Venerable was completely unconvinced: "All your strength? What other trump cards do you have left?"

Yama, the King of Hell, also said, "Blustering is useless. You'd better obediently offer up your divine blood."

The Supreme Being Cangming and the Supreme Being Yuanchen did not speak, but their auras were even stronger.

Does Liang Yu have hidden strength? Of course he does.

In the world of Shrouding the Heavens, there is actually a special rule: the higher the difficulty, the stronger the character.

For example, Ye Fan was able to become a Heavenly Emperor in his first life. In his second life, in his later years, when his strength did not increase much due to the elixir of immortality, he showed terrifying combat power that completely overwhelmed those who had ascended to the Supreme level. Even immortal artifacts could not stop his Heavenly Emperor Fist.

The reason for this lies in the fact that he broke through two extremely difficult restrictions when he attained enlightenment.

First, there are inherent limitations of the Sacred Body itself. These limitations have blocked the cultivation of countless Great Sacred Bodies throughout history, and those who have achieved alternative enlightenment are extremely rare.

Secondly, there was the restriction that prevented others from attaining enlightenment while the Great Emperor was alive, due to the suppression of the Heavenly Heart Mark. This restriction caused countless outstanding individuals throughout history to die with regrets. Even the four divine beings, personally certified by Ye Fan as destined to become emperors regardless of their era, could not break through it.

Chuan Ying was suppressed by the Emperor, Ning Fei by the Undying Emperor, Gai Jiuyou by the Azure Emperor, and Di Que, having narrowly lost to the Fighting Saint Empress, could only achieve enlightenment by sealing himself as a descendant. Even they could not break through, let alone those who were merely destined to become Great Emperors and had a chance to attain enlightenment.

But Ye Fan was different. He not only broke through this limitation, but he had even overpowered the current emperor before that, breaking the myth of the emperor's invincibility.

Because of these achievements, Ye Fan has far surpassed ordinary Dao-proving individuals since his first life.

In contrast, Liang Yu, despite being born with incomplete divine blood, evolved into a God-King Body and even developed the ultimate manifestation of the God-King Body—the God Emperor and the Eternal God Kingdom—all through a self-created secret technique. Furthermore, before attaining enlightenment, he created the "Fighting" Secret, a technique ranked among the Nine Secrets, reaching almost the pinnacle of the mythological era in the field of offensive arts.

With these two achievements, Liang Yu's combat strength naturally surpasses that of ordinary Dao Provers by a considerable margin.

In fact, he could have attained enlightenment three or four hundred years ago, but in order to obtain a stronger Dao fruit, he accumulated it for several hundred more years.

In the first life alone, perhaps only someone of Ye Fan's level could surpass him.

Therefore, for him, these four Supreme Beings were merely somewhat troublesome. He concealed his strength, simply hoping to lure out a few more Supreme Beings who had slain themselves. When he fought the Ascended Purple Extreme Saint, he was only evenly matched with him, hoping that the other three Supreme Beings would intervene, perhaps drawing out even more Supreme Beings in the ensuing chaos. However, the superficial friendship between these Supreme Beings failed the test, resulting in the current situation.

With all four Supreme Beings having ascended, it is now impossible to summon any more Supreme Beings.

Furthermore, it would be difficult for him to lure out Supreme Beings in the future. Four Ascended Supreme Beings couldn't kill him; what Supreme Being who had severed their own life would be so foolish as to provoke such an opponent?

Liang Yu felt a pang of regret. His aura surged once more, actually piercing through the Heavenly Heart. The Dao that had originally been one with the Heavenly Heart imprint began to transcend, instead pressing down upon all the Daos of Heaven and Earth.

The four supreme beings suppressed all directions, surrounded Liang Yu, and each displayed their supernatural powers.

After consuming the immortal elixir, the Purple Extreme Saint Venerable's condition improved, and his ascension time was significantly extended. He roared, "Heaven-Burning Dao Technique!"

A purple divine flame appeared, swirling with countless divine lights and scattering auspicious energy. A deity broke free from the flame, and the heavens bestowed divine marks upon him as a blessing, while myriad laws coalesced to forge his weapon. The moment he was born, the myriad realms and star systems trembled because of him, and the entire universe warmed up because of him.

From the moment of his birth, his physical body, laws, forbidden secret techniques, and everything else were perfected on their own. It was at this very moment of his birth that he directly triggered the Tribulation of Attaining Dao and passed it in one fell swoop.

The Heaven-Burning Dao Technique is his ultimate secret technique. This divine fire that nurtured him can burn even all the myriad paths of heaven and earth to ashes.

On the other side, King Yama was also seething with anger. He had been the most lenient with both Liang Yu and Zi Ji, yet they both targeted him first. He drew a line in the Book of Life and Death with his pen in his right hand, then roared, "Liang Yu, your name is on the Book of Life and Death. Your lifespan of 1,500 years is over. Why don't you submit to execution?"

Black chains appeared, countless ghosts and gods wailed, and Liang Yu felt his primordial spirit begin to silently collapse and disintegrate. Even his sea of ​​consciousness was filled with deathly energy, his wheel of life decayed and crumbled, and his life spring began to dry up. This attack was actually meant to end his lifespan.

The Supreme Being of the Azure Sea was not to be outdone. Endless seawater surged from his palm, instantly dissolving the sun, moon, and stars upon its touch, forming a torrent that swallowed everything. He uttered in a deep voice, "Endless Azure Sea!"

Yuan Chen Supreme scattered divine sand, and the grains of sand transformed into countless stars, which in turn transformed into countless star lords and deities. Among these countless stars and star lords, a figure radiating immortal energy emerged: "Myriad Stars Flying Immortal Technique!"

Liang Yu stretched out his body, unleashing a four-faced, eight-armed Dharma body, and simultaneously faced the four supreme beings.

He used the Sun God Seal and the Fire God Seal to fight against the Azure Sea Supreme, the Divine Emperor Seal and the Four Symbols Seal to fight against the Primordial Star Supreme, the Reincarnation Seal and the Immovable King Seal to fight against the Yama King, and the Heaven-Sealing God Seal and the Heaven-Opening Seal to fight against the Purple Extreme Saint Venerable.

Liang Yu simultaneously unleashed eight supreme divine powers with his eight hands, holding his own against four opponents.

Boundless divine light collided and dissipated, engulfing the entire starry sky, leaving only emptiness after the divine light. The uninhabited areas on the edge of the universe became even darker and emptier, and even the abandoned ancient stars and the fragments of corpses and remnants of the great war were completely wiped out.

(End of this chapter)