Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 209 Living Sacrifice
After witnessing this scene, the dozens of supreme beings in these six forbidden zones were so enraged that they spewed fire from their seven orifices, and the Three Corpse Gods were furious.

Is this necessary? Is this necessary?
We, the supreme beings, deliberately kept the various restricted areas from getting too close together, wasn't it all for this moment?

Initially, the Carefree Celestial Venerable told them that the Limitless Ultimate Celestial Venerable had left something on an abandoned path to immortality, and that he valued this place highly. Although they didn't know how the Carefree Celestial Venerable knew this, they still saw hope.

Therefore, their plan was actually to attract the things on the path to immortality to trigger some of the Wuji Heavenly Venerable's backup plans; then they would deliberately emit auras from the forbidden zones scattered around the world to attract the Underworld Venerable, the Primordial Heavenly Venerable, and other living people who might deal with them, as well as the Wuji Heavenly Venerable's other backup plans.

Then, just as their opponents arrived at the forbidden zone, they used the domain gate to reach Burial Sky Island, and together relied on the Immortal Treasure Bottle they had cultivated to attempt to break through the path to immortality. Because the domain gate would only last for a moment before disappearing, it was very difficult for others to track them, and this time difference was enough for them to enter the path to immortality.

It would be even better if those people didn't specifically seek them out, or if they chose to wait for them to come to them on the path to immortality, so that they could refine the Immortal Treasure Bottle more smoothly. This treasure bottle was proposed by the Carefree Celestial Venerable, and they modified and confirmed it together. The purpose was to refine the Great Dao imprints of dozens of people into it, so that their power could be released through this treasure bottle.

If they possessed this bottle, they wouldn't fear even the likes of Yuanshi Tianzun. At that point, they could negotiate with Yuanshi Tianzun, even cooperating to ascend to immortality. At the very least, they just needed him not to interfere with their ascension.

But when the moment actually arrived, the news that Wuji Tianzun, Daode Tianzun, and Lingbao Tianzun were all still alive threw them into disarray. However, under the guidance of Xiaoyao Tianzun, they quickly changed their plans according to the situation and made minor adjustments.

Now, Wuji Tianzun has been led to that abandoned path to immortality, while people like Lingbao Tianzun, Daode Tianzun, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Mingzun have also been led to the vicinity of various forbidden zones, all of which are some distance away from the path to immortality. The Heavenly Realm is the forbidden zone closest to the path to immortality.

Once they arrive at the Heavenly Realm through this special dimensional gate and gather together, their combined strength will be immense. With dozens of Supreme Beings working together to activate a single Immortal Treasure Bottle, breaking through the great array sealed off by the Supreme Heavenly Venerable Wuji will be a piece of cake. At that point, who will be able to stop them from directly attacking the Path to Immortality?
In other words, they've already created enough time difference through these methods; they don't need to sacrifice any cannon fodder. Besides, wasn't this plan proposed by you, the Carefree Celestial Venerable? It's practically on the verge of success, so what are you trying to achieve by pulling this stunt?
These supreme beings felt as if they had swallowed a dead child; for a moment, their resentment and doubt towards the Carefree Celestial Venerable even outweighed their fear of death. After all, in their view, the Carefree Celestial Venerable had absolutely no motive to do such a thing. This was also the reason why they trusted him so much.

But they had no time to think it through. Their arch-enemy had come knocking, and they couldn't even save their own lives.

Of course, if the Celestial Venerable of Freedom hadn't schemed against them and had actually followed through on his plan, they might have been even more desperate. Because this path to immortality is not for humans.

The original Emperor of the timeline also wanted to rely on a celestial artifact, the Myriad Origin Cauldron, along with some self-severed supreme beings who had been restored to their peak by the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, to jointly attack the Path to Immortality. However, in the end, he only managed to reach the Strange World, and the prospect of conquering the true Immortal Realm remained a distant dream.

Although these supreme beings outnumber and outmatch them, it's doubtful they could break through. Furthermore, their Immortal Treasure Bottles still need time to truly become Immortal Artifacts, and are not even as powerful as the Myriad Origin Cauldron.

At that time, as long as Liang Yu and the others block the entrance to the path to immortality, they can either die on the path to immortality or be killed immediately upon returning to the mortal world. They still cannot change the outcome of total annihilation.

Meanwhile, unexpected changes also occurred on Burial Sky Island.

Just as the Immortal Dao Treasure Bottle was completed, the ten Supreme Beings, including the Carefree Celestial Venerable, each shimmered with divine light. They unleashed the first wave of divine power towards the six array platforms to prevent other Supreme Beings in the six forbidden zones from entering. This was something they had planned beforehand. This wave of divine power was also the first wave of divine power that the Supreme Beings in those forbidden zones would receive when they were blocked. But then, the situation began to change.

Suddenly, the great formation flashed with divine light, and countless Dao imprints appeared within the Immortal Dao Treasure Bottle. Along with it, countless intricate laws began to emerge from Burial Sky Island.

The treasure bottle trembled, unleashing countless beams of immortal light that pressed down upon the nine supreme beings, causing cracks to appear in their bodies.

"Celestial Venerable Xiaoyao! What are you going to do?"

The nine supreme beings were both shocked and enraged. While healing their injuries, they began to resist. They desperately unleashed their supernatural powers, trying to break through this formation.

But then, the heavens, along with the central array platform and the immortal treasure bottle, were all connected together as if they were one. After these supernatural powers struck the array, they did not break through the array. Instead, they were reversed by the void laws within and disappeared into the six small array platforms.

At the same time, dozens of divine powers arrived from the six small array platforms. Under the control of the Carefree Celestial Venerable, these powers were directed at the nine Supreme Beings. Instantly, they were all severely injured, almost torn apart, and unable to resist the suppression of the Carefree Celestial Venerable.

Just now, the Celestial Venerable of Freedom used the domain gates and void laws within the array patterns to pull off a surprise attack, using the opponent's strength against them. He first redirected the counterattacks from the nine supreme beings in the heavens to the six forbidden zones, thus preventing those supreme beings from entering the domain gates a second time and causing them to miss their last chance to escape.

The two waves of divine power that the Supreme Beings of the Forbidden Zones sensed were: one was the combined effort of the Carefree Celestial Venerable and the nine Supreme Beings to intentionally stop them, while the second was actually the result of the nine Supreme Beings' counterattack against the Carefree Celestial Venerable being being transferred to them.

Then, some of the supreme beings from the six forbidden zones used their divine powers through the domain gates they couldn't enter in time to try and destroy the formation here, causing everyone to die together; others tried to open the domain gates again. Although these divine powers suffered considerable losses, many still managed to reach the heavens through the collapsing domain gates.

The Celestial Venerable of Freedom transferred these divine powers once again to attack the nine Supreme Beings in the Heavenly Realm, severely injuring them and rendering them unable to retaliate. It can be said that the Celestial Venerable of Freedom achieved his goal without even making a move himself, simply by borrowing the power of these two groups of Supreme Beings.

The Carefree Celestial Venerable laughed and said, "Fellow Daoists, both I and this treasure bottle are still one step away from perfection. Please sacrifice yourselves and lend me a hand with your flesh and blood Dao Fruits. At that time, you will be with me and become immortals together."

"You want to sacrifice us alive to forge immortal artifacts?"

(End of this chapter)