Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 656 Three Moves
Liang Yu said, "Since you already know about the past, you should be able to guess why I was born, right?"

The Star Emperor said, "The Great Celestial Venerable must have left behind a killing intent to prevent our lineage from causing trouble. After all, we are descendants of the Supreme Being of the Forbidden Zone."

Liang Yu said, "You guessed right. Over the years, you've never caused any trouble. I thought my killing intent would never be of any use again. Now that you've successfully attained enlightenment, what are your thoughts on this?"

The Star Emperor said, "I don't care about the past, and I don't think anyone except Ancestor Cangshan is right. But they are, after all, my ancestors, and this cause and effect is unavoidable. Great Heavenly Venerable, will you kill me?"

Liang Yu said, "You haven't caused any harm to the human world yet, so why would I kill you? Besides, I'm just a divine thought, and it's a divine thought left behind from my first incarnation, so my power is limited. Perhaps you can destroy this divine thought of mine to settle the karma."

The Star Emperor smiled wryly and said, "Great Celestial Venerable, you are joking. With your profound cultivation, even in your first life you far surpass me. I'm afraid I am powerless to help you."

Liang Yu said, "But you still want to fight me, don't you?"

The Star Emperor said, "Yes. Only when facing the Great Celestial Venerable's killing intent, which doesn't have much power, am I qualified to challenge you. If I were to meet you in person, I'm afraid I wouldn't even dare to have such a thought."

Liang Yu said, "What you say makes sense. However, I am merely a manifestation of killing intent, and my power is limited, making it difficult to exist for long. How about we limit it to three moves?"

The Star Emperor said, "What the Great Celestial Venerable said is exactly what I thought."

As he spoke, the Star Emperor's aura surged instantly, and his blood and qi transformed into a nebula-like mass that burst forth from his body, causing the endless starry sea to tremble.

The Star Emperor raised his hand and formed a seal. A vast and colossal azure divine peak emerged from his body, larger than the starry sky and occupying almost half of the universe. Runes flickered on the divine peak, and laws intertwined to form countless array patterns. An aura of suppressing all heavens quietly emerged, causing the starry sky to freeze.

This is the treasure that the Supreme Being of Cangshan used to prove his Dao. It is an ultimate divine weapon forged from a natural divine peak and is called the Cangshan Divine Seal.

As the Star Emperor changed his hand seals, the massive divine peak instantly transformed into a mountain shadow, merging into his right fist and making its aura even stronger.

The Star Emperor wielded the Azure Mountain Supreme's Azure Mountain Divine Fist, unleashing a terrifying force capable of suppressing the universe and crushing the star sea.

Liang Yu smiled slightly, and with a flick of his right hand, a colossal divine mountain, so vast that it was surrounded by the sun, moon, and stars, materialized in his palm. Within it were countless strange laws that even the Star Emperor could not discern.

This sacred mountain is like the head of all mountains. Although it is just a phantom, it is even more enormous and ancient than the aura of the Cangshan Divine Seal.

Clearly, this phantom is the result of the Taishan Origin Law evolving into a supernatural power after it has been fully repaired.

As the saying goes, "No mountain is greater than Mount Tai, and no history is more ancient than Mount Tai," so the appearance of Mount Tai naturally makes the divine seal of Mount Cangshan pale in comparison.

Liang Yu incorporated the illusory image of Mount Tai into his fist, unleashing the Taihuang Fist to collide head-on with the Star Emperor. Instantly, a terrifying wave, powerful enough to annihilate countless galaxies, surged forth, but under the influence of an inexplicable array, it did not affect anything in the vicinity.

This was naturally a large-scale formation that Liang Yu had set up in advance to prevent collateral damage.

Although Liang Yu's killing intent was merely a fleeting thought, he remained unmoved and composed amidst the clash. In contrast, the Star Emperor, the reigning emperor, had his right arm bones shattered by this Taihuang Fist, and even his internal organs churned. The divine mountain seal, shaped like a sacred peak, was also cracked by the terrifying force.

The Star Emperor had long known there would be a gap between them, but he still hadn't expected it to be this vast. Before his injuries had fully healed, he activated the Zhou Tian Star Chart, which shimmered with countless starlight, transforming into star lords and generals. They formed an immense yet ever-changing Star God Array.

The power of countless stars converged continuously through the Zhou Tian Star Chart, eventually focusing on the Star Emperor, from which a faint wisp of immortal energy emerged.

After elevating himself to the extreme and condensing and sublimating the power of countless stars, the Star Emperor unleashed the Myriad Stars Flying Immortal Technique from the Supreme Yuan Chen, instantly unleashing a terrifying power that made the universe tremble.

Liang Yu stood with his hands behind his back, his right hand forming the Star River Seal, from which rays of immortal light emanated. He then used the supreme star technique he had obtained from comprehending the Myriad Stars Flying Immortal Technique of the Yuan Chen Supreme to collide with it.

Instantly, the universe was filled with dazzling starlight, making the vast starry sky as bright as day.

This time, the Star Emperor was sent flying backward, shattering countless meteorites. He was ultimately stopped by the field array that Liang Yu had set up in advance, preventing him from crashing into the ancient life-bearing stars in the vast galaxy.

Star Emperor struggled to his feet. Liang Yu's attack had worsened his injuries, and Yuan Chen Supreme's achievements in the Star Technique had been completely shattered by Wuji Heavenly Venerable, which was truly terrifying.

Both of these moves, the Great Celestial Venerable of Limitless Heavenly Venerable used less power than himself, yet unleashed greater power. This is the difference in the application of one's own power and the evolution of one's Daoist techniques.

However, the two moves that Star Emperor used earlier were from his predecessors, not from his own Dao, so he has not lost his fighting spirit.

Liang Yu said, "With this third move, I might accidentally kill you. Do you really want to continue? With the previous two moves, you've already given them enough to show for yourselves."

The Star Emperor took a deep breath and said, "What the Great Celestial Venerable said is true. The first two moves were to settle karma, and that has been accomplished. But this third move is my personal idea. It has nothing to do with karma; I just want to see what a higher level of the Dao is like."

Liang Yu said, "Since that's the case, then I'll grant your wish."

As he spoke, countless starlight appeared around the Star Emperor. Each star was formed by the fusion of extremely complex array patterns and laws, as if it encompassed the essence and changes of the power of stars.

The Zhou Tian Star Chart also dissipated, disappearing into this extremely complex array, and then completely merging with the Star Emperor's body.

In this state, the countless stars of the human universe are drawn in and merge into the Star Emperor's body.

The Star Emperor was able to integrate the Dao of Array Patterns with his own cultivation method, just like the Lingbao Heavenly Venerable of the past, and unleash powerful energy by incorporating it into himself. Even if his achievements could not compare with the Word Puzzle and the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Array, he could still be considered a genius.

The Star Emperor formed the Star Tribulation Seal, merging the power of countless stars into one, and combining the power of stars and the changes of stars into one. It was as if countless stars in the entire human universe had gathered together, and the terrifying power was enough to crush all Taoist magic and supernatural abilities.

This time, Liang Yu once again manifested the power of the stars, fusing all the star laws derived from his unification of all laws into one, forming a supreme immortal technique.

With a single finger strike, Liang Yu annihilated all the power gathered by the Star Emperor, directly shattering the Star Emperor's supreme divine ability. The force of this strike remained undiminished, directly striking the Star Emperor's celestial platform.

(End of this chapter)