Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 867 Overwhelming Power in the Immortal Realm
After making up his mind, Liang Yu left Wuji Immortal Mountain, silently opened the world barrier, came to the void outside the world, and then separated the endless chaotic energy to come to the fragment of the immortal realm closest to the human universe.

For him now, the world barrier of the Immortal Realm Fragment was naturally no obstacle to his entry. With a mere thought, he caused the world barrier of the Immortal Realm Fragment to separate.

The moment he opened it, he felt an overwhelming surge of life-giving energy and the extremely profound laws contained within this world. Clearly, cultivating in such a vast world was immeasurably easier than in the mortal universe.

Although this fragment is only a very small part of the Immortal Realm, perhaps only one percent at most, Liang Yu can still guess from it how powerful the Immortal Realm must have been in its heyday.

With such a superior cultivation environment, it's no wonder that cultivators in the Immortal Realm have such high self-esteem and look down on cultivators in the lower realms.

But now, this fragment of the immortal realm is severely damaged and naturally lacks its former vitality. In fact, Liang Yu can only feel a lifeless atmosphere in this world.

Liang Yu delved into the origin of the Immortal Realm, carefully sensing its current state. He finally determined that this fragment of the Immortal Realm was severely damaged in its origin, and the laws of the Great Dao were extremely weak. Therefore, although the longevity substances in this world were absolutely abundant, it could only support the appearance of a few True Immortals.

This situation has naturally led to the fact that the Immortal Realm has now become a stagnant pool.

The first few to become True Immortals tightly controlled the Immortal Realm, making it difficult for newcomers to rise to prominence. Due to the existence of longevity substances, it is almost impossible for True Immortals to die of old age and reshuffle the power structure. Therefore, the rulers of the Immortal Realm have always been the same few people and forces, while others can only be firmly suppressed.

Furthermore, Liang Yu could easily guess that the few True Immortals currently existing in the Immortal Realm fragments might have once been full of passion and wanted to break this situation, but in the end, they were constantly corrupted by the enormous benefits of ruling the Immortal Realm forever, and eventually became members of this rigid system.

Therefore, these people are naturally one of Liang Yu's biggest obstacles.

Liang Yu made only a rough estimate and found that there were three True Immortals in the Immortal Realm fragments at this time, as well as more than a dozen Immortal Artifacts, but there were no Immortal Kings, neither corpses nor Immortal Artifacts.

This kind of foundation might have been acceptable before, but it can't compare to the human universe now. After all, even excluding Liang Yu, the human universe has three immortals, and they are all mortal immortals. In addition, more than one Daoist has acquired immortal artifacts while embarking on the path of mortal immortals, totaling more than ten. Therefore, the human universe will almost certainly win the battle against the top forces of both sides.

As for Liang Yu, the Celestial King, these things were utterly beneath his notice.

Therefore, the moment Liang Yu entered the Immortal Realm, he immediately released his aura.

On that day, the cultivators within this fragment of the immortal realm witnessed a sight they would never forget in their lives.

A giant with a forty-nine-story pagoda on its head split the sky of the Immortal Realm, standing high above the heavens. The light of the Great Dao emanating from its body illuminated the entire fragment of the Immortal Realm, causing the Great Dao of the Immortal Realm to tremble and completely submit.

The power of a single individual can command the submission of the entire world; this is the terrifying aspect of a Celestial King.

The cultivators in the Immortal Realm were somewhat prepared for the arrival of this Immortal King. However, when the day actually came, they couldn't help but feel uneasy, especially the few True Immortals still existing in the Immortal Realm.

After all, all their past methods were meaningless in the face of such an existence. To tempt him with the promise of eternal rule over the Immortal Realm? That was utterly delusional. However, regardless, a Celestial King had descended, and they had to go to greet him to avoid incurring his displeasure. Therefore, they immediately rushed towards the figure in the sky at top speed.

On the bright side, since they can't resist anyway, all they need to do is negotiate with this Celestial King as soon as possible and take the lead in following him. Wouldn't that make them loyal subjects of the emperor and give them a head start?
With this in mind, they each began to tacitly increase their speed.

But at that moment, a sudden explosion resounded in the Immortal Realm, and the sound of thunder and lightning rose from the heavens. The rolling heavenly might condensed and transformed into a heavenly tribulation.

This fluctuation startled the three True Immortals, who were then enraged. However, due to the presence of this mysterious Immortal King, they had to suppress their emotions.

The fluctuation that just occurred in the Immortal Realm was not caused by Liang Yu, but because someone chose this moment to trigger their own Immortal Tribulation and launch an attack towards the True Immortal Realm.

This person actually chose this moment when they had no time to spare and were completely unable to stop him to trigger the great tribulation of enlightenment, which was truly unexpected for them.

In a way, this is indeed a good time. After all, with a Celestial King descending, they naturally cannot stop him from undergoing his tribulation.

However, this is also a bad time. If a Celestial King descends, and you still dare to trigger your ascension tribulation in front of him instead of obediently kneeling to welcome him, then you are truly audacious.

A king cannot be insulted; even the slightest breach of courtesy is blasphemy. For this person to choose not to welcome his arrival and instead ascend to immortality is blasphemy upon blasphemy.

If this Celestial King were the kind of person who valued dignity even slightly, then this person would have committed a heinous crime punishable by death. It was a wonder that he had hidden himself for so many years, and now that he hadn't died at the hands of the three of them, but was about to be punished by this Celestial King, they couldn't help but feel a sense of pleasure.

After all, judging from the momentum of this ascension to immortality, the person who is trying to become a true immortal has far more talent and foundation than them. Once they successfully establish themselves in the realm of true immortals, they will definitely have far greater potential than them.

But soon, the three True Immortals' expressions changed drastically, and their initial joy vanished, because they realized another possibility.

What if this person undergoing tribulation deliberately took advantage of the Immortal King's descent to trigger their own tribulation, displaying their talents and potential without reservation in order to attract the Immortal King's attention?
If that Celestial King takes a liking to his talent, then whether he takes him as a disciple or a follower, he will naturally have a huge backer, which is enough to overturn the landscape of the Celestial Realm.

What will become of the three of them then?
The three True Immortals, realizing this immediately, put aside their rivalry and quickly gathered together.

Without uttering a word, they approached the Celestial King together, hoping to join forces and speak out beforehand to avert this possibility and put him to death.

But as the tribulation to become an immortal continued to expand and progress, the three true immortals were once again greatly shocked, because they recognized who was undergoing the tribulation to become an immortal, and how could this person possibly still be able to become an immortal?
One of the True Immortals, his face ashen, murmured, "Gu Tuo, how could it be him?"

(End of this chapter)