Shrouding the Heavens: Starting by joining the Holy Land of Yao Guang

Chapter 80 Killing

Now, Li Yao is like an ordinary person without any cultivation. As long as he doesn't unleash his divine power, even a powerful being would only find him strange, but wouldn't be able to see through his true nature.

"Now, they probably can't find me anymore," Li Yao thought to himself.

He needs time to develop in peace and not to confront the Ruthless Clan head-on. Once he becomes stronger, he can then sweep away their entire clan.

"Let's leave the edge of the Primordial Ancient Mine first. The battle that took place at the edge of the Primordial Ancient Mine yesterday will surely spread soon. Other members of the Ruthless Clan will definitely know that I was here."

Although even if the Ruthless Clan came, they probably wouldn't expect him to be able to leave the Primordial Ancient Mine, Li Yao felt that this place was still a place of trouble and not suitable for him to stay for long.

There are too many powerful forces here, making it impossible for him to cultivate in peace.

It has been almost a month since the second divine treasure was opened, but there has been almost no progress in the cultivation of the second divine treasure.

This progress in cultivation is far inferior to that of the Mind's Treasury.

Right now, Li Yao only wants to improve his cultivation level as quickly as possible, which is the most important thing at the moment. Even putting the Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold into the Divine Furnace is secondary.

On the path of cultivation, cultivation level is the foundation of everything, and weapons are also important, but at the current stage, the divine furnace is still in its developmental stage and cannot provide him with much help.

Therefore, fusing the Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold into the Divine Furnace is not so urgent at the moment.

Of course, there's no use in being in a hurry. If he wants to put the Phoenix Blood Crimson into the Divine Furnace, he has to go to the Fire Domain. The Fire Domain is in the Southern Domain. Even if he wants to forge the Divine Furnace first, he has to wait until he goes to the Southern Domain.

"I will go to the Southern Region, but not now. The journey in the Northern Region is not over yet."

At dawn, as the sky began to lighten, Li Yao got up and left the cave, beginning his journey.

A day later, Li Yao had already left the Primordial Ancient Mine and arrived at a location 15,000 li away from the mine.

His spiritual practice returned to normal; he traveled during the day and practiced at night.

His stagnant cultivation level began to rise rapidly again, the potential of the Lung Divine Treasury was gradually released, and his strength was increasing rapidly.

The improvement of one's cultivation level is the most noticeable way to feel oneself becoming stronger, especially for someone like Li Yao, who experiences positive feedback almost every day as long as he cultivates, making the feeling most obvious.

……

At the edge of the Primordial Ancient Mine, a dozen or so figures in gray appeared, silently staring at the obvious bloodstains on the ground.

"Chen Mo failed. A dignified cultivator at the third stage of the Dragon Transformation Realm actually fell to a Dao Palace cultivator. What a waste. If I had known this would happen, I should have gone north and let him go east."

"What a pity. That kid got caught in the Primordial Ancient Mine and is probably gone. His immortal body was wasted like this."

"Not necessarily. That kid was chased by Chen Mo tens of thousands of miles away, but he was not caught despite such a long distance. Instead, he escaped into the Primordial Ancient Mine. This shows his extraordinary talent and the power of his Immortal Body. Such a powerful physique is often seen as a blessing from heaven, and it is not easy for him to perish."

"Let's keep watch for now. If he hasn't come out in ten days, then we'll leave."

The Ruthless Clan was very cautious and did not believe that Li Yao would perish so easily. Throughout history, all those with extraordinary talent have had amazing luck. They can turn misfortune into good fortune even when they encounter dire situations, and may even turn misfortune into blessing.

However, this is the Primordial Ancient Mine, which is extremely dangerous. All the emperors and holy lords who went in never came out again, so they were not very sure.

If no one emerges from the ancient mine after ten days, they will leave, assuming that Li Yao has perished.

……

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye. During this time, Li Yao traveled during the day and cultivated at night, traversing vast stretches of barren land and getting away from this vast mining area.

After half a month, the Lung Divine Treasury has given birth to a deity and has been cultivated to the point of perfection.

The third divine treasure was opened up naturally, and the power of the Dao within his body surged even more.

Within the Dao Palace, the divine treasures resonated, and the "Departed Self" and the "Dao Self" seemed to truly exist, stirring the heavens and earth, and allowing one to comprehend the Great Dao and nature.

Recite scriptures for me in this life, so that I may be one with heaven and earth; make a vow for me in this world, so that I may be immortal and transcend this life.

Whether it is the past me or the me that is in harmony with the Dao, at this moment, I am stirring the world of the Great Dao, causing my own transformation.

The heavenly sound of the Great Dao resounded across the crimson earth, as if someone were reciting supreme scriptures, expounding the profound principles of the Great Dao.

However, it is difficult to truly discern its sound and understand its meaning. It sounds like an ancient emperor chanting Zen, or like ancient ancestors worshipping a supreme sage king.

Around Li Yao, withered trees sprouted new buds, old vines turned green, and tender grass broke through the soil, bursting with vitality and reappearing.

The scent of earth mingles with the fragrance of flowers and grasses. Plants and trees welcome spring, growing even in the bleak autumn, and flowers are once again adorned with color.

This is a new world, where life is just beginning to grow, tender green tinged with yellow, flower buds swaying, and everything is full of hope.

"The spirit of the liver is complete!" Li Yao burst through the earth and soared into the sky.

After half a month, he completed his cultivation of the Lung Divine Treasury. Another half month passed, and he opened up his third Dao Palace, establishing himself in the third level of the Dao Palace realm.

The liver is the organ of the spirit, responsible for regulating the flow of qi and blood, promoting digestion, and storing and regulating blood.
After opening this divine treasure, Li Yao could clearly feel that his vitality had increased several times, and his life force had become incredibly rich.

Even looking down at the Wheel of Life beneath the Bitter Sea, one can see that the Wheel of Life has become much larger, and the twelve markings on it have become much shallower.

The liver is a vital organ, and this even greatly extended his lifespan.

……

After breaking through his cultivation level, Li Yao continued his journey across the Northern Region.

His destination was the Li Huo Sect, where there was a special weapon that grew stronger with each encounter and possessed immortal properties; it was almost the strongest weapon below the level of an emperor.

Such a treasure is being held by a force that doesn't even have a Four Extremes Secret Realm; it's a complete waste of its potential.

Li Yao felt they couldn't handle it, so he decided to take it himself.

The Northern Region is vast, and the Li Huo Sect is a relatively small sect. Such a force is as numerous as the sea across the Northern Region, and Li Yao does not even know its exact location.

But there is a group of people who know that they are like living maps of the Northern Region, and they roam freely across the Northern Region every day.

These people are bandits. They have lived in the northern lands for decades or even centuries. They have been to many places and visited many sects, and they know almost everything about them.

Li Yao had an extreme aversion to these bandits and would kill them on sight.

Now that his cultivation has broken through to the third level of the Dao Palace, he no longer takes many of the bandits in the Northern Region seriously, and his methods for asking these bandits for information are not exactly gentle.

Wherever he went, bandits were almost all slaughtered, leaving corpses strewn along the way.

Among them were even bandits at the Dao Palace level.

This time, for safety reasons, Li Yao did not use the Yao Guang Secret Technique, but instead used the Dou Zi Secret Technique to evolve other powerful offensive techniques.

For example, the Baoshan Seal, Riyue Seal, and Fantian Seal seen in the ancient land of Yaochi have now been refined to perfection by him using the Douzi Secret Technique.

The original three seals were only mediocre in Li Yao's eyes, but after being evolved with the Dou Zi Secret, their power became very strong, and they were more than enough for most situations.

Through countless battles and raids, Li Yao slowly made his way to the gates of the Li Huo Sect by listening to the words of numerous bandits.

Eighteen green mountains stand tall, shrouded in light mist. Each peak has a thousand-foot waterfall cascading down, splashing up wisps of smoke. Green water flows around the mountains, making this place lush and beautiful.

The gurgling springs and blooming flowers add vitality and vibrancy to this beautiful place.

Such scenery might not be considered remarkable elsewhere, but it is rare in the Northern Regions, where pebbles and barren land create a landscape resembling a fairyland.

With lush vegetation, misty waters, and ethereal palaces, this place is truly a beautiful and pristine paradise.

"Who are you?" the Li Huo Sect member shouted.

Without wasting words, Li Yao flicked his finger, and the disciple of the Li Huo Sect was instantly torn to pieces and exploded.

"This..." Everyone gasped in shock. The newcomer was clearly hostile, having killed a disciple outright.

"Are you courting death?" The Li Huo Sect members were furious. How dare one person come to their door like this?

Those guarding the mountain gate all unleashed their weapons; flying swords, divine hammers, and other weapons rained down like a storm of light. Li Yao paid them no heed. With a flick of his sleeve, a "crack" rang out, and all the weapons shattered, falling to the ground. Even if over a hundred more cultivators at the Life Spring Realm came, they would be no match for him.

He flicked his sleeve violently, and all the disciples at the mountain gate exploded into a bloody mist, a very bloody scene.

The disciples inside the mountain gate were drawn over, and when they saw the tragic scene at the gate, they were immediately shocked.

"Quickly report to the sect leader!" By now, they knew they were in deep trouble. Their opponent was unfathomable and definitely not an ordinary madman.

Li Yao lifted his foot and entered the Li Huo Sect. He now appeared as a young man of twenty-five or twenty-six, dressed in a blue robe. He looked very peaceful, but in the eyes of the Li Huo Sect disciples, he was a great demon.

There were at least a hundred disciples inside the mountain gate, but at this moment, none of them dared to challenge Li Yao, and they all began to retreat.

"Hey!"

Li Yao began to flick his fingers, and beams of divine light swept across the land, each time causing a disciple of the Li Huo Sect to perish.

"Ah...this is a demon, we cannot defeat it."

"Aren't you afraid of divine retribution for killing innocent people like this?"

The disciples of the Li Huo Sect roared in despair, as if they were wheat in an autumn field, being harvested one crop after another.

During this time, they did resist, but the gap was too great. Their divine arts and weapons were easily shattered by Li Yao, as insignificant as a gentle breeze blowing in their faces.

On Li Yao's side, with just a simple finger strike, even though the disciples of the Li Huo Sect tried their best, they still couldn't stop it. Every time, a disciple would perish, and sometimes, a single finger strike could take away many lives.

"Who dares to act so presumptuously in my Li Huo Sect?" A loud shout came from the front of the mountain gate. A figure floated over like a ghost, his feet not touching the ground and his body not swaying.

"It's the sect leader, that's wonderful."

"This fiend has killed dozens of my fellow disciples. We beg the sect leader to take action, suppress this fiend, and uphold the dignity of our Li Huo Sect."

The disciples of the Li Huo Sect shouted excitedly, their expressions trembling with excitement. With their leader arriving, these scoundrels would no longer be able to cause any trouble.

Li Yao glanced at the excited disciples, raised his hand and struck out with a palm, conjuring a giant hand that seemed to be in reality.

This secret technique has a prestigious name: the Heavenly Mountain Divine Palm... well, a palm technique created by cultivators from the Four Extremes.

The Ancient Jade Pool contained many secret techniques. Li Yao only glanced at them and almost understood them by heart. Even though he had never practiced them, the power he displayed at this moment was incredibly astonishing.

"Outrageous!" the Fire Sect Leader roared.

Even when they were still ten feet apart, he suddenly jerked his arm, his right hand forming a claw shape, each finger several meters long, dark blue, with streaks of purple lightning crackling around them.

Suddenly, a chilling aura filled the sky—a destructive force, violent and terrifying!
The dark blue giant claw continued to grow, covering the sky in an instant, spanning over a hundred meters in diameter, accompanied by lightning and thunder, like a dark cloud crashing towards the Heavenly Mountain Divine Palm.

"Crack!"

Crimson lightning, crisscrossing and intertwining, descended from the giant claw, slashing down. This was a combination of secret techniques and divine power, swift and domineering!
The giant claw swept across the sky, overwhelming everything; such a powerful attack gave one a suffocating feeling.

Everyone present had great confidence in their sect leader, after all, he was a veteran expert at the fifth level of the Dao Palace, and dealing with a young master would be a piece of cake for him.

"boom"

However, the result was beyond everyone's expectations. The golden giant hand shattered the huge light claw in an instant, its power undiminished, and lightning flashed.

"boom"

The Heavenly Mountain Divine Palm possesses unparalleled destructive power and is indestructible; it instantly shattered the palm of the Fire Sect leader.

Spots of blood and streaks of light appeared as the leader of the Li Huo Sect was struck with tremendous force, half of his body trembling as he was sent flying.

Although this was just a casual strike from Li Yao, and a rather unskilled move at that, his cultivation was simply too formidable. The leader of the Li Huo Sect was as fragile as a bubble in front of him.

"How is this possible? How old is he? How could he be so powerful that he actually sent the sect leader of the Dao Palace, who is at the fifth level, flying?"

The disciples of the Li Huo Sect watched this scene in disbelief. Their gazes toward Li Yao had completely changed, filled with utter fear.

"Could he be a disciple of some powerful faction? Only disciples of those factions could possess such terrifying combat power at this age."

At this moment, everyone looked at Li Yao and were shocked to find that he stood with his hands behind his back, his clothes fluttering, and that his attack just now was very casual.

"You..." The leader of the Li Huo Sect was so shocked that he could not put his words into words.

His white hair flew wildly as he quickly reattached his severed arm. With a loud shout, he slowly moved his palms and fingers as if he were lifting a mountain, unleashing a terrifying aura, like a raging torrent striking the sky.

"boom"

In his embrace, a mountain actually appeared, standing there, filling his chest, radiating an indescribable sense of oppression, and possessing unparalleled powerful pressure!
"Baoshan Seal!"

The disciples of the Li Huo Sect exclaimed in surprise, "This is the sect's most treasured secret technique, the highest secret of the sect. Several generations of sect leaders have failed to master it, but this generation's leader has unexpectedly succeeded."

Such realistic mountains, though not large, even small, exude a terrifying pressure that shakes the soul, with wisps of mist flowing out from them.

The mountain was held in the arms of the leader of the Li Huo Sect, and it shook out a terrifying wave like a vast ocean. It was so heavy that the void beneath his feet collapsed!

"town!"

The leader of the Li Huo Sect uttered only one word, and the Bao Shan Seal descended unstoppably! A great mountain stood tall in the sky, its power capable of tearing apart one's soul, causing many to feel a terrifying sense of suffocation, unable to breathe at all.

The young disciples around them collapsed to the ground on the spot. This immense pressure was like a demonic mountain suppressing them, making it impossible for them to bear.

"Heh, the Embracing Mountain Seal, I happen to know that too." Li Yao said calmly, slowly moving his hands, which also released a terrifying aura.

Above his head, a massive mountain appeared out of nowhere, as if it had swept across the ancient world, breaking through time and space. Its boundless grandeur and magnificence made one's heart, soul, spirit, and spirit tremble.

Although it was blurry at first, it quickly became clear, like a dragon rising from the sea, or a pillar rising from the earth.

The mountains are as big as the sky!

The majestic ancient mountain stands above Li Yao, as if he were carrying the blue sky on his back!

At this moment, centered on Li Yao, a powerful energy surge surged forth like a roaring river, raging across all directions!
Above his head, towering mountains stretched to the sky, with silver waterfalls cascading down, long rivers surging, ancient trees reaching for the heavens, and birds and beasts flying about—all clearly visible!
"The Mountain-Embracing Seal! How is that possible? How could he also know the Mountain-Embracing Seal?" The disciples of the Li Huo Sect were extremely shocked.

At this moment, Li Yao also condensed the Mountain Embracing Seal, and its power was countless times more terrifying than that of the Fire Sect Leader.

"Sect Leader, we've come to your aid!" Just then, several loud shouts rang out, and eight powerful Dao Palace experts arrived from afar; they were all Supreme Elders of the Li Huo Sect.

Then, the nine people used the Baoshan Seal as the blade and themselves as the spine, and all their divine power gathered in the Baoshan Seal.

Instantly, the power of the Mountain-Embracing Seal condensed by the Fire Sect Leader increased several times over.

"A rabble," Li Yao scoffed, raising his hands to the sky. A massive mountain rose across the heavens, like a sea bursting from its cage, shattering the sky!
This is one of the Nine Secrets, the supreme secret technique among the great arts of killing. It moves all directions and terrifies everyone.

The great mountain pressed down, suppressing the mountain in front of it.

Nine Secrets Embracing Mountain Seal versus Embracing Mountain Seal!

The mountains collided violently, like the sea collapsing and the earth sinking, like the sky overturning and the earth being overturned, creating a terrifying atmosphere that reverberated in all directions.

Everywhere there were raging waves, beams of light, and destructive forces; there was no peace under this sky.

"boom"

With a deafening roar, the heavens and earth seemed to collapse. After the two mountains collided violently, a powerful aura swept across the land, reaching in all directions.

Baoshan Seal suffered a complete defeat!
The Nine Secrets Embracing Mountain Seal, condensed and unyielding, can shatter the heavens and shake the earth!
The chests of all the elders of the Li Huo Sect, including the sect leader, collapsed on the spot, their bodies shriveled up like broken drums, and they were sent flying hundreds of meters away.

The sound of bones breaking could be heard continuously; it was clear that there were many breaks, and many places were completely deformed.

With a single move, he defeated all the masters of the Li Huo Sect.

Then, the slaughter began, and the disciples of the Li Huo Sect were harvested like wheat.

(End of this chapter)