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

Chapter 347 Li Dasheng Captured

Just as Qianlun and the others were attacking the Bronze Immortal Palace, a strange change occurred in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, instantly attracting Li Yao's attention.

Then, he saw a figure standing between heaven and earth, firmly bound by four immortal golden chains, like a peerless demon being sealed away.

At the same time, Li Yao also sensed that terrifying aura, which covered all the heavens and myriad realms, and the aura of the ancient emperors permeated the world, shaking the ages.

In that area, everyone was prostrating themselves in worship, so devout that they didn't even dare to look directly at her.

Li Yao was horrified. For the first time, he felt like an ant, so small as to be almost invisible, or like a grain of sand in a surging ocean, only able to drift with the current.

The gap between the two sides is simply too great; they are not even on the same level. It is greater than the distance between heaven and earth.

Li Yao felt that even a single hair falling from the other party could be enough to kill him a thousand times over.

Suddenly, a soft shout resounded throughout the heavens and earth, like a divine sound bursting forth from the heavens and earth. The void collapsed inch by inch, and all the laws of heaven and earth were thrown into chaos, melting into a void where nothing existed anymore.

Li Yao's gaze sharpened, and he activated his Heavenly Eye to its fullest extent, observing the Great Dao surrounding her. Every move she made was a tangible manifestation of the Great Dao.

"Qiang!"

A piercing metallic clang resounded as the four divine chains—Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold, Divine Mark Purple Gold, Immortal Tear Green Gold, and Eternal Blue Gold—suddenly snapped, freeing her from her restraints.

With a soft whistle, it transformed into invisible ripples. Wherever it went, the heavens and earth stopped turning, time became completely disordered, and the past and future seemed to be reversed. A terrifying pressure swept across the Southern Region, causing all living beings to tremble. Only by kneeling and worshipping could they feel a little better.

But this feeling was only fleeting, disappearing in the blink of an eye, and the workings of heaven and earth returned to normal. What had just happened seemed like a dream.

Above the desolate forbidden zone, she seemed to exist outside the world, yet she stood there, utterly contradictory. With each blink of her eyes, the power of time seemed to pass through, causing the very fabric of heaven and earth to tremble and collapse because of her.

Fortunately, that gaze only lasted for a moment before it was quickly withdrawn; otherwise, the Southern Region might have been destroyed.

The reason for this was that the four divine chains wrapped around her limbs acted as a seal, suppressing her power.

The Immortal Gold Chain is incredibly heavy, more than enough to forge several Imperial Weapons.

Some unlucky emperors searched far and wide for the most powerful materials but could not obtain them, while for her they were commonplace, making one sigh at the vast gap between the rich and the poor.

To be honest, Li Yao was very tempted. If these immortal gold chains were added to the immortal gold furnace, they could achieve a qualitative leap in an instant.

However, that's just wishful thinking; in this universe, no one can actually take something from the other.

Even Ye Fan can only be given to him by her, not taken from him.

The figure in the clouds seemed somewhat dazed, standing silently for a moment before finally making a new move. It raised its hand and made a sweeping motion in front of itself, unleashing a burst of celestial light that pierced through the endless void before stepping inside.

Li Yao felt a blur before his eyes, time stood still, and at the same moment, her figure appeared in the old site of Yao Guang.

This is an amazing performance; time seems to have no effect on her, and the years do not seem to touch her.

Li Yao, who had mastered the secret of the movement technique, was so fast that no one could react to him. But compared to her, he was simply a novice.

She stood tall on the ancient land of Yaoguang, giving people a sense of antiquity, and then she seemed to freeze, as if she didn't know what to do next, just standing there blankly.

However, no one dared to underestimate her, because even just standing there, she had a huge impact.

In the endless mountains, countless birds and beasts seemed to have lived for millions of years, from vibrant life to skeletons in an instant. The divine energy of life transformed into a stream of light and flew into her body.

Then, she became a little more lively, her eyes no longer dull, but turned into a coldness that would make anyone in the world tremble.

Because those eyes contained the divine power of time, being looked at by her felt as if time itself was scraping across one's body.

Heaven and earth, mountains and rivers, sun and moon, lakes and seas, are all collapsing, being evaporated, and the world is turning into mulberry fields!
Li Yao quickly looked away, no longer daring to look directly at her true form, because in that short moment, he felt as if he had lost more than ten years of his lifespan.

But things don't always go as planned. He stopped looking at her, but she seemed to have discovered something interesting and looked at him.

Amidst the drifting mist, a tall and slender figure stood in the fog, gazing into the distance, his gaze piercing through layers of void and landing on Li Yao.

To be finished!

At that moment, Li Yao felt as if he saw his great-grandmother waving to him.

Then, he got closer and closer to her.

Is it an illusion?

That feeling of being in another world returned, and Li Yao felt as if time had stood still. When it resumed, he was standing in front of her, less than three feet apart.

If Li Yao were bold enough to ask a ruthless person to take maternity leave, he could simply stretch out his arm and pull the person in front of him into his embrace.

Unfortunately, Li Yao didn't have the guts. His blood had turned to ice, and a sense of horror spread to every inch of his body.

That once earth-shattering power is now like a dream, easily shattered, utterly useless.

He didn't know what the ruthless person was going to do, and he didn't dare to think too much about it, because the other party didn't make any extra moves at the moment.

At this moment, Li Yao had only one thought: as long as the other party didn't kill him, he shouldn't make any move. Otherwise, even a light tap from that jade hand would be unbearable for him, and all his efforts would be in vain.

The ruthless man stared for a while, then looked away. The light in his immortal eyes became even more lively, and he became more spirited.

She stood atop the abyss, looking down at the bronze immortal palace, then gently stepped forward, leading Li Yao into the sinkhole.

"Who goes there?!" The ancient saints in the sinkhole were shocked and looked up. Then, a terrible oppressive atmosphere enveloped them.

As the divine power of time swept through, all the ancient saints involuntarily regressed, their life energy leaked out, and their primordial spirits dimmed, as if they had aged more than a hundred years.

"what's the situation?"

“Something is wrong. Our life force is flowing away, converging on her, and stopping her.”

Inside the sinkhole, the saints were filled with fear, their vital energy overflowing, every pore glowing. They were like vessels, unable to contain their life force.

"Kill him!"

The ancestral kings of the ancient races and the saints from beyond the realm all reached a consensus at this moment, joining forces to rush upwards and leave this place.

Then, an audacious ancient saint launched an attack, his surging divine power evolving into a towering sword aura that swept across the land like a galaxy, its target being the Ruthless Great Emperor.

Li Yao stood quietly, only three feet away from the ruthless man, not daring to make any move that might cause misunderstanding.

But even after seeing the overwhelming sword energy, he couldn't help but widen his pupils.

I thought the Holy Spirit had become indifferent to everything, but who would have thought that someone was even more valiant than him? Whose general was this?

"Boom!"

A Saint King's all-out attack, imbued with boundless divine laws, posed no threat whatsoever to the Ruthless Man.

The overwhelming sword energy stopped completely when it reached ten feet in front of him. Then, without any further movement, it all crumbled into dust and disappeared.

The saints below, who were rushing upwards, were shocked. "Who is this person?! How can he be so powerful?!"

"what!"

Suddenly, the Saint King who launched the attack screamed, his whole body bursting into flames, and in an instant he turned to ashes, transforming into a pure stream of energy that flew toward the ruthless man.

This scene was even more terrifying; everyone rushed upwards as if they had gone mad, trying to escape.

But often, they would fly a distance before dying and disappearing, turning into divine light that flew back, leaving only a few people to escape alive.

"Don't get within three thousand feet of him; that's a death zone." Soon, someone discovered the pattern: anyone who stayed more than three thousand feet away escaped safely.

Upon hearing this, the others seemed to see a glimmer of hope and fled from the edge, but soon, something terrifying happened...

The realm of death has expanded!

The expressions of the Great Sage Hun Tuo, the Golden King, the Great Sage Qian Lun, and the Great Sage Yan Qi were solemn, and their hearts were filled with shock. They dared not linger and soared into the sky to leave the sinkhole.

But as soon as they charged forward, the black mist surged over, instantly turning their faces pale, their flesh shriveled, and they lost a great deal of vitality.

Fortunately, the place they fled to was on the edge of the Death Zone. Although they were affected, they managed to save their lives thanks to the power of the ancient imperial weapon.

"This is terrifying..." Everyone was filled with dread.

Looking at the figure in the sinkhole, it was as if he were seeing a god or demon; the opponent's power was limitless. "Does the Big Dipper have such a figure?" Above, the Golden King's face was pale, his aura extremely weak, and even the immortal light of his golden mace had dimmed slightly.

"These are turbulent times, and the Big Dipper is becoming increasingly turbulent." Yan Qi also looked relieved.

Although they only interacted briefly, they all sensed that the person was terrifyingly powerful, far surpassing them, and even if they unleashed their ancient imperial weapons, they would be no match for him.

Looking at the people above the abyss, Li Yao couldn't help but marvel at their good fortune.

I'm afraid those people don't know who saved their lives.

Even the most powerful beings might not receive such an honor, yet it happened to them.

Of course, those people survived not because they were particularly strong, but simply because they were ruthless and had no murderous intent. Those who perished were simply unaware of their own mortality and approached her.

Li Yao felt incredibly envious, thinking that these people were much luckier than him; they had already escaped with their lives, while he didn't know what kind of situation he would face.

Soon, they arrived at the bottom, where the bronze immortal palace that Li Yao had been longing for stood.

Although the future was uncertain, he naturally wouldn't miss such a good opportunity and began to inscribe the patterns on the Immortal Palace with the Heavenly Book.

"Crash!"

In the Heavenly Book Space, an ancient, yellowed book, overflowing with dazzling celestial light, is opened, as if a deity is holding a pen, inscribing mysterious patterns on its pages.

Li Yao was one with the Heavenly Book, and he could easily sense that as the profound divine patterns were inscribed on it, the Heavenly Book's level was increasing. Although it had not undergone a qualitative change, it had become much stronger.

This discovery greatly surprised him, and even the frustration of being held hostage by a ruthless person lessened considerably.

Although Li Yao didn't know what the ruthless man was planning, since she hadn't killed him, her life should be safe. The worst outcome would be for her to be a guinea pig for a while.

As long as you don't lose your life, it's not a catastrophe, and there's room for maneuver.

The ruthless woman led Li Yao around the Immortal Palace. During this time, the Heavenly Book was almost smoking from the engraving. Then, she raised her jade hand, and the Immortal Palace flew up and hovered in mid-air, revealing the chaotic immortal land below.

"Whoosh!", "Whoosh!", "Whoosh!"...

In an instant, various celestial rays flew out from the Chaotic Immortal Land, transforming into beams of light that flew into the Immortal Palace. Then, the entire Chaotic Immortal Land collapsed.

Li Yao's eyes were bloodshot. Because he was close by, he could see clearly that each beam of immortal light was made of various kinds of supreme immortal gold: a basin-sized green gold with immortal tears, a table-sized black gold with dragon patterns, a millstone-sized purple gold with divine marks, and a piece of eternal blue gold the size of a house...

This was a grand feast of immortal gold, with reserves of immortal gold enough to move the entire universe, all of which were deposited into the Bronze Immortal Palace.

Looking at all the supreme beings, Li Yao dares to say that there is no one whose wealth surpasses that of the ruthless man.

Not to mention the Bronze Immortal Palace, the immortal gold alone is enough to crush the Supreme Collection and is more than enough to forge more than ten supreme imperial weapons.

If we include the Immortal Gold Divine Chain and the Immortal Gold collection in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, we could easily forge twenty Emperor Weapons.

Now, Li Yao understood why Heng Yu couldn't find any immortal gold before he attained enlightenment—it was all right here!

Li Yao was thinking this over and over when, in the next moment, everything blurred again, and the ruthless man was carrying the Immortal Palace, taking him away from Yao Guang's homeland.

……

"Boom!"

The sky collapsed and the earth cracked, black mist surged into the sky, and when Li Yao regained his sight, he was already in the desolate ancient forbidden land. Beside him was a ruthless person whose figure was indistinct.

She held up the celestial palace and stood on the abyss for a while before beginning to sink and disappear into the abyss.

To be honest, Li Yao was very flustered. He hadn't expected that his first visit to the forbidden area would be like this.

In his original plan, he never envisioned entering the Seven Forbidden Lands before attaining enlightenment. He would only ascend to the Forbidden Lands once he had achieved the Great Perfection of the Chaos Body and gained the power of the Heavenly Emperor.

But plans can never keep up with changes. This time, he not only entered the forbidden area, but also went directly to the core area.

He dared not speak, fearing that the ruthless man might suddenly be taken aback, discover a nobody beside him, and casually slap him to death.

Soon, the surrounding area returned to calm. The nine sacred mountains and springs gurgled, and the nine-second divine medicine exuded a fragrant aroma, flowing with vibrant life force.

The Southern Region remained silent for a long time, as if afraid that if it made any noise, it would once again trigger the emergence of the Wilderness. Only after a long time, when it was confirmed that nothing had happened, did people relax.

But this is not the end; on the contrary, the real storm has only just begun.

The Lord of the Forbidden Zone has been born and descended upon the world, causing all living beings to be filled with fear and even wanting to leave this realm.

There has always been a consensus that although the forbidden zone is terrifying, the creatures within it will not leave the restricted area and descend into the world.

But now, this ironclad rule has been broken. An unparalleled being has been born. If he wants to start a dark upheaval, who can stop him?

The news swept across the five major regions like a storm, shocking the entire world; no one was without fear.

"The Desolate One, the Lord of the Forbidden Zone of Life, can actually be free to emerge from the world?"

Many long-established forces were shocked.

Ordinary cultivators might not know the inside story, and although they were frightened, they didn't have many thoughts about it.

But they were different; they knew what that meant.

It is no exaggeration to say that a dark upheaval that nearly swept across the entire starry sky almost occurred.

Fortunately, after searching through ancient books, they discovered that the Forbidden Wasteland had never experienced any unrest since its emergence, which put them at ease.

But soon, the speculation that arose from this became rampant.

Who is Huang?
The whole world is speculating; no one doesn't want to know the truth.

"On the nine sacred mountains dwell the Nine Divine Herbs, which were originally one plant split into nine, nourished by nine divine springs watering them daily to cultivate their divinity. Could Huang be the Ancient Emperor of the Divine Silkworm?"

Within the ancient clan, someone put forward this speculation: because the Nine Wonders Divine Medicine belongs to His Majesty the Divine Emperor of the Divine Silkworm Ridge, and because the clan's Heavenly Skill, after surpassing the Ten Transformations, may have the potential to endure in the world.

However, this claim was quickly overturned because it was too ancient. Going back from the ancient history of the Divine Emperor, it was at least several million years ago. People believed that even if it had transcended the Ten Transformations, it would be impossible for it to have existed for so long.

Moreover, according to the ancient records passed down in Shencanling, the ancient emperor of Shencan was sent into the ancient coffin of the gods by his own son and buried outside the nine heavens, so it is impossible for him to still be alive.

Furthermore, the timeline doesn't match up. Although the Desolate Forbidden Land is very ancient, the ancient races know that this forbidden land did not exist before the Primordial Era. In other words, the Desolate Forbidden Land only appeared during the Desolate Era.

The name itself can attest to this claim and also prove that it has nothing to do with the God Emperor.

"It's the Ruthless Great Emperor! She might still be alive!"

Soon, the human race put forward a new guess, and with reason and evidence, they proved this claim.

First, the large tomb beneath Yao Guang's ancestral land must belong to a ruthless person. Second, the life-devouring technique is very similar to the Heavenly Skill, the sublimated form of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art.

By now, the fact that Yao Guang has a ruthless successor is no longer a secret, and the scene of Xia Mingxiao unleashing the Devouring Heaven Demon Art and displaying unparalleled divine power is still vivid in people's minds.

Furthermore, there is the Dragon Pattern Cauldron. I never knew who made it before, but now, through many events, it is easy to deduce the truth.

The Ruthless Emperor is still alive!

The whole world was in an uproar. Countless powerful humans came to the outside of the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone to worship the Great Emperor and pray for her to be born and protect the human race.

Li Yao was unaware of all this. He was completely at a loss, feeling as if everything was slipping out of his control.

This feeling is really unpleasant for someone with a strong sense of direction who wants to have everything under control.

Beneath the abyss of the desolate forbidden land, this place is not desolate; there is a site of ancient ruins, a building from the ancient era.

Unexpectedly, the buildings were not grand, but rather a simple, quiet, and peaceful little village.

The forbidden zone of life, the dojo of a celestial emperor, its architecture is actually a small village, which gives people an extremely strange feeling.

But if you know about the life and deeds of the Ruthless Great Emperor, you won't find this strange. Here are her most cherished memories.

At the end of the small village, there is a huge stone gate, quiet and deep, ancient and mysterious, as if it leads to a fairyland.

(End of this chapter)