Killing Longevity Heavenly Venerable

The Demon Venerable appeared.

He appeared in the starry sky outside the Immortal Mausoleum Forbidden Zone.

Many Dark Supremes awoke from their slumber, eager to watch the spectacle.

Their purpose in sealing themselves away for eternity was to wait for the Road to Immortality to open tens or even hundreds of thousands of years later.

Clashing head-on with the Demon Venerable now clearly conflicted with their life goals and interests.

They wisely chose not to confront the Demon Venerable. No matter how he provoked them, they played dead.

Seeing Longevity Heavenly Venerable being so valiant, the Dark Supremes could not help feeling a little admiration for him.

Li Ming arrived in the starry sky outside the Immortal Mausoleum Forbidden Zone. He looked at Longevity Heavenly Venerable, then at the Immortal Mausoleum Forbidden Zone, with its enormous tombs rising one after another.

"Longevity Heavenly Venerable, you want an explanation from me?"

Li Ming's voice was ice-cold, enough to send shivers down one's spine.

The surrounding void seemed ready to tear apart, and even the phantom of a river of time faintly emerged.

His every word and movement seemed blessed by the myriad laws of heaven and earth, as though they could influence space and time.

Such a strange phenomenon could only appear when one's cultivation had reached the pinnacle of Fortune and harmonized with the myriad laws of heaven and earth.

"You provoked the Immortal Mausoleum Forbidden Zone for no reason. Do you really think we are afraid of you?"

"If everyone were not waiting for the Road to Immortality to open, how could we tolerate your arrogance and tyranny?"

"If we joined forces, heaven and earth would collapse, and all living beings would suffer. You would die as well."

"Can you bear such karma?" Longevity Heavenly Venerable was still talking tough.

From the unknowable Chaotic Ancient Era and Primordial Ancient Era to the current Age of Mythology, countless peerless prodigies had been born and attained the Dao to become supreme.

Many Dao attainers had already died.

Even more Dao attainers had slashed themselves with a single stroke, becoming forbidden zones and enduring in the world.

To the many Dark Supremes, whether the outside world was in a Golden Age where someone attained the Dao and became supreme, or in an era when the Great Dao remained hidden, it was all but a dream and fleeting smoke.

It was merely a point in time during their long slumber.

Those Dao attainers who did not slash themselves would eventually decay into dust and turn to ash.

Those Dao attainers who had once ruled the world would ultimately choose the same path as those Dark Supremes.

In the current Age of Mythology, no one who had attained the Dao and become supreme had ever offended the Dark Supremes of the Life Forbidden Zones to the death as the Demon Venerable had.

Even if other Dao attainers ruled the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, they would never be so arrogant and domineering as to offend every Dark Restricted Area and Dark Supreme.

In the end, they still had to leave themselves a way out.

Otherwise, in their later years, no forbidden zone might be willing to take them in. They might even join forces to divide up their flesh and blood.

Ever since the Demon Venerable had attained the Dao and become supreme, he had slaughtered in every direction.

Even before attaining the Dao, he had devoured many Forbidden Zone Heirs and offended the Dark Supremes.

The Demon Venerable was simply too incompatible with them, too much of a loner.

The many Dark Supremes watched coldly, wanting to see how the Demon Venerable would end things in his later years.

If Li Ming knew what these Dark Supremes were thinking, he would definitely sneer at them.

These Dark Supremes only knew to enter the Immortal Domain through the Road to Immortality and become immortals.

Their hearts held only the obsession of becoming immortal, yet they lacked the ability to do so.

Even if the Road to Immortality truly opened, there would only be two or three spots each time.

There were far too many Dark Supremes to divide them among.

When the Road to Immortality on Feixian Star opened, it would likely be just as in the original work—alliances would turn into enmity in the blink of an eye.

Throughout the long Age of Mythology, Primordial Era, Desolate Ancient Era, and Post-Desolate Ancient Era of Shrouding the Heavens, so many Dark Supremes had lurked in hiding, silently waiting for the Road to Immortality to open.

Whenever they could no longer survive, they would devour hundreds of millions of living beings to repair the cracks in their Immortal Platforms and replenish their lost lifespan.

There were so many Dark Supremes that even the Dao attainers of their eras could not stop them from emerging together.

There were simply too many of these Dark Supremes. They could even hunt the Dao attainers of the current age.

It could be said that the entire world of Shrouding the Heavens was a dark universe. From the moment one embarked on the path of cultivation, one fought bloody battles until life came to an end.

Li Ming was different from them. He had read the entire trilogy.

He was determined to walk the Red Dust Immortal Path.

He utterly disdained those who sought immortality through the Road to Immortality.

Facing Longevity Heavenly Venerable's words, Li Ming's expression remained calm, without the slightest ripple in his heart.

He had already claimed the title of Demon Venerable. He could not care less about any moral shackles.

Even if heaven and earth collapsed from their battle, what did it have to do with him?

As long as it did not affect his Red Dust Immortal Path, he could not be bothered to play the saint.

It was simply that the Dark Supremes of this time had yet to experience the Desolate Ancient Era, when Human Race Great Emperors emerged one after another.

In that era, generation after generation of Human Race Great Emperors fought bloody battles against the Dark Restricted Areas, thoroughly crushing the arrogance of those Dark Supremes.

But the Dark Supremes of this time were each arrogant and tyrannical, not taking Dao attainers seriously at all.

Many Dark Supremes even delighted in hunting True Dragons and devouring the Dao attainers of the current age.

Their arrogance had truly reached the extreme.

"Heh, you sure do talk a lot of nonsense!"

Li Ming's voice was ice-cold, and an equally icy killing intent surfaced in his eyes.

"You want an explanation? This is my explanation!"

The moment his words fell, the Heavenly Demonic Saber slashed directly at Longevity Heavenly Venerable.

The blade light of the Heavenly Demonic Saber tore through the starry sky and split the heavens.

Dazzling chaos light and lightning surged into the sky.

With a single slash, the cold, dark universe seemed to light up with a sun, leaving the entire universe dim and colorless.

The Heavenly Demonic Saber, flashing with chaos light and lightning, became the only light in the world.

It seemed capable of creating heaven and earth, and of destroying heaven and earth. The entire starry sky trembled, and even the Immortal Mausoleum Forbidden Zone shook violently.

"Do you really think I am weak and easy to bully?"

Longevity Heavenly Venerable roared repeatedly. He drew the Longevity Immortal Sword and cleaved toward the Heavenly Demonic Saber, as if carrying a river of stars as it sought to break through chaos.

Terrifying laws of the Great Dao spread in every direction, and extreme Dao divine might erupted wildly, as though it would sweep aside every enemy in the world.

A terrifying Heavenly Venerable battle suddenly erupted.

People had originally thought this might be an evenly matched battle, one that would at least last a long time.

But when the Longevity Immortal Sword struck the Heavenly Demonic Saber, it suddenly exploded into fragments, only to be swallowed whole by the Heavenly Demonic Saber.

The Heavenly Demonic Saber's momentum did not fade. It slashed at Longevity Heavenly Venerable.

At an unbelievable speed, Longevity Heavenly Venerable forcibly shifted his body.

The Heavenly Demonic Saber severed one of his arms. It exploded with a boom, and a rain of blood scattered through the sky.

After passing through Longevity Heavenly Venerable's body, the Heavenly Demonic Saber continued toward the Immortal Mausoleum Forbidden Zone without losing any momentum.

Inside the Immortal Mausoleum Forbidden Zone, countless Extreme Dao Formations flashed. Layer upon layer of formations, mixed with innumerable Immortal Dao Runes, tried to block the Heavenly Demonic Saber.

With a thunderous boom, all the Ultimate Dao Array Patterns exploded. Even the Immortal Dao Runes were blown apart.

They were no match for that chaos blade light and could not block that chaos lightning. Every formation and rune was instantly erased.

The entire Immortal Mausoleum Forbidden Zone erupted with a deafening boom. Countless tombs exploded, and a bottomless gorge was carved through it.

"This is the explanation I give you!"

"Are you satisfied?"

The Demon Venerable's aura blotted out the sky and swept across the entire Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

Under the suppression of that terrifying aura, countless rivers of stars seemed on the verge of collapse.

Longevity Heavenly Venerable was enveloped in crimson mist. In the blink of an eye, his body was restored, though his expression was exceptionally ugly.

Longevity Heavenly Venerable might not have been outstanding in other respects, but as the creator of Nine Secrets: Zhe, the richness of his blood vitality was truly astonishing.

He restored his body almost instantly.

He had even forged a suit of armor from Dao Tribulation Gold and put it on.

It turned out Longevity Heavenly Venerable possessed a second Extreme Dao Weapon.

As Li Ming watched Longevity Heavenly Venerable restore his body and saw how he used Nine Secrets: Zhe, a strange gleam appeared in his eyes.

I never expected Nine Secrets: Zhe could be used this way. I can't kill Longevity Heavenly Venerable with one slash after all. I need to let him suffer more injuries and carefully observe the mysteries of Nine Secrets: Zhe, Li Ming thought.

"Demon Venerable, you truly are powerful!"

"But let me tell you, I once lived out a Third Lifetime before slashing myself!"

"Today, I will hunt the Chaotic Body and taste the true flavor of Chaotic Body origin."

"Perhaps it can repair the cracks in my Immortal Platform and even allow me to live out another Lifetime!"

The moment Longevity Heavenly Venerable finished speaking, he immediately underwent Extreme Sublimation.

His terrifying aura surged wildly. Even Li Ming was somewhat startled.

He had thought one slash would be enough to kill Longevity Heavenly Venerable, but he had not expected him to possess Carefree Heavenly Venerable's Nine Secrets: Xing as well, and to have deduced it to an extremely profound realm.

In an unbelievable instant, he had narrowly avoided the vital point of his Immortal Platform, losing only an arm.

The two of them flew with tacit understanding to the Mythical Battlefield in the Cosmic Frontier Wasteland.

This was an incomparably vast starry sky, filled everywhere with shattered ruins and devoid of all life.

Darkness, cold, and death were the eternal tones here.

This Mythical Battlefield was an ancient battlefield passed down from a distant, unknown era. Even the Heavenly Venerables of the Age of Mythology did not know which era it came from.

It was enough to allow Heavenly Venerable-level experts to fight without restraint.

Li Ming did not waste words. He directly threw a punch at Longevity Heavenly Venerable.

It was rare to find an opponent with abundant blood vitality and comparable strength to fight. Li Ming put away the Heavenly Demonic Saber and met him with pure physical force.

His punch seemed capable of destroying the myriad laws of heaven and earth. Carrying the force of thunder, it rushed toward Longevity Heavenly Venerable.

Endless chaos and lightning filled it, resembling the most terrifying heavenly tribulation.

It also contained endless Flying Immortal Power, turning the miraculous into the mundane.

Longevity Heavenly Venerable attacked. With the Longevity Immortal Sword destroyed, he could only respond with a divine fist.

Longevity Heavenly Venerable had naturally created his own forbidden secret technique. He did not fear Li Ming in the slightest and still believed himself invincible beneath heaven.

Countless stars exploded into ash.

With a thunderous boom, after only one exchanged punch, Longevity Heavenly Venerable immediately felt an irresistible force.

His bones shattered inch by inch, and his internal organs exploded.

His entire body let out a mournful cry.

Even his body at the state of Extreme Sublimation could not withstand Li Ming's punch.

Longevity Heavenly Venerable coughed up blood, then his body exploded with a thunderous boom, scattering a rain of blood.

Having painstakingly reassembled his body, Longevity Heavenly Venerable looked in disbelief at his shattered armor and the overwhelmingly powerful Demon Venerable.

He had not expected that a single clash would nearly kill him.

"How can you be this powerful?"

"You possess such terrifying strength in only your first Lifetime."

"Ever since I began my path, I have swept through all opponents without defeat. After living out a Third Lifetime alone, my strength increased enormously."

"I never imagined my body would be so vulnerable..."

Longevity Heavenly Venerable's face was filled with disbelief.

Li Ming would not answer Longevity Heavenly Venerable's questions. Wrapped in incomparably terrifying lightning and endless Immortal Ascension Light, he charged forward.

He intended to kill Longevity Heavenly Venerable.

This Dark Supreme had not done much good anyway. Li Ming felt no psychological burden in killing him.

With a thunderous boom, endless laws of the Great Dao and chains of order appeared around Longevity Heavenly Venerable's body.

This was Longevity Heavenly Venerable's own Great Dao. Scarlet chains, red as blood, seemed to stir up bloody winds and rain as they sought to pierce deep into Li Ming's body and seize his Chaos Origin.

Crack, crack.

Immortal Ascension Light shone, and all the laws of the Great Dao and chains of order instantly decayed into ash.

Countless stars seemed to lose their brilliance and their life in an instant, becoming dim and lifeless.

The more Longevity Heavenly Venerable fought, the more unbelievable it felt.

He considered himself invincible beneath heaven. Only after sweeping aside every opponent had he attained the Dao and become supreme.

The moment he attained the Dao and became supreme, he already bore the title of Heavenly Venerable. After transforming into a Third Lifetime, his strength had increased even more.

Even the other great Heavenly Venerables acknowledged his formidable strength.

Though they had never existed in the same era to fight, Longevity Heavenly Venerable had truly never suffered a defeat.

Yet Longevity Heavenly Venerable's body was now being blasted apart again and again, leaving him in a wretched state.

If not for his astonishing understanding of Nine Secrets: Zhe, he might already have fallen.

If Li Ming truly wanted to kill Longevity Heavenly Venerable quickly, he could finish him within three moves.

But Li Ming discovered that every time he killed Longevity Heavenly Venerable and watched him revive, his understanding of Nine Secrets: Zhe deepened.

Li Ming simply treated killing Longevity Heavenly Venerable as a way of comprehending the Dao and cultivating Nine Secrets: Zhe.

Longevity Heavenly Venerable's bones were broken and tendons torn, blood flowing over his entire body like rivers.

Yet Li Ming remained completely unharmed, easily blasting Longevity Heavenly Venerable apart time and time again.

"I have never been defeated in my life!"

"I firmly believe that I am invincible!"

Longevity Heavenly Venerable was still talking tough, refusing to yield.

His entire body shone with eternal light as he maintained the state of Extreme Sublimation.

"Demon Venerable, you truly are powerful!"

"But I believe I will not fail!"

Li Ming looked at Longevity Heavenly Venerable and said with a mocking expression, "As long as you're happy."

"I only want to see more of the essence of Nine Secrets: Zhe."

With that, he casually blew Longevity Heavenly Venerable apart once more.

"Longevity Heavenly Venerable has undergone Extreme Sublimation. He is no match for the Demon Venerable at all!"

"Yeah, the Demon Venerable can obviously kill Longevity Heavenly Venerable with a casual move. He is toying with him like a cat with a mouse, merely to glimpse the mysteries of Nine Secrets: Zhe."

"Should we emerge and lend him a hand?"

"Forget it. Less trouble is better than more. Better a fellow cultivator dies than I do."

"Having undergone Extreme Sublimation to this extent, Longevity Heavenly Venerable is certainly doomed."

"This Demon Venerable is far too powerful. It's truly unbelievable."

The many Dark Supremes silently watched the situation on the battlefield.

They knew that Longevity Heavenly Venerable was beyond saving after pushing Extreme Sublimation to such a degree.

It could be said that Longevity Heavenly Venerable was already a dead man.

Rumble!

Terrifying Chaos Thunder enshrouded Longevity Heavenly Venerable.

The incomparably terrifying lightning was mixed with Flying Immortal Power. This was Li Ming's forbidden secret art, and Longevity Heavenly Venerable had nowhere to evade.

Everything there seemed to turn into chaos, as though heaven and earth were being remade.

When the terrifying Chaos Thunder dispersed, Longevity Heavenly Venerable's figure and aura had vanished, leaving behind only the Demon Venerable's silhouette.

"Longevity Heavenly Venerable is dead!"

"The Chaotic Body is truly too terrifying."

"The Chaotic Body contains the mysteries of immortality."

"Longevity Heavenly Venerable underwent Extreme Sublimation, yet failed to harm even a single hair on the Demon Venerable. What a joke."

"The Demon Venerable is unbelievably powerful."

"Forget it. There is not much time left before the Road to Immortality opens. I only want to wait for it to open and do not wish to involve myself in anything else."

"I'm going back to sleep first!"

"Let the Demon Venerable be arrogant for now. When his twilight years come, he will eventually reach his end."

The Dark Supremes of these forbidden zones had witnessed this terrifying battle firsthand.

Every one of them was extremely confident and believed himself invincible beneath the heavens.

Yet whenever they thought of the Demon Venerable, they instinctively overlooked this incomparably powerful opponent.

It seemed that, in their hearts, the Demon Venerable already stood in a class of his own.

The Demon Venerable was now one of the Nine Heavenly Venerables and had already slain two of the other Heavenly Venerables.

His strength was truly beyond doubt.

Both Carefree Heavenly Venerable and Longevity Heavenly Venerable had died at his hands.

Not to mention those Supremes who had died at his hands...

Many had already tried their best to overestimate the Demon Venerable's strength, yet he still surpassed their imagination time and again.

That no one could withstand his edge seemed to have become their shared understanding.

Longevity Heavenly Venerable's Immortal Sword and battle armor were both devoured by the Heavenly Demonic Saber.

After the Heavenly Demonic Saber devoured Longevity Heavenly Venerable's corpse, Longevity Heavenly Venerable's imprint soon appeared upon it.

Li Ming also extracted some of Longevity Heavenly Venerable's origin blood essence, swallowing part of it and storing the rest.

Killing Longevity Heavenly Venerable this time could be said to have been extremely easy.

The reason it had appeared to take so long was entirely because he wanted to see how Longevity Heavenly Venerable would develop Nine Secrets: Zhe.

Battle truly was the fastest way to comprehend the Dao and cultivate.

There were indeed some things within Nine Secrets: Zhe that Li Ming had never considered before.

After this battle, Li Ming's understanding of Nine Secrets: Zhe improved tremendously.

Just like after he killed Carefree Heavenly Venerable back then, when his understanding of Nine Secrets: Xing entered a new realm.

Before Li Ming beat Longevity Heavenly Venerable to death, he carefully searched his soul and tortured him, obtaining many secrets.

If it had been anyone else, they definitely would not have been able to search out so many secrets from his soul.

However, the mysterious Bronze Mirror helped him suppress Longevity Heavenly Venerable, allowing him to successfully interrogate many secrets.

Besides the complete Heavenly Venerable Scripture, Nine Secrets: Zhe, and those secret arts, he even obtained a strange set of coordinates.

According to Longevity Heavenly Venerable, there was likely a Crippled Immortal's corpse there. If it could be devoured and refined, one might perhaps live out a new lifetime.

Li Ming was also very curious about this and planned to take a look after settling his affairs.

After killing Longevity Heavenly Venerable, Li Ming turned his gaze toward the Immortal Mausoleum Forbidden Zone.

As he looked at the Dark Supremes still sleeping there, his gaze was icy to the bone.