Shrouding the Heavens: Creating the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art in the Age of Myth
Chapter 8

With One Hand, He Destroyed Seven Great Supremes

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No one could stop this formation. The great battle erupted.

Countless killing intents filled the air. The four weapons on Lingbao Tianzun's Formation Diagram unleashed attacks that seeped into every crevice like spilled mercury, blotting out the sky and covering the earth, striking fear into all who saw them.

Li Ming was trapped within Lingbao Tianzun's Formation Diagram. He threw a punch, shattering heaven and earth. The diagram shook violently, and the four Extreme Dao Weapons let out deafening hums.

With a thunderous boom, the weapons of the other three Dark Supremes also flew up and attacked Li Ming together.

Several Extreme Dao Weapons released billions of strands of divine light, covering heaven and earth as they reinforced Lingbao Tianzun's Formation Diagram.

Other Dark Supremes stood beside the formation diagram, tracing endless Great Dao runes.

Buzz, buzz, buzz.

Li Ming's Heavenly Demonic Saber flew out.

Endless chaotic divine light erupted. Chaos surged like an ocean, while innumerable mysterious runes rose into the sky like a formation.

With a thunderous boom, the Heavenly Demonic Saber forcibly broke through the encirclement of several Extreme Dao Weapons, soared against the heavens, and charged toward Lingbao Tianzun's Formation Diagram.

The Heavenly Demonic Saber was incomparably sharp, covered in endless Great Dao runes. Its offensive power was unmatched in the world.

With a tearing sound, Lingbao Tianzun's Formation Diagram shook violently and was nearly split in half by the Heavenly Demonic Saber.

The four Dark Supremes controlling the formation were utterly shocked. The aura of this Heavenly Demonic Saber was actually this powerful.

Legend had it that Lingbao Tianzun's Formation Diagram was the greatest killing formation throughout history. As long as Supremes controlled it, it could easily kill a Heavenly Venerable. No matter how powerful one was, one would ultimately be slain.

Yet now, even with four Dark Supremes jointly controlling Lingbao Tianzun's Formation Diagram, Li Ming still shook it with ease. In the blink of an eye, he was about to tear apart the diagram and break free.

Li Ming's strength was simply too heaven-defying.

Rumble, rumble.

Under the Dark Supremes' control, the other three weapons all reinforced Lingbao Tianzun's Formation Diagram. Together with the four other weapons, they stabilized the formation and suppressed Li Ming.

Endless curses descended like dark clouds pressing overhead.

So-called curses were also a supreme Great Dao law and secret art, only more unconventional and mysterious. Even after being cursed, one would find it difficult to notice.

This was because they used the laws of the universe to target and suppress all living beings.

"Heh, what can such a trivial curse do to me?" Li Ming said coldly as he sensed that faint killing intent.

Mysterious chanting rose from Li Ming's body. Endless Great Dao runes swirled around him, each one as black as ink, incomparably mysterious, possessing the power to suppress the six directions and eight desolations.

These were Great Dao scriptures belonging solely to Li Ming. The moment they appeared, they transformed into a black hole and forcibly devoured the Great Dao laws of the curse.

That black hole even surged against the heavens, charging toward the Dark Supreme who had unleashed the curse.

With a tearing sound, the Heavenly Demonic Saber stabbed Lingbao Tianzun's Formation Diagram again, leaving a huge gash in it.

Li Ming himself became like a black hole. No matter how frantically the Extreme Dao Weapons unleashed killing light, he devoured it all and made it his own.

His body seemed to have become a mysterious black hole. Amid endless attacks, not only did his vitality not diminish, it instead grew ever more vigorous.

He soared against the heavens and attacked Lingbao Tianzun's Formation Diagram with his body.

Li Ming let out a roar, like an invincible mark that shook the past, present, and future, nearly causing that region of the universe to collapse.

People cried out in alarm. Li Ming was actually this overbearing.

The aura he emitted made their hearts tremble, as though even their souls were shaking.

With a thunderous boom, that region of the universe collapsed. Li Ming had truly smashed open Lingbao Tianzun's Formation Diagram.

He threw several heavy punches in succession, instantly blasting the Extreme Dao Weapons away before taking a step out.

At this moment, Li Ming's divine might covered the world. He was incomparably majestic, like a god overlooking the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

This universe had split apart, and heaven and earth fell silent for a time.

The Dark Supremes who had besieged him were all stunned senseless.

Li Ming was actually this powerful? Just how overwhelming was he?

He had broken through the greatest killing formation of all time so quickly.

One had to know that seven Dark Supremes had jointly controlled it.

"I am the Demon Venerable. I shall slay every enemy in this world!"

Li Ming's words rumbled like thunder, spreading throughout the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and exploding in the hearts of all living beings. A surge of fear arose within them.

Demon Venerable—a title that inspired boundless awe in everyone—now truly displayed its invincible demonic might.

Someone let out a great roar and led the other Dark Supremes in besieging Li Ming.

They refused to believe that Li Ming could be strong enough to face all seven Dark Supremes at once.

One Dark Supreme was covered from head to toe in blood-red fur. Hideous and terrifying, he resembled a red-furred evil ghost.

He was the first to charge at Li Ming, while the others followed close behind and attacked Li Ming together.

With a thunderous boom, a chaotic phenomenon appeared around Li Ming. Endless chaotic runes flowed around his body, turning the area into an Immortal Domain belonging solely to him.

He stood proudly, immune to all techniques.

All attacks were instantly devoured by chaos.

Li Ming threw a punch. Flying Immortal Power, like the most beautiful immortal light in the world, struck the first red-furred evil ghost to charge forward—the Red-Furred Supreme.

With a puff, blood sprayed in every direction, stretching for billions of miles.

Within that dazzling Immortal Ascension Light, the Red-Furred Supreme's palm melted away. Then his arm melted, followed by his body. His entire being turned into a foul storm of blood and rain, dissolving into the Immortal Ascension Light.

"Ah..."

He let out agonized screams.

A Dark Supreme had let out such a miserable cry. One could imagine the pain he had endured.

Mysterious Emperor Runes flashed, accompanied by thunderous roars.

That Red-Furred Supreme had already been firmly locked down and suppressed by Flying Immortal Power.

With another thunderous boom, he exploded completely and could never recover again.

His body burned fiercely, while his primordial spirit turned to ash.

The Heavenly Demonic Saber flashed, and an imprint of the Red-Furred Supreme appeared upon it.

This sight shocked everyone.

The Demon Venerable was too powerful and domineering, unmatched and invincible.

With a thunderous boom, Li Ming charged into the other Dark Supremes like a tiger entering a flock of sheep.

Flying Immortal Power erupted, sweeping through all opposition. The other six Dark Supremes were beaten until they coughed blood.

His right hand shimmered with Immortal Ascension Light, transforming into a divine stele like jade. Countless dense runes intertwined as it suppressed one Dark Supreme.

With a puff, that Dark Supreme was blasted into a cloud of blood mist by the dazzling Immortal Ascension Light. He burned fiercely, and his primordial spirit flickered several times within the Flying Immortal Power before turning to ash.

Everything seemed like a myth.

Amid the Dark Supremes' siege, Li Ming moved as though no one were there.

"This is impossible!"

"Why did he break through the greatest killing formation of all time so easily?"

"Why is he so powerful?"

"He kills Dark Supremes with a wave of his hand. How did he do it?"

"Is a Chaotic Body really this powerful?"

The other five Dark Supremes wore incomparably ugly expressions as they watched the two Dark Supremes be devoured by the Heavenly Demonic Saber and turned into imprints upon it.

Looking at the eight lifelike Supreme imprints swimming across the Heavenly Demonic Saber as though they had come alive, they felt chills run through their entire bodies.

Until now, they had never heard of any Supreme or Heavenly Venerable who could break such a peerless killing formation alone.

There were even legends that Lingbao Tianzun had once used the formation diagram and the Four Swords of Zhu Xian to kill a Crippled Immortal. Whenever they recalled this matter, they were deeply shaken.

Yet now, when they used it to suppress Li Ming, all their expressions changed.

For the first time, they vaguely sensed that they were in danger this time.

The Demon Venerable was an unbelievably powerful expert.

They had miscalculated.

The five Dark Supremes went all out. They all underwent Extreme Sublimation.

An aura capable of creating heaven and earth appeared around their bodies. That universe seemed to be evolving anew. They had no path of retreat and could only fight desperately.

An incomparably fierce battle began, with Great Dao laws intertwining.

With a thunderous boom, an Extreme Dao Weapon was smashed to pieces by Li Ming.

Fragments of Immortal Gold bloomed like fireworks and shot in every direction, only to be instantly devoured by the Heavenly Demonic Saber.

Blood blossoms bloomed one after another. The five Dark Supremes had been beaten by Li Ming until their blood sprayed everywhere, their bones shattered and tendons torn.

Li Ming was simply too powerful. He truly possessed an invincible might.

"Do not hesitate! Only by fighting the Demon Venerable to the death and gathering his Chaos Origin and chaotic blood will we have a chance to survive."

"It may even allow us to live out another Lifetime. At worst, it can grant us five thousand years at our peak."

The five Dark Supremes had all undergone Extreme Sublimation and displayed their strongest battle forms.

That dough-like Supreme, who resembled a monk, held a Heaven's Mandate Orange Gold treasure wheel above his head. At this moment, it released endless phenomena and Great Dao runes.

"Demon Venerable, your Heaven's Mandate is gone. Your life will soon end. Why do you not kneel and confess your crimes?"

The endless divine light released by the Heaven's Mandate Orange Gold treasure wheel suddenly filled this starry sky with a mysterious power that made people unable to resist submitting, unable to resist kneeling and sacrificing their lives.

Yet Li Ming showed no fear.

Li Ming stood proudly within that universe as strange flowers bloomed one after another. Their petals were crystalline and dazzling, drifting down around his body.

His hands continuously traced through the air, leaving the Transformation Character Secret upon every petal. They were flowers of his enlightenment, crystal clear and radiant.

The Transformation Character Secret could also be called the Flower Character Secret!

This was Li Ming's own romance.

Petals filled the sky, accompanied by countless rays of divine light and thousands of auspicious colors. They flooded toward the Dark Supremes, seeking to seal them and reduce them to ash.

Li Ming stood atop a huge strange flower, his robes fluttering in the wind like those of an exiled immortal.

Endless flower rain drifted through the air. He was like a deity smiling while holding a flower, flawless and pure, incomparably holy. Every petal bore his imprint.

Rustle, rustle...

At a glance, the entire starry sky was filled with Li Ming's figures. It was impossible to tell whether they were petals or his countless incarnations; real and false could not be distinguished.

The five Dark Supremes were all shocked. Even with their incomparably powerful spiritual senses, they could not identify which one was Li Ming's true body.

The void was being annihilated. An incomparably powerful aura enveloped heaven and earth, bringing an indescribable oppression, as though the end of the world had arrived.

Many were shaken to the core, their hearts pounding. They felt waves of pain throughout their bodies, as though they were about to explode and turn to ash. An inexplicable aura of danger enshrouded them.

The Flower Character Secret, or the Transformation Character Secret, was Li Ming's supreme sacred art. It contained peerless killing intent and was one of his forbidden secret arts.

With a thunderous boom, heaven and earth rioted and the void shattered as his hands continued tracing through the air.

Li Ming lightly flicked a finger. A fiercely blazing light flew from his fingertip, transforming into an incomparably dazzling strange flower that tore through the universe with endless pressure.

The Transformation Character Secret could transform all things in the world. Everything could be destroyed; nothing could withstand it.

With a puff, this Great Dao Flower shattered an Extreme Dao Weapon and bloomed in the void.

The crystalline, dazzling flower instantly filled the air with rosy light, charging toward that Dark Supreme as blood burst in every direction.

After he was struck by the Great Dao Flower, his entire body seemed to be corroded by a mysterious power, and it began to melt away.

It was as though he were transforming into the Dao, turning into ash amid the dazzling light.

With a violent explosion, even his final hope of revival vanished.

Great Dao Flowers and Immortal Ascension Light filled the sky, blooming continuously with incomparably powerful auras. The entire Nine Heavens and Ten Lands shook.

With a ringing boom, his Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold spear suffered a heavy blow, instantly exploded, and was swallowed whole by the Heavenly Demonic Saber.

The Demon Venerable's might was ferocious and renowned. Everyone was horrified.

These Dark Supremes had once ruled the world, sweeping through a Lifetime without rivals. Yet when they faced Li Ming together, the enormous gap in their strength was immediately revealed.

That dough-like monster charged forward with the Heaven's Mandate Orange Gold treasure wheel and exchanged a direct blow with Li Ming, erupting with divine light that shot into the heavens.

Li Ming did not move at all, while that dough-like monster exploded with a bang.

This was the only Dark Supreme who had dared to clash with Li Ming one-on-one. He was dead beyond all doubt.

"This Heaven's Mandate Orange Gold is quite good. It is mine now."

Rumble, rumble.

Golden light flashed, and dazzling golden divine radiance filled the sky. A glittering golden staff struck toward Li Ming's head.

That Gold-Eating Insect had made its move.

Li Ming remained unmoving as his Heavenly Demonic Saber flew out.

Dreamlike and illusionary, like a streak of immortal light, it stabbed directly at the Gold-Eating Insect.

With a thunderous boom, his staff shattered at once. Both his arms broke, and he staggered backward.

Li Ming silently appeared before him and gave a light slap. With a puff, the powerful Gold-Eating Insect was slapped into a mass of bloody pulp, his primordial spirit collapsing.

The Transformation Character Secret transformed all techniques in the world. Simple and brutal—despite possessing endless forbidden secret arts, the Gold-Eating Insect was killed with a single slap.

The two Supremes covered in black and white fur were now utterly panicked. They fled separately into chaos.

They clearly knew that they could no longer contend against Li Ming.

"Trying to flee? Can you escape?"

Li Ming took a single step, and all the Dao of heaven and earth wailed. In an instant, he caught up to the Supreme covered in white fur.

He stomped down. With a puff, he crushed the White-Furred Supreme's head.

This White-Furred Supreme, who had not even left behind a name, had his body explode and died an unnatural death.

Someone used the Heaven-Piercing Dharma Eye to observe the battle and was deeply shaken.

What kind of power was this?

The Demon Venerable's divine might covered the world. He killed Dark Supremes as easily as slaughtering chickens and dogs. Standing at the peak of the Extreme Dao, he was lonely and invincible, having truly reached the ultimate summit.

Li Ming turned back. Only the Dark Supreme covered in black fur remained.

He had never imagined that the battle would end like this.

He now regretted everything, but it was already too late. Even if he wanted to flee, he could not. Li Ming had firmly locked onto him.

He could only make a last stand.

But what could that change? The Demon Venerable was simply too powerful. The gap in their strength was far too great.

"Even if I die, I will drag you down with me!" the final Dark Supreme said viciously.

That Dark Supreme voluntarily transformed into the Dao.

He invoked the Great Dao laws within the weapon and the laws within his own body, madly burning away his origin.

He was doomed to die, and Li Ming would not get off lightly either.

That Dark Supreme seemed to transform into a black divine sword, radiating dazzling brilliance. Endless showers of light drifted down as it became an incomparably resplendent heavenly sword, setting countless surrounding stars and galaxies ablaze.

All the Dark Supremes observing the battle felt their hearts tighten, their entire bodies trembling.

That light of dissolving into the Dao was too terrifying. No one wished to be tainted by it.

Under such circumstances, if the other Dark Supremes encountered this situation, they could only turn and flee as fast as possible.

That Dark Supreme had firmly locked onto Li Ming. He intended to perish together with him.

Yet Li Ming showed not the slightest panic. Instead, his expression remained utterly calm.

He spread his massive hand, and endless black runes surged forth. His inky-black palm was like a black hole, swallowing both the weapon and the Dark Supreme in an instant.

He even drew that entire stretch of the universe into the black hole in his palm.

Everything lay within his grasp.

It was utterly terrifying.

With a soft puff, endless stars went dark.

The Dark Supreme's body and weapon were completely reduced to ashes, utterly annihilated.

There were few in this world who could so easily kill a Dark Supreme bent on mutual destruction, yet Li Ming had done so effortlessly.

There was no longer any suspense in what followed.

Li Ming gathered the Dark Supremes' blood essence, along with fragments of their bones, flesh, and weapons.

He brutally tortured their weapon spirits, forcing them to reveal their secret arts and scriptures.

Then he had the Heavenly Demonic Saber devour all that miscellaneous loot.

After obtaining the flesh and blood of so many Supremes, as well as fragments of divine gold, the Heavenly Demonic Saber's weapon spirit was truly somewhat stuffed.

Once it finished digesting everything, it would surely become even more mysterious and powerful.

In the future, it would surely become an Immortal Weapon before Li Ming did.

Lingbao Tianzun's Formation Diagram had already fled when Li Ming broke out of the formation diagram.

The weapon spirit of Lingbao Tianzun's Formation Diagram was no fool. It knew it could not contend against Li Ming, so naturally it would not stubbornly resist.

It lived only for its master!

Li Ming deduced for a while but failed to find the formation diagram's whereabouts. Still, he did not give up. He even planned to seek out Lingbao Tianzun.

Lingbao Tianzun had to give him an explanation for this matter.

As it happened, Lingbao Tianzun also possessed Nine Secrets: Zu, which Li Ming was very interested in.

If Lingbao Tianzun was willing to hand over Nine Secrets: Zu, Li Ming was willing to pretend this matter had never happened.

If Lingbao Tianzun refused to know his place, Li Ming would not mind cutting him down.

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