Above the Great Dao

Chapter 1206 561: You're Too Slow

The Heavenly Venerate's expression fluctuated: "Where did he get the Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection from?"

He could confirm that he definitely did not pass this cultivation technique to anyone. His master also couldn't have taught Chen Shi the Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection.

Yet clearly, Chen Shi was cultivating the Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection. How did this cultivation technique fall into his hands?

A myriad of thoughts flashed through his mind instantly, and he could only reach one conclusion: Chen Shi inferred the content of the Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection from the immortal law of Despair Slope!

But isn't that too unbelievable?

Back then, in Despair Slope, there were only him and Daoist Qing Yang. At that time, he planned to recruit some young individuals to monitor the world and manipulate minds for him. Thus, he split the Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection into many parts, teaching these fragments to individuals like Feng Ruotong and Kou the Immortal.

These cultivation techniques were all fragments of the Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection, and they only allowed cultivation in certain aspects. Yet, they could be cultivated to the Heavenly Immortal Realm, barely enough for Harmonization.

Additionally, the Heavenly Venerate intentionally withheld many essential keys, without passing them on.

Even if Chen Shi truly searched through the library of Wenda Academy and found these cultivation techniques, he wouldn't possibly be able to piece together the complete Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection!

And yet, this possibility seems the most likely!

Chen Shi indeed relied on his heaven-defying intellect to deduce the complete Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection from the fragments!

"It cannot be complete."

The Heavenly Venerate thought, "The cultivation technique taught by my master is profound beyond measure. Even with hands-on teaching, I couldn't fully comprehend it. He cannot extrapolate the complete technique in such a short time, much less master the Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection!"

He knew deeply that mastering this cultivation technique was incredibly difficult.

The Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection encompassed all realms, with his master relying on it to achieve unmatched accomplishments.

Even if Chen Shi were a child prodigy, he could not possess such brilliant intelligence!

He secretly sighed with relief.

He too was at the Golden Immortal Realm, and the Outer Heaven True God was also at the Golden Immortal Realm.

Chen Shi was likely just newly Harmonized, merely at the Heavenly Immortal Realm, having barely formed a small world and touched the edge of the Immortal Realm. In this battle, Chen Shi's cultivation is insignificant and plays no role.

The one truly able to contend with him is the Outer Heaven True God.

"In this battle, I have three victories, and Chen Shi has three defeats. Chen Shi's realm is too low, forcibly commanding the Outer Heaven True God with the Heavenly Immortal Realm, inevitably resulting in a slow reaction, securing me one victory and Chen Shi one defeat."

The Heavenly Venerate's eyes gleamed, silently thinking, "Chen Shi uses the Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection against me. I have cultivated this technique for twenty thousand years, while he has cultivated it for at most a few days. Moreover, my Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection was personally taught by my master, whereas he does not know from where he gleaned its understanding. This secures me two victories and Chen Shi two defeats. Chen Shi uses the Outer Heaven True God as the Divine Embryo, offering True God as a sacrifice to envelop the West Bull New Continent, exhausting his mind and spirit. The Outer Heaven True God is like an arrow at the end of its flight, likely to perish at any moment, unable to sustain in our confrontation. This secures me three victories and Chen Shi three defeats."

He smiled slightly, rising to the sky and rushing toward Chen Shi: "Once I kill Chen Shi, I shall then slay Lady Houtu. Then I will draw in the Primordial Worm to assimilate this world!"

The Heavenly Venerate's momentum grew stronger, raising his hand from afar, wielding the power of the stars, causing Lady Houtu, Zhong Wuwang, and others to instantly sense the distant void, as the Ancient Star Sea shifted under his power, their expressions subtly changing.

Qianyang Mountain Lord gazed toward the sky and said, "Whenever in the past temples of Huaxia Gods were discovered, stars would descend from the heavens to obliterate the Huaxia Gods. It turns out it was the Heavenly Venerate's doing!"

The sky suddenly manifested stars large and small, the larger ones spanning thousands of miles, the smaller ones several dozen feet in circumference, forming a star river!

This was a divine skill from the Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection, the Small Circulation Tribulation Array.

The wonder of this divine skill lies in refining stars from the power of the Ancient Star Sea, corresponding to the All Sky Stars of the Earth Immortal Realm, forming the Small Circulation Array.

In the Earth Immortal Realm, the All Sky Stars total three hundred sixty-five constellations. Each constellation houses numerous stars, some having more than a hundred, others having as few as five or six. Each star corresponds to a Dao Image, wherein resides a Divine, formed by Dao Image.

The Small Circulation Tribulation Array is the first-tier array protecting the Heavenly Court of the Earth Immortal Realm.

However, the Small Circulation Tribulation Array in the Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection is not a true tribulation array but rather one formed through transformation of star power. Even so, its power is still significant.

This divine skill is immensely powerful, but its activation is relatively slow.

In previous encounters, the Heavenly Venerate often engaged in close combat with Wu Qi, lacking the opportunity to employ it. Now, it finally finds its use.

As he activated the Small Circulation Tribulation Array, Chen Shi suddenly crouched down on both knees, his big thighs abruptly growing thicker, sprinting toward him furiously!

The Heavenly Venerate smiled, realizing the Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection is not a close combat cultivation technique, though it has several close combat techniques. Within the Earth Immortal Realm, it's not considered exceptionally outstanding. Using the Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection as a close combat technique, Chen Shi evidently cultivated incorrectly.

"Moreover, using the Outer Heaven True God as a physical body for close combat? It's a total waste… so fast!"

His smile froze on his face immediately.

Chen Shi dashed forth, his speed as fast as thunder and lightning. The Heavenly Venerate once saw the Thunder God venturing far away, chasing countless Heavenly Horses manifested from thunder, galloping and roaring, the thunder in the sky drumming, echoing through the skies.

Chen Shi alone approached with such momentum!

Even more terrifying, the Outer Heaven True God followed closely behind!

As fast as Chen Shi's legs moved, the Outer Heaven True God's legs moved equally fast!

"He's desperate!"

The Heavenly Venerate hurriedly stimulated his divine sense, mobilizing All Heaven Star Power, with the Small Circulation Tribulation Array nearing completion!