Covering the sky: Starting from the Golden Crow of the Holy Cliff

Chapter 137 Breaking Time to Ask About Immortality

After a conversation, the past emperor and the future spirit sat down to discuss the Dao, and surprisingly got along very well.

Although Yan Ming is a junior, he is a pioneer in this respect because he has lived a second life!
In the later stages of "Covering the Sky," Ye Fan, who had already become the Heavenly Emperor and swept through forbidden zones, couldn't help but explore Guan Cheng, wanting to find out the secret of Guan Cheng's second life.

On the path of life and death, there is no greater difference between emperors, supreme beings, and mortals!

Some people, despite their weak cultivation, accidentally break through the Heavenly Gate and begin a new chapter in their lives.

Throughout history, Di Que, Old Golden Crow, Jiang Taixu, Little Divine Silkworm, Guan Cheng... these are all beings below the Emperor Realm, yet their understanding of life and death far surpasses that of the Nine-Tailed Great Emperor and the Ancient Emperor.

Why?

The focus should be on life and death, not on divine power!
Yan Ming grasped three insights, and everyone's state of mind when they lived their second life was different.

Jiang Taixu was so obsessed that he shed tears at the last moment, missing his relatives, wife and children. Even though he was in a life-or-death situation, he yearned for life and managed to create a bit of immortality essence in the face of adversity.

In the ancient times, the Golden Crow of the Sun was in a state of despair. Witnessing the death of someone important to him, he was filled with despair. Unexpectedly, he achieved great success in the Dao of the Underworld, and was reborn from the ashes. He embarked on the path of defying the heavens and asked the heavens, wanting to control the rise and fall of time!
Yan Ming's own experience was largely accidental.

He deliberately chose to face a desperate situation, combining the Undying Heavenly Art, the Feathering Scripture, the Burning Technique, and the Heaven-Sweeping Immortal Burning Art... in an attempt to sacrifice himself, form a demonic embryo, and transform from it.

Then, he made a mistake, watching himself fall step by step into the underworld, his mind at peace, simply thinking of all the sages of the past and present.

"The nine heavens and ten earths are a prison of the end times. If one uses one's own mind to deduce, with the line of life as the warp and the line of death as the weft, the world is almost like an illusion, and all living beings are in a great dream." Yan Ming said, his tone somewhat dazed, as if he had returned to that moment of impending death, and he suddenly laughed out of nowhere.

Having survived a life-or-death ordeal, he actually cultivated a kind of 'momentum,' observing the world's affairs from afar, and aspiring to be among the most unique figures in history.

His mind was clear, and he expressed his understanding of the realm of life and death, even leaving a trace of it.

That was the final leap of the Imperial Path Fire Spirit—madness, ruthlessness, and despair…

"Rising from ruin, reviving from annihilation. Even if the oceans turn to dust and the lightning withers, I have only one thought: to slay immortals, refine the heavens, suppress corpses, and vanquish demons..."

Who in this world can escape death? No matter how beautiful or talented you are, in the end you will only be a skeleton; no matter how great you are, and how you rule over a vast country, in the end you will only turn into a handful of dust...

As an ancient sage once said: "Life is also death, and death is also life. If you wish to live, you must understand death; only those who face death can truly live..."

Eighty thousand years ago, the ancient man listened attentively, comparing the words of the future spirit with his own Dao, and sighed inwardly. Di Que was extremely famous, and he had heard of him, but other beings who lived a second life were probably all in the lower reaches of the river of time.

"In your previous life, several people actually started a second life. That's truly amazing." Wu Shi sighed softly. Including the person in front of him, there were a total of five people in that life.

Perhaps, in that lifetime, someone really did become an immortal and create an eternal myth!
Where is his path?

Yan Ming remained noncommittal, showing no joy at his leap from the 'nothingness' realm to the 'fellow Daoist' realm. In fact, even when facing the Heavenly Emperor of Time, he remained calm, just like the Black Ridge of Sacred Cliff, unmoved by any winds from east, west, north, or south, he would rather be himself!

"What does the senior seek?" he asked earnestly.

"What I desire... is to break through time and attain immortality!" The emperor's hair was disheveled, and his eyes suddenly burst forth with two astonishing beams of light. This was his unwavering obsession with becoming an immortal.

At this moment, he seemed to become time itself, with a galaxy of stars shining behind him, dense as raindrops.

Yan Ming's heart trembled, his pupils glowed with gold, and he clearly saw a phantom of the River of Time rushing towards him. On that tributary, all the beings of the Time Dao from ancient times to the present appeared, turning around and casting their gazes. Ancient and weathered, all those insights and states of mind rushed over, causing people to sink into one crazy old age after another.

These are the insights of the ancients that the Great Emperor Wushi found over tens of thousands of years, including those of sages, dozens of quasi-emperors, and even three time supreme beings!
"Breaking through time... chasing the Dao and pursuing immortality, questioning the heavens, can it be eternal... Heh heh heh, this cruel world always brews one calamity after another." He lowered his head, laughing as if he had lost his mind, overwhelmed by too many crazy emotions.

"Chichichi!"

Around them, orbs of light appeared one after another, some of them celestial spirits, some of the elixir of immortality, and some of the ancient immortals. They all vibrated together and then flew in a certain direction, trying to take Yan Ming away.

Gradually, his figure began to become transparent. The dream butterfly could no longer hold on, and the meeting between the ancients and the moderns was about to end.

Throughout, the old man opposite him simply watched, nodding silently. His aura receded, and he appeared increasingly withered and dilapidated, his face covered in wrinkles.

"Fellow Daoist, on your journey... you may be able to seek the Dao and ascend to immortality. When we meet again in the future, I will prepare a banquet and leave empty seats for you, and we will hold another gathering at the Jade Pool..." he called out from behind, cupping his hands to the person who was coming from afar, free and unrestrained, firmly believing that he would not perish.

There will be a day when we meet again!
In the final moments, Yan Ming felt a surge of relief, clearly seeing the old man smiling. At the same time, a black bone appeared in his hand, covered with intricate and mysterious patterns.

This is a parting gift, and it is not merely the insight of the wise men of the Way of Time!

Furthermore, the remains of the Holy Spirit at the time of his fall fulfilled all his purpose.

"Watch out... Ying..."

He shouted, trying to tell the location of the Undying True Self, but before he could speak, he was swept away by the turbulent currents of time, forcibly expelling him from this realm of the past.

……

In the real world, Yan Ming staggered backward, even losing his Dao crown. His dazed expression surprised everyone, who almost thought that Emperor Sha had attacked, and they all became serious.

“Fellow Daoist, this is…” Even Gai Jiuyou was puzzled and sent his greeting.

He did not sense any change. Now that even the Great Perfection Holy Body had been burned to ashes, the aura of the Underworld had completely disappeared.

Why would this supreme powerhouse of the younger generation act like this? Even his divine crown was blown off, as if he had just gone through a great battle, which is puzzling.

"I……"

Yan Ming was momentarily stunned and was about to find an explanation when his pupils suddenly contracted as he saw a shallow footprint in the tenth-level Immortal Pool. It was very ordinary, yet it remained fresh and new, untouched by the passage of eighty thousand years.

Before him, the graceful imperial corpse had vanished, as it ascended to immortality along with the Great Accomplished Holy Body, its ashes mixed together with the remains.

In the distance, the people of Yaochi were crying out incessantly. Countless people were worshipping in their subconscious, and the sounds of sacrifice, bells and drums were endless, accompanied by the barking of dogs.

"Waaaaah... Your Majesty, the old master and mistress are both gone... Little Black is guilty!" Black Emperor cried heartbreakingly, tears streaming down its face. It wanted to rush in and collect the ashes, but Ye Fan and Duan De held it back tightly, preventing it from doing anything crazy.

Who knows what the consequences would be if I behaved improperly in front of these great sages?

In fact, many people had a vague idea of ​​its identity and didn't care.

But only now is it truly confirmed that this dog once followed the Great Emperor Wushi, and that the most powerful human emperor was the son of the Western Queen Mother and the Great Accomplished Holy Body.

He merged two supreme bloodlines into one, defied the heavens to prove his Dao, and became the first ancient emperor's son in history to reach the end!
Yan Ming was not surprised by the disappearance of the Western Queen Mother, because she and the Great Accomplished Holy Body had always been connected by one hand and had never been separated. But when he actually saw it, he couldn't help but sigh and fall silent.

In his hand, a translucent, crystalline black bone had appeared out of nowhere, radiating a divine light that captivated all who beheld it. "This is... the Supreme Bone!"

"It's the bone of an ancient divine phoenix?!"

Two Great Sages spoke in succession, their expressions solemn. They sensed the Dao and Dharma engraved on the black bone and were very surprised, having no idea where Yan Ming had obtained them.

Was it left behind by the Western Emperor?
This fellow's luck is truly astonishing.

Gai Jiuyou's eyes darted around, and after carefully observing, she was somewhat taken aback, giving Yan Ming a deep look.

One bone, two methods!

This fire spirit's luck is astonishing. Logically speaking, at this stage, the other party's cultivation speed should have slowed down, but unexpectedly, the fortuitous encounters continue unabated...

After the ancient Yaochi ritual concluded, Yan Ming, citing the need to prevent any unforeseen changes from the embers, took away the ashes of the two supreme beings, which were carried by the Immortal Tears Green Gold Pagoda to be sent to the deepest part of the Sacred Cliff.

When they arrived at the Sacred Cliff, the Investiture of the Gods was revived, and the gods within manifested. They let out a sigh, and a phantom appeared, its back to all living beings, shaking the six directions and eight wastelands. As soon as it appeared, it caused the Great Dao to surge, and all kinds of laws roared in the heavens and the earth.

"It is the manifestation of the Great Emperor Wushi, the supreme Heavenly Emperor of our clan!"

"Worship the Great Emperor Wushi!"

Countless people cried out, and after leaving the Jade Pool, people began to sing the praises of the Great Emperor Wushi's great achievements. He single-handedly confronted the seven forbidden zones, protecting the peace of the mortal world for a lifetime. He entered the Divine Ruins and trod the Immortal Mausoleum, and the beings in the forbidden zones dared not speak, letting him pass by...

Even the ancient tribes were no exception, paying homage to the sacred cliff and performing grand rituals.

The strongest of the Great Sages bowed, and the others had no choice but to do so, even if they didn't want to; it was the inevitable trend.

No one could have imagined that the so-called coexistence and harmonious coexistence of all races would actually achieve unification outside the Sacred Cliff, with the human race and the ancient race jointly worshipping the ancient emperor.

“Only in this way can we begin a great era. The future world belongs to the young. We old folks should remain in seclusion and hand over this world to them,” Gai Jiuyou said, looking at the three remaining ancient clan saints.

The Golden King glanced at the cheap prince consort, then thought of the royal bone, his expression cold, and said, "Good, good, good, all races coexisting, the future will be very peaceful!"

Together they stepped onto the sacred cliff, were invited into the divine palace, watched as the ashes of the two supreme beings were laid to rest, and witnessed the erection of the divine tablets, the appearance of statues, the shrouding of various lights, and the enjoyment of incense offerings from the world.

Unexpectedly, the ancient king was surprised to see a legendary figure and immediately shouted.

"God's son!"

Instantly, all eyes turned to the figure in the temple, a man more beautiful than any woman, enveloped in five-colored divine light, exuding an aura of supreme holiness and transcendence.

"Greetings, Your Highness!" Many ancient clans stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

The latter simply helped up the leaders, a warm smile on his face.

"Greetings, everyone. We are living in a great era, and in the future, we may see the path to immortality and create the greatest miracle in history!" He spoke calmly, with the Nine Phoenix King following behind him. However, the king's expression was numb, and there was only a few sparks in his eyes. His aura, however, was extremely powerful, with primordial chains appearing.

Having been refined into a fire slave and fused with the Pure Lotus Demon Flame, he unexpectedly turned misfortune into fortune, showing signs of becoming a Great Sage.

All of this is thanks to Master Yan's good fortune!
In fact, if possible, this heir to the Blood Phoenix Mountain Lord might never want such a blessing!
This contrast silenced many, even the Great Sage sighed.

Nine Phoenix King, one of the few true candidates among the ancient races to achieve the Great Saint status, has now fallen into such a state.

"It's good that the Heavenly Emperor's son is safe. Back then, the Great Sage Kunzhou made a rash judgment and was eventually wiped out. It was all caused by his inner fire." An ancient clan member said this, his face shining with reverence.

This is a young Dao Slayer, yet he is so capable. As time goes by, people's true character gradually becomes known to the world, and everyone praises him.

Killing only enemies will not incur divine or human wrath.

The world fears indiscriminate slaughter the most. The appearance of a strong person like Yan Ming, who clearly distinguishes between gratitude and resentment, lives a secluded life, focuses solely on cultivation, and is indifferent to power, is a good thing for everyone.

As the sacrificial ceremony concluded, the Enlightenment Tea Party of the Solar Realm commenced, and all the powerful figures of this world appeared.

For three whole days and three nights, the grand event continued without pause...

After everyone had completely dispersed, Yan Ming sat calmly in the Heavenly Palace, merging with the Dark Phoenix Bone, when the Crow Daoist came to report.

"Ancient Ancestor, the altar for the journey to Earth has been completed."

"Choose Jiang Yifei to lead the bone puppets, take on 300,000 fire crow soldiers, and settle the world." Yan Ming said unhurriedly, adding that Ye Fan and his classmates should also accompany the army.

Completely opening up Earth is not easy; there are magical arrays blocking the way from the outside, and one must pass through Hangu Pass to enter.

Yan Ming's idea was to let Ye Fan go first, and if that didn't work, he would bring down several Great Saint-level puppets to see if the combined power of seven or eight Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons could break through the seal of the ancient Qi Refiner.

"As ordered!"

The Crow Taoist accepted the decree and slowly withdrew.

Once all the ripples subsided, the Dark Phoenix Bone truly entered the body.

This is a left wing bone. Originally, it had no scriptures or divine arts, but the Supreme Being of Time reversed time and forcibly reshaped the forbidden divine arts of the Great Completion Stone Phoenix, engraving them on it and transforming it into a foundational divine object.

Clearly, this was prepared by the Great Emperor Wushi for his successor.

In this life, he is truly destined to be with the Phoenix Clan. He suppressed the Stone Phoenix, entered Purple Mountain, imprisoned the Undying God, obtained the True Phoenix Elixir of Immortality, and in the future, he will face the Undying True Self and confront Mars.

Perhaps, this is the Immortal King Wuzhong collecting a debt!
The Dark Phoenix of the Ancient Era of Immortal Slayers owes a debt to the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths for betraying the Emperor!
Past causes, future effects!
At this moment, Yan Ming was facing the killing intent and frenzied onslaught. It was the ultimate darkness and slaughter, completely different from the other three Holy Spirit Bones. It was extremely difficult to fuse them together, and there was a lot of pressure.

"Could it really be related to that traitor?" he muttered, feeling that the Stone Phoenix from the past was not quite right.

Several days later, the mournful cry of the Dark Ancient Phoenix echoed from the palace. It was suppressed by the combined forces of the Golden Crow of the Sun, the Silver Dragon of Thunder, and the God of Flame, and was completely incorporated into the Golden Crow Wing by Yan Ming.

This is his fourth soul bone, which fell to the left wing!

At the same time, he also mastered the Black Phoenix Ancestral Technique, a forbidden divine power bestowed by the heavens, containing the true meaning of Nirvana, but focusing on killing. Once activated, it would cause the user to fall into a semi-mad state, extremely bloodthirsty, with great flaws.

(End of this chapter)