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

Chapter 153 The Immortal Bell's Veins, the Past of the Green Bronze Cauldron
As the conversation continued, Yan Ming's eyes sparkled, and as he looked up, he pierced through the fog, gradually discerning a piece of ancient history that followed the end of the chaotic era.

"In the final stage of my gestation, the Immortal Fruit was nearing perfection, but I encountered a chaotic battle between Immortal Kings. A wisp of malevolent energy, without bias, grazed the womb across the endless sea of ​​stars... Thus, an era of accumulation vanished, and countless millennia of torment turned into nothingness."

The woman was in low spirits, her eyes dim and filled with sighs as she recalled her past life.

If it weren't for that tragedy, she might still have had other hopes, having settled on the edge of the burial ground.

The Great Dao is fifty, and the Heavenly Evolution is forty-nine. Even if one is eliminated, there will always be a glimmer of hope, instead of being like now, with the body and soul annihilated, leaving only a wisp of remnant spirit wandering downstream in the long river of time, facing eternal sorrow.

"Don't you understand?" Yan Ming said.

"What don't you understand?"

The woman looked up absently. Even though she had been intimate with the Taoist priest before her and their souls had merged, she remained indifferent, like a block of eternal ice, devoid of any warmth. She said coldly, "Are you saying that calamity was unavoidable? The cause and effect in the world are endless. The major trends cannot be changed, but the minor trends can be reversed. At that time, I was in the Burial Domain. If I had been able to enter the depths of the Burial Ground and slumber for an era, who knows if the outcome would have been unchangeable, and I would not have been humiliated by a group of human beings."

Even at this moment, she still felt resentful, because she herself was originally an immortal from the chaotic ancient times, but she suffered a calamity before she was born, and her immortal bones were severed.

The same cause and effect are completely different in front of true immortals and supreme beings.

If she could retain her immortal combat power, she would be much more at ease even in the face of a great calamity. Perhaps she would be severely injured and on the verge of death, lying dormant for countless millennia, or perhaps she would be trapped in a certain place and sealed away.

It's better than her current situation, no matter what...

“You’re right, cause and effect are not immutable, but your cause and effect is different. It involves the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, and it can’t be avoided by simply fleeing to the Burial Domain.” Yan Ming shook his head and said, “Your original future was closely related to the Primordial Ancient Realm. On the eve of the Great Realm’s destruction, in order to save themselves, they evolved immortal embryos, giving birth to all kinds of geniuses…”

"I don't believe that all the prodigies born in the Chaotic Ancient Era have returned to the karma of Heaven and Earth." The woman interrupted, disagreeing with this statement. There was even a hint of hostility on her face, ready to erupt. The gray mist that had been suppressed by the essence of the sun showed signs of rising again.

“They are all dead.” Yan Ming said coldly, “Several people with the potential to become Immortal Kings entered the Immortal Realm. When the Great Rectification came, some fought fiercely, some died in the Boundary Sea, and some threw themselves into the darkness and died. They are all dead… Only you are left.”

The surroundings were silent. He was tall and straight, with flowing black hair and a face sculpted like a sword. He was fair-skinned and almost divine, and his eyes emitted wisps of ethereal light that captivated the soul.

"Only me..." The purple-haired woman fell silent, the mist around her growing increasingly hazy, unable to comprehend this ending.

"In an ancient realm ravaged by slaughter, the number of elites that can emerge is truly limited. Those who defected to the enemy are all dead... Only you remain, a celestial being, choosing to flee, unlike the others. In fact, even without the lingering killing intent of the Immortal King War, various unexpected events could still occur. Perhaps you would have strayed into the Boundary Sea and been killed by the Dark Immortal King, perhaps your Dao would have collapsed and you would have died along the way, perhaps the power of cause and effect would have devoured you—the calamity is unstoppable," Yan Ming said.

Fate is like a woven tapestry, and destiny is like a sharp knife!

Only then did the woman feel relieved, but when she saw Yan Ming asking about the myth, her face became even more pale.

"You know so much about the events of the Chaotic Ancient Era, how could you not know about the cause and effect of the Dharma-ending Age? Or did you fall from the Immortal Realm and mistakenly enter this world?"

"One of my ancestors, a woman, once established the world and attained immortality, supporting the heavens of this realm," Yan Ming told truthfully, without concealing anything.

"I see."

The woman nodded. On the eve of the Great Reckoning, the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths experienced a brief revival. Someone planted the World Tree, but the tree soon collapsed.

I never expected that the shameless villain in front of me was a descendant of that World Tree Immortal.

She suddenly looked at Yan Ming, her gaze unusually bright, and said calmly, "If I weren't desperate, do you think I would let you do this? I really had no choice... Once my soul light was ignited just now, it would leave no trace in the vast world. And once I die, I'm afraid all the past karma will be completely buried. Since I've had a moment of clarity, I can't erase the hatred I once felt. Since you want to hear my story, I don't need to hide anything from you. I'll just tell you everything... But there's one condition."

"Please speak, senior." Yan Ming nodded, now he could finally be considered to be on the right track.

“From the moment we came together, you have already borne the consequences of my actions. If you disregard this… I will use my last strength to commit a curse.” A slight smile played on her lips, a hint of mockery in the depths of her eyes.

Beauty is poison!

Yan Ming sensed the woman's threat but didn't take it seriously.

He is not a law-abiding, upright person; he is full of sinister schemes and ruthless methods!

Don't force yourself to bury her.

"You've got the wrong person to play these tricks on me." He remained calm and unfazed.

"I might not have been able to do it before, but now you've handed me your weakness on your own initiative." A faint sneer appeared on the woman's face as she said to herself, "My primordial spirit must taste pretty good, right?"

"Am I the only one who's enjoying it? The way you looked just now, you seemed to be enjoying it too," Yan Ming retorted, his face devoid of any emotion.

Ruthless in the face of adversity, that's the true nature of the Holy Spirit!
He's not the kind of fool who can be seduced by women or the allure of a gentle embrace!

Those who achieve great things, if they cannot even see through the illusions of a woman, are nothing more than slaves to their desires!
"you……"

The woman raised her eyebrows, her anger flaring up. How could she not care about losing her virginity?
She was once an immortal, possessing immortal bones and longevity blood within her body. Now, fallen to such a state, she had actually had relations with an ant at the Escape One Realm (Secret Realm Great Sage), and was even mocked.

After a few breaths, she took a deep breath, her chest heaving, and told herself to restrain herself.

Before the great hatred of an era, everything is in vain!
Furthermore, she didn't give anything in the relationship; on the contrary, the other party lost a lot of his true essence. In a universal sense, this can be considered as her draining the life force of a junior, so why be angry?
Thirdly, this spirit's ancestors were extraordinary, coming from a family of immortal kings and being a direct descendant of a World Tree immortal. In terms of status, she was different from ordinary people, and could barely communicate with her on an equal footing.

After much deliberation, the woman decided to swallow her anger.

Her aura began to change, and the previously swaying soul light suddenly became stable. Laws flowed between her eyes as she stared intently at the person in front of her and said, "Give me the answer directly. From this day forward, my enemies will be your enemies. If you are able to do so in the future, settle all past scores for me."

Her voice was ethereal and carried a sense of destiny, echoing within the Goddess's Furnace.

Yan Ming nodded and said, "Go ahead."

You have the ability, but you also need to have that ability.

If it really comes to that, he won't care about this request.

After all, he already had an inextricable karmic connection with that woman in the Forbidden Land of Desolation. Even if he added a few more ancient supreme beings to the mix, the difference wouldn't be significant. In other words, having more debts is never a bad thing!
By borrowing from the karma of heaven and earth, one can exchange a female immortal fetus with some memories for a human body. Perhaps there are other benefits besides the human body.

In conclusion, it's a good deal!
The woman was stunned, not expecting Yan Ming to agree so readily, seemingly unconcerned about making enemies of some of the most powerful people in the world.

“That makes sense, after all, he is a descendant of the Immortal King family and a person who inherited the ancient Heavenly Technique…” she muttered to herself. From then on, she had no more doubts, and her gaze changed a lot. It was no longer cold, but had a little warmth. She began to tell her past stories.

"I was originally a celestial being, not born from Kunlun. I first entered the Burial Domain outside the Primordial Remnant Realm. The aftermath of the subsequent great war brought me back to the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. After that calamity, my True Immortal Dao Fruit fell, and my condition was severely affected. But at that time, I had not completely fallen from the Longevity Realm. Until the end of the Great Reckoning, the even more terrifying End of Dharma descended, and the Blade of Heavenly Will cut down all things in the mortal world."

"After that strike, my immortal bones shattered, my past accumulated into nothingness, and I fell to the Supreme Realm. Moreover, the situation continued to deteriorate. At that time, I thought everything was over, and even my divine consciousness began to become confused, falling into a long slumber."

"When I awoke again, I found myself in the heart of Kunlun, nourished by heaven and earth, beginning to be reborn. But by then, the rules of heaven and earth had changed drastically, and I had forgotten most of my memories."

"In the blink of an eye, millions of years have passed. My spiritual embryo has reached its full potential, and I have entered the peak of humanity. I could choose to leave this world, but at that time my mind was in turmoil. I wanted to live forever. Once I left this world, even with the elixir of immortality, it would be difficult to become an immortal with only tens of thousands of years of lifespan."

If this news were to spread, it would surely shock the human world, as it involves a secret history.

Since the chaos of ancient times, too many things have happened in Kunlun. The immortal fetus even arrived here earlier than the Kunlun people and became spiritually connected after millions of years.

The woman believed that she could not become an immortal in just tens of thousands of years, so she did not choose to break the seal, but continued to accumulate and rely on this heaven-defying place of creation to sublimate her own Dao fruit.

Some immortal substances still remained in her body, which were preserved with the help of the Kunlun Immortal Land!
This was her last resort in the face of the cruel end times.

Unfortunately, as time passed, she stopped at the peak of the Supreme Realm, and her arduous cultivation in the womb of Heaven and Earth yielded no results.

Cultivation is difficult to advance even an inch; the path to immortality is as high as the abyss, impossible to climb.

At that time, a powerful being came before her, stronger than any supreme being before. Later, the immortal fetus realized that this was an ultimate supreme being forged in the Dharma-ending Age.

Even a supreme being like her needs to be born into the world and merge with the will of Heaven before she can enter that realm.

She had a conversation with the Celestial Venerable of Mythology, and they both gained something from it. In addition, the two of them worked together to deduce the myriad ages and discovered that the hope of becoming an immortal lay in the distant future.

The ancient celestial being was quite detached from this, understanding the principles of gain and loss as they were. As a being at the pinnacle of the imperial path, neither divine nor immortal sources could seal him away.

Even if there were opportunities to become an immortal downstream, it would be irrelevant to him; he would go on to walk his own path to immortality.

"At my request, he laid down a sky-covering array pattern in the place where I was conceived. In exchange, I told him the location of a celestial herb in Kunlun."

Listening to the woman's description, Yan Ming suddenly asked, "Which immortality elixir is it?"

The woman glanced at him and said, "The ancient laurel tree."

"Did you encounter Cao Yusheng, the Transcending Tribulation Celestial Venerable?"

"He called himself a highway robber."

Yan Ming shook his head, increasingly feeling that the beauty before him was cursed by fate, her destiny soaring to the heavens.

The other party clearly had the opportunity to become the first supreme being of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, but she wanted to become an immortal and was afraid of dying of old age in the mortal world, so she never came out and missed the opportunity to establish her Dao.

Cao Yusheng was the first Daoist to end the chaotic ancient era and usher in the mythological era. He established the Daoist lineage and created the first Nine Secrets. Therefore, the Heavenly Venerables after him were also called Dao Venerables.

Any one of these achievements is extraordinary, and if all of them were put together, Yan Ming would dare to immediately embark on the third step of the path of life and death if his position were reversed.

The concept of destiny is ethereal and elusive, yet it has been thoroughly explored in the novel *Covering the Sky*.

The fact that the daughter of a certain red-haired patriarch had an extraordinary life is the best proof of this!

"That broken stone in Yaochi isn't your relative, is it..." Yan Ming muttered to himself, subconsciously thinking of the Yaochi Holy Spirit in Shrouding the Heavens who had stayed in the stone embryo for more than 700,000 years. They were indeed cowards in the same vein.

The female immortal continued, "After the Tribulation Daoist, I slept for a long time, another 30,000 years. When I awoke, a celestial artifact appeared not far from me. It was an ancient bell, but unfortunately it was cracked. I drew it over, and we huddled together. Although the longevity substance in my body could not trigger the Immortal Tribulation, it could nourish the Dao weapon of that level."

"From this point on, with the Celestial Venerable Formation and a mostly intact Immortal Artifact, I am invincible. Even the Celestial Venerable of this era cannot break through..."

"A celestial bell, it's definitely a celestial bell..." Yan Ming held his breath, his heart pounding. He had finally found part of the clues to that time-related celestial artifact. He didn't interrupt and continued listening.

"Although I did not choose to leave the world, I maintained contact with the outside world. After another 100,000 years, the crack in that immortal artifact healed and became nearly perfect, but it still had some flaws. Under some kind of guidance, it flew out and, by bathing in the blood of various gods, filled the last gap and reproduced the laws of immortality."

"It once invited me to be born into this world, but I refused, for I was only focused on becoming an immortal, and the conflicts of the mortal world were none of my concern..."

"And so, spring came and autumn went, until that person appeared... He knocked down the immortal bell, killed the supreme being of Kunlun, and took over the immortal land. This was the beginning of all the calamities."

"I don't know what methods he used to gain insight into part of my foundation. He used arrays to break arrays and stepped into the core area. I wanted to fight him, but I was no match for him. Before I was even born, I was suppressed by a variety of array patterns."

"That person didn't kill me, but instead used me as the core of the formation to set up the Heavenly Origin Formation, intending to use me to nurture his cauldron!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Ming's primordial spirit trembled. In a daze, everything before his eyes began to blur, and a large rain of light fell, with the scenery changing.

"Buzz!"

A purple-haired woman stepped out in front of him. Her two phoenix eyes seemed to pulsate with the stars of the universe as they blinked. Her eyes shone with a fierce starlight. She had an unparalleled beauty that could topple kingdoms. Her skin was as smooth as jade. Her tall figure was wrapped in a feather robe woven from chaotic light. Her bare feet were as clear as gemstones. She stepped in the light of the origin of heaven and earth. Every inch of her skin flowed with the radiance of the laws of heaven and earth.

She was the epitome of beauty, yet at this moment she let out a clear whistle, her gaze carrying an aura of power as vast as mountains and rivers, causing the heavens and earth to tremble. Her slender fingertips were rapidly forming hand seals, and supreme laws spread across the sky.

The next moment, six or seven Heavenly Venerable array diagrams roared down, encircling and killing under the command of the Word Formation Master. After a fierce battle, the Origin Heaven Emperor Array sealed the Earth Mother Embryo, and the immortal spirits inside were powerless to resist, becoming prisoners.

Then, a green bronze cauldron floated above the land of immortality, the shadow of the Heavenly Emperor manifested, suppressed the female immortal fetus, and seized the primordial energy of heaven and earth to nourish the cauldron...

(End of this chapter)