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

Chapter 164 The Ancient Nine-Tailed Fox, Daji
"Buzz!"

In the ancient Ziwei star field, the illusory space trembled, the heart fire fluctuated, and a strong smell of blood wafted through the air.

Fire Raven returned prematurely from the army that was on the expedition to Eternity, and the ending was tragic!
The army of 200,000 suffered 80% casualties, and seven of the ten Dao-Slaying Fire Crows were killed in battle. It was a great disaster!
This clan is ruthless; even if they die in battle, they only grieve at the time, but quickly become cold-blooded afterward.

The Fire Domain is vast and boundless, with an incomparably expansive territory. Since the establishment of the Heavenly Court, a powerful figure has set up a grand array on the Sun Star in the Ziwei Star Region, using the eternally inextinguishable true fire of the sun to nurture the divine crow, at a speed far faster than before.

News of the unfavorable situation at the front quickly spread to the Heavenly Court's high command via the Star Domain Teleportation Array, causing a major upheaval.

The ancient saint led the army, and the renowned Holy Body served as the general, with the boundless Fire God Raven and powerful warriors from various races behind them.

The fact that such a large army had been defeated shocked many Ziwei beings, who immediately erupted in uproar, unable to accept the result, feeling both resentful and unwilling to accept it.

Deep within the Heavenly Palace, a sage opened his eyes, his aura icy cold, dark chains of order swirling around him, and the Taiyin True Fire threatening to destroy everything.

"They can't even take down a single auxiliary star. What on earth is that woman at White Tiger Ridge doing?" said a majestic, jade-like ancient dragon, its words filled with doubt and incomprehension.

As a fellow ancient sage of Ziwei, he knew Lady White Bone well and was aware of her methods. Yet, he had been utterly defeated and nearly lost his life.

“That star field is very special. It has reached the pinnacle of prosperity in the utilization of external resources. Even an auxiliary planet has two Saint King-level combatants.” A true giant spoke, sitting cross-legged in the Yellow Springs Palace. This was the ancient ancestor of the ancient Heavenly Serpent Clan, a true Heavenly King-level powerhouse.

The Yellow Spring Demon Saint sighed softly. One of his ancestral descendants had died in the Immortal Feather. When the news reached back, the Heavenly Serpent Clan was filled with weeping. The subsequent news was even more infuriating.

That demon lord-level celestial serpent left behind a soul lamp before setting off on its expedition.

Someone used powerful magic to see the location of the lamp master through the soul lamp and learned some information, which enraged many people in the tribe.

"Very well, such humiliation of my Heavenly Serpent Clan, even the corpses of my clan's prodigies have been auctioned off and treated as ferocious beasts. If I don't wipe them out this time, I will commit suicide here!"

An elder of the Celestial Serpent Clan suppressed his anger. Since the return of the Demon Ancestor and the continuation of the peak sainthood for another five hundred years, their clan had risen to become a peak clan of the Purple Star, and could be said to be at its zenith. However, on the other hand, there were very few truly powerful Celestial Serpents, and their ancestor had disappeared for thousands of years.

After several years of development, he was the only one in the clan who barely crossed the Heavenly Gate of the Dao Severing Realm. Under such circumstances, some people in the clan rapidly transformed and stood at the Demon Lord Realm, only one step away from entering the third level of the Immortal Platform Realm. It is conceivable how much importance they received.

This trip to Eternity was intended to gain experience and pave the way for their path to immortality. They never expected such a turn of events; not only were they killed in battle, but their corpses were also dishonored. This enraged them, and they all surged towards the Yellow Springs Demon Palace…

This news also reached Earth, causing a number of important figures to frown, and Jiang Taixu, who had just been crowned king, could no longer sit still.

Even if the enemy was too strong, the fact that over 100,000 fire crows died in battle means someone has to take responsibility.

But most importantly, Ye Fan's fate is now unknown!

“Eternity, Immortal Feathers…” The white-robed man’s eyes opened and closed, and the moment he stood up, he disappeared from Qingcheng Mountain, not even caring about the inheritance of Zhang Daoling, the ancient Taoist master.

On the ancient star Yinghuo, after breaking the Demon-Sealing Stele, Yan Ming, who was in the Yin-Yang Prison, looked up and sensed the aura of his old friend. His gaze flickered slightly, but he quickly became immersed in the process of refining the demon blood.

Born in this era, what he lacks most is time!

No one in the world understands the meaning of "time waits for no one" better than him!
To Yan Ming, the demons suppressed by the Buddha were nothing more than vessels; rather than subduing them, he would rather kill them and use them as nourishment for the Burning Technique and the Undying Heavenly Art to strengthen his own divine sense.

The first to suffer was the dragon sparrow from the original timeline, which was very powerful and ranked at the peak of the Great Saint Realm!
However, encountering Yan Ming could only lead to tragedy. He was killed by the Heaven-Burning Immortal Technique and was no match for him. His life essence was completely drained and absorbed by the Dream Lamp, turning into lamp oil that illuminated the ten directions.

Yan Ming activated the Burning Technique, once again opening a door to potential within his body, and smoothly broke through to the next realm.

Saint King Seventh Heaven!

"These demons should be able to help me cultivate to the Great Sage realm." Yan Ming pondered, his aura becoming increasingly profound and terrifying, exuding an imposing and wrathful aura that, when unleashed at full power, would be enough to make even a Heavenly King kneel in submission.

The saying "All beings below the Great Sage are but ants" is absolutely true!
This realm is the pinnacle of a star field, overlooking the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, and all things; it is the end of the path to sainthood!

While even a Saint King can be defeated, this situation is extremely rare for a Great Saint!
Even in the original timeline, Ye Fan, at the Heavenly King level, would need to wield a spiritual treasure killing sword to hunt down the Great Sage, indicating an insurmountable gap between them.

Without a sound, Yan Ming appeared in a barren star field and began to undergo the Seven Heavens Tribulation.

"boom!"

Endless lightning bolts fell, turning the world into a vast expanse of white. Various lightning tribulations unfolded, with earth, fire, wind, and water tribulations descending upon the world, along with countless chaotic heavenly lightning bolts.

At the very top, an ancient celestial palace appeared, with humanoid lightning bolts appearing and intertwining, slashing wildly across the sky.

For Yan Ming, who had proven himself to be a Great Sage in a single secret realm, these were not even tests. Lightning engulfed the sky, and he simply opened his mouth and inhaled all the lightning.

He absorbed every last bit of the terrifying lightning that others found utterly terrifying.

Especially the celestial palace formed by lightning, and those humanoid bolts of lightning, which would have put the Saint King in a tough battle, were swallowed up at this moment.

"My Dao fruit has been recognized by Heaven and Earth, but it lacks divine power."

With a single gulp of lightning tribulation, Yan Ming appeared out of thin air on the ancient star Yinghuo, his speed beyond comprehension. The endless lightning in his mouth transformed into a pill, which slid into his stomach, making his entire body shine and entwine with flame patterns before dimming and becoming ordinary again.

Thunder Pill Technique, a divine art created by the Daoist Master in the mythical era, is a technique with extremely high aspirations. It devours the primordial energy of heaven and earth to aid in one's own transformation. It is similar to the Devouring Heaven Demon Art, but the former is infinitely more peaceful.

The ancient sage of the Cai family in the Big Dipper is extraordinary. He has lived for eight thousand years and possesses not only the Nine Secrets, but also some of the inheritance of the Moral Celestial Venerable.

Unfortunately, even Cai Yong did not obtain the digital secret.

Yan Ming paid a price to obtain the remnants of the Heavenly Venerable's Dao lineage from him. From then on, he would refine a Thunder Tribulation Pill every time he underwent tribulation.

The second level of the Yin-Yang Cage is occupied by a nine-tailed fox, a demon god from ancient times who once commanded the wind and rain and caused chaos in ancient China.

In the original timeline, this celestial fox could not withstand the passage of time and passed away hundreds of years before Ye Fan arrived.

Yan Ming arrived 600 years earlier, and the Heavenly Fox was still alive!
The Taoist priest tore open the seal, and a nine-colored divine light shot up from the ancient well, its fox tail obscuring the sky, before swooping down with an alluring law rapidly spreading. However, before Yan Ming, it was all an illusion!
The so-called Enchanting Path and the Law of Desire are completely useless against him.

He used his immortal magic to condense the Golden Crow Burning the Sky into a large seal, and slammed it down. With a loud bang, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox coughed up blood, its whole body covered in blood, three of its nine tails were broken off, and it showed a look of horror.

"Why would my benefactor go to such lengths..."

A soft, sweet voice rang out. This woman was a true vixen, charming and alluring. Even though she was seriously injured, her weak and powerless demeanor was still captivating and irresistible.

Her skin was fair and her hair cascaded down her swan-like neck. Her captivating face was slightly raised, her large eyes misty as she looked in the direction of the Taoist priest.

Yan Ming's eyes were cold. Through his Golden Eyes of Tribulation, he saw the past of this Heavenly Fox, which had once stirred up fierce battles among several Great Saints and even had Quasi-Emperors intervene on its behalf.

It can be said that if we were to discuss who was most famous for their charm and beauty in ancient China, the fox spirit of Qingqiu would definitely be among the top three, belonging to the category of mythical figures.

"Unexpectedly, Duan De and his group failed to find Diao Chan and Yu Ji, but I found Daji here." He muttered to himself, finding the cause and effect somewhat amusing.

This fox spirit is a true living fossil; she once refined an ancient medicine king, and her bone age is over eight thousand years old.

“You are quite extraordinary. Even I, a person from later generations, have heard about your past. It’s just a pity about Zi Shou Shi.”

Yan Ming's hair was disheveled, a chaotic purple bell hovered above his head, and innate primordial fire swirled around him. He said calmly, "To be able to kill a quasi-emperor and wipe out his clan... to reach that level, yet unable to see through even the beauty of women. How laughable and pathetic..."

At this point, he couldn't help but shake his head, sighing at the ancient legend, but soon he thought of Ning Fei, this 'divine person'.

It can only be said that turtles will continue to fight and will never become extinct!

The era described by Yan Ming was a great age in ancient China when many kings rose up. In addition to the emperors like Huangdi, Shennong, Shakyamuni, Laozi, and Chiyou, who were said to be spiritual beings, there were several other quasi-emperors.

Zi Shou was one of them, but his ending was tragic. He was dragged down by a fox spirit, his Dao heart began to be disordered, and he eventually died.

In recent years, many ancient artifacts have been unearthed in Shenlu, including a broken quasi-emperor bow, which came from that quasi-emperor of the Yin clan.

"Zi Shou..." After thousands of years, upon hearing that name again, the nine-tailed fox trembled, tears streaming down her face. She was no longer the alluring beauty who captivated all beings, but a weak and helpless little woman. Thinking of the man who had cherished her in the past, her heart ached, and she grieved for the past.

During that period, everyone she encountered treated her like a plaything, but he alone never abandoned her and protected her until the eve of his death.

Even when she encountered the Buddha and was enveloped by the golden alms bowl, a peerless and sharp arrow shot out, attempting to change the course of fate and shatter the bowl.

Even on his deathbed, he couldn't let go of himself, his obsession clinging to a deadly arrow. But when he encountered Shakyamuni, a giant at the quasi-Emperor level, his past obsessions became useless and were completely dissolved.

Seeing the fox woman's appearance, Yan Ming was speechless for a moment. She could only be considered a tool, used by someone with ulterior motives to deal with the Zi Shou clan. She was slightly different from the tea girl like the Undying Empress, who said one thing and did another.

The Yin Prison was pitch black and chilling. Each level of the Nine Stars of Demon Sealing was set up with two sides, Yin and Yang. Previously, the Dragon Sparrow was in Yang and the Heavenly Fox was in Yin. Now, Yan Ming stood in the Yin land. As his gaze shifted, a grand cicada spirit descended, desolate and vast.

"If I had a choice, I would rather never leave Qingqiu Mountain and never step into the mortal world's troubles." Daji murmured to herself, her expression momentarily dazed, tears streaming down her face.

“I stumbled into a mysterious lineage, and someone came looking for me. I still remember that person, the supreme being of the Ji clan. I know that even if I reveal it, the entire Qingqiu Mountain wouldn't be enough for him to wipe out.”

Images flashed through Yan Ming's mind: a beautiful, naive fox spirit and a mysterious old man.
That woman must be a fox spirit who has recently emerged from the mountains. She is very young and innocent, with fair skin and jade-like bones, almost like a descendant of a celestial fox. She was chosen to infiltrate the Yin clan as a spy.

"I know a great secret involving an ancient emperor. The person who used me to scheme against Zi Shou is still alive, but I don't believe he can become a quasi-emperor. You swear to help me kill him." Daji prostrated herself on the ground, her body becoming increasingly blurry, with large amounts of blood flowing out, and her breath beginning to weaken.

Yan Ming did not continue to attack; the woman had given up on healing and had already resolved to die.

"That ancient emperor?"

"Empress Nuwa, I once received her token." (Chapter 998 of Shrouding the Heavens, involving the Nuwa Dao Stone, which made a fleeting appearance during Ye Fan's Dao Tribulation.)
"The person you're talking about, is he a descendant of the Yellow Emperor?"

Yan Ming inquired and received an affirmative answer.

The Yin clan, whose name was given by the Black Bird of Heaven, was destroyed by the Zhou clan of the Ji surname, descendants of the Yellow Emperor!

"In that battle, they paid a heavy price, killing Zi Shou and causing the once-powerful Xuan Niao clan to decline."

The fox woman's complexion grew increasingly weak; her face turned pale, her expression more sorrowful, and tears streamed down her face as she revealed a terrible truth that made Yan Ming's eyes flicker—he hadn't expected such a hidden story.

The Battle of Muye in ancient times led to the decline of the Shang Dynasty in ancient China, from which it never recovered and never rose again.

However, few people know that in the distant past, it was another branch of the Ji clan that made the move, slaughtering the Yin clan's quasi-emperor in his prime, killing countless members of that clan, and allowing another branch of the Ji clan to rise and rule the Divine Continent...

The conversation between Yinghuo continued, while Ziwei had once again mobilized a massive army, with a million fire god crows marching towards the Eternal Kingdom.

At this moment, the sea of ​​fire was endless, like a black and golden ocean sweeping across the universe and surging into the Immortal Feather Star Sea. Its killing intent reached the heavens and was so fierce that it made people tremble.

"Enemy attack!"

A deafening alarm blared throughout the Immortal Feather Star Sea. Upon seeing the alien realm knocking on their gates once again, the Qi and Fan clans paled and hastily ordered their warships to take to the skies.

"Don't worry, important figures will be arriving from the Eternal Main Star soon. Even if those ascetic cultivators have Heavenly King-level experts behind them, they shouldn't be so presumptuous."

"A major battle is inevitable; we must strike them until they are crippled!"

The high-ranking officials of Immortal Feather Star were discussing the matter, with the pro-war faction constantly speaking out, but a tense atmosphere still permeated the surroundings, with an innate fear of the alien army.

That big flag was terrifying!

(End of this chapter)