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

Chapter 172 The Imperial Source Left Behind by the Martian Holy Body

Tears welled in the blond youth's eyes as he entered the dark void, where he could see and hear nothing, and left the battlefield.

The first battle after leaving the pass was not met with cheers or a great victory!
It is a bleak starry sky, a mournful fairy robe, and an ancestral land about to fall!

The gray-haired head was almost cracked, its eyes dim, yet it remained one with the imperial weapon, standing there in defense...

Tears blurred Dao Yi's vision, and in a daze, the image of his protector reappeared before his eyes.

Just now, he was confident of victory and had everything under control. He threatened to use the aftermath of killing the Blood Phoenix to cleanse the ancestral star of its remaining poison and pave a path to the future for all eternal beings.

And now?

What is left?
it's all over!
"Ah..." Dao Yi fell from the void and landed on the Chaotic Tribulation Land. His hair was disheveled, as if his heart had been slashed by the sharp claws of a large raptor. He was trembling, his soul light fluctuating violently, flickering uncertainly. He wanted to roar, to shout loudly between heaven and earth.

How can this be?

That crushing defeat, those few dark giants, were almost completely imprinted on his Sendai consciousness, never to be forgotten for all eternity!

Looking at the Great Sage's blood stained on the replica of the Imperial Weapon, Dao Yi smiled bitterly, his whole body dazed, his heart aching terribly.

"My future will not stop at being a quasi-emperor! I will become stronger and return to the ancestral star!" He roared, then roared loudly, shaking the heavens and earth, like a wounded young dragon crying alone in the darkness.

"Hehe..." Just then, a laugh that chilled Dao Yi to the bone rang out. His gaze went blank, and he turned around abruptly, only to see a creature he least wanted to see.

As the chains of order dissipated, a tall, slender figure emerged from the depths of chaos. His long, dark golden hair danced in the air, his imposing presence awe-inspiring. He sat atop a meteorite, scrutinizing the prodigy facing his doom. He didn't make a move; he was circulating his inner energy, yet the terrifying aura emanating from him was suffocating.

"call!"

The winds of starlight blew, and the surroundings were as silent as death. Dao Yi felt cold all over, but a burning heat rose from the depths of his limbs and bones. In extreme fear and extreme anger, he actually calmed down. There was no trembling, no panic, only a tranquility like that of the eternal night.

“You want the divine scriptures,” he said with certainty, finding a glimmer of hope in his despair.

Death is a simple thing, but living is different; it is filled with too much bitterness.

How could I, burdened with such a deep-seated hatred, possibly fall here?

The end of the road for Dao Yi has arrived!
He must start struggling immediately!
Yan Ming opened and closed his eyes, staring at the edge of chaos, sensing a peculiar fluctuation from another realm that caught his attention.

"It seems somewhat similar to the revived Great Accomplished Holy Body," he murmured to himself, having a different opinion.

These top geniuses are all formidable; they always manage to rise from the ashes, break through adversity, and create their own glorious achievements.

Turning his gaze away, Yan Ming looked at Dao Yi, his golden eyes seemingly possessing a terrifying Dao principle that could see through everything, and said calmly, "Let's go."

He used the common language of all the heavens and myriad realms, yet every word seemed to be able to mobilize the power of the Great Dao, possessing a terrifying penetrating force, stirring up boundless dark mist within Dao Yi's sea of ​​consciousness, causing him to subconsciously choose to follow.

This is a terrible sign!

The other party didn't seem to care about the scriptures as much as he had imagined... Dao Yi felt a chill run through his body and mind, and the hope that had just begun to rise sank into the water once again.

He still possessed a replica of an Emperor-level weapon, but it was clearly insufficient against the Great Sage; he was no match for him at all...

With Dao Yi captured, the Eternal War has come to an end in the power struggle at the highest levels. The ancient star field where the ambush was set up has lost its Dao radiance, withered like a rain of flowers, leaving only sorrow and indescribable desolation.

The Daoist protector of the Dao lineage had his head pierced by a nail. In his final moments, his dim eyes gazed towards the direction of chaos, filled with inexplicable sorrow.

"Your Highness..." His lips moved, but in reality, it was his jawbone that was moving, covered by a layer of withered skin, the flesh long since burned away.

Ahead, Princess Divine Silkworm, wielding the Chaos Purple-Gold Spear, remained silent, devoid of joy, anger, sorrow, or emotion. Dozens of bright red blood flowers, large and small, covered her graceful body, and even her shoulder bone had been cleaved open, leaving a gruesome wound—the price of facing the Great Sage.

In contrast, after a bloody battle, carrying the murderous aura of killing the Great Sage, the aura of this princess of the Divine Silkworm Clan began to transform. Primordial chains burst forth, and the light of her primordial spirit rapidly sublimated, evolving towards the realm of the Great Sage.

"puff!"

A beam of light flashed, and the head of the guardian of the Eternal Starfield exploded completely. His primordial spirit burst forth like fireworks, and a great sage fell, returning to dust in sorrow.

The fallen leaves rustled, the withered branches covered the fields, the dead star was desolate, and the mountains and rivers mourned for him.

This place was once a palace of an ancient emperor. The Daoist Ancestor cultivated here and left behind an ancient imperial array. Unexpectedly, it eventually became the burial ground for the downfall of this lineage.

"Woo..."

The blood mist that filled the starry sky shot straight up into the clouds, and occasionally a few pieces of white bone could be seen, stained with blood, telling of endless sorrow. At this moment, they all disappeared into a phantom black gourd.

Below, Yan Ming's true form stood atop the starry river, watching all of this.

Since the changes at the Immortal Transformation Pool, the Immortal Slaying Gourd has been buried in the sacrificial soil of the Immortal Ruins to repair the cracks, and it also absorbs the blood essence from the outside world through projection.

"clank……"

Dao Yan's immortal robe struggled, seemingly filled with sorrow. Its entire body shone with brilliant gold like diamonds, radiating countless rays of light, but unfortunately, it could not escape and was suppressed by Hengyu Furnace.

The Nine Phoenix King began cleaning up the battlefield, refining the Death Star into a fist-sized crystal, as heavy as the sky and capable of crushing the universe, which was then stored away.

Meanwhile, deep within the dark universe, on a golden ancient chariot, Dao Yi stood by, a bloodline connection surging into his heart, causing his body to tremble violently.

A loved one has passed away!
Dao Yi's expression darkened. That person was not only a protector of the Dao, but also a member of his clan, and his only relative today, a million years later!
"A momentary death is not the end; at the end of the cycle of reincarnation, the sacrificial cliff is the final destination of everything."

A calm voice rang out, causing Dao to subconsciously look up at the terrifying figure directly in front of him, but all that remained was eternal silence.

True power does not believe in reincarnation!
If reincarnation truly exists, my father will definitely emerge, for even the ancient emperors have all passed away.

"The so-called 'return of the soul' is just self-deception by the living," Dao Yi muttered to himself, maintaining a cold exterior, but in reality, his soul was already in tears.

If reincarnation truly exists, and his father, mother, and clan elders can all return, he is willing to give everything for it!
Immortality is hopeless, and reincarnation is eternal!
This is a sorrowful color unique to the nine heavens and ten earths!

The vast sky and the boundless expanse of heaven receded beneath the golden ancient chariot.

"Found it." Yan Ming's brow glowed, and he stopped, looking at a star system.

As a Great Sage of the Sendai Secret Realm, his divine sense was comparable to that of the older generation of Great Sages of the Ninth Heaven. With a single thought, he could slay a thousand demons and ten thousand monsters. Sensing the anomaly deep in the starry sky, he opened his Golden Eyes of Tribulation to observe.

A golden road stretched out, carrying Yan Ming across the Milky Way to a desolate place.

There was a vast expanse of luminous mist, covering about a kilometer in length, thick and golden-white like celestial clouds, so heavy that it caused the void of the universe to crack. "This is... the legendary Emperor's Source!" Even Dao Yi was captivated, his heart filled with awe. This was an unparalleled creation, defying the heavens!

The corpses of ancient emperors are extremely rare!

Not to mention what was left behind after death. Almost no one in history has ever obtained such a thing. When an emperor's corpse transforms into the Dao and becomes dust of calamity, anything left behind must be extraordinary.

The origin of the Emperor should not exist in this world, yet a part of it remains in the desolate edge of the universe, which is truly awe-inspiring and terrifying.

"It was actually obtained by a giant of the Heavenly Court. Is it really destiny?" Dao Yi murmured to himself, feeling a mix of emotions.

If he wins this battle decisively, perhaps fate will smile upon him...

The next moment, the figure whom Dao Yi regarded as one of the three giants of darkness stepped out.

Retracting his Dao body, Yan Ming looked at the holy golden clouds before him and already knew which ancient supreme being had left them behind.

"A primordial spirit attaining enlightenment in an unconventional way, comparable to an emperor-level existence, can indeed be called an imperial source." He murmured, finally understanding why the Yinghuo Sacred Body was so powerful, and why, when it manifested in Shrouding the Heavens, the ancient beings of the Primordial Ancient Mine could call it the 'Human Emperor'.

The Great Accomplished Sacred Body is stronger than the physical body; its physique is comparable to that of an Emperor's Body or an Emperor's Weapon, which is the source of the Sacred Body lineage's strength.

This has been the case for almost all sacred bodies throughout history!
They are made and destroyed by the physical body. Once the Great Saint Body enters its twilight years and its blood and energy wither, their proud bodies decay and they will fall from their pedestal, no longer possessing peak combat power.

The same principle applies to the Great Accomplishment Hegemon Body and the Great Perfection Holy Spirit.

The physical body reaches perfection, comparable to the Great Emperor. From ancient times to the present, almost 90% of those who achieve enlightenment through unconventional means follow this path. They transform into dragons at the Ninth Heaven, and their bodies give rise to corresponding imperial laws. This is the fundamental reason why they step into the supreme sequence.

Among the many unconventional figures who have achieved enlightenment, a very few stand out even more.

Not only have they reached a dead end in their physical cultivation, but they have also perfected their spiritual cultivation. In other words, even without special physiques, they can defy the heavens and fight against emperor-level beings with just their mortal bodies.

Such an existence should not exist in theory, because once the primordial spirit attains enlightenment, the Heavenly Heart Imprint is readily available, and once combined, it will almost instantly trigger the Emperor's Tribulation!
"Human affairs are always full of coincidences."

Yan Ming sighed softly, thinking of Chuan Ying, Ning Fei, and Gai Jiuyou.

These three are clearly different from the Holy Body, the Overlord Body, and the Holy Spirit. They achieved enlightenment in a different way in the Nine Heavens, following the path of the Primordial Spirit.

The first two had flaws in their Dao hearts, which could be considered self-imposed constraints, preventing them from becoming emperors.

Gai Jiuyou, on the other hand, was only missing the final leap. With the option of sealing himself off to avoid the Qingdi lineage, he chose to break through against the tide, which was a man-made tragedy.

Throughout history, there have been very few instances of the primordial spirit achieving enlightenment through alternative means. Compared to the multiple levels of supreme beings in the three lineages of Holy Body, Overlord Body, and Holy Spirit, they are extremely rare.

But this kind of being possesses absolutely formidable combat power!
For example, Chuan Ying, the first divine general of the ancient Heavenly Court in the novel "Covering the Sky", rebuked the Great Completion Hegemon Body after his birth, and said that if anyone dared to make a move, he would annihilate the entire Canglan clan. Such words, which were almost humiliating, were simply trampling on the dignity of the Hegemon Body!

Even Ye Fan in his later years was never so arrogant as to insult the ancient emperors and sovereigns.

Why?

The difference between strong and weak is clear!
The Yuan Shen Dao's combat power lies in the Dao Fruit. As long as the Dao Fruit is indestructible, even if a person is in his old age, he will still have unparalleled combat power and can fight to the death, even if the heavens and earth collapse!
This is something that even the Supreme Being of the Physical Body cannot match!

At least between Chuanying and Canglan, the former has arrogance and more confidence to suppress the latter.

Just as a Jinshi (successful candidate in the highest imperial examination) looks down on his fellow Jinshi!

The lady despised someone like her...

If both the physical body path and the primordial spirit path are perfected, and the two paths are united, the resulting imperial laws can even gain the approval of the Heavenly Dao.

The progenitors of the Sacred Body and the Hegemon Body in ancient history are like this.

Ye Fan before the battle on Flying Immortal Star in Shrouding the Heavens was the same; having exhausted all paths and broken all defenses, he was fearless of the ancient venerables who had reached the pinnacle of sublimation.

The Sacred Body of Mars was the first unconventional cultivator to demonstrate this Dao fruit.

"I didn't expect it to be him." Princess Divine Silkworm's eyebrows twitched slightly as she sensed a similar pulse. She had communicated with that sacred body before and was very familiar with its aura.

"The source of the Emperor is hard to find even after all time. I never expected there to be such a large cluster here," Yan Ming said, leading the group forward. Now, with his Secret Realm Dharma rank as Heavenly King and his Immortal Platform achievement as Great Sage, coupled with the Emperor Artifact, he was already among the most powerful beings under the starry sky, so naturally he had nothing to fear.

He broke through the fog and stepped inside, then looked toward a corner.

“There are people there!” Princess Divine Silkworm said.

Yan Ming nodded, rolled up his sleeves, and began to collect the Emperor Source, not to refine it, but to return it to its rightful owner.

That one harbored goodwill towards the Immortal Ruins...

Finally, the golden-white mist dissipated, revealing an altar, from which the life force previously sensed originated.

That ancient building is very mysterious, suspended in the universe, isolated from all other energy, and even the nearly broken-through Divine Silkworm Princess cannot explore it.

Yan Ming used the dragon-patterned black gold cauldron to clear a path, quickly breaking through the altar that was covered in runes.

"It was him!" Princess Divine Silkworm exclaimed in surprise...

On the Eternal Main Star, a great battle has begun. The Yellow Spring Demon Saint and others have gone on a killing spree, invincible and unstoppable.

With the death of the Daoist protector of the Dao lineage, the Eternal Kingdom completely lost its protector, immediately attracting encirclement and suppression from all directions and fierce battles across the eight wastelands.

Luanfeng, Miluo, and others were destined to perish. Without the Great Sage's protection, the strongest beings had already fallen, and this battle would inevitably lead them to the most terrifying abyss.

Beyond the realm, amidst the desolate winds and bloodshed, the great war between the Heavenly Court and Eternity finally came to an end, leaving behind many skeletons and the deaths of more than ten saints of the Eternal lineage.

This is a bloody disaster!
Countless lives were sacrificed!
"Leave, escape the Eternal Starfield!" Some powerful families made the worst-case scenario plan, evacuating some of their forces and sending them to distant places.

"Ah wu..."

When the devastating news arrived from the distant stars, cries of grief echoed through eternity. Many great clans were shaken, unable to believe this fact. Even the Great Sage of the divine lineage had perished, and the Dao Yan Immortal Robe had been confiscated.

Some smaller clans, each with only one ancestral saint, were wiped out and subsequently declined, their bodies covered by countless fire crow armies, with blood surging up like a tide.

This was a devastating rainstorm that threw the Eternal Star into chaos, and many people could not accept the outcome!
The powerful beings of the Eternal Kingdom roared in anger. This battle had come to an end, with only a few powerful beings such as Luanfeng and Miluo returning. News of the defeat swept across all races.

(End of this chapter)