Covering the Heavens: Starting from the First Great Emperor

Chapter 146 Cutting Fate

“Severing cause and effect, severing time and space, severing destiny, the Tao has no end, all paths lead to the same destination, the myriad become one, one becomes myriad, unite as one, transform into one.”

Xu Yuanming raised his hand, and with a palm strike, all the Great Dao was annihilated.

"This is... a matter of fate, how is this possible?!"

The strange Dao Ancestor was greatly alarmed.

The other three Dao Ancestors also did not understand why this suddenly appearing cultivator had such a strong causal connection with them, a connection based on fate.

This person must be completely cut off here.

Slay the Dao and enlighten me.

To pave the way for me to take another step forward.

Why is this?

Why would a Taoist patriarch from an unknown era have any connection with them?

Xu Yuanming stopped, and those Dao Ancestors seemed to think that their escape was useless, and no matter how they tried to escape, they would still be in this person's hands.

“We have no cause and effect, no destiny. So many generations and countless eras have passed. I have no reason to fight with you. After all, I have never met my son who inherited the legacy.”

As they spoke, in the long river of time, a figure standing on a great cauldron, his blood and qi flowing like a waterfall, stopped time with a punch and bowed to the young man who was now standing on the great road.

Xu Yuanming smiled slightly at the figure of this person.

"That being said, whether in the past, present, or future, this should be our first meeting."

This figure was Ye Fan.

Upon seeing this Heavenly Emperor, who had once been invincible throughout the myriad realms, the other Dao Ancestors began to tremble from the bottom of their hearts.

Especially the Eternal Dao Ancestor, the Qilin Dao Ancestor, and those two strange Dao Ancestors.

How could they not recognize this familiar figure?
"How is this possible? How could you still be alive?"

One of the mysterious Dao Ancestors truly participated in many great battles and destroyed the Heavenly Court, for which he made a significant contribution. Today, upon seeing this Heavenly Emperor with unparalleled Emperor Fist again, he exclaimed in surprise.

The Eternal Dao Ancestor and the Qilin Dao Ancestor exchanged a glance.

They actually had no connection with this Heavenly Emperor, since they lived in seclusion, outside of this myriad realms.

However, countless years ago, among the races they had taken in this vast world, someone reported that they wanted to excavate the bloodline of this Heavenly Emperor and study the Imperial Law.

They all chose to support it.

Even in this secluded place, the Dao Ancestors present all knew the name of this Heavenly Emperor, one of the three Heavenly Emperors who re-established the Heavenly Court, named Ye.

The Emperor's Fist is unparalleled, unmatched in the world.

A majestic mountain on the path of evolution from ancient times to the present, an insurmountable peak for future generations of beings to advance to the highest realm.

"He's not dead! At least not completely dead. He might already be transforming into a supreme being!"

One of the strange Dao Ancestors simply couldn't believe it.

He actually took this near-death experience to advance even further.

In this situation, even the slightest disturbance could lead to utter ruin.

However, there was no other way. The two strange Dao Ancestors were barely able to protect themselves, so how could they possibly suppress and kill this Emperor Ye?

Ye Fan didn't say a word; he simply appeared for a moment and then vanished again.

Xu Yuanming felt the immense karmic connection between himself and the four Dao Ancestors who were engaged in a great battle, and at the same time, his karmic connection with them became even stronger.

His right hand had an extra leaf, very small, but once opened, it could cover the whole world.

A single leaf in the mortal world can obscure the sky.

This single leaf symbolizes the karmic connection between Xu Yuanming and Ye Fan.

The greatest reason for that invincible Heavenly Emperor.

Xu Yuanming raised his hand.

A hint of sword intent emerged from the grass.

It was not the supreme sword intent of Emperor Bone Brother.

Rather, it was Shi Hao's sword intent that could sever the ages with a single strike.

The river of time flows backward, and everything, past and present, is utterly vulnerable.

Even if he is the supreme Celestial Emperor, so what?
There was nothing we could do.

The intent of the sword and the intent of the fist connect.

Looking back through the ages, none can rival him.

Xu Yuanming felt the severance of fate, the elimination of both, and the transformation of existence into "one".

The Eternal Dao Ancestor sighed.

"In the endless past, this Heavenly Emperor inherited your legacy. He owes you a destiny, but this cause and effect should have been easily resolved."

"But you chose another path, mutually generating each other. And what you generated, although he owes you, somehow you do owe him that unspeakable cause and effect. In the end, you chose to eliminate us and sever our connection with you and Emperor Ye."

This is a very complicated point. Why did Emperor Ye receive Xu Yuanming's inheritance, while Xu Yuanming returned Emperor Ye's inheritance?

They complement each other, and the greatest cause and effect, the cause of all results, owes him immeasurable karmic debts.

When Xu Yuanming arrived in this era, he first eliminated the culprits who had cleansed the bloodline of the Heavenly Emperor in the past, and then he wanted to kill those who had karmic ties with the Heavenly Emperor Ye, all in order to sever his ties with him.

Xu Yuanming remained calm, and the Great Dao Sword in his hand grew increasingly sharp. Then, he unleashed a powerful strike.

The Eternal Dao Ancestor spat out a mouthful of blood. The sword fell, but instead of striking him, it struck Lian Zhuan.

He wailed, he was in agony, he had nowhere to escape, nowhere to go, nowhere to retreat, nowhere to avoid.

This sword strike landed on the causal connection between Xu Yuanming and Ye Fan. That causal connection was unprecedented, so vast that even the supreme Immortal Emperor of the Heavens could not compare to it.

Xu Yuanming laughed loudly. This cause and effect was too thick, so thick that even the most desperate living beings would feel despair. All living beings under heaven were connected by this connection. In the darkness, all living beings had a one-third connection with Ye Fan.

The other two were not the other two Heavenly Emperors that everyone thought they were, but the quasi-Immortal Emperor who turned his back on all living beings and was only one step away from becoming an Immortal Emperor.

It was not that one of the few women in history to reach this level, the one wearing the ghost mask.

Looking up, all that could be seen was chaos; one could not discern left from right, nor front from back, except for a single, unparalleled sword light that could cleave everything in two.

This person also has a third of the connection to this world, and that sword light and fist light suppress everything in the world.

The last third of the connection could not be detected; only a faint light was visible, which seemed ridiculous.

He hasn't matured yet.

Xu Yuanming glanced at the cause and effect, then casually severed it.

At this time, compared to Shi Hao and Ye Fan, Chu Feng's cultivation level was that of a child, an adult who was unreliable and lacked responsibility.

He can no longer bear this enormous karmic burden. Karma is interdependent, and Xu Yuanming can sever ties now because he is not actually that far from becoming the supreme Immortal Emperor.

Xu Yuanming's sword strikes, karma falls, all paths vanish, heaven and earth collapse, time turns, chaos is extinguished, and all things past and present become nothingness.

The Eternal Dao Ancestor died.

Sword light rises, fist light presses down, the long river of time splashes, countless great paths radiate, no one in ancient or modern times can stop it.

The Qilin Dao Ancestor died.

terrible!
At this moment, all the Dao Ancestors couldn't help but think of one word: not invincible, not terrifying, but a deep-seated fear.

The young man before them wielded the sword of the Great Dao, but he was merely slashing; where he was slashing was unknown.

They severed their own destiny and karma, but in reality, it was Qilin and Yongheng, these two Dao Ancestors, who died. The remaining two strange Dao Ancestors took out talismans, which were personally crafted by the Supreme Path's End Domain.

A great river rushes in, colliding with the long river of time.

River of Souls!

In the original timeline, Xu Yuanming perished once, and then came to this timeline. The Soul River he rebuilt is now far more powerful than the Soul River of the original era.

But it still didn't work.

The karma that Xu Yuanming's Great Dao Sword is now tainted with is not something a mere Immortal Emperor at the End of the Road can bear.

The supreme talisman was torn apart in an instant, and the strange immortal emperor who created it began to dissipate along with it.

Suddenly, within the eerie plateau, a living being sensed the cause and effect transmitted between the talismans and began to dissolve.

Without a sound or anyone knowing, this Immortal Emperor became tainted by the karma of two-thirds of all living beings and died on the spot.

There is never any possibility of revival or manifestation, because resolving this cause and effect does not require killing Xu Yuanming, Shi Hao, and Ye Fan.

Instead, they wanted to kill another old monster.

Xu Yuanming was powerless. The cause and effect of the Great Dao Sword had been exhausted to the utmost, and had been completely severed as much as possible.

Even he himself did not know that when the third sword fell, a supreme being at the end of the road also perished.

"Hey!"

Xu Yuanming felt an unprecedented sense of comfort.

Xu Yuanming took a deep look at these Dao Ancestors, said nothing, and finally disappeared.

The Daoist masters looked at each other, speechless for a long time.

"He is about to attain enlightenment!"

He attained the Dao and became an Immortal Emperor, reaching the pinnacle of his path; he was truly transcendent and detached from worldly affairs.

"But it's still not quite there. That last bit of connection, how many years has it kept us trapped?"

"It's different! Look at what happened to the supreme Dao Ancestor just now! Even if some of us have attempted Nirvana, or even entered the Ancestral Court of Heaven and ranked among the top, so what? Who can kill a Dao Ancestor with a single sword strike?!"

"It's like a dream. How many people in this world can achieve this? Even the most powerful beings who have undergone transformation and can break through at any time cannot do this! That was a Dao Ancestor! He would still come back to life without being suppressed for many years. Now, someone has killed a Dao Ancestor as easily as killing a Dao Ancestor without even having attained the highest Dao..."

They felt fear, a deep-seated terror.

However, there was still a sliver of hope in my heart.

That means this person will fail!

……

……

Beyond the ages, Emperor Bone is still battling with the High Priest.

The battle between the two involved too many secrets. In their eyes, Xu Yuanming's killing of five Dao Ancestors was nothing more than a minor matter.

However, they found Xu Yuanming's attack rather ordinary; two peak Immortal Emperors had actually fallen for the trick of a Dao Ancestor.

That ability to transform all things in the world into "one" seems to be the result of burning and sacrificing all the Great Dao.

It was an ordinary, unremarkable strike, yet it possessed extraordinary killing power, was irresistible, and was terrifying.

Upon seeing this, Emperor Bone Brother understood.

There are realms above the Immortal Emperor.

In contrast, the chief priest, who was actually present at the sacrificial site, merely muttered to himself.

He had seen Xu Yuanming's current methods before; they were the mighty power of the Ancestor. However, he couldn't find the path to them, and after many years, he was still only at this level.

He didn't know that the current ten progenitors were limited in number. If their clan wanted to break into the End of the Road Domain and have one foot in the new domain, the only way was for one of their progenitors to die.

Furthermore, by using the myriad realms as a medium, and harvesting countless cultivation systems to create the Era of Extinction, the progenitor can be re-established.

Emperor Bone Brother naturally didn't know this secret.

He watched Xu Yuanming's movements with a rapt attention, as if he had found a brand new path.

However, he was still a bit short of that level.

"Hey!"

He sighed, thinking that if he hadn't been infected by the black blood, he might have already reached the pinnacle of his path and achieved sublimation. Now that he saw this direction, given a few eras, he might be able to break through to the Immortal Emperor realm.

A Dao Fruit appeared on Emperor Bone Brother's body.

God!

The chief priest, his body hunched over, said with a bitter smile, "It's no use. So much time has passed, and even I haven't reached this level myself. As for you, I don't think you're qualified to become the 'Ancestor'."

Emperor Bone stroked the new Great Luo Immortal Sword, connecting with the past era. The Heavenly Emperor of the old era had captured his former self and transformed it into this sword.

He sacrificed all dimensions of time and space to create this version of himself.

"'Ancestor?' Tsk tsk, I think you guys are really bad at naming things."

The chief priest's heart skipped a beat, and he raised an eyebrow, saying, "It seems you are gradually getting closer to becoming the 'Ancestor,' but it's useless. There are only a limited number of 'Ancestors' in the world. Apart from that woman with pollen filling the sky, there is also... 'that one.' Apart from my clan, no one else can achieve this!"

Emperor Bone Brother slashed with his sword.

"I'm too lazy to listen to your rambling nonsense. It's all just empty talk. As the Heavenly Emperor, why would I stop here?"

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In the mortal realm, Jie Wuliang muttered to himself, "What level of evolver is this?"

"The ultimate being of the Great Universe is already invincible throughout history, yet now, standing before us, they are utterly insignificant, as if we were looking up at them..."

Chu Feng was still shaken and was ready to run away with the stone jar at any moment.

Do you think he will win?

The exchange just now was something that had never been recorded in history books or even in the stories of people.

At most, one can simply watch the rise and fall of eras, the collapse of mountains and the destruction of an entire state with a flick of the finger, and the severing of the starry sky with a single finger.

The strongest can destroy a microcosm and burn a great world of stars and seas.

Before this battle is over, every aftershock can cause the mortal realm to dissipate.

Beings of this level are too ancient to be recorded in ancient history. Every time they make a move, the myriad realms cannot withstand their pressure.

If we were to give this level of understanding a name, what would be a good one?

Xu Yuanming's battle this time involved a series of attacks, and the scale of the operation was truly enormous.

Countless eons have passed since the last time the ancient monsters awoke.

Each and every one of them is an ancient being at the level of a Celestial King.

After the Three Emperors were defeated, they all went into hiding and dared not show themselves.

The strange race was too powerful, so powerful that even the Heavenly Court collapsed, and the Celestial King was powerless to reverse the situation.

The sword light that Xu Yuanming is unleashing now contains the power of the fist of Ye, one of the Three Heavenly Emperors and the former ruler of the Heavenly Court.

Especially those strange races, when that fist light appeared, all the beings at the Dao Ancestor level were awakened.

(End of this chapter)