Covering the sky: Traveling through the holy body, suppressing the dark turmoil

Chapter 139 Return
The fortune teller's face was pale, and his aura was turbulent.

Countless rays of divine light burst forth, and the array plate in his palm transformed into a rain of light that surged into the river of time.

In an instant, a strange secret of heaven was extracted from it.

The attack landed on the Divine Calculator, throwing his entire being into chaos.

Furthermore, the secrets of the heavens on the battlefield were equally chaotic.

Li Xuan's expression changed slightly, and he quickly understood the other party's plan.

Since he couldn't change the situation, he decided to make the battlefield his home ground.

Even though Li Xuan was in the First Realm Tomb, he was unable to intervene in the short term when a Quasi-Immortal Emperor made a full-scale attack.

Although the array plate dissipated, its Dao traces remained here, forcibly altering the situation.

The powerful fist strike landed, but the damage it caused was much less than before.

The diviner, following the guidance of the Great Dao, injured his opponent.

Both sides unleashed their supernatural powers, and the light of the Great Dao shone in every space.

The ultimate clash erupted here, and the aftershocks of the battle alone were enough to cause the fall of countless Celestial Kings.

"kill!"

Yi Jieling moved with him, and an avatar appeared from the void.

A portion of his own Dao Fruit separated and landed in this incarnation, fighting alongside him.

The butcher's expression changed slightly upon seeing this.

An avatar can be created without any cost, yet its power remains terrifying.

If it were a one-on-one fight, there would be absolutely no quasi-Immortal Emperor who could be his opponent.

The butcher activated his secret technique, his figure flashing between heaven and earth, searching for the diviner's weakness, and unleashing a world-shaking attack.

The battle between the emperors continued. Even though the Divine Calculator forcibly changed the battlefield, he was now surrounded and killed by three emperors, so his advantage seemed insignificant at this moment.

The Emperor's blood scattered, and the Divine Calculator lost an arm.

It fell into the void and transformed into a vast world.

This is a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, a supreme being on the path of evolution.

The severed arm did not exist for long; the rules of the Realm Mausoleum surged and refined it, absorbing it.

"You brat, how dare you!" the fortune teller roared.

In an attempt to recall that arm, they discovered that the quasi-immortal emperor's aura within it had completely dissipated.

The two figures that were attacking them did not stop, determined to kill each other on this spot.

At this moment, thunder roared between heaven and earth, but what caused all of this was the life force of one person.

The crimson aura of blood descended with the towering thunder, and even though the fortune teller tried his best to dodge, a considerable amount of lightning still struck him.

This thunderbolt struck directly at the primordial spirit, its immense impact destroying any life force within.

Soon, Li Xuan appeared.

The "All" secret technique is activated, increasing one's combat power tenfold.

Heaven and earth moved with him, and everything from the past to the future pressed down on the diviner.

At this moment, the fortune teller felt a deep desire.

Thunder from heaven and earth blocked the way, severing all paths to life—past, present, and future.

The Divine Calculator activated the Dao Mark of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, deducing this glimmer of hope.

But he clearly underestimated the other side's determination, leaving them no way out at all.

boom!
At that moment, heaven and earth seemed to stand still.

Even a quasi-Immortal Emperor was powerless to resist at this moment.

Under the overwhelming force of the energy, the Divine Calculator abandoned his physical body and his primordial spirit escaped.

After everything dissipated, only a weak primordial spirit remained.

"You forced me to this, and I will make you all perish together with me!" the fortune teller roared.

It burns itself to destroy everything here.

However, a peerless arrow of light shot from afar.

The fortune teller was unable to dodge in time and took the world-destroying blow head-on.

The Quasi-Immortal Emperor was difficult to destroy, and the Divine Calculator did not perish as a result, but he lost the power to resist.

Several chains of order flew out from the First Realm Tomb, piercing through the Divine Calculator's primordial spirit.

“Next, we should deal with the Holy Emperor,” Li Xuan said.

In the blink of an eye, the two figures appeared beside Emperor Hong.

Having suffered immense damage from the previous sword strike, the Holy Emperor was not at his peak.

The two were originally evenly matched, but now the Holy Emperor is in decline.

From the very first clash, the Holy Emperor was at a disadvantage.

Under the powerful impact, the Holy Emperor's situation became even more difficult.

"It's time to end this," Li Xuan said coldly.

The three Quasi-Immortal Emperors joined forces to annihilate him; no matter how powerful the Holy Emperor was, he had no advantage whatsoever.

Countless strands of celestial light condensed and transformed into a giant axe.

"Heading!"

Li Xuan swung his giant axe, breaking through the Holy Emperor's defenses.

The axe flashed, cleaving through the chaos, and struck the neck of the Holy Emperor's immense magical power.

With a soft thud, the Holy Emperor's head was severed, spraying a large amount of blood.

Li Xuan severely wounded him and beheaded him.

Emperor Hong reached out and used a secret technique to forcibly capture the opponent's primordial spirit.

The Holy Emperor burned his divine soul, yet he was still unable to escape the siege of the Flood Emperor.

"You are courting death!" the Holy Emperor said coldly.

“In the future reckoning of darkness, you will be the first creatures to fall.”

Li Xuan didn't say much and dealt with the Holy Emperor in the same way.

In the blink of an eye, the three figures reappeared in the darkness.

"Now it's time to sort everything out."

Not many years later, all the remaining traces of Quasi-Immortal Emperors disappeared here.

"It's a pity that most of the Dark Immortal Kings have disappeared," said Emperor Hong.

Every immortal being is incredibly precious, and the strange side would never allow so many immortal kings to perish.

The remaining Celestial Kings were powerless against the three and all perished.

Ten thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the situation on the border sea dike has completely calmed down.

Emperor Hong remains at the forefront of the darkness; they have only just begun to resolve the threat posed by the power of darkness.

The heavens will not let this go; they will surely strike again.

At that time, beings at the level of Immortal Emperors will appear to complete the sacrifice for this great era.

On this side of the dam, Li Xuan gazed into the distance.

With the release of his divine sense, everything here was revealed before his eyes.

In that deepest part, there is a wondrous place that only a quasi-immortal emperor can set foot in.

Emperor Bone Brother died there, and the first battle after the Desolate Heaven Emperor became an Immortal Emperor broke out there.

“Fellow Daoist…” the butcher said.

"Has any emperor set foot on that ultimate ancient land in all these years?" Li Xuan asked.

“Since the Desolate Emperor, no one has ever set foot there,” the butcher said.

He was the first emperor to appear in the Immortal Realm in recent years. Emperor Light Immortal King could not even explore the Dark Continent, let alone the Ultimate Ancient Land.

Li Xuan then approached Emperor Hong, who must have visited that realm before coming to this one.

“There’s something wrong with that place. When a Quasi-Immortal Emperor stands there, he will feel a supreme gaze scrutinizing all living beings,” said Emperor Hong.

He tried to find the source of this feeling more than once, but to no avail.

Even the strange ones set up their headquarters in the Dark Lands on the Dark Continent, not there.

It's clear they were also somewhat wary of that gaze.

"This unseen gaze cannot interfere with the mortal world, and it is even uncertain whether this gaze exists at all," said Emperor Hong.

Looking at the dark place, Li Xuan's face showed a thoughtful expression.

With his cultivation level as a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, exploring that place shouldn't present any major problems.

……

Tens of thousands of years have passed, and the Hong Emperor has returned from the past.

His aura was several times stronger than when they first met, and his transcendent aura was even more intense. "Now, as long as I accumulate enough, I can successfully step into that realm," Hongdi said confidently.

Li Xuan knew that the accumulation the other party mentioned would require at least several eras.

This is assuming everything goes smoothly; if any unexpected events occur, that's another story.

The two discussed the Dao for ten thousand years, with the past emperors and the present emperors corroborating each other's insights, and both gained much.

Ten thousand years have passed, and the person Li Xuan was waiting for has still not appeared.

He has ventured into the river of time more than once, searching for traces of the Emperor.

"Could something unexpected have happened?" Li Xuan asked himself.

But no matter how he tried, he found nothing.

The transformation process of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor is destined to be extremely difficult, and his intervention will affect the other party's future achievements.

In the end, he gave up his plan to make a move.

For now, waiting is the best option.

In the ancient times of immortality, a bewildered figure watched a Celestial King create his magic.

He didn't know why he was doing it, but his body's instincts made him do it.

Similar situations have occurred at different times throughout history.

In the chaotic ancient times, a peculiar phantom stood in the void.

At his place, supreme experts were clashing.

The four figures battling in the sky were the most powerful, and this world could not contain their power.

"Is this the history of the shattering of the Immortal Realm?" the Emperor murmured.

In fact, his accumulation of experience to break through to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level was already sufficient, but some unseen will still guided his true spirit to appear during this period.

The celestial secrets are in disarray, and the Emperor is unable to see any more.

He witnessed firsthand the shattering of the Immortal Realm.

As time passed, this wisp of his true spirit could no longer be maintained.

"This cannot continue; it's time to return!" the Emperor said.

With a thought, his true spirit appeared in the river of time.

The power of time impacted his true spirit, making this wisp of his true spirit even more precarious.

However, the Emperor did nothing and let it all happen.

After an unknown amount of time, the Emperor's true spirit finally arrived at the mechanism.

"Throw yourself to death and survive!"

He then used a secret technique to summon back his avatars scattered throughout the river of time.

An upheaval occurred in the upper reaches of the river of time, and countless streams of light rushed downstream.

"I remember now, I am the Emperor!"

When countless streams of light flowed into the Emperor's true spirit, they transformed into the purest power.

The roar of countless paths, under the Emperor's tempering, became the foundation for his own transformation.

boom!
At this moment, the river of time erupts.

The dazzling imperial light pierced through eternity, chilling all living beings to the bone.

The Emperor's figure stood above the river of time, no longer bound by constraints.

The Quasi-Immortal Emperor transcends the river of time, looking down upon all ages.

In the blink of an eye, the Emperor Chong reappeared at the border sea dike.

Even as a quasi-Immortal Emperor, he was shocked by the changes here.

The Dark Land vanished completely, even the traces of the Immortal Emperor's Dao there were erased.

At this moment, Li Xuan appeared beside the Emperor.

"Fellow Daoist, what has happened during this time?" the Emperor asked.

Li Xuan told the other party everything that had happened there.

Even an emperor who had seen countless grand events was still shaken upon hearing all this.

With the addition of Emperor Zun, a quasi-Immortal Emperor, the imperial foundation on the Boundary Sea side has become even more profound.

Hundreds of thousands of years have passed, and the situation here has not changed much.

On this day, Li Xuan approached the Emperor and others.

"I wish to return to the Immortal Realm, so I will trouble you to stay here, fellow Daoist."

With four emperors in charge, even if the Dark Land sends out a quasi-immortal emperor, there won't be any problems.

If the other side sends out a Celestial Emperor, then his presence here won't be of much use.

“Alright, then we shall take charge here,” the Emperor said.

After confirming everything, Li Xuan approached Lingbao Tianzun and the others.

"Everyone, I wish to return to the Immortal Realm. Is there anyone willing to return with me?" Li Xuan asked.

Unfortunately, no one was willing to go with him; they wanted to stay here and seek their own opportunities.

Without lingering, Li Xuan embarked on his journey back to the Immortal Realm.

The Quasi-Immortal Emperor released his aura, stepped across the Boundary Sea, and headed towards the other side.

Along the way, countless creatures were amazed by the other's strength and dared not approach.

"He looks just like the emperor who stepped into this place a million years ago!"

"No, the two of them are one person!"

A Celestial King recognized Li Xuan, but due to the latter's strength, he observed from a distance.

Compared to his last visit to the Boundary Sea, his strength has increased dramatically.

Thousands of years passed, and he crossed the boundary sea and descended upon the Immortal Realm.

In the blink of an eye, they traversed all realms and descended upon the Immortal Realm.

Millions of years have passed, and the Immortal Realm remains unchanged.

With one step, he traversed all realms and returned to the Three Realms.

The World Tree underwent a dramatic transformation, with nearly a hundred green leaves sprouting from its withered trunk.

Most of the leaves fell into the heavens and the earth, supporting countless great stars.

Several important star regions, including the Burial Emperor Star, were the first to be lifted up by the leaves, and the spiritual energy within them became hundreds of times more concentrated.

The rules of heaven and earth are extremely perfect, almost on par with the immortal realm.

If there were other immortal substances here, all living beings in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths would give up on ascension.

In the blink of an eye, Li Xuan descended upon the Immortal Realm.

Over a long period of time, only one Celestial King was born, namely the Moral Celestial Venerable who had left the mortal world.

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Morality, on stepping into the realm of Immortal Kings," Li Xuan said.

The Celestial Venerable of Morality handed him a special rune.

"Before he left, Fellow Daoist Divine Emperor asked me to give this to you."

Through divine perception, he understood the information contained within.

In the blink of an eye, the two figures appeared in the chaos.

Following the traces left by the God Emperor, they found the ancient coffin of the deity who buried him.

"Your path of evolution is so much easier, fellow Daoist!" Li Xuan remarked.

Then, intricate runes fell onto the coffin.

The Dao traces of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor landed within it, protecting it from destruction.

If the other party encounters irreversible danger in the future, he can take immediate action.

At that moment, a golden road of light flew towards him from the universe.

After seeing who it was, the Celestial Venerable of Morality lowered his guard.

“You’ve changed so much over the years,” Li Xuan said.

His divine sense swept over the Myriad Spirits Flag behind Chen Ying, and his expression changed slightly.

The blood of the Celestial King stained half of the flag red, and the murderous aura within it clashed with the power of faith.

"How many Immortal Kings have you killed over the years?" Li Xuan asked.

Upon hearing this, Chen Ying immediately dropped the Wanling Flag and prepared to run away.

Despite her best efforts, she could never get within a zhang of Li Xuan.

"Do you think you still have a chance to leave when you're in the hands of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor?"

Seeing this, Chen Ying gave up resisting.

Afterwards, the three returned to the Immortal Realm.

(End of this chapter)