Covering the Sky: I Prove the Great Dao Through the Gate of Immortality

Li Chenzhou's cultivation is gradually recovering, and Little Dot is not far from the true path of cultivation.

Time flowed by, like a stream passing over stones, and the three blue-scaled eagle eggs finally hatched.

"Snap!"

With a cracking sound, subtle and crisp, the eggshell first showed fine cracks, then was broken through by the vigorous life force inside.

Two young eagles emerged first, their bodies covered in pale blue down. They stood up unsteadily, and although they were still very young, they already showed the sharp posture of raptors. Their calls were clear and loud, far surpassing those of ordinary blue-scaled eagle chicks.

The truly extraordinary one was the third egg.

The moment its shell cracked, wisps of crimson light spilled out, accompanied by a low, muffled hum like thunder.

A young eagle, noticeably larger than its fins and with dark gold markings visible among its downy feathers, struggled to break free from its restraints and raised its head to let out a tender cry.

"Hey!"

This sound caused a slight disturbance in the surrounding energy, and clouds gathered in the sky above the village. Even more alarming was that several natural runes appeared and disappeared at the base of its wings.

The Willow Goddess stands quietly at the village entrance. Now she has grown several emerald green branches, her clear light flowing, her Taoist charm enduring.

With the help of Li Chenzhou's Great Healing Technique, her recovery speed increased faster and her cultivation level became more and more profound.

She could tell that Li Chenzhou had bestowed extraordinary blessings upon these three eagle eggs.

The two ordinary young eagles had clear bones and muscles, and their blood and energy far surpassed those of their kind. However, this alien species with its bloodline reverted to its ancestral form benefited the most. Its bloodline of an ancient demonic bird was awakened, and its degree of reversion to its ancestral form far exceeded expectations. In the future, it could roam the world freely.

The villagers of Shicun gathered around to watch the three extraordinary little green-scaled eagles that had been born with remarkable abilities. Everyone was very curious, and their gratitude towards Li Chenzhou deepened even further.

Every day without fail, the little one comes to feed the three little guys minced meat, especially the one with dark gold markings, who looks every bit like a "little guardian".

However, this peaceful joy brought by the new life did not last long.

On this day, as the sun was setting, the hunting party returned from the mountains. Several strong men were covered in bruises. Although they were not seriously injured, their bloodstained appearance caused the women and children in the village to gasp in surprise.

The news they brought back was even more infuriating.

"They're from Wolf Village!"

Shi Linhu's chest heaved, his eyes bloodshot. "We surrounded a jade-horned rhinoceros in the northern valley and it took a lot of effort to severely injure it. Just when we were about to succeed, those bastards from Bei Village suddenly emerged from the forest and, taking advantage of our unpreparedness, ambushed Fei Jiao and the others, snatched the rhinoceros's carcass, and ran away."

"They also said..." A young hunter with a strip of cloth wrapped around his arm added through gritted teeth, his eyes burning with anger, "that whatever is in this wilderness belongs to whoever gets it, and that we Stone Village people are too slow, so we deserve to miss out on our prey."

"This is outrageous!"

"Did those treacherous jackals of Bei Village feed the wolves all the goodwill they showed each other in the past?"

Upon hearing this, the villagers of Stone Village were instantly in uproar, filled with shock and anger.

The strong young men instinctively gripped their bone spears and stone axes, their faces tense with anger.

The women hugged the children in their arms tightly, their faces showing worry.

Even the three little blue-scaled eagles that were pecking at their food seemed to sense the sudden tension in the air. They stopped what they were doing, tilted their heads, and looked at the crowd warily with their golden eyes.

Over the years, although there have been occasional frictions between Shicun and several neighboring villages, they have generally maintained a tacit understanding of mutual assistance, especially when fighting against the dangers of the Great Wilderness.

The actions of the wolf village are not merely acts of robbing prey, but also betrayal and provocation.

Li Chenzhou remained calm and did not speak, but listened quietly.

Wolf Village, a village that had many conflicts with Stone Village in the original storyline, may have attracted greed and hostility even earlier due to the changes in Stone Village in the past two years.

"Uncle Li, those people from Bei Village are so mean!" The little boy looked up, his face flushed with anger.

"He deserves to die." Li Chenzhou nodded. "Solving this problem will fall on your shoulders."

The Wolf Village has already found a way to die!

However, he naturally disdained to take action against a mere wolf village. His previous willingness to "reason" with the Azure Scaled Eagle was more of an opportunity to teach the little one.

As for the Wolf Village, if he has to take action even for a mere mortal village like this, then the ancestral graves of the Wolf Village must be sending "wisps of smoke" straight to the heavens.

In the Upper Realm of the Sea Immortal Domain, the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, the Sinful State of the Wilderness, the Great Wilderness Wolf Village clan faced the Heavenly Emperor but narrowly lost.

"Go, take care of this for me." Li Chenzhou waved his hand dismissively, dismissing the little one with a matter-of-fact tone. "How come you have no sense of responsibility at all?"

He sighed inwardly. In this chaotic ancient era, it was really not easy to find a handy and useful "tool". This little guy in front of him was really not "self-aware".

The little boy said "Oh," and although he didn't understand what "enlightenment" specifically meant, he went because Uncle Li told him to.

The little guy turned around and ran towards the crowd at the village entrance, his little legs moving very fast.

"return."

She had only taken two steps when a gentle force lifted her by the back of her collar, and she floated back to Li Chenzhou's side.

"Uncle Li, what's wrong?" the little one asked, his face full of confusion.

Li Chenzhou crouched down to look him in the eye, his casual expression fading: "Little one, you must remember, sometimes, being soft-hearted towards the enemy is harming your own people and those you want to protect."

He patted the little one on the shoulder, said nothing more, and with a gentle lift, sent the little guy to the side of the furious Shi Linhu and the others.

The little one landed and stood firmly, but the excitement on his face was gone, replaced by a somewhat conflicted expression.

He was kind by nature and had never been exposed to bloodshed, but his innate intelligence allowed him to understand Li Chenzhou's meaning.

The thought of the battle he might face, or even the possibility of taking lives, stirred a primal resistance within him.

For the first time, a childlike bewilderment and struggle surfaced in his clear, bright eyes.

Li Chenzhou stood there, gazing at that small, straight but slightly stiff back, without saying anything more.

Some truths only need to be said once.

Some paths he must walk alone, and some choices he must make himself.

As for how the little one will act, he has no intention of interfering. The seed has been sown, and when it will sprout and how it will grow are all consequences that this future supreme being will have to face.

As dusk settled, the shadows of the villagers gathered together in Stone Village stretched long.

The little boy stood out among the crowd, appearing exceptionally small yet striking. He clenched his tiny fist, then relaxed it, finally taking a deep breath and taking a step forward.

Time flows like a long river, passing by quietly.

Li Chenzhou regained his composure and turned his gaze to the void, as if he had pierced through time and space and seen a more distant future.

"When you grow up a bit more, you'll know the whole story."

He murmured to himself, his voice carrying a complex meaning. Shi Hao was still too young, and it would be too cruel to tell him now.

......

Soon, the team returned, and the little one rushed into Li Chenzhou's arms.

Li Chenzhou could clearly feel the little body trembling slightly in his arms. He pulled the little guy closer, gently pinched his cheek, and spoke in a slow and gentle voice:

"What's wrong?"

The little one didn't look up, but buried his face even deeper into Li Chenzhou's neck, his voice muffled and tinged with confusion:

"Uncle Li, I killed Beifeng."

Bei Feng, the most outstanding hunter among the younger generation of Bei Village, is also the most arrogant and ruthless teenager in this conflict.

Li Chenzhou pondered for a moment, then, without rushing to offer comfort or judgment, asked softly:

"Do you think the people of Wolf Village are good or bad?"

"Bad guys!" the little one answered quickly. "They stole the food we hunted. When we went to demand justice, they... they even tried to hit me on the head with their ancestral weapon."

"What about that Beifeng?"

"He's bad too! He's the one who led people to beat up Uncle and the others. He even said he would leave us all there and not let us go back to the village." The little boy's voice lowered again as he recalled the scene.

"Then think about it," Li Chenzhou said calmly, "if you weren't here today, if this Bei Feng were allowed to continue growing, what would happen if Shi Village and Bei Village clashed again?"

The little one fell silent.

He leaned on Li Chenzhou's shoulder, his small brows furrowed as he pondered intently.

After a long while, he finally spoke in a muffled voice:

"Uncle and the others may get injured again. It may be difficult for the village to hunt in the mountains in the future, as they may not be able to hunt enough food."

He didn't continue, but the outcome was already clear.

For the weak, losing the resources to survive in the wilderness often means extinction.

Li Chenzhou gently patted the little one's back, as if comforting a frightened cub, "Some things, doing them will make you feel bad, but not doing them might make more people you care about feel bad in the future. You may not fully understand this principle now, but that's okay, we can think about it slowly."

He knew that Little Boy was kind-hearted, and that ending the life of one of his own kind, even if the other party was a villain, would be a shock to him. But he had to overcome this hurdle himself.

In the original trajectory, Beifeng was supposed to die at Xiaobudian's hands, it was just a little later. Now, it's just that he's fallen a little earlier.

If Bei Feng knew in the afterlife that he had actually perished at the hands of the future Desolate Emperor who would dominate all ages, and that it was under his "full-force attack" when he was young, he would not know whether to feel extremely "honored" or endlessly resentful.

"What exactly happened back then?" Li Chenzhou changed the subject, trying to distract the little guy.

"That Beifeng, he said he wanted to fight me one-on-one." The little one sniffed, his voice filled with even more grievance. "They all call him the number one genius of Bei Village, saying he's incredibly powerful. I... I just thought I couldn't let Shi Village down, so I used all my strength to fight him. Who knew, he just... well..."

In the little guy's words, besides the helplessness and shock of killing for the first time, there was also a sense of "grievance".

What happened to the promised showdown of geniuses?

Where's the promised fierce battle?

How come you fell down after I only made one move?

This is completely different from what I imagined!

Upon hearing this unexpected answer, Li Chenzhou was first taken aback, then didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

This was probably a "battle of geniuses" in which both sides seriously misjudged the strength of their opponent.

One side thought they had met their match, while the other thought they could crush the challenger. In the end, however, they were decided in a single encounter.

This was probably a "battle of geniuses" in which both sides seriously misjudged the strength of their opponent.

One side thought they had met their match, while the other thought they could crush the challenger. In the end, however, they were decided in a single encounter.

As night deepened, the rest of the villagers had already gone to bed.

Li Chenzhou, holding the little one, slowly walked to the window. The moonlight, like mercury spilling onto the ground, cast long shadows of the two figures, one big and one small.

"It's only natural to feel heavy-hearted when your hands are stained with blood, which shows that you have a kind heart, little one." Li Chenzhou's voice was exceptionally clear. "But remember this feeling today, not to make you timid, but to make you understand why you should raise a sword in the future."

The little one seemed to understand but didn't quite, yet nodded vigorously, his little hand unconsciously gripping Li Chenzhou's clothes tightly.

Outside the window, willow branches sway gently, casting a soft glow, watching over this child destined for greatness.

……

"Uncle Li..." The little boy raised his head slightly, his eyelashes still damp. "I want to drink animal milk."

Having experienced this shock, his young heart instinctively craved comfort, and animal milk was his favorite.

This request is perfectly commonplace.

Li Chenzhou looked at those clear, dark eyes still misty with tears, sighed inwardly, and at the same time, he silently memorized the scene of "the little one taking the initiative to ask for milk" as another piece of "dark history" material for blackmailing the Eternal Desolate Heaven Emperor someday in the future.

It's not too late to make a fortune when this little guy grows up and is no longer as cute as he is now.

"Wait."

Li Chenzhou got up and skillfully started a fire and warmed the milk. Before long, a jar of fragrant animal milk was handed to the little one.

The little guy picked up the earthenware pot, buried his face in it, and started drinking it down in big gulps.

After finishing a can of milk, his eyes became more lively. After lying back in bed, his eyes started rolling around, clearly his thoughts had drifted away again.

"Uncle Li," he suddenly turned to the side, his small hand supporting his chin, his big eyes sparkling with curiosity and a hint of confusion, "where do you think people go after they die?"

Li Chenzhou was tidying up the pottery jars when he heard this. Without even looking up, he replied, "I've never died, so I don't know."

He's not Wu Jing, he's never died, how would he know?

The little one blinked, thought about it for a moment, and then said in a serious tone, "Then when I get old and die, I'll go to that place again and come back to tell Uncle Li."

Li Chenzhou paused, looked up at the little figure on the bed who was still pondering, and was speechless for a moment.

—What will you tell me after you die?

Was it a dream?

Or are you hoping I'll go ahead of you so you can "go down" and find me?

"What nonsense are you thinking?" He walked to the bedside and flicked the little one's forehead. "When a cultivator reaches the highest realm, they can live as long as heaven and earth, impervious to the passage of time. Heaven and earth perish, but I do not. How can I die of old age?"

"Huh?" The little one opened his mouth, digesting the information, and his little brows furrowed again. "Eternal and indestructible, how lonely that must be." He used his limited understanding to imagine that not everyone could reach that point.

How lonely it would be if all your relatives and friends turned to dust and you were the only one left alive.

Li Chenzhou remained silent.

Moonlight streamed in through the window, casting interplay of light and shadow on his profile. He reached out, this time not to flick, but to gently brush against the little boy's earlobe.

"No one will die; everyone will live forever."

"Really?" The little boy's eyes lit up, but then he remembered something, and a look of doubt appeared on his face. "But Uncle Li, didn't you always say that you have a good talent for cultivation?" There was even a hint of worry in his eyes. "If I have good talent, it shouldn't be difficult for me to cultivate to immortality. But Uncle Li, and even the clan chief, don't have good talent. Can they achieve immortality?"

Li Chenzhou's face darkened.

You little rascal, are you trying to say I'm short-lived in a roundabout way?

They need to be disciplined!

Without saying a word, he reached out and gently flipped the little guy over, letting him lie on his lap. He then lightly patted the little guy's bottom a few times, making a crisp "slap slap" sound.

The little one, instead of crying or making a fuss after being hit, giggled and wiggled his body. His previous gloom seemed to have been dispelled by this commotion.

After dealing with the "rude" little guy, Li Chenzhou put his arm around him again.

As night deepened, all was quiet outside, save for the occasional roar of a beast carried by the mountain wind from afar. The little one seemed to have opened a floodgate of words, bombarding the room with one strange and unusual question after another.

"Why don't the stars fall from the sky? It's so dark up there, if there were people on the stars, could they even see them?"

How big is the Great Wilderness, really?

The questions were wildly imaginative, and Li Chenzhou answered some patiently, glossed over others, and left some speechless with amusement.

Gradually, the little one's voice grew softer and softer, the intervals between questions grew longer and longer, until finally, only the sound of even, long breaths remained.

He fell asleep.

Li Chenzhou stopped speaking and looked down.

The little guy was curled up, his brows still slightly furrowed in his sleep, but there was a relaxed smile on his lips, and one little hand unconsciously clutched the hem of Li Chenzhou's clothes.

For the little one, some things changed forever on this night, while others, like the warmth and protection within this window, will transcend countless battles and the passage of time, becoming an indelible mark on his soul.

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