Covering the Sky: Starting from Incarnation in the Forbidden Zone of Life

The Great Perfection Holy Spirit trod upon countless Dao principles, causing even the universe and starry sky to tremble. His entire body was crystalline, as if forged by the heavens from the most perfect immortal gold. Every inch of his flesh flowed with crimson divine light, his holy might vast and boundless, sweeping across the nine heavens and ten earths. Beneath his feet, the void shattered, and chaotic energy surged, as if the entire world could hardly bear his weight.

That was a being capable of making even the most ancient stars tremble. His body was over ten thousand feet tall, his head reaching the heavens and his feet treading the netherworld. He was surrounded by countless divine laws, each one like a galaxy descending from the heavens, dazzling and brilliant. He walked out from beneath the Southern Heavenly Gate of the Divine Ruins, and with each step he took, the ancient Big Dipper trembled three times, as if this ancient star of life could be crushed under his foot at any moment.

Around him, the void constantly collapsed and reshaped, forming a massive black hole vortex that devoured all light and life around him. That was the unique order of the Holy Spirit, the innate divine right bestowed upon him by heaven and earth, which could not be profaned or resisted. His hair cascaded down like waterfalls, each strand crystal clear, radiating a chaotic aura, capable of severing stars with a gentle flick.

"What happened?"

"My God, is something from the forbidden zone of life about to be born?"

At this moment, the entire ancient star of the Big Dipper sensed that terrifying aura, powerful enough to crush eternity. From the Eastern Wilderness to the Central Plains, from the Northern Plains to the Southern Ridge, and even to the distant Western Desert, countless cultivators raised their heads and gazed at the northern sky shrouded in chaotic mist.

Their souls trembled, their Dao hearts wavered. That aura was too terrifying, as if an ancient god had awakened from slumber to once again reign supreme over the world.

The birth of the Great Perfection Holy Spirit shook the entire Beidou Ancient Star. Holy lands, divine dynasties, ancient families, and countless cultivators were filled with fear and panic!

In the Eastern Wilderness, within the Yaochi Sacred Land, the Western Emperor Tower, which had been silent for countless years, suddenly emitted light on its own. Within the Yaoguang Sacred Land, the dragon-patterned black-gold cauldron soared into the sky, its myriad black-gold rays enveloping everything. Flames danced within the Jiang family's Hengyu Furnace, emitting a deep hum. The Hengyu Emperor's mark on the furnace body revived on its own, its flames shooting into the sky, protecting the entire Jiang family ancestral land within.

"Has the Azure Emperor passed away not long ago, and the forbidden zone of life is about to descend into chaos once again?" Within the Ji family, the Void Mirror trembled violently, ripples spreading across its surface, reflecting the god-like and demonic figure in the distant north. The Ji family's foundation awakened from its divine source, and an ancient sage who had lived for countless years opened his cloudy eyes, his expression extremely solemn.

"With the fall of the Azure Emperor, who can stop the creatures from appearing in the forbidden zone of life?" In the endless mountains of the Southern Ridge, an old demon saint who had paid homage to the Azure Emperor trembled in his voice.

Although the calamity that befell the Azure Emperor's lineage decades ago was kept secret, it could not be hidden from the top forces of the Big Dipper Ancient Star, leading them to believe that the Azure Emperor was probably really gone.

Through the imperial weapon, they traced the cause and effect, confirming a chilling fact: the Azure Emperor had not unleashed any divine punishment, nor manifested any extraordinary phenomena. The Eternal Azure Lotus, the only one to attain Emperorhood in the post-ancient era, might truly have already passed away.

Without the reigning emperor in charge, who can stop the supreme being from awakening in the forbidden zone of life?

Is another dark and turbulent period about to begin?

Despair welled up in the hearts of countless cultivators. They recalled the dark ages of the Primordial Era and the Desolate Era, when supreme beings from forbidden zones emerged, devouring countless lives, leaving rivers of blood and mountains of corpses. Those tragic memories, buried deep in history, surged into their minds like a tidal wave.

One by one, powerful forces with the ability to traverse the void began to frantically unleash their resources. One after another, jade platforms and ancient altars shimmered as they did their utmost to send the essence of their clans to the outer realms, to the most remote voids, and to the most desolate star fields.

Besides the Divine Ruins, the Immortal Tomb, the Undying Mountain, the Primordial Ancient Mine, the Heavenly Realm, and the Sea of ​​Reincarnation—each a forbidden zone of life—are witnessing the awakening of terrifying wills.

"So someone finally couldn't hold back anymore?" In the Primordial Ancient Mine, a Supreme Being looked on indifferently, his eyes like two ancient stars, deep and cold, gazing at the direction of the Northern Huntian Ridge.

"What secrets might this Demon Mountain, which doesn't belong to this ancient history, hold? It's truly something to look forward to..." On Burial Sky Island, a Supreme Being also spoke, his voice ethereal and mysterious, as if it came from countless ages ago.

"The world is vast and boundless, and even those who attain enlightenment cannot fully comprehend everything. I never expected that such a strange phenomenon would occur just as the path to immortality is about to open, with something falling from the chaos. I wonder if the two are related?" An ancient and profound voice echoed from within the Immortal Tomb.

Under the watchful eyes of many supreme beings, the Great Perfection Holy Spirit had already stepped onto Huntian Ridge. He intended to stomp down, but the black mist suddenly surged, shattering the Dao principles and pressing him down the mountain.

The outer perimeter of Huntian Ridge is perpetually shrouded in an eerie black mist, which normally just quietly spreads without expanding or contracting, like a slumbering ancient beast. However, when a Great Perfection Saint Spirit stomped down, the entire Huntian Ridge seemed to be enraged. The black mist erupted like a volcano, shooting into the sky and transforming into jet-black chains that coiled around the Saint Spirit.

Those black mists were no ordinary fog; each wisp contained fragments of broken Dao principles, remnants of order from the realm of immortals, supreme laws left behind by two unparalleled powers in the ruins of the Heavenly Court. Although they were tattered and had endured millions of years of erosion, they were still not something that mortal forces could easily contend with.

The Great Perfection Holy Spirit felt an immense force come from him, and his step was actually held up by the black mist. Not only that, the chains formed by the black mist wrapped around his ankle, dragging him down the mountain. His face immediately darkened. As a Great Perfection Holy Spirit, he was blessed with extraordinary advantages and held himself in high esteem. When had he ever been treated like this?

The Great Perfection Holy Spirit was enraged and unleashed supreme divine magic, with endless flames surging as if to burn down the thirty-three heavens, colliding fiercely with the black mist.

"With my divine fire, I will burn the heavens!"

That was his innate divine power, a divine innate skill imprinted deep within his soul when he was nurtured in the void sea of ​​fire. Once he unleashed it, the temperature within a radius of millions of miles suddenly soared to its extreme, the void was burned and melted, the chaotic energy was evaporated, and even time and space became distorted and blurred under this high temperature.

Nine blazing suns rose from behind him, each surpassing the size of a real star, radiating incandescent light and illuminating the entire sky as bright as day.

That was the manifestation of his Dao fruition. Nine suns shone in the sky, burning the heavens and boiling the seas. Even the earth was burned and crystallized. The reddish-brown soil turned into flowing magma in an instant and vanished into nothingness in the next.

He formed a hand seal, and a pillar of fire shot out from his palms, soaring straight into the sky, evaporating all the clouds and revealing the deep starry sky above. The pillar of fire was over ten thousand feet thick, carrying an all-destroying heat, and roared towards the summit of Huntian Ridge.

The black mist churned violently.

Under the blessing of the Great Perfection Holy Spirit's Dao principles, the endless flames actually burned away part of the black mist at the foot of the mountain, revealing the mountain body of Hun Tian Ling. The mountain body was covered with ancient cracks, as if it had experienced an unimaginable and terrifying battle. Each crack contained traces of dried black blood, exuding an ominous aura.

But the black mist did not disintegrate. Instead, it was triggered on its own, transforming into terrifying giant hands. These giant hands covered the sky and the sun, each one exuding an endless and terrifying aura. The giant beast hands formed by the black mist slammed down, shattering the void and violently colliding with the nine blazing suns. The shockwaves seemed to tear the sky apart!

"kill!"

The Great Perfection Holy Spirit roared, frantically urging the Holy Spirit Source within his body to unleash a forbidden technique. The nine blazing suns merged into one, transforming into an immeasurable great sun, which chased towards those giant hands!

Rumble!

The earth-shattering roar echoed throughout the entire ancient star of the Big Dipper, causing countless cultivators to cough up blood, while those with weaker cultivation levels fainted instantly. The aftershocks of the collision spread in concentric circles in all directions, causing mountains to collapse, rivers to flow backward, and even tearing the sky with dark cracks.

"Fire Spirit Silent Flame? So it was him." A Supreme Being sneered, realizing the identity of the one who had made the move.

Fire Spirit Silent Flame, a Great Perfection Holy Spirit born in the ancient times, was conceived in a sea of ​​fire in the void. He called himself the God of Fire. When he was born, endless flames accompanied him. He burned an ancient star of life and slaughtered countless lineages and living beings to celebrate his birth.

There were no Great Emperors in the era in which he was born. He had the hope of ultimately becoming an Emperor, but his cruel act of casually slaughtering an ancient star angered a Great Accomplished Holy Body who was in his prime at the time. That Great Accomplished Holy Body traversed the universe and chased after him all the way, severely injuring him and forcing him into the forbidden zone of life.

The great defeat that occurred upon his birth destroyed the invincible path of this Holy Spirit. Even though he later healed his wounds, it severed his possibility of enlightenment.

"Although his cultivation is nothing special, the Holy Spirit is exceptionally blessed, so he can be considered to have achieved enlightenment in a different way. He is sufficient for exploring the path," commented a supreme being in the Sea of ​​Reincarnation.

This statement, though made lightly, reveals the position of the Fire Spirit Silent Flame in the hearts of the Supreme Beings.

The Great Perfection Holy Spirit, comparable to those who attain enlightenment through unconventional means, would be enough to command the submission of all races and dominate an entire era. However, in the eyes of these supreme beings in forbidden zones who have severed their own ties and lay dormant for countless ages, it is nothing more than a somewhat useful pawn.

On Huntian Ridge, the fierce battle continues.

Fire Spirit Ji Yan had unleashed his full power. His holy spirit form blazed with dazzling flames, the innate essence he had accumulated over countless years of nurturing. Each ray of divine light was enough to cleave through a vast sea of ​​stars. He raised his hands to the sky, lifting the enormous, fused sun high above his head, like a giant holding up the sun, ready to break through the endless black mist and charge towards the summit of Hun Tian Ridge!

He was going to crush this strange sacred mountain with absolute power, and make the black mist vanish into thin air under his divine might!

Chaos collapsed and laws dissipated. The black mist that had shrouded Huntian Ridge for hundreds of years, causing countless cultivators to perish for opportunities and longevity, was forcibly torn open, revealing a corner of the mountain's scenery.

There, the ruins of a dilapidated palace lay scattered, the broken walls and rubble engraved with indescribable ancient patterns. Though the terrifying aura had faded, it still sent shivers down one's spine.

In an instant, the supreme beings of the forbidden zones who had awakened in the Immortal Source and were watching this place were all shaken!

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"Couldn't hold back anymore?"

At the same moment, atop the Huntianling Mountain, deep within the ruins, Yu Dao, who had been in meditation, opened his eyes.

His eyes were as deep as an abyss, millions of years of slumber and silence, making his gaze seem to contain the vicissitudes and loneliness of eternity.

He wasn't surprised that someone had made a move against Huntianling.

Although shrouded in black mist, the remaining Dao principles and dark power could isolate the divine sense of the Supreme Beings, preventing them from seeing the dilapidated corner of the Heavenly Court on the mountaintop.

However, having fallen from chaos and not belonging to this realm, it is home to various divine herbs, strange powers, and even, due to the fact that the remaining Dao principles come from the realm of immortals or even higher, it faintly exudes an immortal meaning. Such wonders have long been coveted by those ancient and mad beings.

Knowing that the Azure Emperor, the strongest emperor of our time, is no longer alive, some people will inevitably be tempted to test him.

Yu Dao remained calm, put down the scroll of "Divine Phoenix Treasure Technique" from the Phoenix Clan among the Ten Fiends, and slowly stood up from the stone platform.

He unearthed this precious manual from the ruins and has been studying it for many days. The profound mysteries within, concerning the fire of nirvana and the cycle of life, are intricately connected to the secret realm of the Dharma Sea he is currently conceiving. The Phoenix Clan is reborn from the ashes, and each nirvana is a sublimation of life, which coincides with the concept of "planting golden lotuses in the sea of ​​suffering, gushing divine elixir from the spring of life, crossing the divine bridge to the other shore, and undergoing a complete transformation" in the Dharma Sea Secret Realm.

"I've just arrived at the perfect time. I had just used the essence of the Phoenix Clan's Nirvana Fire, combined with my own Dao, to reforge the 'Opening Heaven Scripture' and create the Wheel Sea Chapter of the Secret Realm Method, when I encountered this unpleasant guest."

He muttered to himself, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

"After sleeping for millions of years, it's time to loosen up your muscles and bones."

Within his body, though still broken, a hidden life force was gestating. A vast golden sea of ​​suffering surged within his dantian, the wheel of life turned, and the divine essence of life flowed forth.

That was the result of his million-year slumber. Back then, he was struck down by a terrifying being amidst the dark turmoil, his Dao foundation shattered, his spiritual veins dried up, and he nearly perished. But he was, after all, a divine general of the Heavenly Court's Scripture Repository, who had once touched the seeds of the immortal realm, and a wisp of undying life force remained within him. That wisp of life force, far from being extinguished by the erosion of dark matter, instead formed a delicate balance with it, mutually tempering and refining each other, ultimately allowing him to complete an unimaginable transformation during his slumber.

Now, having switched to cultivating the secret realm technique, the Sea of ​​Bitterness has transformed into a boundless golden ocean, surging with boundless life essence. The Wheel of Life slowly turns, each turn causing the tides of the entire Sea of ​​Bitterness to rise, transporting the divine liquid gushing from the Spring of Life to his limbs and bones. That divine liquid is crystal clear, containing unimaginable life energy, and is repairing his damaged foundation bit by bit.

"Rising from ruin, being reborn from annihilation... perhaps this aligns with the profound truth of cultivation across all realms?" Yu Dao murmured.

Although there is still a long way to go before unifying the three lineages and establishing an unparalleled foundation, he is no longer the crippled body he was when he fell.

Beneath its dilapidated body lies the embryo of transformation.

He straightened up, and the vast energy that had been dormant for countless ages surged forth!