Covering the Sky: A Guide to Proving the Dao Without Cheats

He picked up Duan De and hung him upside down on a large tree nearby, then placed a jade bowl for storage below him.

Then he took out a long needle and pierced Duan De's neck twice, precisely creating two bloody holes.

puff!puff!

Fresh blood gushed out like a broken faucet, all of it falling into the jade bowl below.

As the bleeding slowed down, Luo Heng poked Duan Deyuan's bulging belly with the end of a long needle, estimating that there should still be a lot of food inside.

He then produced a red ribbon-like magical artifact, which coiled around Duan De like a living python, tightly binding him.

As the divine power was activated, the red ribbon tightened suddenly, and Duan De's face instantly turned bluish-purple due to blood stasis, and blood from the wound on his neck gushed out like a fountain.

"Relax, relax, it's normal to feel dizzy." Luo Heng muttered to himself while squeezing Duan Deyuan's chubby body.

After letting it sit for a while, feeling it was about time, Luo Heng hurriedly took out a bottle of healing medicine and gave it to Duan De. He quickly cleaned up the scene, then took to the air and sped away into the distance.

During the flight, he examined the blood collected in the jade bowl with satisfaction, then took out the broken bowl and looked at it repeatedly, his face beaming with undisguised joy.

This seemingly ordinary broken bowl is actually the lid of the Supreme Imperial Weapon, the Devouring Demon Jar.

What is an ultimate imperial weapon?

That's a weapon used by an Emperor-level expert, a terrifying existence in the world of Shrouding the Heavens, like a nuclear bomb.

The Devouring Demon Jar was actually crafted by the Ruthless Great Emperor using his first incarnation's body. It was because of this act that the Ruthless Great Emperor earned the title of "Ruthless".

Although the ultimate imperial weapon is incredibly powerful, under normal circumstances, even if it were given to Luo Heng, it wouldn't be of much use given his cultivation level.

To fully unleash the power of the Supreme Emperor Weapon, one needs at least the cultivation level of a Great Sage, and even a slight activation requires a powerhouse at the Four Extremes or Dragon Transformation levels.

For ordinary people, there is even a risk of being completely drained.

Therefore, there are also examples in the original work of people who were killed despite wielding supreme imperial weapons.

But things changed when Luo Heng acquired both Xiao Nannan and the Devouring Demon Jar.

Because the ultimate imperial weapon also has a characteristic: autonomous regeneration.

In this state, the Supreme Emperor Weapon can unleash terrifying power without the need for divine power from others, but this state consumes the Supreme Emperor Weapon's own reserves.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, the ultimate imperial weapon will not easily revive on its own, unless it is to protect its master or the master's bloodline descendants.

What a coincidence! There just happened to be the owner of the Devouring Demon Jar right next to Luo Heng, and the owner was so weak, pitiful, and helpless.

That's right, Luo Heng plans to "suffer" for the Devouring Demon Jar, so that it will consume its own essence to protect Xiao Nannan when she is in danger.

Of course, it also serves to protect the equally weak, pitiful, and helpless self.

Luo Heng refused to believe that if the enemy attacked and he shielded Xiao Nannan in front of him, the lid of the Devouring Demon Jar would not react.

Of course, you can't blame Luo Heng for being inhumane; after all, he was just trying to survive! It's not shameful.

In short: "Demon-Swallowing Jar, you wouldn't want your little girl to be bullied, would you?"

Well, although Luo Heng is still far from being an immortal, he has already created a huge gap between himself and ordinary people.

As for the fat Taoist priest who was knocked down by Luo Heng, he was no ordinary person either. He was originally the most ancient Heavenly Venerable of the mythological era—the Heavenly Venerable of Tribulation Crossing.

In order to become an immortal in the mortal world, he constantly experienced death. After each death, a new consciousness would be born in his corpse and condense into a reincarnation seal.

He then embarked on the path of cultivation again, attained enlightenment and became an emperor, then died again, and a new consciousness was born.

In this way, he hoped to accumulate nine reincarnation seals on his physical body through nine cycles of birth and death, so that he could become an immortal in the mortal world.

It can be considered one of the oldest existences in this universe.

This is precisely why Luo Heng bled him.

He only realized that Duan De was, in a sense, close to the level of a mortal immortal when he saw that drop of Azure Emperor's essence blood, and that the divine power contained in his blood should be stronger than that of Azure Emperor's essence blood.

Although it is unknown why the blood did not exhibit the expected supernatural properties, it is never wrong to collect it first.

As for why he deliberately made two bloody holes, that was purely due to Luo Heng's perverse sense of humor.

Duan De had been involved in tomb raiding for years, and Luo Heng deliberately wanted him to wake up and become suspicious of the two holes in his neck, thinking that he had been ambushed by zombies in the ancient tomb.

Consider this a small punishment for this despicable guy.

You ask why Luo Heng dared to do this even though he knew Duan De's background was terrifying?

That's because Luo Heng knew that Duan De was essentially a good person.

Although saying this might cause many naked corpses in graves to jump up in protest.

But how should I put it? Although Duan De was a grave robber and a swindler, he did have his own bottom line.

His worst-case scenario was if Duan De dared to put on the disguise of the Transcending Tribulation Celestial Venerable on the spot.

Then he could immediately don Lu Bu's disguise and say, "I have been wandering for half my life, only regretting that I have not met a wise ruler. If you do not abandon me, I am willing to become your godfather."

Then he kowtowed on the spot.

Based on his understanding of Duan De's personality, Duan De would at most beat him up and strip him naked, but wouldn't actually kill him.

If all else fails, one can reveal their identity as a transmigrator and answer any questions asked, just hoping to be able to sneak into the Immortal Realm.

After all, Luo Heng had wanted to "confess" to Shi Hao and the others before, but no one paid any attention to him. So, if he could "confess" to the Tribulation-Transcending Celestial Venerable, he could actually accept it.

Moreover, he felt it was unlikely that Duan De would need to defecate on the spot.

Although the lid of this Devouring Demon Jar is extremely precious, it is probably not irreplaceable for a Transcending Tribulation Celestial Venerable.

If Ruthless Great Emperor is the richest woman in Shrouding the Heavens, then Duan De is definitely the richest man in the Shrouding the Heavens world.

After all, a big head and a thick neck mean you're either a tycoon or a cook! (laughs)

Of course, this is just a joke. In fact, the Heavenly Venerable of Tribulation has lived from the mythological era to the present day.

The second incarnation of the "Netherworld Lord" still attained enlightenment through Source Arts and Corpse Path, and afterwards, he engaged in grave robbing. Luo Heng would never believe that he hadn't collected several supreme imperial weapons and several imperial scriptures.

Surely no one really thinks that Duan De's Devouring Demon Jar lid was just something he found by luck, right?

Luo Heng estimated that the next time he saw Duan De, he would probably have another supreme imperial weapon protecting him, and it would most likely be a damaged one.

It's not that the Heavenly Venerable of Tribulation didn't have a complete Supreme Emperor Weapon; he probably just didn't want to be too ostentatious.

Of course, Duan De himself probably didn't know any of this.

For him, it might really just be good luck, finding it while digging up a grave. But in reality, which top player creating an alt account wouldn't keep some equipment for themselves?

It's possible that every time the Celestial Venerable of Tribulation is reborn and wakes up, he's equipped with half a Supreme Emperor Weapon and a copy of the "Crossing Tribulation Heavenly Technique," which is basically his beginner's gear.