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

Half a month later, Luo Heng finally emerged from his secluded meditation room.

At this moment, he was surrounded by a hazy divine halo, which at first glance was quite similar to the "one hundred and eight divine halos" of the former Holy Son of Yao Guang, but the number was far less exaggerated.

However, upon closer inspection, one can vaguely glimpse magnificent mountains and rivers and picturesque scenery within the soft holy light, as if a real little world is contained within the divine halo.

This is one of the results of Luo Heng's half-month seclusion.

During this period, he mainly studied the various mysteries of the Great Luo Heaven. In his spare time, he comprehended the Holy Light Technique of the Yao Guang Holy Land by relying on the enlightenment state of merging with the Heavenly Heart.

After all, as the Holy Son of Yaoguang, it would be rather unreasonable if he couldn't freely wield holy light when he was out and about.

As for the ruthless secret techniques recorded in "Undying Heavenly Art" and "Devouring Heaven Demon Art", he also skimmed through them, but did not study them in depth.

Firstly, time was limited, and secondly, if someone discovered that he was using a ruthless secret technique, it would inevitably cause some trouble.

Of course, the most important reason why Luo Heng was not in a hurry to learn the ruthless man's secret technique was that he had a better choice—that is, the Great Luo Heaven.

It should be known that what is inscribed in the Great Luo Heaven is the Immortal Realm Repair Scripture originating from Shi Hao! It can be considered a true Immortal Emperor-level secret technique! Even if only a portion of its power can be mobilized, it is enough to surpass the secret techniques of all ancient emperors and great emperors.

The divine halo technique surrounding him at this moment is the result of preliminary research.

The principle behind it is not complicated: a virtual world constructed with holy light is temporarily created outside the body, and then the Heaven-Mending Scripture of Shi Hao from the Great Luo Heaven is added to it, causing a certain qualitative change, thereby greatly enhancing the defensive power.

To put it simply, he was using the Great Luo Heaven as a special "staff." And the effect of this "staff" was very direct—to enhance all secret arts and supernatural powers related to the world and space.

Moreover, Luo Heng discovered that the more ancient characters used to mend the heavens, the more the defensive strength of this "wall of the world" would increase exponentially.

With his current abilities, he can only instantly imbue a maximum of six ancient characters. Even so, the defensive power of this technique is already comparable to that of ordinary Great Emperor secret techniques. He has also tried slowly stacking ancient characters, and his current limit is eighteen.

After being stacked with eighteen ancient characters, the defensive power of this secret technique is simply abnormal—not to mention the Eight Forbidden Attacks, Luo Heng estimates that even the Eighteen Forbidden Attacks might not be able to penetrate it.

It's like a version of "The Distant Ideal Land" from the novel "Covering the Sky".

However, this "ultimate tortoise shell" form also has obvious flaws: firstly, the process of adding eighteen ancient characters is extremely slow, taking at least several tens of minutes;

Secondly, after the blessing was completed, he felt as if he were being pressed down by the weight of a real world, making it difficult for him to move and almost causing him to lose his mobility.

Therefore, Luo Heng felt that this eighteen-character state had limited practical value and might only be useful in specific situations.

In addition, he discovered another wonderful use of this technique: it can temporarily isolate oneself from the outside world, as if one were in an independent space-time.

This state can effectively disrupt and block the secrets of heaven, making it difficult for any divination or fortune-telling techniques to reach oneself.

Considering that the world of Shrouding the Heavens is full of divination and deduction methods, Luo Heng, adhering to the principle of "better safe than sorry," decided to keep the Heavenly Secrets Isolation effect of this technique active for a long time, as a permanent state for himself.

To this end, he specifically developed a "permanent form" of this technique: greatly weakening its defensive capabilities and concentrating most of its power on maintaining that "isolation membrane," transforming it into a nearly passive, inconspicuous, and extremely low-consumption state, yet continuously obscuring all the secrets of heaven concerning itself.

According to Luo Heng, this method of using the Heaven-Mending Scripture has great potential.

By repeatedly deducing and combining those hundreds of ancient characters, it is possible to generate hundreds or even thousands of secret techniques that are no less powerful than those of ancient emperors, and it is even possible to create supernatural powers that surpass the "Nine Secrets".

But who could have predicted that when he first tried to rearrange the ancient characters, the scriptures in the Great Luo Heaven suddenly erupted with a terrifying wave that almost shattered him on the spot.

Fortunately, he was in the Great Luo Heaven at the time, and with the help of the world's power, he was able to save his life.

The result was that Luo Heng successfully tested two secret techniques on the first day, and then spent the next twenty days recuperating in the Great Luo Heaven.

In the short term, he dared not easily delve into Shi Hao's Heaven-Mending Scripture again.

Incidentally, this secret technique, besides isolating one from heavenly secrets, can also block the spying and locking of others' divine senses. However, since most cultivators in the world of "Covering the Sky" are accustomed to close combat, this function doesn't seem to have much practical value at present.

In addition, Luo Heng named this secret technique, which was based on the repaired scriptures of the Great Luo Heaven and the Shi Hao Immortal Realm, as the "Wilderness" Secret Technique.

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Luo Heng sat in the main hall of the Holy Son's Palace, lightly tapping the jade pendant at his waist with his index finger. Although it was just his finger touching the jade, it produced a clear and resonant sound, a pleasant sound that echoed throughout the spacious hall.

But some invisible ripples had already spread far and wide.

Before long, Elder Liu, dressed in black, strode into the hall.

The moment his gaze fell upon Luo Heng, he was captivated by the faint holy light emanating from the other's body—the profound and mysterious Daoist essence contained within that halo was far beyond anything he had ever seen before, unlike any of the Yao Guang secret techniques.

He felt a chill run down his spine and dared not look at her any longer, only bowing respectfully to Luo Heng:

"I wonder why the Holy Son has summoned this old man?"

Luo Heng waved his hand: "There's something I need you to do. Wait a moment, and I'll give you all the instructions when Weiwei arrives."

Upon hearing this, Elder Liu bowed again and silently retreated to the side of the hall to wait.

A little while later, Weiwei led her bouncy little girl and gently pushed open the door to enter.

"Greetings, Holy Son; greetings, Elder Liu." Weiwei bowed to the two before asking softly, "What brings the Holy Son here?"

Elder Liu simply nodded slightly in response.

Just as Weiwei was bowing, the little girl had already toddled up to Luo Heng, her short legs clattering as she looked up and called out in a clear, sweet voice, "Big brother, I missed you!"

Luo Heng smiled and scooped her up, placing her on his lap. He looked her over to make sure she was alright, then nodded in satisfaction, gently ruffling her hair. He then looked up at Weiwei and said with a smile:

"You've taken excellent care of the little girl during this time; this is a reward for you."

After saying that, he casually waved his hand, and several wisps of solidified, silk-like Xuanhuang Qi drifted towards Weiwei.

A hint of joy flashed in Weiwei's eyes. Without refusing, she respectfully accepted the gift: "Thank you for the reward, Holy Son."

Luo Heng nodded in satisfaction upon seeing this, and then said, "I will be leaving Yao Guang for a while, and I need you to do three things for me."

"Firstly, I have now entered the realm of the other shore, and I need to complete nine transformations next."

The Yao Guang Holy Land should have considerable experience in this area. You should speak with the Holy Lord and obtain some rare and precious materials from the Yao Guang Treasury. Have the Holy Land's alchemy masters prepare them for my use when I return.

Secondly, contact Lu Yang, the person in charge of Yaoguang Stone Workshop in the Holy City, and ask him to buy the Nine-Aperture Stone Figure from Daoyi Stone Workshop. Remember not to cut it open; send it over intact.

Thirdly... Luo Heng paused here.

"By the way, do you know anything about Ye Fan lately?"