Covering the Heavens: Fishing for the Heavens Starting from the Great Accomplished Holy Body

In the eastern wilderness, on the edge of the Yan lands, lies a vast ruin covered by endless ancient trees and shrouded in miasma.

Here, broken walls and ruins are everywhere, and huge rubble tells of past glory. Deeper inside, there is an ancient demonic aura and array pattern fluctuations that make people's hearts tremble. Ordinary cultivators would never dare to go deep into the area.

This place is the legendary site where the first person to attain the Dao and become a Great Emperor, the Azure Emperor, passed away in the post-primordial era—the area where the Demon Emperor's Tomb is located.

On the outskirts of this ruin, atop a half-collapsed ancient tower covered in vines.

A tall, slender young man dressed in black was casually sitting on the broken eaves of the tower.

He held a lush green bamboo pole in his hand, the fishing line dangling into the misty ruins below, his posture casual.

It was Li Qingshan.

"Qingchen was actually taken away by that girl Zixia! This scene where Zixia bumped into Ye Fan and his classmates wasn't in the original story..."

Li Qingshan withdrew his gaze, a look of interest appearing on his face, and muttered to himself.

"Hmm, my cultivation has reached the peak of the Dao Palace Secret Realm, and I'm about to break through to the Four Extremes Secret Realm. Therefore, I've gone out to seek an opportunity for a breakthrough!"

He stroked the smooth bamboo pole. "It seems that the 'Devouring Ancestral Symbol' that I casually gave her back then has made Zixia's cultivation much smoother. The slight disharmony between her innate Dao embryo and the 'Purple Mansion Immortal Scripture' has been greatly alleviated, and her cultivation progress is much faster than before!"

Li Qingshan was not worried about this unexpected plot twist.

Zixia is not a bad person, and she is also born with a Daoist embryo, so her vision and lineage are top-notch.

Qingchen is safe and secure with her, and will receive more systematic instruction, which is much better than letting her grow up haphazardly on her own.

What's more, the little girl's backpack was also stuffed with quite a few "trinkets" that I had given her.

If you really encounter any trouble, you'll have more than enough to protect yourself!

"That's good, saves me the trouble of figuring out what to do with that girl!"

Li Qingshan smiled and turned his attention back to the Demon Emperor's tomb in front of him.

This place is the specific causal convergence point designated by the Second Heaven's Fishing Grounds.

Li Qingshan sat on the broken eaves of the ancient pagoda, his fingertips gently stroking the verdant bamboo pole.

"This is it, let's solidify the second fishing spot!"

With a calm mind, he drew upon a trace of his own primal energy and silently channeled it into the Heaven-Slaying Staff in his hand.

The rod trembled slightly and emitted a pleasant, clear chirp.

Immediately, a point of chaotic light, condensed to its extreme and seemingly containing a miniature star vortex, quietly separated from the tip of the pole. It then drifted down towards the Demon Emperor's tomb below, which was shrouded in endless demonic energy and ancient array patterns.

The light, though seemingly slow, actually pierced through layers of ruins, miasma, and the broken imperial array, disappearing silently into the depths of the demon emperor's tomb, like a drop of water merging into a sponge.

boom!

A faint, extremely muffled sound could be heard, lingering in the air.

It seems that something that is not easily accessible has been touched.

[The second stable interdimensional beacon, the ancient star affiliated with Shrouding the Heavens, the Big Dipper Star Region (the core of the Demon Emperor's Tomb), is anchored in the myriad worlds...]

[Anchoring progress: 1%...5%...15%...]

[Anchoring successful. Stable interdimensional beacon detected - Immortal Dimension (Lower Three Thousand Realms).]

[The current fishing grounds will take time to stabilize; the estimated period for full stabilization is four months.]

A clear flow of information is fed back.

......

"The Immortal Realm is thankfully just one of the three thousand lower realms. If there were an upper realm, I really wouldn't dare to recklessly cast my line!"

Li Qingshan raised an eyebrow, a hint of caution flashing in his eyes.

It is important to know that the rules and levels of the Eternal Realm are completely different from those of the vast universe.

In the celestial realm above, the three thousand Great Daos manifest, Heavenly Sovereigns and Immortal Kings roam freely, and even an incredible source artifact like the Gate of Immortality hangs high above.

The cause and effect are too great, and the waters are too deep.

With his current strength, if he rashly casts his fishing line into such a place, and accidentally alerts some ancient being, or if some giant who has cultivated the "Great Cause and Effect Technique" or the "Great Destiny Technique" follows the line to find him, then things could get really messy.

"But the three thousand lower realms... are just right."

He stroked his chin, his mind starting to race.

The lower realms of the immortal world, such as the Xuanhuang Great World, the Wuji Great World, and so on.

Although its resources and spiritual energy are far inferior to those of the upper immortal realm, they are by no means barren.

More importantly, the "laws" of that world are very special. Supernatural powers, magical treasures, elixirs, and even the cultivators themselves all contain unique "fragments of laws" and "primordial energy".

In particular, the ability to directly refine and increase "lifespan" is an irresistible temptation for cultivators of any cultivation system.

"Divine powers and techniques, magical artifacts, the five elements of primordial energy, pure yang pills, and even various divine beast bloodlines and rare treasures of heaven and earth—there are quite a few good things."

"Moreover, although the battles in the lower realms are fierce, the top combat power is only at the level of the Longevity Realm and the Eternal Giants."

"With my current level of mastery, as long as I don't catch some reincarnated ancient relic, there shouldn't be any major problems."

Li Qingshan pondered in his heart, quite satisfied with the "Second Fishing Ground of All Heavens" that he had opened up.

"Four months isn't a long time; I can wait that long~~"

He snapped out of his thoughts and glanced again at the perimeter of the ruins below.

There are many ponds and marshes scattered there.

Although mostly murky, the miasma and ancient trees give it a wild charm.

"Since we're already here, it wouldn't be right not to cast a line!"

Li Qingshan stretched and stood up from the eaves of the tower. With a swift movement, he appeared several hundred feet away at the edge of a relatively clear pool of water.

He found a flat rock to sit on, still holding the green bamboo pole in his hand.

Soon, the buoy began to sway gently on the water's surface.

Li Qingshan squinted, seemingly enjoying the rare tranquility at the edge of the ruins.

But in reality, his mind had already quietly sunk into the "pool of heavens".

Of the two Golden Crow True Feathers I obtained from the previous trade with the Old Golden Crow, I used one to fish up the Innate Fire Spirit, and now I have one left.

At that moment, with a slight thought, he took out the remaining Golden Crow Feather with flame patterns flowing along its edges.

The fortune and karma contained in this true feather are slightly weaker than the previous one, but its essence is still extremely high, imbued with the unique Daoist charm of rebirth.

"Let's see what we catch this time~~"

He tied the true feather to the ethereal fishing hook that extended into the unknown depths of the "Heavenly Pools," and flicked his wrist slightly.

The fishhook, carrying the true feather, sank rapidly into the hazy, illusory pool, disappearing into the endless ripples of time and space.

……

The Lingxu Cave Heaven, in the simple room assigned to Ye Fan and Pang Bo.

"The first stage of cultivation is actually the Sea of ​​Wheels Realm?"

Ye Fan sat cross-legged on the futon, and after listening to Elder Wu Qingfeng's explanation, an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.

Sea of ​​Bitterness, Spring of Life, Bridge of Gods, Other Shore...

The division of the four realms in this Sea of ​​Secrets suddenly reminded Ye Fan of the old-fashioned, everyday-style notebooks that Uncle Li had forced him to read when he was a child.

"On the Self-Cultivation of a Great Emperor", "A True Account of 'Friendly' Exchanges with the Ancestors of the Overlord Body", "On How to Fish Elegantly in the Mortal World and Incidentally Become an Immortal!"

Even some fragmentary scriptures with strange names and mysterious content: the *Tao Te Ching*, the *Xi Huang Jing*, the *Heng Yu Jing*...

Uncle Li simply told him to take a look and memorize it as a way to spread knowledge, without explaining further.

He was young then, but he read the miscellaneous notes with great interest.

Only those scriptures are difficult to understand, with many unfamiliar characters, requiring a long time to look them up in the dictionary.

But strangely enough, he had an exceptionally good memory since childhood. He could often memorize obscure scriptures after reading them only once or twice, without missing a single word.

At the time, I just thought it was for training my memory, but looking back now...