Covering the Sky: The Years I Was the Empress's Strictest Master

Covering the Sky: The Years I Was the Empress's Strictest Master

Author: Chestnut Rice

Summary:

The moon and the sun, which is stronger or weaker? When yin and yang work together, the world is ruled by the emperor!

Everyone reflects, but I am the true reincarnation.

A Soul Bead that allows one to undergo physical transformation and reincarnation, feign death and escape, and unravel the mysteries of the womb, transported Tan Lin to the ancient era of the novel "Covering the Sky".

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In the ancient times, a lonely mortal girl first heard the shocking news. After her desperate plea to the cultivators of the Feathered Divine Dynasty to examine her brother's remains was unsuccessful, grief, hatred, and anger intertwined in her heart.

On this same day, by sheer coincidence, a phantom, transparent remnant soul awakened and emerged from a piece of copper it was attached to.

He looked at the little girl in front of him, covered in mud and sobbing uncontrollably, and was taken aback at first, then said quietly:

"Little girl, do you want to cultivate?"

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Chapter 1 The Emperor Falls, the People Grieve (6.4K)

blood.

The blood of the "Human Emperor" stained the starry sky high above, but in an instant it seemed to be completely devoured by something.

The vast Yin and Yang energies roam the universe, along with the remnants of the annihilation energy from the tribulations of those who attained enlightenment.

At this moment, the Great Dao cried out in sorrow.

The emperor has fallen, humanity grieves, darkness returns, the world is plunged into chaos, and the heavens and earth are stained with blood.

The massive fluctuations caused by a portion of the Imperial Law swept across the entire Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, shaking all the myriad realms.

Within the five forbidden zones of the late Primordial Era—the Primordial Ancient Mine, Burial Sky Island, Immortal Tomb, Divine Ruins, and Reincarnation Sea—the divine consciousness and verbal fluctuations of numerous supreme beings were also observed.

"The emperor has fallen? Which one has fallen?"

"This energy... Taiyin and Taiyang? Aren't those two people long gone?"

"Wait...something's not right. It seems I've been asleep for too long. I never expected that someone in this later generation would be able to cultivate both of these ancient scriptures simultaneously?"

"..."

"Heh, an Emperor? He's nothing more than an 'enlightened one' who hasn't yet made the final leap and has only grasped a portion of the Emperor's Laws. It seems that old man Xiaoyao is just all show and no substance. He actually managed to launch an attack?"

The Supreme One gave a cold laugh.

However, some ancient emperors held different views:

"Which is stronger, the Yin or the Sun? When Yin and Yang work together, the world will be ruled by the Emperor!"

This person cultivates both Yin and Yang, and although he hasn't fully mastered both, they're quite close. Furthermore, he has a backup plan; he's not transcending the Dao. Taking him down will be extremely difficult…”

The supreme being paused, then narrowed his eyes and said:

"I just didn't expect that this person would actually provoke 'Undying' to take action? Ah, that last crimson light was quite something; I couldn't quite decipher it for a moment. It seems this person possesses a great secret..."

In fact, the so-called Yin-Yang harmony actually refers to the transformation of oneself into a chaotic body through the two immortal scriptures of Taiyin and Taiyang!

The physical constitution and original energy displayed by the so-called "Human Emperor" just now were clearly not this kind of constitution, so he had not truly cultivated to the extreme.

Within the forbidden zone, a discerning Supreme Being had already discerned that his fellow cultivator had merely employed some clever trick to forcibly coexist the Yin and Yang energies.

But in these vast span of hundreds of thousands of years, who has reached that point?

As someone who is about to attain enlightenment, this person is already considered to be the most prominent figure in the human race on this path!

"Pity……"

Some people sighed.

This is the terrifying aspect of the tribulation for attaining enlightenment; it is not only the heavenly tribulation, but also the even more "terrifying" human tribulation!

Rumble...

Outside the forbidden zone, a dark upheaval erupted as the supreme being devoured all living beings.

The two supreme beings who had shared the soon-to-be-enlightened one with the Undying Emperor in tacit agreement, now that they had made their rare appearance, naturally wanted to maximize their impact.

Countless people are crying out in despair.

…………

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"The Human Emperor!!!"

In the long, confused state, after countless ages, the sounds of grief and mourning from all humankind still seem to echo in our ears.

Tan Lin's last wisp of consciousness seemed to be frozen forever at the moment when he fell, forced to use the insufficiently charged Zhuyin Soul Pearl to free himself.

His shattered remnant soul merged with the Zhuyin Soul Pearl, allowing his wisp of soul to remain undissipated to this day.

But in this endless time, his mind was caught up in the scene of the Undying Heavenly Blade piercing through his body and origin from behind, entering an almost endless cycle.

His consciousness was fluctuating, and the excruciating pain of his soul being torn apart prevented him from truly "sleeping" and from waking up on his own.

Endless chaos, endless repetition.

……

I don't know how much time has passed.

A vast expanse of darkness and coldness, where time and space seem to have completely lost their meaning.

"I shouldn't have been greedy back then..."

Suddenly, a wave of self-will filled with regret rippled across the hazy landscape.

Perhaps it was some factor that had kept Tan Lin's soul and consciousness alive until now that underwent an unknowable change at this moment.

Tan Lin's mind finally broke free from the cycle of confusion and bewilderment.

This was quite different from the fluctuations of thought that had occurred in the past. The fluctuations were so subtle that they were almost imperceptible, but in the depths of Tan Lin's remnant soul, they actually started as a small point, then spread out in circles, and finally stirred up layers of waves.

The mysterious jewel, filled with countless crimson dots, glows and shines invisibly.

This bead is called the Soul-Bearing Bead of All Causes. It possesses incredible and miraculous powers, such as enabling reincarnation after death, unraveling the mysteries of the womb, protecting a wisp of true soul from annihilation, and amplifying the spiritual wisdom of past lives.

This pearl played an indispensable role in enabling him to nearly attain the Dao and become an emperor in the harsh environment of ancient times.

However, to activate this soul bead, one needs to pull and maintain countless causal lines to accumulate those crimson light spots as "fuel".

hum...

A sliver of clarity, along with this sudden change, firmly occupies the depths of Tan Lin's lingering soul.

Gradually, he began to feel his current state.

The remnant soul was dim and weak.

At its core, besides the Soul Orb itself, there were three and a half crimson brand marks shining brightly.

For some reason, he is currently unable to perceive anything in the outside world, and his consciousness can only swirl around in the Soul Bead.

His lingering soul, like a candle flame about to be extinguished, floated and flickered in eternal nothingness.

Memories that occasionally surface are like shattered glass; under the glow of the soul's candlelight, only the most profound images flicker.

Finally, his consciousness began to return, and he regained his ability to think.

He began to recall who he was, his past, and how he had ended up in this situation.

The screen flickers:

In his first life after transmigrating, he embarked on the path of cultivation early on, carrying with him the wisdom of his past life.

He confidently and diligently studied the *Taiyin Immortal Scripture*, one of the two mother scriptures of humanity from ancient times, but due to limitations in his aptitude and talent, he remained stuck at the threshold of sainthood throughout his life.

Because the natural acquisition of the fuel needed for the precious pearl was too slow, he spent the rest of his life collecting various spiritual herbs to extend his lifespan to five thousand years. He then spent the last few thousand years of his lifespan traveling around.

Without courting disaster, he did his utmost to maintain the causal connections possible at his level of cultivation as an immortal, ultimately allowing the crimson light to fill the Soul Orb.

Thanks to the Soul Pearl of All Causes, he activated it at the moment of his death, and a wisp of his true soul remained undying, allowing him to unravel the mystery of the womb and successfully reincarnate.

Due to the Soul Pearl's extraordinary power, the spiritual essence and innate wisdom of his past lives were superimposed, resulting in a further enhancement in his innate abilities such as comprehension. However, the crimson light within the Soul Pearl was depleted and needed to be replenished.

In his second life, relying on a meager amount of solar bloodline within him, he switched to cultivating the "Solar Immortal Scripture." He made rapid progress in the early stages, undergoing several transformations and purifications of his bloodline, but ultimately succumbed to the insurmountable barrier of becoming a quasi-emperor.

Even though his cultivation had stagnated for the rest of his life, and his lifespan was much longer than in his first life, he still did his best to fully charge the Soul Pearl of All Causes in the shortest possible time in order to prepare for any unforeseen events that might occur at any time.

Even so, it still took him nearly three thousand years of his life and energy…

In his third life, he was fortunate enough to be born into an ancient family that inherited the Human King Battle Body, thus becoming the contemporary Human King Body.

With the combined spiritual essence, innate wisdom, and cultivation experience of three lifetimes, he was ambitious in this life, cultivating both Yin and Yang simultaneously. He cleverly created a Yin-Yang Divine Mill within the body's secret realm, constantly refining and transforming his Human King Body…

After nearly two thousand years of cultivation, he finally reached the threshold of becoming a quasi-emperor. It was at this moment that he realized his current physique had far surpassed his predecessors, and perhaps the title of Human King was no longer suitable for him.

At the age of two thousand one hundred, he crossed the threshold of becoming a quasi-emperor, established the Human Emperor's Palace in the Central Continent of the Big Dipper Star Region, fought against all races, and led the long-weakened human race to rise again!

'It was this action that allowed him to truly experience the high speed and shortcut of connecting causal threads and filling the Soul Beads with crimson light...'

After all, in his previous two lives, he had always considered building a power base to be a waste of time and energy. Moreover, in this ancient era, if a human's strength was insufficient, such a so-called power would only become a tool for other races to plunder, oppress, or use for their amusement.

'However, in this life, everything is different!'

He is the current emperor!

'...'

That day, he led his troops to sweep away a group of ancient royal cultivators who had come to Zhongzhou to hunt down human races for amusement!

"Among them, an ancient princess from a certain clan, who had awakened from the divine source and was vying for the Dao attainment position during this period, was suppressed by him with her unparalleled cultivation and captured on the spot."

'...'

'Huh? Wait, who...who brought that prisoner to his bedchamber?!'

'Alas, these unruly and self-willed subordinates have really ruined him!'

'...'

'The taste of the ancient princess... is really good...'

'...'

Wow!

The light and shadow shifted among the fragments of memory, and Tan Lin's consciousness momentarily blurred, but he continued to recall:

'Training troops, resisting foreign invasion, cultivation, the ancient princess…'

'Cultivation, Ancient Princess…'

'...'

'The ancient princess, the ancient princess...'

'...'

Finally, one day, he realized something was wrong; he couldn't waste any more time like this!

After much agonizing reflection, he decided to collect the ransom and release the ancient princess to return to her clan with the ancient clan's prospective emperor who had been frequently demanding her return, even though the karmic connection between the two of them was already very deep…

'...'

At the age of three thousand, his cultivation had reached the peak of the Quasi-Emperor realm. At his current level, even though he mostly acted through his subordinate forces and the causal relationships involved in external affairs were thin and small, the sheer volume of these relationships was still significant.

And he doesn't need to maintain it personally.

This saved him from spending too much time and energy charging the Soul Orb, and the time required was reduced by several times! This allowed him to further develop some of the Soul Orb's extraordinary abilities…

'...'

'Once the crimson light filled the Soul Pearl, he no longer wished to wait and finally decided to take that step towards enlightenment on the day he turned three thousand six hundred!'

'It was on this day that regret and resentment still fill the depths of his soul.'