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

Half an hour later.

Tan Lin had traveled thousands of miles away from the divine city and entered a mountain range that had been over-mined and turned into a desolate wasteland.

boom!!

bang... bang...

"Damn it, it's that great demon!!"

"what……"

Just as Tan Lin stepped into a valley in this desolate mountain range...

Amidst screams from a thousand miles away, waves of holy might surged, clearly indicating the outbreak of a fierce battle.

A moment later, Tan Lin noticed a void fluctuation in the distant sky, as if a being at the Saint King level was approaching.

He then used a few fireflies to activate the Soul Pearl, remotely granting his "minions" lurking in the shadows the dual buffs of [Reverse All Causes Vision] and [All Causes Barrier].

This move concealed his own whereabouts and also helped his "lackeys" escape quietly.

That henchman, as one of the backup plans he left behind in his previous life, is a piece that is still quite usable at this stage.

It was precisely because that chess piece was indirectly "enlightened" by a remnant of his soul that the Soul Bead could so easily affect him from a great distance.

Whoosh!

Before long, a jet-black light, visible only to Tan Lin, shot out silently from afar with lightning speed, arrived here, and knelt before him.

It is the Flood Dragon Demon!

"What a pity, my lord, a big guy came, and I was unable to deal with him properly..."

The dragon demon knelt on the ground, his voice tinged with trepidation.

"It's alright."

Tan Lin waved his hand dismissively.

His order for them to fight was merely a warning to others, and incidentally, it would also create some karmic connections, allowing him to reap some rewards later.

Although this little bit of firefly energy, after being accumulated and refined, may not be as profitable as the causal thread that made Shao Hanyun exceptionally strong after their intimate encounter in the Divine City.

"You may go on your own for the foreseeable future; you need not follow me."

"As ordered!"

With the command given, Tan Lin darted out of the valley and calmly departed right under the nose of the Saint King who had descended upon this place.

The dragon demon then flew away in the opposite direction.

……

a few days later.

Chixia River in the southern region is the territory of the Xiang family.

In the past, the Xiang family attracted a lot of attention and caused a lot of trouble because of Tan Lin's pure and indestructible golden body.

However, after Tan Lin left the Xiang family, although the turmoil subsided,

However, the entire Xiang family seemed to have fallen into a long period of silence, and an invisible sense of decline and stagnation spread throughout the clan.

To put it bluntly, sending away the immortal golden body, on which they had placed high hopes, even if it was to reside in the Chi family, a family with which they had a long-standing relationship, was still a blow to the morale of every member of the clan.

The Xiang family may truly be finished.

When news came that Tan Lin had been imprisoned by the Chi family patriarch, the entire Xiang family was in an uproar and shocked.

Although the clan's territory still exists, it cannot conceal an air of decline.

At dusk.

Tan Lin appeared silently in front of the thatched hut where Xiang Li lived in the ancestral hall area of ​​the Xiang family.

Looking from the shadows, it had only been a little over a year since he last saw him, but "Old Man Li," who had single-handedly shouldered the burden of the Xiang family, looked even older.

His hair and beard were all white, his face was lined with deep wrinkles, and his once upright posture was now somewhat hunched. He sat alone under an old tree.

Perhaps he was thinking about something, staring blankly at the tea set on the stone table, his eyes vacant.

Previously, Chi Yushan had personally sent him a message, informing him of the inside story of Tan Lin's imprisonment, but also conveying the news of Xiang Jun's death along with it.

Although he had never shown any sadness in front of his clansmen, the news still had a significant impact on his heart, even though he had been prepared for it.

Not far away, Tan Lin silently observed the old man who had watched her grow up in this life for a while.

After a while, he withdrew the magical power of the Soul Pearl and revealed his true form.

"Who?"

In an instant, Xiang Li seemed to sense something, and his cloudy old eyes looked over, a wisp of holy might bursting forth.

When they could clearly see the half-bronze mask on Tan Lin's face and his eyes that seemed to hold a thousand breaths,

His hunched body jolted suddenly, and the cup he was holding crashed to the ground.

"Lin'er? Is...it's you?"

Xiang Li's voice trembled slightly. He recognized Tan Lin and was shocked that the other party could pass through the clan's restrictions silently, while also feeling somewhat complicated.

He had a pretty good idea of ​​why the other party had come back this time.

"It's me, Elder Li. I'm back, and I've brought Brother Jun with me."

Tan Lin nodded and took out a coffin from his storage artifact.

"Jun'er..."

When Xiang Li saw the coffin, tears streamed down his face. As he approached, his hands trembled as he placed them on the coffin lid, as if he wanted to push it open and see his son lying inside.

But in the end, he did not open the coffin; he simply shed tears silently.

Despite being mentally prepared, the old man was still devastated when he saw his son's body.

Tan Lin stood quietly to the side, sighing silently in his heart, without making a sound to disturb them.

the end.

Seeing that he was so immersed in grief that he could not extricate himself, he left behind a letter, then silently activated the [Barrier of All Causes] and quietly left.

……

The Central Region of the Eastern Wilderness was once the secret land of the Tianxuan Ancient Clan.

This is a self-contained microcosm of life, created by the most powerful member of the ancient Tianxuan clan before the Primordial Era.

This place is not only isolated from the world, but it is also concealed by the array patterns left behind by this ancient royal family.

If the exact location and method of entry were not known, even if the Great Sage were here, it would be difficult to detect him.

This day.

Following the scattered fragments of wisdom that had been awakened previously, Tan Lin easily found this place.

He passed through the many outer barriers and arrived at the entrance to the secret realm, which was a seemingly ordinary mountain wall.

Before the stone wall, he formed a mudra with his hands and chanted incantations, following the instructions for entering.

hum...

Soon, ripples spread across the mountainside, and a portal of light, just wide enough for one person to pass through, quietly appeared.

Hey!

Tan Lin stepped inside, and the portal closed silently behind him.

Arriving at this secluded and hidden place, let's get down to earth.

Tan Lin's gaze swept across the room. He first reminisced about the time he spent with the ancient princess Tian Ling, and then, though he intended to head directly to the "realm within a realm" where the ancient tea tree he had personally cultivated in his previous life was located, he paused slightly.

With a wave of thoughts, he changed direction, opened another restriction, and entered a huge cavern space.

This place is also a "world within a world," but it was not created by him in his previous life.

Inside the cave, stalactites hang upside down, yet the spiritual energy is exceptionally rich, almost to the point of liquefaction.

The path meandered, with a hazy light shining through it, and silkworms crawled all over the stone walls.

Tan Lin kept walking forward until he finally arrived at the deepest stone chamber in the cave.

There, two enormous divine sources lay silently half-submerged in a pool of dragon marrow.

The divine source was crystal clear, sealing everything within it, and together with drops of dragon marrow, it emitted a dazzling divine light.

Tan Lin walked up to the divine source that sealed Tian Ling and stopped.

That was a divine source on the left, within which was sealed a stunningly beautiful woman dressed in a magnificent purple palace gown.

Her purple hair cascaded down like a waterfall, her beauty was unparalleled, and there was a diamond-shaped amethyst mark between her eyebrows. Her eyes were closed, and her long eyelashes covered her eyelids. Her expression was peaceful, as if she were just sleeping.

Within a divine source on the right was a woman dressed in a golden robe.

The woman was equally beautiful, with a graceful figure and an ethereal, otherworldly air.

The two divine sources have been quietly displayed here for countless millennia, as if waiting for the right opportunity in future generations to break free and continue the path of cultivation.

however.

Tan Lin knew, however, that the two women's physical bodies were completely empty.

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Chapter 167 Reclaiming the Taiyin and Taiyang (Bonus Chapter for 4K Version, Please Subscribe!)

Inside the cave, Tan Lin gazed quietly at Tian Ling's familiar yet unfamiliar beautiful face within the divine source.

In his past life, the memories of his time with Tianling flooded his mind uncontrollably.

That kind of throbbing and emotion from the depths of the soul, like a dormant volcano, began to slowly revive and surge when he finally saw "her".

He reached out, not to break through the divine source, but to gently stroke the contours of Tianling's cheek through the cold barrier of the divine source.

rustling... rustling...

The coolness of the divine source emanated from his fingertips, and a complex emotion, difficult to describe, welled up within him.

Previously, it wasn't until the moment when most of Tianling's innate wisdom was awakened that he realized how deep his feelings for this ancient princess were.

He realized that perhaps what he said when he met Chi Jiahe on the cliff top that day was somewhat "hurtful".

That day, at first he was only focused on probing and verifying the other party's identity, without thinking to inquire about their condition.

Perhaps it's because he knows that even if he knew the reason now, he wouldn't have the ability to change anything for the time being.

However, since his remnant soul awakened in his previous life and wandered the world, it was understandable that he was unaware that the other was still alive.

Now that he knows that she has not passed away, he will naturally help her escape from suffering and continue their past relationship when he returns to his peak.

"I spoke too harshly that day, wait for me..."

Tan Lin whispered to Tian Ling in the divine source.

He stayed with her in the cave for three days and three nights.

Without practicing cultivation or doing anything else, I simply sat here quietly, watching, reminiscing, and sorting out the surging emotions in my heart.

Three days later, the last ripple in his eyes subsided, leaving only the deep stillness of an ancient well.

He slowly got up, took one last look at Tianling, then turned and walked out of the cave, into the secret space outside, used his source technique, and entered the ley line node.

He then passed through an invisible spatial barrier, and the scene before him changed abruptly.

Wow!

As light and shadow shift, this is a small world, roughly a thousand miles in radius.

Like the cave that sealed Tianling and Princess Shencan's bodies, it is separate from the main secret space and even more hidden.

Within this realm, thanks to that small divine spring, the life essence here is so rich that it cannot be dispersed, forming a faint spiritual mist.

This place is centered around three black mountain ranges that stretch outwards.

These three mountains are not high, but they are pitch black, constantly exuding an ancient and heavy aura that seems to suppress eternity.

Some natural patterns are faintly visible on the mountain, containing profound Taoist charm and field fluctuations.