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

They left no trace, no lingering presence, as if they had never existed in this world.

At the same time, that ray of moonlight seemed to have completed its mission and quietly disappeared.

With a "crack," the bronze token's crack widened, and a corner of the token immediately turned into dust, falling through Tan Lin's fingers.

A gust of wind blew by, raising a little dust.

"..."

Inside and outside the Qishi Mansion, before the Starry Sky Gate, all was deathly silent.

All the cultivators, whether they were from the Qishi Mansion or just onlookers, were frozen in place as if under a spell, their minds completely blank.

What did they see?

Three veteran Great Saints of the Feathered Divine Dynasty, who could overlook all living beings in a region, were wiped out completely by a seemingly weak wisp of clear light with a gentle "tremor" right before their eyes.

This is a hundred times, a thousand times more shocking than Tan Lin's previous punch that killed a saint!

That's the Great Sage!

It's not roadside weeds!

That's it...gone?

After a brief silence, an endless chill ran from the soles of everyone's feet straight to the top of their heads!

The gazes of everyone looking at Tan Lin were filled with endless fear, apprehension, and deep disbelief.

Just how many tricks does this young man have up his sleeve?

What level of being left behind that wisp of clear light?

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Tan Lin clapped his hands, brushing away the remaining token dust from his fingertips as if he were merely crushing a clod of earth.

He looked up and gazed once more at the portal to the starry sky.

This time, no one dared to stop them.

The gray-robed old man from Qishi Mansion subconsciously took a few steps back to make way, his forehead dripping with cold sweat.

All the surrounding cultivators parted to the sides like a tide, leaving a wide passage leading directly to the portal, and no one dared to look him in the eye.

Tan Lin strode forward, unhurriedly, toward the swirling vortex of starlight.

His steps were steady, but his figure, in the eyes of the crowd, seemed even taller and more immeasurable than the three Great Sages who had been annihilated.

Just before stepping into the vortex

He paused slightly, as if remembering something, turned his head, and said calmly to the gray-robed old man from the Qishi Mansion who was now silent as a cicada in fear:

"If the Feathered Divine Dynasty wants some people to die prematurely, I'll be waiting for you anytime on the Ancient Star Road."

As soon as he finished speaking, he stepped into the vortex of starry sky without lingering.

With a flash of light, the figure vanished.

It wasn't until Tan Lin's figure had completely disappeared into the star portal that the frozen atmosphere inside and outside the Qishi Mansion suddenly exploded!

"My God! Three Great Sages! Gone just like that?!"

"What did he mean when he left by saying he wanted some people to die prematurely?"

"I don't know, I'm completely confused by that too..."

"What was that light? Could it be... the attack of an imperial weapon deity awakening?"

"Impossible! If an imperial weapon or deity were to awaken, the commotion would be far more than this! That wisp of clear light... seems more like a technique left behind by some supreme being..."

"Could it be something left behind by the Xiang family's ancestor who achieved the Great Perfection Golden Body?!"

"The Xiang family of the Southern Region actually possesses such a powerful foundation?"

"..."

"This time, the Feathered Divine Dynasty... has kicked a hornet's nest! The Three Star Elders are one of the strongest forces in the Feathered Divine Dynasty on the surface!"

Was his last sentence... a declaration of war against the entire Feathered Divine Dynasty?

"The Ancient Starry Road... it's going to be lively! No, it's going to be a complete upheaval!"

The heated discussion swept across the entire Central Plains like a tsunami.

What happened today is destined to become a momentous event that will shake the five regions of Beidou and be recorded in history!

Tan Lin, the immortal golden body who disappeared for eight years, embarked on the ancient road of the starry sky with an invincible attitude of being at the peak of the Dao, defying saints, annihilating great saints, and facing the Feathered Divine Dynasty!

"Wait...didn't they say that the people from the Ancestral Star of the Overlord Body said ten years ago that they would come to the Big Dipper to fight this indestructible golden body?"

How come so many years have passed and we haven't even seen a trace of him?

Suddenly, someone in the crowd spoke up in confusion.

Everyone was taken aback by these words.

"That's right! Where are the people from the Ancestral Star of Overlord Body?"

"Could it be that they heard Tan Lin was so fierce that they dared not come?"

"Impossible, right? Ten years ago, this indestructible golden body wasn't even this powerful yet."

The Overlord Body lineage has always been domineering and powerful, and is sworn enemies with the Undying Golden Body; how could they possibly back down?

"Could it be... that something happened on the way?"

"Speaking of which, in the past few years on the Ancient Star Road, we haven't heard much about any particularly amazing news about the geniuses of the Overlord Ancestral Star..."

The crowd discussed and speculated, but no one could provide an answer.

The fact that the people from the Ancestral Star of Hegemony have not yet arrived has become an inexplicable mystery, in addition to the shocking events of today.

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At the same time.

Deep within the vast starry sky, on a remote and desolate branch of an ancient road.

The void shattered, divine blood scattered, and the aftershocks of the fierce battle pulverized the surrounding meteorite belt.

In the center of the battlefield, a figure in a black dress stood alone, her face covered by a cracked bronze mask. Her tall and exquisite figure resembled a treasure vase of the Great Dao.

His body was surrounded by overwhelming demonic energy, exuding a chilling killing intent and a terrifying aura that could devour everything.

The woman in the black dress was none other than Li Qingjue.

Dozens of corpses lay scattered around her.

Most of these corpses possessed abundant vital energy, and even in death, their bodies still emitted a faint purple aura, clearly indicating that they had considerable cultivation and extraordinary bloodlines in life.

They are all cultivators from the Ancestral Star of Overlord Body!

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Chapter 170 Tianling Meets the Empress

Among the corpses scattered on the ground were several powerful Ancestral Star cultivators with the aura of Saint Kings.

There was even a headless corpse riding on a magnificent purple Qilin that had also been slain and had its primordial essence plundered.

Judging from the trace of aura remaining on the corpse, it was actually a Great Sage!

"Demon!! You have continuously slaughtered cultivators of my Azure Heaven Tyrant Bloodline and devoured the Tyrant Blood Source. This hatred is irreconcilable!"

"...Your hands are stained with the blood of my clan's cultivators, ha! Cough...cough... The essence of my clan's constitution isn't so easy to enjoy."

Just you wait, the depth of my clan's heritage far exceeds your imagination!

This blood-red divine light will follow you wherever you hide from now on…

In the distance of the battlefield, amidst their lingering breaths, more than ten still-living cultivators from the Overlord Ancestral Star coughed up blood and still managed to utter some harsh words.

However harsh these words cannot change the fact that they are all injured, weak, and like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

The look in their eyes as they gazed at Li Qingjue was filled with boundless resentment mixed with fear and a trace of unbelievable despair.

Standing still, amidst the cacophony of harsh words, Li Qingjue slowly opened his eyes.

Then, she raised her blood-stained right hand and casually tossed aside the severed head of a middle-aged man that she had been holding.

Wheel and wheel...

A human head rolled on the ground.

A drop of deep purple, domineering blood slowly dripped from her fingertip.

The divine soul within the head of this great sage has already perished.

But before disappearing, she managed to capture some of the memories from the other party's Sendai sea of ​​consciousness.

She learned that this person was actually Cang Yuhang, and Cang Zhen, the father of the contemporary overlord Cang Ming who died at her hands eight years ago!

No wonder this person has been relentlessly pursuing and besieging her across the starry sky all these years.

Unfortunately, her opponent underestimated her growth rate, which led to her defeat here today.

It's worth mentioning that when she tried to read the other person's consciousness, the hidden inheritance of their Overlord Body lineage was subject to an invisible restriction, preventing her from accessing it.

But besides that, she also gained many unexpected surprises, one of which was the nearly complete Myth Nine Secrets, the "Zhe" Secret.

Wheel and wheel...

As his thoughts drifted and he processed what he had learned, the head that Li Qingjue had thrown out stopped rolling.

Her eyes, hidden beneath the mask, were ruthless and merciless. Through the cracks in the mask, she looked at the remaining cultivators with the invincible body, not at a group of living people, but at a group of bait.

At this moment, she parted her lips slightly:

"You...you're too noisy. I was hoping to let you live a few more breaths..."

clatter……

Without a trace of emotion in her voice, she took a step forward, and endless demonic energy surged around her, making her appear like a female demon god descending to earth.

She couldn't refine Cang Zhen's Great Sage-level Overlord Body Origin in a short time, so she planned to deal with the rest of the people first.

"No...no, spare...spare me..."

As she walked towards him step by step, suddenly, a saint king with a missing arm spoke up in a trembling voice, his eyes filled with undisguised fear.

Seeing this, someone beside him shouted sternly:

"Cang Yuan!! You spineless coward! You actually begged this demon for mercy just to save your life?! Do you think the elders will let you go even if you return alive... Ah!!!"

However, before the man could finish speaking, his voice was abruptly cut off by a scream.

A beam of dark light pierced through the man's body and spirit platform, and his soul vanished in an instant.

"What exactly is your background? Our Hegemon Ancestral Star had no enmity with you eight years ago. It was you who killed the Cangming Young Master who came from our Ancestral Star first, which led to the subsequent entanglement. Why... cough!"

"You demon!! You'll die a horrible death..."

Amidst the plumes of blood mist, the few remaining cultivators from the Overlord Ancestral Star went berserk, choosing to burn their life essence in a desperate struggle.

But all of this was in vain.

With each wisp of dark light emanating from Li Qingjue's body, a cultivator was killed. Even Cang Zhen, a Great Saint, was dead. Their fate was sealed from that moment on.

"No grudges...?"

That makes sense, really. Perhaps in your eyes, that incident from decades ago might be insignificant, and many of you may not even have heard of it…

Amidst the carnage, Li Qingjue's voice remained utterly devoid of emotion:

"Years ago, the person who desecrated my brother's remains was already executed. That matter had nothing to do with you, and I never paid any attention to you."

However, you shouldn't have thought of going to Beidou to cause trouble for him ten years ago. Don't talk about some grand-sounding battle of destiny. If it were truly fair, I wouldn't have taken action...

"You shouldn't have gotten involved with him..."

Li Qingjue murmured to himself, as if he were talking to himself.

As her words faded into the distance, she stopped walking.

She had wiped out all the remaining cultivators with the Overlord Body technique in the area.

The screams and roars that had been rising and falling just moments before had completely disappeared, and the place seemed to have fallen into eternal silence.