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

'What happened?!'

Sensing something amiss, Suiren Lianlei's pupils constricted slightly.

Because there were people around, she suppressed the turmoil in her heart and quietly gripped the flagpole of the Emperor's Banner with her jade hand.

She could feel the power in her hand, the treasure that had once accompanied the Human Emperor in his campaigns across the land, collecting the souls of countless human soldiers and generals.

At this moment, a faint tendency arose within it to break free from her control and fly toward the young man on the giant ape's shoulder!

But... how is that possible?!

The Human Emperor Banner is a relic from the time of the last Human Emperor in the world, who attained enlightenment through the body of a human king in ancient times.

It was subsequently held by the successive heads of the Emperor's Palace on the Burial Emperor Star, and was an unparalleled sacred object and token!

Decades ago, His Majesty the Human Emperor made a brief, defying-the-fate return, clashing with the Supreme Being of the Forbidden Zone...

Finally, she returned to the Big Dipper and stayed at the Emperor's Palace in Zhongzhou. During this time, she received guidance from it and inherited the mantle of the "Yin-Yang Great Millstone Scripture"...

The Emperor's Banner thus fell into the hands of the Human King lineage of the Ziwei Star Region.

In her view, this was a form of recognition or expectation from His Majesty the Emperor.

This sacred artifact was personally bestowed by the supreme Emperor Suiren, who paved the way for humanity.

From the day she received it, she regarded it as her life, yearned for it and revered it, and secretly aimed to become its "master", determined to rebuild the faith and proof of the glory of the human king!

Although this object is not the true vessel through which the Human Emperor carries the Dao, she still regards it as the continuation of the Human Emperor's will in the world.

But now, this treasure, which carries her boundless admiration, is developing a sense of "closeness" and "desire" towards a strange man that she has never felt before.

A surge of emotions welled up within her, and Suiren Lianlei suddenly looked up.

Her eyes, sharp as swords, stared at the young man, trying to discern something from his handsome face.

Perhaps the distance was too great, no matter how she observed from afar,

Aside from noticing the young man's extraordinary appearance and demeanor, there was nothing particularly unusual about him.

'Impossible... How could the Emperor's Banner react to him? What is his background?'

Suiren Lianlei's mind raced. She tried to communicate with the deity in the banner through her thoughts, attempting to ask for the reason.

however.

The will of the deity, though usually silent, could at least be sensed to be in its general state. But now, when she tried to enter into it, it was like a stone sinking into the sea.

The deity in the banner did not respond to her call, but the faint tendency to "fly away" still existed, stubbornly pointing in that direction.

In an instant, a nameless sense of frustration and an indescribable bitterness quietly welled up in Suiren Lianlei's heart.

She treasured these imperial relics, which she had poured countless efforts and even emotions into.

She showed an interest in a complete stranger she had just met that far exceeded her interest in him?

This made her feel that all her years of hard work and her usual devout offerings had become a joke.

At that moment, she felt a sense of betrayal.

For no apparent reason, she even developed an absurd illusion that she had been "outshone" by him.

These two feelings, mixed with her doubts and curiosity about the mysterious young man's origins, gradually intertwined in her heart and began to ferment.

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Chapter 182 This world is inherently a jungle where the strong prey on the weak (Bonus chapter for 3K chapters, 800 average daily subscriptions, please subscribe!)

shuh...

All the complex emotions in Suiren Lianlei's heart, catalyzed by her proud and fierce personality as a contemporary human king, quietly transformed into a trace of...

She would never admit that she actually felt a bizarre and inexplicable jealousy because of a strange movement of the Human Emperor Banner!

rustling... rustling...

Her delicate hands gripped the flagpole of the Emperor's Banner tightly, her knuckles slightly white.

Her beautiful eyes were fixed on Tan Lin, her gaze sharp as a knife, as if she wanted to see through this stranger who had "seduced" her treasure.

On the giant ape's shoulder.

Tan Lin was completely unaware of the rich and intense inner thoughts of Suiren Lianlei.

However, just as he arrived at this place, the bronze fragment in his arms suddenly became slightly warm for a moment without warning.

The movement was extremely brief, fleeting, and the remnant immediately returned to its cold state, showing no further abnormalities.

Tan Lin's brow twitched almost imperceptibly. He used his divine sense to look inside his body and saw that the remnant was lying quietly in his arms, simple and unadorned, with nothing unusual about it.

His thoughts raced, and he seemed to be deep in thought.

Is this... sensing the aura of the "old object"?

Thinking of this, he followed his intuition and silently looked with his deep eyes toward the ancient ship where Suiren Lianlei was.

Swish!

At that moment, he vaguely saw, from afar, that old battle flag, shrouded in supreme Daoist energy.

Inevitably, he also saw Suiren Lianlei's sharp, scrutinizing gaze, which was filled with complex emotions.

Several decades have passed in this lifetime, and he has awakened about 80% of the wisdom he gained from his past lives.

This is one of the reasons why his cultivation progress was so amazing even while he needed to perfect the Great Dao of "All Self". His insights into the Great Dao from his past lives, especially those from his time as the Human Emperor, were really crucial.

'It's her... that descendant of the Human King's Palace lineage from the Purple Star Region back then...'

With just one glance, Tan Lin immediately understood and recognized Suiren Lianlei.

After the Beidou training ground collapsed, his remnant soul from his previous life gave him some brief guidance in Zhongzhou.

Over the years, the other party has indeed grown to this level as well.

His cultivation level was close to that of a Great Sage, and the blood energy of the Human King within his body was abundant. The Taiyin and Taiyang power phenomena cultivated from the Yin-Yang Great Grinding Scripture would rotate from time to time, displaying unparalleled elegance.

Judging from the looks of it, the other party did not seem to have truly heeded his advice.

Another stubborn person who won't turn back until they hit a brick wall...

Shaking his head inwardly, he silently severed the invisible resonance between the power inscribed in his previous life and the Emperor's Banner within the bronze fragment.

'This battle flag is remarkably sturdy; I, from ancient times, never imagined it would survive to this day…'

Tan Lin's mind went blank, and he had no intention of going forward to acknowledge her or retrieve her old belongings.

This place is crowded and full of eyes and ears. His past life's identity and karmic entanglements are too great. Once exposed, it will surely cause a huge uproar.

Now that he has been reborn and is starting all over again, it would be unwise for him to become entangled with the karma of his past life too early.

At this moment, he merely glanced at Suiren Lianlei's "burning" gaze with a calm indifference before looking away, as if he had only seen a slightly interesting unfamiliar prodigy and did not take it to heart.

however.

His nonchalant attitude, however, caused Suiren Lianlei, whose emotions were already complicated, to feel a slight tightness in her chest.

At this moment, Suiren Lianlei's surging, indescribable emotions inexplicably deepened, and she suddenly felt that this person was extremely arrogant.

Is it because they think they can look down on everyone just because they have that old ape backing them up?

"Fairy Lianlei, what's wrong?"

Suddenly, Guangyuan's gentle, spring-like voice came from beside her, asking with concern.

But to his surprise, he was met with a reproachful look and four cold words in return:

"What's it to you?"

……

"Is this the manifestation of the Sea of ​​Wheels of a Great Celestial Venerable from the Mythological Era?"

Indeed, it was vast and boundless, imbued with the essence of the Dao, even more magnificent than the rumors described. Even with supernatural powers, one could not see its end at a glance…

Arriving at this starry shore, Shao Hanyun and Tan Lin stood side by side on the giant ape's shoulders, gazing down at the distant, glittering, and turbulent Bitter Sea.

She felt the immense life force and the residual Dao principles of the supreme being rising from the "seawater" from time to time, and couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

She was born with extraordinary bloodline, and after undergoing transformation and sublimation, she could vaguely sense the extraordinary nature of this "sea of ​​suffering".

"However, this sea is terrifying. How should we cross it?"

As she spoke, her shimmering eyes looked at Tan Lin and the old ape.

"This sea is no ordinary water. It was formed from the Dao principles of the Heavenly Venerable's Sea of ​​Wheels Secret Realm, and has been submerged for countless ages. Even a goose feather cannot float, and reeds sink to the bottom. Ordinary escape techniques and magical treasures cannot last long, but..."

Tan Lin's gaze swept across the sea, and his voice paused slightly.

Shao Hanyun and "Xiao Liu" followed his gaze and looked at the ancient ships scattered on the sea.

The ships were at varying distances from them, but even the closer ones were tens of millions of miles away, and there were people on board who instinctively moved away from the shore after the ships arrived.

At this moment, Shao Hanyun and the others thought Tan Lin was looking at the ship, but the end of his gaze was already far beyond reach.

The latter, during the early stages of his previous life as the Human Emperor, had visited this place while undergoing trials on the ancient road. Currently, he is truly observing the core direction of the nine life springs here.

In his memory, that place was brimming with endless essence and unparalleled killing intent; beneath the spring lay the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords of the Celestial Venerable Lingbao.

"There are no empty ships left here. Those guys are quite alert; they all started running as soon as they saw me arrive..."

The old ape's golden eyes scanned the sea ahead.

Tan Lin withdrew his gaze. That location was still too far away from here, and he could only look at it from afar, unable to actually see it.

Upon hearing this, he looked at the old ape.

He grinned, revealing his sharp, white teeth.

Before he could finish speaking...

next interest.

Wow!

The golden light in the old ape's eyes suddenly materialized, and it unleashed an astonishing divine power, briefly freezing an ancient ship that was closest to the shore from a distance of over 1,200 miles.

Boom!

Splash...

At this moment, the sudden change filled the faces of the more than ten alien cultivators on the ship, all of whom possessed considerable strength, with fear.

The leader of the group of Great Sages looked at the old ape across the sea, his heart pounding in his throat.

It's over. The thing he feared most has happened.

"Rest assured, I am not suited to be tainted by bloodshed these days. I am merely borrowing your ships for a short time."

The old ape spoke casually, but before the other party could even respond, his large, hairy hand had already reached out.

"you……"

Upon seeing this, the Great Sage on the ship was horrified and hurriedly broke the golden light barrier, trying to urge the ancient ship to escape.

but.

Even though they are both Great Sages, the difference in their cultivation levels and combat domains makes the disparity in their strength extremely large.

Faced with the old ape's terrifying strength, which was almost at the level of a quasi-emperor, all its resistance was in vain.

A massive golden hand, seemingly capable of eclipsing the heavens and earth, caused ripples in the void. With a gentle scoop, the old ape grasped the entire ancient ship and all the cultivators aboard it in its palm.

The old ape didn't even glance at the terrified people on the boat; he simply clenched his fist slightly.

click... click...

In an instant, the protective light shield that the cultivators on the ancient ship had set up shattered like a bubble.

But the old ape kept his word and didn't actually become ferocious this time.

The cultivators on the ship, including that Great Sage, were all dead, though their faces were ashen and their auras were weak. They were thrown onto the deck like dead dogs, but at least they had not lost their lives.

Tan Lin watched this scene silently.

This is the true nature of the survival of the fittest in the cultivation world. There is no right or wrong. Everything outside the realm is fought for based on strength.

To become stronger and to obtain opportunities for good fortune, one must compete for more opportunities than one can have.