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

shuh...

Eyes facing each other.

At this moment, the past life wisdom related to Tan Lin surged forth in his mind like a river bursting its banks.

Whoosh!

Every detail of their lives in ancient times, all their memories and emotions, are vividly recreated.

"Tianling..."

He spoke softly, his voice deep, as if carrying a sense of timeless vicissitudes and tenderness.

Upon hearing this, Tianling trembled, and the mist in her eyes seemed to transform into a single, crystal-clear tear that welled up and spilled out.

Hundreds of thousands of years of torment, the helplessness of meeting a former lover only to feel like a stranger, the exhaustion of being hunted down...

All these feelings were transformed into an indescribable emotion in this single call.

At that moment, she wanted to say something; her lips parted, but no sound came out.

clatter……

Tan Lin stepped forward, reached out, and gently wiped away the blood and tears from her face.

The movements were gentle, as if handling the most precious treasure in the world.

"I am coming……"

He whispered:

"It's alright now."

boom!

Those six simple words were enough to overwhelm Tianling with emotion. She threw herself into his arms, her arms, scarred and bruised from the past two days, tightly embracing him.

The force was so great that it seemed to want to melt him into its own body, so that he would never leave again.

His actions seemed to express all the loneliness, waiting, and pain he had endured for hundreds of thousands of years...

Above the sea of ​​suffering, all is deathly silent.

Everyone stared in disbelief as the two embraced.

At this moment, a series of questions arose in everyone's minds.

What exactly is the relationship between these two?

Judging from this situation, it is definitely not as simple as the "aunt and niece" relationship that some Beidou "native" cultivators have spread!

Between this man and woman, who is the "aunt"?

The way the goddess Gu threw herself into the arms of the indestructible golden body clearly resembled a girl who had suffered countless grievances and finally found someone she could rely on, thus letting down her guard...

Upon seeing this scene, the faces of the Great Sage of the Golden Cave and the Gray Mist Man turned completely gloomy.

"Tan Lin!"

The Great Sage of the Golden Cave roared:

"If you know what's good for you, step back immediately, and I'll pretend today's events never happened! Otherwise, you'll be making an enemy of my Golden Cave, an enemy of the Kunzhou lineage, and an enemy of the Forbidden Zone!"

Standing still, Tan Lin gently patted Tian Ling's back, slowly raised his head, and calmly looked at the Great Sage of the Golden Cave with his deep eyes.

There was no emotional fluctuation in that gaze, yet it sent a chill down the spine of the Great Sage of the Golden Cave.

"Golden Cave? Kunzhou? Forbidden Zone?"

Tan Lin spoke, his voice not loud, but clearly reaching the ears of everyone present:

"Since you have hurt her so badly today, you may all stay here."

"Insanity!"

Upon hearing this, the Great Sage of the Golden Cave was furious. As a member of the ancient royal family and wielding an ancient imperial weapon, how could he have ever been so disrespected?

"Since you're courting death, I'll grant your wish! Fellow Daoists, attack together and slay this fiend! The Heavenly Profound Princess will be nothing more than fish on a chopping board..."

Without further hesitation, he exchanged a glance with the gray-mist man and attacked simultaneously!

hum...

He exerted all his efforts, and the Golden Mace's recovery deepened slightly.

boom!

next moment.

The aura of the ultimate path swept across the universe, causing the entire Sea of ​​Wheels to fluctuate!

Then,

A dazzling golden mace beam, like the first ray of light after the creation of the world, slashed towards Tan Lin and Tian Ling!

With this strike, he had exerted all his strength, determined to extinguish the supreme radiance emanating from his opponent!

Boom...

The gray-mist figures around them also attacked at the same time.

He raised his hand and grabbed, and a large gray hand appeared in the void, with a withering law swirling around it.

Wherever it passed, even the essence of the Bitter Sea that was rising in the air nearby dissipated and vanished!

It is obvious that this is not just his power, but also contains the terrifying power of the Supreme Artifact!

"Retreat! Retreat immediately!!"

"This ancient ship is too slow; we can't get far away..."

All the cultivators on the Sea of ​​Bitterness were anxious and flustered.

A high-level Great Saint and a peak Great Saint who has reached the Quasi-Emperor realm, each wielding an Extreme Ancient Emperor Weapon and a Supreme Artifact respectively, joined forces to unleash a full-force attack that would likely be enough to shake a Quasi-Emperor!

Whoosh!

At this moment, some people, finding the ancient ship too slow and fearing it might be caught in the aftershocks of the battle, personally used their escape techniques.

But as soon as it reached the void above the sea, it was knocked down from the clouds by an ancient corpse that suddenly appeared underwater.

It turned out that, in his panic, he fled in the direction of a life spring, which, by sheer coincidence, was a region of life springs.

Wow!

However, looking at the desolate area by the Bitter Sea, the devastating impact of the powerful weapons being unleashed did not escalate further.

Faced with such a deadly move, Tan Lin simply pulled Tian Ling, who was in his arms, behind him again.

then,

Tan Lin pointed his fingers like a sword and made a light, sweeping motion towards him.

hum...

Then, the wisp of radiance that had been surrounding him burst into full bloom at that moment.

The light was neither dazzling nor magnificent; in fact, it was somewhat dim, as if it might be extinguished at any moment.

But the moment it truly unleashed its power, everything in this region—time, space, cultivators—seemed to stand still.

The golden light unleashed by the golden mace solidified in mid-air.

The decaying laws of the gray giant hand lingered in the void.

The ferocious expression of the Great Sage of the Golden Cave, the horrified gaze of the mysterious gray mist figure, and the horrified expressions of all the cultivators on the Sea of ​​Bitterness all seemed to freeze at this moment.

Swish!

Only a sliver of moonlight, silent and still, streaked across the void.

click... click...

With a barely audible sound, the Great Sage's platform in the Golden Cave cracked first, and his soul was instantly annihilated.

Outside, the ferocity on his face froze completely at that moment, the light in his eyes quickly dimmed, and his life force was instantly extinguished.

Then his great saintly flesh and blood body turned into dust, drifting away.

hum...

Perhaps it was the stimulation of the Great Sage's essence and blood from the Golden Cave,

Perhaps it was the arrival of Qinghui's slash that made the golden mace seem to sense a threat, and the deity contained within the ancient imperial weapon finally awakened.

It circled the universe once, but ultimately did not choose to stay there any longer. Instead, it transformed into a golden light, tore through the void, and disappeared from the place in an instant.

bang...

at the same time.

the other side.

With a similar soft sound, cracks of varying sizes appeared on the gray-mist man's platform and the "Supreme Artifact" blocking his way.

At that moment, the gray mist surrounding him dissipated, revealing an old face covered in wrinkles and as pale as paper.

As Qinghui slashed, his body was struck as if by a heavy blow. He coughed up a mouthful of black blood mixed with fragments of his internal organs, and his vitality was extremely weak.

But perhaps it was the supreme power contained within the clear light that caused it to focus more on the golden mace.

It's also possible that the supreme artifact blocked most of the terrifying power for him.

He did not die.

At least the Sendai was covered with cracks, the primordial spirit became transparent, the chakra and the five internal organs were completely destroyed, and the great dragon of the spine was half destroyed.

But he is still alive!

That wisp of light vanished completely from the world after that strike, never to return.

He... wasn't meant to die!

however.

Before he could feel a surge of joy at surviving the ordeal amidst the excruciating pain, he saw Tan Lin slowly and deliberately pull something out of his pocket.

It was a simple, ancient bronze fragment, about the size of a palm, its surface covered with patina after decades.

It was also cracked and missing four corners, looking like it would crumble into powder with a gust of wind, with only the last corner still standing firm.

rustling... rustling...

Tan Lin stroked the remaining edict with his fingers, seemingly unsurprised that the previous wisp of light had failed to achieve its full effect.

In his past life, he had sacrificed all traces of the Dharma and Tao, as well as his imprints on the world.

With the miraculous help of the Soul Pearl, this bronze fragment obscured the secrets of heaven. Even if it could barely exist as a backup plan, it was gradually fading away with the passage of time.

Originally, it could only exist for a hundred years at most. Now, decades have passed, and the descendants are still here, but its power is naturally not as great as it was at the beginning.

There's nothing strange about that...

rustle!

Lost in thought, Tan Lin stopped stroking the object and silently channeled a wisp of his divine soul energy into the remaining token.

And in the distance,

The moment the Gray Mist Man saw Tan Lin take out that broken token, a great terror suddenly surged in his heart!

It was as if that broken piece of the edict was the most terrifying and malevolent object in the world!

At that moment, boundless fear appeared in his eyes.

His primordial spirit within his Sendai looked down at his now transparent "divine body," and then at the supreme artifact "giant hand" that resembled a shattered piece of porcelain.

Immediately, outside, he coughed up blood and pleaded with Tan Lin in broken sentences:

"Ha! Ha... cough! No... no... spare... spare me..."

He muttered hoarsely, staggering backward, but suddenly mustered his last bit of divine power, tearing through the void as he tried to escape for his life.

But he overlooked Tan Lin's decisiveness.

Wow!

The supreme artifact that blocked his way was completely destroyed along the path of the clear light, and then the fragments vanished silently, as if they had never existed.