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

She can tell right from wrong...

Of course, it's also possible that the influence of Tianling's subjective feelings towards someone over the years has finally reached a threshold.

The process of resolving the hidden dangers earlier was the final straw that pushed her to face reality completely.

In short, she can now face someone "normally" and "look at" someone "straightforwardly," even if she still feels some strangeness and awkwardness in her heart for a while, she is not as "stubborn" as before.

"Tan Lang, thank you very much."

At that moment, that cry of "Tan Lang" seemed to have exhausted all her courage, and after the sound faded, there was no more to say.

But to be honest, this was the first time she had set aside Tianling, or abandoned Tianling's consciousness as a "buffer zone" between her and him, and actively communicated with Tan Lin.

This is different from the previous passive responses and passive interactions when resolving potential problems; it has already revealed those rhetorically inappropriate behaviors that she still finds awkward to this day...

Outside, by the Pool of Divine Souls.

The divine message drifted into his ears. Tan Lin glanced back at "Gu Qingying," smiled faintly, and made no response.

Having lived many lives, he knew that what the other person needed now was calm to quell the emotional turmoil caused by his previous loss of composure. At such times, the more attention outsiders paid, the more difficult it would be for him to find peace.

Logically speaking, he shouldn't have had time to care about all that.

But since the other party has already merged with Tianling, his affairs are also Tianling's affairs. This is nothing more than a small act of following his heart.

hum...

As the crimson mist swirled, he activated [Perspective of All Causes] and glanced at the shared causal thread between Tian Ling and him.

After this experience, the instability of the causal line has been greatly improved. The color that initially changed frequently has now been basically maintained in a relatively pure crimson area.

Not only that, but just as the two goddesses' souls were freed from their hidden dangers, a remarkable amount of pure firefly-like energy emerged.

It's worth mentioning that, over the past ten years, including the fireflies generated from rescuing Suiren Lianlei, the fireflies accumulated within his Soul Orb barrier have now filled the fifth deep crimson light spot.

This includes the rising status of the cultivators and forces he is currently in contact with, and the increasingly astonishing geniuses of all races he encounters.

Another large sum came from Li Qingjue's special causal thread.

Over the years, as his cultivation level has improved, his network of contacts has also expanded. The main storyline has become incredibly complex, generating far more revenue than he had originally anticipated.

Wow!

With his mind withdrawing from the [World of Causes], Tan Lin slowly finished his practice.

After many days of hard work, his face was slightly pale.

The protracted process of resolving the issue, though seemingly smooth, actually took a huge toll on him.

In particular, the delicate manipulation required to mentally deduce and simulate the fluctuations of the Divine Soul Pool was quite exhausting, even with his current understanding of the Dao of Souls.

Finally,

He looked at Gu Qingying's graceful body, and at this moment, the aura of this wonderful body was undergoing a strange change.

The subtle sense of disharmony that had been lingering within the Sendai was rapidly fading, giving way to a feeling of harmony and unity.

However, the process is interspersed with two completely different, yet perfectly coexisting, ancient and noble energies.

That was the unique essence of the souls and consciousness of Tianling and Princess Shencan, the radiance that naturally emanated after they were freed from erosion; the two were in a state of unity of opposites.

"The hidden danger has been eliminated."

After gazing at him for a moment, Tan Lin slowly spoke.

His voice carried a hint of weariness:

"Although your souls have become difficult to completely separate due to the tempering of the long years, there is no longer any fear of erosion from the passage of time."

What needs to be done now is to stabilize one's soul and fully adapt to this state of oneness where you are in me and I am in you..."

Upon hearing the sound, Gu Qingying opened her beautiful eyes.

Her eyes shone brightly, more captivating than ever before.

She silently felt the long-lost "ease" deep in her soul, and the tender affection in her eyes as she looked at Tan Lin was almost tangible.

With the hidden dangers resolved and no more worries, and a reunion with her former lover, everything that had happened in recent years felt like a dream to her.

She was truly afraid that this was all a dream, and what if she suddenly woke up...

Da...da...

As her thoughts drifted, her alluring figure quietly rose, her jade-like feet lightly touching the ground where Tan Lin was sitting cross-legged. Then, she leaned down and embraced him from behind, her breath sweet as orchids, and whispered:

"Love me... Tan Lin".

This time it was completely Tianling's tone.

A sense of unreality rippled through her mind; the tension that had bound her for hundreds of thousands of years eased, yet a feeling of uncertainty and fear of loss also arose.

All she wanted to do at that moment was to hold onto the present, to hold onto this person tightly, and to properly... "Fang... Zong..." just once...

Deep in the soul,

The moment she uttered those words, Princess Shencan fell silent, but unusually, she did not protest.

At the same time, her thoughts emanated from the Sendai, and the gratitude she felt for him within the fluctuations of her soul was equally genuine.

But with Tianling's actions, this sincere feeling has gradually transformed into a complex and awkward predicament, leaving them unsure of how to cope.

She "saw" the young man outside, being tenderly embraced by "herself," his back still straight despite his exhaustion.

She inexplicably recalled the other person's focused and unwavering profile during the several days of resolving the potential problem.

thump...

At that moment, for no apparent reason, a soft spot in her heart seemed to be gently touched, but this feeling was quickly replaced by a stronger sense of shyness and confusion.

What should she do now?

Should I pretend I know nothing, or just silently "watch" myself...?

Or perhaps...

Meanwhile, in a corner of Sendai, realizing what was about to happen, Gu Qingying's primordial spirit also began to fluctuate violently.

But whether she knew that her body was no longer under her own control, or understood that the founder of Tianling was adamant and any objection from her was destined to be futile, she didn't know.

Or perhaps for some other reason, she did not do anything in Sendai that would disturb the natural atmosphere outside.

And at that very moment,

Tan Lin sighed:

"I'm very tired, I don't want to move right now."

Upon hearing this, the atmosphere at the edge of the Divine Soul Pool instantly froze.

That person's words were completely insensitive. Usually, when things reach this point, even the best of moods will vanish.

But Tianling seemed completely unaffected.

rustling... rustling...

next interest.

She completely refused, and then continued to actively reach out her two slender hands, feeling around on the other person's robes for something.

She knew someone so well that when the other person said they were tired, it didn't necessarily mean they were rejecting the offer.

After a long while, she lowered her head, pressed her lips to someone's ear, and whispered:

"Who told you to move? You're the boss. If you're tired, just rest. Leave everything to me."

And as expected, upon hearing this, the person did not object again.

Then, everything proceeded smoothly and naturally, without any further complications.

Wow!

As they approached, the divine light of the Emperor's Banner descended, isolating them from the outside world, and no one knew what was happening at this moment and in this place.

…………

Deep in the universe lies an ancient star field that seems to have been forgotten.

Here, the stars are dim, and all is silent; only coldness and darkness perpetually pervade.

Among them, an ancient meteorite covered with impact craters floated silently in the void, its existence unknown for countless years.

Suddenly one day...

hum...

Suddenly, a faint, almost imperceptible dark light appeared at the core of the meteorite.

The dark light was initially only the size of a pinhead, but as time went by, it slowly wriggled and expanded, as if something was being conceived and reborn within it.

Gradually, fine streaks of light of various colors began to gather around the meteorite's dark light.

Time passes little by little.

It might be a few years, or it might be decades.

More and more "streams of light" are gathering here due to unknown forces.

Some of these streams of light are as blazing as the sun, some as heavy as a mountain, some as cold as the moon, and some as light as the wind...

They are distinct individuals, mutually exclusive, and number in the thousands, densely packed together.

At this moment, however, it was forcibly restrained and gathered by a mysterious and unpredictable force of absorption, and finally, like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, it all disappeared into the dark light deep within the meteorite.

Wow!

I do not know how long it has been,

The dark light inside the meteorite surged, slowly transforming into a blurry humanoid outline.

Within the outline, the chakras, the life wheel, the internal organs, flesh and blood, the limbs and bones, the spine and meridians...

Various human structures are being reshaped and solidified at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This process is silent and unnoticed, yet it is filled with the profound mystery of the ultimate contradiction between the flourishing and decay of life, and the creation and destruction of life.

Finally, the humanoid form was completely formed.

It was the figure of a woman with a slender, exquisitely curvaceous body, resembling a precious vase of the Great Dao.

At this moment, she was completely naked, her skin as white as the finest mutton fat jade, but beneath her skin, her flesh and blood faintly flowed with a mysterious dark gold luster, as if she were a divine fetus conceived at the beginning of chaos.

Splash...

At this moment, a cascade of long, jet-black hair rapidly grew from her head and then naturally cascaded down, obscuring some of her mouth-watering curves.

She slowly raised her head, and her face was covered, as if naturally, a cold, ancient bronze mask with a crack.

Beneath the mask, only a pair of deep, abyss-like, yet indifferent and icy lonely eyes were visible.

This mask seems to be a symbol of her identity.

If someone were here at this moment, they would be able to recognize her through her mask as the "Demon Devourer" who has disappeared from the starry sky for two or three decades!

Yes, she is Li Qingjue.

It took her more than twenty years to "come back to life" after surviving that terrible ordeal.

There was complete silence all around.

She silently felt the weight of this "brand new" body.

More than twenty years have passed, and during the process of reshaping her physical body, she has been unable to absorb any new alien origins.

however,

At this moment, the thousands of different primordial powers within her body, which had long been refined and merged into one and should have been dormant, began to operate and resonate on their own, undergoing an indescribable and wondrous transformation.

Through her inner vision, she subtly discovered that each of the different original entities seemed to have shed a layer of complex outer shell.

It reveals a purer essence, closer to the Great Dao, and their coexistence under the refinement of her Devouring Heaven Demon Art is no longer merely a forced "absorption."

Instead, there was a subtle, spontaneous "coordination" and "complementarity".

Her constitution, in this process of destruction and rebirth, of the scattered and reunited essence,

It has undergone a self-reliant sublimation and transformation from the inside out!

"Devouring Heaven Demon Art... All Paths Return to One..."