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

That is why he didn't actually have a single elixir of immortality in his previous life.

This thing was meant to be seized from the strongholds of those powerful ancient royal families, but unfortunately, he perished before he could even get to that point...

"Was it at this time that they didn't fly to the Undying Mountain to settle down?"

Not finding the Ancient Tree of Enlightenment left Tan Lin's remnant soul slightly disappointed and filled with some doubts.

Among the many immortal medicines, this tree is the most unfortunate, having been successively cut down by many ancient emperors and kings, either to make coffins or to be grafted or transplanted.

But at this point, it should have temporarily escaped the sea of ​​suffering. Could it be that it has once again fallen into the hands of some being?

With his remnant soul's thoughts swirling, Tan Lin manipulated his physical body to rapidly move towards the outer perimeter.

The amount of "fireflies" from the deep crimson light points used today has exceeded the budget, and my physical body is about to break down. It's time to prepare to leave.

'Hmm? Wait a minute…'

Just as his remnant soul had left the forbidden zone and his primordial spirit and physical body had arrived in the outer area of ​​the Undying Mountain.

Suddenly, his divine sense, shrouded in deep crimson mist, swept across a ruined wall depicting an ancient battle map.

His divine sense suddenly stopped.

There, there was a withered branch. Although its vitality was almost gone, the natural Dao patterns on the branch resonated with the Dao invisibly.

"This is……"

Tan Lin's remnant soul looked surprised, then overjoyed for the first time ever.

Isn't this the Wudao Ancient Tea Tree?!

"So it was undergoing Nirvana in the midst of Nirvana... and it was right here on the outskirts, I never expected it..."

Tan Lin composed himself and immediately began collecting the items.

This is the seed form of the Enlightenment Tree, which is just a withered branch. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he really wouldn't have imagined it.

The overlord of this forbidden zone, the Stone Emperor, has been asleep for a long time, and his servants are also asleep, which has benefited him...

While focusing their mind and spirit, their physical movements were as swift as lightning.

He did not use his divine power to collect it directly, but did it in the same way as before.

The whole process seemed to go smoothly, but in reality it was thrilling.

This time, even with his [Reverse·All Causes Vision] activated, he could sense a terrifying will, like a primordial beast, slowly flowing deep within this forbidden zone, seemingly on the verge of awakening.

That was the sleeping thought of the Stone Emperor, who was almost the absolute ruler in this Undying Mountain.

"It already has an owner?"

Just as he was about to put away the withered branch and disappear into the crimson-gray mist, his brows furrowed slightly.

He discovered that this withered branch was connected to a dormant place deep within the restricted area.

But this discovery did not deter him; he steeled himself and put it away!

"Who is it?!"

Almost simultaneously, as the withered branch disappeared into the [Barrier of All Causes], that invisible connection was also severed.

The next moment, the Supreme Being, who had settled on that slumbering place, suddenly awoke, and a terrifying will raged through the Undying Mountain, as if searching for something.

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Chapter Twenty-Four: The Supreme Being Recalls the Past

boom!!!

In an instant, the laws of heaven and earth surrounding the entire Undying Mountain trembled violently!

The awakening of that supreme being also triggered a series of chain reactions.

One by one, the ancient beings slumbering in the Undying Mountain awakened, and even in the other forbidden zones, a few beings sporadically awoke and began to take notice of the outside world.

The awakening of the Stone Emperor caused a dramatic change in the world, and in an instant, he had grasped an invisible trace.

It was through someone's path of collecting rare treasures that, although he could not see through the crimson barrier in the dual state, the disappearance of those rare and precious materials was a fact.

The site still retained the aura of the rare treasures from a dozen breaths ago, indicating that it had just been excavated!

Someone silently infiltrated the forbidden zone of the Undying Mountain and stole the seed of an immortal herb after its rebirth right under the noses of all the supreme beings. This was undoubtedly a slap in the face to the Stone Emperor!

"furious!!!"

The Stone Emperor's angry shout shook the heavens and the earth.

The sound was a hundred times more terrifying than thunder, exploding deep within the Undying Mountain and causing the entire Eastern Wilderness Central Region to change color.

Boom...

Immediately afterwards, a series of deep black chains of divine order appeared out of thin air, instantly crushing the void and mountains and rivers within a radius of tens of thousands of miles outside the Undying Mountain.

Everything was reduced to nothingness and ruins.

"The spiritual energy outside the forbidden zone is so thin. Not long ago, at least a Great Sage-level being devoured this vital energy..."

The supreme deity who had lost the elixir of immortality had a slight fluctuation in his senses, and had already perceived everything in the outside world.

"The secrets of heaven are obscured, so nothing can be deduced..."

"That person has escaped? What a clever trick! We didn't even notice it. If he hadn't set his sights on that Enlightenment Tree, we probably wouldn't have realized it until now."

"What amazing figures have emerged from this land over the years?"

A supreme being asked a question.

"That child who ascended to immortality has been dead for twenty or thirty thousand years. The suppression of the myriad paths of Heaven has long since dissipated. This great era has not yet begun, and no one has yet attained the Dao..."

"This is truly strange. Who on earth would dare to act in this way?"

"..."

Unable to find anything, the long-dormant Supreme Beings had a brief exchange during their brief awakening.

"Hmm? Has the Stone Emperor already made a gain?"

At this moment, a supreme being let out a soft exclamation.

All that could be seen was the overwhelming aura of imperial power, seemingly dominating the world and reigning supreme, receding from outside the forbidden zone like a tide.

The Stone Emperor was not born, nor was he fully awake; rather, he was in a state of fury, disturbed by ants while in slumber!

A terrifying divine thought, like a destructive storm, swept across every inch of ruins outside the forbidden zone, finally bringing back a cloud of blood mist left thousands of miles away.

Within the blood mist, glimmers of divine light shone, and there was even a trace of the remnant energy left after the primordial spirit was shattered.

"That petty thief just died like that? Without even making a ripple..."

Some supreme beings didn't quite believe it.

After all, the secrets of that day were truly concealed, and it was also true that the person had the ability to remain undisturbed, and their whereabouts were completely hidden, leaving them unable to detect anything.

How could someone with such abilities be annihilated by a mere leak of the Stone Emperor's domain law energy?

"Something's not right. A Great Sage level... the primordial spirit is incomplete, and the physical body is completely incompatible with this primordial spirit... Who on earth is this?!"

"This is clearly just a substitute that person threw out to take the blame, but the lingering Yin and Yang energy in this blood mist is rather interesting..."

In the slumbering region, the divine consciousness of a former ancient emperor fluctuated more strongly at this moment.

"Indeed, the Yin and Yang are not clearly distinct, but rather show signs of fusion... Tsk, I never imagined that after that person in the ancient times, there would be another person in this world who has cultivated the Yin and Yang to this extent..."

"Hehe, judging from your tone, it's impossible that the person from back then has come back to life, right?"

Someone sneered:

"The 'Crimson Tribulation' that person faced back then was so brutal that it was unprecedented in the world. There were more than just one or two people who attacked him. First, Xiaoyao reappeared, then the three from the Primordial Ancient Mine, but in the end, he still died under the Undying Heavenly Blade."

"Actually, the Japanese emperor was never quite sure whether the one who ultimately wielded the Undying Heavenly Blade was the Undying Taoist or the Undying Emperor?"

"Is the Immortal Emperor really dead...?"

"..."

"That person must possess a great secret to attract so many people to make a move..."

"Perhaps it was to study the way yin and yang complement each other and the origin of chaos, but what exactly it was for, only those involved in the past probably know."

wow...

Deep within the Undying Mountain, waves of divine consciousness rippled.

Stone Emperor swept up the blood mist with a wisp of divine thought and threw it directly onto the slumbering place of the supreme being who had lost the elixir of immortality, and then there was no further movement.

"Has the Stone Emperor fallen into slumber again?"

Deep within the forbidden zone, a descendant of the Holy Spirit asked in bewilderment.

"The Stone Emperor hasn't woken up. This is just a wisp of his stone embryonic consciousness left outside... Without the arrival of a great emperor of this era to handle such a major event, how could he possibly be disturbed..."

A servant answered his question.

……

at the same time.

That area, spanning thousands of miles, has already become a wasteland.

An invisible crimson-gray mist surged, causing the luster of Tan Lin's remnant soul, which was enveloped within it, to dim slightly.

Faced with a Great Emperor-level being who has attained the Dao through the Holy Spirit, in his current state, even if it were just a wisp of the aftershock of the sweeping aura of the Imperial Dao Laws, his incomplete primordial spirit and physical body would undoubtedly perish together.

The physical body was one thing, but the incomplete primordial spirit still contained a wisp of his remnant soul consciousness that he used to control it.

Under the annihilation, he naturally suffered a backlash, and his remnant soul became weak. He may need the glow of the Soul Pearl to nurture him for a period of time before he can recover.

However, all of this was worthwhile in the face of such gains.

A rare variant of the Nine Netherworld Resurrection Grass, a fist-sized piece of dragon-patterned black gold, two top-grade medicinal kings that can bear fruit like the Fire Jujube Tree of Spring and Autumn Pavilion, five large medicinal kings, more than ten small medicinal kings, and a number of secondary divine gold.

The so-called "secondary divine gold" is the first tier of weapon crafting materials below the ultimate materials.

It is the first choice when the Nine Great Divine Metals are unavailable.

But compared to the withered branches and seeds of the ancient tea tree, all of the above are really nothing special.

However, for Tan Lin's next life after reincarnation, these resources are still quite important for his early growth.

In fact, if there had been more "fireflies" in the second deep crimson light spot and a larger budget, Tan Lin's gains this time would definitely have been much greater.

This was the limit he could gather by controlling his physical body during those dozen or so breaths in the Undying Mountain.

"These things need to be stored somewhere for the next life..."

Tan Lin's deep eyes flickered slightly, and in an instant he had chosen a location.

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Chapter Twenty-Five: Seeing the Undying Queen of Light (3.4K)

whoosh...

With this in mind, Tan Lin did not hesitate and once again activated the Soul Bead with all his might.

With the dual buffs, the stealth effect is maximized, and the remnant soul, like a wisp of green smoke, rushes rapidly in the direction it came from.

Wow!

At that moment, two powerful auras tore through the void and appeared in the ruins within a radius of ten thousand miles outside the Undying Mountain.

It was the carefree Daoist and the immortal Daoist who arrived at the first opportunity.

"They actually escaped from the Soul-Slaying Array..."

The Immortal Daoist's gaze was icy as he swept over the still-boiling forbidden zone:

"Not only did they come here, but they also ventured deep into the Undying Mountain to steal treasure. They are truly audacious."

The carefree Daoist appeared even more solemn. He attempted to deduce the secrets of heaven, but still found only chaos, unable to make any further deductions.

"Something's not right. How can this fiend's method of concealment be so bizarre? And this stealth technique, this body double... If he had such abilities in ancient times, he might not have perished..."

As they spoke, the two exchanged a glance, both seeing a hint of surprise in each other's eyes.