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

They knew that their worst fears ultimately did not come true.

Even so, many are beginning to plan ahead.

Knowing that in this turbulent ancient era, and now in this great age of enlightenment, even though the path to immortality is not yet clear, the possibility that a supreme being will emerge and reap the rewards of all living beings on some uncertain future day is still too great.

Recent cosmic anomalies have awakened many self-imposed patriarchs of their respective lineages, who have silently emerged from their divine origins.

Thinking of this, top forces such as the Big Dipper Cult and the Heavenly Martial Holy Land,

One by one, they began to rhythmically relocate their relatives and descendants of the Daoist lineage out of the Big Dipper, searching for several relatively safe and secluded places in the starry sky.

…………

The Demon Emperor's Tomb High Heaven

In a desolate wasteland.

Wow!

With a thought, Tan Lin stopped the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation from its killing intent.

The four swords returned to their positions, the array slowly rotated, and countless strands of immortal light descended.

After Yan Qing, Chu Jie, and Mo Zhu self-destructed, most of their original essence was consumed, but some primordial energy remained. All the fragments of the Dharma Dao were swept away and then purified from the impurities.

hum...

Before long, three dazzling orbs of light floated beneath the array.

Each cluster contained a vast amount of life essence and the laws of the Great Dao. It was a portion of the life cultivation of the three ancient princes, as well as fragments of ancient imperial Dao contained in their bloodlines.

"Pure and absolute".

Tan Lin looked at Li Qingjue beside him.

Li Qingjue immediately understood.

wow...

A burst of dark light emanated from the Great Dao Treasure Bottle above her head, instantly devouring all three primordial energies.

The vase trembled slightly, and three faint, new patterns appeared on its surface.

She immediately sat down cross-legged and began to fully circulate the Devouring Heaven Demon Art to initially suppress the three strange origins.

boom……

During this time, her aura gradually stabilized, and the dark demonic energy around her grew increasingly powerful.

Tan Lin stood with his hands behind his back, gazing in the direction where the three ancient imperial weapons had fled, his eyes deep and unfathomable, lost in thought.

After a long time, once everything had calmed down,

He thought to himself, "Just as I thought."

His offspring died, yet he still did not give birth, which was not unexpected.

He had originally planned to take advantage of this opportunity to lure out one or two Supreme Beings in batches, which would help alleviate some of the pressure later on.

But things in this world often don't go as planned.

distant sky,

At this moment, there was a deathly silence.

"..."

Everyone who witnessed this battle, whether human cultivators or powerful figures from other star fields and races, held their breath, their hearts churning with shock and horror.

Dozens of cultivators from forbidden zones, numerous descendants of ancient emperors, and ancient freaks arrived, carrying forbidden artifacts, supreme artifacts, and ancient imperial weapons, laying a trap that stretched to the heavens and earth.

The Immortal Queen even intervened midway, but was still killed by the indestructible golden body and the Devouring Demon, ultimately dying by self-destruction and having her origin devoured.

This indestructible golden body also summoned the legendary Four Swords of Zhuxian, which merged with the Spirit Treasure Array Diagram to recreate the complete Zhuxian Sword Array.

Its power is such that even those who are about to attain enlightenment, and even the supreme beings of forbidden zones, must take it seriously.

This battle is destined to shake the entire universe and spread throughout all the heavens and myriad realms.

The names Tan Lin, the Undying Golden Body, and the Devouring Goddess, will likely become terrifying beings that even the forbidden zones of life will "take seriously" in the near future, starting today.

…………

Just as Tan Lin used the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation to annihilate the Undying Empress in her transformed form, Light Rain, and forced the three forbidden zone disciples to self-destruct.

On the edge of the universe, on a desolate ancient star.

The Immortal Empress stood quietly, her beauty unparalleled, her feathered robes swaying, surrounded by a hazy celestial light, as if a phoenix from the heavens had descended to the mortal realm.

In her hands were two imperial artifacts.

A Celestial Phoenix Furnace and a Heavenly Phoenix Sword were slowly dimming their light, clearly indicating that blocking the Four Swords of Immortal Slaughter for ten breaths had taken a toll on her.

Suddenly, her delicate body trembled violently.

"puff……"

The next moment,

A mouthful of bright red blood spurted from her mouth without warning, staining the feathered dress on her chest. The bloodstains were shocking to behold.

Her stunningly beautiful face instantly lost all color, turning as pale as paper.

At this moment, for the first time, her eyes, which seemed to see through eternity, showed intense emotional fluctuations: shock, confusion, pain, and a trace of...

An indescribable heartache.

With her avatar destroyed, she, as the original self, naturally suffered a backlash.

However, the backlash was not severe. With her cultivation level as an enlightened being, she could recover in a short while.

What truly made her lose her composure and vomit blood was that fleeting sense, that faint "trace," that she received just before her avatar dissipated.

Although Tan Lin completely annihilated the transformed light rain with the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, preventing most of the memory and sensory feedback,

However, the mysterious connection between the avatar and the original body allowed her to catch a blurry, intermittent fragment in the instant the avatar dissipated.

It was a figure dressed in white.

Blurry, indistinct, the face is unclear.

But that unique feeling, like a brand, was deeply imprinted into the depths of her soul.

Through the ages, the world has changed.

She has grown from a naive young phoenix into an ancient empress who has ruled over all the heavens, witnessed countless geniuses, and experienced too many life and death.

The white-clad figure who saved her from her desperate situation, gave her a new life, and then drifted away has long become the deepest obsession and demon in her heart.

She once thought it was just a childhood dream, an unattainable aspiration.

But that faint sense of perception that came before the avatar dissipated...

Although it was blurry and brief, it still evoked a sense of charm in its hazy state.

"It's him...it really is him?"

The Immortal Empress gently touched her chest with her delicate hand, where a series of heart-wrenching pains emanated. These were not physical injuries, but rather a tremor and a sense of sudden realization originating from the depths of her soul.

"This feeling couldn't have come from nowhere. Perhaps it's due to my own demonic possessions, but there must be something wrong with that indestructible golden body..."

She murmured to herself, her gaze fixed on the direction where Tan Lin was, as if trying to pierce through the endless star field to see all the secrets of that young man in the blue robe.

Who exactly are you?

This question echoed repeatedly in her mind, but she could not find an answer.

Given that the opponent now possessed a formation diagram and four swords combined, she did not immediately set off to investigate.

And at this moment,

Da...da...

A series of light, rhythmic footsteps came from afar, breaking the deathly silence of the ancient star.

The Immortal Empress suddenly regained her senses, wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and resumed her dignified and majestic demeanor, looking down upon all living beings.

But the ripples deep in his eyes could not be calmed down.

She turned her head to look.

Under the starry sky, a figure in a white robe, leading an old horse, slowly approached from afar.

It was a man who looked to be in his thirties, with an ordinary, even somewhat weathered, face.

But his eyes were as clear as a young boy's, as if they contained the stars and the sea.

He led a thin, old horse, which walked slowly, its hooves clattering in the silent starry sky.

Ning Fei.

The foremost divine general under the Immortal Emperor, he once swept through the ancient era, invincible throughout heaven and earth.

But because of love, he was willing to wait for the woman before him for eternity.

At this moment, he saw the bloodstains remaining at the corner of the Immortal Queen's mouth and her slightly pale face, and a trace of barely perceptible tenderness and worry flashed deep in his calm eyes.

He quickened his pace, wanting to get to her side.

however,

Just as he was about to set foot in the area where the Immortal Queen resided,

hum!

The void rippled slightly, and a figure appeared in front of Ning Fei without warning, blocking his path.

He was a young man dressed in coarse linen clothes, with messy hair and a gourd of wine hanging from his waist; he looked slovenly.

But his eyes were as bright as stars, and he was looking at Ning Fei with a half-smile.

Chuanying.

The number one general under the ancient Heavenly Court, an old monster who has lived for countless millennia, now appears in this form.

"General Ning Fei, please wait."

Chuan Ying grinned, revealing two rows of white teeth, but the smile didn't reach his eyes; instead, it carried a faint warning.

Ning Fei stopped in his tracks, looked at Chuan Ying, his gaze calm:

"Brother Chuanying, why are you stopping me?"

"The Empress just made a move, and it took a lot of energy. She needs to rest and recuperate."

Chuan Ying casually swung the wine gourd at his waist.

"Fellow Daoist, it would be best not to disturb you, besides..."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the Undying Empress, then glancing in the direction of Tan Lin, and said meaningfully:

"What this woman just did was rather outrageous. Intercepting the Four Swords of Zhuxian, even in just ten breaths, is tantamount to indirectly creating an enmity with that Undying Golden Body, and..."

There might be certain entities behind him. Are you approaching him now to share the burden of karma for the Heavenly Empress, or... do you have other motives?

Ning Fei remained silent.

He glanced at the stunning beauty not far away, then at Chuan Ying blocking his way, and finally slowly loosened his clenched fist.

When the other party mentions certain entities, are they referring to themselves?

Whom does he favor?

“I’m just… worried about her.”

Ning Fei said in a low voice, his voice somewhat hoarse.

"Worry?"

Chuan Ying scoffed.

"You are tormented by love, waiting for eternity; I admire your devotion."

But there are some things and some people that are beyond your control when I'm around.

As for the 'Queen of Heaven' matter, she'll have to decide for herself. You... you'd better mind your own business, otherwise, you know I've always wanted to take this woman's life...

In my opinion, it would be best if we maintained our previous 'tacit understanding'.