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

Shao Hanyun seemed to have heard the funniest joke, and suddenly burst into a giggle, her laughter filled with mockery:

"Love between men and women is consensual; how can it be considered despicable?"

Chi Xuan, it was your own fault for being incompetent back then. Call it naivety or willfulness, but you couldn't keep a man's heart, and now you blame me.

That's true. Someone like you, pampered by your family and always having your older sister protect you, a self-proclaimed noble young lady, how could you possibly know what charm or cunning is?

Looking back on your three hundred-plus years, you probably haven't even touched 'his' hand more than a few times, have you? How pitiful...

Let me tell you, he later came to the Northern Divine City to find me, and the month we spent together in the city was truly wonderful. And then there was our meeting in the outer realms years ago…”

Shao Hanyun's words were half true and half false, but every word was like a knife, every sentence piercing the heart.

Every word seemed to precisely strike the most heart-wrenching spot for Chi Xuan.

Her pride, her dignity, and the lingering resentment she has carried for a century...

All the pretense of indifference that had been maintained for so long was ruthlessly torn away by Shao Hanyun at this moment, exposed to the air in a bloody manner.

"Shut up, you vixen! I'll kill you!"

Shao Hanyun's mocking and unsettling words continued, while Chi Xuan had completely lost her composure, casting aside all thoughts of swordsmanship and the extraordinary nature of her Yuanling body.

Wow!

Her hair was disheveled, her long black hair flying wildly, and she looked like a madwoman. Ignoring the injury on her right hand, she once again frantically urged her divine power, even burning her essence blood, and rushed towards Shao Hanyun without regard for anything.

boom……

In an instant, the sword energy in the arena, enhanced by divine power, crisscrossed and cut deep, bottomless ravines into the surrounding swamp.

Seeing this, a cold light flashed in Shao Hanyun's eyes. She wielded the ruler in her hand, striking, smashing, slicing, and blocking, neutralizing all of Chi Xuan's techniques and methods one by one.

Her movements were unpredictable, like a red phantom weaving through the sword light, occasionally uttering sarcastic remarks.

"Is that all the strength you have? To be fair, I can choose not to use this 'tool'..."

"Too slow!"

"This is the rare Elemental Spirit Body? Nothing special!"

"No wonder he spoke of you so casually when he mentioned you to me in private; it turns out he really never cared about you."

"You know what? He loves the way my silver hair falls against his chest, saying it looks like a waterfall under the moonlight..."

"Ahhhh!!!"

Chi Xuan's mind was completely in chaos. She let out a shrill scream, and then her attacks became more and more frantic, but also more and more chaotic.

Her already suppressed Dao heart began to crack under Shao Hanyun's relentless, piercing words and overwhelming power.

Her innate talent and cultivation ability, which she was so proud of, and her combat strength, which she believed she could rank among the top tier of geniuses in the world, seemed to become a joke in front of her opponent.

What drove her to despair the most were the things Shao Hanyun said about "him," things she couldn't tell were true or false.

Those memories, like poisonous needles, pierced her heart.

boom!!

bang... bang...

After dozens of rounds.

A cold glint flashed in Shao Hanyun's eyes as she seized upon a fatal flaw in Chi Xuan's defenses. Then, the silver broken ruler in her hand struck out with an arcane trajectory.

It seemed slow, but it instantly broke through Chi Xuan's sword net and landed solidly on her chest.

Boom! !

"puff……"

Chi Xuan's body seemed to have been struck by lightning, and then a large mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of flesh gushed out.

With the force of the broken ruler, her delicate body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into the mud hundreds of feet away, creating a deep crater in the mud.

The longsword in her hand flew out and stuck in the distance, its divine light completely dimmed.

Da...da...

She struggled to get up, but coughed up another mouthful of blood, her breath instantly weakening, her eyes becoming unfocused.

In the deep pit, her face was covered in blood and mud. Her once beautiful face was now only a mess and a look of utter despair.

lost.

Fiasco.

When cultivation levels are similar, combat strength becomes the decisive factor. This also proves that her temperament is far inferior to her opponent's.

I don't know why, but after meeting the other person today, my emotions became very uncontrollable. Is there something wrong with the fog here?

But in any case, her mindset had already been easily shattered by the other party.

A century-old obsession, ignited in a single day, only to end in self-humiliation.

At this moment, Chi Xuan seemed to see all her pride and all her efforts become a complete joke in front of that glamorous woman.

Her Dao Heart, invisible to outsiders, was now riddled with cracks and on the verge of complete shattering.

Da...da...

Shao Hanyun, her slender, jade-like feet treading on the demon-patterned divine light shoes, walked slowly to the edge of the deep pit, holding a broken ruler in her hand. From her elevated position, she looked down at the disheveled Chi Xuan at the bottom of the pit.

There was no pity in her eyes, only a chilling sarcasm that remained steadfast throughout.

Her red lips parted slightly, as if she wanted to say something even more vicious.

"You've gone too far."

Suddenly, a clear, calm, yet inexplicably unsettling voice rang in her ears.

In the distance, Chi Yao, who had remained silent and had not intervened in the confrontation between the two, finally stepped forward and stood between Shao Hanyun and Chi Xuan.

She was dressed in pure white, her temperament as aloof as a fairy from the moon palace.

But at this moment, her clear, bright eyes, as clear as autumn water, contained a chilling coldness.

She looked at Shao Hanyun and said, word by word:

"Is it fun to humiliate my sister?"

Upon hearing this, Shao Hanyun's dark golden vertical pupils narrowed slightly, sensing a dangerous aura emanating from Chi Yao.

This innate Dao embryo is perhaps much more difficult to deal with than his younger sister, Chi Xuan.

"What? The younger sister is incompetent, so the older sister can't hold back and wants to stand up for her?"

Shao Hanyun sneered, slightly raising the silver ruler in her hand:

I was just stating the truth.

Besides, she was the one who struck first. Since she was outmatched in skill and temperament, she should accept her defeat. Could it be that the jewel of the Beidou Chi family doesn't even have this much magnanimity?

"Victory and defeat are common occurrences."

Chi Yao's voice was calm.

But the moment she spoke again, faint ripples of the Great Dao began to emanate from her body, subtly resisting the chaotic laws of this battlefield and causing local disturbances, even leading to a slight dissipation of the surrounding gray mist:

"It's one thing that you tried to confuse her with words during the war, but after you won, you still wouldn't let it go, even using poison in your mouth, intending to destroy her spirit. That went a bit too far..."

She paused slightly, then looked intently at the other person and said:

"Today, we need to give an explanation."

"Explain?"

Shao Hanyun scoffed, but was not about to back down:

"You?"

The voice has not fallen,

wow...

Her figure vanished from the spot and reappeared beside Chi Yao in the next moment, the silver broken ruler crashing down with a dull thud!

Her movements were simple and direct, yet powerful and heavy, as if she were about to smash the entire swamp to pieces.

Chi Yao remained unmoved and did not even move her feet.

She simply extended a slender finger, its tip adorned with flowing lines, and gently touched the broken ruler that had fallen.

Fingertips meet the edge of the ruler.

There was no earth-shattering roar, only a soft, crisp sound, like jade striking each other.

hum...

In an instant, an invisible ripple spread out from the two of them.

Wherever the ripples passed, the surrounding space rippled, and the mud below was instantly flattened and then "hardened" to form a perfect ring.

Upon exchanging blows, Shao Hanyun's expression changed slightly.

She felt a gentle yet incredibly strong force, as if it contained the power of the entire world, emanating from the end of the ruler. It made her arms go numb, and she involuntarily took three steps back.

Chi Yao remained standing in the same spot, her clothes fluttering, not even a strand of hair was disheveled.

"The innate Dao embryo truly lives up to its name."

As they spoke, Shao Hanyun's expression turned serious. She realized that she might have underestimated her opponent.

Just now, she was subconsciously still looking at him with the same "eyes" she had when she, as the Holy Maiden of the Big Dipper Cult, visited the Chi family and looked at a young girl in her prime.

Looking at him now, she could no longer see through him.

The opponent's understanding and application of the Great Dao had reached an astonishing level. In this Immortal Ascension Battlefield where divine power was suppressed, he was still able to draw upon a portion of the power of heaven and earth to empower himself, remaining almost unaffected.

"You're not bad either."

Chi Yao said calmly, but a cold glint shimmered in her eyes, her meaning unclear.

Perhaps it was the sight of her younger sister's defeat and the damage to her Dao heart that truly enraged her:

"But that's all."

The words were spoken.

boom!

The two moved almost simultaneously!

Holding the Demon Emperor's Broken Ruler, Shao Hanyun pushed her peak Great Sage-level demonic power to its limit, and dark golden demonic patterns lit up between her brows.

Behind him, the faint phantom of a blue dragon appeared, each strike powerful and heavy, shattering the void, carrying a savage demonic power and the weight of a ruler's blade.

bang...

Chi Yao, on the other hand, moved with the grace of a stroll in a garden, her white robes fluttering, weaving through Shao Hanyun's storm of attacks.

She raised her hand and pointed her fingers like a sword, unleashing streaks of destructive divine light. At times, she would lightly brush her jade hand, drawing upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to create barriers or divine blades. At other times, she would tread on mysterious footwork, her figure as ghostly as a phantom.

She made full use of the advantages of her innate Dao fetus here.

Every gesture is in harmony with the Dao; attacks are fierce yet graceful, and defenses are tight and impenetrable.

The two women fought their way from the ground to mid-air, and then plunged into the depths of the gray mist.

Wherever it passed, swamps churned, the earth cracked, and space trembled.

As the battle continued, no victor could be determined for the time being.

Their terrifying aura swept in all directions, attracting the attention of some prodigies who were fighting or exploring in the distance, who were filled with trepidation.

"That looks like... the innate Dao embryo of the Burial Emperor Star? Who was fighting her? Such terrifying demonic aura!"

"Is that the extremely ambitious Shao Hanyun, who dared to call herself 'Demon Lord' when she was only at the Saint King realm?! I heard she used to be inseparable from the Undying Golden Body..."

"Shao Hanyun? Wasn't she just like that indestructible golden body, disappearing for over a hundred years? Now she's here too, and her cultivation has reached the peak of the Great Saint realm!"

"..."

"Why are they fighting? It doesn't look like a normal battle."

"So powerful! To be able to display such combat strength in this Immortal Ascension Battlefield, they've probably already touched upon the forbidden realm of gods!"

Under the astonished gazes of the crowd along the way, the auras of the two people in the center of the battlefield surged once again!