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

The battles between those who have attained the Dao and possess royal artifacts or even incomplete supreme artifacts are not something she can fully interfere with at present.

At the Quasi-Emperor level, each step is like a different world, and the higher one goes, the more insurmountable the gap becomes. Even now, she can only cross one or two small steps to fight others and engage in battles with those above her.

Because cultivators who can reach this level in such an environment are mostly exceptional individuals, each possessing their own unique strengths and skills.

If divine restrictions are a basic skill for Emperor-level figures, then the Eight Forbidden Domains are standard practice for Quasi-Emperor cultivators.

And some of them, like this old woodcutter, with his simple and unadorned wood-chopping skills, who dares to say that he didn't possess combat power that touched the realm of divine prohibitions?

"Want to leave? Did you ask Ben first?"

Seeing someone flee, the Undying Empress snorted coldly and raised her jade hand again, about to grab Tian Ling.

"Your opponent is me."

The old woodcutter brandished his axe, and a phantom Tai Chi diagram appeared out of thin air, blocking the path of the Undying Empress.

"court death!"

The Immortal Empress's phoenix eyes flashed with murderous intent; she had finally become truly enraged.

She said no more, and her fairy-like robes fluttered without wind.

Seven-colored celestial light soared into the sky, and jade hands formed a hand seal.

boom……

In an instant, a phantom image of a celestial phoenix furnace, wreathed in seven-colored immortal flames and seemingly capable of burning away all the heavens, condensed above her head.

This is another royal artifact she possesses!

"I'm afraid you won't succeed!"

The old woodcutter also let out a long howl, brandishing his axe with seemingly clumsy movements.

Yet each strike subtly aligned with the trajectory of the Heavenly Dao, the sword light transforming into a black and white Tai Chi diagram, spinning as it slashed towards the Undying Queen.

"kill!"

"Let's do it!"

Around them, the four Heavenly Court elders also made their moves simultaneously, each unleashing forbidden secret techniques to bombard the Undying Empress.

Rumble!

The great battle has finally broken out!

Terrifying field fluctuations swept across the heavens and earth, transforming into a storm of Dao principles, which stirred up the mist inside and outside the Chaos Immortal Land.

If this place weren't the ruins of the Heavenly Court, and not for the countless traces and patterns left by top beings throughout history, it would probably have been reduced to nothingness long ago.

On the battlefield, the Immortal Queen fought against five opponents, including the Woodcutter and four Heavenly Elders. Although she was initially at a disadvantage, she remained undefeated.

Her figure was graceful and ethereal, like a celestial maiden dancing in the heavens. Wherever her seven-colored celestial light passed, all laws were broken and all supernatural powers vanished.

Her flowing robes fluttered in the wind, making her appear like a celestial phoenix descending to earth, exuding an awe-inspiring power.

The woodcutter's knife skills were divine; each strike contained the essence of the Tai Chi diagram, using softness to overcome hardness and slowness to defeat speed, thus neutralizing most of the Immortal Queen's attacks.

The four Heavenly Elders provided support from the sidelines, unleashing terrifying killing techniques from time to time to disrupt the Immortal Empress's rhythm.

However, not long after the great battle began, many former members of the Undying Divine Dynasty, including the Sun and Moon Divine Generals, also rushed from the depths and joined the battle.

This great battle was so fierce that the heavens and earth trembled, and ghosts and gods wailed.

Even though they were separated by several imperial passes, the cultivators of all races in the First Tribulation Star region felt an astonishing fluctuation.

Several days passed,

The Immortal Queen and the Woodcutter, two beings who had attained enlightenment countless years ago, had withdrawn from the battle and were now fighting alone.

They fought their way from the deepest part of the Imperial Pass into the depths of chaos, eventually disappearing into the vast, misty fog, their victory or defeat unknown, their fate unknown.

Only the terrifying aftershocks of the battle still echoed in the chaos, lingering on and on.

Tianling, who had already retreated to a very far distance, let out a long breath and then narrowed her purple-gold eyes slightly.

She suddenly felt a little worried about Tan Lin's plans for the future.

The Immortal Empress clearly had doubts about Tan Lin's identity, and this time it was "confirmed" to some extent. If she told the Immortal Emperor about this suspicion, then the situation would really be in trouble.

Of course, putting aside the potential chain reaction that might occur later, if the old woodcutter hadn't appeared in time, she would probably have been in grave danger.

"Having been here for twenty years, it's time to go back and see what 'he' is thinking..."

Having made up her mind, Tianling didn't linger any longer. She took out a "medium" from her wide sleeve, silently sensed it for a moment, and then soared away into the sky.

She needed to meet up with Li Qingjue first, tell him the situation, and then they would return together.

After all, who doesn't know that the Devouring Goddess is in cahoots with Tan Lin, the Undying Golden Body?

……

Time flows like a long river, silently washing over the world.

Since the earth-shattering battle that broke out deep within the Imperial Pass, the myriad realms seemed to have entered a period of relative calm on the surface, but in reality, the undercurrents were becoming increasingly turbulent.

Deep within the core of the Heavenly Soldier Star, in the Sendai World formed from the head of the Celestial Venerable Lingbao,...

Threads of primordial energy, like tiny dragons, swirled and nourished the four figures at the core.

Tan Lin sat cross-legged beneath the ancient tree of life, his pores opening and closing, breathing in the most primordial essence of the Dao.

wow...

One or two hundred years have passed since the Imperial Pass was opened.

His body was filled with a roaring energy, as if millions of divine furnaces were burning simultaneously, and as if the Daoist sounds of creation were echoing between his internal organs.

Time flies, and the immense power of the Quasi-Emperor's seventh level cultivation has become as solid as a mountain, even showing signs of faintly challenging the barrier of the eighth level.

But he suppressed the signs.

Now, when he undergoes his tribulation, or when someone close to him is about to undergo theirs, they ignite fireflies, activate the wondrous power of their soul pearls, and leave this place without a trace, conducting the tribulation in the desolate edge of the universe.

Furthermore, in order to reduce the frequency of attracting the attention of certain entities, he always tries to overcome two tribulations at a time.

Even so, during his most recent tribulation, he still managed to sense several forbidden zones and the slight restlessness of the Overlord Ancestral Star through the [Reverse·All Causes Vision] state.

He knew that this only applied to the sixth or seventh level of the Quasi-Emperor realm he had previously overcome.

If one's cultivation reaches the eighth level of Quasi-Emperor, or even when undergoing the tribulation of the ninth level of Quasi-Emperor, those beings will definitely not be able to sit still.

It should be noted that this great era of enlightenment has been underway for approximately five hundred years.

Especially in recent years, setting aside those cultivators who have secluded themselves from the past and wish to attain enlightenment in this lifetime, the rising stars of this era, born in the last thousand years, have sprung up one after another like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

A considerable number of geniuses and prodigies among the myriad races have already reached the Great Saint realm, and many have even reached the Quasi-Emperor realm.

In this situation, with "blood offerings" becoming increasingly abundant, some supreme beings who wish to emerge in this day to harvest sentient beings in order to prolong their own lifespan and vitality may be unsealed at any time.

Therefore, even someone like Tan Lin became increasingly cautious in his every move as time went on.

In addition,

After years of nurturing and refining, the stubborn wounds of the Great Dao within him were finally completely eradicated decades ago during a profound enlightenment.

On that day, he was flawless, his golden light was restrained, his blood and energy were as pure as red gold and crystal, and his spirit was perfectly clear and transparent.

The perception and control of heaven and earth and all things have reached an unprecedented level of clarity.

From that day on, it was as if he had removed the last invisible shackle, feeling relaxed and at ease, with few obstacles on his path.

These signs, in turn, nourished his Great Dao of All Self, further perfecting the Dharma and scriptures he created, and are one of the main reasons for his steady progress in cultivation over the years.

However, his "Dao" is so boundless, and the two words "myriad self" almost encompass everything in the world. There is still so much to comprehend, and it is far from being accomplished in a single lifetime to reach the ultimate level.

Of course, as things stand, the insights he has gained so far are more than enough to allow him to smoothly progress to the pinnacle of his physical cultivation.

……

this day,

Just as Tan Lin emerged from his meditative state, preparing to preach to those around him, his mind was at its most clear and tranquil.

hum...

Suddenly, the Zhuyin Soul Pearl deep within his soul emitted an indescribable fluctuation.

Wow!

The crimson mist surged, and he immediately focused his attention into it to assess the situation.

On the Soul Pearl Barrier, the ten deep crimson markings that had been filled more than a hundred years ago now radiated a profound and mysterious light, as if containing the causal and destiny trajectory of all spirits and worlds.

Over the past hundred years, when he saw that even when new fireflies filled the space, no eleventh deep crimson light spot was added, he understood that the Soul Bead's transformation had begun.

Little did they expect that this wait would last for over a hundred years, and that the subsequent revenue generated by the fireflies seemed to have entered a bottomless pit.

However, this scene was strikingly similar to the state of his soul orb during his previous life, when he perished and was left with only a wisp of remnant soul clinging to life.

Once he understood this, he felt relieved and began a long wait.

boom!!

As Tan Lin's mind became completely absorbed in it, a qualitative change slowly occurred within the Soul Pearl itself.

The countless fireflies, forming an invisible and intermittent convergence of main and branch lines of cause and effect, connected to the barrier of the Soul Pearl, ultimately all disappeared into the ten deep crimson lights.

Even though those deep crimson spots could no longer hold even a single firefly...

But at the same time, an indescribable mystical aura emanated from within the deep crimson light, which then frantically condensed the existing fireflies.

Take a breath.

Three breaths...

Ten breaths passed quickly.

Boom...

Tan Lin felt a deafening roar, as if the heavens and earth were collapsing, within his very senses.

The next instant, the fireflies that had been condensed to the extreme and returned to a single point inside the deep crimson light of the Soul Pearl suddenly fused together, as if they had exploded.

Whoosh!

The Soul Pearl of All Causes suddenly shone brightly!

It was no longer the crimson color of the past, but rather a primordial color that seemed to emerge from the chaos of creation, the beginning of all things!

The light was not dazzling, but it instantly filled Tan Lin's entire sea of ​​consciousness, and even showed signs of penetrating through his body, reflecting a hazy phantom image within his body's secret realm.

It seems to be demonstrating the profound truth of the universe's birth, death, and cycle of rebirth.

This transformation lasted for a full forty-nine days, so long that Li Qingjue, Tian Ling, and others outside thought he had entered another period of enlightenment, and no one took the initiative to come forward to disturb him.

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Chapter 254 Tan Lin: I seem to be becoming less and less like myself? (Please subscribe!)

hum...

A long time passed,

When the primordial light receded and the outline of the Soul Pearl barrier clearly reappeared, its form had already undergone a drastic change.

It was no longer in the shape of a simple, ancient bead, but had transformed into a slowly rotating, miniature vortex.

At the center of the vortex, a faint glimmer of primordial purple light appeared, while ten deep crimson markings crowded to one side, occupying about one-thirtieth of the space, swirling around the vortex like stars.

Within the deep crimson light, the fireflies that had initially been compressed to their limit began to fill up again.

Those fireflies, in each deep crimson dot, seemed to transform into a backdrop adorning the starry universe, endless, like a continuously twinkling galaxy.

The vortex formed by the Soul Pearls of All Causes slowly rotated, emitting an even more ancient and obscure light.

wow...

From this moment on, fireflies created by causal lines began to sink into the eleventh brand-new deep scarlet light spot, slowly accumulating.

"More than a hundred years later, this second transformation..."

Tan Lin silently muttered to himself.

After he shifted his thoughts, he was actually quite prepared for the time it would take for the Soul Pearl to transform, since the first transformation of the Soul Pearl had spanned countless years.