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

"..."

"Has the Emperor's Palace abandoned us?!"

"Your Majesty, can you see? Your people are suffering!!"

"Save us... Your Majesty the Emperor, please return!"

"Your Majesty! Return..."

Wow!

Suddenly, these countless voices and thoughts transformed into countless invisible specks of light, ultimately converging into an overwhelming force of vows and sorrow.

For a moment, it seemed to transcend time and space, echoing directly in Tan Lin's ears and striking his heart.

Those faces, filled with despair yet also with hope,

Those heart-wrenching cries slowly overlapped with scenes from Tan Lin's deepest memories: his past life, where he presided over the Human Emperor's Palace, leading the Beidou human race to rise, receiving the worship of all people, and listening to the prayers of all beings...

Under this invocation, in the Central Plains of the Big Dipper, something seemingly akin to divine will began to materialize invisibly.

However, that won't happen overnight...

Beneath the ancient tree of life, Tan Lin silently closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and forcibly circulated the Myriad Self Profound Technique, using his own will to suppress the fighting spirit and blood energy that was about to burst out of his body from the Undying Golden Body bloodline.

tick...

During this time, his fingernails dug deeply into his palm, and blood slowly seeped out.

Tianling's soft, gentle voice was still whispering in my ear.

He didn't respond, because he knew the other person was right.

Don't act impulsively, or all your efforts will be in vain.

Going out now will not only fail to save the people, but will also ruin yourself, making all your previous efforts in vain.

He kept telling himself

In this life, I am merely Tan Lin; the life I lived in my previous life as Emperor Suiren is now over.

He has his own path to walk in this life, and people who need his companionship to stay with him.

The common people... are powerless to help...

But in that scene, in his ancestral homeland of Central China, countless faces knelt in prayer, calling out to his past life as "Emperor Suiren"...

Those eyes, filled with despair and a last glimmer of hope...

In his previous life, he sat in the Emperor's Palace, bearing the heavy responsibility of receiving the worship of all people and listening to the prayers of all beings...

And then there's the instinctive hatred and fighting spirit towards darkness and chaos that originates from the depths of the Undying Golden Body bloodline within my body, seemingly etched into the very foundation of this constitution...

boom……

At this moment, all sorts of internal and external factors, like volcanic magma, were churning and colliding in his chest and sea of ​​thoughts, almost tearing him apart in their contradictions.

tom!

At this moment, Guo Ziqian, who had been sitting cross-legged not far away, staring intently at the images reflected in the Lingbao Array Diagram, suddenly stood up.

This proud and valiant general, who had followed Emperor Suiren for most of his life in ancient times, now stood ramrod straight, like a javelin.

His weathered old eyes were wide open, bloodshot, burning with rage and endless sorrow.

wow...

A divine light burst forth, and he raised his hand, as thick as an ancient tree root, and tightly grasped the weathered halberd that had suddenly appeared out of thin air, the one that had accompanied him in countless battles.

click... click...

His knuckles were white from excessive force, and the halberd trembled slightly, emitting a low hum.

At one moment, his burning gaze suddenly turned to Tan Lin, his old eyes bright and full of an indescribable, almost pleading expectation.

That look seemed to be telling a story, or asking a question.

But the next moment,

The thoughts surging in my mind were immediately dampened by the reality that already existed.

The glimmer of light in Guo Ziqian's eyes quickly faded, eventually turning into deep helplessness and bitterness.

Finally, he slowly closed his eyes, letting out a silent sigh.

The facts are there.

The Six Supreme Beings have been born!

Even if Your Majesty achieves great success, it may still be to no avail...

If Your Majesty were to go out now, what difference would it be from sending yourself to your death?

But... but those faces weeping and pleading in the scene, those figures watching themselves turn to dust on the homeland of the Human Emperor's Palace...

At this moment, is it really okay to do nothing?

Are we just going to stand by and watch those beasts destroy the world?

His thoughts churned, and Guo Ziqian's once upright posture slumped slightly. The extinguishing of his last glimmer of hope left him feeling as if all his strength had been drained away in an instant.

However, his hand, which was tightly gripping the halberd, still had bulging veins and he did not loosen his grip.

Just as he decided to ask His Majesty to let him go out alone, to spill his blood and spread the warmth of his remaining life,

wow...

Tan Lin, standing tall and straight, slowly rose to his feet.

Throughout this process, Tianling continued to hold him tightly from behind.

Tan Lin sighed inwardly. He could clearly feel the slight trembling of the delicate body behind him, and he understood the meaning behind Guo Ziqian's hesitant words and his seemingly heavy gaze.

He knew even more clearly how desperate the beings were in the scene reflected by the Lingbao Array Diagram…

There was a time when he fought and bled for such people, for the beings who supported him, leading them to rise from the lowly, muddy mire and sweeping away the ancient races...

But at some point, his "blood" seemed to lose its fervor. As the years passed, like those supreme beings in forbidden zones, he became somewhat indifferent and cold-blooded, viewing things like romantic love with indifference.

I became completely numb.

Is it the feeling of recalling a wisp of one's own soul, after falling in a previous life, and slumbering in darkness for millions of years?

Or is it when all the wisdom from past lives is awakened?

At that time, he truly had a direct feeling.

The longer a person lives and the more experiences they have, even through countless reincarnations, their vitality will always reach its peak, their appearance and voice will remain unchanged, and they will retain their youth forever, but their heart will continuously age.

He thought that if it were his past self, he might have stood up long ago, but now he was confined by the established plans, and his so-called preparations remained silent.

It's true, some people just aren't as good as they used to be...

Because when he finally broke free from the self-imposed constraints and let go of everything, looking back...

Even in the worst-case scenario, with the Soul Beads of All Causes present, even if all efforts are in vain, it simply means starting over again.

It's a bit of a pity, though, because this might cause him to miss the opportune moment created by factors such as the Immortal Emperor's Nirvana, making every step he takes from now on extremely difficult...

As his thoughts shifted, Tan Lin's eyes changed from being as deep and unfathomable as an ancient pool to becoming as clear and insightful as a young man's, yet not quite a young man's.

This is a sublimation of self-awareness.

gurgling...gurgling...

At this moment, the Undying Golden Body bloodline within his body boiled to its extreme!

Hot blood surged through his veins, roaring like a river, and golden energy seeped uncontrollably from his pores, making him look like a celestial king.

boom……

this moment,

Even without his direct control, a vast, majestic, and righteous yet boundless, tragic and warlike invisible will seemed to rise slowly from his blood and qi.

"Suiren..."

Tianling sensed it, and she hugged him even tighter, her voice trembling with tears:

"Don't go...please...don't go...you'll die!!"

She couldn't help but recall the ancient times when the other party was undergoing the tribulation to attain enlightenment, being hunted by many supreme beings, and ultimately dying and disappearing.

She never wanted to experience that pain again...

Hearing the words spoken, Tan Lin remained silent and began to break free from the embrace of the woman behind him.

"Your Majesty! Let this humble general accompany you..."

Seeing this scene from not far away, Guo Ziqian's eyes flashed with a terrifying light, and he spoke up to plead.

"Suiren! No!"

The indestructible golden body erupted with energy and blood, and Tianling was forced back several steps, her face pale, and she cried out in a pitiful voice.

But Tan Lin seemed not to hear her cries, and he ignored Guo Ziqian's pleas as well.

His appearance to suppress the unrest means he may not even survive in the end. His former subordinate, whose cultivation is not even at the high level of Quasi-Emperor, would be like a clay ox sinking into the sea if he went with him, unable to make a ripple.

shuh...

Almost simultaneously, Li Qingjue opened her eyes. She emerged from her meditative transformation state, and the billions of dark demonic energies around her stagnated, with illusory myriad paths surging within her.

"how?"

Tan Lin looked at her.

"It seems perfect, but I still feel something is missing. The primordial spirit body's origin hasn't evolved to the appropriate level. Using it together with the innate Dao embryo's origin as a suppressive force is still a bit forced. I still need to deduce the final, crucial stage myself..."

After speaking, Li Qingjue pursed her lips slightly, as if she felt she had disappointed her master, and did not meet his gaze.

She phrased it tactfully, but Tan Lin fully understood what she meant.

Of the two source essences he had previously obtained, at most one met the requirements, and the requirements for the final, suppressive source essence used to finish off the problem were even higher than he had imagined...

Just one step away...

Thoughts raced through his mind, Tan Lin's eyes drooped slightly, and then he stared at Li Qingjue, slowly saying:

"I will fill the gap in your transformation into a fully realized Chaotic Body. As for now, release the suppression of your cultivation and follow me..."

Upon hearing this, Li Qingjue's lonely, clear eyes suddenly lit up. She raised her head slightly to look at Tan Lin, and then, with her black dress swaying, she quickly came to his side.

She knew very well what going out at this time meant, but if she went with her master, then nothing else mattered; she trusted her master…

Then,

Tan Lin activated the Soul Pearl's divine power, and in recent years, he accumulated enough to occupy the sixteenth deep crimson light point, causing the fireflies in eighty percent of the space to begin to burn.

[Reverse Path of Causes] and [Path of Causes Barrier] are activated.

hum...

An invisible crimson mist enveloped the two of them.

Immediately, Tan Lin led Li Qingjue out of the Creation Land.

clatter……

This step felt heavy, as if it were stepping on the eternal blue sky above, on the heartbeats of billions of people.

Tan Lin raised his head and looked out into the void.

His clear gaze seemed to pierce through the barrier of the spiritual treasure array, through the endless sea of ​​stars, and look directly at the Central Continent of the Big Dipper, where he saw the horrific scene that was about to unfold.

I saw countless figures, turning into withered bones, yet still kneeling and praying towards the direction of the Emperor's Palace.

boom……

The indestructible golden bloodline within him roared, his soul trembled inexplicably, and memories of his past and present lives surged forth.

Taking this step felt like breaking free of some kind of shackles and cutting off any way out.

Splash...

Golden energy surged like a vast ocean, illuminating his calm yet resolute profile.

hum...