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

the other side,

Inside a mysterious ancient temple floating in the turbulent currents of space, a figure shrouded in shadow slowly opened his eyes, his gaze piercing through the void as if witnessing a fierce battle on the edge of the universe.

"A postnatal chaotic body... what a pity. If it were perfected, it might truly have been able to defy fate."

Now that the sword formation has been broken, she is doomed.

"That Tan Lin... has quite a few secrets, but they are none of my concern. My path lies in transcendence, not in vying for supremacy. It's better not to wade into this muddy water."

He slowly closed his eyes, and the ancient palace disappeared back into the turbulent void.

These dormant potential cultivators were all moved by Tan Lin's achievements and saw the possibility of proving their path amidst the chaos.

Ultimately, after careful consideration, most chose to remain in hiding, waiting for the moment when "when the cranes fight, the fisherman benefits."

……

The outside world, everywhere in the universe, in all the heavens and myriad realms.

"How magnificent is the indestructible golden body!"

"May Heaven bless our realm! With such a hero emerging from nowhere, the dark turmoil may be quelled!"

"Senior Tan is mighty! Please accept our bow!"

"This is an unparalleled achievement!!"

"..."

Big Dipper, Ziwei, Tongtian, Gouchen...

At this very moment, as the news of the successive falls of supreme beings spread throughout the myriad realms,

On ancient, inhabited stars, across vast starfields, countless cultivators knelt in submission, some facing the direction of the Big Dipper.

Or they might devoutly prostrate themselves at the place where Tan Lin last manifested.

They witnessed firsthand the extraordinary phenomenon of the supreme ruler's fall and felt the mournful cry of the imperial way that swept across the heavens.

Although the specific process is unknown

But everyone knows that it is that immortal golden body, who has achieved the pinnacle of this era, who is fighting for them and sweeping away the darkness from the world!

At this moment, hope, like a spark, reignites in the abyss of despair.

Gratitude, respect, worship, prayer...

All sorts of emotions transformed into invisible mental power and abundant "fruits," traversing the endless starry sky and converging in the direction where Tan Lin was.

Everything was reduced to ruins in the desolate star field, at the edge of the battlefield.

Tan Lin held the Immortal Ascension Cauldron, which was shrouded in celestial light and had already drunk its fill of the blood and Dao of the two supreme beings, in one hand.

Holding the already cracked Heaven-Opening Axe of the Supreme Being of Primordial Light in one hand, he stood silently in the void.

His aura was profound and unfathomable, his crimson-gold blood energy contained within.

But the invincible pressure that naturally emanated after the bloody battle caused the void of this star field to tremble slightly.

Having consecutively slain two supreme beings, and with near-crushing victories in both, this feat is enough to shake the ages and earn the respect of all the heavens.

However, Tan Lin's face did not show much emotion; on the contrary, his expression was heavy.

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Chapter 281 Similar Flowers and Reincarnation (6K long chapter, please subscribe!)

Tan Lin took a deep breath.

He's not in very good shape right now.

Having briefly reconstituted his past life's Dao fruit, and under the forbidden blessing of "the return of the Three Qi," he was indeed strong, and the combat power he displayed surpassed that of his predecessors.

However, this state also places an enormous burden on him, especially on his soul.

After all, in this life, he still has a long way to go before achieving enlightenment.

The cultivation path they practiced, and the "Dao Fruit" miniature formed from it, had only just barely managed to enter the realm of the Imperial Path before.

The difference in status between the past and present lives, as well as the "temporary" limitations of the spiritual attainment in the previous life,

His current state is clearly unsustainable, and he is already showing signs of decline.

Even if his condition doesn't decline, the cost of maintaining the concealment of his past life's traces increases exponentially, and his resources won't last long.

In the past, when he was gradually awakening his past life wisdom, he had anticipated the depletion of the Soul Pearl's firefly caused by re-condensing the Dao Fruit of his previous life.

This estimation was performed twice. The first time, the result was that the amount needed was just one deep scarlet dot.

Later, taking into account the differences in the attainment status of the previous life and the factor of the increased firefly required for reincarnation, the estimate was made to be more than two fireflies.

However, estimation is just estimation. He had never actually tried it. The real loss was only realized after he briefly reconstituted his previous life's Dao Fruit and burned more than a whole grain of deep crimson light.

Hundreds of years ago, his fragments of true soul nearly merged, connecting with all traces of the past. He sacrificed them to briefly return to his peak.

Since then, all traces of the Great Dao, patterns and imprints related to his previous life as Emperor Suiren have vanished into thin air, so how could he talk about his past Dao achievements?

The current attempt to recreate and reproduce this process, while bypassing the lengthy process of reproduction in between, is almost a practical creation from nothing.

It can be said that apart from the limited understanding of the Dao from his past life that he possessed, there was no other medium in the world to "borrow" from him. Therefore, the difficulty of recreating this was naturally infinitely increased.

This means that if he wants to truly re-condense and stabilize the completely lost Dao Fruit, making it last forever, he needs at least four deep crimson light points as a minimum!

The losses will only increase, not decrease.

Of course, his nearly thousand years of accumulated revenue, which involves an unprecedented and vast causal network, undoubtedly fulfills one of the prerequisites.

However, at present, not to mention that he has not yet attained enlightenment, it remains to be seen whether he can effectively integrate the Dao fruit of his previous life into himself, or even use it as a foundation for his future immortality.

He was far from ready to prepare for the chain reaction triggered by the reappearance of that Dao Fruit and the reappearance of the Dao Law imprint from his previous life in the world.

The "major earthquake" that may erupt at that time is far more terrifying and troublesome than this dark turmoil.

wow...

Suppressing the turbulent thoughts swirling within him, Tan Lin quickly focused his mind, concentrating a wisp of his consciousness on the fireflies within the deep crimson light within the Soul Pearl's vortex barrier, which were steadily consuming energy.

Sizzle... Sizzle...

As far as his consciousness could perceive, the rate at which the fireflies were being consumed was far faster than he had anticipated.

The number of deep crimson glowing points still emitting fluorescence within the vortex has dwindled to only eleven, and the eleventh point still retains about 60% of its original glow.

This means that as he continues to attract attention from all realms of the universe, the mystical aspects that need to be considered regarding the concealment of the [Reverse Perspective of All Causes] are becoming increasingly broad.

Especially after his successive victories, with two supreme beings falling at his hands, those within the forbidden zones would naturally begin to make deductions and speculations.

With so much attention, the costs naturally increase as well.

In addition, there are the total consumption of Soul Orbs used to maximize various supernatural abilities, such as [Transfer of All Causes], activating [Barrier of All Causes] and [Reverse Vision of All Causes] during battle to find weaknesses...

The cumulative effect of all these factors is naturally astonishing.

It can only be said that the fact that it is currently concealed almost flawlessly is already a testament to the extraordinary nature of the Zhuyin Soul Pearl, this supreme treasure.

"Fortunately, it's not just a case of only spending and not spending..."

With his senses focused, Tan Lin multitasked, managing to notice, with a wisp of his mind, that on the Soul Pearl's vortex barrier, the entire myriad realms were temporarily framed by countless life-source sites as the "main thread."

Countless beings are branches on those lines of cause and effect.

By stepping forward and confronting the turmoil, he to some extent halted the spread of darkness. These were the very threads that were originally small and fragile, seemingly capable of disappearing silently or snapping at any moment.

After he killed two supreme beings, his power became noticeably more solid.

Not only that, at this moment, a large number of pure crimson fireflies, densely packed along those causal lines, surged into the tiny crimson points of light that had just been extinguished.

These fireflies are pure and unadulterated, unlike those mixed or pitch-black causal lines that arise from. They do not require time to settle or even shrink, and are real sources of income!

hum... hum...

In just a moment, the eleventh deep scarlet dot was filled with fireflies!

Next, the twelfth deep scarlet dot appeared...

The thirteenth pill!

Fourteen pills!

fifteen……

This quantity was undoubtedly terrifying; even Tan Lin's eyelids twitched involuntarily.

Only when the sixteenth deep crimson dot also began to emit a faint, shimmering glow did the rate at which the fireflies multiplied begin to slow down; it was not truly endless.

But the gains made in that brief moment were enough to equal the profits he had made over three or four hundred years by entangled in the causal network of many cosmic elites and powerful figures such as Li Qingjue.

Meanwhile, those "causal lines" are still generating income overall, with fireflies occasionally popping into them, barely managing to maintain a cycle with the consumption.

However, as time goes by, this cycle will inevitably be broken, and the rate of increase is continuously decreasing. Perhaps only when he achieves further new victories, boosts the morale of all living beings, saves countless lives, and even quells this turmoil will there be a new surge in numbers...

But how easy is it to truly quell this unrest?

Although two Supreme Beings have fallen, this does not mean that only six Supreme Beings have been born today.

For example, just now, he had a vague feeling of unease, and the source of this feeling, which he traced through the Soul Pearl, pointed directly to the direction of the Ancestral Star of the Overlord Body...

In addition, the direction of the Reincarnation Sea, the direction of the Undying Mountain...

In other words, the current situation has not improved significantly, but has instead deteriorated rapidly!

Tan Lin's mind raced.

Meanwhile, outsiders

He, who was multitasking, slowly opened his tightly clenched hands.

hum...

At this moment, an invisible crimson mist enveloped him once more, and the [Barrier of All Causes] was activated, isolating him from the numerous gazes directed at him from all directions.

rustling... rustling...

As he spread his fingers, one could see tiny, poignant specks of crimson light emanating from between Tan Lin's fingers.

Then, in front of him, a delicate and beautiful fairy figure was barely formed.

Her figure was slender and graceful, her emerald green skirt swaying gently in the invisible wind. Her face was as pale as paper, yet one could still see the unparalleled beauty she possessed in life.

She was none other than Chi Yao, who had already perished under the Heaven-Opening Axe of the Supreme Being of Primordial Light.

However, the opponent at this moment is no longer the innate Dao embryo of this world with fresh flesh and blood.

She is also destined to never again be able to play and joke with her younger sister in private, or to quietly contemplate and understand the Tao under the starry sky, the pearl of the Chi family.

She was merely a wisp of divine soul light that the man before her had barely managed to temporarily condense using the miraculous power of his Soul Pearl.

rustling... rustling...

Under the barrier, the void here was so quiet that one could almost hear the sound of time flowing by, and the speed of time seemed to slow down.

Tan Lin looked at the illusory figure before him. His eyes, which were usually calm and deep, like an ancient well without ripples, showed a rare ripple.

Having lived countless lives, he has witnessed too much life and death, and experienced too many partings. His control over his emotions is far beyond what he was once a child.

But now, looking at this woman with whom he had a deep karmic entanglement, with whom he had spent some time in his youth and with whom he had many interactions, she could only briefly reappear in such a poignant and fragile way.

Thinking of this, his heart inevitably stirred with emotion.

shuh...

In her vision, Chi Yao slowly opened her already unreal eyes, her gaze initially somewhat confused, as if she had just woken up from a long dream.

She first looked around, then looked down at her almost transparent body, and then seemed to understand something, giving a self-deprecating smile.

"So... I was already dead..."

Her voice was soft, carrying a calmness as if she had seen through life and death, devoid of the sorrow and complexity she had shown in the moment before her demise.

But it is precisely these kinds of words that are most moving.

Tan Lin remained silent, watching her accept this fact in a short moment, and the heaviness in his heart became even clearer.

He could have arrived much earlier using the "Transfer of Causes" technique.

Under the 【Reverse Perspective of All Causes】, he paid close attention to the every move of these transcendent supreme beings. Although it was impossible to be aware of everything, a breath or two was enough for someone of his level to notice...