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

This place is extremely far from that battlefield.

All around was a deathly silence from the depths of the universe, and a void that seemed capable of swallowing all light.

She clutched the jade slip and fragments tightly to her chest, burying her hairy face in them. Her thin shoulders convulsed violently, but no sound came out.

Only a few suppressed sobs echoed faintly in the cold starry sky.

Grandpa is gone, and now, even Brother Tan Lin is gone... Why is this universe so cold?

Outside the territory,

One of the hiding places for the Chi and Xiang families.

A desolate star at the Earth's core.

Chi Xuan, Chi Tianfeng and his wife, along with the surviving members of their clan, were previously transferred here by Tan Lin using his great supernatural powers, and are now temporarily "safe".

But when Tan Lin’s figure completely disappeared into the universe, the entire narrow cave fell into a silence more terrifying than death.

Chi Tianfeng's body, already aged and hunched from the loss of his beloved daughter Chi Yao, suddenly swayed.

If his elderly wife hadn't held him firmly, he would have almost collapsed to the ground.

He stared out at the outside world, his lips trembling, but he couldn't utter a single word. Only two streams of turbid old tears rolled down his deeply lined cheeks.

The pain of losing her daughter had not yet subsided, and now she had witnessed the "fall" of Tan Lin, whom she had once regarded as a son and nephew, and who had now shed his last drop of blood for humanity and all living beings in the heavens and the myriad realms.

The grief in this old man's heart was beyond words.

His elderly wife beside him sighed.

Chi Xuan stood at the very front, her pale yellow dress still stained with blood from when she faced the Supreme Being directly and was oppressed by the Supreme Being's aura.

She stared intently at the distant void outside, her face expressionless, her eyes vacant as if she had lost all her soul.

My sister died; she was killed by the Heaven-Opening Axe in order to distract the Supreme Being.

And her beloved "brother," who held a special place in her heart, had also died after saving her and her people's lives.

For his so-called "senior sister," and for the sake of all living beings, he burned himself out.

The two people who were incredibly important to her in this life both left her on the same day in the most tragic way.

Do you hate it?

Whom do you hate?

Hate the Supreme Being of the Beginning Light who devoured my sister?

Do you hate those maggots from the restricted area who besieged Tan Lin?

Or do you hate this merciless Heaven, hate this cannibalistic world?

This thought caused her so much pain that she almost suffocated.

At this moment, complex emotions, like poisonous vines, coiled around Chi Xuan's heart, tightening more and more, almost crushing her.

She felt neither sadness nor anger, only a bone-chilling cold and... bewilderment.

What's the point of living?

To avenge his sister?

But the Supreme Being of Primordial Light is already dead.

To avenge "Brother Shi"?

But how many of those supreme beings are there?

Is she capable?

shuh...

Her thoughts drifted, and her gaze, involuntarily, pierced through the barrier of endless void, gazing towards that place that now served as the absolute center of all the heavens and myriad realms.

The black-clad figure, floating amidst the chaotic tribulation light, whose aura was surging wildly...

Li Qingjue

This is the same person who once searched my soul, causing me immense pain and humiliation.

Ultimately, it also indirectly "took away" my brother's life.

It was she who, at the last moment, was entrusted with her life and essence by "Brother Shi," and received everything from him.

However, he had saved her not long ago.

Furthermore, the "brother" position was voluntary.

But she still harbors hatred towards him.

Are we grateful to that Heaven-Swallowing Maiden?

But if it weren't for her, perhaps "Brother Shi" wouldn't have died?

Even though the other party had saved her life, she knew she would never have been grateful if her parents and family hadn't been there for her.

The humiliation he suffered in the past is a thorn that will forever remain in his heart.

This contradiction tore at her, making her gaze towards Li Qingjue extremely complex, filled with resentment, confusion, and a faint, unnoticed, inquiry into her "brother's" final choice.

……

at the same time,

The existence of various forbidden zones, the ancestral star of the Overlord Body, and the Underworld also caused a stir.

Deep within the Ancestral Cave of the Overlord Body.

"Dead? And that Devouring Goddess even swallowed the Undying Origin, what a waste! That should have been ours!"

The most imposing of the three, known as "Ancestor Su," spoke in a deep, resonant voice, his eyes filled with an intensely sinister aura:

"It is indeed a pity to waste that essence of flesh and blood and the possible secrets. However, that chaotic body is about to completely become an emperor. If we wait any longer, the situation may become uncontrollable..."

At this moment, the aged voice of "Ancestor Xuan" rang out, tinged with solemnity:

"The boy's demise was suspicious. That kind of escape technique, that great secret, did it really perish with him?"

Furthermore, don't you think his final gaze towards that woman was far too calm?

"He must really be dead..."

The sinister and domineering body sneered:

"But that girl is about to become an emperor, and she has also received the benefit of the Undying Golden Body's essence. If we want to take action, I'm afraid we need to think it over carefully."

……

Battlefield core,

"Dead? Just like that, he died?!"

The hand holding the sword of the Eternal Life Celestial Venerable paused slightly, and for the first time, obvious astonishment and disbelief appeared on his usually calm face.

He stared intently at the spot where Tan Lin had disappeared, frantically scanning it with his divine sense, but he couldn't find any trace of her.

Whether the other party is dead or not is not important, but the great secrets they possess, will they also vanish into thin air along with their body and soul?

Is he really dead?

Or did he use that so-called unpredictable escape technique again and disappear?

"His very essence has been lost, his body and soul have been scattered. He had already consumed the elixir of immortality and the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir. Even if he escapes, there is absolutely no possibility of him surviving..."

Stone Emperor's crimson eyes flickered, his voice low and hoarse, carrying barely suppressed shock and anger, along with a hint of barely perceptible regret:

"I never expected this person would actually... choose the most drastic method! How hateful! How hateful! How dare he die without my permission?!"

Although he wasn't as emotionally turbulent as the Celestial Venerable of Immortality, he couldn't remain indifferent either.

The former had planned for a long time, even joining forces with various emperors, and even "losing" several fellow Daoists in the process, but in the end, he didn't even manage to touch the secrets of the other party!

However, his birth also involved some "costs."

This feeling of having gained nothing but empty effort inevitably left him feeling somewhat frustrated.

Of course, now seems not the time to dwell on that person's passing.

The important thing is that the woman with the Chaos Body has obtained its last source and has already become a force to be reckoned with. The situation is sliding in a direction that is extremely unfavorable to them!

"Okay, okay!"

What an indestructible golden body! What a worthy successor to the legendary Emperor Suiren!

On one side, the supreme Xuanhuang Qi of the Primordial Ancient Mine surged violently, revealing the fury beneath:

"I'd rather destroy myself than let them succeed..."

During their conversation, it wasn't that they didn't want to take action again to kill Li Qingjue.

However, the time that Chuanying and Tanlin had given them allowed the opponent to almost complete their final leap, and everything seemed a little too late...

boom!!!

Ahead, amidst the brief silence and tremors that followed Tan Lin's "fall,"

At the very center of that chaotic calamity light, an indescribable, supreme aura, surpassing all paths and ruling over the entire universe, suddenly erupted.

At this moment, the pitch-black, thick, and seemingly overwhelming chaotic clouds were cleaved apart by an invisible force!

Whoosh!

Endless, densely packed imperial laws emerged from every corner of the universe, surrounding the peerless figure who slowly rose at the center, as if paying homage to a monarch!

Li Qingjue succeeded!

After initially refining the indestructible golden body essence that Tan Lin had injected into his body and which had spontaneously merged with him,

Driven by this final, and most crucial, "tonic,"

Her Dao Fruit, which had already undergone a transformation due to her tribulation of attaining Dao, instantly stabilized, allowing her to overcome the period of weakness and complete the final resonance and fusion with the origin of all Daos in the universe.

The final leap, body and soul in harmony with the heavens!

She stood in the center of the shattered starry sky, her black dress already reduced to ashes in the lightning tribulation.

At this moment, he was enveloped in a hazy, chaotic immortal light, which was the imperial robe that automatically condensed on the divine silkworm robe by the laws of the Great Dao.

Her figure seemed even taller and more slender than before, and every inch of her body flowed with the laws of chaos, as clear and flawless as jade.

Her black hair cascaded down her back like a waterfall, moving without wind, the ends of her hair seeming to hold the rise and fall of stars.

Her stunningly beautiful face had completely lost the deliberately restrained aloofness and the slight trace of "girlishness" that had remained.

Instead, it is replaced by a supreme majesty that overlooks eternity and disregards all living beings, and a kind of deathly stillness and ruthlessness that penetrates to the bone and freezes the soul.

Yes, deathly silent.

She became empress.

He completed the ultimate step that countless cultivators throughout history had dreamed of, becoming the only one to achieve enlightenment in this era.

But in her eyes, there was not a trace of joy, no sense of pride at reaching the pinnacle, and not even the burning hatred that simmered before she could avenge her great grudge upon attaining enlightenment.

There was only a hollow, gray space, as if it could swallow even light... a deathly silence.

She slowly raised her hand, looking at her fair and slender palm, which flowed with chaotic immortal light and contained the power to easily crush stars.

But it was precisely these "hands" that, just now, were forced to "accept" the final "gift" from their master, given at the cost of his life.

why?

Her lips moved slightly, but no sound came out. Only the silent, soul-tearing roar echoed from the depths of her heart.

Her thoughts raced wildly.

why? !

Why is it that I have already passed the tribulation of enlightenment?

Why is it that we're only missing that final, crucial leap?

Why am I so confident that even with a serious injury, I can still finish in a short time?

Why won't you even give me this little bit of time!

Why do you keep making decisions for me?!