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

He was joined by more than a dozen other elderly people in the hall who also passed away peacefully.

The Undying Golden Body lineage, glorious in ancient times, declined in modern times, then emerged with Tan Lin, shining like a meteor, only to fall at its most brilliant moment...

Ultimately, with the passing of this last group of elderly people, it became a thing of the past.

Only the dilapidated ancestral hall and the collapsed stone archway remain.

And this land, stained with the blood and obsession of countless generations of the Golden Body lineage, still silently tells of its past glory and tragedy.

The remaining members of the Xiang family, under the secret protection of the Chi family and the two former Chi sisters, have long since dispersed and hidden in various parts of the universe, silently continuing their bloodline.

They knew that the glory and suffering of the Golden Body lineage were in the past; to live on, to live an ordinary life, was perhaps what their ancestors most desired.

Until one of their descendants appeared, possessing an indestructible golden body capable of reaching a high level... no, after that person, it seems that cultivators from the outside world have gradually come to call them,

Holy Communion!

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The Purple Star Domain.

After two hundred years of recuperation, this ancient star, which had suffered some setbacks and was almost crippled during the turmoil, has regained some vitality.

On the vast land of China, new dynasties were established and sects flourished.

The Jiang family, as a long-established top power in Ziwei, suffered heavy losses in the turmoil.

However, the foundation remained intact, and the damage was not yet severe. Under the leadership of the goddess Jiang Wanqing, reconstruction gradually began from the ruins.

During this period, this woman, who had amazed the cultivators of her generation in Ziwei for hundreds of years, ten years after the end of the turmoil,

A hidden starry sea eye outside the Ziwei Star triggered the subsequent Quasi-Emperor Tribulation.

It was an extraordinary lightning tribulation that lasted for eighty-one days, almost drying up that starry sea.

In the end, she was barely clinging to life, but she managed to survive the ordeal.

For the next two hundred years, she spent almost all her time in seclusion cultivating diligently. When she occasionally emerged from seclusion, she would simply sit quietly deep within the Jiang family's ancestral land, gazing at a certain direction in the starry sky, lost in thought.

Her cultivation progressed rapidly, and by the 150th year, she had already reached the ninth level of Quasi-Emperor, becoming the "strongest" in the Ziwei Star Region.

But the vivacity and radiance she once possessed have long since vanished, replaced by a deep-seated sorrow and silence.

An elder of the Jiang family once cautiously mentioned the matter of a Daoist partner, but when she glanced at him, the elder felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, his soul almost frozen, and from then on, no one dared to mention it again.

Some might speculate that this goddess harbors a vague longing for someone, someone with whom even if she were not dead, it would be highly unlikely.

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The territory under the jurisdiction of the King's Palace.

Suirenshi was also licking his wounds.

During the turmoil, they sheltered some of the human race's remaining forces, but at a considerable cost.

Suiren Lianlei, combining her own insights gained during the turmoil with the legacy of the Suiren Emperor in her sea of ​​consciousness, triggered a quasi-emperor level eight tribulation deep within the Suiren Ancestral Temple in her eightieth year.

Her ordeal was equally terrifying.

But perhaps because she possessed the body of a human king and had wielded the banner of the human emperor, there were subtle signs of the passing down of civilization and the enduring power of civilization appearing in her tribulation, which helped her offset some of the heavenly might.

Ultimately, she successfully transcended the tribulation, truly becoming the most brilliant star of the Human King lineage since the fall of Emperor Suiren in the ancient times, for countless years.

After breaking through, she did not continue her secluded cultivation, but began to travel through the star field.

As a descendant of Suirenshi, he sheltered the human forces struggling under the oppression of foreign races, integrated resources, taught martial arts, and protected the weak.

She seems to have inherited some kind of mission, taking it upon herself to protect and pass on the legacy. The sharpness between her brows has faded, replaced by a more composed demeanor.

Only when she was alone would she occasionally take out the "Human Emperor Banner" that she had briefly wielded.

Although this was a replica she had made herself to express her thoughts, she would still gently stroke it, her eyes glazed over, as if she could see that figure burning in the starry sky again.

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the other side,

Chi Xuan remained silent for decades in the heart of the starry earth where her family was hidden.

The death of her sister and the "fall" of her brother dealt her a double blow, leaving her heartbroken and despondent.

But looking at her elderly parents and the remaining members of her clan, she knew she could not give up.

With the encouragement of her parents and guidance from the clan elders, she managed to pull herself together, burying her grief and hatred deep in her heart, and began to cultivate herself madly.

Perhaps due to a dramatic change in her state of mind, or perhaps due to a profound realization about life and death, her cultivation level improved rapidly despite the suppression.

One hundred and twentieth year after the end of the turmoil, on a desolate dead star, she triggered a heavenly tribulation that would allow her to reach the high level of a quasi-emperor.

Although she was a primordial spirit, this tribulation of hers was filled with an aura of destruction and annihilation, which matched her state of mind at the time.

She almost self-destructively confronted the heavenly tribulation, her flesh and blood exploding countless times, nearly resulting in her death and the dissipation of her spiritual essence.

But in the end, with her unwavering determination, she persevered and entered the late stage of Quasi-Emperor.

After becoming a quasi-emperor, she did not return to Beidou. Instead, she led some of her clansmen to a secluded star field on the edge of the universe, using the Tianchi Mountains, where they had moved out of Beidou, as their base, to temporarily settle down and rebuild the Chi family.

She became taciturn, decisive and ruthless in her actions, and showed no mercy to her enemies.

They quickly carved out a niche for themselves in the remote borderlands, establishing the Chi family as a powerful force in this star region, where no one dared to provoke them.

But no one knows that in the dead of night,

She often stood alone on the mountaintop, gazing in the direction of the Big Dipper, sometimes for the entire night.

Her pale yellow dress fluttered in the night wind, her silhouette lonely and cold.

Beidou, she will go back, but not now.

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Rewind time, shortly after the turmoil subsided,

Xiao Liu hid in the desolate star field for a long time, and only cautiously came out after confirming that it was safe.

Clutching the jade slip and fragments of the Immortal Ascension Cauldron given to her by Tan Lin, she "wandered" alone in the starry sky.

The jade slip contained some ancient scriptures and related insights left by Tan Lin, as well as some instructions for her, telling her to live well and take good care of herself.

The fragments of the Immortal Ascension Cauldron still retain wisps of mysterious energy, which are beneficial to her cultivation.

Following the guidance in the jade slip, she found a secret place that seemed to be related to the ancestors of the Six-Eared Macaque, where she received part of the inheritance.

With her exceptional talent and the guidance of jade slips and the assistance of jade fragments, her cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds.

In the 180th year, she underwent tribulation in a chaotic rift and became a mid-stage Quasi-Emperor.

The Six-Eared Macaque's innate supernatural powers have been fully awakened, allowing him to hear the secrets of the heavens, understand the origin of all laws, and possess astonishing combat strength.

She remained in her monkey form, refusing to transform, and spent her days clutching a roughly polished stone stick she had found somewhere.

She named the stick "Fire Stick" because Tan Lin had once casually mentioned a story about monkeys who liked to hit people with sticks.

She had no friends, no one to confide in.

After emerging from the forbidden ancient road, she seemed somewhat lost. She wandered around the starry sky, searching for traces of her time with Tan Lin, and of her childhood when she lived with her grandfather, and of the many times she "moved" around.

During this time, she became wary and withdrawn, only occasionally catching a glimpse of the demoness Shao Hanyun from afar at the Demon Emperor's Tomb.

Or they might wander around the battlefield of that great battle, rarely interacting with outsiders.

Beidou, the secret land of the Tianxuan Ancient Clan.

Deep within the realm, beside the Dragon Marrow Pool.

Gu Qingying has been in seclusion here for nearly two hundred years.

With the help of the spiritual energy of this place, and the fortune gathered by the Origin Heaven Formation that Tan Lin set up in the past,

More importantly, she had a branch that had been broken off from the ancient tea tree that had just attained enlightenment. It was something that Tan Lin had casually left for "her" after he had an "intimate" encounter with the Tianling Ancestor, who was in charge of controlling her physical body, on the forbidden ancient road.

This branch is extraordinary, though it cannot compare to a truly enlightened ancient tea tree.

However, it also contains a portion of the Dao of Heaven and Earth, and for a cultivator of her level, it is still an unparalleled treasure.

Of course, she could have gone to another realm within a realm to cultivate under the true ancient tea tree of enlightenment, but for some reason, since that person "fell," she could no longer enter or leave that place.

For two hundred years, he sat in meditation, observing the birth and death of the dragon marrow, comprehending the Great Dao of the Source Heaven, and tasting tea to understand the Dao.

Her cultivation level was improving at an astonishing rate.

He broke through all the barriers from the second level of Quasi-Emperor after the turmoil ended, and reached the seventh level of Quasi-Emperor!

This speed is considered extremely fast by outside standards; it puts them among the most outstanding individuals in this great era of enlightenment.

Of course, they are still incomparable to that person and the "Devouring Goddess" who has already attained enlightenment.

This is certainly due to the secret location, the ancient tea tree branches, and her own substantial accumulated resources.

But perhaps it is also related to some inexplicable obsession in her heart.

She wondered, was he really... just dead?

I also want to search for the traces of the two patriarchs.

On the day her two-hundred-year seclusion ended, Gu Qingying slowly opened her eyes.

Those eyes were deeper and clearer than ever before, as if they could reflect the movement of the Milky Way and the birth and death of all things.

Her aura grew increasingly ethereal and otherworldly, as if she might ascend to immortality at any moment.

But between his brows lingered a faint, lingering sorrow and melancholy.

She rose, her pure white dress spotless, her figure slender, her face exquisitely beautiful, possessing a more mature charm than two hundred years ago, yet also a touch more aloofness and solitude.

She stepped out of the realm within a realm and left the secret land of the Tianxuan Ancient Clan.

Without alerting anyone, she set off alone to travel through the five regions of the Big Dipper.

She first went to a certain place in the southern region of the Eastern Wilderness, which used to be the location of the mountain gate of the Heavenly Martial Holy Land.

However, the once beautiful and blessed land has long been reduced to scorched earth and ruins in the turmoil, with only a few broken walls telling the story of its former glory.

A new force has taken over this area and is rebuilding the mountain gate in full swing.

No one recognized her, and no one knew that this land was the place where her long-deceased father was born and raised.

Gu Qingying stood silently at the edge of the ruins, watched for a long time, sighed softly, and turned to leave.

She then went to the northern part of the Eastern Wilderness, which used to be the mountain gate of the Spring and Autumn Pavilion.

Unlike the Heavenly Martial Holy Land, the Spring and Autumn Pavilion had already been destroyed before the turmoil, with its mountain gate shattered and its spiritual veins severed.

Now, a force called "Xuan Shuang Sect" has occupied this place, recruiting many disciples and gaining considerable influence.

She paused before the ruins of the former mountain gate, the place where she truly embarked on her spiritual journey.

She spent many years here.

From a naive girl in the Heavenly Martial Holy Land in her childhood, to the death of her father, she was forced to betray the Holy Land and grow into the Goddess of the Spring and Autumn Pavilion, the former lineage of the Daoist sect. Later, due to her special physique...

Every blade of grass and every tree still retains a faint resemblance to its former self.

She seemed to see the laughter of her former classmates, and she also saw...

"Things have changed, but people are no longer here..."

She murmured to herself, a trace of sadness flashing across her beautiful face.

Father, younger brother, Chunqiu Pavilion, and that person I glimpsed once and could never forget...

That's all in the past.

Finally, she went to the ruins of the Emperor's Tower.

Once a towering structure, the training ground for the emperor's troops, now only a dilapidated "base" remains. The tower itself crumbled long ago, leaving nothing behind.

On the ruins, new buildings have sprung up, which are the strongholds of a major religion.

She watched silently for a moment, then turned and flew further south.

Finally, she stopped in a vast expanse of ice and snow.

This is the snow valley where Tan Lin was discovered by Xiang Li years ago.

Over the years, the terrain has changed slightly, but the overall shape remains the same.

It remains covered in snow year-round, with a biting cold wind.