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

He clearly recognized what the water in the well was.

In his third life, he lived during a great era of cultivation, when the ancient path of all races opened. He also embarked on the ancient path of the human race, forging ahead and purifying himself through competition with the geniuses of various races.

Finally, we entered the Golden Ancient Road, and even a long section of the Mythical Ancient Road that was not yet severely damaged at that time.

Within the ancient mythical path, in the life-giving land formed from the five internal organs of the former Lingbao Heavenly Venerable Dao Palace, lies an ancient forbidden domain of gods and demons, within which is a lake of divine soul water.

The Lake of Reincarnation, the Pool of Divine Souls, and the Flying Immortal Waterfall—these three wondrous places that only exist in human legends—are actually real.

And this Divine Soul Pool was the work of the Immortal Emperor.

Records say that this pool of water can capture the fluctuations of a cultivator's soul, and then nurture and reproduce an identical soul within the pool.

However, Tan Lin knew that such rumors were just some experiments that existed countless years ago, none of which were successful.

But it is true that it can capture the fluctuations of a cultivator's soul, and it is also true that it is the nemesis of the souls of cultivators in the world.

The pool water is divided into three colors: gold and silver, while the transparent one is a fusion liquid that melts and decomposes the soul.

If a soul is exposed without the protection of a physical body, it will be sucked into the pool and melted into a new pool of soul water once it gets close to the water.

It is worth mentioning that this pool appears no different from ordinary lake water, but if one uses their divine sense nearby, even if the cultivator has a physical body to contain their soul, their soul will be sucked out from the Immortal Platform and melted into the pool, resulting in death and the dissipation of their spiritual essence.

"They really know how to target my current state... Two years ago, during that spying trip, these Divine Soul Pool Waters were clearly not yet retrieved from that secret place on the ancient road..."

Tan Lin pondered.

If those black lines and messy lines hadn't been transformed into fireflies by the Soul Pearl after years of sedimentation, they wouldn't have become such causal points.

In addition, the large amount of fireflies generated by Li Qingjue's special thread completely filled the second deep crimson light spot, allowing him to develop the Soul Pearl, a divine ability to further observe, thus enabling him to know himself and his enemy.

Otherwise, this trip to Zhongzhou might really have ended in disaster.

wow...

The crimson mist surged, and Tan Lin shifted his perspective, using the Undying Daoist in the fragment of the image as the center, to take the opportunity to examine his surroundings.

The entire depths of the Emperor's Palace were shrouded in a terrifying killing array, with the ancient well at its core. This was a meticulously prepared trap to kill him.

Sizzle... Sizzle...

Within the deep crimson light, the fireflies burned rapidly, consuming too quickly. Seeing that he could not extract any more information, Tan Lin cut off the line of observation.

Next, we'll go to the other side of the Sea of ​​Reincarnation.

Perhaps knowing that he could keep track of his movements, the Celestial Venerable of Leisure made no move when the training tower collapsed and the array diagram under the tower base was taken away.

He could only vaguely "see" that the aura of the place where the carefree Heavenly Venerable had sealed himself was dark and gloomy, as if it was waiting for him to go to the Human Emperor's Palace. At that time, he would walk out of the forbidden zone, go straight to the Central Plains, and give him a thunderous blow!

Once again interrupting his observation, Tan Lin turned his gaze to the other three supreme beings in the Primordial Ancient Mine who had once shared his flesh and blood and essence.

These three were clearly not in the same condition as the Carefree Celestial Venerable and the Undying Emperor. They were truly self-imposed seclusions, their blood and energy were weakened, and they were even more isolated from the world. At most, they only left a wisp of their divine consciousness outside to "keep watch".

It's no wonder that even though more than a decade ago, these three supreme beings might have guessed that he would reappear in the world after a million years, they didn't even step out of the forbidden zone to get involved.

She's in such bad shape that she can't take any more stress.

Of course, it's also possible that he realized that even if they intervened, they couldn't compete with Xiaoyao and his companion, so he decided to wait and see for the time being.

Sizzle... Sizzle...

The fireflies continued to burn.

Having obtained what he wanted to know, Tan Lin stopped trying to pry further.

This kind of spying consumes a terrifying amount of deep scarlet light. In just a few breaths, the firefly in the third deep scarlet light visibly diminished by a small circle!

"Since that's the case, then I'll also place a few pieces and see how you respond then?"

With his sleeves fluttering, Tan Lin suddenly withdrew from the boundary of Zhongzhou and went to the secret place in the Central Region where he would hide treasures for his next life.

Plans can never keep up with changes.

Now that we have the tower base array diagram, we can use some divine and sub-divine metal materials to re-engrave, refine, and repair the worn array patterns, which will allow us to make more arrangements for the next operation.

……

Three months later, inside the secret realm of the Tianxuan Ancient Clan.

Tan Lin examined the scroll he had brought out from the underground palace of the training tower, scrutinizing the deities depicted within it repeatedly.

The goddess woman was extremely reserved in his presence, and seemed somewhat at a loss for what to do.

After careful examination, the deity only knew that the Human Emperor had asked it some questions about its former master, Tianling, after his fall, and it naturally answered them one by one.

Unexpectedly, the other party then asked some inexplicable questions indirectly, leaving it completely baffled.

Immediately afterwards, as if to confirm some conjecture in his heart, the Human Emperor used his Origin Technique to open the passage behind the stone wall and took it with him into a place full of the sleeping people of the Divine Silkworm Ridge clan.

This was a long, winding cave, quite unfamiliar to the creature along the way. It didn't know why the Human Emperor had brought it down, and it dared not ask.

Finally, when it reached the end of the cave and saw a goddess sealed within a divine source, its divine consciousness suddenly surged violently, and it cried out:

"Master...Master?!"

It emerged from the painting through divine thought, hovering before the divine source, filled with disbelief.

But soon, the emotions conveyed in its spiritual fluctuations turned to grief and sorrow...

Tan Lin observed silently from the side.

After a long while, when he could no longer detect any unusual movements in the painting or the Tianling body within the Divine Source, he suddenly sighed and then, with a wave of his hand, put the painting away.

Recently, he recalled that during a secret rendezvous with Tianling in ancient times, he had mentioned a little bit about the possibility of "the immortality method of the robot", and then he immediately thought of the "special nature" of this painting.

Unfortunately, it turns out that even if Tianling's primordial spirit disappeared because she tried the robot technique, her primordial spirit did not actually merge into this painting.

"I underestimated the problem..."

Tan Lin lingered in the secret place for another day, using the [Reverse Causes Perspective] to grasp the movement of the anchor points at the ends of all causal lines.

Finally, the time was ripe.

chirp...

Within and outside the boundary.

A golden eagle, containing a fragment of his true soul, was enveloped in crimson mist. It swooped down, used its supernatural powers to pick up the array diagram with its light contained, and then disappeared without a trace.

On the day the tower collapsed, he retrieved almost all the soul fragments from the outside world, but he still left the three strongest pieces in existence to cooperate with his actions this time.

Make the most of everything!

The opportunity is fleeting.

Finally, without hesitation, Tan Lin unleashed a crimson mist, and the [Reverse·All Causes Vision] and [All Causes Barrier] were already activated.

Once outside the boundary within a boundary, he transformed into an invisible substance, traversing the boundary between the Eastern Wilderness and the Central State, heading straight for the location of the Human Emperor's Palace.

…………

The Central Plains are boundless.

This region has been the source of countless dragon veins in the Big Dipper since ancient times. It has always been a place of outstanding natural beauty and spiritual energy. Many human lineages that migrated to the Big Dipper from outside the region in later generations chose to settle here.

In this ancient and desolate era, darkness and turmoil frequently occurred.

The numerous religious sects and traditions that existed here were harvested like leeks during repeated upheavals, only to be rebuilt from the ruins by outsiders.

Just like the various schools of thought of today, and even the Qishi Mansion that occupied the ancient road and opened the gate, the longest they have existed is no more than 100,000 years.

Even the once mighty Feathered Divine Dynasty, which commanded the world, was merely a relocated Northern Dipper after the Feathered Emperor attained enlightenment tens of thousands of years ago.

however.

In these difficult times, there is another behemoth that has stood since the late ancient period, remaining steadfast despite the ravages of time and countless upheavals.

Deep within the Emperor's Palace.

The once solemn and majestic palace is now filled with an invisible sense of oppression.

In the center of the palace complex, there is an ancient well about ten feet in diameter. Clear water bubbled at the bottom of the well, and mist swirled around the well opening, making it look like the eye of a fairy spring.

The Immortal Taoist, dressed in an ancient Taoist robe, sat cross-legged beside the well. His face was blurred, with a hazy mist floating around him, making him seem no different from a Taoist in the secular world.

However, as his eyes opened and closed from time to time, they shone with divine light, vaguely reflecting the endless killing intent in the room.

The entire palace, from the outer hall to the inner hall, is covered with countless soul-suppressing patterns on the ground, pillars, relief walls, and dome. These patterns are connected to the energy of the Divine Soul Pool, forming a net that targets the soul.

The pool water wasn't just in that well; scattered fragments of the divine soul pool water were scattered throughout the vast territory of the Human Emperor's Palace.

Having witnessed the fall of the "Human Emperor" leaving only a remnant soul, he was still bold enough to venture into the forbidden zone of the Undying Mountain.

The Immortal Daoist knew that his methods of concealment and stealth were superb, so he did not underestimate him at all. He even made a special trip to the outer realm to retrieve some of the Divine Soul Pool water, showing that he had used all his methods.

……

The great hall was completely silent.

Under the orders of the Human Emperor Palace Master Gong Xuan, no Human Emperor Palace disciple has appeared within this thousand-mile radius since the collapse of the Southern Region Tower in the Eastern Wilderness.

Whenever the Immortal Daoist had any needs, the Palace Master would personally take care of them, running errands for him.

Sometimes he even felt that, having cultivated to such a level, he was not living as well as some of the servant disciples in the hall!

On this day, he still respectfully entered from outside the hall, ready to serve the Taoist priest.

We walked silently, barely daring to breathe.

Clang...

Just then, the morning bell rang in the distance. He happened to arrive beside the Immortal Taoist, hesitated for a long while, and then cautiously whispered:

“Your Majesty… this is, after all, the place where the former Emperor once sat in meditation. Every day at this time, the disciples in the hall would face this place, bow deeply, and pray for a while. Now, this area of ​​a thousand miles has been purged for more than three months, and the disciples below are already full of complaints. Do you think this is…”

"This is your problem..."

Before he could finish speaking, the Immortal Daoist's indifferent gaze swept over him:

"If you can't even suppress the resentment of some cultivators below, and have to ask for instructions on everything, what use are you to me?"

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Chapter 41 The Battle Banner of the Past, the Imperial Banner of the Present

"You can't control the resentment that's growing in people's hearts, but you can't handle those who express their dissent verbally? If killing a group of people doesn't work, then keep killing. You've done this kind of thing before, haven't you been very good at it?"

Beside the ancient well, the Immortal Taoist, holding a gray-white whisk, slowly said:

"If all else fails, just kill them all. After all, once that big fish takes the bait, this place won't be of much use anymore... You can go now, but don't come back here for the next few days."

"It's...it's from the Ziwei Star Region. The Human King Palace sent people to pay their respects at the place where the Human Emperor sits, which caused the trouble. This is a trivial matter and shouldn't have bothered His Majesty. I...I'll go and deal with them right away. I can still control the disciples in the palace..."

As Gong Xuan listened, he grew increasingly terrified. When the Immortal Taoist finished speaking, his teeth chattered, and he finally took his leave.

After he left, the entire hall fell into a deathly silence once more.

The Immortal Taoist remained calm and composed, slowly closing his eyes once more.

hum...

The power of faith that the Emperor's Palace had gathered from all over the world over the years had been refined by him and was now being absorbed into his body in strands.

Waiting for a rabbit to run into a tree stump is agonizing enough, but sometimes seeing the frantic panic of the hawks and hounds below... this diverse range of human behavior is not so bad after all.

After watching the opera, it's time to start waiting again.

Wait for that "fish" that will inevitably take the bait to appear.

Suddenly, after barely three breaths of closing his eyes, the Immortal Daoist abruptly opened them again, his eyes flashing with a terrifying light:

"They're here?!"

Wow!

At that moment, the void above the open space in front of the giant hall suddenly distorted.

Countless crimson mists danced about, even he could not see them clearly.

Immediately afterwards, a phantom yet incredibly solid remnant soul appeared without warning!

The figure was incredibly tall and upright, with deep, dark eyes that seemed to hold the primordial chaos of birth and death. His entire being exuded an aura of overwhelming grandeur that made one want to prostrate oneself in worship.

Boom!!

The moment the figure appeared, all the soul-suppressing patterns inside and outside the giant hall lit up instantly.