Demoness who covers the sky, please help me practice

"Hmph, Dao Yuan, what are you so smug about? Wasn't it because our Dao Ancestor Kong Zun showed leniency and didn't use his full strength?"

A Dao Ancestor from the Soul River sneered.

In an instant, all the other Dao Ancestors in the Soul River thought they knew the truth.

“That’s right! That must be it! Ancestor Kong Zun thought you were a junior, so even when he was disciplining you, he didn’t use his full strength. Otherwise, how could you be standing here unharmed?”

"Jiang Yun, you need to face reality and not be arrogant!"

Some Taoist masters even started lecturing Jiang Yun.

However, they did not notice that the expression on the face of their own supreme being, the Dao Ancestor Kong Zun, was gradually turning ugly.

These words might fool some of the Dao Ancestors of the heavens, but for the four primordial lands and beings of his level, they are a complete joke.

Kong Zun gritted his teeth, wishing he could tell these Dao Ancestors to shut up.

The strongest beings in the four primordial lands must know that Kong Zun did not hold back just now; apart from not summoning the altar phantom, he went all out.

However, this was originally an agreement between Kong Zun and Jiang Yun; otherwise, Jiang Yun would not have left the cycle of reincarnation.

Kong Zun had given it his all, and Jiang Yun had indeed taken Kong Zun's strongest attack. In fact, his strength had even subtly increased, showing improvement in this exchange.

The words of the Dao Ancestors of the Soul River were like rubbing salt into Kong Zun's wounds, making him feel ashamed to face anyone.

Jiang Yun ignored the noise and simply looked at Kong Zun.

"Master Kong, I have learned a great deal from today's battle, and I look forward to our next great battle!"

Upon hearing this, Confucius felt a chill run through his heart.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Yun would say such a thing. A chill ran down his spine. He wondered to himself, could it be that Jiang Yun was really going to follow the old path of the Desolate Emperor and rise to power in the great war?

Was he using me as a whetstone?
Kong Zun was furious, feeling that Jiang Yun had looked down on him.

He was an unparalleled being in the River of Souls, dominating countless sacrificial realms and reaping countless lives, yet now he was being used as a whetstone.
"Jiang Yun! If you still want to fight me, then I'll fight you to the bitter end!"

Before he finished speaking, the tail feathers of his true form trembled again, and a terrifying white light began to appear and disappear again, causing the sacrificial sea to boil once more.

The next moment, a terrifying aura also erupted from Mingyu, and the overwhelming hellish aura suppressed the white light.

"Kong Zun! That's enough!"

Mingyu's voice was icy, revealing his domineering and angry nature. He could accept Kong Zun teaching Jiang Yun a lesson, but this tolerance was not without limits.

Many underworld patriarchs also came to the sacrificial sea, united in their hatred of the enemy. Kong Zun's actions have aroused public anger.

Although Jiang Yun broke the agreement, he accepted the punishment and withstood Kong Zun's attack. The matter should end here.

Kong Zun was still relentless, which was simply unreasonable.

Seeing that all the Dao Ancestors of the Underworld stood on Jiang Yun's side, Kong Zun was indeed wary and dared not make a move again. A terrifying oppressive atmosphere enveloped the sacrificial sea.

Countless Dao Ancestors across the heavens remained silent; it was unexpected that Jiang Yun could gain the unanimous support of the Underworld.

After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Yun suddenly broke the silence.

“Confucius, the ancestor of Taoism, I do wish to learn from you again, but not now, but in the near future.”

I will definitely come to find you again before this grand ceremony begins!

Jiang Yun's words were resounding, revealing his strong self-confidence.

Kong Zun snorted coldly and shook his head disdainfully.

In his view, Jiang Yun's words were just empty talk. The exact time of the grand ceremony was hard to determine, not to mention the huge variable of the Desolate Emperor.

However, the grand ceremony will eventually begin within a million years.

Will Jiang Yun be able to advance further within a million years?
"Hmph! Then I'll be waiting for you!"

After chuckling a few times, Kong Zun felt that his imposing presence had frightened and panicked Jiang Yun, making him afraid to fight him, which was why he was using delaying tactics.

They said they would come to learn from me before the grand ceremony began, but they actually won't come at all.

Kong Zun suddenly withdrew his true form, and the giant peacock vanished instantly, returning to its original shape before disappearing into the sky. The Dao Ancestors of the Soul River also left.

Jiang Yun nodded slightly to Ming Yu to express her gratitude.

If it weren't for the powerful intervention of the Netherworld Dao Ancestor, Kong Zun would never have retreated so easily.

Not long after, the Dao Ancestors of the Underworld also departed, and the sacrificial sea returned to silence, but the effects of the battle just now did not dissipate.

Some Daoist masters pondered Jiang Yun's words, feeling that they contained some kind of secret.

"Jiang Yun seemed confident, certain that he would break through within hundreds of thousands of years..."

Some people are speculating.

Immediately, a Taoist master loudly refuted this.

"That's absolutely impossible! His rise to power has been nothing short of miraculous, but precisely because of that, it will be even more difficult for him to take the next step!"

Without millions of years of accumulation, he could never advance to a higher realm!

These are the sentiments of many Dao Ancestors. The further one progresses in cultivation, the more difficult it becomes to break through. They do not believe that Jiang Yun can break this ironclad rule.

However, some Dao Ancestors recalled the astonishing heartbeats emanating from Jiang Yun's body when he fought Kong Zun, and they felt that things were not so simple; it was an unusual phenomenon they had never heard of before.

"Perhaps... Jiang Yun really can do it? If so, then we'll have a good show to watch."

These Taoist masters are waiting.

The Dao Ancestors of the four Origin Lands lamented that the agreement was not inviolable, but if any Dao Ancestor was foolish enough to fail, Kong Zun, who had just suffered a hidden loss, would definitely take the opportunity to forcefully visit them.

They are not Jiang Yun; they do not possess the Reincarnation Dao Flame, nor powerful and mysterious secret techniques, nor the support of Houming and the Underworld.

"Sigh, it seems this agreement still can't be broken. It's a pity, I wonder how many opportunities to obtain altar fragments I'll miss!"

After returning to the underworld, many Dao Ancestors came to exchange pleasantries with Jiang Yun.

The Dao Ancestor of Ditian smiled broadly and showered Jiang Yun with compliments, saying that he could tell Jiang Yun was extraordinary as soon as he met him.

Jiang Yun smiled and nodded. After exchanging pleasantries with the Dao Ancestors for a while, he pulled Hou Ming back to his own abyss.

Many Dao Ancestors who witnessed this scene secretly sighed in their hearts, feeling that the relationship between Jiang Yun and Hou Ming was far too intimate.

Hou Ming was also a little uncomfortable. After all, she was in front of so many Dao Ancestors, and she actually showed a slightly awkward expression on her face. This was completely unimaginable, and even Jiang Yun was a little stunned.

Over the past tens of thousands of years, the two have cultivated together many times. Hou Ming is no longer as cold as she was at the beginning, but this girlish demeanor is still something Jiang Yun has never seen before.

An inexplicable aura flowed between the two.

After an unknown amount of time, Hou Ming suddenly realized her lapse in composure and quickly turned around.

Seeing this, Jiang Yun stopped staring at her, but the scene from earlier remained in his mind.

He was silent for a moment, then suddenly said:

"Sister Houming, I still have some things to do."

Hou Ming was secretly surprised, thinking that Jiang Yun was going to defy the odds again and leave the underworld to search for the altar fragments. She hurriedly stopped Jiang Yun and told him not to take the risk.

Although Kong Zun left in defeat, he would not ignore all of Jiang Yun's actions from then on.

If Jiang Yun is careful enough, he can still collect the altar fragments, but not now. That would be a slap in the face to Kong Zun, and even the Underworld wouldn't be able to interfere then.

Jiang Yun smiled and shook her head, reassuring Hou Ming.

"I'm not going to collect the fragments right away; I'm going to investigate the truth!" These words carried a chilling undertone, making Hou Ming somewhat alarmed. She looked over, puzzled, waiting for Jiang Yun's explanation.

A hint of anger flashed in Jiang Yun's eyes.

"Sister Houming, my search for the altar fragments was done in great secrecy. How did Kong Zun know about it? I suspect there are spies from the River of Souls among the Eight Paths of Reincarnation!"

These words made Hou Ming frown. Many of the powerful beings in the Eight Paths of Reincarnation were reincarnation slaves, and these people could not possibly betray the Dao Ancestor of the Underworld.

Even if some of the geniuses Jiang Yun later recruited were indeed traitors, they might not have been able to access such secrets.

Jiang Yun's words were rather strange.

Although Hou Ming had never interfered with the Eight Paths of Reincarnation, he knew Jiang Yun's style. Later, the geniuses who were recruited into the Eight Paths of Reincarnation, no matter how high their realm or how strong their potential, could only be used as henchmen and would never become Jiang Yun's confidants.

Of course, if a Dao Ancestor were to join the Eight Paths of Reincarnation, that might be an exception, but such a thing has never happened.

However, Hou Ming didn't think much of it.

Anyway, the Eight Paths of Reincarnation originally belonged to Jiang Yun. If he wanted to clean up or investigate any traitors, that was Jiang Yun's own business.

"Okay, it's good that you know what's important."

Hou Ming nodded gently and returned to her palace, where she sat down cross-legged to cultivate. However, for some reason, she was unable to calm her mind, as her heart was filled with the image of Jiang Yun.

She recalled Jiang Yun's figure as he reached out and shattered Kong Zun's white light, and how he had grabbed her hand in front of so many Dao Ancestors.

Hou Ming pursed his lips, his expression complicated.

She had sacrificed countless lives, and she never imagined that she would lose her heart because of a man.

It must be the attraction between the great Dao, it must be like that.

After watching Hou Ming leave, Jiang Yun smiled slightly to himself.

His words just now were merely a smokescreen, an excuse to forcefully intervene in the conflicts of the heavens and the Eight Paths of Reincarnation.

With the agreement reached at the four primordial sites, Jiang Yun also ordered the Eight Paths of Reincarnation to fall silent, which brought him a lot of trouble and affected the efficiency of searching for altar fragments.

Otherwise, he would never have only obtained two altar fragments over the past thousands of years.

As for how Kong Zun knew that he had broken the agreement, Jiang Yun guessed that it might be some kind of mysterious method, or Kong Zun might have used the method of searching for altar fragments to find that he had two extra fragments on him, so he came to confront him.

If Jiang Yun were to argue that the fragment was given to him by Hou Ming when Kong Zun appeared, he might actually be able to fool Kong Zun, but that would be very risky.

Once the lie is exposed, the Netherworld Dao Ancestor will definitely be furious and may no longer restrict Kong Zun.

At that time, Jiang Yun will only be able to hide in the cycle of reincarnation and the underworld, relying on the flames of reincarnation to contend with Kong Zun, and will have no chance to condense those bloodlines.

This would be a huge loss.

But all of that is in the past.

Jiang Yun stopped thinking and took a step forward, appearing on the Cycle of Reincarnation.

He raised his hand, and a Reincarnation Token appeared in his palm. He gently brushed the token with his fingertips and issued his command.

Soon, the Dao Lords of the Eight Paths of Reincarnation appeared first to congratulate Jiang Yun.

"Congratulations to the Dao Ancestor for fighting to a draw with the Supreme Master Kong!"

They immediately started flattering Jiang Yun without batting an eye.

Jiang Yun's ability to withstand Kong Zun's full-force attack was indeed remarkable, but it cannot be said that he fought Kong Zun to a draw.

Jiang Yun's gaze was deep, his expression unchanged; he neither nodded in agreement nor shook his head in denial.

Why doesn't the Dao Ancestor speak?
Could it be that our flattery was too embarrassing, making the Dao Ancestor angry?

The Dao Lords hesitated, unsure of what to say, and their hearts grew increasingly tense.

Jiang Yun's every word and action, even his silence, was enough to put immense pressure on these Dao Lords.

After a long while, Jiang Yun finally spoke.

"There is a spy in the Eight Paths of Reincarnation who revealed my whereabouts to Master Kong!"

The news was earth-shattering; the Dao Lords were astonished, followed by anger.

They didn't doubt that Jiang Yun was lying to them, and they all took his words to heart.

"Dao Ancestor, who is the spy who dares to betray you?!"

A surge of fury erupted from the Dao Lords. They sized each other up, plotting in their minds who the despicable spy was, wishing they could find him and kill him immediately.

“The spy wasn’t among you. I know who he was, and I’ve already killed him!” Jiang Yun said calmly.

Just now, he did deal with some traitors who had been discovered long ago, but these traitors were not of high rank, had not been baptized by Jiang Yun's dark origin world, and could not possibly know about the Eight Paths of Reincarnation and Jiang Yun's secrets.

Good kill!

The Dao Lords cheered instantly, but at the same time they all felt a little regretful that they hadn't been able to eliminate the traitor themselves.

Jiang Yun took in their expressions and chuckled inwardly.

He quickly spoke:
"However, this matter has made me determined to get the Eight Paths of Reincarnation running again."

He voiced his thoughts, hoping that the Eight Paths of Reincarnation would expand rapidly and intervene in the conflicts of the heavens.

This would allow him to better track down the whereabouts of the altar fragments and also speed up the process of collecting bloodlines.

The Dao Lords of the Eight Paths of Reincarnation cheered instantly, delighted that the silence had ended so quickly.

These high-ranking officials all blindly trusted Jiang Yun.

"Rest assured, Dao Ancestor, we will not let you down!"

These Dao Lords, eager to prove themselves, strode away from the cycle of reincarnation.

The heavens will soon know that the cycle of reincarnation has returned.

Jiang Yun's gaze seemed to see that as the Eight Paths of Reincarnation began to forcefully intervene in the heavens, the turmoil in the heavens would intensify further, making the Great Struggle even more fierce.

Anyway, the Desolate Emperor won't touch him, so he should accumulate as much strength as possible before the Grand Sacrifice ends.

"This is a good thing; it will give rise to more powerful bloodlines."

Jiang Yun muttered to himself, and suddenly the flames of reincarnation appeared around his body, outlining a series of future scenes in the cycle of reincarnation.

"I'm not a traitor!"

Above the sacrificial sea, a True Immortal was fleeing frantically, pursued by several other True Immortals.

Not long ago, the Dao Lords of the Eight Paths of Reincarnation ordered their subordinates to be mobilized again and to begin expanding throughout the heavens once more.

At the same time, they also specifically ordered that attention should be paid to investigating practitioners with questionable origins, in order to prevent any more traitors from betraying secrets.

This was an unintentional order, yet it yielded truly great results.

Many deeply hidden traitors were discovered and killed, bringing many lurking conspiracies to an end.

Originally, Heaven had sent some cultivators of the Great Dao to act as spies, but for some unknown reason, they all withdrew later.

This time, the Eight Paths of Reincarnation hunted down the traitors, but unfortunately, they failed to capture any of the Heavenly cultivators.

However, the True Immortal who escaped wasn't so lucky; he was from the River of Souls. (End of Chapter)