Covering the sky: Starting from the Golden Crow of the Holy Cliff

Chapter 256 Lao Tzu Stops the War, the Empress's Resentment
The soul liquid was dazzling and crystal clear, carrying a brilliant rain of light. It was a special substance left behind after the Dao Venerable passed away, and in a sense, it was a rare treasure.

Even if not much essence remains, it can still play a crucial role for beings who primarily cultivate the primordial spirit path.

Yan Ming carefully sensed the elixir, closed his eyes for a long time, and finally opened them. With a whoosh, his Daoist thoughts rose into the sky, entwined around the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, and looked down at the boundless starry river.

“Inheriting the traditions of our ancestors, we should respectfully send him off at the sacrificial cliff, awaiting the resurgence of his soul.” He made this decision with a calm expression.

At the same time, the blood-soaked golden crow corpse flapped its wings and broke free from the earth's veins. Even in death, it still exuded a terrifying sense of oppression, ferocious and savage.

Taking advantage of the situation, Yan Ming killed a quasi-emperor at the ninth level of the Nirvana Realm with minimal cost!

This is simply a matter of fate!

With divine favor upon you, you will be invincible!

The old Golden Crow only managed to awaken when the flying sword struck him. Half of his celestial platform was shaved off, and his life wheel was pierced by the Spirit Treasure Killing Sword, leaving him utterly powerless to save himself.

To some extent, this trip carries the risk of going wrong!

If the old Golden Crow had been an outcast before his rebirth and possessed some of the supreme combat power, everything would have been overturned.

Fortunately, Yan Ming won his gamble. Although his opponent was close to the peak of the Quasi-Emperor thousands of years ago, he was injured by the ancient supreme being before he could insert the great dragon into the Immortal Platform.

Sometimes, a small difference can lead to a huge error!

At least in the final battle, this demon race leader did not display the divine might of the imperial way!

Looking at the ancient star that resembled a head, Yan Ming took a step forward, stepping on the corpse of the Golden Crow. He tore open the universe with the ancient imperial weapon and disappeared into the vast galaxy, becoming a brilliant beam of meteor.

Even without the ancient imperial weapon to seal it, the celestial star continued to revolve, as if nothing had ever happened.

Soon, the previously vanished auras reappeared, and even some important figures took action themselves, arriving directly in this star field where life was scarce.

At this moment, there was no longer any ancient golden crow there. Nothing was left at the 'crime scene,' only a pool of ashes. A terrible smell of blood filled the air. All the information made the newcomers solemn, and they couldn't help but feel a sense of shared sorrow.

That once powerful and terrifying peak quasi-emperor has completely fallen!

"He...is dead."

"They were robbed just like that, leaving nothing behind. Who was behind this?"

The powerful figures who had been observing this place remained silent. Almost none of them were older than the old Golden Crow. In the struggles of the mortal world, in the grand dream of life, looking back, they found that another familiar being was missing.

Death is the most basic law in the universe. No matter how great a hero you are, no matter how many heavens you traverse, once you are cut down, you are nothing but dust. All the peerless beings will eventually appear pale.

Some people can endure for a long time, but in the end, they can't defy fate!

The mastermind behind the killing of the old Golden Crow was soon revealed, and soon after, the Heavenly Court mobilized a large army to conquer the Fire Mulberry Star Region.

Without the deterrent power of a quasi-emperor, these once arrogant descendants of the ancient Golden Crow are now facing their doom.

"Buzz!" "Buzz!"...

Amidst the fiery mist, divine power blossomed, and a golden sun emerged from the dark universe, its light so intense it resembled a freely moving star. The sun's fiery essence surged, its murderous aura overwhelming.

Next up is the second round of Golden Sun!

The same misty divine glow, supremely sacred, was accompanied by thunderous roars, carrying a destructive aura.

“This is no ordinary Heavenly Army; it is the True Black Army that flew out from that dark cliff…” The old Great Sage revealed a solemn expression.

He remained calm, opened his divine eyes, and wanted to know who was leading the team.

"One, two..." The Great Sage's heart pounded. There were eight divine suns, roaring and churning endless flames, representing eight million crow spirits. Was this race really going to rule the world?
After learning of the fall of their emperor, the Golden Crow Clan of Fire Mulberry Star put up a fierce resistance, engaging in a fierce battle with the Dark Golden Crow, the Heavenly Demon Sable, the Sun Body, and others.

Unsurprisingly, they suffered a crushing defeat!
The Fire Spirit Azure Flame descended, and the Ancient Heavenly Skill Scattered Hand bestowed by Yan Ming was used to its fullest extent, standing tall and upright, transforming into a massive golden crow of flames, with quasi-emperor level chains growing on its body, terrifying beyond measure.

Several years ago, he showed signs of breaking through to a higher realm, and now he has finally taken this step, with half of his body already squeezed into the Quasi-Emperor realm.

This is a landmark event, signifying the emergence of a truly influential figure from the Heavenly Court's royal family! (Heavenly Court related royal families: Fire Spirit, Holy Cliff Crow Elf lineage; Stone Spirits are generally not included, except for Great Perfection Stone Spirits)

Cangyan faced off against the strongest member of the clan—the tenth prince of the Golden Crows who had escaped the arrow of Yi the Great.

In less than five moves, Prince Tianzhou of the Golden Crow Clan was utterly defeated and sent to the Immortal Ruins in a cage.

On the other side, Ye Tong and the others were also very brave. With the highest orders, they were ruthless and had no sympathy for the pseudo-Golden Crows in the Fire Mulberry Star Region. They wanted to completely suppress them.

Over the years, Ye Tong's cultivation level has risen rapidly, especially after he found the divine thoughts of the Sun Saint Emperor in the Dead Silence Starfield. As a result, the clan welcomed back a Quasi-Emperor level ancient ancestor from the Sacrificial Cliff.

With such an ancestor guiding him, Ye Tong broke into the peak realm of Saint King at a young age. His Solar Body was incredibly powerful, and after he broke into Huosang, the battle became almost one-sided.

Contrary to outsiders' expectations, the Heavenly Court's high-ranking members showed no mercy to Huosang Star and this time they completely suppressed it.

The root of everything comes from words and inscriptions.

He had always disliked the Golden Crow Clan of Huosang Star, but the two clans were inextricably linked, so an educational campaign that penetrated their minds, hearts, and souls was launched.

The first thing to start was physics education!
There will be a long period of ideological education to come!

Unify our thinking and maintain the pure character of the Jiya Zhenwu lineage!
Under the decree of the ancient ancestor, the Raven Elf clan naturally spared no effort in physical persuasion, and carried out both physical and mental education on those who refused to submit!

When Jin Yang arrived in the fourth round and came to the scene, he found that the battle here was about to end. The Sun Body unleashed the Fusang Phenomenon, with ten suns in the sky illuminating the entire star field, and used its strongest combat power to fight against the Great Sage.

With millions of fire crow soldiers here, they searched the mountains and seas, leaving no enemy unpunished, determined to completely subdue this tribe.

As the roc roared through the sky, a golden divine bird spread its wings over an ancient peak. That was the Golden-Winged Roc King, whose form had long since changed, evolving towards the more ancient Heavenly Roc bloodline, and who was now a powerful demon saint.

He had performed great deeds and received generous rewards from the Heavenly Court. He was cleansed and refined with divine pills, and even refined the blood of an ancient golden roc from the primordial era, which led to his transformation and truly embarking on the path of evolution.

The Golden-Winged Roc King's eyes were fierce. At this moment, he used the Kunpeng Technique and, together with the saints of the Heavenly Court, broke through the Fire Mulberry Ancestral Cave and swept away all enemies.

"You bunch of fake Golden Crows, you murdered His Majesty, plotted to seize the true name of the Golden Crow, and besieged the legitimate lineage. You will surely be punished by Heaven in the future!!" The desperate Ancient Golden Crow roared, its body covered in blood.

Ye Tong's hair stood on end. With a spear in hand, he pinned down the last Golden Crow Clan Great Sage. His troop of crow spirits swept through the area, bringing the Fire Mulberry Star to its final end.

The bloodthirsty army did not retreat. After Cang Yan underwent tribulation and transformed into a Holy Spirit Quasi-Emperor, this army stepped onto the teleportation array to go to Feixian Star to settle scores with everyone related to the Guangcheng Clan.

Through Zhuyin's coordination, several high-ranking quasi-emperors of the Kunlun Clan chose sides, happy to eliminate one of the quasi-emperors in the Qi Refining faction. A protracted war immediately ensued, the flames of battle spreading and quickly reaching a fever pitch.

Initially, it was a three-way battle between the Kunlun remnants, the Heavenly Court, and the Qi cultivators.

But as time went on, the Divine Court and the Phoenix Nest also got involved. The Undying Empress officially appeared, took over the court, and wanted to establish the Undying Imperial Court again.

The battlefield shifted from Feixian Star and eventually expanded into a chaotic war across dozens of star systems.

In this great upheaval, countless lives were lost; it was truly a catastrophe.

Years pass by, days and months go by, and in the blink of an eye, ten years have gone by.

On a night amidst the flames of war, no one knew that the atmosphere in the core region of Feixian Star was extremely tense, and a decisive battle was about to break out.

In the battlefield beyond the domain, more than ten quasi-emperors gathered, including Huashe, Taotie, Chongming Bird, Rongcheng Clan, Ge Hong, and others, who belonged to two different camps.

At the same time, several more aged figures appeared, shocking many powerful beings in the depths of the universe. Although these people were not quasi-emperors, they were the patriarchs of several major tribes of the Kunlun remnant clan, with frighteningly high status.

Some of them unleashed ancient array diagrams, while others unleashed supreme artifacts, which were incredibly terrifying.

"Cross the Yin-Yang line, slaughter all the Kongtong Dao, and I will wait for the Guangcheng Clan to appear!" Cang Yan roared, with the Holy Spirit Stone Token above his head, and the quasi-emperor's pressure impacting for 100,000 miles.

Everyone was shocked, not expecting this fire spirit to be so powerful and so murderous, even declaring that it would destroy Guang Chengzi, who was at the fifth level of the Quasi-Emperor realm. It was truly a rare sight in ancient times.

Will that one appear?

"Once war breaks out, it could be a catastrophe that wipes out our entire race. We must be extremely careful."

"Guang Chengzi sought the Immortal Tree of Life and pursued the ultimate path, but now he has suffered a backlash. What can he do?"

The leaders of the Qi Refining faction exchanged words, among whom the strongest was Rong Chengshi. His eyes gleamed with a deep sense of solemnity, yet he also maintained a certain composure.

Their true masters have not yet appeared.

However, the karma of the Guangcheng clan is hard to dispel. The other party and Laozi have some master-disciple relationship. If they really fight, will that supreme Taoist expert intervene?

But at this point, it would be difficult to protect the Guangcheng clan, as the Heavenly Court was already uniting with the remnants of the Kunlun clan.

With the combined forces of the two major powers, dozens of supreme imperial weapons attacked together. Even a powerful clan like the Rongcheng Clan could only flee, and the foundation they had built on Flying Immortal Star over the years was bound to be shattered.

At the critical moment, a purple aura appeared from the east, stretching for 30,000 miles, and a person arrived riding an ox, with Guangcheng Shi serving behind him.

Lao Tzu's intervention involves the life and death of the Qi Refiners faction. Once a battle breaks out, Flying Immortal Star will be destroyed!

"A gourd of Nine-Turn Golden Elixir." As a master of alchemy, Laozi offered a condition that even a quasi-emperor couldn't refuse.

There is a Nine-Turn Immortal Pill in the world, but no one knows that this kind of pill was originally the first one refined by the Celestial Venerable of Morality.

The Nine-Turn Golden Elixir is far inferior to the Immortal Elixir, but it is still extremely precious. It has miraculous effects even on Quasi-Emperors. It requires a demigod medicine as the main ingredient to start the furnace, and it is almost the number one elixir after the Nine-Turn Immortal Elixir.

“If that fellow Daoist can produce the elixir of immortality, I can open the Eight Trigrams Tai Chi Furnace for him once.”

The great battle has stopped. I am powerful enough, possessing the body of an emperor, and cannot be regarded as a normal quasi-emperor of the Ninth Heaven.

A golden decree traversed the universe, shrouded in black mist and covered with tadpole-like holy spirit patterns, gleaming brightly and exuding an awe-inspiring pressure that stirred the soul.

Along with it came a jade box, shimmering with light and carrying an intoxicating fragrance of divine medicine.

A translucent ethereal spirit manifested, its expression serene. It nodded to Laozi in greeting before dissipating into a shower of light, which looked beautiful.

The Taoist's hand remained suspended in mid-air, like a statue. After a long while, he let out a long sigh, as if he had aged a thousand years and lost his former vigor.

Throughout the entire process, Yan Ming did not glance at Guang Chengshi, nor was he angered by the arrival of Dao Zun's corpse. He remained indifferent, his golden eyes gleaming with five-colored light, like two chaotic stars in a cold night.

This is a grand posture, soaring above the world, with no invincible spirit!

Ten years ago, he was able to defeat Guang Chengzi so badly that he had to flee; now it will only be easier...

A terrible quasi-emperor war was thus averted. Laozi accepted a portion of the Qilin Medicine and disappeared again, ending his karmic ties with the Guangcheng Clan.

On the other side, a colossal phoenix nest floated in the universe, shrouded in mist and filled with an oppressive aura, from which a clear yet majestic voice echoed.

When are you planning to make your move?

Not long after finishing, Yan Ming, his hair disheveled, sat cross-legged on the twelfth-grade pure white lotus platform, condensing his flawless true blood.

After an unknown amount of time, he opened his eyes, revealing an aura of a quasi-emperor at the fourth level, filled with golden and silver light and chaotic mist, releasing terrifying Dao rules.

This is the result of refining the old Golden Crow and other quasi-emperors. Only such resources can allow one to rise rapidly in the quasi-emperor realm.

The Empress sighed softly, feeling a sense of powerlessness after confirming Yan Ming's level of attainment.

She had previously considered joining forces with the Emperor to destroy the Heavenly Court, but after learning some things, she gave up on that idea.

This life is extraordinary. The Holy Spirit before us is backed by a forbidden zone, and the woman sleeping deep within the Immortal Ruins has even fought her way into the Sea of ​​Reincarnation.

Therefore, the only option is to win them over!
"Why the rush? We people can sleep for a thousand years in a moment and live for a hundred years in an instant. I have already promised to take action, and I will naturally not break my promise. Your Majesty can rest assured."

Yan Ming spoke calmly, his expression serene, yet he possessed an astonishing aura, as if the Imperial Fire Spirit of ancient times had reappeared.

Ten years of arduous cultivation, ten years of refining, all the gains from the Divine Realm War were transformed into oil, burning the heavens. At this moment, his Dao Fruit reached another level, truly possessing the aura of a giant.

"You've been coming... a bit too often..." The woman's voice sounded tired, as she had spent a lot of energy over the years.

Perhaps due to his precognition, Yan Ming showed her no pity whatsoever. Apart from the first time, the subsequent dual cultivation was one-sided, and she was unwilling to give up even a single drop of solar essence.

However, due to the agreement, she could only suffer in silence and could not obtain the benefits of Yin-Yang tempering.

This is why the diva developed disloyal thoughts; no powerful person could tolerate being used unilaterally.

The agreed-upon plan to jointly attack the Emperor has been repeatedly evaded by the other party, who has been using seclusion as an excuse.

She was unwilling to fight, yet she frequently visited the Phoenix Nest, to the point that it was affecting her normal cultivation...

(End of this chapter)