Covering the Heavens: Starting from the First Great Emperor

Chapter 144 Ambush
Xu Yuanming suddenly turned his head, his clear pupils gazing into the distance. There was nothing strange about it, but his gaze pierced through the sky, crossed all the heavens and worlds, and looked towards the otherworldly land.

This is an unparalleled clan that has existed in the world for a long time, transcending all heavens and myriad realms. The Ruan clan is dependent on this clan.

Countless eras have passed since the Three Emperors disappeared, and not a single gaze has dared to fall upon that place.

A supreme being lowered its eyes, and as soon as it opened them, its body began to turn into thick liquid, eventually becoming withered bones and nothingness.

Xu Yuanming smiled slightly, stretched out his right hand, and casually scooped up an arrow of cause and effect in the long river of time, as if scooping up a fish.

It is impolite to ignore visitors.

With a flick of his finger, the arrow of cause and effect began to peel away layer by layer from the inside out.

In an instant, the laws of cause and effect were lost, all the magic vanished, and all that remained was an ordinary arrow.

Xu Yuanming extended a finger, and the arrow seemed to transform into the Great Dao itself.

call out!
A black phantom traversed the long river of time, piercing through the endless path, and returned to the creature that shot the arrow.

puff!
This was a Daoist ancestor who had been lying in wait for a long time. He had been prepared since Xu Yuanming arrived at this point in time, intending to seriously injure Xu Yuanming with an arrow.

In this era, unlike in the past, there have been countless Quasi-Immortal Emperors throughout history.

During the brief moment of Ye Fan's resurgence, he killed several strange creatures at the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level, but this was only the surface.

Besides this vast universe, there are countless other strange quasi-immortal emperors and otherworldly quasi-immortal emperors. Even in this nearly annihilated heaven, there are still quite a few quasi-immortal emperors.

The emperors of the Perfect World era don't hold much sway here and can't stir up any trouble. In the myriad realms of the present, there are countless supreme immortal emperors stirring up trouble.

Thinking of this, Xu Yuanming suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. The wisp of sword energy in his right hand suddenly erupted, dissipated in mid-air, and pierced towards a void.

Xu Yuanming's gaze was icy. When he was dealing with fate and cause and effect, a Celestial Emperor from a strange race made a move, trying to reverse the Great Dao and make him suppress and obliterate himself.

Perhaps in other eras, there would be more or less beings at the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level traveling around, but this era is different. A full double-digit number of Immortal Emperors will make their move in this era.

Xu Yuanming suddenly realized that the sword energy that Emperor Bone had given him earlier was not for him to prove his Dao as a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, but rather to be used in this era to conceal his identity.

Xu Yuanming dared not investigate. He was not so arrogant as to look down on a Celestial Emperor. Even though the current Emperor Bone Brother was much stronger than in the original story and had become a Celestial Emperor who had reached the end of his path, it was still not enough.

……

……

Sure enough, where that wisp of sword energy landed, there was endless darkness, with not a glimmer of light in sight.

An indescribable monster opened its pupils.

The strange Immortal Emperor had just stood up when the wisp of sword energy that had clearly dissipated reappeared, slashing down from who knows where, with thousands upon thousands of sword lights from different dimensions flashing one after another.

In the blink of an eye, countless bizarre immortal emperors' past and present lives, across all dimensions, were shattered by the fixed imprint of fate.

Finally, the sword lights merged into one, transforming into sword intent, which pierced through his chest. However, not a single drop of blood was shed. The moment the sword intent dissipated, his body returned to its original state.

If it were any other strange immortal emperor, such an attack would have severely injured him, even if he didn't explode. However, this person, who had clearly been killed in both his past and present lives, only suffered some injuries.

"A life at the end of the road? I never thought that you, a little mouse who likes to steal, would end up like this... Unfortunately, I am the one who presides over this era. You and I are both such beings, so how about we make a deal?"

Officiant!
The pinnacle existence of the Road to the End, even among the strange races above the heavens, he belonged to the very top tier, yet he chose to retreat.

The only response he received was a barrage of sword lights, but this time the target was not him, but the sacrificial ground beside him!
How dare you?

The high priest was furious, but there was nothing he could do. It wasn't time yet, so he couldn't go out. He could only withstand the sword light and couldn't retaliate.

puff!
He spat out a mouthful of blood. As a supreme being at the peak of the path's end, he hadn't been injured in a long time, and this pain stimulated the priest's spirit.

The chief priest knew that this supreme immortal emperor, who was also at the end of his life, did not really intend to make a move, but only wanted to threaten him again.

The chief priest had no choice but to compromise. Xu Yuanming was just a minor Daoist being. No matter where he came from, he was insignificant compared to the matter of sacrifice.

There's no need to bother with a Dao Ancestor who poses no threat.

……

……

Xu Yuanming was still shaken. Just a moment ago, he had truly felt the cycle of birth and death. The Immortal Emperor's perception almost caused him to collapse, even with the Emperor Bone Brother's sword intent present.

This time, however, he can finally unleash his full potential here. Since arriving here, Xu Yuanming has been very restrained, not using excessive power and trying to keep his strength around that of a Celestial King, not exceeding that of a Dao Ancestor.

However, there were always people who tried to kill him during this period.

Now it's not necessary. With Emperor Bone's intervention, that Immortal Emperor won't attack him for a while, and Xu Yuanming will end his fate in a short time.

Elevate yourself to perfection and then try to seek the Celestial Emperor.

His seventh secret realm is now nearly perfect. In terms of realm alone, he has reached the pinnacle of Dao Ancestor. It can be said that, apart from the Immortal Emperor, no being below him can suppress him.

As for the Celestial Emperor, let's forget about him!
Xu Yuanming did not move, but stretched out his hand from a distance under the gaze of the Yang Realm and many beings from the Great Realms and Immortal Paths.

A ray of light burst forth from his forehead. He flicked his palm, cleaving through the river of time, tracing back to the location of the owner of the arrow that had ambushed him.

When the sneak attack failed, the Dao Ancestor sensed something was wrong and hid in the River of Time to avoid Xu Yuanming's pursuit.

This was exactly what Xu Yuanming wanted; his techniques were best suited for fighting in an environment filled with the Great Dao, laws, and order.

If the great battle were taking place in some secluded place in this era, Xu Yuanming would still be very reserved, fearing that he might fall into the trap set by the Celestial Emperor, be tainted by karma, and die instantly.

Emperor Bone has already set his sights on one Immortal Emperor, and one more... well, it wouldn't be impossible. But things are different in the long river of time. In some periods, even an Immortal Emperor can hardly change things, like right now.

If the two of them were to fight here, they would not be exposed to the methods of those Celestial Emperors.

Xu Yuanming knew this, but others were different, such as the current Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

That quasi-immortal emperor's plan was that, in the long river of time, there might be some beings watching him. He hid himself in fate, and he didn't believe that the quasi-immortal emperor could find him.

The two began to fight, but in an instant, the long river of time turned.

All the main roads were buried and scattered.

Xu Yuanming remained unchanged, standing still in this world, his attacks falling into the long river of time, battling with this quasi-immortal emperor.

The moment they clashed, he roughly knew the skill level of the person before him.

No wonder he dared to ambush him; he was actually a strange Dao Ancestor who was already transforming into a Lu Jin Immortal Emperor.

He wanted to attain enlightenment in this era, but when he saw Xu Yuanming break through time and space to arrive, he feared that it would cause problems, disrupt cause and effect, and mess up fate. So he took action to try to eliminate the hidden danger.

The next moment, all the worlds shone brightly, and Xu Yuanming stretched out his hand. The past, present, and future, all the great Daos, transformed into flowing water and condensed into a single mass.

The mysterious Dao Ancestor dared not be careless in the slightest, but his invincible aura had not yet dissipated. The Dao Ancestor who dared to come to this era was very likely to be one of those levels that could be counted on one's fingers in ancient history.

Xu Yuanming concentrated all his power here, all the great paths and endless spells, ultimately to achieve the Great Dao and become the final 'One'.

A fist imprint burst forth from the river of time, originating from destiny. Its power was unpredictable and unimaginable, and all the great Daos transformed into fist light.

This pattern permeates the entire era, wandering through the years.

Many creatures have ventured out to explore this secluded place.

The gates of Heaven opened wide, and a supreme Daoist ancestor toured the world.

Xu Yuanming's punch landed, directly covering the strange Dao Ancestor. The specks of primordial light engulfed his figure. With a boom, all the great Daos of all time and space manifested at the same time, intertwined and finally resonated, becoming a straight beam of light that slashed down on the strange Dao Ancestor.

The Mysterious Dao Ancestor wanted to confront him head-on, and his strength was equally terrifying. As the being closest to the end of the road among the Mysterious Clan, he had a natural suppression of his cultivation level. Gradually, he transformed into a supreme being with surging power of Dao Fruit, causing the long river of time to collapse.

The moment the two made their move, one strange chain after another burst forth around him, each chain equivalent to a small part of the myriad worlds, which now combined.

"It's you! You deserve to die!"

In a secluded place, a powerful Dao Ancestor was enraged upon seeing the familiar power of the heavens.

The eerie Dao Ancestor, with a sinister expression, looked at the Dao Ancestor in the otherworldly realm and grinned, "Devouring a region of heavens and melting one's own body, and then taking another step forward, one is nothing more than an ant. As a Dao Ancestor, why do you act this way?"

His gaze swept across countless worlds, where the order of countless realms was mysteriously shattered, turning into black gas that wanted to merge with his own body.

Xu Yuanming set off. With a gentle wave of his hand, all the gas dissipated, and the collapsing world and the dead creatures were instantly manifested, illuminating the sky.

The eerie Dao Ancestor sneered: "A bit of skill, huh? Fate? I never thought there would actually be someone in this world who could cultivate this path, let alone reach such a level. But once you reach this point, who is much worse than whom? Besides, I have been in this realm for hundreds of epochs. How can you compare to me..."

Before he could finish speaking, those particles of destiny formed a "myriad worlds" that emerged from in front of the strange Dao Ancestor, colliding with the chains of order and wearing down the Great Dao.

puff!
The strange Dao Ancestor seemed to have deflated, his cultivation level had become shallow, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. This Dao Ancestor's body, which was transforming into an Immortal Emperor, actually had wounds at this moment!

The strange Dao Ancestor shook his head. He couldn't handle the powerful backlash. In just the first exchange, the power of countless great worlds dissipated and collapsed.

boom!
Before the strange Dao Ancestor could make any other move, Xu Yuanming also stepped into the river of time, one finger landing on the sky and the other on the earth.

With hands clenched into fingers, time stands still, and countless particles transform into a rain of light, scattering freely through the years.

Xu Yuanming stepped out from there, and in this "era," he charged toward the beginning of this "era."

Having fixed the anchor point, Xu Yuanming turned his palm and began to take over, with countless rays of destiny locking onto the early stages of this era.

"kill!"

The Strange Dao Ancestor found it unbelievable. How could someone kill someone in the past as soon as they made a move? Didn't he know that such methods of influencing the past, present, and future could not bear the karmic consequences of anything except the beings in the End of the Road Domain?
The opponent was reckless, and there was nothing he could do but fight back with all his might, forming forbidden finger seals in his hands, displaying extraordinary strength.

boom!
The mysterious Dao Ancestor continued his attacks, trying to gain an advantage on the main battlefield. He had a great chance of breaking through in this era, and even if he couldn't, he could endure for a few more eras. He was unwilling to fail when he was only one step away from success.

Xu Yuanming's attacks were too strange. No matter what kind of Dao it was, it was as if it had met its master in his hands. No matter what kind of methods the strange Dao Ancestor used, he could not suppress it at all.

However, the strange Dao Ancestor was not someone to be trifled with. Reaching this level was no sign of weakness. The moment he raised his hand, countless fragments of the myriad worlds flowed into his body. Runes shone on every inch of his skin, transforming into vast ocean waves, like a manifestation of the myriad worlds.

The two fought more and more fiercely, branching out in countless directions throughout the ages, and altering the fates of many living beings.

Countless Dao Ancestors were revived at this moment. Their expressions were unfriendly, as the attacks of these two had affected them. They joined forces to try to trap these two for a period of time.

The eerie Dao Ancestor sat cross-legged above all the Dao, stepping on the heavens, his killing intent soaring to the sky, and the power of cultivators from various worlds revived within his body.

"I want to see how you contend with a realm encompassing countless worlds!"

Xu Yuanming waved his hand, and a series of Dao runes flowed. He simply extended a finger, and those laws turned into flowing water and became the past.

Rumble!
The strange Dao Ancestor was greatly alarmed. He sensed an endless stream of runes in this attack, like a vast ocean that never stops, as if it carried the power of all time and space.

All kinds of laws and all the supernatural powers and wonders that have been created throughout history have been manifested, and all destinies have been blocked, turning into "one", turning into a path that belongs only to Xu Yuanming.

And there's also his ability, which influences each other.

All things are one.

(End of this chapter)