Covering the Sky: I am the King of Men, and I rule over the rise and fall of all heavens.

Chapter 151 The Deceptive Black Emperor

Outside the stone chamber of the ancient and modern world, Jiang Bai and the others witnessed the era when Amitabha Buddha returned.

It marks the end of the Immortal Ancient Era, which was later named the early period of the Chaotic Ancient Era.

There, Amitabha Buddha devoted himself to cultivation, revitalized the lineage of ancient monks, and established a completely new Buddhist system.

He also received the inheritances of the Immortal Monk King and the Fairy Qingyue, and traversed the mortal world and the path to immortality.

Even if that era also had abundant resources for longevity, Amitabha Buddha still completed the mortal path to immortality.

However, the method used was so domineering that it made Jiang Bai and the others gasp in shock.

Amitabha Buddha divided his primordial spirit into one large portion and nine smaller portions.

Then, using the Reincarnation and Nirvana Method of the Azure Moon Fairy, the nine small portions of the primordial spirit were cast into the cycle of reincarnation, allowing them to be reborn.

However, this time Amitabha Buddha made a backup plan, so that the reincarnated primordial spirit was born based on the primordial spirit he had cut out, but it was not a complete reincarnation of him.

The main purpose is to facilitate later retrieval.

The nine smaller portions of Amitabha Buddha's primordial spirit that were cut off are like parasites, absorbing the great Dao of those who come after them, making themselves stronger and stronger.

This kind of thing is usually very disgusting, but Amitabha Buddha is truly kind and truly resolves karma, giving benefits to every host he parasitizes, and giving him a lot of cultivation methods and resources.

As the nine minor primordial spirits gradually grew stronger and entered the Supreme Realm, Amitabha Buddha directly merged ten lifetimes into one and entered the mortal world as an immortal.

Amitabha Buddha once again proved the true worth of the Great Emperor of the era of Shrouding the Heavens.

What they lack is not talent, but opportunity—a frontline.

Most of the Immortal Kings in Perfect World attained supreme status at around a thousand years old, and that was during an era when cultivation was easy.

Most of the emperors in Shrouding the Heavens attained the status of Heavenly Venerable, Ancient Emperor, or Great Emperor at around a thousand years old, though there were exceptions like Ye Fan who attained enlightenment at several hundred years old.

This was in an era that, compared to the ancient times, was called the "end of Dharma."

Jiang Bai sometimes finds it quite interesting to see this stuff. The people of Xian Gu believe that the era of Shrouding the Heavens is the end of the Dharma.

People from the era of "Covering the Sky" felt that the environment of Earth in the original work was the "end of Dharma" era, while their own era was called the "prosperous era of Taoism and Dharma".

Even with the example of Amitabha Buddha, in the years that followed, Emperor Yan, Emperor Huang, and others still chose to transcend tribulations and become true immortals, rather than taking the path of becoming immortals in the mortal world.

Even Lao Tzu, Rong Chengshi, and Shakyamuni were like this.

This greatly surprised Jiang Bai. Why?

Laozi told Jiang Bai, "I don't know how others are old and wise, but I feel that the path to true immortality, the path of honing one's foundation over time, is more suitable for me."

Since that's the case, Jiang Bai has no reason to advise against it.

The ancient star then entered an era of great growth in cultivation, with one genius after another emerging.

Among the more famous ones are Zixu, Zuo Ci, Yu Ji, Zhang Jiao, Nan Hua, Zhang Liang, Zhang Daoling, Ge Hong, Ge Xuan, Lü Dongbin, Zhang Sanfeng, and so on.

Although their cultivation levels varied, their sheer numbers created a golden age of cultivation on Earth.

Of course, several supreme beings emerged from among these people, such as Ge Xuan, who achieved enlightenment in an unconventional way in the original work.

However, amidst this flourishing era of cultivation, a seed of technology is also emerging.

Some ordinary people get excited when they see practitioners, but they themselves are unable to practice, so they turn to studying other things instead.

A group of like-minded ordinary people eventually developed technology.

Although it wasn't very useful, it still changed the lives of ordinary people.

As thousands of years passed, the golden age of cultivation on Earth gradually came to an end, and the emergence of peerless geniuses was no longer a frequent occurrence.

Earth's technology has also developed to a considerable level. Ordinary people now live in high-rise buildings, drive airplanes and cars, and can travel quickly.

During this period, a supreme genius emerged from the Golden Crow Clan, embarking on his journey to become an Emperor.

Watching the Golden Crow Emperor challenge the Yellow Emperor and Yan Emperor, only to suffer a crushing defeat, Jiang Bai felt that the Golden Crow Emperor was cursed with bad luck. That day, Jiang Bai sensed the location of the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin.

For many years, he had been searching for it, but he could never find it.

It was as if she was deliberately avoiding him.

"Your appearance means Ye Fan has appeared," Jiang Bai sighed softly.

On this day, nine dragons pulled the coffin across the giant city of Hangu Pass in the starry sky and descended to Mount Tai on Earth.

The quasi-emperor guarding Hangu Pass reached out to pursue, but his body was shattered by the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin.

Upon seeing such a treasure, cultivators near Mount Tai rushed to explore the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin, only to be instantly killed.

The coffin was opened, and a group of unlucky people were sucked inside.

"The gears of fate have begun to turn again," Jiang Bai said quietly upon seeing this.

On the ancient star of Yinghuo, Ye Fan and his companions found a small temple left behind by Shakyamuni. They obtained some tools, and Ye Fan also obtained the Bodhi tree seed that Shakyamuni had nurtured to a spiritual level, comparable to a divine medicine.

However, the group also provoked the Crocodile Ancestor.

The quasi-emperor who was stationed at Hangu Pass noticed the changes here. Before his injuries had healed, he rushed over and slapped the Crocodile Ancestor to death.

Ye Fan and the others were overjoyed at the sight; they wanted to go home and didn't want to stay there.

The quasi-emperor of Hangu Pass originally intended to do a good deed, but his body was once again shattered by the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin, and he suffered severe injuries.

"The gears of fate have already turned, and no one can stop them." Jiang Bai appeared beside the quasi-emperor at Hangu Pass and said softly.

With a slight movement of his eyes, Jiang Bai healed the injuries of the quasi-emperor of Hangu Pass.

Following the nine dragons pulling the coffin to Beidou, Jiang Bai saw that Ye Fan's bloodline was reviving.

It remains a desolate and forbidden land, but the difference is that there is no harvesting of divine herbs and no internal strife.

Bu Yefan and his group were also found by the Holy Body lineage of Beidou and brought into the sect.

"We want to go home," Liu Yiyi said, her eyes brimming with tears.

"I really want to send you back, but the people above say it's not possible," the cultivator in charge of guiding them said with a wry smile.

Ye Fan didn't understand and asked in confusion, "Why?"

"I don't know," the monk replied with a wry smile.

"You can cultivate here or join other sects to cultivate. As for going home, you can only rely on your own abilities."

Faced with this situation, Ye Fan and his group were filled with despair.

However, as expected of those who had taken the college entrance examination and received nine years of compulsory education, they quickly adapted and embarked on the path of cultivation.

After obtaining the scriptures, Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and several others did not choose to stay in the Holy Body lineage, but instead went out.

“Opportunity lies outside, and we believe that the path home I need is there outside,” they said with burning eyes.

Perhaps it was fate, but Ye Fan still encountered the bandits, the Black Emperor, Jiang Taixu, the Old Madman, and others, and even obtained the inheritance of the Source Master.

She still managed to get Yao Xi's bra, met Ji Ziyue, had an ambiguous relationship with Qin Yao, and formed a bond with An Miaoyi.

In this life, Ye Fan gambled heavily in the Divine City using his true identity and won big.

There were fewer chases and the events involving the ancient races were no longer happening.

But then the even more rampant Black Emperor tricked him.

At the Jade Pool Banquet of the Big Dipper, the Black Emperor loudly proclaimed that Ye Fan was the Holy Son of his Black Emperor Sect and would bear all the karma of the past.

Meanwhile, the spirited Ye Fan was tricked by the Black Emperor into embarking on a path where he would become an enemy of the world.

(End of this chapter)