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

Chapter 159 What the hell is trust?

“You can’t forget what the Human King was like just because his temper has become gentler in the last few hundred thousand years,” Shen Bai said with a light laugh.

"The first human king did not care about timing, fate, or allow his fate to be controlled by others. His moral standards were extremely low, and he basically did not care about the opinions of the masses."

"For the first human king, there was only one thing he pursued in his life: to survive."

"And in order to survive, he didn't care about anything else."

"Therefore, the first human king had no family affection, no morality, and no manners."

"Therefore, if the Human King on the other side is truly from the Strange Clan, and he understands the talents of Ye Fan, Wu Shi, and the Empress, he will definitely lead his men to grind this place to dust and make sure everyone is dead beyond any doubt."

"It would even be normal to say that everyone should enter the Ten Thousand Souls Banner together, so that he can be immortalized for eternity."

When Shen Bai said this, apart from Wu Shi and Xi Huang, who were closer to Jiang Bai's era, and a few people from forbidden zones who were not surprised, everyone else was full of disbelief.

Is the King of Men really that ruthless?
Especially those beings like the Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King, who survived thanks to Jiang Bai's eternal schemes, truly refused to believe that Jiang Bai was such a ruthless person.

The Western Emperor slowly recounted various events from Jiang Bai's youth.

His personality was shaped by constant betrayals, but it was only after he resolved the betrayals that he became the gentle and kind king in the eyes of the world.

"But a dog can't stop eating excrement, a wolf can't stop eating meat, and even a human king can't change his original personality."

"So, if he really joined the monster clan in order to survive, he would definitely kill us."

"But he didn't, which only proves one thing: he didn't join us; he only helped us kill the strange race."

"Next, what we should do is frantically improve our strength."

"Waiting for the time to slaughter the strange race."

Despite his confident but baseless words, Shen Bai successfully persuaded everyone.

After all, no one wanted to believe that Jiang Bai would betray them.

As for the fact that Jiang Bai was a member of the Strange Clan from beginning to end, Jiang Bai himself never thought of it, and neither did any of them.

The Heavenly Court in the Primordial Ancient Realm quickly began to make arrangements, and everyone started to go into seclusion for cultivation in batches.

When the people of the Heavenly Court discovered that the five strange Quasi-Immortal Emperors were also coordinating less intensely as their combat power weakened, they even began to worry about Jiang Bai.

"With the King cooperating with us to reduce the intensity of our attacks, won't it make us easier to be exposed?"

"Being a human king is too difficult."

But what Jiang Bai was thinking at that moment was...

Ah, in the original story, the trio managed to survive the darkest era and lead the Heavenly Court to development step by step. Now, with so many helpers, they'll surely survive too. I'd better go into seclusion and find a way to break through to the Immortal Emperor realm.

Deep within the Soul River, Jiang Bai is cultivating using the accumulated knowledge and skills from the four outposts of the Mysterious Clan across countless eras.

While cultivating, Jiang Bai couldn't help but think to himself:

"This is what it feels like to have a super big shot backing you up. It's fucking awesome."

Various evolutionary paths, divine medicines usable by all kinds of quasi-immortal emperors, and Dao bones left behind by some quasi-immortal emperors in the heavens.

There are even remnant souls left behind by former Quasi-Immortal Emperors.

Everything Jiang Bai needs will be delivered, and Jiang Bai only needs to focus on his cultivation.

Through the remnants of Dao bones and souls left behind by those Quasi-Immortal Emperors, Jiang Bai saw the once glorious civilizations of the heavens. In those civilizations, some defied the heavens to rise up against the sacrifices of a strange race, only to be killed and left to witness the formation of the Boundary Sea as remnant souls, ultimately dying in hatred.

Some even stormed into the four outposts, proved their glorious strength, and were then ganged up on and killed.

Some even crossed the boundary sea to fight the darkness, displaying unparalleled bravery, but ultimately failed.

Similarly, some people choose to live a life of ignominy, barely surviving beyond the Great Boundary. Amidst the vast emptiness, they question themselves about why they had been cowardly, eventually realizing their mistake. They then cultivate descendants in the new era, organize a large army, and several eras later, before the arrival of another era of imperial decline, they soar into the sky to fight against the strange race, but unfortunately, they still fail.

They were all heroes, peerless talents, and unparalleled heroes.

Unfortunately, they all failed to live up to their potential.

Jiang Bai had no doubt that if these people grew up, they would eventually become Immortal Emperors, ruling over the prosperity of all the heavens.

As a result, he became the emperor of one era after another of imperial decline.

By observing the past of these figures, Jiang Bai finally figured out his own path to becoming an Immortal Emperor, and even found a way to transcend the Immortal Emperor realm, surpass the so-called sacrificial path, and directly achieve the ultimate realm.

"Given sufficient power, even the wisdom of mortals should not be underestimated."

Jiang Bai named his next realm "Refining Emptiness" and the next realm after that "Harmonizing with the Dao".

The Dao Integration stage will be the final step in Su Baidan's cultivation method, and his realm will be the same as his name.

He merges with the Great Dao, transforms into the Heavenly Dao, and takes control of everything in the world.

The idea came from a novel that Su Bai had read before he transmigrated.

"If I were to merge with the Great Dao and become the Heavenly Dao, I wouldn't be sick like a patient, would I?" Jiang Bai murmured with a smile.

Having outlined his future path, Jiang Bai wasn't in a hurry to cultivate; instead, he began to calculate the timeline.

Jiang Bai was startled when he calculated that ten thousand years had passed since he began his cultivation.

Jiang Bai summoned his subordinates and began to learn about the current situation in the heavens.

The subordinates told Jiang Bai that in the past 100,000 years, under the oppression of their strange race, the heavens entered a glorious era, and Ye Fan, Wu Shi, and Ruthless Man successively broke through to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level.

In these 100,000 years, the Desolate Emperor has reappeared and almost stormed into the strange plateau. Now he is being hunted down by the three progenitors.

In order to kill the Desolate Heavenly Emperor, they sent three strange Quasi-Immortal Emperors back in time to kill him, but they were stopped by the trio and were defeated.

Meanwhile, in order to suppress the trio, the number of strange Quasi-Immortal Emperors in the heavens has now reached an astonishing ten.

"My lord, orders have come from the plateau, instructing you to preside over this grand ceremony," a servant whispered.

"Since you've come out of seclusion, let us tell you this: the time when the grand ceremony will begin."

Jiang Bai smiled upon hearing this. This was a test for him, a difficult challenge to see if he still held the concept of the heavens in his heart.

"What a pity, I'm destined to be ruthless," Jiang Bai chuckled to himself.

"Gather your forces and follow me across the Boundary Sea to the heavens to conduct this grand celestial sacrifice."

With a wave of his hand, one large ship after another sailed out from the four outposts. On the Boundary Sea, the fleet led by the strange Immortal King set off in a mighty procession towards the heavens.

In the unnoticed heavens above, three eerie immortal emperors stood, watching Jiang Bai.

(End of this chapter)