In the game "Covering the Sky," I can create nine kinds of immortal gold.

It took Zhang Taichu three months to travel more than 3,000 li to reach his destination!

Zhang Taichu, whose clothes were now just rags and whose hair and beard were disheveled, reverting to his beggar attire, was filled with resentment towards Master Li.

"Master Li, Master Li, is the 3,000-plus li you mentioned a straight-line distance?"

Zhang Taichu was speechless. In his mind, he had traveled at least six thousand miles in the past three months, including a large number of mountain and forest roads. If he hadn't comprehended the mysteries of the Nine Great Immortal Golds, he probably wouldn't have been able to finish the journey in three years, let alone three months.

"Thank goodness we arrived; it really wasn't easy."

Emerging from the dense forest, one is met with an endless wasteland. The crimson earth is devoid of any grass, consisting only of bare rocks and withered trees.

As Zhang Taichu stepped onto this barren land, he instantly felt a chilling aura.

"After all these years, there are still remnants of the underworld's yin energy?"

He crouched down, scooped up a handful of soil, and carefully examined the dark red color on it.

"According to the original work, this dark red soil was stained with the blood of that God-King. That makes sense. Facing the two Dark Sovereigns, the Source God and the Source Demon, how could a mere Saint be a match for him? Even if he possessed a divine body, he was just a larger ant."

"After the great battle, neither the God King nor the Source Celestial Master's bodies were left behind. They were probably taken to the underworld and became ghost soldiers... Well, if it's the Saint, he should be a ghost general, and the Source Celestial Master will most likely become an official of the underworld. In short, they're just living in a daze."

After sighing for a while, Zhang Taichu suddenly closed his eyes tightly. After nearly half a minute of contemplation, he slowly opened them.

A pale purple light emerged from his eyes, and at that moment, the world appeared completely different in Zhang Taichu's eyes.

The clear sky was filled with runes, some incomplete and some complete. A large number of runes combined together to form Dao traces. These Dao traces were like the original code of this world. Just observing them gave Zhang Taichu a feeling of instant enlightenment.

"As expected, there are traces of the Dao, and they are quite complete... That makes sense. Legend has it that the God King and the Source Master lived in seclusion here for half a year before encountering misfortune in their later years. During those six months, the two must have had many exchanges, and I'm afraid all their life's learning has been engraved in this world."

As Zhang Taichu activated the profound mysteries of immortal metal, he advanced deeper into the Tomb of the Fallen King. The further he went, the more Dao traces he captured. Sometimes he had to sit down and observe for several days before he could capture all the Dao traces in an area.

The area of ​​the Tomb of the Fallen King is very large. Although not all places have traces of the Dao, the areas with traces alone cover tens of thousands of square kilometers.

Zhang Taichu walked and stopped frequently, and it took him nearly half a year just to capture these Dao traces and collect them inside the Divine Mark Purple Gold Pearl!

Six months later, Zhang Taichu finally found a cave to live in and began to further comprehend these Dao traces.

Three months later, two egg-sized divine purple-gold balls appeared in Zhang Taichu's hands.

At this moment, chanting sounds emanated from within each sphere. Upon closer inspection, one could discover that there were actually blurry figures sitting cross-legged inside the spheres, like deities.

This is the power of Divine Mark Purple Gold; it can not only capture Dao Marks, but also gather the captured Dao Marks into a spiritual entity similar to a weapon spirit.

However, the spirits here cannot be used for combat; they can only be used to expound scriptures, essentially acting as AI teachers who provide exclusive explanations of the scriptures.

The two purple-gold spheres contain the scriptures and deities of the God-King and the scriptures and deities of the Source Celestial Master, respectively.

"Truly worthy of being called the profound mystery of immortal gold. Take the scriptures and deities of the Source Celestial Master for example, this is far more effective than self-study with the Source Celestial Book. If I want to become a Source Celestial Master, theoretically it would be much easier for me than for Ye Fan."

That being said, Zhang Taichu has not yet made up his mind about whether or not to learn Source Techniques.

After all, learning the Source Technique not only means facing misfortune in old age, but also having a huge weakness: once you encounter a red-haired monster, you will be instantly infected, just like in the battle at the Qinling Immortal Pool in the original work.

When the red-haired monster transformed from the third-generation Source Master appeared, all the Source Masters present instantly turned into monsters. Ye Fan only survived because of the power of his Holy Body to exorcise evil spirits; other Source Masters would have been powerless to resist.

"I am just a mortal. If I were to delve deeper into the study of Source Arts, I would probably be instantly disoriented when facing those red-haired monsters. This is a huge weakness."

"Forget it, a major event like the Qinling Immortal Transformation Pool is just suicide if you don't have the strength of the Immortal Ascension Realm. I don't even have a Life Spring right now, so thinking about those things is too far-fetched. I should start cultivating first."

After putting away the Yuan Tianshi's scripture deity, Zhang Taichu held the God King's scripture deity in his hand and began to cultivate the scriptures of the Wheel Sea Realm under its guidance.

With the explanation of the deity in the scripture, Zhang Taichu gained a general understanding of the name and rank of this scripture.

This is a Saint King-level scripture called the "Surging Waves Scripture," meaning that the person who created this scripture possessed the strength of a Saint King at the fifth level of the Immortal Realm.

The essence of the Jingtao Jing (惊涛经) is raging waves, with fierce and unparalleled attack power, and it is also continuous. It is a martial art that focuses on offense.

If it were Zhang Taichu when he first awakened his past life memories, he would have treasured it like a precious gem. But now that he possesses the profound mysteries of immortal gold, he will only regard this Shocking Wave Scripture as a transitional cultivation method. His goal has now shifted to the Great Emperor's Scripture.

A month passed in the blink of an eye. With the foundation he had built up before, and the ability to rush out of the Tomb of the Fallen King to hunt monsters at any time, Zhang Taichu easily reached the Life Spring Realm.

In the center of his ordinary sea of ​​suffering lies a golden spring, which connects to the Wheel of Life. The surging life force flows into the Wheel of Life, nourishing it and enabling it to withstand the attacks of time.

This is the essence of the longevity of cultivators in the world of "Covering the Sky": it is not about reducing the scratches on the wheel of life, but about expanding the wheel of life so that it can bear more marks of time.

Moreover, there are ways to reduce the marks of time, such as taking elixirs like the Elixir of Immortality. Ye Fan and Pang Bo reduced the marks of time on their Wheel of Life by taking the sacred fruit of the Nine Wonders Elixir of Immortality.

When the wheel of life is nourished, one can not only live longer, but also become stronger.

At the same time, a unique divine light will burst forth from the Life Spring. Through special secret techniques, cultivators can ride this divine light to attack and fly, etc.

The first Beidou cultivator Ye Fan and his group encountered, Weiwei, used this divine light to carry them through the air when she first appeared.

As the power of the divine light increases further, it can build a divine bridge to cross the sea of ​​suffering and reach the other shore. This is the cultivation process of the Wheel Sea Chapter.

With the aid of his Devouring skill, Zhang Taichu easily reached the Life Spring Realm and gained the ability to fly, but his cultivation progress slowed down there.

"In theory, the stages before the fourth level are all about accumulating energy. As long as there are sufficient cultivation resources, one can break through two major secret realms and reach the Dao Palace perfection. However, relying solely on those insignificant demonic beasts is far from sufficient."

Zhang Taichu sighed and took out the scriptures and deities of the Yuan Tianshi.

"It seems I have no choice but to follow the path of the Source Master; this is probably the only shortcut for rogue cultivators."