Covering the Sky: Starting from Incarnation in the Forbidden Zone of Life

The forbidden zone is silent; the universe is still.

Before the aftershocks of the Stone Emperor's fall had even subsided, the image of the Golden Lion Ancient Emperor being suppressed had already spread throughout the starry sky.

Two supreme ancient emperors, who once reigned supreme in the primordial era, died on the same day, while the other was suppressed under their feet.

The first true war of the gods in the post-ancient era ended in a way that no one had anticipated.

"Born for the path to immortality, it endured hundreds of thousands of years, only to fall less than ten thousand years before the path to immortality was opened."

Deep within the forbidden zone of life, a supreme being sighed, unable to express his feelings. There was no anger, no murderous intent in that voice, only a profound and complex emotion.

In order to prevent a flawless imperial expert from appearing on the path to immortality and then killing him during his transformation, this is in line with the Stone Emperor's consistent cruel and ruthless nature.

Unlike those supreme beings who sever their own lives to witness the path to immortality, he has always believed that the path to immortality can only be walked alone. He regards all fellow travelers on the path to immortality as rivals and will never allow a flawless emperor to be born at this point in time. He wants to nip it in the bud and seize its fortune to nourish himself.

Different beliefs don't necessarily mean one is right and the other is wrong.

But the result is clear: the ancient venerable from the chaotic past has been reborn, his blood and energy as vast as the ocean, while the supreme Holy Spirit Emperor who once ruled the world is now nothing but ashes!

As for the Golden Lion Ancient Emperor—

Some supreme beings even closed their eyes as they looked at the giant Suanni beast trampled under their feet.

Once an invincible being, reigning supreme over the nine heavens and ten earths, how could he have fallen to this end? Since we are now enemies, why not strive for the ultimate sublimation? As an emperor, even in death one's bones should not break, how can one endure such humiliation?

"roar……"

Beneath the feet of Yu Dao, the Golden Lion Ancient Emperor let out a deep roar from his throat. He could almost feel the gazes of those of his peers, like sharp thorns piercing his shattered scales and his already crumbling imperial origin.

Among those gazes were pity, incomprehension, disdain, and indifference. When had he, the Golden Lion Ancient Emperor, ever suffered such humiliation, having roamed the ancient world so freely? The resentment and rage in his chest almost shattered his remaining scales, but he could do nothing but endure the gazes cast upon him by the entire universe.

He had a grievance he couldn't express.

"Damn Stone Emperor... even after reaching the pinnacle of sublimation, he still can't reveal the true nature of the Lord of Chaos?" The will of the Golden Lion Ancient Emperor roared silently beneath its scales.

Only after facing Yu Dao head-on did he understand what the Stone Emperor was dealing with...

Stone Emperor's seemingly destructive and celestial-sacrificing move failed to even force out the true trump card of the Lord of Chaos!

"This Lord of Chaos, facing a supreme Emperor who has reached the pinnacle of enlightenment, actually held back. How dare he? Does he truly believe himself to be invincible throughout history, surpassing even the Emperor and far exceeding the Beginningless One?!"

It's not that he didn't want to reach the pinnacle of achievement.

The moment Yu Dao caught up, he wanted to recklessly burn his own essence and fight this ancient supreme being to the death with the unparalleled power of the imperial way.

But the Lord of Chaos's strength exceeded his expectations!

Before he could reach the pinnacle of his power, a barrage of attacks came crashing down on him like a storm. The chaotic radiance of the Wheel of Reincarnation suppressed his imperial laws layer by layer. He didn't even have a chance to reach the pinnacle of his power, nor did he have a chance to perish together with his opponent. He was completely crushed in the void by that invisible hand.

"Perhaps only the final move that destroyed the Stone Emperor represented his true power. It's laughable that the world believes he was forced to use his last forbidden technique by the Stone Emperor's desperate attempt to sacrifice immortal beings... The path to immortality will be filled with suffering for these yet-to-be-born supreme beings!"

The Golden Lion Ancient Emperor cursed in his heart, while the dark golden imperial blood beneath its scales continued to flow.

Having fallen to such a state, how could he possibly have any good feelings towards those supreme beings who sit idly by?

Those fellow cultivators who remained silent on Burial Sky Island, those old acquaintances who weighed the pros and cons in the Primordial Ancient Mine, those old monsters who stood by and watched from the sidelines in the Immortal Tomb—today they watched the Stone Emperor fall, watched his Golden Lion trampled underfoot, and tomorrow on their path to immortality, they too will face this unfathomable Supreme Being of the Chaotic Ancient Times. At that time, they will understand what their silence today meant!

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In the boundless ancient battlefield of gods, Yu Dao held the Wheel of Reincarnation in one hand, his gaze sweeping across the entire universe. He had just slain a supreme emperor who had reached the pinnacle of enlightenment and suppressed an ancient primordial lion-like emperor, yet his face showed no joy or pride. His gaze was calm as still water, tracking something that had vanished in an instant.

"The emergence of the Path of Reincarnation seems to have attracted the attention of many ancient beings." He remained unmoved.

Reincarnation has been longed for by countless beings since ancient times. From mortals yearning to see their loved ones again to celestial emperors who have transcended the Boundary Sea and reached the end of the road, countless people imagine this path, countless people yearn for this path. It is the oldest mystery in all the heavens and myriad realms, the ultimate path that no one has ever truly traversed throughout countless eras. The number of supreme beings existing in the world today is not very large, but those who are interested in, and even yearn for, reincarnation are not few.

For example, the underworld.

At this point in time, there are not many supreme beings left in the underworld.

The Celestial Venerable of Immortality no longer chose this path, and entered the Immortal Mausoleum; the Corpse Emperor entered and exited the Primordial Ancient Mine; the Yama Emperor passed away. Only the aged and frail Town Hell Emperor guarded that land of the dead alone. The Underworld, once hailed as the end of reincarnation and the final resting place for all beings, is now truly desolate.

But decline does not mean the absence of threat. The monsters created by the former ruler of the underworld, the Underworld Emperor, still exist somewhere in the universe.

Origin God, Origin Ghost, Heavenly Nether Treasure... Yu Dao chewed on the names of these monsters who appeared in the original work and dared to attack the Heavenly Emperor.

These are three supreme-level combatants, incredibly unpredictable, and even more threatening than ordinary self-severing supreme beings.

The Great Accomplished Holy Body of the Father of the Beginningless and the Husband of the Western Emperor, both husband and wife were among the most powerful beings in the world, yet in their later years they still lost themselves under the curse of this creature. That monster didn't even actually lift a finger to kill, yet it left the reigning emperor helpless, only able to watch as her husband, also a supreme being, gradually approached madness under the curse, begging for death, until finally she personally ended his life.

Just now, at the moment when the Wheel of Reincarnation killed the Stone Emperor, at the moment when the radiance of reincarnation shone at its most brilliant, Yu Dao had already vaguely sensed that a cold, damp gaze flash by.

That gaze was not that of a living being; it was devoid of any warmth, as if it had crawled out of the deepest silt of an ancient burial pit. It appeared extremely quickly and disappeared even faster; even an ordinary supreme being would probably find it difficult to detect this fleeting glance.

"Seeing that I am at my peak, they are unwilling to make a move?" Yu Dao thought to himself.

The monsters of the Underworld have survived to this day in an era teeming with supreme beings not because of brute force, but because they understand patience better than anyone else. They lay dormant for countless ages, waiting for the beginningless to pass away; they remained inactive during the reign of the Western Emperor; they never strike when their opponents are at their strongest. Yu Dao has just lived his second life, his blood and energy like a vast ocean, the Wheel of Reincarnation in his hands—he is at the peak of his combat power. To challenge him at this time would be a losing proposition.

"If you're unwilling to take action..."

He murmured to himself, raised his head, and gazed through the ruins of the ancient battlefield, through the boundless starry sky, through the invisible barrier that enveloped the entire universe, and landed at the highest point of this world.

That is the Heavenly Imprint located at the infinite heights of the universe, where a faint blue lotus shadow can be seen.

Since the Azure Emperor disappeared, this mark has stood at the very core of the Heavenly Dao, like an insurmountable cliff, blocking all those who come after him. Gai Jiuyou crashed into this cliff, suffering countless injuries and shattering his Dao foundation. If it weren't for the talisman saving his life, he would have almost died and his Dao would have been extinguished.

Yu Dao raised his hand and reached out towards the infinite heights of the universe!