Covering the Sky: Rise Starting with Card Draws

However, Ye Fan is still very weak and has no room for rebuttal. If he had any sense of shame, he would naturally blush and back down. Unfortunately, Ye Fan is naturally thick-skinned and ruthless.

"Godfather, please take me with you! If I miss this wonderful moment and can't witness your awe-inspiring conquest of the Western lands, I will regret it for the rest of my life!"

Ye Fan shouted.

"Yes, Godfather. We absolutely cannot miss this historic moment of avenging our defeat!"

Pang Bo echoed this sentiment.

"You two newbies are really not afraid of getting caught in the crossfire... Are you really willing to risk your lives just to watch the show?"

Chen Hao was speechless.

"Hehe, it's rare to witness such a spectacular battle in person. Even if I die, it'll be worth the ticket price!"

"That's what Ye Fan, the Bloodthirsty One, said."

"Fine, as long as you can keep up, follow if you want. After all, you have your own legs."

  

I plan to depart tomorrow. Longma, you should also inform Lao Niu and the others, and have Brother Xuechen use his channels to issue challenge letters to the various Western Daoist sects, lest someone accuse me of killing without warning.

Chen Hao said casually that he didn't really care about Western Taoist traditions; in his eyes, they were all worthless.

At most, there are only a few Dao-Slaying Kings. The strongest Divine Knight in the Vatican was only a child who had divine blood to establish his foundation, and he didn't use the power of faith, relying solely on his own arduous cultivation.

Although the Divine Knight was indeed a prodigy, Chen Hao didn't take him seriously at all.

Moreover, Chen Hao found the life story of the Divine Knight very difficult to understand. Despite receiving tremendous benefits, he was constantly burdened by his status as a sinner.

The Vatican was a sacred place of the gods long ago, and is the most famous sanctuary in the West. It once preserved a jar of ancient god's blood.

It is said that through countless refinements by sages of past generations, all that could harm the human body was extracted, and then endless spiritual herbs were added and mixed with divine blood. After countless years of repeated refining, it was transformed into a supreme and sacred elixir, left to future generations.

Such a precious treasure would be kept secret and guarded by special personnel or subject to powerful seals and restrictions in any normal major power.

The Divine Knight was exceptionally talented from a young age and was raised as a divine child. His aptitude was said to be the best in the Western Lands for tens of thousands of years, which sounded particularly impressive.

Because he was too mischievous in his childhood and often played around in the temple, he accidentally knocked over the Holy Grail, which had just been unsealed, and thus committed a terrible disaster.

However, he was bathed in divine blood, and his physical body consumed all the precious medicines, reaching the pinnacle of perfection and becoming indestructible, which shocked and angered all the important figures in the Vatican.

This renowned genius, almost considered a divine child and the future hope of the Daoist tradition, has now become a so-called sinner, marked by the ancient sages, forced to cultivate in secret and silently protect, unable to enjoy glory in public, and unable to use the power of faith as a shortcut to cultivation.

How could it be such a coincidence that the Holy Grail, which had just been unsealed, was knocked over by him? How could it just happen that this thing appeared in the place where he often played around? And how could the seal on the Holy Grail be opened at such a convenient moment?

It was obvious that the Holy Knight was set up by his family's elders. From the very beginning, the highest levels of the Vatican planned to use the divine blood on him, the god-son on whom so much hope was placed.

Only those in the lower and middle classes who are unaware of the truth truly believe that everything was just an accident, and are annoyed that sinners have ruined something good, deserving to be guarded in the dark and never enjoy glory in their lives.

As for why they set a trap to "harm" him, it's probably because the child was too unruly in his childhood, and handing him over directly in a normal, pampering way would likely encourage his arrogance.

The old guard in the Vatican probably felt that while the benefits should be given, they also needed to temper and refine the child to prevent him from becoming an arrogant, conceited, and self-important pretty boy. After all, the divine son is unruly and already shows signs of becoming a demon, so his arrogance should not be encouraged.

Moreover, young people lack self-control and may one day be unable to resist enjoying the glory, neglecting their cultivation, and taking shortcuts by relying on the power of faith. This is why the mark of "sinner" forces him to sink into darkness, unable to rely on the power of faith to cultivate, and can only rely on his own hard work and arduous cultivation.

The so-called "divine blood," as the Divine Knight himself said, was the essence blood left behind in the world by an ancient Holy Emperor. Ye Fan also suspected that the Divine Knight was actually a descendant of the ancient Holy Emperor.

The "divine blood" that the Divine Knight bathed in was probably the essence of his ancestors, similar to the precious medicine left by the Azure Emperor of the Big Dipper. The Holy Emperor ancestor had already specially removed the killing intent. As for the so-called sages of past generations refining the bad things and adding endless spiritual medicine, it was just icing on the cake and better than nothing.

It can only be said that the old guard in the Vatican had good intentions, and now the Holy Knight is indeed the strongest in the West today. He has taken one step at a time, without any shortcuts, with an extremely deep foundation and no hidden dangers.

If a young person is initially caught in the middle of a situation, and overnight goes from being a beloved figure to a sinner despised and scorned by everyone, this terrifying contrast of falling from heaven to hell is indeed quite torturous.

But he's been practicing Dao for so many years, surely he can't understand how it could have been such a "coincidence" back then?

Is it because he was in the middle and couldn't see clearly, or is it because of his upright character, coupled with his indestructible body, that he became a muscle-bound brute, making him just like the future Ye Hei, with a fake academic background and a sharp mind?

The old men of the Vatican did succeed, but they also left a knot in the hearts of the knights of the gods. Before they understood everything and had a sudden realization, their hearts were flawed, which was also a kind of constraint.

How could someone with a flawed Dao heart compete with Chen Hao? Moreover, even if someone had a flawless Dao heart, Chen Hao wouldn't even consider them a threat.

However, apart from the powerful foundation of the Divine Knight and the Pope, the West mainly relies on the astonishing accumulation of faith power, which is enough to make bricks fly. If a massive amount of faith power were to be transformed into a sword and unleashed, it would at least have the power of a Great Sage.

Chen Hao was well aware of this, but he also had ample confidence, having previously comprehended some of the essence of the Ruthless Man's Remnant Technique at the Ruthless Man Star Stele.

Moreover, it is a version that combines his own learning to make up for the incompleteness, and has personal characteristics that are different from the original. Although he did not obtain specific scriptures and techniques during his tribulation, he did obtain the fundamental true teachings of the Ruthless Man's Great Dao.

Among the ruthless man's supreme immortal techniques, there is one that, like the previous secret technique, is specifically for cultivating the primordial spirit.

Cultivating this secret technique allows the auspicious light emitted by the primordial spirit to have many uses, one of which is to ignite the power of faith, causing it to crumble and annihilate.

Furthermore, with the incomplete Fuxi Dragon Stele in hand, they are fully capable of providing a safety net and are not afraid of the Vatican's massive power of faith.

When they learned that Chen Hao intended to conquer the Western Lands and retrieve the ancestral artifact, everyone in Kunlun, including the sect leader Xue Chen, was extremely excited. Despite their advanced age, they were all filled with passion, and everyone in Kunlun clamored to follow him and witness and record this unparalleled spectacle.

Soon, the news spread throughout the various Daoist sects that were paying close attention to Kunlun's movements because of Chen Hao's terrifying heavenly tribulation that had previously oppressed all living beings.

In an instant, the entire cultivation world on Earth was in an uproar. All the major sect leaders of the Central Plains Daoist lineage sought out Xue Chen, wanting to join in the grand event and not wanting to miss this glorious moment of wiping away their previous humiliation. They all wanted to come and join in the fun and lend a hand.