Covering the Sky: A Guide to Proving the Dao Without Cheats

The Holy City of the Northern Region stands on the boundless reddish-brown earth, its walls built of lapis lazuli boulders, their mottled surfaces etched with the marks of time and Dao patterns.

The wide streets were paved with spiritual rock, with palaces standing on both sides, surrounded by divine light, and floating celestial pavilions draped with white celestial mist. Occasionally, a dragon-drawn chariot would pass by, and cultivators would ride divine rainbows, stirring up wisps of celestial mist.

Walking on this vast and ancient street, Luo Heng silently followed beside the Holy Maiden of Yaochi.

As she described the majestic buildings and floating palaces on both sides in her clear, spring-like voice, his gaze became somewhat dazed. He walked here, but his soul seemed to have wandered off somewhere else.

The Holy Maiden of Yaochi noticed the strangeness in his expression. As her words faded, a faint smile appeared on her lips beneath her veil. Without stopping, she continued walking forward.

Fortunately, the veil was concealed by the magical artifact; otherwise, if the news of the Holy Maiden of Yaochi appearing in the Eastern Wilderness Holy City had spread, it would have shocked the entire ancient city, and countless young talents would have flocked to see her.

Noticing that the melodious voice beside him had stopped, Luo Heng finally came to his senses. He subconsciously glanced at the Holy Maiden of Yaochi beside him, only to meet her eyes, which held a hint of a smile. He couldn't help but look away awkwardly.

He turned to look at the magnificent, ancient city before him, imbued with divine radiance, and subconsciously pulled out something that seemed completely out of place with its surroundings—a touchscreen phone, and one with a cracked screen at that.

He pressed the power button as usual, but the screen remained completely black and unresponsive.

Luo Heng gave a wry smile, shook his head, and carefully put his phone away.

Yes, Luo Heng is a transmigrator. And he has been in the world of "Covering the Sky" for several months now.

Actually, he could accept the idea of ​​time travel itself—after all, time travel has become a trend these days, and if you haven't traveled through time a few times, you'd be embarrassed to greet people when you go out.

But what made him want to curse the most was that he had searched every inch of his body, inside and out, but he still couldn't find the "golden finger" that every time traveler supposedly had.

Wasn't it supposed to be that time travelers would all have a "golden finger" (cheat code)? How come I don't have anything when it's my turn?

He often complained to himself, "Entering such a difficult dungeon like 'Covering the Sky' doesn't even give you a system cheat. How are people supposed to play this? If I were the protagonist of some novel, the author would definitely be a flop."

In his previous life, Luo Heng came from a reasonably well-off family. His parents were alive, and he had an older brother. Although not extremely wealthy, he was certainly well-off. In short, compared to women, he was neither rich nor poor.

He lived an ordinary life for the first thirty years of his life. The only thing that wasn't so "ordinary" was that he was almost thirty and had never been in a relationship. While other people's children were clingy, his child was still clingy, which made him seem a bit out of place.

His family was very worried about this and arranged several blind dates for him, but Luo Heng turned them down for various reasons.

Later, Luo's mother heard somewhere that the utility pole in the old house's yard was bad for the feng shui... because it was a "bachelor".

From then on, Luo's mother would think about moving that telephone pole every few days. This scared Luo Heng quite a bit, fearing that his mother would really do something illegal, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree to the blind date.

On the day of the meeting, the two sides had a polite meal and exchanged a few perfunctory words, and the atmosphere never warmed up.

After the meal, they tacitly agreed to go their separate ways.

On his way home, Luo Heng suddenly remembered a joke he had seen online before:

"They say a man who hasn't been in a relationship by the age of thirty is like a fisherman who has been sitting by the river for thirty years without catching a fish—he has neither experience nor skill."

"And a woman who is still unmarried at thirty is like a fish that has been in a fishpond for over thirty years and hasn't been caught yet—that's really..."

"Putting these two together to face off, the result is predictable."

Of course, Luo Heng himself does not entirely agree with this statement. After all, a person who has not caught a fish in thirty years may still have eaten fish; and a fish that has not been caught in thirty years may still have eaten earthworms.

……

After returning home that day, he ate and drank as usual, not taking the blind date too seriously. That night, he lay in bed scrolling through his phone as usual, and somehow drifted off to sleep. His hand loosened, and the phone fell to the ground with a "thud," hitting him squarely on the bridge of his nose.

Luo Heng woke up with a start, one hand covering his sore nose, the other frantically reaching for his phone. It was pitch black all around. He instinctively turned on the screen—but nothing happened.

His heart skipped a beat: Was his phone dead, or... had he gone blind?

In his panic, he didn't even notice the firm texture beneath him, unlike the mattress in his own home.

Only when a faint glimmer of light appeared in the distance did Luo Heng's anxiety ease slightly. He stuffed his black-screened phone back into his pocket and fumbled towards the light, using both hands and feet.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that a large, dark crowd had gathered there.

Luo Heng quickly stepped forward to inquire about the situation. The two sides exchanged names, and when they heard the names "Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and Li Xiaoman," their legs went weak, and they almost knelt down.

He swallowed hard, forcing himself to remain calm as he asked himself where he was. When he heard the answer, he froze—he had actually transmigrated into the world of "Covering the Sky," and was currently sitting inside a bronze coffin pulled by nine dragons!

"Wait, is time travel so easy now? Not only is there no yes or no option, but they don't even send a single train." Luo Heng complained in his mind first, then cheered himself up and started trying.

"System?" he muttered to himself, but there was no response.

"The Supreme God? The Cycle of Reincarnation? Anything will do!" Still no response.

He was still not giving up, so he searched his entire body inside and out, almost taking off his underwear to check, but found nothing.

"Holy crap, who on earth is messing with me?"

He internally raged, "I've almost completely forgotten about 'Covering the Sky,' I only read a little bit of 'Perfect World,' and I haven't even touched 'Saint Ruins'! I'm just an ordinary office worker, no system, no cheat codes, how am I supposed to survive in this world where everything is so destructive?"

After hesitating for a moment, he simply reached for the corner of the bronze coffin and began to probe in a low voice, "Is Boss Shi Hao here? Emperor Huangtian? Emperor Ye? Chu Feng? Can anyone hear me? I confess! I'm a transmigrator! Can you give me leniency?"

He waited a while, but nothing happened. He gritted his teeth and started courting death: "Beast Baby! Ye Hei! Chu Loli!...Are you there? Are you there?"

Still, nobody paid any attention to him.

Luo Heng was truly desperate now, with only one thought in his mind: "Waiting online, it's urgent: I'm in the game 'Covering the Sky,' no system, no cheat codes, and probably still a mortal. Which corner should I hide in to die more slowly?"