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

In her later years in her first life, the ruthless woman once again demonstrated her unparalleled talent.

Thanks to the unique characteristics of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art, she gained a fundamental understanding of various physiques. She was also the first person in the Shrouding the Heavens universe to thoroughly research the secrets of physiques.

She also created the "Undying Heavenly Art" from this, and with this art, she conceived a divine embryo from her demonic body, and then became a chaotic body to live another life.

Transforming a mortal body into a chaotic body, the ruthless empress has created a precedent unprecedented in the entire universe of Shrouding the Heavens.

Afterwards, the ruthless man used his primordial spirit as fire, his first incarnation's demonic body as clay, and supplemented it with the endless divine materials from the legends of the Eastern Wilderness to create the Devouring Demon Jar.

This supreme imperial weapon was forged from her body, which contained the remains of her first incarnation. It possesses the primordial spirit laws and soul left over from her transformation, with both demonic and divine natures coexisting.

The lid is the most essential part of the Demon Jar. It is made from the skull of the first incarnation of the ruthless woman, combined with immortal materials. It bears the imprint of her primordial spirit and the "demon" character of the ancient Devouring Heaven Demon Jar. All its characteristics are embodied in it, making it the most terrifying source.

As the ruthless man entered his second life, he relied on the Chaotic Body to further enhance his combat power, truly reaching the level of the Heavenly Emperor.

At that time, she lived in Nanling, hence the title "Nanling Heavenly Emperor".

It was also in this lifetime that the Ruthless Great Emperor single-handedly resisted the hidden tricks of the Nine Heavenly Venerables, and even fought against those who were still alive. He conquered the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths by himself, and created nine ultimate mysteries comparable to the Nine Secrets.

Luo Heng even suspected that the Ruthless Great Emperor had fought against the Eternal Heavenly Venerable back then.

It was in this lifetime that she encountered the first Lord of the Wasteland—the one with the Great Accomplished Holy Body. The three of them also developed a complex web of grudges and entanglements in this lifetime.

In the same lifetime, she entered the Undying Mountain, sat cross-legged beneath the Enlightenment Tea, and the ancient emperor dared not speak, remaining silent in response. She also engaged in a battle with the Great Emperor Wushi across time and space, her prowess shaking the ages.

In his second life, as he entered his later years, the ruthless man took the True Dragon Elixir of Immortality, thus enabling him to live a third life.

It was in this lifetime that she found the Bronze Immortal Palace, the Mother Qi of All Things, and many kinds of immortal gold, becoming rich overnight.

Later in her later years, she entered the Bronze Immortal Palace, where she lived her fourth life.

However, something unexpected seemed to have happened during this time; her body exploded, even breaking through the bronze immortal palace.

Even so, she survived, but the bronze ring she always carried was left in the palace and was later obtained by the Ji family, which is the one that Ji Ziyue got.

In his later years, the ruthless man entered the Chaos Dragon Nest within the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest to undergo a transformation.

However, in reality, the ruthless woman had already consumed the True Dragon Elixir of Immortality in her second life. Furthermore, she herself had no connection to the Myriad Dragon Nest. So why did she travel to the Myriad Dragon Nest in her later years with the True Dragon Elixir of Immortality to undergo a transformation?

Therefore, there is only one truth: she wanted to observe the True Dragon Elixir of Immortality in the most suitable environment for it, and tried to discover the secret of the elixir of immortality so that she could live another life.

As a result, the ruthless woman succeeded and lived out her fifth life.

In the fifth incarnation, the ruthless man entered the desolate forbidden land to prolong the life of the Great Accomplished Holy Body.

She divided the Nine Wonders Immortal Elixir into nine parts, nourished them with nine divine springs, and used dragon-patterned black gold, phoenix blood crimson gold, and immortal tear green gold to forge four immortal gold divine chains to imprison herself, and separated her own Dao Fruit, which is Xiao Nannan.

After this incident, she herself became confused and disoriented.

Have you found the problem?

Like Ye Fan's fourth life, Ruthless Man's first life was about becoming a Chaos Body to live another life.

The ruthless man's second life, like Ye Fan's first life, involved taking an elixir of immortality to live another life.

The ruthless woman's third life was a reverse life in the Bronze Immortal Palace. It is still uncertain how she survived, so we will not talk about it for now.

The ruthless person's fourth incarnation should be the same as Ye Fan's third incarnation, both being born again after researching the origin of the immortal medicine.

The ruthless person is now in the twilight of their fifth incarnation, attempting to live out their sixth. Judging from their actions, aren't they quite similar to Ye Fan's sixth incarnation, "The Great Dream of Eternity"?

Furthermore, in the original work, Ye Tong directly asked Hei Huang if the two were the same. Hei Huang's answer was: "Ruthless people have walked a similar path, but it should not be the same."

Luo Heng's understanding of this statement is: "It's not exactly the same, but it borrows some elements from it."

Moreover, if the ruthless person doesn't have any special fetishes, then her use of the four immortal golden chains to imprison herself should be an attempt to suppress her own Great Dao and give others the opportunity to prove their Dao.

This is exactly the same as Ye Fan's fourth incarnation using the Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold Cauldron, the Immortal Tear Green Gold Cauldron, and the Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron to suppress himself and his own Great Dao.

In this way, could we also speculate that, like Ye Fan's fifth incarnation, the Ruthless Man in his third life abandoned his chaotic body and returned to his original form to live a new life?

This is why Luo Heng complained about Ye Fan's falsified academic credentials.

If that's the case, then Ye Fan's path to immortality is simply a direct copy of Ruthless's.

Of course, from a novel writing perspective, it might be that the author was lazy. But in the real world of "Covering the Sky," this would be quite damaging to Ye Fan's reputation as the Heavenly Emperor.

"This is totally a case of the academically challenged older brother copying the homework of his academically gifted younger sister!"

Although Luo Heng joked like this, he had already made up his mind that he would also "copy homework" in the future. After all, if Ye Fan could copy, why couldn't Luo Heng? It would be foolish not to copy the ready-made answer.

Although he teased Ye Fan for copying homework, he ultimately did not copy it completely; he incorporated his own understanding of the Longevity Method into it.

Ye Fan doesn't believe in reincarnation; he only believes in this life. Therefore, he remains unchanged each time he is reborn.

The ruthless woman believed in reincarnation, so each transformation left behind a fragmented body, as if she had undergone another reincarnation. Judging from the fact that she absorbed all the fragments when she finally transformed into a mortal immortal, this must have been her unique method of achieving immortality.

However, Luo Heng had also seen another version of events circulating online, claiming that the Ruthless One had comprehended the Nine Mysterious Elixir of Immortality, and that the Nine Mysterious Elixir of Immortality, which had been divided into nine parts on the nine sacred mountains of the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, was proof of this. The True Dragon Elixir of Immortality was taken by the Ruthless One in his third incarnation.

However, Luo Heng felt that Ye Fan had set a bad example here.

The best way to study the origins of the elixir of immortality is to study the elixir of immortality that corresponds to one's own race.

Just as the human race is suited to researching the elixir of immortality in human form, the immortal emperor is suited to researching the elixir of immortality in divine form, the Qilin race is suited to researching the elixir of immortality in Qilin form. Only in this way can they achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Ye Fan started researching the Humanoid Immortal Elixir because he first took the Qilin Immortal Elixir and then accidentally obtained the Humanoid Immortal Elixir.

However, if there is no elixir of immortality corresponding to one's own race, then the best option is to study the elixir of immortality that one has taken. After all, having personally experienced the origin and principles of the elixir of immortality, researching it will naturally be easier.

Therefore, it is only natural that a ruthless person would research the elixir of immortality for the true dragon.

Luo Heng even felt that this might be a shortcut on the path to immortality.

He had already planned to dedicate himself to cultivating the elixir of immortality in human form. He would take it directly when he entered old age in his first life, and then take it once every four or five thousand years thereafter, not for any other reason than to personally experience its origin and principles multiple times.

Ideally, he expects to be able to take the elixir of immortality four times.

Based on his own race's elixir of immortality, along with over ten thousand years of in-depth research and four personal experiences of taking it, Luo Heng believed that even a pig could use this to research the origin of the elixir of immortality.

As for the Nine Wonders Elixir of Immortality in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, Luo Heng is more inclined to believe that it belongs to the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body.

You should know that with the strength of the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body, he is fully qualified to possess an elixir of immortality.

Luo Heng guessed that although the Ruthless Great Emperor helped prolong the life of the Great Perfection Sacred Body after entering the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, he failed to fundamentally solve the problem of the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body. The Desolate Ancient Sacred Body was still in its twilight years and was very weak.

Therefore, the Ruthless Great Emperor told the Great Accomplished Holy Body about his method of researching the elixir of immortality to live a second life, and even directly divided the Nine Wonders Elixir of Immortality into nine parts, placing them on the nine holy mountains.

This is equivalent to breaking down a major problem into nine smaller problems, which makes it easier for the Great Accomplished Holy Body to research the elixir of immortality.

After all, looking at the ruthless person's method of achieving immortality—the Chaotic Body—he took the elixir of immortality, transformed into a mortal body, researched the elixir of immortality, and dreamed of eternal life.

Of these, only the method of researching the elixir of immortality can be used by the Great Accomplished Holy Body.

As for the elixir of immortality, the Great Accomplished Holy Body must have taken it.

There are also a few other points that can serve as circumstantial evidence.

Firstly, on the Big Dipper, it seems that every forbidden zone of life has an elixir of immortality, which appears to be a condition for establishing a forbidden zone of life.

If that's true, then the Great Accomplished Holy Body should have possessed an elixir of immortality when it established the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.

Secondly, it is clearly mentioned in the original work that when Ye Fan went to pick the Nine Wonders Immortal Medicine, he received the tacit approval of the Great Perfection Holy Body.

If this elixir of immortality does not belong to the Great Accomplishment Holy Body, then the Great Accomplishment Holy Body's actions inevitably seem somewhat presumptuous.

After all, it's impossible for the Ruthless Great Emperor to have told him in advance that Ye Fan might be the reincarnation of his elder brother!

As for the third point, throughout the entire novel "Covering the Sky", almost all those who have attained enlightenment throughout history have been accompanied by an elixir of immortality, with the exception of the novel's protagonist, Ye Fan.

Even the Emperor, the Undying Emperor, and the Great Emperor Wushi are no exception. So what are the chances that the Ruthless Great Emperor is also an exception?

All of this indirectly proves that the Nine-Mysterious Elixir of Immortality most likely belongs to the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body. Even if it didn't originally belong to it, it's very likely that it was given to the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body by the Ruthless Great Emperor.

After all, given the level of the Ruthless Great Emperor at that time, the elixir of immortality was of little use to her.

Ultimately, Luo Heng is currently unable to determine whether Xiao Nannan is a Dao Fruit separated by a ruthless person to suppress their own Great Dao, or a result of her "Great Dream of Eternity," or a combination of both.

Even so, Luo Heng was still full of excitement. Because through his own efforts, he had actually figured out a method for achieving immortality and becoming a celestial being, and two great emperors had already succeeded by doing so, which showed that this path was quite reliable.

It should be noted that Luo Heng originally only planned two steps for himself: to become a Great Emperor and eventually a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, with only some uncertain ideas in between.

Now, he has clearly outlined the crucial stage from Great Emperor to Immortal of the Mortal World. Only the step from Immortal of the Mortal World to Immortal King remains. How could Luo Heng not be excited?