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

"Woof! Really? I don't quite believe it. Open your storage artifact and let me check it!" The Black Emperor looked doubtful.

Luo Heng sneered and directly revealed the Devouring Demon Jar.

Black Emperor recoiled in fright, taking two steps back, but immediately stiffened his neck and leaned forward again: "Fine, you can't inspect, but you have to swear an oath that if you take anything from the Great Emperor Wushi, you'll never have the chance to attain enlightenment in this lifetime!"

"You ruthless dog!" Luo Heng gasped.

"I said I didn't take it, and that's final. Alright, enough talk, hurry up and take us to get the *Xihuang Jing* Dao Palace Scroll."

"Don't even think about getting the 'Western Emperor Scripture' without swearing an oath!" the Black Emperor added firmly. "Giving you more divine resources won't help!"

Luo Heng chuckled, "We're already this far. Even without your help, with Senior Gai Jiuyou and the others, do you think I'd be afraid of not finding it? But if you don't cooperate, the 'Soldier' ​​Secret Manual will be gone."

Black King Dog looked conflicted, glanced at Gai Jiuyou and the other two beside him, and finally decided that a wise man doesn't fight a losing battle, so he reluctantly led the way.

The group soon arrived at a stone forest.

The cliffs here are steep and the stone peaks are numerous, resembling a stairway to heaven.

As you venture deeper, many of the carvings become blurred and indistinct due to the erosion of wind and rain, with only a few bird and animal patterns barely discernible.

When they reached the foot of a precipice, the Black Emperor stopped.

There is indeed a palm-sized sunburst mark on the cliff face; if you didn't look for it specifically, you wouldn't be able to tell that it was carved by hand.

Upon seeing this, Luo Heng smiled and flew directly up the rocky cliff before the Black Emperor could say anything more.

He communicated with the Heavenly Heart Mark within the Great Luo Heaven, and, in conjunction with the Western Emperor Scripture recorded in the "Source of Heaven Book," began to comprehend the markings on that celestial sun.

The Black Emperor below grinned and shouted, "This picture is part of the 'Western Emperor Scripture.' Whether you can comprehend it or not depends on your own destiny. If you don't understand anything, don't blame me!" His tone was full of schadenfreude.

Luo Heng ignored it and focused on contemplation.

"boom--"

Suddenly, a burst of light shot into the sky, and the sun on the cliff emitted a blazing radiance, completely enveloping Luo Heng.

The entire stone mountain turned crimson, the flames reflecting half the sky. Luo Heng sat solemnly in the center of the sky, his countenance dignified.

"Woof! What the hell? This kid can actually comprehend it? Doesn't it need a guide?" Black King Dog's face instantly fell, looking pained.

"What a huge loss! He actually got the 'Western Emperor Scripture'..."

Xia Jiuyou, standing to the side, stared wide-eyed, her face filled with undisguised envy, and couldn't help but mutter under her breath, "This is the ancient scripture of the Western Emperor..."

As for Gai Jiuyou and Wei Yi, their eyes gleamed with divine light as they intently observed the celestial sun and the Dao diagram in the sky.

After Luo Heng triggered the strange phenomenon with the scripture, they seemed to be able to grasp the true meaning of the "Western Emperor Scripture" from this picture.

At this moment, the sun shone brightly above the rocky cliff, its white light as bright as day. Luo Heng sat cross-legged in the center of the sun, completely immersed in the Dao realm.

The scripture recorded in the Book of Origin successfully triggered the mark left by the Queen Mother of the West. Even after hundreds of thousands of years, this mark remains immortal.

Although there are no specific scriptures in the Heavenly Sun, it fully explains the secret realm of the Dao Palace and the hidden treasure of the mind.

Although Luo Heng did not obtain the textual words of the scripture, he experienced the entire process of the founder's deduction of the ancient scripture, and this kind of inheritance was comparable to the original text of the scripture.

Fortunately, Luo Heng had just entered the Other Shore Realm and was not yet able to cultivate the newly acquired scriptures, so the strange phenomenon gradually dissipated after a short while. He landed gracefully, satisfied.

"You really obtained the 'Western Emperor Scripture'?" the Black Emperor asked unwillingly.

Luo Heng smiled and nodded.

Black Emperor immediately pounded his chest and stamped his feet, muttering to himself with an expression of having suffered a great loss.

Luo Heng chuckled and flicked out a thumb-sized piece of divine energy, hitting the dog squarely on the head: "Hurry up and help me find the rest of the scriptures; the 'Soldier' ​​Secret Manual won't be complete without you."

The Black Emperor was stunned by the impact, then grabbed the Divine Source and continued to lead the way happily.

Everything went smoothly from then on.

On a stone mountain engraved with the mark of gold essence, they found the secret of the lungs.

On a stone mountain carved with ancient trees, the chapter on the Divine Treasury of the Liver was found, followed by the chapters on the Divine Treasury of the Spleen and the Divine Treasury of the Kidney.

And so, the group found four more cliffs and collected all the Dao Palace scrolls of the "Western Emperor Scripture" before retracing their steps to leave the Yaochi area.

……

Luo Heng returned to the Yaochi Holy Land on the morning of the second day.

After asking the disciples on duty, they learned that Weiwei had not yet returned, but Lu Yang, the owner of Yaoguang Stone Workshop, had been waiting in the Holy Son Hall with the Nine-Aperture Stone Man for a long time.

He simply nodded, not paying much attention. After all, Weiwei didn't know the plot like he did, and finding Ye Fan in the vast sea of ​​people would inevitably require more effort.

After a brief farewell to Gai Jiuyou, Wei Yi, and the others, Luo Heng temporarily entrusted the little girl to Xia Jiuyou's care.

The little girl showed no reluctance whatsoever, happily holding Xia Jiuyou's hand, the two huddled together whispering something to each other. Luo Heng could only shake his head helplessly.

Just as he was about to leave, Gai Jiuyou called out to him. He turned around in confusion.

Gai Jiuyou smiled and handed over an item—it was the plant of the Divine Phoenix Immortal Medicine, but the medicinal fruit had been removed, leaving only the root and stem.

Luo Heng looked surprised, but before he could speak, Gai Jiuyou explained with a smile:

"I've already picked the fruit of the Divine Phoenix Immortal Medicine. I imagine you're going to plant the Qilin Immortal Medicine and the Humanoid Immortal Medicine when you go back this time, right? In that case, you should also bring this Divine Phoenix Immortal Medicine into the small world and plant it there as well."

Luo Heng was overjoyed upon hearing this and carefully took the root of the Divine Phoenix Immortal Medicine. Then, he looked at Gai Jiuyou with some doubt:

"Since you've already picked the medicinal fruit, why don't you consume it yourself? Judging from your current physical condition..."

The words were left unsaid, but the meaning was already quite clear.

Gai Jiuyou smiled and waved his hand: "If it were before, I would naturally take the elixir of immortality as soon as I obtained it. But now..."

"I, too, have some ambitions and aspirations. After hearing your explanation of the method to become an immortal in the mortal world, I'd like to test my own talent and comprehension."

Luo Heng understood immediately upon hearing this.

He had made it clear before that even ordinary cultivators could potentially achieve Nirvana and live another life, and the key to this was that it was most likely to be triggered when the body was extremely weak and on the verge of death.

Old Man Gai wants to give it a try.

Even if it doesn't work this time, there's still the Divine Phoenix Elixir of Immortality as a backup, which can at least help accumulate some experience for the future.

Luo Heng naturally didn't want to offer much advice. Besides, to be honest, this matter was also in his best interest.

Although he and Gai Jiuyou are in a cooperative relationship, if Gai Jiuyou were to immediately achieve Nirvana and return to the alternative path of enlightenment, the gap in strength between the two would become too large.

By then, cooperation will probably not be as "equal" as it is now.

With these thoughts swirling in his mind, Luo Heng still sincerely wished, "Then this junior wishes you success in your Nirvana and that you may once again embark on the path to becoming an emperor."