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

Finally, the dark golden cocoon shattered completely, transforming into the laws of nature and merging into the heavens and earth. A small black sword, no more than an inch long, appeared in the spot.

"Zheng—!"

The small sword hummed on its own, unleashing a murderous aura that seemed to reach the heavens. Its blade pointed directly at Luo Heng, as if it wanted to pierce through the suppression of the Great Luo Heaven and kill him on the spot.

But that was only "seemingly"—under the world's great power of the Great Luo Heaven, it could only tremble and hum in place, unable to move even half an inch.

Looking at the black and gold sword with dragon patterns that was less than an inch long, Luo Heng hesitated for a moment, but then smiled and stopped worrying.

He watched helplessly as this small, celestial gold sword, capable of driving the outside world mad, slowly melted, decomposed, and transformed into the most fundamental rule runes within the Dao Fire.

Now that he already has the Great Luo Heaven as his means of proving his Dao, these immortal gold and divine materials are no longer necessary for him.

Rather than keeping this small sword, it's better to refine it directly and see what changes the Dragon Pattern Black Gold, one of the Nine Immortal Golds, can bring to my small world.

The instant the dragon-patterned black-gold sword was completely refined—

"Buzz..."

The entire Great Luo Heaven suddenly trembled very slightly for a moment.

Luo Heng's heart stirred, and he immediately directed his divine sense toward the origin of the world.

There, a divine chain of order, seemingly cast from black gold with dragon patterns, was slowly growing and spreading. Its color was jet black, and its patterns resembled coiled dragons, eventually traversing the entire network of rules that spanned the heavens and earth.

As Luo Heng carefully sensed the rules of "shattering" and "destruction" contained within this newly formed divine chain, he couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

"The strength of this newly formed divine chain of world order... completely surpasses all the divine chains of order I have ever encountered, even surpassing the divine chain formed from the blood of a quasi-emperor by Senior Gai Jiuyou!"

"Could this... be the profound mystery of immortal gold contained within the dragon-patterned black gold? So that's how it is!"

His eyes gleamed as he muttered to himself, "Does that mean that each of the other eight types of immortal metal also contains a unique rule of heaven and earth?"

In that case... I'd better collect the other types as well.

Looking at the increasingly stable and solidified laws of heaven and earth within the Great Luo Heaven due to this newly formed divine chain of order, Luo Heng could no longer suppress the smile on his lips.

Once the Great Luo Heaven had completely fallen silent, Luo Heng once again mobilized the power of the world.

The earth first rumbled deeply. Drawn by the power of heaven and earth, nine majestic mountain ranges rose from the ground, reaching tens of thousands of feet into the sky, their peaks piercing the clouds.

These nine mountain ranges emerged from the ground in nine directions from the Great Luo Heaven Small World, slowly extending and converging towards the center, eventually forming a vast basin in the center of the Small World.

For aesthetic purposes, Luo Heng even sculpted the nine mountain peaks surrounding the basin into the shape of dragon heads raising their heads towards the sky.

Once the terrain had stabilized, Luo Heng began the next step.

Following the methods of the "Book of Origin," he began to reshape the mountains and rivers.

As each Origin God rune was injected into one of the mountain ranges, the vast earth vein energy was forcibly activated, weaving in the air to form a thick, golden dragon-shaped phantom.

The dragon's shadow was initially blurry, but it quickly solidified, its scales and armor were imposing, its whiskers fluttered, and a spiritual light slowly emanated from its eyes.

The dragon's aura swirled and slowly moved between heaven and earth, emitting a deep and majestic roar.

"fall!"

With a loud shout, Luo Heng pressed his hands down sharply.

"boom!"

The dragon's aura let out a long roar, then plunged down towards the mountain range from which it originated, completely merging into it. The entire mountain range trembled, as if suddenly awakened, radiating a real and majestic dragon's might.

Next, Luo Heng followed the same method, successively enlightening and activating the remaining eight dragon veins.

To be honest, if possible, Luo Heng would like to refine ninety-nine dragon veins like the Emperor.

However, firstly, his cultivation level is still shallow, and secondly, his comprehension of the "Source Heaven Book" is insufficient. If he were not in the Great Luo Heaven and possessed partial world authority, he probably would not even be able to reach the level of this "Nine Dragons Surrounding a Pearl" terrain.

Even so, the aura and structure of this "Nine Dragons Surrounding a Pearl" formation is something that ordinary feng shui masters can hardly match.

The "Dragon Pearl" guarded by the nine dragons is actually a vast lake, which contains the sacred spring of the ninth level, Yaochi.

Luo Heng then raised an island in the middle of the lake, and in the center of the island appeared a small pond—that was the location of the divine spring on the tenth level of the old Yaochi site.

With this vision, he intended to gather the vital energy of heaven and earth and the spiritual essence of mountains and rivers of the entire Great Luo Heaven to fully nourish and nurture this "Dragon Pearl".

The sacred land of "Dragon Pearl," protected by nine dragons and nourished by the entire world, was now displaying a magnificent spectacle: the earth radiated a warm, jade-like light, and spiritual energy condensed into a pale golden mist that swirled and rose.

The soil seemed to breathe, exhaling the glow of the sunset, with faint patterns of the Great Dao flickering in and out.

The outer surface of the sacred spring lake is shrouded in mist; the island in the center of the lake is filled with spiritual energy; and the tenth-level divine spring in the center of the island is even more auspicious, exuding an incredible aura of creation in its tranquility.

Luo Heng was filled with excitement, but he did not stop. He took out three items from his palm: the plant of the Divine Phoenix Immortal Medicine and two Divine Sources.

Within a purple divine source, a lifelike little Qilin is sealed.

Covered in dragon scales, its posture is as if it walks on water, possessing the shape of a dragon's head, deer's antlers, lion's eyes, tiger's back, and bear's waist. Natural patterns appear on its back, like a scroll of the Great Dao, mysterious and unfathomable—it is the seed of the Qilin Divine Medicine.

In another source of ice and snow, there was a section of pale blue root, with a pair of silvery-white tubers about an inch long attached to it, shaped like human feet—this was the elixir of immortality in human form.

Luo Heng first planted the Divine Phoenix Immortal Medicine beside the tenth level of the Divine Spring in the old site of Yaochi.

Then, drawing upon the power of the world, he slowly melted away the outer shells of the two divine sources, revealing the immortal herbs sealed within. He then planted these two immortal herbs beside the divine spring.

Then, he summoned three ten-layered divine springs and poured them on the three immortal herbs in turn.

The Qilin and the Divine Phoenix Medicine sprouted quietly within moments of touching the Divine Spring—

Fine cracks appeared on the surface of the Qilin seed, from which purple young roots emerged, winding and stretching in the sacred soil, eagerly drawing the essence of the holy spring to nourish themselves.

The five-colored roots of the Divine Phoenix Immortal Elixir also unfurled in the soil, their roots gently wriggling as they greedily devoured the essence of the sacred spring.

Although the humanoid immortal elixir also sprouted some pale blue roots, its growth was noticeably slow, far less vigorous than that of the Qilin and the Divine Emperor.

Luo Heng frowned as he looked at it, then reached into the void beside him.

The space rippled with water-like patterns, and when he withdrew his hand, he was holding a stone box in his palm.

With a solemn expression, he opened the stone box. Inside was a crystal bottle filled with a bright red light, so dazzling that it made the entire world tremble.

The Great Dao Rules within the Great Luo Heaven Small World groaned and trembled uncontrollably.

This is a vial of blood, possessing an indescribable demonic power. Even unopened, its mere existence suppresses the laws of an entire realm—terrifying beyond measure!

"Waaah..."

Within the small world, the cries of gods and demons echoed, a hurricane arose, and countless strange phenomena appeared. Even the chaotic energy outside the world churned violently, as if it were about to explode at any moment.

This is the essence blood left behind by the Great Emperor Wushi, which he personally refined and sealed for posterity.

It can be described as supreme precious blood, imprinted with fragments of his Great Dao, terrifying to the point of being suffocating.