Covering the Sky: Starting from Incarnation in the Forbidden Zone of Life

Chapter 38 The Audience of Various Religions!

The ancient temple of the Sun Church, used to entertain its most distinguished guests, is located deep in the heart of the mountains.

The hall is built of sunstone, and the walls still bear the marks of light left by the sun's true fire after being forged and tempered countless times. The furnishings inside appear simple, with a stone seat at the head and several stone tables on either side, but all are made of the finest materials to show respect to the guests.

On the wall behind the stone seat hangs a portrait of the Sun Emperor. In the portrait, the Emperor holds the sun in one hand, his face is gentle, but his gaze seems to penetrate through eternity.

Yu Dao sat at the head of the table, Gai Jiuyou sat beside him, and Yao Zhen, the leader of the Sun Sect, and several elders stood in attendance.

"Who have attacked the Holy Emperor's lineage over the years?"

Yu Dao held a cup of tea, with wisps of steam rising from it.

The tea leaves were among the few remaining hibiscus leaves from the Sun God religion, and the brewed tea had a very pale golden hue.

The Fusang leaf comes from the Fusang Divine Tree that once accompanied the Sun God Emperor. This immortal medicine has long been extinct on Ziwei Star. Even when the Sun God Sect was at its peak, it was reluctant to use the few remaining branches and leaves. Yao Zhen took it out from the deepest part of the treasure trove today and cooked it by hand. It is one of the very few things that the Sun Ancient Sect, which has declined to this day, can still offer.

Yao Zhen cautiously began, "Reporting to the Lord of Chaos, there are the Xuanming Palace, the Lieyang Sword Sect, and others... especially the Golden Crow Clan. This clan considers themselves children of the Fusang Divine Tree and covets the Holy Emperor's legacy. If it weren't for their fear that the Holy Emperor's legacy might still exist and lead to unpredictable consequences, they would probably have already come out in full force."

At this point, the old cult leader paused, his lips moving a few times before continuing, "There are also some forces... secretly stirring things up, deliberately spreading the news that the Sun God Cult possesses a fragmented ancient imperial scripture, luring others to act as stepping stones. Over the years, my disciples have frequently encountered ambushes by unidentified individuals while training outside. I have also secretly investigated several times, but the other party's leads have always been completely cut off."

Yu Dao nodded slightly, his thoughts following suit.

With his divine sense, he connected with the traces of heaven and earth and deduced the passage of time. In an instant, he traced back the various encounters of the Sun God Cult over the years, each and every one of which left an indelible mark in the long river of the world.

Those who attacked the Holy Emperor's lineage—whether they personally participated, secretly instigated, tacitly approved, or knowingly concealed—all the cause and effect connections were as clear as the lines on his palm.

He raised his hand, the movement casual.

But in the eyes of Yao Zhen and the elders, the void in the hall suddenly folded up.

Space is like a sheet of paper repeatedly folded by an invisible hand, with one void after another opening out of thin air, each void leading to a different, distant place.

The first void revealed a grand, pitch-black palace, where an elderly man in magnificent robes was issuing commands; the second void revealed a towering fiery cloud tree, with several powerful three-legged golden crows soaring and circling among its branches; in the third void, several noble-looking figures sat around a round table, conversing in hushed tones…

The voids continued to open, each leading to a different location, each targeting someone connected to the calamity of the Sun God Cult.

Throughout the entire Ziwei Ancient Star, everyone who participated in this matter, regardless of their location or whether they were protected by array formations or restrictions, was now unknowingly exposed to the gaze of this ancient palace.

Then, at the same instant, all the images in the void showed the same giant hand descending from the sky!

That hand, with its five fingers spread wide and clear lines, obscured the entire sky above them. Whether it was the elegantly dressed elder issuing commands in the main hall, the golden crow soaring atop the fiery cloud tree, or the figure plotting in the secret chamber, they all lost all chance to resist the moment that hand fell!

The sky collapsed in their eyes. That hand crushed their protective divine light and the constantly operating array restrictions, uprooting them from their respective locations!

Among these people were Dao-Slaying Kings, Sages, and even a Great Saint! But faced with this giant hand, they only had time to show a look of terror in their eyes before being completely captured without any resistance!

"Who?"

"Where is this place?"

"Which quasi-emperor made a move? When did the Purple Star Ancient Site produce an existence of this level?"

Panic and chaos spread among these people.

The void folded again, and all the captured beings were simultaneously thrown onto the cold bluestone floor tiles in the center of the ancient hall.

Some people tried to use their cultivation techniques to break free from the invisible constraints, only to find that the divine power within their bodies was frozen solid.

Someone looked around and saw the walls of the Crimson Gold Rock Palace, the portrait of the Sun Emperor on the wall, and Yao Zhen, the Sun Cult Leader standing to the side with a furious expression. They vaguely guessed what was going on and their faces turned deathly pale in an instant.

The Great Sage of the Golden Crow Clan was the first to clearly see Yu Dao, who was sitting at the very top.

He had lived for nearly seven thousand years and had witnessed the earth-shattering battle on the edge of the universe through a secret artifact of his clan. That day, he sat in the ancestral hall of the Golden Crow clan, peering into the battlefield beyond the realm with several elders through an ancient fire mirror. He saw the overwhelming imperial might of the Stone Emperor after his ultimate ascension, saw the chaotic radiance of the Wheel of Reincarnation spreading across the starry sky, and saw the newly born emperor stepping on the head of the Golden Lion Ancient Emperor. He remembered that face clearly.

At that moment, that face was sitting less than ten feet away from him, holding a cup of pale gold tea, looking at him calmly.

"It is... the Lord of Chaos!" the Great Sage of the Golden Crow Clan exclaimed.

These four words were like ice water poured into boiling oil, causing the crowd to erupt in a burst of excitement followed by a moment of deathly silence.

Those who were still struggling stopped all movement, those who were still calculating in their minds cleared all their thoughts, and some people began to tremble involuntarily, their knees hitting the bluestone floor tiles with a dull sound.

Some people were of lower cultivation level and did not know who had captured them. They were thinking of struggling, but when the title of Lord of Chaos reached their ears, they were immediately plunged into endless despair!

The Lord of Chaos, the master of the forbidden zone of life, the flawless emperor who lived a second life, the strongest person of our time who killed the Stone Emperor and suppressed the Golden Lion Ancient Emperor.

How did he end up in Ziwei? How did he end up sitting in the ancient temple of the Sun God Cult?

"This is the mountain gate of the Sun God Cult. Is the Lord of Chaos going to stand up for the Ancient Sun Cult?"

"He's clearly the master of the forbidden zone of life, so why is he involved with the Sun God Cult?"

An unspeakable fear gripped everyone.

"You oppressed the bloodline of the Holy Emperor, did you ever expect this day to come!" Yao Zhen, the leader of the Sun Cult, stood aside, his aged voice filled with a joy he hadn't felt in thousands of years.

A burning light surged in his old, cloudy eyes, and the resentment that had been building up in his chest for so long finally burst forth at this moment.

"Lord of Chaos, please be aware! I have never attacked the Sun God Cult; it was all the work of those in our clan with wicked intentions!" The Great Sage of the Golden Crow Clan spoke repeatedly, attempting to find a way out of this deadly situation.

Before he finished speaking, the others, as if they had found a lifeline, rushed to shift the blame to others.

"Lord of Chaos, I have always respected the Holy Emperor of the Sun and have never laid a hand on his lineage!"

"Yes, Lord of Chaos, they forced me into this!"

"I warned them beforehand not to disrespect the Holy Emperor's lineage, but they wouldn't listen!"

Yu Dao looked at them, his eyes showing neither anger nor pity, having already seen through their thoughts and intentions.

He slowly began to speak: "Although you have not personally taken action, you have tacitly approved of the actions of others. Some of you are even the secret instigators, spreading the news that the Sun God Cult possesses a fragmented ancient imperial scripture without lifting a finger, thus luring others to act as stepping stones."

These things could not be kept from a supreme being.

For example, the Great Sage of the Golden Crow Clan is already quite old, and his cultivation has stagnated at the Great Sage realm for thousands of years, making him almost hopeless of becoming a Quasi-Emperor.

He wasn't the first among the Golden Crow Clan to attack the Sun God Cult, but he didn't stop it after learning about it. He harbored a sliver of hope that if he could obtain the Sun Scripture through someone else, it might bring about a change in his cultivation path.

Therefore, although he did not speak out explicitly, he chose to remain silent in front of some of the Golden Crow Clan members who were taking action. As the highest authority in the Golden Crow Clan at that time, his silence could actually be considered a tacit approval.

"Lord of Chaos..." The Golden Crow Clan's Great Sage's lips trembled as he tried to speak in defense.

However, nobody wanted to listen anymore.

Before he could finish speaking, a pitch-black, constantly rotating passage suddenly appeared before him.

The passage was pitch black, its edges wreathed in chaotic, cyclical light, and deep within, endless calamity light surged. Everyone was instantly sucked into it!

The trial of reincarnation has begun.

These scenes reappeared, and in an instant, endless calamities completely enveloped these sinners!

This is a judgment and punishment against them for what they have done in the past!

The vast majority of people were swallowed up by the robbery light in the very first instant.

Their physical bodies, primordial spirits, and foundations of cultivation—everything—disintegrated layer by layer in the light of the cycle of reincarnation, breaking down into fragments of the most primordial laws, and were sent into the depths of reincarnation. There were no screams, no struggles, only the light of the tribulation silently rising and silently dissipating.

Ninety percent of those captured vanished completely from this world in the blink of an eye, as if they had never existed.

A moment later, when the light of reincarnation dissipates.

In the center of the ancient hall, only a few people, including the Great Sage of the Golden Crow Clan, remained. Their faces were pale, their clothes were soaked with cold sweat, and their aura was extremely weak, to the point of being on the verge of death.

Their survival wasn't due to their high cultivation levels, but rather because they were merely accomplices and those who condoned the attacks on the Holy Emperor's lineage, not the masterminds or the ones who personally carried them out. The tribulations they endured in reincarnation were punishment for their hunger, leaving indelible marks on the foundation of their Dao.

But the punishment goes far beyond that.

"You have harbored delusions about the Holy Emperor's lineage. You are hereby punished to protect the teachings of the Holy Emperor and guard the mountain until the end of your lives, when the cause and effect will be cleared."

The Lord of Chaos was no longer on the throne in the main hall.

But Yu Dao's voice still reached their ears from afar.

"Thank you, Lord of Chaos, for your mercy!" The Golden Crow Clan's Great Sage and others felt as if they had been granted a pardon.

He served as a guardian of the mountain for the Sun God Cult for his entire life, until his physical body decayed and his primordial spirit dissipated, a sentence that could be described as an endless imprisonment.

But compared to the fate of being annihilated, their souls scattered and their bodies and spirits destroyed, this was already an immense mercy. The Golden Crow Clan's Great Sage and the others had just returned from the brink of death, still trembling, yet they all bowed deeply in the direction where Yu Dao had left.

But Yu Dao and Gai Jiuyou have long since gone far away.

On the mountain path, Yu Dao walked with his hands behind his back, his plain robe fluttering slightly in the wind.

He gazed at the setting sun slowly sinking in the western sky above the Purple Star Ancient Star, and suddenly sighed softly, "The Golden Crow Clan was once a great clan in the Immortal Realm. They had countless supreme experts, and their ancestor made great contributions to several past eras. Yet now they have fallen into decline."

The Golden Crow Clan is one of the most powerful clans in the Immortal Realm.

The progenitor was one of the founders of the Immortal Path lineage, and he left behind countless glorious legends during the ancient times of Immortal and Chaotic Eras.

Even during the chaotic ancient era, this clan still had several Immortal Kings, ranking among the top among the myriad races in the Immortal Realm.

Among the friends Yu Dao had made were members of the Golden Crow Clan, a young supreme being with a bold and unrestrained nature. He had fought alongside Yu Dao and killed several enemies during the Dark Turmoil. Ultimately, he perished in a surprise attack by a Dark True Immortal from the Immortal Dao realm.

The once mighty Golden Crow Clan has now dwindled to a few scattered branches in this universe formed by the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, having forgotten its past glory.

The Ziwei branch acted even more despicably, going so far as to attack the Holy Emperor's bloodline in order to seize a fragmented ancient imperial scripture, thus bringing shame upon their ancestor.

"The Golden Crow Clan has such an ancient history?" Gai Jiuyou was also slightly surprised.

During the ancient and primitive eras, the Golden Crow Clan had never heard of the birth of an emperor or sovereign.

Although this race is a large one in the universe, distributed across various life-bearing planets, and is the dominant race on the ancient planet of Huosang, it lacks a Dao-enlightened individual to preside over it, thus not ranking among the top in the universe. I never imagined its past was so glorious.

"The lineage of the Sun Holy Emperor is temporarily over. Next up is the lineage of the Moon Human Emperor," Yu Dao said, bringing the topic back on track.

"That Duanmu family actually committed such a heinous act." Speaking of the Taiyin Divine Sect, a cold glint flashed across Gai Jiuyou's face.

The fate of the Taiyin Divine Sect was even more dire than that of the Taiyang Divine Sect. While the Taiyang Divine Sect remained orthodox, the Taiyin Divine Sect, after the loss of the Emperor's Seal, was usurped by the servant Duanmu family, its main branch almost completely wiped out, with only a few collateral branches that had married out retaining the Emperor's bloodline. This act was nothing short of utter betrayal and usurpation.

After committing such a rebellious act, the Taiyin Divine Sect tried its best to eliminate all traces related to it and cover up its dark history. But how could it hide from a Supreme Being who was determined to investigate? He could see everything clearly just by connecting the remaining traces of the universe.

"We must set things right and restore order to the imperial lineage!" Gai Jiuyou's voice was solemn.

On that day, an unparalleled decree flew out from the mountain gate of the Sun God Cult and landed in every holy land, cult, and dynasty that was worth mentioning on the ancient star of Ziwei.

The decree was enveloped in a faint, chaotic radiance, causing the sky to change color and all directions to resonate in unison wherever it passed!

The Palace of the Human King, the Palace of the Moon, the Ziwei Divine Dynasty... Whether it is a top-tier divine dynasty that possesses the lineage of the Great Emperor or an ancient holy land that has been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years, they all felt that irresistible will the moment the decree was issued!

The decree contained only a single, simple sentence.

The Lord of Chaos descends upon Ziwei.

All religions pay homage!