Covering the Sky: I am the King of Men, and I rule over the rise and fall of all heavens.

Chapter 6 Fame Spreads Far and Wide
Jiang Bai took out the refining materials collected by the ten major races, and with a flick of his wrist, he refined tens of thousands of his own divine statues, and inscribed the secret technique of the Human King's Sacrifice on them.

"Go." With a soft shout, the statue of the Human King flew to all corners of the universe.

"I am the Human King, the current Emperor of the Human Race. Today, I make a 'deal' with all living beings. As long as you continuously offer me pure faith and your own life essence, I will grant you any wish."

"Whether it's scriptures, secret methods, secret techniques, or problems related to cultivation, I can solve them for you."

"But please remember, it is your own life source, not someone else's. If I find out that someone is slaughtering living beings in the name of sacrificing to me, I will punish them."

Jiang Bai's majestic voice resounded throughout the universe, and all living beings raised their heads, many showing excited expressions. They had finally waited for this moment.

On Ziwei Star, members of the Taiyin God Sect and the Taiyang God Sect successively used great magical power to intercept a statue of a human king.

On the planet Huosang, a powerful member of the Golden Crow Clan intercepted a divine statue.

On the ancient paths of the human race, the demon race, and the holy spirits, powerful figures have taken action and intercepted a divine statue.

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On an unknown planet, a human saint, whose physical body was decaying and whose primordial spirit was about to perish, excitedly intercepted a statue of a human king.

The disciples within the sect all watched their ancestor with tension.

The old sage knelt devoutly before the statue of the god and murmured, "Great Emperor, I am willing to offer up all the remaining essence of myself as a sacrifice. Please take action and protect the human race in this land."

On Mount Sumeru, Jiang Bai could already see the old sage and his planet through the statue.

This is a planet located on the edge of the universe, where all living beings constantly face attacks from ferocious beasts.

Outside the Daoist sect, countless ferocious beasts were attacking its defensive array.

Jiang Bai smiled and said, "Okay."

The old sage, having received the reply, heard the voice so close to his ears. He looked up in confusion and saw a beam of light shooting out from the statue of the Human King, illuminating the entire planet.

Outside the Daoist lineage, the disciples who were controlling the great formation to resist the attack of the ferocious beasts suddenly felt a bright light before their eyes, and they could no longer see anything.

"Remember to promote me in the universe and give me a good review!"

The disciples of the Daoist lineage who opened their eyes as Jiang Bai spoke with ease, along with the old sage within the sect, stared in shock at the outside world.

The overwhelming ferocious beasts had all vanished.

"No... as expected of the Great Emperor." The old sage was overjoyed.

"I don't need all of your remaining essence; just a little bit will suffice."

Jiang Bai's voice rang out again. The old sage's face turned pale, and his primordial spirit became even more withered, but he did not die.

"Quickly, bring me the last of the Divine Source Liquid. I, the Ancestor, will continue to seal myself and protect you all." The old sage was overjoyed. He was not dead and could continue to seal himself, preach to the disciples, and suppress his inner strength.

Most importantly, without the threat of ferocious beasts, their lineage can continue to develop, preventing any promising young disciples from dying in the jaws of beasts due to inadequate protection.

More importantly, ordinary people under the protection of the traditional moral code can live better lives.

On Mount Sumeru, Jiang Bai gazed at the sliver of life essence extracted from the old sage's body along with the power of faith, and his smile widened. This was a good start.

"With a little more effort and a little more time, we'll get the cultivation loan sorted out and start collecting interest."

As a time traveler, Jiang Bai felt he needed to keep his mind sharp; he couldn't afford to be dead.

The kind of massacre-style blood energy collection like that of the Supreme Being of the Forbidden Zone is unacceptable. One must collect it sustainably, like he did. For most cultivators, a slight loss of their essence only results in a reduction of lifespan, which can be replenished once their cultivation breaks through or by consuming a few King-grade medicinal herbs.

The key is to enable the sustainable collection of Jiangbai.

The events that occurred on the unknown planet gradually spread throughout the universe as the local prodigies embarked on the ancient star road. Countless people who were hesitant about making a deal with Jiang Bai began to do so.

Even so, everyone was cautious at first, mostly asking questions about cultivation, and Jiang Bai only extracted a little bit of their essence.

With the resolution of cultivation difficulties, countless cultivators were overjoyed.

For most cultivators at the lower levels, one of the biggest problems on their path of cultivation is the lack of a teacher. Some cultivation problems cannot be solved, and they may suffer from qi deviation in an instant.

Jiang Bai's Human King statue has now solved this problem perfectly. A little bit of essence, that is, a little bit of lifespan, can be exchanged for the personal guidance of the current Great Emperor, the Human King, so as to easily overcome the difficulties.

That's wonderful.

In an instant, countless low-level cultivators and those from lower-ranking lineages poured their devout faith into Jiang Bai, hoping that he would not die and would live a long and healthy life.

On Mount Sumeru, Jiang Bai felt the pure power of faith and began to use it to nourish his physical body, expand his blood and qi, and try to use this power of faith, which carried the hope of his longevity, to condense the essence of immortality within his body.

The essence of immortality is very important, especially for emperors, as it is the key to whether they can live a new life without relying on the elixir of immortality.

Like the immortal emperor who was born from the blood of the emperor, he seized the immortal essence within the bodies of those great emperors and used its power to live a new life.

In the original novel, Ye Fan relied on his long lifespan from two lifetimes to accumulate enough immortal essence within his body to live out another lifetime on his own.

Without those immortal spirits keeping him alive until the very end, it would have been difficult for Ye Fan to live out his third life on his own.

Jiang Bai estimated his lifespan, and even with the blessing of the special physique of the Human King Body, it would be around 15,000 to 16,000 years, which is more than 10,000 years shorter than Ye Fan's first life of 26,000 years.

Jiang Bai felt that even if he used the elixir of immortality to live another life, he would not be able to accumulate enough immortal essence to live another life on his own.

Therefore, Jiang Bai made two arrangements for his path to immortality in the mortal world. First, he would use the power of faith to nourish his physical body, extend his lifespan as much as possible, and accumulate immortal essence. Second, he would use the "Human King Sacrifice" to collect the origins of all living beings, gradually integrate them, and try to evolve a bit of chaotic blood, thereby helping himself to transform into a chaotic body and live out his life.

If possible, Jiang Bai would prefer to live out his third life as a Chaos Body.

"Otherwise, I will have to find a way to hunt down the Supreme Beings and seize the incomplete immortal essence within them in order to try to transform myself."

As he spoke, Jiang Bai took out the jade cauldron that sealed the blood and bones of the Supreme Mu Ming.

Driven by magical power, Jiang Bai extracted the last bit of immortal essence contained in Mu Ming's Supreme Blood Search.

The thumb-sized Longevity Immortal Essence was crystal clear, and the life force it contained was unmatched by dozens of Quasi-Emperors.

This is the difference between a Supreme Being and a Quasi-Emperor. Even if the former's primordial spirit is exhausted and their physical body is about to collapse, they can still raise their hand to kill the latter.

Unless you happen to encounter someone like Gai Jiuyou, Ning Fei, Chuan Ying, or a Great Perfection Saint Body—an unconventional cultivator who has achieved enlightenment.

As for the remaining remains of Supreme Mu Ming, Jiang Bai smiled coldly, "Of course, they'll be used to forge weapons."

The bones of the Great Emperor are also excellent materials for imperial weapons.

The Banner of Ten Thousand Souls trembled, receiving a powerful enhancement.

Originally crafted from Chaos Stone, its power was further amplified after being infused with the sword-qi-filled bones of Supreme Mu Ming.

(End of this chapter)