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

The Black Emperor, who had been filled with grief and indignation, suddenly brightened up upon hearing this: "Woof? You have a plan? Tell me first. If it works, I can give you half of the blood of the Great Emperor Wushi."

Luo Heng ignored its nonsense and said directly, "The Ancient Sacred Body is my friend. I just brought him to the Yao Guang Sacred Land a while ago. As for the ready-made innate Dao Embryo—the Purple Mansion Saintess—isn't that readily available?"

"I was thinking, why don't you sneak into the Purple Mansion Holy Land first, and try to find a way to stay by her side as a spirit pet or something?"

"I'll find an opportunity later to have my friend and the Purple Mansion Saintess go on an 'adventure' together, and deliberately create some danger so they can either be the hero who saves the damsel in distress, or the damsel in distress who saves the hero—it's fine. Ideally, they'll spend ten days to half a month together."

"If you do this a few more times, it should work."

"If they really get together, I will formally propose marriage to the Purple Mansion Holy Land in the name of Yao Guang. As long as the betrothal gifts are generous enough, the Purple Mansion should not refuse."

"How's it going? My plan seems pretty reliable, right?"

Luo Heng wasn't lying to Black Emperor here; he genuinely thought it was a worthwhile deal.

Firstly, it would repay the favor of the Great Emperor Wu Shi's bloodline; secondly, in the future darkness and turmoil, if the innate holy body and Dao embryo could be born, it would be a trump card.

He didn't believe that if he took a few of the Nine Secrets or a complete Imperial Scripture to the Purple Mansion Holy Land to propose marriage, they would refuse to let him go.

Of course, at most he can only provide some opportunities and create some conditions.

If the two of them weren't attracted to each other, he wouldn't have gone to such lengths to bully men and women. A mere innate holy body and Dao embryo wasn't worth him trampling on his principles.

After listening to Luo Heng's words, Black King's eyes grew brighter and brighter, and then it fell into deep thought—it was considering the possibility of kicking Luo Heng out and going it alone.

After thinking for a long time, I realized that it really wouldn't work, so I could only nod helplessly.

However, Black King's eyes darted around again, and he looked up at Luo Hengmian again, saying, "Your plan is indeed not bad. Although it can't compare to my own plan, it's still usable."

But it hasn't succeeded yet, has it?

"How about this? I can give you half of the Great Emperor Wushi's bloodline, but you have to use it as collateral with me. Once the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo is born, I will return it to you. How about that?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Heng felt his intelligence had been insulted, so he immediately mounted Black Emperor and gave him another beating.

Black Emperor was stubborn and refused to admit anything.

As the two were locked in a stalemate, Gai Jiuyou and Wei Yi emerged from the house.

Luo Heng was too lazy to argue with this damn dog anymore. He took out the Devouring Demon Jar and put it inside—locking it up until it calmed down before talking to it.

As soon as he turned his head, he was met with Xia Jiuyou's disdainful gaze.

Luo Heng felt a wave of embarrassment – ​​oh no, when he was talking about the conspiracy, he forgot there was a little girl standing next to him.

"Scumbag."

Xia Jiuyou cursed and turned to go into the small house.

Luo Heng: "..."

Good heavens, from nouveau riche to swindler, from unscrupulous businessman to coward, and now we have "scumbag" added to the list. My reputation is growing ever wider.

Fortunately, he was thick-skinned enough to pretend he hadn't heard anything and calmly approached Gai Jiuyou and Wei Yi to tell the two old men his thoughts.

Both of them were quite surprised. After a brief discussion, the three of them went directly to the weapon-refining room of the Yao Guang Holy Land.

This time, instead of using the Great Sun Heavenly Fire Furnace, they took out the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron directly.

Luo Heng poured the bowl of Duan De's blood into the cauldron.

Next, Gai Jiuyou and Wei Yi poured in their divine power, and the dragon-patterned black-gold cauldron trembled violently. The mouth of the cauldron spewed out boundless divine light, and the nine dragon patterns came to life. They circled around the cauldron and roared, and the dragon roars pierced through the palace ceiling and resounded throughout the Yao Guang Holy Land.

Countless disciples looked up in horror and saw a huge, dark sun rising above the weapon-refining hall, with nine golden dragons swimming within it, each of their scales burning.

The commotion outside was deafening, but the bowl of blood inside the cauldron remained completely still, as calm as a stagnant pool.

The more it's like this, the more something seems off.

Gai Jiuyou and Wei Yi exchanged a glance, then stopped holding back and activated the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron with all their might.

This training lasted for a full day and night.

When the power within the cauldron reached its peak, the dragon-patterned black-gold cauldron suddenly trembled—Gai Jiuyou and Wei Yi both took a step back, their faces pale.

Luo Heng, who had been watching from the sidelines for so long, could tell at a glance that they had failed.

He frowned and stepped forward to ask what was going on.

Gai Jiuyou sighed: "This blood does indeed contain a very strong power, but it is sealed. Moreover, there is another power continuously reinforcing this seal."

"Even with Fellow Daoist Wei Yi joining forces, along with the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron, we still couldn't defeat it."

Luo Heng's brows were initially furrowed, but upon hearing the words "continuous blessing," his brows gradually relaxed, and his eyes grew brighter.

"Senior Wei, Senior Gai," he suddenly spoke, "I know what to do. Go to the Great Luo Heaven to refine, and use the power of the Great Luo Heaven to isolate that mysterious blessing."

"With the addition of the power of the Great Luo Heaven itself, the three of us working together should be able to break the seal."

Wei Yi raised an eyebrow: "Do you know where this power comes from?"

Luo Heng smiled and said, "I guessed it. I didn't expect it to be like this..."

Without further delay, the three of them took the dragon-patterned black gold cauldron and the blood inside it directly into the Great Luo Heaven.

He found an open space and continued practicing.

Within the Great Luo Heaven, Luo Heng could unleash strength equivalent to a sixth-level Saint. The three of them joined forces, along with the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron, to begin their direct confrontation with the seal.

Even so, it was still incredibly difficult.

After another day and night of refining, Luo Heng gritted his teeth and began to mobilize the world's origin power of the Great Luo Heaven.

"boom--"

Deep within the unseen origins of the world, countless chains of divine order, like awakened dragons and snakes, meandered and coiled one after another, wrapping around the massive black cauldron in mid-air.

The immense power of the world's origin surged along the divine chains and flowed into the cauldron. Every chain was glowing, and the cauldron trembled with each infusion of power.

Countless laws began to collide, merge, and analyze with the few drops of blood at the bottom of the cauldron—each collision was like the creation of the world.

Each fusion is like the initial formation of the Great Dao. The blood becomes increasingly profound under the cleansing of the laws, as if it is being peeled away inch by inch from the mortal world, restored to its most original form.

The small half-bucket of bright red blood in the cauldron seemed to be grabbed by an invisible hand, rapidly collapsing, condensing, and purifying inward.

As the blood shrinks, its color deepens, fading from bright red to dark red, then to purplish-black, and finally to jet black.

Space is distorted, and time seems to become viscous.

finally--

Nine drops of blood.

Lying quietly at the bottom of the dark cauldron, it showed no overwhelming divine light or terrifying phenomena, just like an ordinary mortal.

The three of them stared in amazement at the nine drops of blood.

Gai Jiuyou stroked his beard: "This is the blood of the Tribulation-Transcending Celestial Venerable? Judging from its power, it far surpasses that of ordinary ancient emperors... No wonder it is the oldest living being to this day."

Wei Yi turned to Luo Heng and asked, "You said you guessed where that empowering force came from. Can you tell me now?"

Luo Heng didn't keep them in suspense and spoke directly:

"Celestial Artifact - Heaven-Reaching Netherworld Treasure".

This is the answer he came up with after careful consideration.

The Heavenly Treasure, a celestial artifact from the underworld, possesses an ability that no other celestial artifact has ever demonstrated: cursing.

It cursed the Great Accomplished Holy Body and the lineage of the Source Celestial Master. Such an ability is extremely rare throughout the entire novel "Covering the Sky".

Where does the Tongtian Mingbao's power come from?

Luo Heng's guess was that the source was Duan De himself, or rather, the Underworld Lord or the Underworld Emperor.