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

A few days later, Luo Heng not only studied the "Undying Heavenly Art" in depth, but also carefully read through the many secret historical materials presented by the Yao Guang Ruthless lineage.

This study has greatly benefited him.

By this point, he not only had a clearer understanding of the plot of the original work, but also learned many secrets and details that were not explicitly stated in the book.

For example, the descriptions of the cultivation realm and status of cultivators in the original work are often rather general, using titles such as "famous elder," "elder," and "supreme elder." Only now does Luo Heng truly understand the specific cultivation levels that these titles correspond to.

The term "renowned monk" usually refers to a monk who is highly respected in a certain region or field.

Generally speaking, as long as one's cultivation reaches the Four Extremes Secret Realm, one will have the opportunity to obtain the title of "Master" in some holy lands or aristocratic families.

As for the "elders" in holy lands and aristocratic families, their cultivation levels are mostly at the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm.

The "Supreme Elders" are generally powerful individuals who have reached the first level of the Sendai realm. Those who stand at the pinnacle of the first level of the Sendai realm, with one foot already in the next level, can be respectfully called "half-step Great Powers".

The cultivators of the second level of the Sendai realm are what the world calls "great powers." The best among them can be called "ultimate great powers." Because cultivators at this level can live for up to three thousand years, those elders who have accumulated more than two thousand years of experience in this realm are often respectfully referred to as "living fossils."

Those at this level of strength are usually the true decision-makers and spokespeople for the external affairs of the major holy lands and aristocratic families.

The third level of the Sendai realm is the realm of the "King of Slaying the Dao". Reaching the peak of the third level of the Sendai realm is called "Great Completion King". If one goes a step further above this peak and has one foot in the Saintly Realm, one becomes a "Half-Saint".

After that, there are no longer many special worldly titles, and they directly point to the fundamental Dao: the fourth level of immortals is a sage, the fifth level of immortals is a sage king, and the sixth level of immortals is a great sage.

Of course, these common knowledge about the cultivation world only filled the gaps in his understanding, but they were not the biggest gains he had made this time.

He gleaned only two key pieces of information from his reading and research:

Firstly, the Devouring Heaven Demon Art is not even worthy of carrying the shoes of the Undying Heaven Art. To give an analogy, the Devouring Heaven Demon Art is like the Star Absorbing Technique, and it doesn't even qualify as the Northern Darkness Divine Art.

Because the various physical origins it devours are impossible for cultivators to fully absorb and integrate, they can only forcibly control and barely utilize them.

This is precisely the reason why the blood in a cultivator's body displays five colors, and also the fundamental reason why the impure essence of their constitution would dissipate again after their death.

As for the "Undying Heavenly Art," it is an unparalleled classic that thoroughly studies the way of physical constitution. Its subtlety and mystery make Luo Heng feel that it can be called the number one imperial scripture in the world of "Covering the Sky."

He even saw the hope of becoming an immortal in it.

The second one is also quite astonishing.

Luo Heng's expression turned strange again, and he couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Ye Fan! Ye Fan, you really did fake your academic credentials."

Based on information obtained from the Ruthless Emperor Yao Guang's lineage and the original plot, Luo Heng roughly pieced together the true story of the Ruthless Emperor.

"Not for immortality, but only to wait for your return in this mortal world." This sentence perfectly encapsulates the obsession of a ruthless person throughout their life.

A little girl's clothes were patched and tattered, her face was dirty, only her big eyes, like black gems, were pitiful.

She had no parents and lived with only a young boy. Despite their poverty, they were happy and smiled every day.

The mask was their only toy. They had no luxurious jewelry. To cheer up the little girl, the boy made her a ring out of a piece of bronze. Although it was rough, the little girl treasured it.

Later, a group of people came here, regarded the boy as a prodigy, and took him away, but shook their heads at the little girl's talent.

Despite the little girl's cries, they forcibly took the boy away. The little girl cried loudly, losing her tattered little shoes in the process, while the boy pleaded desperately, and the group finally agreed to let him see her off.

Neither the boy nor the girl could have imagined that their parting before the five-colored altar would be their final farewell.

Before parting, the boy took the demon mask, left the ring, and finally disappeared on the five-colored altar. The little girl cried bitterly and fell to the ground, her little hands covered in blood.

Years later, the little girl grew up a bit through hardship and always stayed near the altar.

One day, she saw many people returning and rushed forward without thinking, only to find the boy's skeleton. She was forcibly pulled away, not even allowed to take another look, and could only weep bitterly.

Later, the little girl became a beggar, wandering from place to place, until she was eventually raised by the people of a mountain village. Then, driven by her inner conviction, the little girl embarked on a path of cultivation, rising powerfully and shaking the ages.

This pitiful little girl with no qualifications was the ruthless and brilliant Emperor who later became an emperor.

After she attained enlightenment and became an emperor, she took great care of the descendants of the villagers in the village that had taken her in when she was a wanderer, and even left behind her own lineage.

The descendants of this lineage later settled in the Yao Guang Holy Land, thus forming the current Yao Guang Ruthless Lineage.

Cosmic black holes are eternally destructible, capable of disintegrating and devouring anything that gets close to them. Ye Fan once speculated that the first ancient scripture created by the Ruthless Man, the Devouring Heaven Demon Art, was inspired by this.

The Devouring Heaven Demon Art is a wicked and dangerous path, a demonic art where one is almost always doomed to die. When it devours the essence of others, it easily incurs divine retribution. After creating the Devouring Heaven Demon Art, the ruthless man slaughtered all the kings, washed the world in blood, and defeated all enemies on the ancient starry road.

After becoming the supreme emperor, the ruthless man destroyed the Feathered Divine Dynasty with a single palm strike.

In order to uncover the truth behind the boy's death, she traveled to Earth and used her extraordinary abilities to recreate the scene from that year. However, the truth broke her heart.

It turns out that after the boy was captured, he was sacrificed to the cauldron of immortality. Before he died, the boy carved on a rock: "I am dying, who... can take care of my sister?"

After the ruthless man, he plucked stars and chased the moon, refining a small star field to guard the last words and thoughts, leaving this giant rock behind forever, to coexist with the world and be immortal.

After that, she destroyed the Immortal Cauldron with a single palm strike, killed ninety-nine dragon heads, ignored the pursuit of the Ginseng Fruit Tree and the Elixir of Immortality, and left this place that had caused her so much sorrow.

Ruthless was one of the most stunning emperors in human history, the most talented woman in history, and the most ruthless person in all of history.

She lacked talent and could not cultivate, but due to her obsession, she defied the odds and created the Devouring Heaven Demon Art, thus changing her fate against all odds.

According to the description in "Devouring Heaven Demon Art", Luo Heng speculated that the Devouring Heaven Demon Body was roughly equivalent to the Holy Body and the Overlord Body, and could be considered a T1 level physique in the universe.

Therefore, the strength of the ruthless person in her first life should have been close to that of the Heavenly Emperor.

Moreover, the Ruthless Great Emperor also made great contributions to the human race, such as killing the Imperial Fire Spirit and sweeping away the Holy Spirit Ancestral Land, the Heavenly Broken Mountain Range, with a single sword strike.

Those who have read the original texts know what the Holy Spirit is like. Every time the Holy Spirit is born, it is a small-scale dark upheaval for all the spirits in the universe.

This undoubtedly cleared away a forbidden zone for life.

However, she devoured many enemies when she attained enlightenment. Those who could contend with her for the Dao were all unparalleled powerhouses of their time, each with a strong backing and a powerful legacy.

If it were just defeat or even death, that would be fine, but the ruthless man's "Devouring Heaven Demon Art" is so domineering.

Almost all those who challenged her were devoured by her. Afterwards, she destroyed the Yuhua Dynasty, the first dynasty in Zhongzhou at the time. To outsiders who were unaware of the inside story, her actions seemed extremely ruthless.

That's why later generations avoided discussing her affairs and kept quiet about them. Some even went so far as to erase her achievements.