Chapter 1 Time Flies

Time always slips away unnoticed. In a flash, two years had passed, and Little Bud was already three and a half years old. He even had his own name – Shi Hao.

However, he still loved to drink beast milk, and as he grew, his ability to cause trouble also increased. He often followed the older, mischievous children in the village to stir up trouble everywhere.

At this moment, a clearing in Stone Village was packed with people, surrounded tightly. The men, women, old, and young of the village were watching the youths practice martial arts. A group of children, their muscles well-defined, bare-chested, and covered in sweat, were engaging in a competition. Some of them could even swing bronze hammers weighing over a hundred *jin* (approximately 110 pounds), creating gusts of wind.

The elders of the village occasionally commented, and although the villagers were simple and honest, they still liked to praise their children when they gathered together. And these children were indeed outstanding, each one full of energy and seemingly inexhaustible strength. Stone Village was sure to become stronger because of them in the future.

Just as everyone's attention was drawn to the children, a giant rock fell from the sky, landing in the clearing and startling the villagers.

"This… such a large boulder, probably weighing hundreds of thousands of *jin*, how could it fall from the sky?!"

"Could it be that some ferocious beast is attacking?!"

The villagers exclaimed in shock, but then they saw the Willow God, who hadn't moved for decades, suddenly waving a willow branch. It was as green as jade but as strong as a divine sword, extending from the entrance of the village and striking the boulder, constantly carving something onto it.

"The… the sacrificial spirit is showing its power!" an old man in the village shouted. This was the first time in many years that he had seen the Willow God manifest its power, but what was it carving on the stone?

"Old Clan Chief, what is the sacrificial spirit carving?" a young man asked. The old Clan Chief, Shi Yunfeng, was the only person in Stone Village who had ventured out of the Great Wilderness, and he was naturally more knowledgeable.

"Let me see… This is the Dao… Sutra, the *Dao Jing*! Could this be a cultivation technique?!"

The old Clan Chief exclaimed in shock, his eyes wide. He had ventured out of the Great Wilderness and seen many large forces, and the reason those large forces could establish themselves in the vast land was because they possessed powerful cultivation techniques. Only with powerful cultivation techniques could they ensure that strong individuals would continue to emerge.

However, he never would have imagined that the sacrificial spirit, which had been silent for decades, would give them such a great opportunity. This was simply a great chance for Stone Village to rise, and also an opportunity for Little Bud to grow!

"Human Body Mysteries—Wheel Sea?"

Shi Yunfeng looked at this scripture, his eyes filled with confusion. He had ventured out of the Great Wilderness in his early years and knew about cultivation methods, but it was completely different from what was recorded on this boulder.

Words like "Human Body Mysteries" and "Wheel Sea" he had never heard before, but when he saw this scripture, he felt as if the heavenly sound of the Great Dao was ringing in his ears, and a force within his body wanted to break through its restraints and soar straight into the heavens, faintly resonating with this scripture.

The method of Covering Heaven (遮天), was originally based on the human body, starting from the Wheel Sea. In the original trajectory, after Shi Hao obtained the Supreme Mystery of the Primal Beginning, he completely perfected the Covering Heaven method, without needing to use the body as a seed, so that future generations could also cultivate, truly connecting this path.

Moreover, after creating the technique, Shi Hao's words became law, and the will of heaven and earth resonated with him, preaching the Dao for him, and all the creatures of the myriad races seemed to have been ignited by some kind of Dao flame, planting a Dao seed.

This was why Shi Hao never left behind any scriptures, but later generations were still able to cultivate the Covering Heaven method, and imperial scriptures and immortal secrets emerged endlessly.

And now, what Jiang Xuan brought was a true imperial scripture, a method born in the most brilliant era of the Covering Heaven method, which explained many mysteries of this path.

Moreover, now that the Covering Heaven method had appeared in this era, Jiang Xuan, who brought it to this world, was now the creator of this method. If he wanted to pass on this method, he could also plant Dao seeds for living beings, just like when Shi Hao created his technique.

Of course, it was not that all living beings were suitable for cultivating the Covering Heaven method. This method was inherently astonishing, and was the foundation of using the body as a seed. The difficulty of cultivation was even greater than the Immortal Ancient method and the Present World method.

But without a doubt, this was also the most suitable method for the Covering Heaven era. After all, in that era, the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths were severely damaged twice, and the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth was incomplete. Even the Great Emperors of ancient times could not live for more than ten thousand years.

Moreover, in the current era, there were still immortal medicines in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, but by the Covering Heaven era, divine medicines and sacred medicines had become rare treasures. Resources were scarce, and the number of cultivators was also very small.

Methods like the Immortal Ancient method and the Present World method could not be cultivated in that era at all. With no external objects to seek, they could only seek within themselves, which led the Covering Heaven method to glory.

Therefore, in this era, if someone created this method and could survive the Tribulation of Creating a Technique, and could pass it on, if they were suitable for this method, they would naturally be able to cultivate it.

Jiang Xuan was now also trying. His Tribulation of Creating a Technique was not purely because of the Covering Heaven method. In the past, he had sorted out all kinds of Daos and methods, melted them into one, and transformed them into his own Great Dao, which also included the Covering Heaven method.

Therefore, he also possessed some of the methods of the creator of the Covering Heaven method, such as igniting the Dao fire, planting the Dao seed, and passing on this Dao. Of course, he was not the creator of this Dao, so it was impossible for him to resonate with the myriad Daos of Heaven and Earth and use the power of Heaven and Earth to preach the Dao to the myriad universes. He could only preach the Dao within the scope of his own influence.

Moreover, he also knew that the Covering Heaven method was not suitable for all living beings. Otherwise, there would not be so many ordinary creatures in later generations. What he had to do was just some experiments. The real place for preaching the Dao was the Heavenly God Academy, which he created together with Meng Tianzheng.

"I wonder how many people can successfully cultivate it," the illusory figure evolved from the Willow God said softly, looking at the excited villagers of Stone Village.

"It's just an attempt, the result is not important."

Jiang Xuan naturally knew that the villagers of Stone Village did not have high talent. If it were not for Shi Hao, they would not have been able to see the scenery outside the Great Wilderness in this lifetime.

Of course, it was not impossible that someone in Stone Village was born suitable for cultivating the Covering Heaven method.

As for Shi Hao, Jiang Xuan personally passed on the method, and he passed on the imperial scriptures that were regarded as the strongest in each mystery, so Jiang Xuan was also looking forward to whether the future Shi Hao would go a step further on this basis and push the Covering Heaven method to a higher level, or create an even more amazing method.

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While Jiang Xuan was preaching the Dao to Stone Village, one of his incarnations also arrived at Yu Yu Heaven (禹余天), one of the Nine Heavens.

This was a secret he learned from the Lord of the Forbidden Zone. It was an ancient road leading to the Foreign Realm, not belonging to the recent two eras, but an ancient road left behind countless years ago, which had been sealed for endless years.

Except for old monsters like the Lord of the Forbidden Zone, no one in the world could know.

According to the Lord of the Forbidden Zone's guidance, Jiang Xuan also successfully found an ancient ruin, buried with countless broken bones, some of which still exuded immortal mist. He found a magic array in it, opened the seal according to the instructions, and broke through along a black crack.

Two months later, Jiang Xuan entered the Foreign Realm from that difficult ancient road with a tired body.

This ancient road was indeed dangerous. With his current strength, he still felt strenuous, and even true immortals might not be able to pass through it safely.

However, he still came over smoothly. Feeling the complete Great Dao, rules, and order of this world, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but be delighted. Here, he would truly achieve perfection and enter the immortal realm with a flawless body.

"This… I remember this is the territory of the Scarlet King."

Jiang Xuan was not reckless. Now that he was in the Foreign Realm, he had to be careful. Once he exposed himself as a living being from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, it would not be a good thing. He was not yet able to fight against the entire Foreign Realm.

"Let's leave first."

Jiang Xuan thought, while hiding his aura and quickly traversing this area. The mountains here were magnificent and surrounded by immortal aura. From time to time, he could also sense extraordinary auras, which were the unique auras of divine medicines and immortal medicines.

However, Jiang Xuan did not go to pick them. He knew that the Scarlet King was undergoing nirvana. If he disregarded the consequences, he could naturally kill him, but he did not come to the Foreign Realm for the Scarlet King, so there was no need to expose himself and attract trouble.

Therefore, Jiang Xuan directly escaped. Ordinary true immortals could not find his flaws, and the Scarlet King was even more so undergoing nirvana. Without spending much effort, he successfully left this area.

However, after leaving the ancient land of the Scarlet King, Jiang Xuan changed his bloodline. Previously, he had learned the *Eight Nine Heavenly Art* from the Chaos Demon Ape lineage from the Lord of the Forbidden Zone. This was an Immortal King-level heavenly art, and its transformation techniques were inherently extraordinary. Coupled with the heritage of other worlds, he could now use this method to the point where even true immortals could not see through it.

As for the race he transformed into, it was the Gu Clan. This clan had a considerable cause and effect with him. In the Immortal Ancient Era, it was the Gu Clan's predecessor, Gu Yuan, who passed on the Gu Clan's precious technique to him. This was also the first precious technique he had mastered.

Moreover, with the help of Gu Yuan, he successfully broke through the first shackle. Before that one's obsession dissipated, he also hinted that Jiang Xuan should clear the Gu Clan's name when he was strong enough.

Now that Jiang Xuan had come to the Foreign Realm, one was to achieve the Immortal Dao fruit position, and the second goal was naturally for the promise of the past.

Of course, different from what Gu Yuan expected, Jiang Xuan was not strong enough now, and was now also sneaking into the Foreign Realm.

The Foreign Realm was very large. Like the Immortal Realm, it was composed of pieces of the universe. Each Immortal King ruled over many universes.

In the Foreign Realm, although the Gu Clan came from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, it was a race that could be compared to the Emperor Clan. It was also an invincible race with a very high status.

Of course, perhaps because they were jealous of the Foreign Realm's Emperor Clan, although the Gu Clan had prestige, the number of universes it ruled was far less than that of the Immortal Emperor Clan.

After Jiang Xuan knew the location, he directly tore through the void, crossed one universe after another, and rushed towards the ancient land of this clan at an extremely fast speed.

After a long time, Jiang Xuan arrived at the ancient land of the Gu Clan. This was a mountain of stones, shrouded in mist. Although it was not high and hazy, it carried a strange power, was extremely heavy, majestic and domineering, and carried an indescribable secret force.

The stone mountains were in pieces, very vast, as if they were boundless, submerged by mysterious mists, and there was no end in sight. Immortal mists permeated them, immortal power spread, and powerful auras and ethereal immortal Dao rhymes intertwined. This was the pure land of the Gu Clan.

Jiang Xuan hid himself and sneaked in. In the vast Gu Clan, except for the Gu Ancestor, Jiang Xuan would not trust anyone, so his goal was also very clear: to directly find the Gu Ancestor's place of secluded cultivation.

He knew the general location, where the real Yin-Yang Furnace was suppressed. Below was a ground palace, where the Gu Ancestor was cultivating.

This was easy to find. He also brought the Yin-Yang Furnace that Gu Yuan had refined in the past, but after Jiang Xuan's more than two thousand years of refining, this divine furnace had become even more extraordinary.

With the induction between the precious furnaces, Jiang Xuan quickly found the road. The Yin-Yang Treasure Furnace hung in mid-air, slowly rising and falling, carrying immortal mist, a hazy, as if it could crush the ancient heavens.

This also showed the gap between him and the Gu Ancestor. Even though he had the strength no less than any true immortal, he was still far inferior to the Gu Ancestor in his understanding of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

Not to mention that the current Gu Ancestor was likely already an Immortal King, but he was hiding his true cultivation in order to hibernate.

Along the ancient road, Jiang Xuan quickly reached the end. Ahead was a stone room, very simple. The stone door was rough and had already been opened. Behind the door was very simple, with only a stone bed, where an old man was sitting cross-legged.

Jiang Xuan was not surprised. With the strength of this being, it was easy to discover him, and even his true body might be seen through by him.

Walking into the door, the stone door also closed directly.

Jiang Xuan looked at the old man in front of him. He was very tall. Although he was sitting cross-legged there, he still seemed very burly. His waist was very straight, and his hair was light gold, slightly white.

The years had left many traces on his face, and his skin was no longer crystal clear. His sword-like eyebrows reached his temples, and his eyes were very deep, like a starry sky. One could imagine that he once had an unparalleled heroic posture.

However, now he was very calm. He did not speak from beginning to end, but just stared at Jiang Xuan, his eyes peaceful, without any worldly aura.

"Your courage… is very big." After a long time, he spoke for the first time, but his expression was very complicated, as if there was joy and sorrow, with melancholy.

Jiang Xuan's state of mind was also affected. This was a supreme being, who might have already stood in the Immortal King realm. For the plan of the past, he had been silent for endless years, hibernating in the most dangerous Foreign Realm.

He had paid too much in the past, and even the entire race would be put on the line in the future. In order to hide the truth, no one knew the truth. Now, there was probably no one in the clan who was thinking of the Nine Heavens. He was lonely. He was clearly the ancient ancestor of this clan, but he had to lead them into the endless abyss.

"Junior, knows the truth." Jiang Xuan slowly said six words.

After hearing this, the Gu Ancestor's eyes showed a glimmer of light, somewhat misty, as if he was looking at his hometown from afar: "Nine Heavens…"

After a long time, his eyes dimmed again, looking at Jiang Xuan, still peaceful: "Go back, you… can't change all this."

Jiang Xuan shook his head and said: "Senior, this life is the last hope. I have chosen to come here, and I am ready to truly transform in the Foreign Realm and enter the Immortal Dao realm."

"Moreover, I once promised Senior Gu Yuan that I would clear the Gu Clan's name and let the Gu Clan return to the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths."

The Gu Ancestor was silent after hearing this. Jiang Xuan waited for a long time, and was about to persuade him again, but he heard a voice coming from outside the stone room: "Ancient Ancestor, Gu Ling is here to pay his respects."

Boom~~~

The stone door opened slightly, and a Supreme Being stepped into the stone room. This was a middle-aged man with golden hair and crystal clear skin. The Dao rhyme of time and space flowed around his body, and he could be considered a strong person among the Supreme Beings.

He also saw Jiang Xuan, his brows slightly frowned. Although the aura on Jiang Xuan's body was that of the Gu Clan, he had never seen him before. Belonging to the same clan and being a Supreme Being, this should not have happened.

But this was the Gu Ancestor's place of seclusion, and he did not dare to be presumptuous. He only thought about asking Jiang Xuan about it later.

Jiang Xuan on the other side was also vigilant. He had transformed into the Gu Clan in order to deal with this situation. Now it seemed that it had at least some effect, but it would be difficult later.

"Ancient Ancestor, you called me here, I wonder what you have to say?"

Gu Ling asked respectfully. Jiang Xuan's eyes were slightly dark, but he did not say anything, but just waited quietly on the side.

But in the next moment, the stone door closed. Before Jiang Xuan and Gu Ling could react, the Gu Ancestor actually made a move, covering them with one hand. Without any warning, he directly erased Gu Ling!

That aura came and went quickly. In the blink of an eye, a Supreme Being had died, but this was also normal. The Gu Ancestor in front of him was one of the Ten Ferocious, and had the combat power of an Immortal King before becoming an Immortal King. Now he was even more unfathomable, and it was easy to erase a Supreme Being.

Jiang Xuan looked stunned. At this time, the Gu Ancestor was holding a primordial spirit in his hand, which was Gu Ling's primordial spirit. As for his body, it had already died.

"Become him." The Gu Ancestor looked at Jiang Xuan and spoke. Hearing his words, Jiang Xuan understood. The Gu Ancestor was too decisive. In order to let him successfully sneak in, he directly erased a Gu Clan Supreme Being.

However, Jiang Xuan did not hesitate. He used the transformation technique to transform into Gu Ling's appearance. At the same time, the Gu Ancestor also integrated the primordial spirit in his hand into Jiang Xuan's sea of consciousness, which was Gu Ling's life memory.

Immediately afterwards, the Gu Ancestor waved his hand and transformed Gu Ling's body, but all the true blood was refined and integrated into Jiang Xuan's body. At the same time, he used some kind of method to cover up Jiang Xuan's true body.

Jiang Xuan himself could feel the change. Previously, no one in the True Immortal realm could detect his transformation technique, but the Immortal King might not be able to. But now it was different. It seemed that a layer of mist shrouded his primordial spirit, making it difficult to see through. In his current state, it was probably difficult for even the Immortal King to see his true body.

Moreover, as his cultivation level increased, or if he broke into the Immortal Dao realm, the transformation technique would become more difficult to see through, so there was no need to worry about being discovered.

"From now on, you are Gu Ling of the Gu Clan, understand?"

After completing the transformation, the Gu Ancestor also exhorted him, still very calm, as if the one he had just killed was not his descendant.

"Junior understands." Jiang Xuan said respectfully, but there was also sadness in his heart. The Gu Clan had indeed paid too much. Unconsciously, he had also formed a considerable cause and effect with this clan. If he could not fulfill the promise of the past, he would despise himself.