Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Author: Da Da Jiang You

Synopsis

The Great Dao encompasses Yin and Yang, and Wuji gives rise to Taiyi.

Through the ages, thirty emperors reigned; once the Eastern Emperor appears, who dares contend for supremacy?

He once beheaded a Tyrant Body on the trial ancient road, once competed with a Chaos Body in the depths of the starry sky, and once created an invincible technique on the Mythical Ancient Road that shook the heavens and earth, overawing past and present.

Once the imperial technique comes forth, all directions are annihilated, shaking ancient and modern with no rival.

The great world rises and falls, years pass by, eras alternate, Immortal Kings lie in pools of corpses, emperors bleed, yet only I remain eternal!

Who can suppress the heavens with one hand? Who can overturn samsara with a flick of a finger?

Only I, Eastern Emperor Taiyi!

Chapter 1: Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, Sun Sacred Body?

"Boom--"

The Big Dipper Star Domain, the Burial Emperor Star.

On this day, high above the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.

Without any warning, nine massive, pitch-black giant dragons with grim scales and lifelike forms dragged a huge bronze coffin as they descended from the sky, landing not far from an abyss.

It was indescribably shocking.

"Clang!" The loud noise shook the heavens.

Yet the impact force, which ought to have been overwhelmingly exaggerated, was neutralized by a mysterious power.

Due to the violent shock, the rust-stained bronze giant coffin, filled with the aura of the passing years, had its tightly shut lid shifted partially open, revealing a gap wide enough for two people to walk side by side.

"Light--"

"Have we reached a new place again?"

"Beautiful peaks, lush foliage, it is not a desolate wasteland..."

"That's great, this place isn't Mars anymore..."

Inside the huge bronze coffin.

A group of young people wearing casual clothes and sports shoes, with travel backpacks slung over their shoulders in twos and threes, scrambled out from within.

They gazed at the surrounding emerald-green mountain ranges, dense vegetation, and towering ancient trees, a scene brimming with vitality.

The air was incomparably fresh, and even the soil seemed to carry the fragrance of nature.

For a time, they could not help but be both startled and delighted.

They were even moved to tears of joy.

For no other reason.

They were originally just a group of young people who had graduated from university a few years ago and had finally managed to gather together for a reunion.

At first, they were simply touring Mount Tai, which is hailed as the foremost of the Five Sacred Mountains, and taking in the magnificent rivers and mountains of the motherland.

As a result, suddenly, Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin descended from the sky, triggering a massive earthquake.

These people had no time to escape before they fell into the bronze giant coffin and were locked inside.

Unexpectedly, they inexplicably followed the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin and were transported to the legendary Yinghuo Ancient Star, which people called Mars.

Moreover, upon that desolate earth, they discovered a strange building-the Great Thunderclap Temple.

From the dilapidated temple, which had been abandoned for who knows how long, they obtained some ancient bronze Buddhist vessels, and immediately afterward, unimaginable calamities occurred.

The demonic monsters that legends said had been suppressed in the Eighteen Levels of Hell by the Buddha for stirring up trouble and harming humanity were unleashed, and countless divine crocodiles suddenly appeared, launching an attack against them.

Some classmates were brutally murdered by the divine crocodiles, falling forever in that desolate desert.

The survivors managed to return to the bronze ancient coffin and, relying on the Buddhist vessels obtained from the Great Thunderclap Temple, stopped the slaughter of those divine crocodiles.

Furthermore, they continuously killed those divine crocodiles with the Buddhist vessels, utilized the mysterious energy contained within their blood to reactivate the Five-Colored Altar, and set the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin in motion once more, narrowly escaping with their lives.

Now, they had been transported here once again, yet the surroundings were not as desolate and deathly still as they had previously been on Yinghuo Ancient Star; instead, it was a scene full of vitality.

Naturally, they inevitably felt a sense of surviving a catastrophe.

One after another, they felt inexplicably excited.

"Have we finally reached our stop?"

At the same time.

Among the crowd of young people.

Jin Taiyi, with his tall figure, resolute features, and extraordinary, handsome facial traits.

He looked around, glanced back at the huge bronze ancient coffin, and could not help letting out a long sigh of relief.

At the same time, he kept his right hand tightly clenched around a broken Vajra Pestle that exuded an ancient aura, still not daring to relax.

This was a Buddhist artifact he had obtained at the Great Thunderclap Temple on the Yinghuo Ancient Star, and he had once relied on it to slaughter his way across the Yinghuo Ancient Star, killing a large number of continuously attacking Divine Crocodiles.

Although earlier, when the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin started up again and was about to leave Mars, because the energy in those Divine Crocodiles' blood was not enough to fully activate that mysterious altar, the mysterious energy contained in the vast majority of their Buddhist artifacts had been sucked away by the Bronze Ancient Coffin, and they had all lost their divinity.

However, Jin Taiyi vaguely discovered that the Vajra Pestle seemed to still have a sliver of divine power left.

At a critical moment, this could save his life.

"Clang--" Following closely.

Behind them, rumbling sounds came in waves.

The huge Bronze Ancient Coffin slid down into the abyss, and it took a long time for a heaven-shaking loud noise to echo out.

It made people unable to help feeling their scalps go numb, breaking out in a cold sweat.

Fortunately, they ran out quickly.

Otherwise, falling down there would mean doom.

"Desolate Ancient Ban?"

"Could this be the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land?"

"Never mind all that, let's go look for food first!"

"That's right, we've been hungry for a day, let's find something to eat first to fill our stomachs..."

"Everyone be careful, try not to walk too far!"

"If anything happens, remember to shout out loud at the first instance!"

Ultimately--

After searching the surroundings.

The group found a damaged ancient stone tablet.

Recognizing that it bore the three ancient characters "Desolate Ancient Ban", they deduced that this must be some kind of forbidden land.

A group of young people chimed in one after another, and after gathering together to discuss, everyone still could not resist their hunger, dispersing in groups of three or five to look for food.

In fact, considering the unknown circumstances, food was after all the primary element of survival in the wild.

Whether it was Jin Taiyi or the other classmates, anyone with a bit of experience had quietly picked up quite a few corpses of the Divine Crocodiles, placing them in their backpacks to serve as backup rations.

Yet the moment they thought about how those things might have crawled out of many of their dead classmates' bodies, or even their heads, they felt a bit nauseous.

Until the very last moment, they ultimately could not bring themselves to use them to replenish their energy.

"Jin Tailang, do you want to stay with us?"

Ye Fan and Pang Bo, brothers in a close relationship, draped their arms over each other's shoulders.

They chose a direction to set off, turning back from there to ask Jin Taiyi, with whom they had a fairly good relationship on ordinary days.

"No need, I'll search this way!"

Jin Taiyi waved his hand.

He pointed in another direction.

For some reason, an obscure intuition told him that there might be a surprise over there.

With that, he greeted Ye Fan and Pang Bo, and went off to explore that side on his own.

The main thing was that the section of the Vajra Pestle containing a sliver of divine power gave him some confidence to dare to adventure and explore alone.

Yet he penetrated several miles in a row.

Apart from towering ancient trees and lush vegetation, he found nothing at all.

Let alone animals like wolves, leopards, and jackals, he didn't even see a single mouse. Along the way, those plants did have some colorful fruits, but he did not pluck them immediately.

Jin Taiyi vaguely had a strange feeling.

He only felt his body growing somewhat warm, as if something was summoning him.

Hesitating for a moment, he ignored the prior agreement he had made with Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Zhou Yi, and a host of other classmates not to wander too far.

With his considerable stamina, he accelerated his speed, passed through the primeval jungle overgrown with ancient trees, and climbed right over a gigantic mountain.

"Hmm?" Suddenly--

His eyes lit up, and he finally made a discovery: "There is a spring eye over there?"

Just a few dozen meters ahead, several old vines as thick as water buckets surrounded an open space, where there was a spring pool a meter square, bubbling and flowing like a sweet dewy divine spring.

Growing beside the spring pool were nine small trees over half a meter tall, with wide, emerald-green leaves shaped like human palms, resembling several small multi-armed figures standing there.

At the tip of each small tree hung a golden fruit.

Each one was fully the size of an infant's fist, glowing brilliantly like a small sun.

From afar, they emitted a continuous wave of alluring fruity fragrance, rich and fragrant, making one's mouth water.

With almost no hesitation.