Chapter 323 - 274: The Dragon King Carries Out a Grand Strategy, Three Months of Tempering (Part 2)
Their Dao lineage spreads across heaven and earth, becoming an unshakable prominent school, while other Great Divine Power Users are forced to retreat, even disappearing from the world.
"Big brother, we Dragon Race should take a long-term approach."
The West Sea Dragon King, Ao Run, spoke immediately upon hearing this.
All the talk about the equality of all spirits and standing against the Celestial Court and the Saints should be kept private. If we truly step up to enact it, the Dragon Race will be the first to perish!
As long as the Celestial Court doesn’t eradicate the Dragon Race, leaving dozens of True Dragons in captivity, Lady Nuwa will definitely not blame the Jade Emperor.
Seeing Ning Xunqiu unmoved, a deep worry surfaced on Ao Run’s face:
"To release us three sea Dragon Kings, it must be done by major forces like the Expository Teaching, Jie Sect, or the Human King, who can directly confront the Celestial Court. Only then can someone withstand the pressure of offending the Jade Emperor.
"Big brother, you have just broken through; the Celestial Court has more than one Great Divine Power User. The Dragon Race now has a nephew like Nezha with such potential, we cannot repeat past mistakes."
"How about this..."
Ao Run looked towards Ao Shun and the South Sea Dragon King, Ao Qin, who had just swum out from Purgatory,
"I’ll lead them to seek refuge with Jie Sect, allowing the Upper Immortals of Jie Sect to help us escape. Afterwards, during the Sealing God Tribulation, the younger sister could secretly sow discord between both sides, weakening the Celestial Court and the Saints’ Great Teachings, and our Dragon Race could rise with the tide... Big brother, what do you think of this plan?"
If the three Dragon Kings with Golden Immortal combat power could set aside their arrogance, along with the aid of a million demon beasts from the sea, whether joining the Expository Teaching or the Jie Sect, it would be enough to influence the course of the Sealing God Tribulation.
Either side would gladly accept their allegiance.
"This plan is brilliant."
Ning Xunqiu praised but then gently shook his head, "But I don’t need it."
Ao Run was startled and quickly said, "Big brother, you have endured all this time and broken through to Daluo Golden Immortal. But how does that compare to the ancestors of the Dragon Race?"
"Big brother is actually a Daluo Golden Immortal?!"
Upon hearing this, the South Sea Dragon King, Ao Qin, was shocked.
"Daluo Golden Immortal?!"
Ao Shun’s dragon claws unconsciously clutched the rocks at the seabed, his fingers deeply embedded in the crevices. His gaze was once again on his calm big brother, and he murmured softly:
"Big brother, what exactly are you thinking? Aren’t you afraid of the Dragon Race being annihilated because of this?"
"Cunning schemes won’t ultimately succeed."
Ning Xunqiu glanced at the three dragons, Ao Shun, Ao Run, and Ao Qin:
"Have you ever seen a winner who won through deceit? Mortals have said, ’Build high walls, accumulate grain, and wait to declare oneself king.’ With the people’s support and a grand army, an unstoppable force is the true way to victory.
"What I’m doing is the same logic." He continued, gradually raising his voice,
"Widely transmit the Dharma, teach all beings, walk the Righteous Dao. Demons are not demons, humans are not humans; all beings and the Ten Thousand Spirits are equal. The true strategy is to accumulate ’the great momentum of heaven and earth’ to stabilize the universe. Thus, I must stand openly on the stage and tell all beings and the Ten Thousand Spirits what I’m doing, why I’m doing it, and what the future of the world will become. Only in this way can the ’great momentum of heaven and earth’ be formed."
"Otherwise, like the last failure of the Dragon Race, dying in some unnoticed corner, no one would care what they once did, and as time passes, the Dragon Race would have become ’Cannibal Evil Demons’ in the eyes of the common people!"
Ning Xunqiu’s words were like a heavy hammer, pounding hard on the hearts of the three dragons.
"As long as you spread the ’Path of Cyan Heaven’, it will live on forever and be passed down through generations. Because the truth resides in people’s hearts, it cannot be killed, and the Saints dare not destroy the world and kill all living beings, and thus cannot sever the will of the people!"
Ning Xunqiu’s true form transformed into human form, landing on the platform, gazing at Shen Gongbao, Nezha, and Ao Bing.
"Daoist, Bing’Er, Nezha, you three will travel the world on my behalf, to remove the great mountain from the hearts of people, and to tell the world what Cyan Heaven is."
Each of these three carries the prejudice of the world, but precisely because of this, they can better understand what Cyan Heaven is.
Shen Gongbao is both an Immortal and a Demon, Nezha is between Man and Demon, and Ao Bing is both a Spirit Pearl and of the Dragon Race; they encompass the identities of more than half of the living beings in the world, making them the perfect candidates to spread the Path of Cyan Heaven.
Shen Gongbao was excited, "No... no... no..."
Ning Xunqiu knew his friend’s habit of stuttering when excited and shook his head helplessly, waiting for him to finish speaking slowly.
Shen Gongbao took a deep breath and said, "If we do not succeed, we shall become benevolent!"
Ao Bing cupped his hands and said, "Rest assured, Father King, I will not fail you and will not let you down."
"Good, you can cultivate in the Dragon Palace for a few days, then depart,"
Ning Xunqiu nodded slightly, then turned to look at the dilapidated East Sea Dragon Palace, frowning slightly, and waved his hand gently.
Buzz!
An invisible force spread instantly.
The once devastated ruins of the underwater Dragon Palace transformed dramatically with this wave.
The rubble in the ruins swiftly reassembled, broken beams stood erect again, and shattered walls were restored to their original state. In an instant, a magnificent and splendid palace rose from the ground.
All around the palace, coral thrived, pearls adorned the scene, and spiritual fish swam, as if a fairyland had descended to the seabed.
Shen Gongbao, Nezha, and Ao Bing stood before the renewed East Sea Dragon Palace, eyes filled with awe.
...
In the blink of an eye, three months passed.
East Sea Dragon Palace.
Ning Xunqiu opened the Celestial Derivation Volume, reviewing the textual status of Shen Gongbao, Nezha, and Ao Bing’s journey.
[The Taiyi True Master returned to the Expository Teaching, the Jade Void Palace, while Yuanshi Celestial Venerable and the Six Saints were in seclusion in Outer Heaven to refine the "Investiture of the Gods." In the Expository Teaching, the master disciple, Infinite Immortal Elder, temporarily took the role of Sect Leader. Upon hearing of your breakthrough to "Daluo Golden Immortal," he was astonished and quickly recalled the Golden Immortals of the Expository Teaching who were traveling the Five Lakes and Four Seas to transmit Dharma and slay demons.]