Chapter 322 - 274: The Dragon King’s Grand Display and Three Months of Tempering
East Sea Dragon Palace.
Ning Xunqiu’s Primordial Spirit enters the True Dragon Body of the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Soldiers.
Ao Run, Shen Gongbao, Ao Bing, and Nezha land on the nearby rock platform.
Nezha’s Magical Power operates automatically, forming a faint red aura around him, isolating the seawater, with no discomfort to his body.
Seeing this scene, Ao Run felt slightly surprised. The Spirit Pearl Demon Pill was originally the Mixed Element Pearl, a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object, and if it transformed, its foundation would be "Innate Divine".
Though divided into two, reincarnated, its Magical Power still far exceeded her rank as a veteran Golden Immortal. At only three years old, to reach such a level, the potential for the future was imaginable, only it’s a pity the Flesh Body was destroyed, the Great Dao can only stop at Taiyi Golden Immortal.
Nezha looked around, his eyebrows slightly furrowed.
The sight before him was entirely different from the glittering rumors outside. This was not a magnificent palace, but rather a deep and dark Undersea Purgatory.
Occasionally, hot bubbles burst from the magma, producing a "gurgling" sound, with a strong smell of sulfur enveloping the seabed.
Huge pillars were inhabited by True Dragons biting into chains, the other ends of the chains submerged in the rolling magma beneath.
Occasionally, a few giant shadows swam past the magma, imprisoned Deep Sea Giant Beasts, their eyes shining like lanterns, making one shiver.
Nezha couldn’t help but complain: "Ao Bing, your place is really dark."
"Moreover, how is this place so different from the legendary Dragon Palace?"
Ao Bing, with a complicated expression, explained quietly: "This indeed is the East Sea Dragon Palace, but also an Undersea Purgatory. Father guards here, suppressing those Great Demons that wreak havoc upon the Four Seas."
To be called Great Demons, at least "Golden Immortal" realm, such strength of Demons are beyond the Dragon Race’s jurisdiction, the Undersea Purgatory actually falls under Dragon Race’s command.
At this moment, a deep laughter suddenly emanates from the depths of the Undersea Purgatory:
"Kekeke, and now big brother brought back a human child from Chentang Pass, with this astonishing Demon Qi, it must be that Demon Pill Nezha, right?"
Before the words finished, a True Dragon bound by thick chains surged out from the magma, staring at Nezha with a grin.
This was North Sea Dragon King Ao Shun.
Nezha was startled by the sudden voice, instinctively stepped back, but soon stood tall, eyes wide, asking: "You’re also a True Dragon, why are you locked down there?"
Ao Shun swam to Nezha, his dragon body slightly coiling, the chains clattering with the sound of "clang clang". He opened his mouth, revealing a set of sinister white teeth, teasing: "You guess?"
"Stop teasing him." Ao Run stood on the rock platform, arms crossed.
Following the sound, Ao Shun glanced at Ao Run, who transformed into human form and stood freely on the rock platform with no Demon-Suppressing Chain binding her.
"Where’s your chain?"
His pupils suddenly contracted.
The chains on them were formed from the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Soldiers and big brother’s Magical Power, specially used to suppress a million Demons, even "Golden Immortals" cannot perform Soul Emergence, let alone "Sky-Splitting Claw".
Unless Ao Run broke through to Taiyi Golden Immortal! But Ao Run just went out for a moment! If it’s really easy to break through, Yuanshi Celestial Venerable’s disciples occupying Heaven and Earth Spiritual Veins would not remain at just "Golden Immortal" realm today.
Ao Shun suddenly lifted his head, looking at big brother perched atop the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Soldiers, "Big brother, you dare to release Ao Run privately! Aren’t you afraid the Jade Emperor will punish?"
The Dragon Race had long ceased to be the "Sovereign of the Four Seas".
Since submitting to the Celestial Court, the Dragon Race’s status had plummeted.
The Jade Emperor in the heavens, the Human King on earth, the Dragon King in the sea.
Though nominally equal in rank, in reality, the title "Sovereign of the Four Seas" was divided into the "Four Directions Dragon Kings", already beneath the other two.
If the Jade Emperor knew big brother released Ao Run privately, the Dragon Race would face a catastrophe!
Ao Shun’s dragon body trembled slightly, a feeling of helplessness surged within. Even if the entire Four Seas Water Race joined forces, they could not shake the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Soldiers casually thrown by the "Great Divine Power User" of the Celestial Court.
This thousand-year prison sentence had long made him see the harsh reality.
Thinking back on the rebellion against the heavens, he realized how ignorant and arrogant he had been.
No wonder none of the Dragon Palace old ministers were willing to help the Three Seas Dragon Kings resist the Celestial Court. Those old ministers had already seen through everything, knowing that in front of the Celestial Court, the Dragon Race was nothing but ants, and rebellion would only lead to self-destruction.
Jade Emperor...
In Ning Xunqiu’s mind, that majestic figure flashed briefly.
That "Jade Emperor" was an immeasurable Great Divine Power User, most of the Great Divine Power Users in this realm remained hidden, only the Jade Emperor was among the few who manifested in the world, daring to confront the Saints.
His foundation was a mystery, no one knew where he truly came from. Yet, his Dao Practice surpassed ninety-nine percent of Innate Divine and Great Divine Power Users, the only one who dared to undergo countless tribulations in the Mortal World, amassing infinite Magical Power, ultimately attaining Jade Emperorship.
The Jade Emperor sat high above the Nine Heavens, towering, overlooking all beings, his mighty power arguably second only to the Six Saints, considered the pinnacle of this realm.
Why does the world only recognize the Six Saints Dao Lineage, holding it as an esoteric study, familiar to all whether human, ghost, demon, god, or immortal? While other Great Divine Power Users remain unknown? Confined to their own Dao fields in seclusion, is it because they don’t want to?
No, it’s because they cannot.
Ning Xunqiu, although unaware of the exact details of the ancient war, was certain that in that war, the "Six Saints" were undoubtedly the final victors.