Born with immortal seed

Chapter 675 He Qing Haiyan
"When the Dragon King died, he didn't have much wealth on him. I never expected that he would hide so many top-grade spirit stones in his water palace... He probably never imagined that they would all end up benefiting me."

With this harvest, Bai Zichen's number of top-grade spirit stones has exceeded four hundred.

It mainly relied on this batch of Dragon Lord's private stash, as well as the wealth accumulated by Rotten Axe Mountain over the years.

Logically, such gains should be shared equally with the Daode Sect.

However, he currently has a greater need for top-grade spirit stones, so he can give up some in other areas, such as the golden dragon's corpse.

"I also know that Ao Bing likes to collect dragon scales and is trying to create a piece of the legendary Heavenly Dragon Scale Armor of his clan... Over the years, he has collected several dragon scales of the Demon Lord level, and countless reverse scales of fourth-order dragon beasts."

Ao Quan lowered his head, a hint of fear flashing in his eyes.

Upon hearing this, it finally managed to connect the image of the killing god before it with the legendary figure.

He felt relieved. Even the Dragon Lord was no match for him. The demon race, which should have been roaming freely in the interior, was thrown into turmoil and displacement because of his sword. They couldn't even protect their own ancestral land.

Even the Nascent Soul Demon Lord fell to him, so for a fourth-tier high-grade demon to surrender and become a spirit beast is already the best outcome.

Who knows, it might even be able to ride the east wind and ascend to the upper realm with its master.

Thinking this way, coupled with his resentment towards Long Junmei for giving away so many spirit stones without revealing a word, Ao Quan called Long Junmei by his real name for the first time in a long time, and even directly revealed another treasure hidden in the Water Palace.

The Heavenly Dragon Scale Armor is a treasure passed down through the bloodline of the True Dragon Clan. With nine Demon Lord True Scales and eighty-one Fourth-Order Reverse Scales, one can instantly reach the level of a Heavenly Treasure after refining it.

Unfortunately, it can only be activated a few times before its effect weakens, eventually becoming even less effective than a spiritual treasure.

It cannot be compared with a true Heavenly Treasure; it is more like an improved version of a one-time-use secret treasure, and is not subject to the restrictions of treasure refining in this world.

This treasure is not difficult to craft; the difficulty lies solely in collecting the spiritual materials and in the final step of irrigating it with the essence of a true dragon.

For demons who don't refine their weapons, having such a heirloom is truly remarkable.

Even the Dragon King has yet to collect all the dragon scales; otherwise, he would have already refined them and worn them on his body.

As a secret treasure of the dragon race, the Heavenly Dragon Scale Armor does not directly resist damage, but rather bears it on its behalf.

For every portion of the damage absorbed, one dragon scale will break.

Regardless of the type of damage, as long as it has an adverse effect on the wearer, the Heavenly Dragon Scale Armor can withstand it.

There are magical weapons with superior defensive capabilities, but one that is so comprehensive and without any blind spots is truly rare.

"Take me there to see."

Bai Zichen became interested; the description sounded perfect for him.

The Heavenly Dragon Scale Armor does not require the user to have a certain level of cultivation, because it will function on its own when worn, without the need for personal activation, and it does not even consume true essence.

A comprehensive defensive treasure is essential for someone like him who will inevitably be venturing into perilous places and ancient ruins in the future.

Some restrictions are insidious and vicious, making them impossible to guard against.

Ancient curses and spells have been used to kill many Nascent Soul cultivators throughout history. When multiple people cast curses simultaneously, it can create an extremely terrifying Heavenly Curse Killing effect.

Human power is finite, but the way of Heaven is eternal.

No matter how strong an individual is, how can they contend with the will of Heaven? Even a Nascent Soul cultivator is powerless to resist it.

I'm truly afraid that when I'm looking for an opportunity to ascend in the future, I might encounter ancient beings or ancient restrictions that possess powers I've never understood, and even with immense strength, I won't have time to unleash them.

He has already relied on the immortal bones from the Nine Heavens Bone Forging Technique to overcome several crises, but he cannot place all his hopes on one thing.

To the left of the Water Palace, there is a cold pool and several orange trees covered with frost.

"I once saw Ao Bing carefully put away a demon lord's scale and turn around here... Master, you can call the cultivators over, drain the cold pool, and turn this place upside down. There will definitely be something to be gained."

Deep down, Ao Quan couldn't accept the reality of becoming a human spirit beast so quickly, and he spoke haltingly.

"No need, just search for it yourself first."

Bai Zichen wiped his eyelid with his finger, and the Candle Dragon Yin-Yang Eyes lit up, immediately looking at the cold pool.

His mastery of this eye technique is no less than that of the Dragon Lord, who has been immersed in it for many years.

With the blessing of the sacred beast's aura, it can even surpass others in certain areas.

"what?"

Surprisingly, there was no trace of dragon scales in the cold pool, only a silver fish lying at the bottom, with only the aura of the third level.

After inspecting the area, they discovered a clue in the pile of fallen leaves at the foot of the orange tree.

"To disguise dragon scales as fallen leaves, what a clever idea... But to be fair, this illusion is realistic enough that I don't feel anything unusual even when I hold it in my hand."

Bai Zichen squatted down, scooped up two handfuls of fallen leaves, and crushed them forcefully, revealing his true form.

They were all dragon scales of different shapes and sizes, some smooth as a mirror, others mottled and patchy, their collision of ice and fire creating a dazzling light.

When piled together, the difference between the Demon Lord's True Scales and the Fourth-Order Reverse Scales is clearly visible to the naked eye.

Four of the scales, once removed from their disguise, functioned like man-made mechanical devices, their surfaces constantly reorganizing and flowing.

At the same time, the range of light it emits far exceeds that of other scales.

“Ao Bing was taught a transformation technique by his ancestor, which can make him look like the real thing. He once used a stubborn rock to turn into a fifth-grade spiritual material and tricked me out of several top-grade spiritual stones.”

When Ao Quan spoke, there was a hint of sourness in his voice.

The ancestor it spoke of was none other than Ao Laolong, who had already ascended to the Earthly Immortal Realm, but whose fate was unknown.

"I see... We're still missing five more Demon Lord scales. We have enough Great Demon Reverse Scales, but I wonder if the Myriad-Foot Water Eye has any left."

Bai Zichen turned to Ao Quan and said.

Do you know how to forge the Heavenly Dragon Scales?

"This is a bloodline inheritance; anyone with true dragon bloodline who has taken human form can obtain it."

Ao Quan paused slightly, then acknowledged it, silently wrote down the method for refining the Heavenly Dragon Scales on a jade slip, and respectfully handed it over.

"well done."

Bai Zichen took the jade slip with a smile on his lips.

"True Lord, is the fan you took our sect's Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan?"

Yu Ziliang finally arrived, and in his haste, he disregarded etiquette and went straight to ask.

"You mean this fan? It does indeed bear some resemblance to the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan that your clan lost?"

A feather fan appeared in Bai Zichen's hand; the fan surface was woven from long feathers, as red as the sun.

Even at the bottom of the ocean, where the water elemental energy was extremely abundant, it couldn't stop the sparks on the feather fan from gathering and extinguishing, creating waves of heat.

The Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan is indeed incredibly powerful, capable of summoning five kinds of heavenly fire, capturing all flames, and melting everything in its path, achieving almost the ultimate in fire.

It is an unparalleled treasure for any cultivator who practices fire-attribute techniques.

Putting aside the fact that the summoned heavenly fire helps improve cultivation, the true feathers on the seven fire-type immortal beasts, if listed separately, can all serve as carriers for fifth-order divine abilities; there are more than a hundred of them on the fan.

Furthermore, with a fan in hand, the power of all fire-based spells and magical abilities can be increased by at least 30%.

For someone who was once a cultivator of fire-attribute techniques and later acquired the Fire-type Heavenly Spiritual Root through transformation, there was an inexplicable urge to transform into a fire dragon.

However, in reality, he has no need for a purely offensive Heavenly Treasure like the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan.

The Nanming Lihuo Sword, one of my fifth-tier flying swords, is also fire-attribute and can better replace the Five Fires Seven Birds Fan.

"We implore the True Lord to return this fan. It is a priceless treasure passed down through the Heavenly Punishment Peak, and even the Venerable Ancestor Hongfa is very concerned about it..."

Yu Ziliang's eyes lit up; it was indeed the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan.

Knowing its whereabouts would be easy, but the real fear is that it might have been taken away by the demon race to some unknown place. Even the Divine Calculation Technique would have difficulty working against a treasure of this level.

Even if Yamachiken helps with divination, he can only get a vague answer.

To obtain even more detailed information, one would have to burn one's lifespan to temporarily strengthen the Omniscient Great Dao, which might yield a satisfactory result.

However, the Daode Sect clearly could not give Shanzhi what he wanted. Because he cultivated the Omniscient Dao and leaked heavenly secrets, his lifespan was far shorter than that of other cultivators of the same level, so Shanzhi would not easily use his full strength to perform divination.

In his excitement, Yu Ziliang took a step forward, but remembering who he was facing, he quickly pulled his foot back.

"Our sect will definitely exchange it for a treasure no less valuable than the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan, and will not let the True Lord suffer a loss."

“Go and tell the Holy Lord who spreads the Dharma that I want a piece of divine clay from the Northern Heaven.”

Bai Zichen laughed and casually tossed the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan away.

"This fan seems to have been tainted by the blood essence of the demon race. It can be washed several times with the fifth-grade spiritual spring when we return to Tianfa Peak."

"Thank you, True Lord. I will convey your message to the Venerable Ancestor who spreads the Dharma..."

Yu Ziliang felt a bitter taste in his mouth, and he felt the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan in his hand getting heavier and heavier.

They cleanly and efficiently returned the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan to its rightful owner, without engaging in any kind of exchange or swapping, and directly made a request: they wanted a piece of Northern Heavenly Divine Mud.

Given this level of bravado, is it possible that the Moral Sect would accept the Tongtian Lingbao but refuse to give it to the Northern Heavenly Divine Mud?

Regardless of its practical value or symbolic significance, the Northern Heavenly Divine Mud, however precious, cannot compare to the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan.

Bai Zichen's action has truly put the Moral Sect in a precarious position.

"Let's go. Once the Starry Sea is pacified, the Black Sea can be settled with a single proclamation... As for the remaining minor tribes, they can be gradually wiped out."

Bai Zichen turned and walked out of the Water Mansion, not forgetting his business.

"Remember to expedite the merit exchange process. There won't be many battles left; the main focus should be on assimilation and absorption. How can we allow the human race to spread across the entire sea area if we don't distribute the islands at sea?"

"I will follow the teachings of the True Lord."

Yu Ziliang consulted the Holy Lord of the Dharma about how long it would take for Bai Zichen to reach the Nascent Soul stage, given his cultivation speed.

Even Hongfa sighed, saying that such an unprecedented genius in the cultivation world could not fathom the speed at which his cultivation progressed.

Logically speaking, after reaching the Nascent Soul stage, there is no time for reflection, integration, optimization, and laying the foundation for the Divine Transformation stage.

To directly attempt to reach the Nascent Soul stage is essentially suicidal.

Only those great lords nearing the end of their lifespan would take such a risk.

Bai Zichen is so young, even if it takes two or three hundred years, it's still not too late.

But it breaks with convention time and time again, and no one dares to make a judgment easily.

Don't underestimate him just because he's only in the late Nascent Soul stage. He might reach the Nascent Soul Perfection stage in sixty years, and then transform into a Deity in another sixty years.

In Yu Ziliang's mind, he had long regarded Bai Zichen as a true Nascent Soul cultivator.

Therefore, neither the instant kill of a fourth-tier high-grade golden dragon nor the slaying of an ancient longevity tortoise caused Yu Ziliang the slightest shock.

Ao Quan brushed past Yu Ziliang, giving the human cultivator a fierce glare.

This person's cultivation level was not high, but he had an unpleasant smell about him; just smelling it made his demonic energy flow somewhat sluggish.

We must pool our resources to break this deadlock.

On the Starry Sea, all the demonic beasts either fled or surrendered, and the human cultivators roared with cheers.

One after another, Vulcan cannons, Thor cannons, and other war machines fired in unison into the sky, celebrating this hard-won moment.

Since the ancient humans drove the demon race out of the Central Region and exclusively enjoyed the most fertile spiritual land in the Ancestral Continent, this is yet another great victory over the demon race.

They plunged straight into the deep sea, breaking through the three major royal courts of the demon race at sea.

At this point, apart from the completely sealed Qingqiu Dead Sea, there was no other sacred land of the demon race in the cultivation world that could be called a royal court.

Without a royal court, there is no appeal to the monsters scattered throughout the land.

The fact that those demonic beasts, after transforming, do not gather in one place and are scattered across the vast Black Sea is perfectly acceptable to the human race.

No one could have imagined that just decades ago, the human race was locked in a fierce war.

There are many pessimistic views, with many believing that humanity is powerless to resist the demon army, and that the sinking of Zuzhou and its transformation into a demon paradise is inevitable.

Even the Daode Sect itself has prepared an escape route to the outer world, ensuring that its best talents are ready to flee.

At present, the sacred land of the demon race has been wiped out, and almost all the demon beasts of the fourth rank and above have been killed.

The remaining powerful demons had absolutely no courage to confront the pioneering alliance head-on.

They either send friendly signals, hide like turtles on the seabed, or simply migrate to more distant waters.

All of this is thanks to the sudden appearance of the Time Sword Lord, an unexpected factor for the demon race.

Thanks to the three Nascent Soul stage masters of the Moral Sect, who disregarded life and death, some ascending, some perishing, and some severely injured.

This is thanks to the human god who resolutely gave up his remaining lifespan and bravely left the cave to join the battlefield.

This is thanks to every human cultivator who dared to take up arms and fight back when the demons invaded.

From being slaves raised by divine beings to becoming the true overlords of this world, their rise was due not only to the teachings of the banished immortals of the Earthly Immortal Realm, but also, and perhaps more importantly, to the passing down of knowledge from generation to generation and the spirit of sacrifice among humankind.

Three months after pacifying the Starry Sea, the Tengshe clan signed a contract agreeing to jointly develop the sea area.

Six months later, a mirage attacked a lone group of pioneering cultivators, wiping out their entire clan.

A year later, the leaders of the three sea beast races surrendered, expressed goodwill, and were willing to sign a cooperation agreement.

Three years later, the rivers were calm and the seas were peaceful, and there were no organized attacks on human cultivators throughout the year.

Yu Ziliang, representing the Moral Sect, and Ma Ruoxi, representing the Sword Lord of Time, jointly announced the official end of the Black Sea reclamation war.

The merits of all participating cultivators will be tallied as soon as possible, and the exchange process will proceed simultaneously.

With the distribution of massive amounts of merit points, the gains from the pioneering wars are rapidly decreasing, while a considerable portion of the resources are provided by the Moral Sect.

However, as the initiators of what can be called a great pioneering war, both sides reaped unimaginable wealth from it.

Having incurred a favor, Shan Zhi, who was forced to join the final settlement work as the personal supervisor of the Sword Lord of Time, was quite knowledgeable and experienced. Later on, everyone was secretly amazed.

While pioneering wars are indeed extremely costly, as long as victories are sustained, they yield positive returns.

Moreover, this time it's in waters that no one has ever set foot in before, so there's no need to wait for a long harvest; the return is so fast it's unbelievable.

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(End of this chapter)