Destiny is ashes

Chapter 971 The Great Wilderness Dragon Clan (13)

The Dao Tree is just a metaphor; anything that can suppress a grotto-heaven counts, whether it is formed on its own or migrated from the outside world.

An Jing planted the Heavenly Punishment Divine Tree with his own True Spirit Blood Ancestral Dragon Seed because he instinctively perceived the essence of the Great Dao's principles and thus made the optimal choice. You Ruhui, on the other hand, was far inferior and needed to absorb the Great Dao scriptures. Only with the profound foundation of the Great Chen Imperial Court could he barely comprehend this level.

However, without You Ruhui's enlightenment, which completes the path between the 'ineffable Dao' and the 'expressible Dharma,' the Cave Heaven Dharma cannot be considered perfected.

"Before I find or condense that divine object, I need to adjust the state of my inner world and condense a large amount of 'dragon energy' as the basic material to ensure perfection... This is also a kind of cultivation of the Origin Secret Manual."

You Ruhui closed his eyes and began his cultivation.

Gathering a large amount of dragon energy is an extremely time-consuming process. In the outside world, it might take several years, but in the Zhaolin Realm, where spiritual energy is abundant and sensitive, and the laws are simple and primitive, the process is greatly accelerated.

In just a few days, one, two... feeling his own body and the cave within which his blood and energy were being replenished and sublimated at an unprecedented speed, almost reaching the level of a celestial dragon.

You Ruhui slowly exhaled a long breath: "The Holy Ancestor did indeed receive too much investment from the Dragon Clan back then. The secret manual is a perfect fusion of the True Spirit Path and the Martial Path. No wonder my Imperial Court has always treated the Dragon Clan with courtesy and even worshipped the Dragon Master!"

The breath exhaled by You Ruhui contained faint colors of the five elements, but the overall color was dull and lackluster, which was the impurity left over from the condensation of dragon energy.

This is the process of "marrow cleansing" in the I Ching, transforming the body from an acquired spiritual entity into a purer and more powerful "true spirit."

The bloodline of the Great Chen Emperor is almost entirely composed of humanoid dragons, but they need various conditions to grow and thrive by cultivating dragon energy in the Imperial Court.

You Ruhui's process of comprehending all of this was almost akin to 'enlightenment,' which is also a unique aspect of the Zhaolin Realm.

Just as You Ruhui was immersed in this mysterious realm where, after reaching the limit, one could continue to become stronger and constantly enhance one's foundation.

Without warning, a deadly sense of crisis suddenly gripped her heart!

She was instantly jolted awake from her deep reverie, her golden eyes snapping open!

On the other side of the Netherworld Desert, in mid-air, space twisted like the surface of water, and an extremely unstable vortex-shaped spatial gate was forcibly torn open.

Immediately afterwards, three strangely shaped dragon and snake shadows staggered and fell down from it.

[It hurts so much! Why does this portal to another time hurt so much!]

Stop talking nonsense and focus on your breathing. This is another world, no less magnificent than the Great Wilderness.

[Wow, such pure spiritual energy! It doesn't require killing or cooking before absorbing it, nor will it backfire on our bodies... Although it still needs to be 'refined' before it can be used, which is a bit troublesome, it's definitely not dangerous anymore.]

Red, silver, gold.

The three-colored figures are not human, but three dragons of different shapes!
The aura emanating from them was violent, savage, greedy, and voracious, filled with an aggressive desire to try everything, completely unlike any creature in the Huai Xu Realm that You Ruhui knew!
This person is not from the Realm of Emptiness!

It's the dragon race of the Great Wilderness Realm that An Jing mentioned!
"They actually descended too—no, they were supposed to descend, otherwise, why did the Four Seasons Dragon Gods fight before?"

You Ruhui's eyes widened suddenly, and alarm bells rang in his mind.

Without the slightest hesitation, she immediately stood up. Thanks to her recent gains, You Ruhui had mastered the secrets of operating the cave heaven. With a light tap of her feet and the assistance of the heavenly sea and earth veins, she merged into the earth, silently using the earth vein concealment technique, and turned to run!
"Huh? Not bad luck, running into an alien human practicing the orthodox Dragon Transformation Technique right away?"

One of the three dragons, a red dragon, regained its footing and its fiery eyes spotted You Ruhui's attempt to escape.

He let out a mocking laugh, his dragon eyes gleaming with greedy hunger: "This little girl has pure blood. If I capture her and stew her, she'll be incredibly nourishing... Oh no, I can't keep thinking about eating her. We lack information about the other world, so it's perfect to capture her and make her a maid!"

"We've been fighting a civil war with the Jiaolong faction lately, and it's been a long time since we've captured any fresh humans from those Earthbound Spirits of the Great Yu!"

"Da Chi, stop fooling around!"

Another silver dragon, its body covered in silver scales and shrouded in mist, said in a deep voice, "Don't think about eating people. Humans aren't for you to eat. Haven't we captured enough of our dragon descendants in the Great Yu? This is just a bonus for our exchange."

The last golden dragon, with wings on its back and a golden body, echoed, "As ordered by the Emperor Zhulong, the important matter is of utmost importance. We must establish an outpost base as soon as possible to secure the Taixu Dao Beacon without any mistakes!"

These three dragons are the elite forces under the Nine Dragon Emperor of the Great Wilderness Realm: the dragon "Da Yuan Chi", the dragon "Wu Liu Yin", and the dragon "Huo Jin".

The nine dragons of the Great Wilderness Realm are Yulong, Jiaolong, Yinglong, Chilong, Qiulong, Shenlong, Panlong, Kuilong, and the so-called "Emperor Zhulong," who almost never appears in the world.

They do not govern each other and often fight civil wars, but they are all willing to obey the orders of Emperor Zhulong.

However, once outside the Great Wilderness, this binding force greatly diminishes.

"The Emperor also told us to collect more information about other worlds. You two go and set it up, I'll be right back."

Despite its companions' advice, Da Chi ignored it completely. It let out an excited dragon roar, twisted its massive body, and transformed into a red lightning bolt, chasing directly in the direction where You Ru Hui had fled.

"This bastard!"

Liu Yin and Huo Jin cursed helplessly, but there was nothing they could do about it. They had managed to gather together from hundreds of elite dragons of similar strength by relying on the Dragon Clan's Cosmic Light Secret Technique amidst the interference of the Cosmic Light Stream. They hadn't cooperated before and were just acquaintances, so they couldn't control the actions of the other dragons at all.

But then again, who can?

"Forget it, let it be. Let's get the base built first."

Liu Yin is a mirage dragon, a dragon clan that values ​​cooperation the most. Huo Jin, as an Yinglong, is no less capable. He shook his head and said, "It would be good to capture someone's tongue. Although this Zhaolin Realm appeared mysteriously and was found by the Candle Dragon Emperor, its history is extremely ancient. It is said to be related to the [Nurturing Chaos], the Primordial Primordial Holy Dragon..."

"They have absolutely no discipline!" Liu Yin complained. "It's precisely because it's important that we have to be careful!"

"What can we do? It's already happened, so we just have to accept it."

The two dragons looked at each other helplessly, uttered a complaint, and then ignored the big red dragon that had chased after them.

They flew over a relatively flat Gobi desert. The silver dragon opened its mouth and spat out a fist-sized, perfectly round silver dragon pearl that emitted strong ethereal energy.

(End of this chapter)