Cultivation begins with separation.

Chapter 382 The Frozen Road
On a continent in the East Sea jointly ruled by the human race and the eagle race.

Dongfang Hong, Mu Mu, A Dong, and Zhan Mingyue are hiding in a city inhabited by mortals.

Meanwhile, Yi Qing, Yi Ling, and Yi Jun all began to take their own actions.

We are now in the information gathering phase.

If you want to go to the Dragon Palace of the East Sea, you can't just rush there blindly.

The East Sea Dragon Palace has countless spaces. If you don't know which spaces are valuable and rush in blindly, you will most likely gain nothing and be driven away or even trapped by the dragons.

Yi Qing began scattering insects throughout the East China Sea to gather information. At the same time, he and Yi Yan also buried external components of the Dragon Transformation Pool in various parts of the East China Sea's ley lines.

Originally, Yi Yan was going to operate the Dragon Transformation Pool underground in the Frozen Continent.

However, after Yi Yan activated it, she found that the subsequent operation did not seem to be too difficult, so she asked Yang Xiaoli to help her watch over the Dragon Transformation Pool.

Of course, Yang Xiaoli is only at the Qi Refining stage, so relying on her to guard the Dragon Transformation Pool is unreliable. Her nine Taotie were also placed around the Dragon Transformation Pool for defense.

With nine Taotie, even if the Ice Dragon Clan and the Nine-Headed Dragon arrive together, they can hold out until the Primordial Purple Apricot and the Karma Puppet arrive.

Meanwhile, Yi Ling and Yi Jun are searching for traces of the true dragon outside the Dragon Palace.

The true dragons of the Vast Ocean Spirit Realm like to transform into the appearance of intelligent races, so Yi Ling wondered if he could launch a surprise attack on a true dragon whose strength had greatly decreased due to its transformation.

A Dong's true dragon body was not yet fully grown, and her Thousand Autumn Feathers had not fully recovered. Her strength was inferior to that of a true dragon, and even some sixth-order demonic beasts could defeat her. Therefore, Yi Ling and the others did not take her with them, but only let her use the Thousand Autumn Feathers, which were sometimes effective and sometimes not, to collect information, especially information about Ao Luoshui, since Ao Luoshui had seized the Hourglass of Time.

Both Dongfang Hong and Mu Mu were preparing to condense their Great Dao Golden Cores in the East Sea. Before condensing their Great Dao Golden Cores, they had no intention of causing trouble in the East Sea, and they would not even participate in the attempt to steal from the East Sea Dragon Palace.

Of course, these two didn't come to the East China Sea without helping Yi Ling and the others at all.

Mu Mu will help Yi Yan retrieve various resources or refined formations from Yi Ze in the Divine Wood Forest of the Heavenly Capital Spirit Realm at any time. She will also teleport some plundered treasures that can be tracked by the True Dragon to Yi Ze's side.

Dongfang Hong came to the East Sea to find a place to advance to the Golden Core stage of the Great Dao.

As for Zhan Mingyue, Dongfang Hong and the others didn't care about her thoughts at all. A Dong was the same; after bringing her over, he just left her to her own devices.

However, A Dong knew that Zhan Mingyue had made contact with Tai Chu Zi Xing at Zijin Mountain.

Dongfang Hong and the others probably knew something about why Taichu Zixing had sent Zhan Mingyue to the East China Sea.

The fact that Taichu Zixing allowed Zhan Mingyue to interact with other members of the Yi family was secondary; as far as Mu Mu knew, Taichu Zixing seemed to be advancing to the sixth-tier spiritual plant.

The countless spiritual items required for the advancement of the Primordial Purple Apricot are not only rare, but some even have time limits and special acquisition requirements.

Having activated her innate Dao body, Zhan Mingyue is practically a darling of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. Many hidden opportunities and spiritual objects may be born prematurely upon contact with Zhan Mingyue's aura.

If Yi Dong hadn't seized all the spiritual veins on the surface of the Frozen Continent, Zhan Mingyue might have already obtained countless opportunities.

At this moment, the four of them are chatting in the courtyard.

This courtyard belonged to a wealthy family in the city. The moment they arrived, Dongfang Hong slaughtered the entire family, regardless of whether they were innocent or not.

They hide their tracks for fear of being discovered by the dragons, but they are not afraid of the powers of this continent, so they do not have many taboos.

If the other two had committed the murder, Mu Mu, who hadn't completely become heartless, might have said something blaming them. But since Dongfang Hong did it, Mu Mu could only watch.

"Ah Dong, did the Primordial Purple Apricot really only give you two Paths of Frost?"

“I’ve said this many times. If you don’t believe me, you don’t need to go back. You can ask Taichu Zixing right now.”

As Adong spoke, he looked at Zhan Mingyue.

Dongfang Hong naturally noticed that Zhan Mingyue was carrying more than one small tree person.

Without Dongfang Hong uttering a sound, a tree-man flew out and said in a emotionless voice:

"Nine icy roads have been nurtured by the Nine Heavens Ice Peaks over millions of years."

These nine icy paths, in the eyes of ancient cultivators, represent an opportunity to achieve Dao integration.

Even if one were to obtain it now, it could still nurture an ice-attribute spirit body and awaken powerful spiritual abilities.

The remaining seven icy paths will be used by Yi Dong's seven future children to evolve their spiritual bodies.

At this point, Shuren looked at Dongfanghong, his eyes filled with deep meaning.
"Yi Dong's seven children will carry the great fortune of the Qingzhou Immortal Kingdom. In addition, with these seven icy paths, the spiritual bodies they are born with will not only reach the level of the Dao Body recorded by the Dao Academy, but will at least surpass many Five Elements Origin Spiritual Bodies."

In Tai Chu Zi Xing's opinion, Dongfang Hong was the most suitable mother for Yi Dong's children, even more so than Zhan Mingyue's innate Dao body.

After all, Dongfang Hong's supernatural powers and natal magic weapon possess infinite energy, making her the most suitable candidate for evolving powerful spiritual bodies, especially seven powerful spiritual bodies at once.

Dongfanghong knew that when communicating with Taichu Zixing, it would say these things.

Dongfang Hong had no doubts about what Tai Chu Zi Xing said. Yi Dong was currently unaware of the Nine Heavens Frost Dao, but he knew about the True Spirit Sword and the Karma Puppet.

It wasn't that they were deliberately hiding it from Yi Dong, but rather that Yi Dong was indifferent to most things. In many cases, even the sword spirit of the True Spirit Longsword didn't dare to disturb Yi Dong casually, let alone the Primordial Purple Apricot.

Although Yi Dong was unaware of the matter concerning the Frost Dao, if the Primordial Purple Apricot dared to secretly detain the Frost Dao, it would likely be unable to establish itself on the Frost Continent.

Whether Yi Dong will have children when the Qingzhou Immortal Kingdom is established is a question that not only Tai Chu Zi Xing, but also Dongfang Hong and Mu Mu are well aware of.

After spending so many years together, Dongfanghong and Mumu have come to understand Yi Dong quite well. Yi Dong's way of thinking is different from most people's.

Many cultivators from aristocratic families, to varying degrees, harbor the ambition to strive for the sake of their family's future generations.

However, Yi Dong did the exact opposite. He not only ignored his clansmen, but even treated them like bloodsuckers.

Similarly, despite the good relationship between Yi Dong and Yi Jun now, Dongfang Hong is quite certain that Yi Dong also hopes that Yi Jun and others will dedicate themselves to him in the future.

Yi Dong's selfishness is innate, and his sentimentality is only occasional. Just like Yi Mo, once Yi Dong felt that this person had no value, he immediately discarded him like trash, showing no affection whatsoever.

Dongfang Hong had previously stated that she would no longer have children with Yi Dong, but times have changed.

Previously, Dongfang Hong was somewhat sentimental, but now she is about to advance to the Great Dao Golden Core stage, and the Great Dao Nascent Soul of immortality is right before her eyes.

Before the path to immortality, everything else is secondary.

Yes, after the establishment of the Qingzhou Immortal Kingdom, it is conceivable that it will become the most crucial cultivation ground for future Dao Nascent Soul cultivators born in the Yi family.

Why is Taichu Zixing so concerned about Yi Dong's offspring?
That's because it has Yi Dong's bloodline in its body, and can cultivate with the help of Yi Dong's descendants in the future.

Similarly, Dongfanghong could also see that Yi Dong might have many children in the future.

However, unless Yi Dong can occupy a spirit realm and establish an immortal kingdom, the seven offspring born with the Qingzhou Immortal Kingdom will be the direct bloodline of the Yi family in the future Qingzhou Immortal Kingdom, even more important than the bloodline of Yi Jun and others.

Thinking of this, Dongfang Hong and Mu Mu exchanged a glance.

Clearly, even Mu Mu, who usually appears indifferent, might show a different side when faced with the path to immortality.

Of course, Dongfanghong and Mumu tacitly avoided discussing this matter. Dongfanghong changed the subject and said to Adong:
"I cannot preserve the Great Dao of Frost. Not to mention the Great Dao of Frost, I cannot even preserve the Frost Origin that envelops it. I will have to trouble you to come with me to the Extreme Thunder Abyss."

I want to advance to the Golden Core stage of the Great Dao in the Extreme Thunder Abyss.

And Mu Mu, among your eight mythical beasts, there's a Thunder Beast. Perhaps you could let it try to advance to the seventh rank in the Extreme Thunder Abyss.

Mu Mu simply nodded without saying a word.

Mu Mu knew why Dongfang Hong had invited her. In the Extreme Thunder Abyss, there was a Thunder Dragon. In other places, this Thunder Dragon might just be an ordinary true dragon, but in the Extreme Thunder Abyss, even the Dragon King probably couldn't do anything about it.

Dongfanghong wanted his eight mythical beasts from the mountains and seas to support the Thunder Dragon.

Over millions of years, the true dragons in the Dragon Palaces of the Four Seas are naturally not only the dragon king's sons and daughters.

However, in the Dragon Palace of the Four Seas, only the dragon king's sons and daughters can be called the Dragon Palace Crown Prince and Princess. Those true dragons from a different generation do not have a high status in the Dragon Palace due to their bloodline.

Those true dragons whose status is skewed due to bloodline issues rarely stay in the Dragon Palace. After all, as true dragons, bloodline factors mainly increase the success rate of becoming a Dragon King. In terms of supernatural powers and strength, those true dragons may not be inferior to the true dragons in the Dragon Palace.

Therefore, the true dragons either go to the void or claim a place in the East Sea to rule as kings.

Thunder Dragon is such a dragon, spending most of its time in the Thunder Abyss and not having a close relationship with the East Sea Dragon Palace.

Dongfang Hong also persuaded Yi Ling to capture the Thunder Dragon.

However, Yi Ling was not stupid. If she had the ability to capture the Thunder Dragon in the Thunder Abyss, she might as well capture the Dragon King of the East Sea. Therefore, she rejected Dongfang Hong's request without hesitation.

At this moment, the tree-man said:

“The Thunder Abyss is a bit dangerous for Zhan Mingyue. The three of you should go.”

Then Shuren and Zhan Mingyue communicated telepathically for a while, and then Zhan Mingyue bid farewell to Dongfang Hong and the other two.

Only after Zhan Mingyue had gotten far away from Dongfang Hong and the other two did she relax a little.

Having interacted with the Yi family these past few days, Zhan Mingyue has been under a lot of pressure.

Because she discovered that the Yi family members acted with virtually no restraint, even more so than the demonic cultivators she knew.

Similarly, she also discovered that her innate Daoist physique seemed to be less important among the Yi family's cultivators than she had imagined.

After spending these days getting to know them, she discovered that, apart from A Dong who had an ice spiritual root, the rest of the Yi family members all had heavenly spiritual roots, and most of them also possessed so-called spiritual bodies. Their strength was also completely beyond the measure of their cultivation level.

"Finally, I can move freely. This time, I must find the essence of heaven and earth to quickly advance to the Nascent Soul stage or even the Void Return stage. Otherwise, the pressure of facing the Yi family will be too great."

(End of this chapter)