Devouring demons, I attain immortality.

Ye Hongyi grabbed his wrist in the vortex, the light emanating from the wolf-tooth jade pendant enveloping the two of them: "Don't believe it! That's the Dragon Lord's bewitching magic..."

In his final moments of consciousness, Lin An heard the first Zhong Ling sigh deep within his soul: "Foolish child, you shattered your primordial spirit a hundred years ago..."

The instant Lin An was swept away by the flood, a mechanical voice suddenly sounded within his body: [Devouring System activated! Dragon essence detected. Devour?]

He instinctively roared "Swallow!" and the fragments of the black-robed dragon that exploded turned into black mist and entered his right arm.

"This is......"

Lin An discovered that the bronze pattern on his right arm had turned blood red, and the Nine-Turn Demon-Slaying Blade automatically flew out from his dantian.

This knife is three feet and three inches long, with nine grooves carved on its blade. Each time it swallows a wisp of black mist, it lights up with a bloody light.

"Playing tricks!"

The black-robed dragon's remains reformed, and it opened its mouth to spew out corrosive dragon breath.

Lin An parried the attack head-on with his sword, but the Nine-Turn Demon-Slaying Blade suddenly unleashed a suction force, completely absorbing the dragon's breath.

[Successfully absorbed the dragon's breath! The Nine-Turn Demon-Slaying Blade has unlocked its first transformation: Armor Piercing!]

The blade hummed and glowed with purple light as Lin An swiftly slashed at the dragon's neck.

The black-robed dragon raised its claws to block, but its scales, which could usually withstand heavenly lightning, were cut open like tofu, and black blood spurted three zhang high.

"Catch! This is your Xuan Tian Seal!"

Ye Hongyi suddenly threw over a small bronze seal.

The moment Lin An caught it, the small seal swelled to the size of a mountain, and with a thunderous crash, slammed the demonic dragon into the ground.

On a sudden inspiration, he bit his tongue, spitting blood onto the seal: "Suppress!"

The ground cracked open, revealing an octagonal array, and golden chains shot out from the bottom of the Xuan Tian Seal, binding the demonic dragon and rendering it unable to move.

Lin An then noticed that the Xuan Tian Mirror was hanging above his head at some point, and the mirror reflected a pulsating black flame at the location of the demonic dragon's heart.

"Stab it in the heart!"

Bai Li flung out seven bone nails to immobilize the demon dragon's seven orifices.

Lin An leaped up using the Xuan Tian Seal, and the moment the Nine Revolutions Demon-Slaying Blade plunged into the black flames, the system voice sounded again: [A Chaos Fire Seed has been detected. Absorbing it requires 30 years of lifespan. Continue?]

"Swallow it! I'm tough!"

Lin An felt as if his internal organs were on fire, and all nine blood grooves on the blade were glowing.

The black-robed dragon let out its final scream, its body turning to ashes, leaving only a fragment of its reverse scale which was absorbed into the Xuan Tian Mirror.

Ye Hongyi suddenly grabbed his collar and jumped back: "Watch out!"

A spatial rift exploded where the demonic dragon had been, and a dragon shadow wearing a golden crown sneered from the other side: "You dare to devour my Chaos Flame? Explode!"

Lin An felt a sharp pain in his dantian, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, yet he laughed loudly: "Screw you! System, spray back all the dragon breath you just swallowed!"

The Nine-Turn Demon-Slaying Blade suddenly changed direction, and the tip of the blade unleashed a condensed black dragon breath cannon, which blasted across the opponent's face along the crack.

At that moment, Bai Tang's illusory voice shouted from the Xuan Tian Mirror: "Use the Xuan Tian Seal to smash the crack! He's going to attack across space!"

Lin An swung the Xuan Tian Seal, which was as big as a small mountain, and smashed it eighteen times in a row at the crack, causing the ground to collapse into a deep pit.

"That's enough!"

The Golden Crown Dragon Shadow was forced to retract its hand, and before the crack closed, it flung out three dragon scales.

"I await your arrival at the Dragon Palace of the East Sea..."

"Give it to your sister!"

Lin An threw out the Mysterious Heaven Mirror.

The mirror flipped in mid-air, reflecting the three dragon scales back the way they were thrown, and a furious explosion came from the other side.

After the battle, Lin An collapsed on the ground, panting heavily.

System notifications flooded my mind: [Reward for defeating a higher-level opponent: Unlock the second job advancement for the Blade Soul]

[Devour System Upgrade: Can Decompose Enemy Cultivation]

[New feature added to the Mystic Mirror: Weakness Marking]...

Ye Hongyi kicked at the ashes of the demonic dragon: "Is this blade better than the Reverse Scale?"

Lin An looked at the Nine-Turn Demon-Slaying Blade, riddled with cracks, and smiled bitterly: "Good my foot! Every use reduces your lifespan by ten years..."

Bai Li suddenly ripped open his collar, pointing to the black dragon pattern that appeared on his chest: "You swallowed the Chaos Fire Seed; now you can burn through the Dragon Palace's barrier in the East Sea."

She turned to look at the white phantom in the Xuan Tian Mirror, "It's time to go save my sister."

Lin An gripped the hilt of his sword tightly, and the nine blood grooves lit up again: "Let's go, let's dismantle that broken bell!"

A thousand-meter-high wave erupted on the surface of the East China Sea as Lin An, stepping on the Xuan Tian Seal, swooped down.

When the Nine-Turn Demon-Slaying Blade struck the sea, the nine blood grooves on the blade spun wildly, forcefully drawing the seawater into a whirlpool with a diameter of 100 meters.

"The Dragon Palace's barrier lies beneath the vortex!"

Bai Li flicked out a necklace made of bone bells.

"Use the Mystic Mirror to shine on me!"

The moment the mirror was pointed at her, the three hundred bone bells on her necklace exploded simultaneously.

The shockwave crashed into the center of the vortex, revealing the magnificent golden dome of the underwater dragon palace.

A dense swarm of shrimp soldiers and crab generals charged forward, brandishing steel forks. Lin An grinned and said, "System, dinner's ready!"

[Area of ​​absorption activated: 50 meters in diameter!]

The Nine-Turn Demon-Slaying Blade suddenly slipped from his hand and spun around, transforming into a blood-red tornado.

The Green Scale Guards at the forefront didn't even have time to scream before they were shredded into mincemeat.

The blood groove on the blade hissed and sucked blood like a straw, and the dragon pattern on Lin An's right arm spread to his shoulder at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Mysterious Heaven Seal!"

Ye Hongyi suddenly kicked away the turtle prime minister who had launched a sneak attack.

Lin An swung the bronze seal and slammed it down, cracking the tortoise shell into eight pieces.

The system notification sounded again: [Devouring the millennium tortoise shell, unlocking the second form of the Mysterious Heaven Seal!]

The seal suddenly deformed, and countless sharp spikes popped out from its bottom.

Lin An swung the weapon in a wide arc and smashed it towards the dome of the Dragon Palace, causing the glazed tiles to fall down with a crackling sound.

Two dragons emerged and spewed fire. He pulled out the Xuan Tian Mirror and looked at it. The back of the mirror reflected the flames back twice as much.

"The Second Revolution of the Nine-Turn Demon-Slaying Blade!"

Lin An aimed at the two charred dragons and swung his knife.

The blade suddenly split into nine phantom images, each crackling with crimson arcs of electricity.

The dragon was pinned to the coral reef and convulsed, while the dragon pearl was drained by the system.

Bai Li suddenly screamed, "Watch out for what's above you!"

A golden dragon claw emerged from the hole in the Dragon Palace's dome.

Instead of retreating, Lin An advanced, transforming the Xuan Tian Seal into a gauntlet to cover his right hand, and met the dragon claw head-on.

The Devouring System was operating wildly, and the golden scales on the dragon claws peeled off piece by piece, all of which were sucked into the gauntlets.

"Third turn!"

When the Nine-Turn Demon-Slaying Blade flew back into his hand, a serrated chain popped out from the hilt.

Lin An swung his knife to entangle the dragon's claws, and black flames suddenly ignited on the chain, seeping into the gaps in the dragon's scales.

A deafening roar came from the seabed, and the entire golden dragon was forcibly pulled out of the dome.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Ye Hongyi swung out her wolf-tooth jade pendant: "Smash it at the seven-inch mark!"

The Xuan Tian Mirror suddenly emitted a red light, marking the dragon's neck weakness.

As Lin An leaped up on the dragon's head, the Nine Revolutions Demon-Slaying Blade plunged in, and system pop-ups flashed wildly: [Found an elder of the East Sea Dragon Clan, can be devoured. Cultivation: Late-stage Avatar]

"Swallow it all!"

Lin An felt like his dantian was about to explode.

The golden dragon shrank at a visible speed, eventually turning into a dragon skin floating in the sea.

The Xuan Tian Seal suddenly emitted an alarm buzzing sound, and the mirror reflected the underwater altar—Bai Tang was nailed to the Chaos Bell with nine bronze nails, and half of the bell's body had solidified into a human face.

"sister!"

Bai Li's eyes were bloodshot as she rushed over.

Lin An grabbed her by the back of her collar: "There's an ambush!"

The seawater around the altar suddenly froze into ice spikes, and three men in black robes emerged from the bell.

The man in the middle pulled back his hood, revealing a face that bore a striking resemblance to Bai Tang: "Xiao Li, I let you escape back then..."

"Second Uncle?"

In the instant Bai Li was stunned, the man suddenly lashed out with his bone whip.

Lin An parried with his sword, but the tip of his whip curved and sent Ye Hongyi flying.

[Witch Clan spell detected. Analyze?]

"Analyze my ass! Just swallow it!"

Lin An's blade suddenly grew three zhang (approximately 10 meters) long, gripping the bone whip tightly.

The system emitted a piercing friction sound, and the whip suddenly softened into a puddle of black water, which he then sucked into the knife.

The man in black robes' expression changed drastically: "You can absorb witchcraft?"