Starting from the two realms, cultivating immortality by taming beasts

Chapter 498 True Venerable Transaction

A quarter of an hour ago, deep within the Fulong Hall.

Sensing the collision of the three Nascent Soul stage energies, his eyes suddenly snapped open.

Its left eye was as black as ink, and its right eye was as white as jade. Its fur was light gold, like dragon scales, but it had the body of a cat, not a dragon. It was quite peculiar. It was Aji, who had previously reached a cooperation agreement with Chen Beiwu.

"It's a bit of a stretch, but it's enough!"

Aji slowly raised his head, and a light drizzle began to fall over the entire Lieyang Ruins.

Raindrops fell on the surface of the Fulong Hall, creating a hazy mist that completely concealed the entire hall.

All things are bitter; only self-salvation can save you.

From the very beginning, Aji hadn't placed all its hopes on Chen Zi'ang; otherwise, it would have already used a secondary force to prevent him from entering the Hall of Truth. "Roar!"

Aji arched his back, his claws planted firmly on the ground, and his fur shone brilliantly, radiating an overwhelming aura that suppressed heaven and earth.

"Splash!"

As Aji struggled to burn his bloodline, the two jade dragon-head sculptures on the left and right sides of the hall suddenly trembled, producing black chains that forcibly locked his head, neck, back, limbs, and tail.

Aji remained calm, having anticipated this. The Void Star Reversal Shuttle in his claws glowed faintly, pointing directly at the core of the restriction.

In an instant, numerous cracks appeared on the two jade dragon head carvings, but they still persevered and did not collapse.

"Break it!"

When the forces of Yin and Yang converged, Aji's lips curled up, and he raised his front paws to break the chains binding his body. His adorable cat body then rapidly expanded and transformed.

Its head resembles a camel's, its antlers a deer's, its eyes the sun and moon, and its scales reflect yin and yang.

In an instant, a thousand-foot-tall true dragon descended with a roar. The aura emanating from its body alone shattered the jade carving on its dragon head, and the entire hall trembled in the void, revealing a gleaming, towering pillar.

"Pure Yang refines the Five Elements, and one Qi permeates the universe."

"The pillars stabilize the mountains and rivers, and the light brings peace to all battles."

Upon seeing the ancient seal script flowing on the golden pillar, a fierce and solemn look flashed in Aji's eyes.

Ordinary fifth-tier heavy weapons could not possibly suppress its dragon body, but the Pure Yang Array Pillar was different.

This treasure is a supreme treasure of the Shaoyang Division of the Taixu Array Sect, with a grade as high as the fifth-order supreme quality, only one step away from becoming a Primordial Dao Artifact. Moreover, it is under the control of the Blazing Sun True Venerable, making it infinitely powerful.

But it hasn't lived in vain all these years; it has long prepared a profound and deadly move to deal with this thing.

"Today, no one can stop me!"

Aji let out a joyful dragon roar and charged towards the Pure Yang Array Pillar.

On the other side, as a deafening dragon roar resounded, Chen Beiwu saw two beams of black and white light, one yin and one yang, surging wildly, converging and chasing each other like yin and yang fish, before tearing through space and soaring into the sky.

Chen Beiwu stood still, looking at the enormous figure soaring through the clouds in the sky.

fast!

too fast!

As lightning roared and thunder tore through the air, he could only vaguely catch a glimpse of a fleeting image in the clouds, unable to make out the true form of that colossal figure.

But that extremely fierce and overwhelming dragon might, like the ruler of heaven and earth, raged across the world. Even though they were far apart, it still filled Chen Beiwu with fear, and his heart was beating wildly faster.

"Thump!"

"Thump!"

"Thump!"

At this moment, not only Chen Beiwu, but also the four little ones Jin Dan, Tie Dan, Xue Le and Zhi Ling had solemn expressions, their hearts pounding like thunder, and they could hardly control themselves.

"What is this being? A true dragon?"

Golden Egg's breathing became rapid, its three pairs of dragon eyes fixed on the dark shadow in the sky.

"It should be Aji," Chen Beiwu transmitted his thoughts telepathically.

Although he couldn't see the figure clearly, he could use the Nine Breaths Qi Absorption Divine Power to observe the fortune.

Purple clouds gather, auspicious clouds form the boundary!

Chen Beiwu had only seen such good fortune in Aji, so the existence that was now emitting a thunderous dragon roar was self-evident.

"Huh?" (Has Aji escaped?)

Schiller's eyes widened, clearly pained.

The Lotus Seed of Salvation is still in Aji's hands. Now that Aji has escaped, wouldn't they miss out on the Lotus Seed of Salvation?

"What time is it? You still have the mind to think about these things!"

Chen Beiwu frowned slightly, his eyes serious.

His collaboration with Aji went smoothly, but it wasn't exactly pleasant.

If the other party holds a grudge, they might take action against them.

Boom!

Just then, lightning crackled, and the enormous creature hidden in the dark clouds finally came into Chen Beiwu's view.

Its thousand-foot-long dragon body coiled in the void, its scales a mix of black and white with intricate patterns, alternating black and white rings resembling the chasing of yin and yang fish. The two horns on its head, one black and one white, meandered backward like deer antlers. Its four claws and five toes were strong and powerful, with countless dark flames flowing beneath them, containing the power of heaven and earth.

It's no exaggeration to say that, unlike its previous kitten form, Aji now exudes the majesty of a dragon, as if a true dragon has descended to earth, making it impossible to look directly at it. "Its target isn't us!"

Chen Beiwu, with his keen senses, noticed that Aji seemed to have only Lieyang Zhenzun in his eyes.

True Venerable Lieyang also noticed this gaze and smiled slightly: "You've finally come out."

"Things don't happen more than three times. This is the last chance I'm giving you."

"Are you willing to submit to me and transform into a dragon and become a saint?"

Upon hearing this, Aji's anger intensified, and he directly called out the true name of the True Venerable Lieyang.

"Zhu Houzhao!!!"

The power of heaven and earth surged, and Tenglong lowered his eyes, staring intently at the Blazing Sun True Venerable.

"You perished tens of thousands of years ago, and even the Dharma Realm couldn't be fully preserved, yet you dare to bluff in front of me!"

"There's no need to bluff when dealing with you."

The Blazing Sun True Venerable calmly said, "Let alone tens of thousands of years, even if it were a hundred thousand years, a million years, even if your Dharma form is incomplete, I can still suppress you." "Very well, very well indeed. I'd like to see how much of your profound understanding you have left!"

Aji was not intimidated by the True Venerable of the Blazing Sun. His thousand-foot-long dragon body suddenly tensed up, and he pressed down heavily with his dragon claws to test the waters.

In an instant, the power of heaven and earth, formed by the intertwining of yang and yin, erupted.

The location where the True Venerable of Blazing Sun stood collapsed with a roar, like a volcanic eruption or a vast ice field, containing a special Daoist charm that was both opposite, one Yin and one Yang.

This Daoist aura was enough to cause even a newly ascended Nascent Soul cultivator to change his expression drastically and flee without hesitation.

Because this claw, though seemingly ordinary, can threaten, or even disintegrate, the divine form of a true deity.

It should be understood that the Dharma Image Heaven and Earth is the realm of cultivation of a True Venerable Transformation God, and its importance far surpasses that of the soul and the physical body.

Even if one's soul and body are destroyed, a True Immortal can still use the Dharma Image Heaven and Earth to reshape their soul and body, becoming immortal and indestructible.

However, if the Dharma Realm collapses, the cultivation of a Nascent Soul True Venerable will likely dissipate by eight or nine tenths.

It was precisely for this reason that Aji did not choose to flee immediately, but instead took action to test the true quality of the Blazing Sun True Venerable.

If the image of the True Venerable of Blazing Sun is too damaged and its strength is reduced to less than one-hundredth, it can settle the score and kill him.

However, if the opponent is still strong, it will escape from the Blazing Sun Ruins and seek revenge another day.

In short, time is always on its side!

No matter how strong the True Venerable of Blazing Sun's cultivation was, he could not defy the lifespan limit of the True Venerables of the Human Race.

"You're still too young."

The True Venerable of Blazing Sun smiled, spread his five fingers, and the golden pillar in his palm shone with dazzling light.

"Pure Yang Array Pillar?"

Aji's pupils contracted slightly, and a sense of unease instinctively arose within him.

Oh no, it has already swallowed this thing!

Could it have fallen for a trap?

With this thought in mind, Aji turned his dragon body around, broke through the void without hesitation, and chose to escape from the Blazing Sun Ruins immediately.

But True Venerable Blazing Sun moved even faster!

"The battle begins."

The True Venerable of Blazing Sun formed a hand seal, and his voice resounded throughout the Blazing Sun Ruins.

"Fire Refines the Heavenly Cycle!"

"Lesser Yang Burns the Demon!"

Before the battle between the man and the dragon, Chen Beiwu dared not underestimate them and had already activated his Xuan Tong technique to retreat in advance to avoid being caught in the crossfire.

Zhao Caixuan, standing beside him, was also quite fast, her figure closely following behind him.

Rumble!

However, no matter how fast Chen Beiwu activated the Five Elements Bright King Wings, he could not compare with a being at the level of a Nascent Soul True Venerable.

When the towering golden pillar collided with the thousand-foot-tall dragon, even the slightest spillover caused a natural disaster, with most of the Lieyang Ruins collapsing and annihilating, emitting a deafening roar.

Immediately, a series of apocalyptic scenes unfolded: hurricanes bleed, torrential rain washes away the soul, thunder roars and the sky collapses, the earth caves in and mountains crumble, tsunamis surge, and hail seals the heavens. Nothing could be more devastating than this!

Chen Beiwu frowned slightly, pushed his divine sense to its limit, and fully activated the Five Elements Bright King Wings, just to avoid the aftershocks of the battle between the Nascent Soul True Venerable and the Fifth Realm Demon Venerable.

But in the next instant, nine great suns rose, unleashing terrifying heat that reduced everything to nothingness.

"So you still can't escape!"

Noticing that his Body Armor was beginning to melt, Chen Beiwu sighed and prepared to use the Heaven-Escape Scripture to escape. Just then, the extreme heat dissipated, and a mournful dragon's roar echoed through the sky.

Chen Beiwu paused, only to see the true dragon lower its head, its aura plummeting to the bottom, surrounded by nine miniature suns.

Before the Blazing Sun True Venerable was a drop of black and white, crystal-clear blood essence radiating a powerful dragon's might.

"roar!"

Golden Egg's pupils contracted, its gaze unable to leave the essence and blood.

"A realm is hidden within blood, a universe in a single drop. This is the blood of the Fifth Realm Demon Lord Tenglong, and it might even be the essence of a true dragon!"

Chen Beiwu's eyes narrowed, and he instantly understood why Aji had been able to escape.

In order to maximize the use of the Tenglong bloodline, the Fulong Palace is both a constraint and a protection for Aji, ensuring that Aji's life is safe while extracting his marrow and blood at any time.

If Chen Beiwu wasn't mistaken, the reason why True Venerable Lieyang deliberately let Aji escape was most likely because he wanted Aji's life essence blood. "I told you, this is your last chance."

The True Venerable of Blazing Sun glanced at the dragon seed in front of him, then looked away.

Even without breaking the formation of the Dragon-Subduing Palace, he could still extract the bloodline of the true dragon and condense a drop of essence blood, but he could not extract it completely, and the quality of the essence blood was somewhat flawed.

However, if he gives this little dragon hope of regaining its freedom, and makes it fight to the death, burning its bloodline to break free from the seal, then he can refine a true dragon essence blood of extremely high quality.

When it comes to the path to the future, given the choice, True Venerable Lieyang naturally chooses to pursue perfection.

His opponent, in particular, was a young dragon with little experience and a rather simple nature.

"Now we only need to take the last step."

Lieyang Zhenzun's heart stirred, and he looked at Chen Beiwu.

"What's your decision?"

"I'm sorry, I already have a master." Chen Beiwu decisively refused.

"That's not up to you," True Venerable Lieyang said dismissively.

Although it's a bit of a pity, even if Chen Ziang didn't cooperate, he could still forge a near-perfect vessel.

"Wait a minute, I have a deal I'd like to discuss with you, senior. You might as well listen."

As Chen Beiwu spoke, he was ready to activate the Ten Directions Gate and the Heavenly Escape Seal to leave at any moment.

"explain."

"I have a method that can help the True Venerable One rebuild his immortal path and live another life without having to possess another body."

"The Corpse Demon Path defies the heavens, making it extremely difficult to become a Corpse Lord, and it will drastically change one's temperament. True Venerable Lieyang's cultivation of the Corpse Immortal Path is not as simple as you think." True Venerable Lieyang said calmly.

Admittedly, possession has many drawbacks and is far less virtuous than the path of walking corpses to become an immortal.

However, the path of the Corpse Immortal is extremely difficult. A slight mistake can lead to death through corpse dissolution. Even though he had reached the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm in his lifetime, he was not confident that he could successfully complete this path.

"If the True Venerable had no intention of switching to the path of the Corpse Immortal, why would he have killed the Corpse Demon True Monarch so quickly?" Chen Beiwu pointed out.

He had initially thought that True Lord Lieyang despised demonic cultivators, but he quickly realized that True Lord Lieyang had killed True Lord Shigui because of the practical experience of the Corpse Demon Path in his mind.

"You're quite clever. Go on."

"I have a Soul-Locking Stone in my possession," Chen Beiwu said succinctly.

The soul is the essence of a person. When the essence dissipates, a person dies. Upon death, the soul returns to heaven, and the vital essence returns to earth.

The Soul-Locking Stone can lock away essence, preventing cultivators from returning to heaven, entering the earth, or falling into reincarnation. It can be called a Corpse Immortal and is a key item for fallen cultivators to cultivate the Corpse Immortal path.

Of course, this treasure is not only useful for those on the Corpse Immortal Path, but also for cultivators on the Ghost Immortal Path.

If Chen Beiwu hadn't opened up the capital city and gathered many cultivators and books from the Southern Wilderness, he probably wouldn't have known that the Soul-Locking Stone, which was banned from sale by the Immortal Alliance, actually had such great uses.

"Speak, what do you want?" The True Venerable of Blazing Sun showed no joy or sorrow, no surprise whatsoever, as if the Soul-Locking Stone were a common, ubiquitous item.

"Two lotus seeds for salvation and a promise from the True Venerable One."

"What promise?"

"A promise to let the younger generation leave this place safely."

The Blazing Sun True Venerable laughed: "Little fellow, you think you can make a deal with me with just a stone?"

What bargaining chips do you have?

"With just a thought, you and the Soul-Locking Stone are both yours for the taking."

Upon hearing this, Chen Beiwu flipped his wrist, revealing the talisman in his hand.

"This is the fifth-order Yuanwen Duntianwen."

Chen Beiwu stared directly at Lieyang Zhenzun, showing no sign of backing down: "Zhenzun can try to see if he can spare this junior."

He acted prudently, and in addition to the Heavenly Scripture, he also had the Gate of Ten Directions as a safeguard.

Even if the Blazing Sun True Venerable could stop the Heavenly Escape Seal, he could not stop the Ten Directions Gate from shifting.

In addition, Chen Beiwu now realized why True Venerable Lieyang had led the cultivators to the Hall of Seeking Truth before taking action.

Only here can the Blazing Sun True Venerable maximize his pre-birth strength.

Although these were merely Chen Beiwu's guesses, if they were true, the chances of him using a fifth-order Yuan Seal to stop Lieyang Zhenzun were extremely slim. Lieyang Zhenzun remained calm.

The Heavenly Escape Technique can only be used for teleportation and escape; it cannot harm a True Immortal Transformation Realm expert.

"I have always preferred to act cautiously. Regardless of whether I can follow the path of the Corpse Immortal, I must have a superior vessel."

After saying this, True Venerable Lieyang made his move.

Chen Beiwu was caught off guard and sighed inwardly.

Man proposes, God disposes; things cannot always go as planned.

It seems that he can only trigger the Heavenly Escape Seal to escape the Blazing Sun Ruins.