by Shian Jeen
To Huwang Xiao, it was best that no one found out that he had the True Dragon Physique.
“But your True Dragon Physique is probably stronger than the innate True Dragon Physique.” Emperor Ao Taiyi suddenly added.
“Meaning?” Huwang Xiao was intrigued.
“That's because your True Dragon Physique was built by the Dragon Pearl. Even though the Dragon Pearl is our Dragon Clan’s heritage treasure, honestly, even I am not clear about its true origin. I only know that the Dragon Pearl is a treasure amongst treasure from the Divine World’s Dragon God Surface. Furthermore, an innate True Dragon Physique cannot transform or evolve any further, but I noticed that your True Dragon Physique can continuously evolve.” Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi explained.
The Dragon Pearl was actually a treasure among treasures from the Divine World’s Dragon God Surface!
Just as Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi said, after swallowing and refining fifteen primordial divine dragons, his True Dragon Physique had indeed grown stronger. He even had an indistinct feeling that, following this path, his True Dragon Physique could evolve even further, stronger, more powerful.
If Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi did not mention this to him, he would have naturally assumed that all of this was normal. Yet, this was great news.
If he continued to change, to evolve, wouldn't that mean that Huwang Xiao’s unique True Dragon Physique was a freak monstrosity that surpassed the number one unique physique?
Huwang Xiao suppressed the sudden surge of excitement.
A while later, under Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi’s guidance, Huwang Xiao ran his battle qi, shooting across the vast galaxy toward the Central Starfield.
Flying at full speed in outer space, Huwang Xiao immediately felt an invisible resistance, this was what Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi called astral force. The resistance from this astral force gave Huwang Xiao a feeling as if he was trying his hardest to swim against the deep currents in a river.
Huwang Xiao began running the Asura Tactics inside his body, allowing this astral force to temper his True Dragon Physique, just like how the river water washed away the dirt on his body.
Speeding forward, Huwang Xiao tried the method given by Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi to sense the lightning energy hidden deep within the galaxy space.
Indeed, before long, Huwang Xiao vaguely sensed the lightning energy. Minuscule, weak, almost negligible and far between, roughly a few fine silk threads of lightning in ten thousand li of space. Each thread was approximately the length of a finger.
Despite the scarcity of this tiny lightning silk, after absorbing and refining it the entire way, Huwang Xiao felt a clear difference in the clarity of his soul.
The result was even more evident after half a year.
If, before this, Huwang Xiao’s soul resembled a piece of white paper covered in dust, then now, a large part of this dust had been blown away. The white paper that used to appear gray had now turned grayish-white.
Half a year of flying had greatly polished the potential of Huwang Xiao’s True Dragon Physique, at the same time strengthening the effect of his battle qi and true essence energy. At this point, Huwang Xiao transformed into the Asura Physique, spreading out his Wings of Demon, and continued flying at breakneck speed in space. Passing world surfaces one after another, uninhabited stars appeared time and again, slowly becoming a scene left behind by Huwang Xiao.
After eight months, Huwang Xiao slowed down, descending on an uninhabited star up ahead.
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Originally, Huwang Xiao had thought that this planet was uninhabited, which spurred his decision to make a rest stop here, but the moment his feet touched the land, he immediately sensed a peculiarity.
“There’s something odd about this planet,” Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi affirmed.
Huwang Xiao nodded.
He did not expect Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi to have the same feeling. Since Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi confirmed his suspicion, then there was definitely something not right with this planet.
“With your current speed, we’ll be able to reach the Central Starfield in four months, there’s ample time.” Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi said, “Let’s explore this planet first.’”
Huwang Xiao had exactly the same intention. Thus, he moved forward with his feet hovering close to the surface.
As he moved forward, Huwang Xiao only saw sand and stones on the ground around him. Sand and stones of a dull black color, there wasn't a hint of green vitality to be found. Even its airspace was a gloomy gray with an endless sandstorm covering a large area.
“Every shred of this planet’s life energy, even the time and space laws in the chaotic layer, feels like it was extracted by something.” Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi spoke “Because of this, the planet feels dead, without a hint of life. I truly cannot detect any shred of the time and space laws.”
Huwang Xiao asked, “Could there be some great master cultivating an evil technique here, extracting this planet’s vitality as well as its time and space laws?”
Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi shook his head, “Not possible. No one can extract the time and space laws, including Highgod realm masters. Not to mention the fact that some planets hold a terrifying amount of life energy, even if a Highgod Realm master tried to extract a planet’s life energy, he would barely be able to extract half of it in ten thousand years.”
Huwang Xiao did not say anything. Instead, he opened his Eye of Hell, looking deep into the ground, noticing some strands of greenish energy underneath.
Those green energy strands contained abundant life energy.
“Underground?” When Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi heard Huwang Xiao mention the green energy beneath the earth, he was dazed for a second before a shiver ran down his body: “Could it be…?! Quick, go down below!”
“Go down?” Huwang Xiao smiled a little helplessly. Despite having refined fifteen primordial divine dragons, which enabled him to control the water, ground, metal, fire, and wood elements in his surroundings, he could, at most, only enter about a hundred zhang underground. If he went any deeper than that, he couldn't do anything.
The reason was his lack of strength.
“I’ll take you.” Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi said, immediately rushing out from the Dragon Pearl. His five-clawed divine golden dragon body wound the space around Huwang Xiao. With a twist, he carried Huwang Xiao into the ground in an instant, moving deeper and deeper inside.
A brief moment later, both of them reached five hundred meters underground, where Huwang Xiao saw the green threads of energy. When Huwang Xiao and Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi arrived underground, these green energy strands floated close around them.
Huwang Xiao inhaled, breathing in some of the green energy into his body. His body trembled, feeling unbelievably refreshed. The Asura battle qi inside his body felt much purer in an instant. What Huwang Xiao found hard to believe was the fact that these green energy strands actually contained the time and space laws!
Close to him, Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi was ecstatic, “Come, let’s check out in front.” Not waiting for a reply, he wrapped around Huwang Xiao and flew forward.
The further they went, the denser the green energy grew, exuding a more buoyant life energy.
Looking around, Huwang Xiao noticed that the dull sand and stones were no longer in sight. Instead, they had entered a pale green space, similar to a space opened by Highgod Realm masters.
Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi continued to fly forward while carrying Huwang Xiao for about an hour before they finally stopped.
Huwang Xiao looked up ahead, immediately spotting a large green, jade-like stone hovering not far from them. It was a jade green rhombus shaped column, reaching two adult men’s height combined. The green jade column was almost a clear translucent green, just like a crystal. Inside the jade stone were bubbles of green liquid that constantly moved, vaguely forming the shape of a human.
“It really is a spiritual embryo bred by nature!” Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi exclaimed with an excited face.
Spiritual embryo?
Despite his suspicions, Huwang Xiao keenly felt that refining the green liquid inside this jade stone would surely help him breakthrough to peak late-Tenth Order Saint realm.
Even reaching half-step God Realm!
By this time, Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi and Huwang Xiao were standing right in front of the green jade stone column, while Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi circled the column again and again, muttering incessantly, “Peerless treasure ah, peerless treasure!”
Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi probably repeated these few words about a hundred times, making Huwang Xiao feel as if his ears grew calluses from it.
“I say, Old Dragon, is this stuff so great?” Huwang Xiao couldn’t resist asking out loud.
Although he was quite sure that this thing here could help him advance to half-step God Realm, he couldn’t empathize with the Old Dragon’s exaggerated excitement to the point of being unable to differentiate north from south.
Huwang Xiao’s voice gradually calmed Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi’s surging emotions, but it was still evident that his excitement had yet to dissipate, “Little Huwang brat, this is because you have no idea how precious this thing is. Let me tell you, just this green jade stone on the outside is more valuable than any divine grade spirit stone.”
“What, more valuable than divine grade spirit stone?!” Huwang Xiao was dumbfounded, finding it hard to believe. To his knowledge, beneath the Divine World, the highest grade of spirit stone was none other than divine grade spirit stone. In the whole Black Tortoise Galaxy, divine grade spirit stones were considered a precious commodity.
One of the reason was their scarcity in the entire Black Tortoise Galaxy. Even the super forces in the Black Tortoise Galaxy would feel reluctant to use the divine grade spirit stones in their possession, for the time it took for a piece of divine grade spirit stone to form required several tens of thousands of years. Once one was used, there would one piece less in the entire Black Tortoise Galaxy.
Yet, the Old Dragon claimed that this green jade stone far exceeded any divine grade spirit stones’ value.
Huwang Xiao’s breathing quickened visibly.
“Ha, did I frighten you?” Sensing the changes in Huwang Xiao, Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi laughed, “And the green liquid inside this jade stone is not as simple as you think. That green liquid is a ten thousand times more valuable than the jade stone.”
“Ten thousand times!!” Huwang Xiao felt lightheaded all of a sudden.
Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi added, “This green liquid is most likely formed from all the life energy on this planet, compressed into this concentrated form. Can you imagine the profuse amount of energy? I need not say more. What’s truly rare is the time and space laws held within this green liquid, giving birth to spiritual intelligence!”
Formed from an entire planet’s life energy!
Furthermore, containing an entire planet’s time and space laws!
A feverish gleam burned in Huwang Xiao’s eyes.
“This green liquid already possesses a blurry spiritual intelligence, see, its close to forming a human shape. In another decade or so, it would break out from the stone, becoming a real living body!” Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi exclaimed. “This is the legendary innate spiritual embryo, I’ve only read about it in some ancient records, that every innate spiritual embryo’s birth is world-shaking. Once it breaks out from the jade stone, it is already a God Realm master.”
A God Realm master the moment it is born!
Huwang Xiao’s eyes widened in shock, wasn't that a tad too scary?
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Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi was extremely satisfied looking at Huwang Xiao’s shocked face, chuckling as he said, “Frightened already? This innate spiritual embryo is a very rare existence, it's hard to come across one in a million years, and it takes that long to nurture one. Legend has it that one galaxy will only be able to breed one in every million years!”
Huwang Xiao’s widened eyes became even wider, “Meaning to say, this innate spiritual embryo in front of us is the only one in a million years? But this embryo has been nurtured here for close to one million years, why hasn’t anyone found it?”
Lastly, Huwang Xiao spoke the doubt in his mind.
Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyilet out another complacent chuckle, “You think that such precious thing can be found by just anyone? Heaven-defying treasures such as this innate spiritual embryo, don’t even dream of it if you don’t have heaven-defying luck! This is because lady luck is smiling upon you!”
Huwang Xiao was rendered speechless, “Then, shall take this innate spiritual embryo away?”
Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyinodded, “En, take it away now, I can sense that there’s someone coming closer to this planet, move quickly!”
Huwang Xiao was surprised at the revelation. But he was well aware that Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi’s spiritual sense was many times more powerful than his, if the Old Dragon said that there was someone coming, it was a fact that there was someone coming.
Immediately, Huwang Xiao moved to collect the innate spiritual embryo.
Initially, it would be difficult for Huwang Xiao to take away the innate spiritual embryo, for its had formed its own awareness and intelligence, however, with Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi’s help, everything went smoothly.
With Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi’s assistance, It didn’t take Huwang Xiao too much time to seal the innate spiritual embryo together with the rhombus jade stone column into the Godly Mt. Xumi, placing it at the center of the Ten Buddha Formation. They wanted to borrow the energy from the Ten Buddha Formation to suppress its resistance and continue nurturing the innate spiritual embryo.
When that was done, Huwang Xiao looked at the walls around, there were pieces of green spirit stones attached to the surface of the walls. Many of those spirit stones were saint grade, some even reached divine grade.
Of course Huwang Xiao would not waste such precious items that were just lying in front of him, moving quickly to collect them with care.
“Go!” Huwang Xiao and Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi flew out from deep underground to the airspace above the planet. Only at this moment did Huwang Xiao’s spiritual sense feel someone moving in their direction at rapid speed.
There were six people in total.
The one leading the group was a young man of peak half-step God Realm cultivation, whereas the other five people were elders. All five were God Realm masters, but only First Order God Realm.
Huwang Xiao was quick to conceal his aura and hid in a space pocket.
“Young Lord, was there really a treasure born here?” One of the five old men asked.
Jiang Shaoze nodded, “This is the result of my deduction from researching countless ancient records. It’s on this planet. This planet is dull and dim, basically one cannot tell that there is a planet here unless they are close enough,” he paused here before continuing, looking at the dark soil, “Not a breath of life can be felt from this planet, this is most likely the consequence of having all of its life energy swallowed by some innate treasure.”
The five old men exchanged some glances amongst themselves.
“Young Lord is able to find such an innate treasure, it will surely be able to assist Young Lord in advancing into the God Realm. In the Black Warrior Institute disciple selection, Young Lord can absolutely snatch the first place!”
Jiang Shaoze said, “At first, I wasn't so confident in getting the first place, but now, I have full confidence that I will be able to defeat Gudu Leng, coming up above everyone else in this time’s Black Warrior Institute selection!”
A powerful aura surged out from the young man’s body. Above his head, one could actually see thunderclouds rumbling, taking many different shapes.
Huwang Xiao fixed his gaze on that group of thunderclouds. He could tel
l that there’s something strange to this hovering thunderstorm, and at the same time, he wondered what kind of cultivation technique this young man practiced.
“This is the Jiang Family’s Grand Immortal Lightning Technique.” Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi’s voice sounded.
“The Jiang Family? This young man is a Jiang Family disciple?” Huwang Xiao blinked twice.
Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi went on, “The Grand Immortal Lightning Technique is the Jiang Family’s supreme cultivation technique, possessing a terrifying destructive power. Only the core members of the Jiang Family are allowed to practice this technique. No doubt, this young man is a Jiang Family disciple, one with high status within the family at that. When one reaches a certain achievement in the technique, their internal body will generate this Grand Immortal Lightning. This young man is your top rival in the coming Black Warrior Institute selection.”
Huwang Xiao nodded in agreement.
It was obvious that this Jiang Family young man was very strong despite the fact that the aura he projected belonged to a peak half-step God Realm. In fact, this young man was more powerful than the five old men behind him. Once this young man advanced into the God Realm, his strength would only be more terrifying.
Even so, Huwang Xiao wasn’t so perturbed by this Jiang Family young man. If this young man really did break through into the God Realm before the Black Warrior Institute selection deadline, Huwang Xiao was still confident in defeating him with ease.
Huwang Xiao’s silhouette moved, flying away from the dim planet.
“Once this Jiang Family disciple finds out that the innate spiritual embryo has already been taken away by someone else, he’ll surely go berserk.” Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi grinned wickedly.
“If you say it like this, it makes me feel abash.” Huwang Xiao smiled sheepishly. The other party had searched through several years of ancient records and deductions before getting here, but he actually snatched it away by merely passing by. It gave the impression of reaping the fruits of other people’s toil.