Chapter 223: Xueshen Laozu, Unfathomable!

The black flood dragon prowling the territory of the Ten Directions Sect.

In fact, it was a Spirit Beast of the sect that the Ten Directions Sect had quietly raised in the desperate wilderness of Nanhuang a thousand years ago.

The Ten Directions Sect was worthy of being a great sect of Nanhuang; after the flood dragon grew up, they also learned from the Xueshan Sect the Secret Technique of integrating Incense Divine Power into the body of a Spirit Beast to create an Incense Divine Beast.

Because of their wariness toward the Incense Divine Path, the Ten Directions Sect mainly focused on researching these Secret Techniques.

However, as the general environment became increasingly harsh, some Elders of the Ten Directions Sect began to secretly study the Incense Divine Path and used this flood dragon raised within the sect as a test subject.

The result... was that this flood dragon turned into an Evil Spirit monster similar to that Jade Lion Venerable, after it backlashed against its masters and the believers who provided the faith.

Because it absorbed the obsession of the Elders and believers to protect the Ten Directions Sect, it became a mobile Evil Spirit prowling in the vicinity.

After absorbing enough Incense Divine Power, this black flood dragon had grown into a Golden Core Late Stage Incense Divine Beast.

Now that it had become an Evil Spirit, it used Evil Qi to replace spiritual power, and its strength in all aspects was even further advanced than before.

Su Ping watched the black flood dragon, which was still rushing over recklessly despite facing the aura of the Xueshen Laozu main body.

He shook his head slightly; such an Incense Divine Beast was inferior even to a wild beast in terms of subjective initiative, as at least a wild beast knew how to seek advantages and avoid harm.

Su Ping directly summoned the giant hand of the Xueshen Laozu main body.

The giant hand grabbed the black flood dragon by its throat and lifted it ten thousand meters into the sky.

Seeing the black flood dragon still twisting, pair after pair of giant hands appeared in the red light in the sky.

The blood-colored palms completely wrapped around the body of the black flood dragon.

Then, with a flash of blood light in the sky.

After a blood-colored vortex appeared, the Great Cultivators on the deck witnessed the black flood dragon being grabbed by the giant hands and forcibly stuffed into the vortex, after which it disappeared.

"Blood God Secret Realm!"

On the deck, Luo whispered as he looked at the blood-colored vortex:

"It is rumored that the Blood God Sect developed a small Secret Realm and fashioned it into a host body for the Blood God."

"There, Blood God Power fills every space; perhaps it can prevent that monster from obtaining a supply of Evil Qi!"

"If only it were that simple."

Beside Luo, several other Great Cultivators frowned slightly.

"I have heard my grandfather mention that a High Monk of the Great Golden Light Temple once opened the Dajinguang Secret Realm, which was filled with the power of the Vajra Subduing Demons."

"But when they dragged the Evil God Avatar into that Secret Realm, they still had no way to cut off the source of the opponent's evil power!"

Hearing this, Luo was shocked and respectfully asked about the identity of this Great Cultivator's ancestor.

He immediately learned that this person's ancestor was actually a certain Sect Master of the Heavenly Sword Sect!

As for why the ancestor was a Sect Master, while this generation had fallen to this point.

Everyone could actually understand.

The Cultivation World ultimately still spoke through aptitude.

Even if an ancestor was a Sect Master, if one's own branch did not produce a genius for several generations, the family status could only plummet.

If the general environment were good, one could still rely on the family bloodline to get by and live a life without worry.

But in the current environment, unless one was a direct bloodline within three generations, branch families and the like could only pray for their own good fortune.

Hearing this, Luo also looked at the sky, revealing worry.

The knowledgeable Luo naturally tended to believe what that Great Cultivator had said.

After all, the tenacity of Evil Spirits had been famous in the Cultivation World for a thousand years.

If dragging one into a Secret Realm could solve a large Evil Spirit, those top Immortal Sects would not be so troubled by Evil Spirit disasters.

"The Xueshen Laozu can fully control the Xueshen Laozu main body; even if he cannot eliminate that black flood dragon, is there still a chance to temporarily seal it?"

Just as Luo thought this, he suddenly discovered that the blood light in the sky had disappeared.

That Old Ancestor also seemed to have vanished along with the blood light.

"Do not panic! The Old Ancestor must have also gone to the Blood God Secret Realm to assist!"

Luo hurried to the cockpit to activate the Dharma Array for voice transmission.

While stabilizing the situation, the Immortal Boat formed an array and activated various attack arrays, aiming them at the territory of the Ten Directions Sect.

In preparation for any emergency.

Inside the Blood God Secret Realm.

The black flood dragon was dragged into the Blood Sea and crushed in the blink of an eye.

The next second, the black flood dragon reappeared in the high sky, restored to its original state, and roared endlessly at the Xueshen Laozu main body.

Even within the Blood God Secret Realm.

Under the Divine Sense of the Xueshen Laozu main body, it could be seen that several black lines had suddenly appeared in this Secret Realm, connecting to that black flood dragon.

There were even black lines detaching from the side of the black flood dragon, attempting to connect to the Xueshen Laozu main body.

However, as Su Ping opened the Pot Heaven and entered it with the Blood God Seal.

In the Blood God Secret Realm, the black lines suddenly snapped in unison.

The black flood dragon, which had been roaring incessantly and refusing to admit defeat.

Its turbid dragon eyes suddenly changed.

Its body paused abruptly, and then it suddenly became extremely weak and fell from the high sky.

The Blood Sea suddenly boiled and parted, and a palm the size of an island appeared, catching the weak flood dragon that had collapsed to the ground.

"Kill me!"

"No matter which Immortal Sect True Monarch you are, kill me!"

The flood dragon coughed, and True Words spilled from its mouth.

As there were no more black lines providing power from outside the world.

This flood dragon was in a state where it could collapse at any moment.

Most of its scales had fallen off, and where its flesh was mangled, pus-filled blisters constantly emerged, burst, and leaked pus and blood.

Its Divine Soul was also mottled and unbearable, with almost no part of it uncorrupted.

Su Ping flashed to the side of the Blood God entity.

Borrowing the Blood God's empowerment, it could be seen that the flood dragon before him not only had the aftereffects of an Incense Divine Power god but also the aftereffects of becoming an Evil Spirit.

To be able to recover a sliver of self-awareness immediately after breaking free from control in such a state.

It could be considered that this Spirit Beast had quite good natural talent.

However.

It would be too much of a pity if such a flood dragon were to have its soul and body destroyed just like that!

"If you are destroyed body and soul just like this, are you willing?"

"This seat is still lacking one or two mounts; if you are willing to submit to me and never betray me, what if I grant you a new life!"

Su Ping's Divine Sense struck into the flood dragon's mind.

It immediately caused the flood dragon's entire body to shake violently, revealing an expression of disbelief:

"This is impossible!"

"In my current state, even if an Immortal descended, it would be difficult to save me, you... what do you rely on?"

"Wait, you can sever the connection between the Evil God and me."

"You... you also possess power from outside the world?"

The black flood dragon soon realized some facts it had previously ignored.

The desire to survive emerged once again.

"What... must I do?"

"Open your heart and mind, and first become this seat's guardian deity!"

Seeing that this flood dragon had a desire to survive.

Su Ping scolded it, but he was not in a hurry to have it acknowledge him as master.

He had some sense of his own capabilities, so he chose to let the Blood God entity take action to turn this flood dragon into the guardian deity of the Blood God Sect.

After having a certain degree of control over it, he would then slowly help it be reborn.

The Blood God entity moved, and in the blink of an eye, streaks of blood light fell and shone upon the black flood dragon.

With no external force blocking it, the flood dragon itself also let go of its resistance.

After the Blood God entity's Divine Power washed away the flood dragon's own Incense Divine Power and completely replaced it.

It transformed this black flood dragon into a guardian deity belonging to the Blood God Sect.

It was also at this moment.

Su Ping's heart stirred.

The Blood Chain controlling the Blood God materialized with a clatter and then bound itself onto the flood dragon.

Seeing that the Blood Chain was indeed effective against this flood dragon.

Su Ping felt slightly relieved, and then he threw an Invitation Letter for the Pot Heaven to this black flood dragon, letting it accept it.

The next second.

The black flood dragon, expecting to appear there.

Suddenly discovered that it had appeared inside the Demon Sealing Tower.

And as soon as it appeared, it felt its own pathetic bit of biting power being sucked dry in the blink of an eye by this mysterious ancient tower that could not be seen to have a top.

"Do not panic."

Before the black flood dragon could suspect it had been deceived and was about to cry out, Su Ping's voice was the first to be transmitted into the ancient Demon Sealing Tower.

"Do not forget that there are still Evil Spirits within your body that have not been cleared."

Realizing that this was to help it, the black flood dragon quieted down.

Su Ping began to redeem Purification Potion to use on the black flood dragon.

This was also the first time Su Ping discovered a situation where a drop of Purification Potion could not solve the problem.

But it did not matter; as long as it was effective, it proved that the Purification Potion was still very awesome.

First, a bottle of Purification Potion was poured into it.

It immediately caused the black flood dragon to be in extreme pain, trembling all over as it rolled about.

Fortunately, with the Demon Sealing Tower guarding it, its pain instead charged the Dharma Array.

There was not even a need to use the Blood Chain.

And after the pain, the black flood dragon, discovering that most of the Evil Spirits in its body had disappeared, was also shocked in its heart.

This kind of method to purify Evil Spirit power... the black flood dragon had been in the Ten Directions Sect for over a thousand years, yet it had never even heard of it!

Then, after it had recovered a little, another bottle of Purification Potion was poured into it.

After this bottle was poured in, the Evil Spirits within the black flood dragon's body were completely purified and dispelled.

The flood dragon's body size shrank by nearly half, leaving it at only a little over seven hundred meters.

The spirit of this flood dragon, however, was much better.

Feeling that its state was unprecedentedly relaxed, the flood dragon deeply lowered its head and bowed in the direction of Su Ping, expressing its submission as a member of the dragon race.

It was also at this moment that Su Ping sensed the flood dragon giving up the true name hidden in the deepest part of its memory.

It was a string of tongue-twisting names that took more than a minute to read out.

After Su Ping accepted it, he bestowed a new name upon this fellow: Ao Li!

"Ao Li? Ao Li!"

The black flood dragon did not understand but felt it was impressive, and it had no ill feelings toward its new name.

After purging the power of the Evil Spirit, Su Ping did not end the purification of this flood dragon.

Su Ping found He Mao Chun Yi Lang, who was cultivating in the Little Dark Room, and used the Nether Ghost Body as a medium to assist.

He also purified the Divine Power within the body of the flood dragon, Ao Li.

Afterward, the reborn Ao Li finally felt the surrounding Spirit Qi surging in and could not help but begin to breathe and absorb it.

After all, it was a Golden Core Late Stage flood dragon.

Once the Evil Qi was gone, and even the shackles of the Incense Divine Power were undone.

As Spirit Qi poured into its body, its cultivation began to recover rapidly.

This also caused the charging efficiency of the Demon Sealing Tower to rise accordingly.

This made Su Ping reach a decision: this demon dragon's home in the Pot Heaven from now on would be inside the Demon Sealing Tower!

When it was not exerting effort outside, it would continue to exert effort within the Dongtian.

It could also be considered repaying the debt of saving its life.

Furthermore, it was not as if Su Ping had no good things to give this demon dragon.

Su Ping took out a drop of Dragon Blood from a Flowing Pattern False Dragon Fish.

It immediately caused a shock to the flood dragon, Ao Li!

It could even sense that the blood throughout its entire body was boiling and surging with excitement for that drop of Dragon Blood.

At the same time, it felt palpitations regarding the origins of this new master before it.

Ancestors above, what kind of Immortal Fate had this old dragon encountered!

Was the other party actually an Immortal from the Immortal World who had descended to save the world?

Not only could he sever the connection to the evil god, but he could also purify the power of the Evil Spirit.

Now, he had even brought out blood essence that was incomparably close to the origin blood of a True Dragon!

A True Dragon!

Regardless of the type of True Dragon, rumor had it that when Evil Qi appeared in the world, the entire clan had migrated and left.

Its own bloodline memory had clearly informed it that its bloodline was already the most noble Dragon Blood in this world!

Yet it never expected that the mysterious master before it would casually take out a drop of Dragon Blood far more noble than its own!

Confirming the desire of the flood dragon, Ao Li.

Su Ping gave this drop of Dragon Blood to the other party, then said indifferently:

"Do your work well!"

"This seat has always rewarded merit and punished faults!"

"If you do well, this seat can provide you all with a steady supply of the kind of Dragon Blood you desire."

"Rest assured, Old Ancestor! Ao Li is the Old Ancestor's dragon in life, and the Old Ancestor's dragon in death!"

Ao Li hurriedly agreed, then was slightly startled, having heard the word "you all."

Despite its astonishment, it soon ceased to be astonished.

It saw that master summon a Mysterious Turtle and a Da Hei Yu.

And then, on the body of that Da Hei Yu, surprisingly! Surprisingly, there was also the aura of Dragon Blood!

Ah ah ah!

Ao Li's mind was somewhat dazed, and it nearly burst its lungs with anger.

It never imagined that a Da Hei Yu, which it usually wouldn't even spare a second glance at, would be considered a loss for itself.

Would actually, actually absorb far more noble Dragon Blood than itself just because it became the new master's spirit pet!

Blaspheming a True Dragon, this is blaspheming a True Dragon!

It is also a waste of heaven's gifts!

If this noble Dragon Blood had been given to it, it would at least have been able to reach the Golden Core Perfection, or perhaps even have the chance to transform from a flood dragon into a dragon and break through to the Nascent Soul Realm, right?

Wait!

That is... the Mysterious Turtle lineage that only appeared in myths?

And it is not a hybrid, but a true purebred Mysterious Turtle!

Hiss!

This can also be subdued as a spirit pet?

This is a divine beast from myths, a heaven-and-earth anomaly no worse than a True Dragon!

Such a mythical anomaly is merely the master's spirit pet.

Looking at it this way... this flood dragon of its own seems, perhaps... not to have been humbled, but rather to have had good luck and taken a huge advantage?

As its master, Su Ping sensed the emotional changes in Ao Li.

He also felt a little less worried about this new flood dragon pet.

Above the territory of the Ten Directions Sect.

Several hours later.

Just as many Cultivators in the Immortal Boat Fleet began to mutter among themselves.

The blood-colored light appeared in the sky once more.

After Xueshen Laozu, who was wrapped in blood-colored light, reappeared.

The originally chaotic hearts within the Immortal Boat Fleet calmed down once again.

"Xueshen Laozu, your divine arts are peerless!"

"Xueshen Laozu, unify Nanhuang!"

Discovering that the black flood dragon was nowhere to be seen, and believing that Xueshen Laozu must have dealt with that monster, the Cultivators on the Immortal Boat all cheered in unison.

"Unify Nanhuang?"

"Nanhuang is likely the first region to be devoured; whoever wants it can go take it!"

Su Ping sighed in his heart, then returned to the large Immortal Boat and ordered them to continue forward.

As the Immortal Boat Fleet traveled halfway.

Many Evil Spirits emerged within the territory of the Ten Directions Sect to block the path.

There were even evil cultivators who arrived riding clouds and mist, manipulating a Dharma Array in a vain attempt to stop the fleet from advancing deeper.

It was also at this moment.

Su Ping did not continue to strike himself, but instead summoned the recovered Ao Li to act as a protector.

Having restored her body and digested the Dragon Blood, Ao Li had now transformed into a black dragon about seven or eight hundred meters long, looking majestic and awe-inspiring.

With her movements, she caused hundreds and thousands of fire meteors to fall from the sky, blasting those evil cultivators until they scattered and fled.

After all, she was a Golden Core flood dragon, and she had recovered enough to wield her Divine Power.

In the current territory of the Ten Directions Sect, she could be called invincible.

However, this scene was viewed by the Great Cultivators on the deck.

As long as they weren't blind, they could all see the shadow of the previous black flood dragon in the familiar figure of this black dragon.

That Great Cultivator who had previously claimed his ancestors were extraordinary wiped the cold sweat from his brow.

His mouth wanted to twitch and utter a few words about how this was impossible.

Yet, facing the black dragon displaying its divine might, he ultimately succumbed to reality.

"..."

"Xueshen Laozu is truly unfathomable!"

After a long while, a Great Cultivator finally said it sincerely, and it was immediately acknowledged by the surrounding Cultivators.

Indeed, this Old Ancestor is truly unfathomable!

Such methods aren't even written like this in storybooks!

Not only did he defeat the Evil Spirit-corrupted Golden Core flood dragon, but he also subdued the opponent and released it to act as a protector.

And even they, these Foundation Establishment Cultivators, could tell.

Although this black dragon's body size was a bit smaller now.

Its actual combat power was, however, even stronger.

This... was simply even more incredible.

So much so that some Great Cultivators who loved to overthink had already begun to imagine that Xueshen Laozu had actually been possessed by an Immortal descending to the mortal world!

That must be why he had so many incredible methods.

With Ao Li protecting them, the Immortal Boat Fleet was able to reach the headquarters of the Ten Directions Sect.

Seeing that the buildings of the headquarters were almost undamaged.

Su Ping couldn't help but feel a surge of joy in his heart.

At the same time, he realized why there had been flood dragons and evil cultivators and Evil Spirits blocking him all along the way.

It was because here at the Ten Directions Sect headquarters.

A team of evil cultivators had occupied the place and were using the Array left behind by the Ten Directions Sect to communicate with the evil gods outside the starry sky.

They hoped to receive the grace of the Evil Spirits, so that after being merged with them, they could still retain their self-awareness.

And after receiving the memories transmitted by Ao Li, Su Ping was also able to discover.

Among these evil cultivators, there was no shortage of high-ranking members of the Ten Directions Sect.

Clearly, these high-ranking Cultivators had also accepted the bewitchment of the evil cultivators due to the deterioration of the environment.

They chose the path of survival by turning themselves into Evil Spirits.

Even if this survival seemed quite pathetic and absurd.

Having lost the spirit and will to resist the evil gods, they could no longer care about such things.

For this, they even helped the evil cultivators sacrifice the remaining disciples of the Ten Directions Sect and the families that were attached to them.

"Where did that Xueshen Laozu come from!"

"I know something about the Blood God Sect, they absolutely do not have the ability to produce an Old Ancestor!"

In the Altar of the Ten Directions Sect headquarters, a nervous former Elder of the Ten Directions Sect stood up and roared upon learning that an external enemy was attacking.

After a bout of impotent rage, seeing the enemy getting closer and closer, potentially affecting the ritual.

These evil cultivators had no choice but to unite, board a pitch-black Flying Boat, and head out to meet them.