Chapter 425: Fifth-Rank Immortal Art: Sea King Baptism (4k)

The Crown Prince Xuan Chou, the Third Prince Xuan An, the Fifth Prince Xuan Shen, the Sixth Prince Xuan Gu, the Ninth Prince Xuan Luo, the Tenth Prince Xuan Shang, including the Dragon Maiden Xuan Rao, as well as another portion of the dragon descendants, totaling fourteen dragon clan dragon deities were selected.

And the remaining portion of unselected dragon sons and grandsons had grim expressions, only able to descend from the altar at this time.

And beneath the altar, another fourteen people emerged, being guided by the dragon clan elders beside them, brought onto the altar, to participate in the upcoming core sacrificial ritual.

Bai Liying was also among the fourteen.

She slowly stepped onto the high platform, arriving beside Bai Shuang.

Below, Zhang Jian noticed that the Golden Ping Dragon Grandson beside the Canal Dragon Lord also stepped forward, slowly approaching Ninth Prince Xuan Luo.

It appears the Canal Dragon Palace also suffered losses this time, thus creating a vacancy.

Besides the Golden Ping Dragon Grandson of the Canal Dragon Palace, the other thirteen, including Bai Liying, all possessed dragon clan bloodlines.

Either born from immortal sect lineages, or from true immortal families, or from other branches, or even dragon clan elder descendants, and even including aquatic cultivators from the Qingli Palace.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Qingping Dragon Palace indeed broadened its benevolent connections.

Other immortal sect lineages, as well as the major dragon clan branches, also had to accept the favor of the Qingping Dragon Palace.

After everyone gathered, the Qingping Dragon Lord and Dragon Mother gazed upon the twenty-eight people, especially glancing at Bai Shuang and Bai Liying, slightly squeezing out a smile, then immediately had the many aquatic musicians around the altar play music.

The ancient sacrificial sound rose from the high platform, barbaric, primordial energy surging freely.

Another figure, covered in countless colored totem patterns, manifested from the void, wondrous sound descending from heaven, the void revealing ancient celestial dragon tones.

This surge of heavenly sound flowed, countless cultivators only felt countless杂念 in the depths of their primordial spirits suddenly cleansed by this sound wave.

"The Eight Tones of the Heavenly Dragon, this is the dragon clan's supreme secret art, the Qingping Dragon Palace is indeed grand this time!"

Zhang Jian heard the slight sigh of the Boundless True Monarch beside him.

His pupils flickered slightly, he sent a divine sense transmission aloud.

"Unbounded Senior Uncle, did the previous Sea King Sacrifice not have these Eight Tones of the Heavenly Dragon?"

The Boundless True Monarch, upon hearing this, glanced over and said.

"The use of the Eight Tones of the Heavenly Dragon is almost only found in legends; activating such a secret art requires enormous resources!"

After a slight pause, the Boundless True Monarch's heart stirred, he spoke solemnly.

"Could it be that the Dragon Lord discovered some abnormal situation, they are using the Eight Tones of the Heavenly Dragon to search for demonic path cultivators?"

Wang Yuan, upon hearing this, thought darkly in his heart.

This Eight Tones of the Heavenly Dragon is immensely vast, containing within it the Heavenly Dragon Subduing Demons sound.

"Has this Qingping Dragon Lord sensed something?"

Zhang Jian's heart sank slightly, he became alert, but his sensitive divine sense perception felt nothing unusual around the plaza.

As the Eight Tones of the Heavenly Dragon ended, the core sacrificial ritual finally began.

After the dragon chants, the celestial sound on the floating object surged, countless auspicious qi and rosy light flowed out from within, the hundred-zhang dragon shadow wandered, clouds and mist grew.

Immediately afterward, countless specks of azure divine light arose around his body.

Within the countless azure divine light lay intense vitality, the flavor of creation.

"Boom—!!"

At this moment, it seemed as if countless ancient tsunami voices echoed through the heavens.

Among the present many deities holding divine authority, they could all sense the power of the Qingping sea veins being mobilized, countless water spirit essences gathering, instantly forming a huge azure spirit ball converging before the profound gold dragon shadow's claws.

That ocean-like divine power, even if one bore the authority of the State and Emperor, Zhang Jian also felt a terrifying threat.

Zhang Jian could sense this was a divine path immortal art, and its core should be blessing, or awakening bloodlines, creation reciprocating, etc.

Exactly what immortal art it is, he does not know.

But Zhang Jian soon learned the name of this immortal art.

Beside him, a high-level cultivator asked the dragon clan elder beside him the same doubt.

Only saw a tall, burly red-robed dragon clan elder smile and say.

"Fellow Daoists, this is the fifth-rank immortal art left by the first Dragon Lord in the Sea King inheritance: Sea King Baptism, this art can awaken the deepest ancestral bloodlines within our many dragon clan comrades, prompting bloodline return to antiquity!"

Upon hearing this, many high-level cultivators' eyes slightly brightened.

The benefits of bloodline return to antiquity need not be said.

At minimum, it greatly purifies the bloodline, awakens more inherited memories deep in the bloodline, if lucky, can awaken one or two divine abilities, even similar to Xuan Chou awakening an innate divine ability mastered by ancestors.

And those with the best fortune are like the Third Prince Xuan An, whose bloodline returned to antiquity three hundred years ago, transforming into a Nine Abysses Chilong Dragon, with foundations undergoing a complete leap.

At the very least, absorbing this vitality, transforming creation into mana, can also raise one's cultivation by a small stage.

Only saw countless blue lights above the head condense into spheres, the two largest occupying about forty percent of this blue light ocean, split in two, falling into Bai Shuang and Bai Liying's bodies.

The remaining sixty percent was divided into twenty-six portions, transforming into flowing light entering the bodies of the twenty-six people.

Twenty-eight beams of light shot into the sky in an instant.

Zhang Jian's gaze locked directly onto Bai Shuang and Bai Liying.

Only saw the magnificent azure radiance merge into the two sisters' bodies, their interiors instantly feeling a cold, domineering primordial energy awakened, a primordial energy born within the azure light column.

Only saw multiple dragon shadows emerge from behind the two women.

Seeing this, Zhang Jian slightly furrowed his brow.

This situation should be due to the two women containing too much dragon clan bloodline.

Among the multiple dragon shadows, Zhang Jian saw the Black Dragon of the Cold Pool, the Profound Darkness True Dragon, the Profound Soul True Dragon, the Ice Soul Chilong, and multiple other high-rank true dragon bloodlines.

But the variety is too great, also not a good thing.

This indicates mixed bloodlines.

At this moment below the platform, many high-level cultivators also gazed upon this scene.

Next, the two women need to choose one from these many mixed dragon clan bloodlines as the main direction of awakening.

Absorbing a thread of ancestral bloodline power within, they can pour more Sea King creation power into it, letting this thread of bloodline grow, merge into their own bloodline, and transform their foundations.

If one's own foundation is sufficiently superior, upon integrating this thread of ancestral bloodline, one can even achieve instant dragon transformation, or obtain part of the innate bloodline inheritance.

Yet Bai Shuang was seen with dragon shadows floating around her body, and she quickly chose a clearer dragon shadow.

It was an ice-blue dragon shadow, its entire body seemingly accompanied by countless ice crystals, its horns sharp and piercing, its eyes blue-gold, appearing as the most beautiful creation in heaven and earth, sacred, majestic, and domineering.

"Supreme True Dragon Ice Soul Chilong!"

On the altar, many dragon clan elders watched this scene, their expressions fluctuating.

The Ice Soul Chilong is a supreme true dragon of the ice attribute, naturally attuned to ice, its physical constitution only balanced, but the many ice attribute inheritances it masters are extraordinarily formidable.

The Bai Shui lineage originally leaned toward water, ice, and thunder attributes; choosing the Ice Soul Chilong as the primary direction for awakening is not without being an excellent choice.

Only seen, this ice-blue dragon shadow condensed into form in divine light, and under the support of the Sea King Baptism Secret Method, it instantly transformed into a dragon shadow and merged into Bai Shuang's body.

"Ah!"

The dragon soul entered her body, Bai Shuang could not help but emit a painful hiss, vast spiritual energy gathered around her, ice-blue light radiated from within and without her body, and in an instant she transformed into a massive ice crystal silkworm several tens of zhang tall.

Below, Zhang Jian saw this scene, his gaze fluctuating.

Bai Shuang's choice cannot be said to be good, only ordinary.

Zhang Jian's gaze fell upon Bai Liying.

At this moment Bai Liying also made her choice, yet seen, all dragon shadows around her body dissipated, and gradually gathered above her head was a pitch-black dragon-shaped strange beast covered in dragon scales, slender in form.

This strange beast seemed like a spirit of the rivers, its entire body covered with countless undulating water spirits.

It was the ancient strange species Xuanming Dragon Carp, also the king of the carp clan, a kind of divine beast whose bloodline is closest to the true dragon.

This choice exceeded the imagination of many dragon clan elders.

Qingping Dragon Lord, the Dragon Mother also cast their gazes over; this couple exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with astonishment, but upon careful consideration, Qingping Dragon Lord's eyes could not help but flash a hint of appreciation.

Choosing the Xuanming Dragon Carp, this choice may in the short term sacrifice some visible benefits, but wins in having a solid foundation.

Transforming into a dragon through ancestral return with the Xuanming Dragon Carp, the difficulty has already been reduced by more than half.

In the future, transforming into a dragon, with a solid foundation, the probability of transcending to a supreme true dragon will still exceed that of others.

Moreover, the Xuanming Dragon Carp transformed through ancestral return may currently not be inferior to ordinary true dragon divine beasts.

Below the high platform, many high-ranking cultivators watched this scene, their expressions also somewhat astonished.

But after consideration, many still approved this choice.

Rather than merely purifying some of the dragon blood in one's body, it is better to choose the Xuanming Dragon Carp, this strong bloodline of the carp clan.

Below, Zhang Jian's eyes fell upon a blue-clad Yuan Shen Great True Person.

This is a great demon god of the carp clan sent by the Qingli Palace.

After Bai Liying made her choice, this great demon god was overjoyed, currently inquiring everywhere about Bai Liying's identity.

Someone is thinking of their dao companion; Zhang Jian is naturally extremely displeased.

Being stared at by Zhang Jian for a long time, sensing the unfriendly gaze deep in his eyes, this great demon god of the Qingli Palace also felt a tingling scalp.

The divine light hidden deep in Zhang Jian's eyes is abnormally intense, unbearable for ordinary people.

……

On the altar, profound black divine light slowly emerged from around Bai Liying's body.

The huge Xuanming Dragon Carp above her head transformed into a strand of black flowing light that entered the depths of her brow, visible to the naked eye as countless water spirits and ice spiritual power gathered around her body.

A wave of extreme yin cold power emanated from around her body, within it carrying a heavy barbaric, domineering barbaric flavor.

Her internal qi mechanism at this moment climbed step by step, endless water spirit creation continuously flowing into her body, and in an instant her cultivation and magic power directly reached the peak of the Golden Core realm.

Moreover, around her body flowed a force of calamity and slaughter.

This is the evil wind yin fire tribulation of breaking through the Golden Core to the Yin Spirit realm.

Bai Liying did not hesitate, at this moment directly united god and qi, merging her Golden Core into the three hun and seven po.

A thread of light opposing life and death, time, radiated from around her body.

Countless evil winds and yin fires surrounded her, attempting to stain the yin spirit radiance above her head.

But soon they were broken open by a strand of intense profound black divine light.

This is the innate Xuanming divine light.

The natal divine light of the Xuanming Dragon Carp.

This yin cold light transformed into countless ice-crystal-state barriers blocking before Bai Liying.

Bai Liying's surrounding spiritual power, along with that barbaric, magnificent power, awakened and continued to climb.

"The foundation of longevity is already established!"

Wu Liang True Lord, Qing Yun True Lord watched this scene, also secretly sighing with emotion.

Bai Liying's state is undoubtedly extremely wise.

Without saying anything else, merely transforming into the body of a pure-blooded Xuanming Dragon Carp is equivalent to taking one step toward transforming into a divine beast's body, accumulating a long lifespan; even if one's comprehension is poor, it is still the body of a divine beast.

Among divine beasts, the Xuanming Dragon Carp is also a relatively powerful one; after adulthood, its cultivation may possibly reach the True Immortal realm.

At that time, transforming into a dragon again, the transformed dragon body will likely far exceed other true dragons in bloodline concentration.

……

On the high platform, strands of phenomena shot up to the heavens.

Undoubtedly the most intense phenomenon is Bai Liying, who, with the body of an ordinary strange dragon carp, returned to ancestral bloodline and transformed into the divine beast Xuanming Dragon Carp.

Next is Bai Shuang, her body surrounded by vast ice crystal radiance gradually dissolving, her spiritual power and cultivation rising step by step, and moreover a strange divine light floating around her body, appearing as if she had awakened a special dragon clan divine ability.

But the many high-ranking cultivators below the platform can easily judge that this is absolutely not an innate divine ability.

Although this dragon clan divine ability contains ancient qi mechanism and appears quite powerful, it still differs from innate divine abilities.

The remaining many dragon clan cultivators mostly obtained considerable benefits.

Such as the Great Crown Prince Xuan Chou, the Third Prince Xuan An, and also the dragon maiden Xuan Nao, all had their blood boiling, manifesting the true dragon appearance, their bloodline further strengthened, gaining some new true dragon inheritances, and their strength increased.

Other dragon clan cultivators, or cultivators bearing dragon blood, had their mana surge throughout their bodies; many advanced by a minor stage, or their bloodlines were further refined, improving their aptitude.

Improved aptitude, viewed in the long term, is more precious than a temporary advancement of a minor stage in cultivation.

Above the altar, the vast azure light gradually faded; the black-gold dragon shadow above watched this scene, its final gaze falling on Bai Shuang and Bai Laiying, especially Bai Laiying, whose eyes flickered before it turned into a golden streak and flew back to hover above the altar.

As the blue light completely dissipated, the grand Sea King sacrifice finally drew to a close.

Below the altar, many high-ranking cultivators smiled and slowly dispersed.

The upcoming Sea King market and various sales events would be the main attraction for everyone.

Zhang Jian remained waiting nearby until, after several hours, Bai Shuang and Bai Laiying successively awoke from their transformation.

The two women were the last dragon clan cultivators to awaken on the altar.

At this moment, sensing their transformation, both sisters were overjoyed.

"Your Majesty!"

Bai Laiying also saw Zhang Jian waiting nearby; her beautiful eyes shone with joy.

At this moment, she could clearly sense the transformation of her aptitude, foundation, mana, and cultivation.

In this moment, she felt like a spirit of the deep sea, a child of water spirits.

Moreover, a special Dao body began to grow within her.