Chapter 1470: Eat First, Lock the Waves and Calm the Azure (Two Chapters Combined)

Heavenly thunder rolled unceasingly; blood-thread worms covered heaven and earth, a clamorous din, surging in layers like a tide, and within the tide a vast azure dragon tumbled, its body of surging azure waves gradually invaded by blood worms, like a caterpillar found by a swarm of red ants, ceaselessly attacked.

The great wave formed by red ants surged to its crest; the blood-thread worms writhed and combined into a hundred-zhang giant hand, striking down from midair, intending to reach the heavenly dragon.

Boom!

A beast's roar howled, ripples expanded, the giant hand was crushed to the bottom by a transparent "sphere," a massive concave depression appearing in the earth. The blood-thread worms were crushed to pulp, then surged again like waves; the red insects, unwilling to accept defeat, harbored the most intense, most unconcealed malice toward living things!

"Roar!"

The Lion King roared, ripples exploding again, once and again.

Sun and moon did not turn; spring and autumn unknown.

Through the water beast's external contact, a full seven days — the six of them were confined for a full seven days, and also waited in the heavens for seven days, each standing guard, suppressing the blood tide, to preserve their strength.

The cycling Severing Flood Dragon had long since vanished; the blood-thread worms had disappeared by about half; the two mutually wore each other down.

"No use." Xin Daxi carefully observed the number of blood worms and concluded, "I, the Dragon Elephant King, the Su King — we've all tried. Ordinary means, even Position-Fruit authorities, cannot wear down these blood worms. It must be the Huai King's creation divine ability; only when the blood worms are thoroughly worn down will they presumably drop out the 'heaven-earth essence' Daoist Ge spoke of."

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"Corrosiveness is extremely strong————" Liang Qu rose, severing his own connection with the water dragon.

The water dragon wailed miserably, fell crashing down, and thoroughly turned into a pool of clear water.

The essence water nurtured by the Chuan State, in merely half a quarter-hour, was invaded by the bizarre "blood-thread worms" and no longer under his control. The idea of using Chuan State water to burst the world was temporarily shattered; at the very least he had to wait until the blood-thread worms were completely ground away.

Brute force won't work; the Yin-Yang Five Elements Pan won't work.

Unless the blood-thread worms are thoroughly exterminated, opening the Chuan State to burst the world would be "infected."

The old toad has not awakened——————

All manner of lines appeared; spiritual lights collided in succession.

"Could it really be heaven-earth essence? Immense benefit." Liang Qu looked back.

Daoist Ge was refining the red light he had picked up earlier; his whole-body aura was profoundly mysterious, his body like a cauldron of boiling water, constantly evaporating and recovering.

The old toad was being carried by Zhang Xiang, drool flowing everywhere.

Looks like there's no problem.

Treasure Frog certified.

Edible.

Liang Qu pondered further: "What fell from the Great Li Founding Ancestor's body — why would it be heaven-earth essence? However you look at it, there's no difference from the birth of the other blood treasures; perhaps it was filtered by the Great Li Founding Ancestor — what is the principle? Why would grinding away the blood-thread worms produce heaven-earth essence?"

"The blood-thread worms are bizarre beyond measure; their howling makes one's memories surge, makes me nauseous; touching them scrambles one's memories — could they originally come from a certain part of the Great Li Founding Ancestor, who likewise suffered deeply from them, and like Daoist Ge before, was muddle-headed and unconscious, and thus difficult to awaken?"

"Was the Lotus Bodhisattva using the opportunity of imprisoning us to, together with this piece of heaven and earth, break away from the Blood River Realm, performing a kind of scraping-bone-to-cure-poison?"

Liang Qu brainstormed, the more he thought the more he felt it possible.

They were inside an "abscess."

Thus it was a mix of advantage and disadvantage; they could completely afford not to rush out, stay here and absorb heaven-earth essence. Correspondingly, the Great Li Founding Ancestor emptied of "toxins" might accelerate his revival; dragging it out would instead be unfavorable — benefit and time had come into conflict.

"Must absorb quickly, then break through obstacles, kill our way back with the speed of thunder that leaves no time to cover one's ears."

"Right now is not necessarily not an opportunity; previously we didn't know the situation; this operation has given us further understanding of the Netherworld situation — the Fourth Will has truly not awakened; the Spokesperson has already become the Lotus Bodhisattva, whose authority seems even stronger than the Fifth Will's; imprisoning us undoubtedly relaxes their vigilance."

"If we can extract the heaven-earth essence and retain the 'toxins' — that would be good————"

Only Liang Qu was at a loss.

The terrifying degree of this toxin perhaps requires a specific authority to control.

Boom.

The Lion King continuously bombarded the worm tide; Liang Qu gripped Fubo, flashing to the Lion King's side.

"Huai King, seven days — is there really a way out?" The Lion King asked in a spare moment.

"Yes!" Liang Qu swore solemnly, glancing at the gradually recovering Third Xiandao, "Nine methods; I've only used two; there are still seven, seven! Pausing now is to see if the heaven-earth essence is truly useful."

The Lion King felt slightly reassured.

If others didn't give definite news, he'd mostly half-believe half-doubt. But if it was Liang Qu's words — just the fact he could still contact the outside world from here showed he was extraordinary.

"Daoist Ge!" Xin Daxi called out.

The Lion King turned back; Liang Qu's Fubo slashed down opportunely, taking over from the Lion King, blocking the worm tide.

Everyone gathered around Daoist Ge.

"How's the effect?" Zhang Xiang asked, "What exactly is the use of this heaven-earth essence?"

Daoist Ge's face was flushed red, his spirit radiant, like he was drunk on wine, ruddy and glowing: "The function of heaven-earth essence, this old Daoist finds very hard to explain; it is a kind of more fundamental thickness growth."

"Thickness?" Liang Qu interjected to ask.

"Right, it's like————" Daoist Ge racked his brains to describe, clapping his two hands together, "Two people overlapping into one person! Realm hasn't changed, Root Sea hasn't changed, nothing has changed — just genuinely become stronger by a great deal; length and width haven't changed, it's thickness that grew!

In the past when I slept, I once had the good fortune to eat a wisp; at that time it was just the size of a hair strand; I luckily obtained it, and to this day I linger in memory, never expecting to encounter it again — back then it was a hair strand, this clump is like grabbing a handful of braids.

Only I feel that with just this handful, I've already absorbed to the limit; thickness growth has reached the limit; even if I use more it cannot grow further."

Everyone was astonished — a strange treasure unheard of.

At the same time, everyone gave birth to anticipation.

Half the blood-thread worms could exchange for this much heaven-earth essence — isn't that enough for twenty people? They standing here, only six people total.

Who knew Daoist Ge released another message: "No, not right — lifespan also increases!"

"What? Lifespan?" Among the six, Xin Daxi and the Su King cried out in alarm.

Especially Xin Daxian — he's already over eight hundred this year, long past the heavenly dragon lifespan limit!

Upon reaching the Awakened Realm heavenly dragon, where in the world is there still a treasure that can extend life?

Xin Daxian has already exhausted all means; remaining lifespan less than ten years. The Su King is slightly better, younger in years, but as an Awakened Realm heavenly dragon, remaining lifespan likewise very little — only a jiazi (sixty years) or so, just slightly younger than Daoist Ge.

A peerless treasure!

"Not bad." Daoist Ge closed his eyes, carefully experiencing, "The current me is equivalent to two of me overlapping into one; lifespan upper limit, roughly raised to a thousand years!"

Heart pounding, fingers trembling slightly.

An indescribable blaze surged from the stomach, scorching the mouth, drying and cracking the saliva.

"Huai Wang!"

Liang Qu solemnly: "Know.

", matters have come to this, first eat.

Golden-eyed Xiong Xiong, the world faded.

Fubo surged, dark gold radiance exploded, piercing the blood tide!

Three days later.

Ge Zu's eyes lit up: "Here!"

Liang Qu raised his hand to draw in, a single strike of the Jiaosplit severed the entwined blood-thread worms, a mass of crimson light drawn into his palm, he turned and tossed it to Zhang Longxiang.

"Guā! Treasure! My treasure!"

The old toad's frog eyes turned with the blood light, let out a croak, and lunged forcefully.

Legs kicked out afterimages, fully committed, reckless, playing for keeps!

The frog elder never fires without aim.

Liang Qu seized the greater opportunity.

"Ge Zu, help guard the law!"

Heaven and earth crisscrossed, the gorge spread everywhere, blood-thread worms grew ever scarcer.

After another four days, Zhang Longxiang awoke, Liang Qu tossed out the second mass of heaven-and-earth essence.

Besides Ge Zu, the others successively took up cultivation, their aura solemn and mighty!

Huangsha River.

The Old Dragon Lord beat drums and gongs, heavy rains in August and beyond, the Huangsha River entered the flood season, water levels surged, the Huangsha Dragon King's power grew ever greater, clearing the waterways accelerated further.

All river stations on both banks of the Huangsha River were fully mobilized, Long Eying coordinated the dragon folk and dragon sturgeons, on water and underwater working in unison, matching all support actions.

Sina Le enjoyed it without weariness, pain and joy intertwined.

Boom!

Water waves splashed, mist evaporated swiftly, leaving a rainbow bridge arching across the Huangsha.

The entire tributary widened by thirty percent, deepened by seventy percent, river water flowed smoothly and evenly, water systems interlaced.

"The final stretch."

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The Old Dragon Lord's golden eyes gleamed, eager to see the monkey cause heaven-shaking chaos!

River wind whistled, Long Eying followed the water, frozen river channels, digging large silt blocks.

"Great Master, how?" Wuling Xu and Feta Yu asked anxiously.

"Cannot recover — must retrain."

The Lotus Master sighed.

Bama Tuo Chuanzuo and the Lotus King were once killed by Liang Qu, their realm and arts of creation inexplicably dropped two levels, not temporary but an absolute regression in cultivation, requiring retraining to return.

What means is this?

Liang Qu was exiled, he still felt a hidden unease, still urgent.

"Then, Master, should we use the blood treasure?"

"No need." The Lotus Master shook his head: "Only two levels, at my realm, it's more about rank and authority, realm and creation arts — if usable, use them; more for turning the tide, adding flowers to brocade, in this age of great contention, blood treasures are rare, not to be wasted on me."

The blood-thread worms were halved, the remaining swarm collapsed, compared to a month prior, they had lost over sixty percent, gaining twelve portions of heaven-and-earth essence, each of the five took one, seven left.

The old toad rejoiced, clutching three portions, licking greedily.

Liang Qu held the heaven-and-earth essence, the wandering blood light made him look radiant, following Ge Zu's hint, he absorbed it into his body.

Heat, scorching heat.

Not painful, just the whole person melted, reforged.

An indescribable fullness fed back from the body, an indescribable sense of growth, realm and root-sea threads unmoved, yet aura swelling.

As Ge Zu said, it felt like two people overlapping into one, internal genes shifted from haploid to diploid, weight and strength each gained an extra portion, united as one, fundamentally elevated, power surged forward.

Elevation and enhancement of life's level!

Unlike any heavenly treasure used before, it was like an ordinary person becoming born with martial bones, a completion on another level.

Above the dantian, the swirling qi mass sped up again!

Three days passed in a flash.

Liang Qu opened his eyes.

"How?" Ge Zu asked.

Liang Qu sensed one or two.

The speed of "Rolling Stone into Pill" increased again, from one before use to one point five now.

"Good, but no overflowing feeling as Ge Zu said, at most fifty percent?"

"This — " Ge Zu wondered, exchanging glances with the others.

Liang Qu ate last, everyone else full on one share, even Zhang Longxiang, whose cultivation talent ranked just below Liang Qu's.

Thus, the issue likely isn't due to aptitude or the like.

Ge Zu suggested: "Then let Huai Wang try another share? Anyway, there's plenty left."

"Good, wait till I slash again." Liang Qu gripped Fubo.

Another five days passed, time entered mid-September.

Liang Qu opened his eyes.

As expected, the Rolling Stone Forming Pellet accelerated again, its speed reaching "Two," doubling compared to the start.

The Root Sea grew twofold, arriving at 2,387 times — not because he consumed the Essence of Heaven and Earth, but because his essence was replenished, his cultivation speed strengthened once more.

"How is it?" Ge Zu asked hurriedly.

"Full."

Liang Qu grinned, clenching his fists; he felt a sense of perfection in his body where nothing more could be supplemented. The second portion lacked the fierce effect of the first; it did not directly make two persons overlap into one, but half a person overlapped, roughly becoming two and a half times, a 2.5-times body.

"Why can I eat one more portion than others?"

"Could it be because of the Marsh Spirit?"

Not only Liang Qu himself, but Zhang Longxiang and the others were equally puzzled; they simply did not ask further.

Liang Qu spoke: "How long have we been trapped here?"

"Forty days."

"Forty days, eaten and drunk our fill; it's time to go out.

Liang Qu glanced at the third immortal island, rapidly repaired to ninety percent, and gripped Fubo.

A monkey cannot be caged!

For the Essence of Heaven and Earth, he had chopped continuously for so many days; his grasp of the existence and nature of the Bloodline Worms grew ever deeper, and he had gradually seized hold of something.

It was those black threads!

The fourth-rank Fubo severed those black threads; some Bloodline Worms then collapsed completely, no longer able to enter the cycle, breaking away.

Perhaps the Dragon-Tiger Golden Body played a role.

Slaying evil and subduing demons was originally a major characteristic of the Golden Body; merely rarely used in the past. The Golden Body at the fifth rank was already 【Instant Invincibility】, rumored to withstand a furnace strike. Ju Mang pushed it to the sixth rank, achieving a terrifying suppression effect, carrying purification, decomposing those things that had broken away from the cycle.

"Lion King, your Position Fruit Authority is 'Wave', right?"

"Correct. All movable ripples — no matter how hard the object — can be vibrated and destroyed."

"Since it can repel, can it also gather?"

"We can try." The Lion King nodded.

"Watch closely later, Lion King; do your best to gather up what remains after I chop."

"Good!"

Liang Qu turned, golden eyes igniting.

Black threads abstracted out, throbbing violently; he did not chop down in one strike, but swung the spear tip, selectively severing certain threads.

The surging tide of blood worms rose; the blood giant collapsed immediately. Atop the red tide, unexpectedly, some dark red smoke diluted out.

"Lion King!" Liang Qu endured the retching, suppressing his surging memories.

"Good!"

The Lion King raised his hand to grasp; ripples swayed, an invisible encirclement gathering the smoke!

The dark red smoke could not escape, gradually precipitating sheet-like crystals; a mere glance made everyone instinctively nauseous, as if countless eating voices rang in their ears, extremely unbearable.

"Lion King!"

The Lion King endured the discomfort, continuing to gather.

Scorching midsummer.

At the Yellow Shahe estuary, the dragon-people were covered in mud, exhausted and collapsed, drenched in hot sweat; the dragon sturgeon were even paddling water to breathe.

Around them stood a circle of Heposuo officials, Xu Yuelong, Wei Lin, Ran Zhongzhi, Xiang Fang Su, Ke Wenbin — all the people of the Huaidong Heposuo were here, panting with tongues out like dogs.

"Sister — so hot I'm dying —"

Long Eying stood on the bank with a ponytail, hands on hips; she wiped her sweat, raised a hand, and created an ice bed.

Long Yanrui collapsed entirely, gradually melting into a human form, expression drifting.

"Phew, alive again —"

Rumble — the earth trembled; Long Yanrui found it a bit strange but couldn't be bothered to look up, only glancing askance as splashing water sprayed over.

"Ow, my eyes!"

Long Yanrui rubbed his eyes.

The Yellow Shahe was full of silt, not clean like the Huaijiang at all; suffering the discomfort, they kept digging mud, worsening the turbidity.

Wiping away the sand, water vapor steamed; in his field of vision, the entire river surged violently, lunging at both banks.

Long Eying focused, retreated two steps, waved for the resting dragon-people to rise.

Gradually, at the end of the horizon, the water level soared, blotting out the sky, a dark shadow pushing horizontally.

Xu Yuelong gaped.

A mud ball, a single sphere three hundred li in diameter, a super-giant mud ball! Its swamp-like surface kept shaking off mud; they gathered under an invisible force, not dispersing a fraction, crushing the riverbed as they rolled forward — the entire field of view completely occupied, filled, squeezed!

"Seeing a mountain makes the horse run to death," but from sight to arrival, the whole process was extremely swift.

Environmental influence, enveloped by True Gang, minimized to the utmost; even so, there were still slight residual waves.

Boom!

Shadow enveloped overhead; for ten-odd to twenty minutes it lingered, then quickly moved away — like experiencing a total solar eclipse in a trance.

A great wind blew past; Xu Yuelong's hair, caked in mud, though heavy as lead weights stuck to his back, also trembled in the gale, flinging mud onto Xiang Fang Su's face behind him. Before Xiang Fang Su could wipe it clean, the mud on his face rapidly air-dried in the hurricane, finally disintegrating and scattering into the wind.

All fish had fled beforehand.

Everyone looked up in shock, staring at the giant mud pellet burst out of the river channel, howling as it smashed into the East Sea!

Deafening.

Huge waves reached the sky; heaven and earth trembled.

The shock wave blinded eyes; everyone's hair whipped backward wildly, tugging scalps numb; ears heard nothing, only a buzzing.

The Dragon King dove all the way down, smashing mud balls, spreading and submerging, and a massive, incomparably fertile island appeared upon the East Sea!

Boom!

Flood waves surged back in reverse, fresh water and seawater mixing together.

The broad Yellow Shahe gradually cleared!

Sinan chased from behind, dazed and blank, her ponytail swaying lightly, gazing at the broad, peaceful Yellow Shahe flowing gently into the sea, and knelt on the ground; two streams of clear tears washed away the mud dust, leaving two clean tear tracks.

Three years, three years it has been!

The blood tide was but a thin layer, blood thread worms wriggling, no longer able to reach the soaring dragon in the sky, powerless to rise and fall.

The Lion King gouged out his own eyeballs, punctured his own eardrums, concentrating with all his might on the "Filth of Heaven and Earth".

The Su King, the Dragon Elephant King, Shen Daxian, and Ge Zu departed far away.

Liang Qu sat cross-legged in meditation, breathing in and out.

He inwardly observed his own body.

The Third Dragon Court Xiandao, the last few floating bricks and tiles pressed against each other, thoroughly settling into place!

The long-missing last "limb" returned to its body, and the Yinglong Killing Scripture domain suddenly expanded, the world gaining a different hue.

The Ze Ding trembled.

【Lock the waves, calm the vast ocean; suppress the sea, settle the flood waves; subdue water calamities, store away flood sha, to pacify the four directions】

【Advancement Ceremony complete】

【Chang You sublimation————】

"Time to try the third method!"