Chapter 683

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The White Jade Dragon Elephant fell from the sky, and its tremendous force compelled it to shrink its true form.

He took a look and saw Ye Qin glaring at him angrily, whereupon he said in a timid voice, "Ah, so it's the master!"

This White Jade Dragon Elephant, during the Earth Emperor era, was an unparalleled tyrant. Yet within his nature lay a streak of honest and bold vigor.

Otherwise, he would not have taken the Twelve Earthly Branches of that time as brothers, nor would he have let the Earth Court revere the strong; instead, he would have emulated the Dragon Court, venerating bloodline.

Now, having been subdued by Ye Qin, he has witnessed Ye Qin's boundless Divine Ability and the Great Dao, filling his heart with admiration to the point of prostrating himself. He has settled into being Ye Qin's mount, and at last has recovered his true nature.

"Damn, when did you become so base? Where is your Earth Emperor's dignity? Your former incarnations were full of refinement, yet now I see your vulgarity growing more and more." Ye Qin teased.

"Hehe, in front of the master, how dare I call myself the Earth Emperor? This is just my nature; before, as the Earth Emperor, I had to put on a dignified front! Master, what place is this? Why is the vital energy so noble?" the White Jade Dragon Elephant asked.

It seems that all four-legged animals are destined to be mounts!

Ye Qin sighed, yet forgot that he himself is also a four-legged animal.

"This place is the Pure Yang Immortal Realm, the heavenly realm of the Carefree Wanderer! You will live and cultivate here from now on. Take it easy—although this realm holds infinite potential, it is still fragile. You should give back to this world, strive to blend your aura with its essence, and purge the Honghuang influence. That will bring you great benefit! Otherwise, when the Honghuang calamity arrives, no matter where you go, you cannot escape." Ye Qin said solemnly.

"Yes, no wonder I felt a shackle fall from my body the moment I emerged, feeling utterly light. But master, why is that? It seems Honghuang only has boundless earth and some immortal grotto-heavens." the White Jade Dragon Elephant asked doubtfully.

"Honghuang does have an immortal realm—it lies on Mount Buzhou, but it has not yet manifested. Once the immortal realm appears, immortals and mortals will be separated!" Ye Qin recalled the so-called Thirty-Three Heavens, which lie in the void beyond the summit of Mount Buzhou; now it is the dojo of the Red Bright Ancestor Lu Ya.

After giving instructions to the White Jade Dragon Elephant, Ye Qin took Ya Ya and left the Carefree Wanderer Realm, appearing inside the Dragon God Palace on Golden Turtle Island.

Stepping out of the palace, he saw a powerful pressure bearing down from the sky above Golden Turtle Island.

In the sky, black clouds pressed down on the city, while countless huge savage beasts ran rampant.

Leading them were strong figures seated on dragon carriages, their demonic qi thick and gloomy, with dragon qi surging within the demonic qi.

Ye Qin glanced and saw they were the Nine Dragon Sons, Twelve Divine Kings, and Thirty-Six Killing Generals of the Dragon Court.

"It seems the Dragon Emperor is determined to obtain Ling'er's true dragon blood. And rightly so—the Dragon Emperor has always been a puppet of the Ancestral Dragon. Now he finally has a chance to break free from control and achieve the Great Dao; he will surely seize it. If he fails, he will go mad, making this battle inevitable. Yet the Dragon Court is putting on a benevolent act again, knowing my blood‑sea is dried up and sending me blood!" Ye Qin sneered.

"Heh heh heh heh, Long Cang actually came to grief on this island! I, Ao Shan, have long disliked that fellow. This time he arrogantly petitioned the Dragon Emperor, thinking he could retrieve the true dragon blood; I think he just wants to monopolize the true dragon blood and the treasures on this island for himself. Heh heh heh heh, this time he got what he deserved!" said a black‑clad man with a grim face.

He is Ao Shan, the second‑ranked among the Dragon Court's Twelve Divine Kings, an ancient dragon elder.

Ye Qin's repeated clashes with the Dragon Court each struck the Nine Dragon Sons, Twelve Divine Kings, and all Dragon Court beings hard, wounding their spirits. After Ye Qin once wreaked havoc in the Dragon Court, forcing them to commit collective suicide, they had truly fallen into demonry.

After being reborn once more from the Dragon‑Sealing List, their temperaments changed drastically—becoming irritable, domineering, fearless. Their methods grew even more cruel; even within the Dragon Court they could devour their own kind.

Only the Dragon Emperor and the Ten Dragon Guards have not fallen into demonic obstruction, yet the Dragon Emperor himself is merely an emanation of the Ancestral Dragon's imperial, domineering nature; what he values most is nothing but the Dragon Court's sphere of influence.

As long as these Dragon Court beings remain under the control of the Dragon‑Sealing List, he pays little heed to anything else.

Moreover, after these beings turned demonic, their reverence for the Ancestral Dragon greatly waned while their combat power surged—a boon without drawback for the Dragon Emperor.

As for Ao Ling, the Dragon Emperor naturally knows she is one of the first‑generation offspring of the Ancestral Dragon.

However, aside from the fact that Ao Ling followed Ye Qin away, which caught his slight attention, Ao Ling herself is not worth mentioning in his eyes.

Yet when he learned that Ao Ling had obtained the true dragon inheritance, he was shocked beyond measure, then overjoyed. For a fragment of memory he had received from the Ancestral Dragon contained recollections of the true dragon bloodline. He saw hope of breaking free from the Ancestral Dragon's control, and the possibility of becoming a truly independent being.

He originally thought that sending Long Cang forth would easily settle the matter, but he never expected that Long Cang and the forces of the Three Immortal Islands of the Eastern Sea would vanish without a trace overnight, their souls and spirits utterly destroyed.

To avoid further complications, he gathered the Dragon Court's main forces from elsewhere and dispatched them to the Eastern Sea.

"Heh heh heh, perhaps we cannot lay a hand on the true dragon blood, but with so many beings we have enough to devour. Let me test Ao Ling's depth, heh heh—she is our dragon race's second generation, her bloodline supremely noble; just imagine the flavor…" Ao Qian, Divine King, sneered.

Ao Qian leapt down from the dragon carriage, his aura surging, and suddenly a black‑gold great spear appeared in his hand. He wielded the spear and hurled it violently at the crowd on Golden Turtle Island.

On Golden Turtle Island, the beings of the Eastern Sea gathered together, with Ao Ling at their forefront, showing no fear.

"Who will go meet that black dragon?" Ao Ling asked.

"I will!" shouted the chief of the Yinglong clan, Ao Ying, stepping forward. He originally bore no surname; it was only after Ao Ling's arrival that he took the surname Ao. As the clan chief, his methods are naturally extraordinary.

Ao Ying soared into the high sky, assumed his true form, and instantly winds rose and clouds surged; huge waves towered on the sea surface, forming sheet after sheet of water curtains in an attempt to block Ao Qian's black‑gold great spear.

Yet how could the eldest elder of the dragon clan be an ordinary foe? That black‑gold great spear emanated endless golden‑dragon demonic qi, pierced the water curtains, its might undiminished, bearing straight down on the crowd's heads.

"The invincible shield on Golden Turtle's back!" Gui Tianji saw the scene, and instantly his turtle shell rose from his back, expanding with the wind, instantly enveloping the whole of Golden Turtle Island.

Clang—!

The dragon spear struck the turtle shell, instantly emitting a piercing sound; sparks flew in showers, turning into heavenly fire, and the tremendous force reduced countless beings to ash in an instant.

The Eastern Sea Dragon Palace has only just been founded—how could it possibly resist the most ancient force of Honghuang? It is nothing but a mayfly trying to shake a tree.

Gui Tianji benefited from Ye Qin's gift; his cultivation method is extraordinarily powerful, actually able to contend with Ao Qian without falling behind. Moreover, his turtle shell has been refined by him into a supreme‑grade spiritual treasure.

"Heh heh heh heh, so it's you, old turtle! I never imagined that after leaving the dragon clan you would have such fortune. Why not join the Dragon Court? I'll grant you a divine king's position!" Ao Qian, seeing his dragon spear blocked by Gui Tianji, said at once.

"Hahaha, you lot of slaves, how could you know the taste of the Carefree Wanderer's ease? Coming here now is simply courting death! Have you forgotten how my turtle clan's Carefree Wanderer ancestor gave you a sound thrashing? And now you come again to throw away your lives?" Gui Tianji jeered.

"Carefree Wanderer demon? Where is it?" Upon hearing the two words 'Carefree Wanderer,' Ao Qian was like a startled bird, instantly retracting his dragon spear and fleeing backward at high speed.

"Hahaha! I thought only our turtle clan would shrink their heads, but it turns out you lot are the true head‑shrinking turtles!" Gui Tianji mocked.

"Damn! You tricked me! All of you, die!" Ao Qian, not seeing Ye Qin's figure, thought he had been deceived by Gui Tianji, went mad, and unleashed the dragon clan's greatest Divine Ability.

Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh, black wind blew across the sky, black rain fell, carrying the qi of great calamity and the Five Declines of Heaven and Man.

"Charge! Destroy all beings, devour whatever can be devoured!" the eldest of the Dragon Court's Nine Divine Sons, the Wild Ox, shouted madly.

All Dragon Court beings instantly fell into madness. They were originally extremely sensitive to the words 'Carefree Wanderer,' harboring a sense of fear in their hearts. Now, not seeing the Carefree Wanderer demon's form, all the inner demons they had accumulated burst forth at this moment, roaring as they charged onto Golden Turtle Island.

The Way of Wind and Cloud, the Way of the Heavenly Dragon, the Great Disaster Art, wind‑rain‑thunder‑lightning… countless Divine Abilities, bearing rolling heavenly‑dragon demonic qi, swept in.

"Kill!"

Countless Dragon Court beings transformed into their true forms, opened their blood‑filled maws, and lunged at the Eastern Sea beings on Golden Turtle Island.

"Kill! True Dragon Heaven‑Overturning Hammer!" Ao Ling cried out delicately, the aura of a violent, invincible maiden fully revealed.

Ao Ling's hands produced two golden hammers; her petite frame leapt up, the hammers carrying the momentum to overturn heaven as they smashed toward the Dragon Court beings.

Boom!

The hammers truly deserve the name 'Heaven‑Overturning'; wherever they passed, Dragon Court beings turned into flesh and blood. Those two golden hammers were like two golden sky‑piercing cannons, forming a golden road of blood.

"Form the array, give it your all to slay Ao Ling!" the Wild Ox bellowed.

Having witnessed Ao Ling's might with their own eyes, and having obtained a reasonable explanation for Long Cang's soul and spirit annihilation, the Nine Divine Sons, Twelve Divine Kings, and Thirty‑Six Killing Generals all gathered, laid out a powerful formation, and went all out to attack Ao Ling. The other Dragon Court beings dealt with the Eastern Sea's troops.

"True Dragon Chaos Dance!" Ao Ling's figure swelled, her twin hammers turned into two great mountains, continuously waving along the profound trajectory, forming a golden domain. That golden domain kept growing, continually bombarding the formation of Prison Ox and others.

At the gate of the Dragon God Palace, Ye Qin concealed his figure and quietly watched the battle. He had already used Divine Ability to seal the land of Gold Ao Island, so that no blood could seep into the ground and be lost.

The reason he did not immediately reveal himself was to let Ao Ling settle the battle herself; if she truly could not, he would step in to help. Although he did not mind keeping all his little sisters under his wings, he still felt it better for them to become strong.

Because, in all the worlds of his Carefree Wanderer Realm, a strong grasp of the Great Dao is needed to command them.

"Wow! So mighty! Those hammers are so pretty!" Ya Ya said enviously, her eyes sparkling with stars.

In every girl's heart lies a violent little universe, Ye Qin thought to himself.

Suddenly, nine-colored clouds and mist rose from Gold Ao Island, gradually spreading to envelop the whole island. A huge nine-colored butterfly fluttered in the mist, on which three mischievous children stood, holding spirit treasures and continually bombarding some weaker Dragon Court beings.

A dream slowly rose above Gold Ao Island, causing countless Dragon Court beings to fall into the dream. They then committed suicide, their souls fleeing their bodies, and were absorbed by the nine-colored butterfly.

"Great Dream Thousand Autumn Technique! The personal Divine Ability of Autumn Dream has improved so much—it has already formed a complete dream world!" Ye Qin inwardly praised. He also knows the Great Dream Thousand Autumn Technique, but he has not delved deeply into it, because for him the methods of the Soul Dao are stronger.

"Wow, that butterfly is also pretty! Huh? Its aura is the same as mine?" Ya Ya said in surprise.

"Ya Ya, that's your elder sister Ao Ling, and that's your younger brother Xuan Kong, younger sister Xuan Ling, and younger sister Niu Niu. Niu Niu, like you, are true spirits of spirit treasures; from now on you should teach her more cultivation!" Ye Qin said with a smile.

"Okay okay, hehehe, I actually have younger brothers and sisters too; I especially like Niu Niu, and I can bring them to play in my world!" Ya Ya said excitedly.

In the heat of battle, the Donghai Dragon Palace side could barely withstand the strange and unfathomable Divine Ability of the Thousand-Year Dream Butterfly. However, Dragon Court experts were as numerous as clouds; many of them were utterly unaffected by the dream and slaughtered Donghai beings en masse, blood flowing like a torrent, corpses littering the wilderness.

Ao Ling had only recently obtained True Dragon Blood; the True Dragon Way endowed her with boundless power, and the True Dragon's Imitation Object Divine Ability was also extremely strong, but she had only cultivated twin hammers. Though she could duel any Dragon Court expert one-on-one, she could not withstand a siege by all Dragon Court experts. Immediately she faced danger from all sides, and her twin hammers were shattered repeatedly.

"Ya Ya, hurry and help your elder sister Ao Ling!" Ye Qin shouted.

"Okay!" Ya Ya's figure strangely vanished, and the next moment she appeared above the Thousand-Year Dream Butterfly, beside Xuan Kong, Xuan Ling, and Niu Niu.

"Niu Niu younger sister, I'm Ya Ya, sent by Carefree Wanderer Brother to help you! Look at my Jade Bow Divine Arrow!" Ya Ya conjured a jade bow out of thin air, lightly drew it, and a jade arrow shot forth, tearing through the sky and piercing the head of a Dragon Court God King.

"Ah!" the God King screamed as his soul was pierced; though not killed, his soul suffered grave injury.

"Who?" Prison Ox and the others jumped in fright; a powerful God King had been gravely injured silently—how could they not be shocked?

"Wow! Ya Ya Sis is so awesome!" Niu Niu's face filled with admiration.

"Haha, Niu Niu, from now on Sis will cover you and teach you cultivation. Hehe, this Weapon Dao I researched long and hard to figure out can use one's own origin to forge artifacts. As long as our origin is strong enough, mastering many Divine Abilities and Great Dao allows us to forge any spirit treasure—I'll shoot another arrow!" Ya Ya said proudly.

This Weapon Dao, which she developed after opening the Eighteen-Child Linked Jade Realm, was successfully researched under Ye Qin's guidance.

With a whoosh, another God King's soul was pierced. (End of chapter)