Chapter 498: with translation of chapter title

the former senior

Yunhe, Chixiao, upper realm, Vermilion Sky Sect

exile from the upper realm

Chixiao's words trailed off; seeing Yunhe had no response, he didn't dare raise his head and continued, "Senior, your divine powers are unmatched; with the aid of this pearl this time, you will surely become renowned throughout the world."

This person still had no response; Chixiao's flattery on his lips made him anxious inside. Only then did Yunhe grasp the Dharma Seal, lift it, and examine it carefully in his hand. Although the seal currently contained no fire-element spiritual power at all, Yunhe could still sense the faint fire-element law power within. "If Senior is willing to send me back to the Chixiao Sect, I will swear a great Dao oath and absolutely not reveal any information about Senior."

At this moment, Chixiao was still kneeling on the ground, his voice growing softer and softer. "Get up!"

The voice was emotionless and indifferent, yet in Chixiao's ears it sounded like celestial music.

: none.

Yunhe asked, pouring Spiritual Power into it, yet there was not the slightest movement.

Chixiao swallowed a mouthful of saliva; this was not only a family heirloom treasure, but also his current refuge! Although he knew he might not be able to get it back, Chixiao's eyes rolled as he said, "Junior's strength is low; I can only activate it with the restriction left by my father."

whoosh

Five Elements Heavenly Thunder Sword

Yunhe looked down at the pleading, suffering Chixiao; the Five Elements Heavenly Thunder Sword blazing with golden light had golden arcs flashing across its surface, and the thunder-attribute energy it contained was most effective against souls and ghosts. "Junior does not dare. Does not dare uh."

Chixiao clenched his teeth, his body trembling as he knelt on the ground begging for mercy, yet he still did not utter the method to control the Dharma Seal.

Yunhe looked at the extremely suffering Chixiao, wordless, as if this object truly was some tremendous treasure; anyway, having already imprinted his soul mark on it, worst case he could later subdue him with ritual or rely on the energy of the Hall of Hundred Dawns; having thought this, Yunhe shot a nourishing soul Elixir at Chixiao, then put away the Dharma Seal.

Ling'er

: separator line.

Treasure Pearl

Little Ling'er

The tiny Yunhe's soul slowly flew out of his body; he saw the anxious little Ling'er inside the pearl and flew toward her. Just as he sent Yunhe out, Ling'er realized she had forgotten something very important: she had not told Yunhe that the pearl needed to retain a soul imprint.

Thus there appeared what Yunhe saw: the dancing pearl and the anxious maiden. However, Yunhe had already imprinted his soul on Chixiao's Dharma Seal, so when Ling'er was agonizing over how to let Yunhe know, a tiny spirit suddenly appeared before her; only Yunhe's soul extended his index finger and lightly touched Ling'er's forehead. At the moment of contact, ripples spread outward from the point of contact. Having completed the imprint, Ling'er's forehead's green gem transformed into five small points of light—cyan, red, yellow, white, black—then her body slumped, and amidst a five-colored radiance she fell into slumber.

Yunhe stored the pearl in his dantian, using his own Nascent Soul to nurture it, but when the pearl entered his dantian, something unexpected happened: the Five Qi Peacock Fan, Five Elements Heavenly Thunder Sword, and other Five Elements treasures spontaneously began to guard the pearl, producing golden threads that seemed to feed it. This made Yunhe ever more certain that the pearl's origin was extraordinary, and that it had undergone some unclear changes due to the Five Elements spiritual power input from the Five Qi Peacock Fan, Five Elements Heavenly Thunder Sword, and other treasures.

Yuan Ying Stage, dantian

compass, Senior Brother Yuan

Only the compass needle swayed slightly, finally coming to rest pointing toward the bright direction in the depths of darkness.

underwater secret realm

flood dragon, night pearl

"This place has many mechanisms and traps; it seems there is no way out, but the path to life lies within." After scanning the surroundings, he found that indeed only the vacant eye of the flood dragon was most suspicious.

Attraction Technique! A peanut-sized stone "whoosh" flew into Yunhe's hand; only see Yunhe's Spiritual Power flowing, the stone turned into a speck of black light shooting straight into the empty flood dragon eye socket.

: sound.

When the stone struck the empty eye socket of the flood dragon, the originally quiet space suddenly filled with the sound of turning gears. Yet the stone gate did not open; instead, the ground began to sink slowly, Yunhe's Spiritual Power circulating throughout his body as he warily watched the surrounding walls slowly rise.

Finally, after a tremendous boom, Yunhe arrived at an extremely vast plaza. Huge spectator stands surrounded the plaza in a circle, as if this place had once been a venue for watching performances.

The field was littered with broken stone pillars and collapsed stones. The surroundings were deathly still, as if no one had come for a very long time.

"With such massive entertainment facilities, it seems this place was once a prosperous civilized city."

Yunhe thought to himself, however this huge plaza seemed not to lead anywhere else; how should the way forward be?

: separator.

Sea Soul's Eye, Sea Soul Clan, Sea Clan, Sea God Palace, Sea Soul Great Elder

One hand holding a trident, the other grasping the Eye of the Sea Soul, a Sea Clan woman said to the Grand Elder of the Sea Soul clan before her.

: same.

We must enter the Sea God Palace!

We will certainly enter the Sea God's Hall!

We will certainly enter the Sea God's Hall.

We will certainly enter the Sea God's Hall!!

Five Elements Nurturing Spirit Pearl, teleportation array

After Yunhe, a Fourth Level Formation Master, repaired it. He found that although he could restore this teleportation array long unused, the medium similar to Cloud Feather required for its activation could not be substituted; the Sea Clan's teleportation array and the one built by human cultivators were largely the same, but it was precisely this slight difference that made Yunhe dare not use it lightly—recalling how the Void Beast he had seen with his own eyes was still vivid in his mind. Just as Yunhe was about to give up repairing the array, a peculiar stone caught his attention; if one didn't look closely, it would truly go unnoticed, but fortunately much time had passed, and if one paid attention, these hidden traces could still be discovered! Yunhe pressed down hard on the stone in his hand; only hear the massive plaza's stones rubbing against each other rise and fall, and at the center of the plaza a gigantic mermaid statue slowly rose from the opened stone slab. It was a statue of a Sea Clan woman: her chest adorned with exquisite seashell attire, her head crowned with a jade pearl crown, one hand holding high a gem-inlaid trident, the other clenched into a fist, her mouth as if letting out a shout.

Yunhe did not know who this woman was, but he could guess that she must have been one of the rulers of the Sea Clan during its former glory.

Only see beneath the statue a finely crafted stone chair, atop which is inserted upside-down a golden trident extremely similar to the one held by the statue's woman. Yunhe thought these two were certainly not merely similar; just as he stepped forward to examine them closely, a sound of interlocking stone walls suddenly came from above the plaza.

: none.

Yunhe's Spiritual Power circulated throughout his body; golden divine light shot from the folding fan in his hand, and see the stone chair instantly turned into flying rubble. Yunhe made a grasping motion in the void, and the trident was drawn into his hand.

Divine Trident

Yao Shou Shijie

Just moments ago, before Yunhe shut down the mechanisms on the plaza,

The Grand Elder of the Sea Soul and his entourage also arrived before that stone gate; only see the Grand Elder slightly nod to the attendants, then step forward alone and place the Eye of the Sea Soul into the socket of the one-eyed flood dragon.

Sea Soul Elder

Queen's Divine Trident

The Great Elder of the Sea Soul left an order, then took the Sea Soul's Eye. In the gap as the stone door slowly closed, he slowly walked toward the depths of the palace.

After the stone door was completely closed, among the attendants, the sea-tribe girl who had just been holding the Sea Soul's Eye stepped forward, and with the weapon in her hand lightly poked the eye socket of the one-eyed flood dragon. Only hearing the stone walls clash, amidst the sound of stone rubbing, she arrived at that square. "What on earth is inside this palace?"

Don't ask what you shouldn't.

Sister Xuan Ling, you definitely know, just leak a little.

Right, right. I heard this used to be the Queen's sleeping quarters.

Her Majesty the Queen must be especially beautiful! I really want to see her.

Enough. After this mission ends, you'll all know. Now, be silent.

The leading Sea Clan woman raised her hand, cutting off the other attendants' conversation: "Remember, our mission hasn't succeeded yet—everyone, stay on alert. Lihua, you take people to stand guard; I'll go get the Trident Divine Spear."

Xuanlin, having arranged the task, walked alone to that mechanism.

"Yes!"

The attendants also dispersed, taking up positions at the six corners of the square, their stance resembling a hexagram, as if forming a formidable battle formation. "Sea Clan!!"

Yunhe furtively inspected behind the stone pillar, thinking, "It seems the Sea Clan entered the Vermilion Bird Secret Realm precisely for this place." Yunhe thought to himself.

"I just don't know if there are any ambushes above; if it's only these Sea Clan, I'm not afraid."

While Yunhe was still observing in secret, Xuanlin also opened the mechanism that could raise the queen's statue; only to hear another grating of stone as the Sea Clan Queen's statue slowly rose.

"What?!"

"Damn it, who stole the queen's Trident Divine Spear?!"

Xuanlin shouted angrily, looking at the queen's throne turned to rubble, feeling a great insult: "Sister Xuanlin, what's wrong?"

The other attendants moved forward to ask, but saw Xuanlin wave her hand again to stop them—this time full of anger—"Don't come over, everyone stay in your positions; besides us, there are others here!"

In an instant, the air here grew somewhat heavy.

(End of chapter)