Chapter 352 - 340: The Dragon Can Be Great or Small, Able to Rise and to Hide

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

The Demon Court had distributed all awards and consolations to the participating Demon Saints who had fought in the battle. After bidding farewell to the Black Dragon Demon Saint and many other seniors, Hong Yuan followed the Nine-tailed Crocodile Dragon back to the Dragon God Sacred Land. As for the Sky-connecting Tower, Great Moon Virtual Mirror, and Dragon God Incense Body, they had returned to the Dragon God Sacred Land much earlier.

The Dragon God Sacred Land is the foremost among the four great holy lands of the Demon Clan. Its founder was the Great Moon Saint, Han Jiuming!

The layout of the Dragon God Sacred Land is incredibly unique. Here, numerous stars glitter brightly, nebulae intertwine and merge, extending vast and magnificent star rivers across the endless sky. It was as if a Great Divine Power had drawn the Milky Way down to the mortal world, shaping it into a holy land.

This was Hong Yuan’s first time entering the Dragon God Sacred Land, but he didn’t feel unfamiliar with the place. Because, to his amazement, he discovered that the architecture and layout of the Dragon God Sacred Land in reality were almost exactly the same as those he had seen in his dreams!

"Guangqiao, what’s wrong?" The Nine-tailed Crocodile Dragon looked at the bewildered Hong Yuan and asked softly.

"Nothing." Hong Yuan shook his head slightly, hands clasped behind his back.

Suddenly, his dragon eyes narrowed, sweeping over the surrounding palaces and pavilions. Unbeknownst to him, these nearby buildings were packed with disciples from the Dragon God Sacred Land, and there were even some Elders!

"Is this the contemporary Destiny? Truly impressive, with extraordinary bearing!"

"I heard he’s not yet a hundred years old. I really can’t understand how he achieved the Saint Realm in such a short period of time."

"Sigh, compared to him, the six Tao Species feel like a joke. No, I feel like I’m the joke..."

"Usually, it’s already extraordinary for a Saint to possess one Holy Artifact, but Guangqiao now has three Holy Artifacts, and each one comes with no small reputation!"

"Wait, isn’t that Senior Nine-tailed Crocodile Dragon, who is under the Great Saint? Could it be that Senior Nine-tailed Crocodile Dragon is willing to serve as Guangqiao’s Protector?"

"Hiss..."

The disciples and Elders of the Dragon God Sacred Land discussed animatedly. They were very curious about Hong Yuan. Just based on his appearance alone, Hong Yuan had already demonstrated an extraordinary aura, not to mention the various accomplishments he had achieved. Each one was enough to make his peers feel ashamed and the older generation sense the fleeting nature of time.

Ji Qingxue bit her lower lip, her eyes rippling as she looked at Hong Yuan.Guangqiao...

At this moment, Hong Yuan’s face was handsome, and his figure was tall and straight, like a spear or a sword. His white hair cascaded down like a waterfall, unrestrained and free. Within his pair of crimson eyes, it seemed as if a star river was flowing, and the world was vanishing and then reviving. After advancing to Demon Saint, the mysterious aura attached to the Food Tao marks had added a touch of ethereal elegance to him. For young women experiencing the first stirrings of love, Hong Yuan in this state was simply overwhelmingly attractive!

Li Jianqiu’s eyes were determined as she firmly held her oil-paper umbrella.I will definitely catch up to you, I must!She had not given up on the promise she made to herself. No matter how extraordinary or unattainable Hong Yuan became, she would never give up on her dream to "defeat Xuan Guangqiao." Three hundred years on one side of the river, three hundred on the other – she had always meant what she said. She also had some understanding of the recent matters regarding her aspiration to establish the Supreme Demon Dynasty and gather all power into one.Destiny?She, Li Jianqiu, was confident that she was no less than anyone else in her lifetime!

"Elder Crocodile Dragon, let’s go." Hong Yuan turned indifferently and placed his hand on the back of the miniature Nine-tailed Crocodile Dragon.

"Hmm." A flash of divine light flickered in the eyes of the Nine-tailed Crocodile Dragon.

A layer of pitch-black mist emerged from beneath it and then covered Hong Yuan, obscuring the view of the many Great Demons.

「The next moment.」

He and Hong Yuan disappeared into the Great Taoism, relocating to the Great Moon Hall.

When Hong Yuan came to his senses, he narrowed his eyes. This place was all too familiar to him! During the eighth scene of the "Han Jiuming" dream, when he incarnated as Han Jiuming, he had lived here. In that instant, Hong Yuan even had the illusion that he was still in the dream.

"Guangqiao, you should settle down here for now. It’s said that the Great Moon Saint has hidden many secret treasures within the Dragon God Sacred Land. Perhaps you can try your luck?" The Nine-tailed Crocodile Dragon seemed to casually bring it up.

Secret treasures...Hong Yuan reflected on the actions he had taken in his dreams. He nodded, then followed the instructions of the Nine-tailed Crocodile Dragon to find a secret room.

In the secret room, everything was stark white, with various inscriptions upon it.

"Heaven’s movement is ever vigorous; thus, the superior man strives tirelessly for self-improvement."

"Without accumulating small steps, one cannot reach a thousand miles; without accumulating small streams, one cannot form a river or sea."

"The difficulty in creating soul power lies in preserving the vessel; Banner and Banner Tool have unique aspects for the preservation of Soul Bodies."

"..."

Looking at the variety of information on the wall, Hong Yuan fell silent. These records of cultivation reflections or self-reminders were exactly the same as those in the Heavenly Horned Ant Tianli’s palace!

After a long while, Hong Yuan sighed. "Alas, it seems that matters involving ninth-order beings are never simple."

After calming his emotions briefly, Hong Yuan took out a Taoist Mat and placed it in a corner of the secret chamber. He himself shrank the Demon Realm to a speck and lurked underneath the Taoist Mat. His form changing, Hong Yuan entered his own Demon Realm. If others wished to attack his Demon Realm, they would first need to find that speck of Demon Realm.

Big, very big, super big.This was Hong Yuan’s first impression of his own Demon Realm.

The territorial extent of the Demonic Body’s Demon Realm was dozens of times larger than that of the Sword Tao incarnation’s Blessed Land Region. This was a truly colossal mini-world, far surpassing so-called top-grade Blessed Lands. And because the innate divine ability of the Cold Moon Dragon was the Cold Moon Seal, Hong Yuan’s Demon Realm naturally possessed the attribute of meteorological changes. As a result, it was all the more incredible, exceeding even the transformative extent of some seventh-order Demon Saints’ Demon Realms!

This is a treasure land, indeed. If well-managed, I can reach those Unconventional Tao Realms even faster.Thoughtfulness flashed across Hong Yuan’s dragon eyes.

He floated in mid-air like this, silently observing his Demon Realm. However, the place was too big—if not properly divided, it would not be easy to manage.

After some contemplation, Hong Yuan began to transform his Demon Realm.

BOOM! THUNDEROUS BOOM! THUNDEROUS BOOMING!

He pushed all the large landmasses together into one place and divided them into five major parts, arranged in imitation of the Five Major Divine Continents of the Human Race. They were respectively called Little Eastern Wilderness, Little Western Desert, Little Southern Border...

After that, he divided the ocean areas according to the directions of the four Holy Lands of the Demon Clan, into four small Heavenly Scenic Tower Demon Realm sea regions. Finally, Hong Yuan divided the many resource points and set up certain Holy Arrays for protection.

He was quite lucky; having achieved the true Destiny of the Demon Clan, his Demon Realm was also blessed as a result. His Divine Skill Talismans all turned into resource points, affording him more than ten resource points capable of producing materials needed by cultivators of different schools! He even owned a resource point capable of producing resources needed by the Dream Tao school—a place he named Dream Butterfly Valley! Hong Yuan placed Dream Butterfly Valley at the core of his realm, even more central than the Food Tao resource point, the Greedy Eating River.

Arranging all this consumed more than a month of Hong Yuan’s time.

Everything is ready; now all that’s left is to introduce the Beast Swarm and the weaker Demon Clans.Hong Yuan wiped his forehead and looked contentedly at the greatly changed layout of his Demon Realm.

This was the foundation of his cultivation.Indeed, the choice to become the Destiny of the Demon Clan was completely worthwhile.

The cultivation of a Saint is actually the cultivation of the mini-world inside oneself. As with the Human Martial Saint, one needs to transform one’s Blessed Land into a Cave Heaven. But each transformation requires facing the tribulations of heaven and earth. Every tribulation of heaven and earth poses a major crisis for a Saint.

Tribulations of heaven and earth... I wonder what kind of tribulation Destiny has in store for me?

But I feel that for other Saints, tribulations of heaven and earth are disasters.

Yet for Destiny, the tribulations of heaven and earth are probably the great Creations bestowed by heaven and earth.Hong Yuan felt strongly about this.

He wasn’t just making this up—in the realm of dreams, his incarnation as Han Jiuming faced the Unconventional Tao Tribulation, which left a profound impression on him. At that time, it seemed as if heaven and earth could hardly wait for his growth, reluctant to descend even a hint of disaster upon him.

Hong Yuan took a deep breath and then slowly looked towards Dream Butterfly Valley. With such a glance, the smile that emerged on his lips was even brighter.

Who would have thought that the Dream Tao resources my Original Body so desperately sought would actually be right by my side?

Hong Yuan chuckled. "Is this the terror of the Son of Fortune? I love it, I love it!"

His Original Body was constantly scheming to achieve the realm of a Dream Tao Saint. But there was a major problem: in the current world, Dream Tao had not yet formed into a school. Resources that could aid the growth of Dream Tao cultivators were nearly non-existent! Therefore, the cultivation of Dream Tao by his Original Body was always stuck at a certain point, hardly able to progress. Even with talent of a Great Emperor level, progress was slow.

But now, his Demonic Body had received the blessings of heaven and earth, and suddenly, a Dream Tao resource point had materialized within his Demon Realm. How could Hong Yuan not be delighted? Indeed, the time had come for fortune to shift in his favor, with heaven and earth working together.

Hong Yuan took out a Communicating Sky Bug, began to refine it, and prepared to connect with the Treasured Yellow Heaven. He intended to make some purchases to ensure the normal operation of his Demon Realm.

Once the matters concerning his Sword Tao incarnation were settled, he would trade the Dream Butterfly Flowers produced in Dream Butterfly Valley to the Sword Tao incarnation, who would then pass them on to the Original Body. From now on, he could use the Treasured Yellow Heaven to accelerate the growth of both his Original Body and Demonic Body. And his Demonic Body could lie dormant and grow in peace.

A dragon can be large or small, visible or hidden.

My Demonic Body will not step out of the Dragon God Sacred Land until it reaches the Unconventional Tao Realm!At this moment, Hong Yuan silently set a goal for himself.

With the entire Demon Clan providing for him, his Demonic Body could never possibly lack cultivation resources. Moreover, he had yet to fully absorb the legacies of Holy Artifacts, Holy Arrays, and even Divine Powers gained from the ’Han Jiuming’ dreamscape. Casually auctioning even a small portion of them in the Treasured Yellow Heaven would grant him numerous cultivation resources, making him independent of the Demon Clan’s supply if need be.