Chapter 69

Although this punishment has been carried out, its effects have not yet ceased, for the tributary water gods involved have not yet been punished.

Entities: branch water god - not a specific name. No proper nouns.

These punishments will, after they return, take place in the main water god's water palace; of course, they cannot be as severe as theirs.

Entities: main water god - generic.

They will not suffer serious injury, and their realm will be unstable.

No.

At this moment, Zu Long had just emerged from Cloud Dream Marsh; after parting with the gods, he tore open space again to return, and seeing that no other living beings were around, he slowly descended to the ground.

Entities: Zu Long, Cloud Dream Marsh, all gods - generic.

He barely managed to sit cross-legged under a tree, only then daring to circulate his spiritual power to examine his injuries; he did not directly return to the East Sea, but instead sent a message to Qing Long, urging him to hurry to Cloud Dream Marsh to meet him.

Entities: East Sea, Qing Long, Cloud Dream Marsh.

Before Qing Long arrived, Zu Long did not prepare to venture far from Cloud Dream Marsh.

Entities: Qing Long, Zu Long, Cloud Dream Marsh.

Zu Long actually does not care about the drop in his cultivation, after all he only needs to re-cultivate to regain it, which would merely take a bit more time.

Entities: Zu Long.

However, his combat strength is now severely damaged; if he were to return directly to the East Sea, he might be ambushed along the way.

Entities: East Sea.

Zu Long spat out the Ancestral Dragon Pearl and his own Dragon Pearl from his mouth, the two pearls' lights reflecting each other.

Entities: Zu Long, Ancestral Dragon Pearl, Dragon Pearl.

Unfortunately, Zu Long's Dragon Pearl is now riddled with cracks, its glow dim.

Entities: Zu Long, Dragon Pearl.

The Ancestral Dragon Pearl's spiritual light flickered, continuously shedding radiance to heal Zu Long and his Dragon Pearl; a wave sound arose, but was drowned out by the water's own sound in Cloud Dream Marsh.

Entities: Ancestral Dragon Pearl, Zu Long, Dragon Pearl, Cloud Dream Marsh.

Zu Long thought:

Entities: Zu Long.

"In the short term, my injuries cannot be healed; my realm has fallen, Zhu Long has disappeared, Ying Long is still sealed, and from now on I can only rely on you, Qing Long."

Entities: realm - generic, Zhu Long, Ying Long, Qing Long.

"I do not know whether the dragon clan can safely survive this crisis; the loss of top combat power means that within thirty eras, my dragon clan will lack the ability to launch a major war."

Entities: Dragon Clan, era.

"This punishment actually is not entirely without benefit; at least, as long as I recover my injuries and strength, relying solely on the power of my dragon clan together with those water gods will be enough to suppress the other two clans."

Entities: Dragon Clan, water god, two clans - generic.

"Now it's just a matter of whether they will give the dragon clan time."

Entities: Dragon Clan.

Zu Long did not know whether Qing Long would come to meet him, after all the dragon clan has many affairs; while suppressing the Sea Eye, they also have to deal with external crises.

Entities: Zu Long, Qing Long, Dragon Clan, Sea Eye.

After Zu Long barely recovered somewhat, he transformed into the form of a native being of Cloud Dream Marsh, hiding among those peoples, changing his identity every few hundred years.

Entities: Zu Long, Cloud Dream Marsh.

After receiving the news, Qing Long originally wanted to rush over immediately, but the Sea Eye erupted in turmoil, so he could only prioritize suppressing the threat brought by the Sea Eye.

Entities: Qing Long, Sea Eye.

Unexpectedly, this turmoil actually resolved a deadly crisis for Qing Long; on the route from the East Sea to Cloud Dream Marsh, Yuan Feng and Yuan Huang waited silently in a secluded valley.

Entities: East Sea, Cloud Dream Marsh, Yuan Feng, Yuan Huang.

They are here both to set an ambush and to cultivate in seclusion in this place.

No new.

Whether Qing Long goes to Cloud Dream Marsh or Zu Long returns to the East Sea, anyone passing through this location cannot easily escape.

Entities: Qing Long, Cloud Dream Marsh, Zu Long, East Sea.

After an era passed, the two finally left this place.

Entities: era.

"It seems Zu Long went to the West Sea via the water meridians, or secretly through other places to the North Sea."

Entities: Zu Long, water meridian - generic, West Sea, North Sea.

Yuan Feng could only sigh that the dragon clan still possesses deep fortune, having escaped this calamity.

Entities: Yuan Feng, Dragon Clan.

"Since we have already lost here, we can only hope that Shi Qilin's side will succeed; well, we should return to the south, for the time of the great eruption of the Immortal Fire Mountain is approaching."

Entities: Shi Qilin, south, Immortal Fire Mountain.

"Hmm."

No.

Yuan Huang lightly nodded, then together with Yuan Feng transformed into a pair of phoenixes, flying southward; each flap of their wings seemed to pause space for a moment, flashing to the horizon.

Entities: Yuan Huang, Yuan Feng, south, horizon.

During this brief period, the two even had leisure to engage in playful antics.

No.

Zu Long's injuries have improved somewhat, but ultimately not as much as seclusion would achieve; for now he has merely stabilized his injuries.

Entities: Zu Long.

Qi had discovered Zu Long's existence tens of thousands of years ago, yet remained silent, allowing him to stay hidden here.

Entities: Qi, Zu Long.

Within this era, the water gods of the world seemed to have become silent, basically making no sound in the Primordial Wasteland.

Entities: era, water god, Primordial Wasteland.

It is as if a wounded beast, silently licking its wounds, waiting for the day of healing.

No.

Mount Sumeru.

Entities: Mount Sumeru.

Luo Hou calculated with his fingers, sensing that the dragon clan's fortune was currently low; the Golden Dragon seemed to have cracks, being scorched by flames.

Entities: Luo Hou, Dragon Clan, Golden Dragon.

"I never expected, never expected, that this matter could merely grant merit; it almost prematurely triggered the great war of the three clans."

Entities: merit, three clans - generic.

Indeed, initially a portion of merit had actually fallen on Mount Sumeru, but nobody knew; the heavenly phenomena were concealed by Luo Hou's divine powers.

Entities: merit, Mount Sumeru, Luo Hou.

Jade Capital Mountain also has a portion, but it was pressed down by heaven and earth, and not given to Hongjun.

Entities: Jade Capital Mountain, Hongjun.

Luo Hou never imagined that by piercing such a huge hole in the Primordial Wasteland for all beings, he would actually receive a merit reward.

Entities: Luo Hou, Primordial Wasteland, merit.

Even causing Zu Long, whose innate divinity now rivals those old great gods, to suffer serious injury, and leaving not a single water system great god in the world unharmed.

Entities: Zu Long, water system great god - generic.

He originally also wanted to intervene, provoking the Phoenix Clan against the heavenly gods, but seeing how great this impact was, fearing he could not contain it, he thus desisted.

Entities: Phoenix Clan, heavenly god.

After all, if stars were to truly fall onto the Primordial Wasteland continent, then he would not even be able to achieve union with the Dao; Yang Mei and others would likely join forces to kill him.

Entities: stars - generic, Primordial Wasteland, Yang Mei.

After all, when ancient stars fell into the Primordial Wasteland, those hidden star gods were not easy to deal with, just as in his memory Tai Huang suffered his only loss by falling into the hands of the star gods.

Entities: ancient stars - generic, Primordial Wasteland, star god - generic, Tai Huang.

He still remembers that star god's name: Dou Mu Yuan Jun.

Entities: star god - generic, Dou Mu Yuan Jun.

Tai Huang, whenever mentioning him, grits his teeth, saying only that he suffered a loss from a formation, but mentions nothing else.

Entities: Tai Huang.

Luo Hou worries that if he truly angers those heavenly gods, they might cause stars to fall into the Primordial Wasteland, thereby drawing out that great god.

Entities: Luo Hou, heavenly god, stars - generic, Primordial Wasteland, great god - generic.

After all, Tai Huang can be said to be the psychological shadow in the hearts of those who follow the Three Sovereigns.

Entities: Tai Huang, Three Sovereigns.

Petty and narrow-minded, he shows no regard for juniors; a single sentence can make him chase you and fight for three years.

No.

Come to think of it, among those who follow the Three Sovereigns, only Yang Mei is truly steadfast; he has a foul temper toward everyone, yet ironically he is the one Tai Huang favors most.

Entities: Three Sovereigns, Yang Mei, Tai Huang.

Once, when he and Hongjun had no conflict, they also discussed in private, wanting to know what treasure Yang Mei had inherited, but could never guess.

Entities: Hongjun, Yang Mei.

After all, not bad; for I hold the World-Annihilating Great Mill, Hongjun holds the Creation Jade Disc, others hold the Chaos Banner and the Heaven-Earth Cauldron, etc., all of which are supreme treasures.

Entities: World-Annihilating Great Mill, Hongjun, Creation Jade Disc, Chaos Banner, Heaven-Earth Cauldron.

The Three Sovereigns divided treasures according to closeness of relationship, yet none of them obtained Tai Huang's treasures, which likely ended up in Yang Mei's hands.

Entities: Three Sovereigns, Tai Huang, Yang Mei.

Little did they know that Yang Mei also harbored resentment over this, because Tai Huang left him not a single treasure, as Tai Huang said:

Entities: Yang Mei, Tai Huang.

"Yang Mei kid, I dislike all of them, but you slightly suit my taste; unfortunately, I also have no spiritual treasure to leave you."

Entities: Yang Mei.

"I actually once had a handy spiritual treasure, but sadly lost it to Dou Mu Yuan Jun, and my other treasures mostly also lost to Him."

Entities: spiritual treasure - generic, Dou Mu Yuan Jun.

"What I can leave you is only my speculation about the future of the Divine Dao; this is also my path."

Entities: Divine Dao.

"In this heaven and earth, I can no longer proceed; the Heavenly Emperor has opened the Return to the Void, I am weary and should rest; the remaining road, I hope you will walk on my behalf."

Entities: Heavenly Emperor, Return to the Void.

Looking back at that time, Yang Mei now only wonders why he ever believed Tai Huang's nonsense.

Entities: Yang Mei, Tai Huang.

That little Tai Yi's spiritual treasure in his hand is clearly something he once saw on Tai Huang's person before Tai Huang entered the Return to the Void; it's just unknown why it appears in the hand of the Sun Star Tai Yi.

Entities: Tai Yi, spiritual treasure - generic, Tai Huang, Return to the Void, Sun Star.

(End of chapter)