Chapter 490

"Your Highness!" Su He exclaimed in shock. (No Chinese)

Entities: "Great Highness" (title) and "Su He" (person name). Since "Great Highness" is a title, we translate its meaning; for "Su He", we romanize the name. (No Chinese)

Bai Ying moved with extreme grace, like a white cloud drifting slowly and lightly; they appeared leisurely but were actually swift, and she arrived before Tie Chi in an instant. (Check: "Bai Ying" is romanized, "Tie Chi" romanized. No Chinese.)

Entities: "Bai Ying" and "Tie Chi". (No Chinese)

Tie Chi, fallen to the ground, stared at Bai Ying in disbelief. He gasped, leapt to his feet, and with his left hand rapidly formed hand seals, summoning a three-colored Buddhist light that surged toward Bai Ying accompanied by a low, solemn chant. (No Chinese)

Entities: "Tie Chi" and "Bai Ying". The "three-colored Buddhist light" is descriptive, not a named technique, and the "solemn chant" is not a named term. (No Chinese)

"Your Highness, let this old subject see just how many tricks you've hidden!" At this moment, Tie Chi's face flushed red, his features twisted, his eyes bulging—he looked like a ferocious demon beast. (No Chinese)

Entities: "Your Highness" and "Tie Chi". "Old subject" is a generic term. (No Chinese)

Bai Ying gave a soft shout, and her pure‑white right hand gently pressed downward. (Check: "pure‑white" is okay, hyphen. No Chinese.)

Entities: 'White Egret'. Also 'pure white' maybe a nickname? Actually 'pure white' appears as 'pure white's right hand'. Could be a name? It seems like 'Bai Shengsheng'? Might be a nickname or epithet used as a name? The phrase 'pure white's right hand' could be 'her right hand' where 'pure white' is a reduplication meaning 'pure white'? Actually 'pure white' is an adjective meaning 'pure white'. So not a name. So ignore.

With a tremendous crash, Tie Chi's left‑hand Buddhist light shattered like shattered colored glass, scattering into countless specks of light. Bai Ying lightly pressed her right hand against his chest; a hissing sound rang out as countless bolts of purple lightning shot out, quickly etching deep‑to‑the‑bone purple runes across his body. (Check: "left‑hand" hyphen. No Chinese.)

Entities: "Tie Chi" and "Bai Ying". The earlier "three‑colored Buddhist light", the "purple lightning", and the "purple rune seal" are descriptive, not named terms. (No Chinese)

A small dragon‑shaped seal also appeared on Tie Chi's forehead, and a powerful restraining force surged toward his divine embryo. (No Chinese)

Entities: "Tie Chi". "Divine embryo" is a cultivation term, not a specific named entity. (No Chinese)

"Your Highness, you have great skill, but even so, this old subject will not surrender." Tie Chi growled lowly: "The lord entrusted me to assist Your Highness; I must fulfill my duty and not let Your Highness fall into the evil path." (No Chinese)

Entities: "Your Highness". "Old subject" and "lord" are generic terms. (No Chinese)

Bai Ying stared coldly at Tie Chi: "Father ordered you to assist us, not to lord over us. We sisters are the rulers; you are the subject. The ruler‑subject principle… Tie Chi, you are acting lawlessly." (No Chinese)

Entities: "Bai Ying" and "Tie Chi". "Father king" is a generic term. (No Chinese)

Tie Chi widened his eyes and roared: "Am I, this old subject, acting lawlessly?" (No Chinese)

Entities: "Tie Chi". (No Chinese)

Tie Chi shouted sternly: "I, this old subject, have been loyal and steadfast for six thousand years, overseeing the old personnel of the Eastern Palace, maintaining everything so that the two highnesses could be born safely… Am I acting lawlessly?" (Check: "Eastern Palace" is okay. No Chinese.)

Entities: "Tie Chi", "Eastern Palace". "Two highnesses" is a generic term. (No Chinese)

Bai Ying replied calmly: "Those three innate spiritual treasures you just saw are treasures stored in the Eastern Palace's secret vault—how did they end up in your hands?" (No Chinese)

Entities: "Bai Ying" and "Eastern Palace". "Innate spiritual treasures" is a generic term. (No Chinese)

Tie Chi opened his mouth. (No Chinese)

Entities: "Tie Chi". (No Chinese)

The purple dragon‑shaped seal flickered with electric light, hissing as it seeped into Tie Chi's divine embryo. Suddenly, Tie Chi flared with shame and anger and let out a loud roar. A splendid glow of bright clouds burst from his sea of consciousness, each wisp carrying a twelve‑layer exquisite sarira pagoda that smashed the purple dragon seal to pieces. (Check: "purple dragon‑shaped" hyphen. No Chinese.)

Entities: "Tie Chi". The "twelve‑layer exquisite sarira pagoda" is descriptive, not a named treasure. (No Chinese)

"I, this old subject, have been diligent and conscientious all my life, fulfilling my duties; even if the lord were alive, rewarding me with a few protective treasures would be perfectly justified!" Tie Chi shouted. (No Chinese)

Entities: "old subject" and "lord". Both are generic terms. (No Chinese)

"To take without permission is theft. As a subject entrusted by the late father, to take without permission is rebellion." Bai Ying said softly: "Elder Tie, you need to calm down… you should retire and enjoy your honors." (No Chinese)

Entities: "Bai Ying" and "Elder Tie" (a respectful form of Tie Chi). The phrase "retire and enjoy one's honors" is not a named term. (No Chinese)

Tie Chi roared, while Wu Tie, beside him, swept his Five Elements Divine Light and snatched away the radiant ten‑thousand‑zhang exquisite sarira pagoda. The shattered dragon seal suddenly snapped shut, deeply imprinting itself into Tie Chi's sea of consciousness, completely sealing his spirit. (Check: "Five Elements Divine Light" is okay. No Chinese.)

Entities: "Tie Chi" and "Wu Tie". The "Five Elements Divine Light" is a named technique. The "radiant ten‑thousand‑zhang exquisite sarira pagoda" is descriptive, not a named treasure. (No Chinese)

Tie Chi stood stunned, unable to mobilize any of his magical power, and he bellowed: "Where are my trusted aides?" (No Chinese)

Entities: "Tie Chi". (No Chinese)

Su He jumped up beside him, shouting: "Old Tie, you… you… you say that, and then…" (No Chinese)

Entities: "Su He" and "Lao Tie" (the nickname for Tie Chi). (No Chinese)

In the presence of his loyal young lord, offering resistance would have been enough, but after being restrained by Bai Ying, he even shouted, "Where are my trusted aides?"—behavior unbefitting a subject. (No Chinese)

Entities: "Bai Ying". "Young lord" is a generic term. (No Chinese)

Among the roughly one hundred former officials of the Eastern Palace in the hall, a dozen or so white‑haired men exchanged glances, let out a long sigh, and surged forward in large steps toward Bai Ying. An old man in purple robes shouted sternly: "Your Highness, you treat the old subjects so harshly—how can a ruler behave this way?" (No Chinese)

Entities: "Eastern Palace", "Bai Ying", and "Your Highness". "Purple robe" is a generic descriptor. (No Chinese)

Bai Ying, without turning her head, coldly replied: "Where are my trusted aides now?" (No Chinese)

Entities: "Bai Ying". "My palace" refers to herself and is not a separate name. (No Chinese)

From the roughly one hundred former Eastern Palace officials, thirty‑odd men stepped out silently, formed a line, and blocked the dozen or so officials led by the purple‑robed elder. (No Chinese)

Entities: "Eastern Palace". "Purple‑robed elder" is a generic description. (No Chinese)

Outside the hall, the sound of light footsteps approached; hundreds of youths clad in heavy armor, their faces fierce, led wave after wave of Giant God Soldiers into the hall. (Check: "Giant God Soldiers" is descriptive but okay. No Chinese.)

Entities: maybe 'Giant God Soldiers' is a named type of troops? Could be 'Giant God Soldiers'. Might be considered a named beast/item? It's a type of soldier. Not sure if we need to list. Probably not.

A wisp of clear light flickered beside Bai Ying, coalescing into a large hand that seized Tie Chi's neck and lifted him up. (No Chinese)

Entities: "Bai Ying" and "Tie Chi". (No Chinese)

Bai Ying turned, her flawless face showing no change in expression. She coolly glanced at the many officials in the hall and said softly: "You are the aides left to me by my father… Over these six thousand years, perhaps some of you have forgotten the affection my father once showed you." (No Chinese)

Entities: "Bai Ying". "Father king" is a generic term. (No Chinese)

Bai Ying shook her head and said softly: "I remember the toil and protection of these six thousand years. Please rest assured—Tie Chi, the elder, has merely lost his way for a moment; if he cultivates and rests, I will continue to place my trust in Elder Tie." (No Chinese)

Entities: "Bai Ying" and "Tie Chi". "Elder Tie" is a respectful form of Tie Chi. (No Chinese)

After a deep look at Wu Tie, especially the splendid Five Elements Divine Light flowing behind him like a peacock's tail, Bai Ying suddenly called out: "Yellow Dragon, acknowledge your master. What are you waiting for?" (No Chinese)

Entities: "Wu Tie" and "Yellow Dragon". The "Five Elements Divine Light" is a named technique. (No Chinese)

A soaring dragon's cry rang out. (No Chinese)

Entities: none specific.

The Spirit Yellow Dragon of the Myriad Dragon Palace transformed into a stream of light that darted into the hall, swiftly circling Bai Ying three times before biting down hard on her left hand. Her left hand remained unbroken, yet it flowed with about a small bowl's worth of fresh blood. (No Chinese)

Entities: "Myriad Dragon Palace", "Yellow Dragon", and "Bai Ying". The phrase "Spirit Yellow Dragon of the Myriad Dragon Palace" refers to the same Yellow Dragon and is not a separate named entity. (No Chinese)

The blood splashed onto the Yellow Dragon's head, then streamed along the edges of its scales, soon coating the entire dragon in a faint blood‑red hue. (No Chinese)

Entities: "Yellow Dragon". (No Chinese)

The Yellow Dragon raised its head and let out a long howl; from within its body came a crisp sound, like shackles breaking. (No Chinese)

Entities: "Yellow Dragon". (No Chinese)

A series of 9 × 9 × 81 = 729 crisp cracks burst forth, and the Yellow Dragon's aura surged. Soon a terrifying whirlwind formed inside the hall, its force so fierce that everyone except Bai Ying—even Wu Tie—was blown off their feet. (Check: we used multiplication symbol? We wrote "9 × 9 × 81". That's okay, no Chinese. Could also write "9×9×81". We'll keep as "9×9×81". No Chinese.)

Entities: "Yellow Dragon", "Bai Ying", and "Wu Tie". (No Chinese)

Wu Tie was all right, protected by his Five Elements Divine Light; he merely swayed, taking a few staggered steps backward. (No Chinese)

Entities: "Wu Tie" and "Five Elements Divine Light". (No Chinese)

However, the officials of the Eastern Palace were thrown into disarray, each tumbling across the floor like rolling gourds. (No Chinese)

Entities: "Eastern Palace". (No Chinese)

The Yellow Dragon's laughter echoed from the whirlwind: "Hahaha, you little brats, before you all stood there prim and proper, pointing at Grandfather Dragon and telling him what to do—hahaha, now you see the true power of Grandfather Dragon… hee, come, spin in place three times!" (No Chinese)

Entities: "Yellow Dragon". "Grandfather Dragon" is a generic term of endearment. (No Chinese)

Including Su He, the Eastern Palace officials spun like tops, whirling "dee‑lee‑dee" across the ground as the wind blew them. (Check: we used quotes around the sound. That's fine. No Chinese.)

Entities: "Su He" and "Eastern Palace". (No Chinese)

Bai Ying snapped irritably: "Enough, release the esteemed elders… Yellow Dragon, no mischief—now that a powerful foe is before us, respond swiftly!" (No Chinese)

Entities: "Bai Ying" and "Yellow Dragon". "Esteemed elders" is a generic term. (No Chinese)

The Yellow Dragon withdrew the whirlwind, shrinking to a small yellow dragon just over a foot long, which curled up on Bai Ying's shoulder. It said helplessly: "Face the foe, face the foe—Grandfather Dragon of the Great Black Cauldron fears him not; in the past, striking him was like beating one's own son… but that Mad Warrior, you are no match for him." (No Chinese)

Entities: "Yellow Dragon", "Bai Ying", "Great Black Cauldron", and "Mad Warrior". "Grandfather Dragon" is a generic term. (No Chinese)

The Yellow Dragon gazed earnestly at Bai Ying and said: "Your Highness… no, my lord, compared to the Mad Warrior, is your cultivation stronger or his? Much of this old dragon's strength depends on drawing from your cultivation, my lord." (No Chinese)

Entities: "Yellow Dragon", "Bai Ying", "Your Highness", "lord", and "Mad Warrior". "Old dragon" is a generic term. (No Chinese)

Bai Ying smiled faintly and her body swiftly floated out of the hall. (No Chinese)

Entities: "Bai Ying". (No Chinese)

"General Huo Xiong, if you can help my palace wound or even slay the Mad Warrior… the imperial seal of the Great Jin Divine State, handed down from the founding emperor of Great Jin, I can let you take back. This merit, I'm sure, will not go unrewarded by Sima Xian." (No Chinese)

Entities: "General Huo Xiong", "my palace" (referring to Bai Ying), "Mad Warrior", "Great Jin Divine State", "Great Jin Imperial Seal", and "Sima Xian". "Founding emperor" is a generic term. (No Chinese)

Wu Tie raised his eyebrows and strode after Bai Ying. (No Chinese)

Entities: "Wu Tie" and "Bai Ying". (No Chinese)

Although Wu Tie acted quickly, he was still a step slower than Bai Ying; by the time he rushed out of the hall, Bai Ying had already soared into the high sky, facing the Mad Warrior from a distance of a hundred li. (No Chinese)

Entities: "Wu Tie", "Bai Ying", and "Mad Warrior". (No Chinese)

In the high sky, within a vast vortex formed by seven‑colored clouds, the immense Myriad Dragon Palace struggled to emerge amid the roars of billions of giant dragons. It is a structure nearly a thousand li in radius, wholly bronze‑colored, interlaced with gold stripes and patches of varying light and darkness, a majestic grand hall. (No Chinese)

Entities: "Myriad Dragon Palace". "Seven‑colored clouds" is a generic term. (No Chinese)

The Black Heaven Cauldron refused to be outdone; it likewise let out a high‑pitched roar, heavenly black light swirling about. The original cauldron, tens of thousands of zhang tall, rapidly expanded into a black cauldron hundreds of li across, spewing a massive black pillar of light that slammed into the Myriad Dragon Palace. (No Chinese)

Entities: "Black Heaven Cauldron" and "Myriad Dragon Palace". (No Chinese)

In terms of volume, the Black Heaven Cauldron is several sizes smaller than the Myriad Dragon Palace. (No Chinese)

Entities: "Black Heaven Cauldron" and "Myriad Dragon Palace". (No Chinese)

In terms of aura, the Myriad Dragon Palace is ancient and grand, its presence solemn and vast, bearing the aspect of a flourishing great state. The Black Heaven Cauldron, by contrast, is like a stubborn warrior—its spirit fierce and overbearing, yet it is merely a mere martial man, lacking the depth and magnificence of the Myriad Dragon Palace. (No Chinese)

Entities: "Myriad Dragon Palace" and "Black Heaven Cauldron". (No Chinese)

Therefore, the Myriad Dragon Palace overwhelms the Black Heaven Cauldron. (No Chinese)

Entities: "Myriad Dragon Palace" and "Black Heaven Cauldron". (No Chinese)

Thus, the Mad Warrior is determined to seize the Myriad Dragon Palace. (No Chinese)

Entities: 'Wu Kuang', 'Myriad Dragon Palace'.

The four Dragon-Slaying Platforms turned into streams of light and flew back to the Myriad Dragon Palace; the four pairs of huge ornamental columns also flew back to the Myriad Dragon Palace; the Myriad Dragon Palace, its whole body spewing seven-colored rosy light, let out an earth-shaking roar and violently slammed into the actively attacking Heavenly Black Cauldron.

Entities: 'Dragon-Slaying Platform', 'Myriad Dragon Palace', 'ornamental columns', 'Heavenly Black Cauldron'. Also 'seven-colored rosy light' is generic.

A tremendous roar split heaven and earth; the bamboo forest spanning tens of thousands of li instantly turned to ash; the ground split open, revealing countless chasms thousands of li deep; murky earthly vapors erupted from below, accompanied by a wailing 'woo-woo' sound, shooting up into the highest heavens.

Entities: none specific.

The Heavenly Black Cauldron shuddered violently, being driven back hundreds of li by a single strike from the Myriad Dragon Palace.

Entities: 'Heavenly Black Cauldron', 'Myriad Dragon Palace'.

Wu Kuang let out an incredulous roar: 'How is that possible? You little girl!'

Entities: 'Wu Kuang'. Also 'little girl' is generic.

The White Egret leapt up and stood on the main gate of the Myriad Dragon Palace; seven-colored rosy light swirled around her body, making her appear like an immortal.

Entities: 'White Egret', 'Myriad Dragon Palace'. Also 'main gate' is generic.

'Huo Xiong, make your move!' the White Egret called out softly.

Entities: 'Huo Xiong', 'White Egret'.

Wu Tie had just stepped out of the hall when he heard the White Egret's rebuke; his body swayed, and he shot forth a golden rainbow-like arc straight toward the Heavenly Black Cauldron.

Entities: 'Wu Tie', 'White Egret', 'Heavenly Black Cauldron'.

Before Wu Kuang could recover from the boiling qi and blood caused by the collision of the two treasures, a sweep of the Five Elements Divine Light sent the Heavenly Black Cauldron spinning wildly—'dili dilu'—completely out of control like a headless fly, crashing toward the Five Elements Divine Light.

Entities: 'Wu Kuang'. 'Two treasures' is generic. 'Five Elements Divine Light', 'Heavenly Black Cauldron'.

Wu Kuang spat out a mouthful of old blood; his connection with the Heavenly Black Cauldron became tenuous at best—this was the treasure he had nurtured for over two thousand years!

Entities: 'Wu Kuang', 'Heavenly Black Cauldron'. Also 'treasure' is generic.

"How dare you! What... what evil technique is this?" Wu Kuang hoarsely shouted, thrusting a palm at Wu Tie.

Within a radius of several hundred li, the heaven-earth primordial energy was drained by Wu Kuang's one palm, forming a huge palm that slapped toward Wu Tie.

Inside Wu Tie's life pool, vast mana burned rapidly, the Creation Jade Disk slowly rotated, the dao resonance of all heaven-earth great paths that Wu Tie had comprehended ran and flowed, he subtly merged into one with heaven-earth universe, and Wu Kuang's slapped big palm, before it could even approach him, suddenly shattered into clumps of turbid heaven-earth primordial energy.

The Five Phases Divine Light flicked and tossed, sweeping away the turbid heaven-earth primordial energy; the Black Heaven Cauldron rang with alarm and anger, then sank a large portion into the Five Phases Divine Light.

Wu Kuang widened his eyes, staring at Wu Tie as if he had seen a ghost.

Wu Tie's control over heaven-earth primordial energy actually surpassed his?

How is this possible?

He is merely an insignificant life-pool realm cultivator, at most a half-step into the womb-storage realm!

Before Wu Kuang could even understand what was happening, the Myriad Dragon Palace issued a heaven-shaking dragon roar, and countless huge dragon shadows shot up into the sky, turning into streams of light that straightly slammed into Wu Kuang.

Each stream of light was an all-out strike from the Myriad Dragon Palace.

Wu Kuang hoarsely roared as streams of dragon-shadow light pierced his body, his bones kept cracking inside, and in the snap of a finger he was beaten into serious injury.

Wu Kuang's body flowed with strange lights; besides the Black Heaven Cauldron, as the Great Black Heaven King—one under the Great Wu and above ten thousand—he naturally had other innate spirit treasures protecting his body.

But facing the Myriad Dragon Palace, these spirit treasures were like children under a tiger's claws, torn to pieces in a few moments.

Wu Kuang's light clusters shattered, large patches of radiance collapsed, he let out a hoarse, exhausted cry of pain, and in a sorry state he turned to flee.

Eighteen Dragon-Slaying Platforms appeared simultaneously in the air, thirty-six bronze divine chains flew like lightning to Wu Kuang's side, tightly locking him in midair.

Wu Kuang hoarsely screamed: 'Black Heaven Cauldron... save me!'

The Black Heaven Cauldron violently trembled, continually striking the Five Phases Divine Light.

Wu Tie spat out a mouthful of blood; the Black Heaven Cauldron's might was matchlessly overwhelming, and for him, with his current cultivation, to drive the Five Phases Divine Light to sweep away a treasure of that grade was simply beyond his power.

Wu Tie let out a long whistle, his heart contracted violently, the five-phase essence blood in his heart released immense power, the Five Phases Divine Light blazed brightly, forcibly holding back the Black Heaven Cauldron.

In the snap of a finger, countless dragon shadows flew past, beating Wu Kuang to pieces and shattering his divine fetus completely.

The Black Heaven Cauldron finally broke free from the Five Phases Divine Light's restraint and struck Wu Tie's body with a heavy blow.

The Heavenly Stars Armor burst out with dazzling light, completely neutralizing over ninety percent of the Black Heaven Cauldron's power.

With a tremendous boom, Wu Tie's entire skeleton shuddered violently, immense heat surged from his bones and instantly flooded his flesh; he felt his flesh as if shaken into bean dregs, almost separating from his bones.

Fortunately, the heat flow from his bones quickly repaired the cracks in his flesh; Wu Tie coughed up blood mouth after mouth, barely maintaining his overall integrity.

He even released a wisp of five-phase essence blood's aura, making his aura not appear weak but rather even more overpoweringly mighty.

The Myriad Dragon Palace howled, its main body slamming fiercely toward him.

In an instant came tens of thousands of violent impacts; the Black Heaven Cauldron was struck into hoarse screams, and on its surface appeared again that stiff, cold face.

Wu Tie seized the opportunity, he swung the Five Phases Divine Light, exerting all his strength and even burning some essence blood; the Five Phases Divine Light condensed into a single strand, and he fiercely smashed it into the Black Heaven Cauldron.

The Myriad Dragon Palace strongly suppressed the Black Heaven Cauldron; Wu Tie's Five Phases Divine Light repeatedly smashed, completely erasing the faint soul imprint of Wu Kuang inside it. The Black Heaven Cauldron's aura declined linearly; Wu Tie bit his tongue, spraying a mouthful of essence blood mixed with a wisp of domineering soul into the Black Heaven Cauldron.

A sweep of the Five Phases Divine Light left the Black Heaven Cauldron's artifact spirit dazed, and inexplicably Wu Tie planted a soul seal in its core.

'I... won't accept this!' the Black Heaven Cauldron hoarsely roared.

'You are mine!' Wu Tie, while spitting blood, rapidly absorbed the vast information coming from inside the Black Heaven Cauldron—this was all information on how to control, master, and use the Black Heaven Cauldron.

The Black Heaven Cauldron's artifact spirit angrily howled, gathering all its power and fiercely blasting toward Wu Tie's soul, intending to shatter his soul and then flee—having been driven by the Great Wu Divine Kingdom for countless years, the Black Heaven Cauldron finally saw the dawn of freedom.

But... hidden within Wu Tie's soul was a Yin-Yang Two-Qi Vessel far superior to his grade, who knows how much higher!

Black and white spiritual light flashed slightly; the Black Heaven Cauldron's artifact spirit instantly suffered heavy damage, it howled like seeing a ghost, then quickly submitted, obediently lowering its head to obey, meekly shrinking to the size of a fist, and quietly hovering beside Wu Tie.