Chapter 253
Chapter 253
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: 0
Chapter Title: Captured Dragon and Immortal Embryo
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"Suo Huan, let's talk this out nicely."
Inside the grand array, Sui Ying watched as Suo Huan gradually stepped closer. Finally abandoning his pride as a Dragon Lord's blood heir, he lowered his dragon head and pleaded humbly.
"My father is the Dragon Lord of the Four Seas Gate after all, and I'm his direct descendant. If you kill me, Father will surely sense it. When that happens, you'll have no place to bury your corpse. You set up this array to trap me because you want some benefits, right? Spare my life, and you can take anything I have."
When under the eaves, one had no choice but to bow.
Sui Ying wanted to stay tough.
But Suo Huan didn't fight fair. With his late Foundation Establishment Great Realman cultivation, he even deployed an array against it.
Under that cultivation suppression, it couldn't react at all.
By the time it regained its senses, Suo Huan had already pinned it inside the array. Its magic power was nearly impossible to mobilize. If not for its dragon body, it would have perished on the spot.
Hearing the genuine intent to kill in Suo Huan's words, Sui Ying naturally didn't dare keep up the tough act. It decisively bowed its head, begging only to survive.
Suo Huan couldn't help but clap and laugh at such a flexible attitude.
"The true dragon clan truly lives up to its reputation. No wonder true dragons once claimed dominion over all the world's rivers, lakes, and seas. But once the four Dao Lords arrived, the Dragon Lords promptly abandoned the inland regions and coiled overseas, leaving 'rivers, lakes, and seas' to mean just 'seas.'"
"You!"
Sui Ying's face immediately twisted in fury.
The Dao Lords founding their sects and true dragons retreating overseas—this was a taboo in the Four Seas Gate, something not even to be mentioned.
It was far too humiliating for the true dragon clan.
But with the opponent's strength overwhelming, it still had to swallow its rage and growl deeply.
"Suo Huan! You outsider—do you really want to fight to the death with me?"
"Dao friend, you think too highly of yourself."
Suo Huan's smile gradually faded as his magic power slowly expanded. Without displaying any divine ability, a vast river suddenly manifested high in the firmament, stretching across north and south.
In an instant, the Great Realman's tier of magic power fused with the array, creating a spectacle of boundless majesty. Glistening water light scattered across the six directions, dense and pervasive over a thousand suburbs—like the heavenly Milky Way cascading into the mortal realm. It smashed down steadily onto Sui Ying, enveloping its dragon body. From afar, it resembled a exquisite piece of amber.
"Ao—"
Sui Ying still tried to struggle.
But Suo Huan suppressed it with Great Realman tier authority, bullying the weak with strength on top of the array. He left it no path to survival.
The faint dragon roar quickly faded into silence.
Finally, Suo Huan withdrew the entire grand array without any anomaly leaking outward. It transformed into a pill radiating brilliant fluorescence, landing in Suo Huan's palm.
Only then did he turn toward the mirror surface.
"A purebred true dragon, one that cultivates the Great Sea Water. It should more than suffice for refining the Heavenly Water Kan Harmony Treasure Pill you need, Dao friend."
Hearing this, Perfected Being Miaoyin—far away in the Primal Saint Sect—felt a chill in her heart.
Suo Huan had displayed such formidable means. On one hand, it was to capture Sui Ying alive. On the other, was it not also a show of force against her?
This Great Realman from beyond the heavens wielded profoundly versatile divine powers!
At this thought, Perfected Being Miaoyin felt intense resentment toward Chong Guang.
*If not for his refusal to heed me and insistence on seeking that 'gold' fellow—if he had a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator guarding me, how would Suo Huan dare strut so arrogantly?*
Though she thought this, her face betrayed nothing. Instead, she smiled charmingly.
"Then many thanks, Dao friend Suo Huan. I've already arranged for the qi you want. It won't be long before you track him down overseas."
Suo Huan smiled at her words.
"Oh? Who is it this time?"
"Chong Ming."
Perfected Being Miaoyin spoke indifferently.
Chong Ming had originally been her ploy to emulate the Heaven Mending Peak Master. But now Chong Guang was dead, and Chong Ming proved utterly useless—unable to help her pass her tribulation. Forced to seek another path, she decided to make use of this waste by offering him to Suo Huan as payment.
Suo Huan shook his head at such ruthlessness.
"Jiangbei Demon Sect lives up to its name. Still, as offspring of an innate immortal spirit, his foundations aren't bad. Killing and refining him should yield at least mid-grade qi."
"Then it's settled."
Perfected Being Miaoyin dismissed it lightly and changed the subject.
"As for Yuan Tu... In a few days, I'll head with him to a realm-heaven called the Myriad Martial Realm."
"Once we enter the Myriad Martial Realm, I'll find a way to guide you in, Dao friend."
"Then, beyond the heavens, you can kill him without a trace. As long as we cover the causality well, not even a True Lord could trace it back to us."
A flicker of cunning flashed in Suo Huan's eyes, but it quickly vanished. He nodded.
"Then I'll await your good news, Dao friend."
"As for this true dragon, per our old rules, it's yours first. We'll have plenty more chances to collaborate. I trust you won't go back on your word."
As his words fell, the treasure mirror's radiance flickered. All scenes abruptly vanished, replaced by that pill sealing Sui Ying—which Suo Huan had transmitted across myriad miles. Perfected Being Miaoyin caught it and beamed with joy.
"Worth the trip after all."
"Once I refine this true dragon..."
"And obtain a Heavenly Water Kan Harmony Treasure Pill—with the Spirit Ruins Blessed Land for protection—I'll have a seventy percent chance of succeeding in this heavenly thunder tribulation."
"Hateful Chong Guang. If only he'd been willing to damage that Cave Sun Blessed Land to aid my breakthrough—I wouldn't have needed all this trouble."
In the vast, empty hall, Perfected Being Miaoyin's voice gradually sank.
Meanwhile, Lu Yang emerged from the Manifest Law Pavilion.
Returning to Luofeng Mountain, he sealed his cave abode's quiet chamber with a spell before taking out the Nine Child-Mother Heavenly Demon Immortal-Slaying Sword and a roll of brilliantly golden Dao book.
*The Secret Record of the Immortal Embryo Traversing the World!*
This was the suggestion from the pavilion's array spirit after Lu Yang requested a Dao method to maximize the sword's utility.
The secret method's essence lay in "Immortal Embryo" and "Traversing the World." As the name implied: First, nurture a Dao seed with superior rare treasures. Then, cultivate it day and night with divine abilities until it formed a Dao body—the Immortal Embryo. Finally, have that Dao body traverse the mortal world—Traversing the World.
"To put it simply, it's a cloning technique."
But unlike ordinary clones, the Immortal Embryo nurtured by this method had an essence akin to an immortal spirit. Once formed, it possessed its own independent fate.
Any deeds done by the Immortal Embryo would see their karmic repercussions fall solely on it during later divinations. Lu Yang's main body, hidden behind the scenes, would remain unstained by any causality.
Such a wondrous method was a supreme art for proxying calamities and evading tribulations.
Its sole flaw: It couldn't transfer tribulations already bound to the main body. After all, though the Immortal Embryo and main body shared one mind, they were effectively two separate entities.
"Regardless, it's usable."
Lu Yang smiled faintly. The Nine Child-Mother Heavenly Demon Immortal-Slaying Sword made perfect spirit material for nurturing an Immortal Embryo, yielding one of exceptional quality.
"Let it go beyond the heavens in my stead!"
Though he had the Book of a Hundred Lives as backup, Lu Yang's style had always been cautious to a fault—even his fights targeted only the old, weak, sick, and disabled.
Let alone now, with his greatest backer Chong Guang fallen.
And Clear Pure Flying Snow True Lord about to enter seclusion.
Rushing outside in such circumstances was practically handing opportunities to ill-intentioned foes. A single Immortal Embryo avatar was thus crucial for him now.
"Main body reaps the benefits; avatar takes the blame."
"If anything goes wrong, cut ties and flee—that's what an avatar is for."
With that thought, Lu Yang circulated the method. He pointed gently at the Nine Child-Mother Heavenly Demon Immortal-Slaying Sword, eliciting a clear, resonant sword cry.
He then calculated the time required before murmuring to himself.
*At most three months, and all will be ready!*
Then he could head beyond the heavens to the Myriad Martial Realm—harvest qi, test the mysteries of a second-grade true merit, and prepare for mid-stage completion!