A Sexagenary Cycle in the Blink of an Eye (23)
In the Core Area of Dragon Tomb, an ancient road, radiating golden light and seemingly endless, stretches across the land. Phantoms of Flood Dragons coil and dance around the ancient road, their Heavenly Dragon, creating a magnificent spectacle.
This is the True Dragon Road, the most renowned trial ground of the Eastern Sea Flood Dragon Clan. It is filled with numerous trials and tribulations, and one can obtain certain fortuitous opportunities after traversing a certain distance.
If one can pass all the tests, one can become the Dragon Mound Guardian, a special position held by the Eastern Sea Flood Dragon Clan, possessing an extremely transcendent status.
The Dragon Mound Guardians not only enjoy a massive amount of resources, but they can also mobilize the Dragon Mound Guard Army of the Flood Dragon Clan, as well as the Clan-Guarding Dragon Soldier.
The former is one of the two most powerful legions of the Eastern Sea Flood Dragon Clan, capable of surrounding Sage Manifestation. The latter's formidable strength at the Mid Sage Manifestation is also well-known.
It can be said that as long as one becomes the Dragon Mound Guardian, the status of the Luochuan River Dragon King will rise dramatically, becoming equal to that of the Eastern Sea Flood Dragon King and the Grand Elder.
However, becoming Dragon Mound Guardian is extremely difficult. On average, only one guardian emerges from the Eastern Sea Flood Dragon Clan every ten thousand years.
The previous generation of guardians was twelve thousand years ago, during the era of the Lu Wu Realm, when they were among the top three strongest beings, renowned for their power.
Even with Yang Tianyou's help and the assistance of the Jade Register Heavenly Book, the Luochuan River Dragon King was not absolutely certain that he could completely pass the True Dragon Road, after all, his bloodline only had 60% concentration left, which was a fatal flaw.
"It's all up to human effort!" After a sigh, the Luochuan River Dragon King swept away the gloom and dejection in his heart and strode towards the True Dragon Road.
At Great White Residence on Purple Moon Mountain, Yang Tianyou slowly opened his eyes.
"The True Dragon Road..." he murmured to himself, a strange light flashing in his eyes.
For the remaining nine years, Yang Tianyou decided to spend most of his time assisting the Luochuan River Dragon King in navigating the True Dragon Road.
If Yang Tianyou could obtain the identity of the Dragon Mound Guardian, the Luochuan River Dragon King would become his biggest trump card. The Yang Household could also use this channel to establish a business partnership with the Eastern Sea Flood Dragon Clan and reap huge profits.
However, before that, Yang Tianyou needed to take some time to handle the current Lineage affairs properly, especially the war in the Chaotic Sea, where the battle in the Leling Archipelago could not be delayed any longer.
The number of Nascent Soul Cultivators in the Yang Household is about to experience a major surge.
Yang Danglong, Yang Xuanwu, Yang Tiankang, Yang Tianshi, and other members of the clan have all reached a critical juncture for their breakthrough.
Once they successfully break through to the Nascent Soul, the Yang Household will have enough powerful individuals to guard the Leling Archipelago.
In fact, with the current strength of the Purple Moon Army, it could easily sweep through the Leling Archipelago. However, the lack of individual strongmen to guard the area always made people uneasy. In addition, the Purple Moon Army also needed battlefield training, which is why the Yang Household delayed this gentleman's war for several years.
Now, with the war in the Spirit-Suppressing Sea Region gradually subsiding, the Four Great Powers, including the Sea Abyss Sect, are actually considering ending the war.
The Yang Household's early termination of the battle in the Leling Archipelago might even become a catalyst, bringing this war, whose outcome was known from the beginning, to an early end.
The Leling Archipelago, Twin Forest Island.
Today is the day Yang Danglong breaks through to the Nascent Soul. Because of the precedent set by Yang Dangmo, Yang Danglong deliberately waited for twenty more years to concentrate on comprehending the Dao of Heaven and Earth, honing his Law Power, and consolidating his foundation.
Hard work pays off. Although the breakthrough process was somewhat difficult, he eventually broke through the Nascent Soul barrier and reached a new Immortal Realm.
A vast expanse of Tribulation Clouds pressed down from the sky, and violent Thunder surged in all directions. Yang Danglong held the Nether Dragon Disk, and the dense Array Mark resembled twisted little dragons, intertwined and complex. In the blink of an eye, they formed a Nether Dragon that roared to the sky.
Call!!
The Nether Dragon opened its mouth and spat out countless emerald flames that collided with the Thunder falling from the sky.
The two forces clashed and eventually both disappeared.
After all eighteen Thunder struck, the Heart Demon Tribulation descended. Yang Danglong's State of Mind remained flawless, and he successfully overcame the tribulation, achieving the Nascent Soul Realm.
Just as Yang Tianyou predicted, following Yang Danglong, within a month, many powerful members of the Yang Household located in the Leling Archipelago — Yang Xuanwu, Yang Tiankang, Wang Shan, and Yang Yusheng —successfully broke through to the next level, directly adding five Nascent Soul cultivators to the Yang Household's ranks.
Meanwhile, on Purple Moon Mountain, Yang Xuanyun and Yang Tianshi also began their Tribulation Transcendence. Both of them were people with profound knowledge and experience, and successfully broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm, adding two more Nascent Soul experts to the Yang Household.
Yang Tianyou gave the two a month to consolidate their cultivation. Then, he sent Fengling, Ruoqing, Yuan Ba, Xuanyin, and Black and White, along with the five Nascent Soul Spirit Beasts and the two newly breakthrough Nascent Soul clan members, to lead three thousand Lineage Cultivators in Fifth-Tier War Flying Vessels to the Chaotic Sea to participate in the Final Battle of the Leling Archipelago.
The Yang Household's massive troop reinforcements and troop deployments did not escape the notice of Madam Red Butterfly, who had been closely monitoring their movements. Of course, Yang Tianyou had no intention of hiding it either; if possible, he preferred to subdue the enemy without a fight.
However, Yang Tianyou underestimated Madam Red Butterfly's determination. Although this woman was intelligent, she also had a passionate side. Surrendering without a fight was not the way Madam Red Butterfly was.
Therefore, Madam Red Butterfly also began to mobilize her forces in a great deal of effort, preparing for a real battle of attrition against the Yang Household.
The war broke out quickly. The Yang Household divided their forces into five routes, with each route led by five hundred Purple Moon Army.
Today, the Yang Household's Purple Moon Army has expanded to 3,500 men.
One thousand men remained to guard Purple Moon Commandery and Luochuan Commandery, while the remaining two thousand five hundred Purple Moon Army were all stationed in the Leling Archipelago.
Five hundred Purple Moon Army are enough to contend with Nascent Soul Great Perfection cultivators. With the help of War Flying Vessels and the Nascent Soul Cultivators stationed in the army, the strength of each of the Yang Household's armies can sweep through the Nascent Soul Realm.
The central army, relying on the power of its Fifth-Tier War Flying Vessels, was able to fight against Spirit Transformation cultivators.
Thus, the five armies, totaling 50,000 Cultivators of various levels, marched in a mighty force, like a mighty east wind sweeping across thousands of miles of mountains and rivers. All who stood in their way were defeated, and they swept across the Leling Archipelago Island. All forces that resisted were conquered, and many powerful figures were killed by the Yang Household.
In just one year, the Yang Household family conquered nearly two hundred Island level two or above, as well as tens of thousands of miniature Islands, which were under Madam Red Butterfly's control.
As more and more Islands were captured, the strength of the Yang Household's army continued to expand. When the five armies converged and arrayed themselves in front of Leling Island, Yang Xuanwu was astonished to find that the original 50,000 troops had become 100,000, half of whom were cultivators who had surrendered to the Yang Household.