Dragon Race Besieges Phoenix Race, The Treacherous Ao Guang!

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for accumulating five thousand years of diary entries, obtaining the System Critical Strike Reward!]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the system reward: Dijun's Essence Blood!]

Li Yuan heard the system's voice in his mind and suddenly sucked in a sharp breath of cold air.

Everyone else gets Pangu's Essence Blood—why are you giving me Dijun's Essence Blood?

Could it be that Pangu has already been completely drained dry by some other transmigrator?

Masaka, burned out?

Still, Dijun's Essence Blood is fine too; it just so happens to be usable for cultivating the Nine Revolutions Chaos Art.

To refine his own physical body's strength.

"Look, ahead is the Southern Blazing Undying Volcano!"

Duobao's excited shout yanked Li Yuan's thoughts back.

Li Yuan raised his head and gazed into the distance at the Southern Blazing Undying Volcano.

The moment the Southern Blazing Undying Volcano's silhouette emerged from the horizon, the immortal light shielding Li Yuan rippled with fine waves.

The gale wind, carrying sulfurous foul air, rushed toward him; even across three thousand li of cloud sea, it could still scorch a mortal's organs.

He formed the Fire Avoidance Art seal, and the entire sky had already turned into a crimson glass.

Eighty-four thousand lava waterfalls poured down from the heavenly pillars, condensing into spiraling fire tornadoes amid the rolling, turbid air of the earth's lungs.

"So this is the Southern Blazing Undying Volcano?"

"It truly lives up to its name."

After the Dragon-Han Initial Tribulation, all three races bore immense karmic sin, making cultivation difficult.

Originally, the Heavenly Dao intended to directly annihilate the three races.

But to protect themselves, the First Dragon guarded the Four Sea Eyes, the First Phoenix guarded the Southern Blazing Undying Volcano, and the First Qilin guarded the Southern Buzhou Mountain's earth veins.

This ultimately ensured the continuation of the three races, preventing their complete extinction.

Even bound by karma, it was still better than vanishing entirely from the Primordial World.

However, the three progenitors of the three races had all fallen, and with karma weighing them down, the three races headed toward endless decline.

Li Yuan advanced alongside several senior and junior brothers, but suddenly stopped in his tracks.

The sky ahead was split in two.

Crimson flames covered one side; surging blue waves churned on the other, colliding without cease.

Within the clouds, numerous dragon bodies, hundreds of thousands of zhang long, twisted and leaped.

Li Yuan's brow lifted slightly, and he murmured in some surprise.

"This is the Southern Blazing Undying Volcano—why are the Dragon Race here, hey?"

Duobao directly activated his clever Ano brain.

"Could it be they want to guard the Southern Blazing Undying Volcano in place of the Phoenix Race?"

Guangchengzi helplessly sighed and said softly.

"Junior Brother, that claim is even more absurd than the Dragon Race and Phoenix Race forming a marriage alliance."

Xuandu frowned in thought, then spoke.

"Regardless, we should still go to the Southern Blazing Undying Volcano and take a look. Perhaps this is the opportunity the Second Martial Uncle spoke of—the chance to resolve the conflict between the Witch and Demon races."

With that said, Li Yuan and the others quickly employed their escape arts again. Just as they neared the Southern Blazing Undying Volcano—

Roar--!!!

A sudden dragon roar descended, instantly halting Li Yuan and the others once more.

The Five-Clawed True Dragon's body, hundreds of thousands of zhang long, was immensely oppressive.

It radiated the imposing aura of the early Golden Immortal realm, yielding not an inch.

Displaying a few traces of the Dragon Race's domineering character from back in the day.

"This Seat is the current Dragon Race chieftain, the East Sea Dragon King, Ao Guang. What do you intend to do?"

The moment Ao Guang's name appeared, Li Yuan instantly understood.

He hadn't expected that this one was already the East Sea Dragon King during the Witch-Demon Calamity, at the Golden Immortal realm.

He casually wrote his inner complaints into the Diary.

Which happened to be seen by Yuanshi in the Jade Void Palace.

[Ao Guang, East Sea Dragon King. During the Witch-Demon Calamity, he was at early Golden Immortal. After three whole calamities have passed, he's still at early Golden Immortal. Karma really does kill people.]

Yuanshi stared at the Diary, frowning in deep thought, and inwardly mused.

"Karma is far more terrifying than This Daoist imagined."

"If that's the case, then Third Younger Brother slaughtering the Witch and Demon races and falling from the Saint seat—truly not an empty talk."

"Could the fall of the Interception Sect also be tied to karma?"

Ever since seeing the miserable downfall of the Interception Sect in the Diary, Yuanshi had taken this matter very seriously. He swore to find the root cause of the Interception Sect's destruction, preferably eliminating that culprit ahead of time.

"Speaking of which, how can the Dragon Race be this useless? Later, I should have Yellow Dragon go discipline them."

Regardless, the Dragon Race was once an ancient overlord. Yet now they've stooped to being lackeys for the Demon Court—truly unbecoming.

Li Yuan remained calm, carrying an aura of composure even as Mount Tai crumbled before him. Mainly because his impression of Ao Guang was far too rigid. Whenever the words "East Sea Dragon King" came to mind, his thoughts conjured up Ao Guang cowering before Sun Wukong.

He swept his gaze over the many Dragon Race members surrounding the Southern Blazing Undying Volcano and asked, "Are you all having a party here?"

Ao Guang's face was full of confusion. "Pa what? Pa who?"

"Kid, we are here on orders from Demon Saint Ji Meng to besiege the Phoenix Race. You'd best retreat quickly!"

He was a master at reading the room. One glance told him that Li Yuan and his three companions were no rogue cultivators—their speech carried dignity, their cultivation was stable, and their mana was pure. Without knowing their background, it was best not to blindly act arrogant.

Li Yuan grew even more puzzled. "Isn't Demon Saint Ji Meng a traitor expelled from the Dragon Race?" "Orthodox Dragon Race taking orders from a traitorous dragon—that's pretty abstract."

At these words, Ao Guang's expression shifted instantly, and he erupted in fury. "Silence! How dare you casually discuss Demon Saint Ji Meng's past?" "You know nothing of what happened back then, yet you speak such nonsense." "Leave at once, and this king will let bygones be bygones."

Li Yuan replied with a troubled tone. "Aiyo, but we need to enter the Southern Blazing Undying Volcano. You're making this difficult for me."

Roar—!!!

Ao Guang suddenly let out a dragon roar, grinning viciously. "Difficult? Then don't do it. This king has already surrounded the Southern Blazing Undying Volcano so tightly that not even water can pass." "No one gets in, no one gets out. I advise you all to give up on this idea." "Otherwise..."

Before he could finish, he released the pressure of his early Golden Immortal stage, as if to intimidate.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Xuandu, Guangchengzi, and Duobao suddenly unleashed the pressure of their mid-Golden Immortal stages. Li Yuan stood before them, looking exceptionally smug. "Otherwise, what?"

Whoosh—

Ao Guang instantly shifted into his Pre-Heaven Dao Body form, cupping his hands with a smile.

"This king truly failed to recognize Mount Tai. Aiyo, when I first saw you esteemed fellow daoists, I felt you were extraordinarily gifted and full of presence."

"Now it seems my guess was right. Otherwise, I would certainly have to entertain you all well."

With that, he leaned in and spoke in a low voice.

"Fellow daoists, don't make this difficult for me, alright? It's just that the Demon Saint's orders cannot be defied, you understand? He is a Demon Saint—what status does he hold, and what standing do I have?"

"The thing is, our Ji Meng Demon Saint bears a deep grudge against the Phoenix Race. Back when he was expelled from the Dragon Race, it was because of their scheming."

"If I let you all in, my dragon head won't be safe."

Li Yuan clicked his tongue. "You're the king of water-chatting groups. 'Dragon head not safe'? We're disciples of a Saint."

Ao Guang: "Brothers, please, come in!"

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