Return to Ancient Dragon Island
"Roar!"
Amidst the shrill roar of the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, the Black Demonic Lightning deep within the Sea of Lightning went berserk, fearlessly charging into its body.
However, as the Spirit Qi within the Nine Profound Golden Lightning Dragon's eyes grew increasingly dense, the explosion within the golden dragon's body became even more frenzied. The destructive ripples that spread from the explosion even made Zi Yan, who was standing next to Xiao Ming, feel a little frightened.
"Looks like this big guy is going to fail..."
As an outsider, Xiao Ming appeared quite calm, and made a judgment with a slight glance.
The backlash within the Nine Profound Golden Lightning was increasing exponentially. At this rate, no matter how many waves of Black Demonic Lightning surged forward, they would be unable to prevent the Nine Profound Golden Lightning's defeat.
It's time for him to make his move!
"Boom boom boom!"
Deep within the Sea of Lightning, the Nine Profound Golden Lightning coiled in a dark, ethereal state. Its body, seemingly cast in gold, had become much more illusory, powerless to resist the terrifying backlash.
As the Nine Profound Golden Lightning lay resignedly in the depths of the Sea of Lightning, the surrounding Black Demonic Lightning also ceased its onslaught, circling around it and emitting low, mournful groans.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xiao Ming stepped through the void and in a flash appeared deep within the Sea of Lightning, gazing up at the enormous Golden Thunder Dragon that was thousands of feet long.
At this moment, the latter glanced at him with a pair of extremely dark dragon eyes, but did not launch any further attacks.
Give me your power, and I will help you Spirit Gathering.
Xiao Ming's body hovered in front of the Nine Profound Golden Lightning. His tiny body was like an ant, yet his calm voice caused a slight ripple to appear in the dark dragon eyes of the Nine Profound Golden Lightning.
Xiao Ming gently pressed his palm onto a dragon scale between the eyes of the Nine Profound Golden Lightning. The Thunder quickly shifted and spread across Xiao Ming's body, arcs of electricity covering his entire body like golden snakes coiling around him, seemingly trying to devour Xiao Ming.
Xiao Ming remained unfazed. These Thunder only caused him a slight tingling sensation. His body, tempered by the Spirit Nurturing Art and various Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object, had developed a strong resistance to such things.
Even as the Spirit Nurturing Art operated autonomously, Thunder enough to destroy Dou Sheng was being devoured and refined into pure energy, which was then absorbed by Xiao Ming and transformed into extremely pure Dou Qi.
These are all minor details; the real major expense lies in the Nine Profound Golden Lightning.
Xiao Ming's Emperor Realm soul was released and spread into the Nine Profound Golden Thunder's body, capturing those violent energies, which were the culprits behind the Nine Profound Golden Thunder's inability to gather spiritual energy.
"Your immense power is the biggest obstacle to your Spirit Gathering; I must extract it..."
As Xiao Ming finished speaking, his Soul Power began to exert its force.
The Nine Profound Golden Lightning emitted a piercing wail, the pain no less than that of Spirit Gathering backlash, yet it suppressed its instinct to resist, its body trembling as it lay prostrate within the Sea of Lightning.
The Nine Profound Golden Lightning was weakening, its massive body was gradually shrinking, and the backlash was becoming less and less...
Pfft!
Suddenly, Xiao Ming pulled hard, and instantly, the brilliant golden Lei Guang was forcibly extracted from the Nine Profound Golden Lightning. Faintly, the golden Lei Guang gathered into a giant Lei Guang dragon about a hundred feet long.
"Such terrifying destructive power..."
Xiao Ming's Soul Power in his palm transformed into a massive net, tightly binding the Golden Light Thunder Dragon. This was the power within the Nine Profound Golden Lightning. If this energy were absorbed into his body, even he would suffer greatly, as it was equivalent to the entire energy of Seven Star Dou Sheng.
"Roar!"
The Golden Light Thunder Dragon struggled frantically within the fire net, trying to escape, but without anyone specifically directing it, it seemed powerless to do so.
"Seal up!"
With a flick of his finger, Xiao Ming sent out a streak of blood that quickly formed an array on the Thunder Dragon, which then shone brightly.
The soul net, enveloping the Golden Light Thunder Dragon, began to rapidly shrink, eventually transforming into a miniature Thunder Dragon. Xiao Ming released his "spirit" and swallowed it whole; such destructive power was best preserved by the spirit.
At this moment, the Nine Profound Golden Lightning had shrunk by more than ten times. Its ten-zhang-long Thunder Dragon body Aura, and it no longer possessed its previous power. At most, it still had the strength of Dou Zun.
Xiao Ming gently stroked the dragon head of the Nine Profound Golden Lightning with his palm. With a change of hand seal, the Spirit Qi between heaven and earth quickly gathered and finally transformed into a seed of Spirit Qi, which slowly invaded the body of the Nine Profound Golden Lightning.
"Calm your mind Spirit Gathering; strive for success in one fell swoop!"
The Nine Profound Golden Lightning, stripped of its power, felt an unprecedented weakness, an emptiness that nearly overwhelmed it. Yet its soul grew ever stronger, gradually taking shape as Xiao Ming infused it with Spirit Qi.
This time, the Spirit Gathering was easier than ever before, not only because of Xiao Ming's help, but also because the backlash from the Spirit Gathering was minimal.
The Nine Profound Golden Lightning passed by easily, and the Spirit Qi in his eyes grew stronger and stronger. In the end, his eyes became more and more lively than ever before.
"From now on, you will be the only Nine Profound Golden Lightning in the world possessing sentience..."
Xiao Ming patted the Nine Profound Golden Lightning again, then turned around, his figure transforming into a rainbow of light, and sped away towards Zi Yan in the distance.
Deep within the Thunder Pool, the Nine Profound Golden Lightning Dragon blinked its eyes, locking onto that departing figure. This was the first person the newborn soul had ever seen, etched deep within its soul, indelible.
"Everything went smoothly. Let's go. You've been away for too long; it's time to go back to the Ancient Dragon Clan."
Approaching Zi Yan, Xiao Ming smiled at her, who was blinking her big eyes.
"Uh-huh."
The Ancient Void Dragon Clan was not far from the Void Thunder Pool. With their current strength, the two returned to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan in just a short while.
The return of the two immediately caused a stir among the entire Ancient Void Dragon clan!
That wasn't easy!
This is the first time Zi Yan has taken the initiative to return to Ancient Dragon Island since she left Ancient Void Dragon so long ago!
If they hadn't been confident in Zi Yan's strength, and if there hadn't been an Eight Star Dou Sheng Old Ancestor watching over them in the Heavenly Court, they would have all run out to find her!
There's a reason why Zi Yan doesn't like returning to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. In the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, she needs to maintain the demeanor of Dragon Emperor, while in front of Xiao Ming, she can freely express her true personality. Naturally, she doesn't want to go back.
Moreover, with the external enemies of the Ancient Dragon Taixu eliminated and an Eight-Star Dou Sheng in charge, she naturally didn't need to worry too much.
However, now that she's back, Zi Yan can only maintain her composure, appearing as a mature and empress-like figure.
At the same time, she also mentioned that she and Xiao Ming had encountered the Old Dragon Emperor below Jia Nan Academy.
The elders with more seniority were immediately thrilled to hear that the Old Dragon Emperor was still alive.
They clamored to go and pay their respects to the Old Dragon Emperor, but in the end, Zi Yan suppressed most of them. Only a few old dragons from the same era as Zhu Kun were released from Dragon Island by Zi Yan.
These people are very powerful; they go quickly and return just as quickly.
After these people returned, they revealed some inclination to seize the Ancient Tuoshe Jade.
Clearly, Zhu Kun had told them something.