Five Elements Bead

In the Crystal Palace of the East Sea Dragon Palace.

Immortal music played again, yet it couldn't quite mask the lingering aura of survival after tribulation.

Ao Guang's face, usually like a silver moon, was now filled with unprecedented reverence and flattery.

He personally led the way, his posture humble to the extreme.

"Esteemed Immortal, the Sea Eye, a crucial location, is just ahead."

Dao Xuan nodded slightly.

Beneath the blue gauze headband, his face was like mutton-fat jade, his eyes bright and brows clear.

His light yellow cloud-patterned daoist robe exuded an aura of purity, his demeanor still refined and elegant.

However, his brows carried a trace of fatigue from his recent confrontation with Houtu.

He followed Ao Guang through layers of palaces, past countless rare treasures.

Finally, they arrived at the deepest part of the Dragon Palace.

This place was no longer resplendent with gold and jade, but instead exuded an ancient profundity and heaviness.

Ahead, a massive vortex spun slowly.

At the center of the vortex, it was dark and deep, as if connected to the very bottom of the Nine Netherworlds.

Endless Water Essence power and Earth Vein turbid energy converged here, churning and forming a terrifying tearing force.

This was precisely the East Sea Eye!

"Esteemed Immortal, the Sea Eye is fraught with unfathomable dangers; even this humble dragon dares not enter lightly," Ao Guang said, pointing at the deep vortex, his voice filled with awe.

"The sealing power within isolates the inside from the outside, making it difficult even for the Heavenly Dao's will to probe."

Deep within Dao Xuan's Primordial Spirit, the Chaos Bead, which had integrated the Ancestral Dragon Pearl, was now emitting an unprecedentedly clear tremor!

As if it were calling out!

"Dragon King, please wait here," Dao Xuan said calmly.

"Yes! Esteemed Immortal, please be careful!" Ao Guang bowed in assent, not daring to disobey in the slightest.

Dao Xuan said no more.

The Twelve-Petal Pure World White Lotus appeared above his head, casting down billions of rays of purifying divine light to protect him.

With a single step, his figure vanished into the deep, swirling vortex of the Sea Eye.

As soon as he entered, he felt the world spin!

Terrifying water pressure and chaotic Earth Vein turbid energy madly tore at the divine light protecting his body.

If not for the protection of the White Lotus, even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal might have been torn apart by this chaotic and violent force.

He didn't know how long he had been falling.

Suddenly, the scene before him opened up!

A vast space, propped open by an invisible force, appeared before him.

At the center of the space, it was not filled with the violent currents he had imagined.

Instead, it was unusually "calm."

Yet, within this calmness lay a heart-stopping, ancient weight and stillness, accumulated over countless eons.

And in the center of this space.

Dao Xuan's pupils suddenly contracted!

He saw a dragon's body, unimaginably huge, suspended silently!

The dragon's body was broken, with only stark white bones remaining in many places; its flesh and blood had long since dried up and rotted.

But the remaining scales still shimmered with a dark golden, unyielding luster.

The winding dragon horns were broken, yet still majestic, as if they were about to pierce the heavens!

A vast, ancient, and supremely domineering pressure, originating from the very source of its bloodline, still lingered despite the passage of endless years!

"The Ancestral Dragon's body?!"

Dao Xuan's heart churned like a stormy sea!

How was this possible?!

Everyone in the Great Desolation knew that during the Dragon- Han initial tribulation, the Ancestral Dragon, to atone for the Dragon Clan's sins and quell the resentment of heaven and earth, had already returned its flesh, blood, bones, Primordial Spirit, and true spirit to heaven and earth, repairing the damage to the Great Desolation and settling its karma!

Its physical body should have completely dissipated into the heavens and earth!

How could a remnant body still exist here?!

Moreover, although this remnant body was dead and silent, it faintly exuded a... feeling of unwilling obsession?

Dao Xuan suppressed his inner surprise and cautiously moved forward.

Just as he approached within a hundred zhang of the massive dragon head.

Disaster struck!

Two points of eerie green light suddenly lit up in the giant dragon's empty eye sockets!

A cold, sinister, and greedy aura instantly permeated the air!

Following that.

A phantom figure slowly floated out from between the dragon's eyebrows.

The figure wore an imperial crown and a nine-dragon imperial robe, its face majestic, identical to the legendary Ancestral Dragon!

A faint yet exceptionally pure Ancestral Dragon aura also wafted around it!

"Young friend..."

The figure spoke, its voice ancient and majestic, tinged with a hint of weariness and relief.

"I am but a wisp of the Ancestral Dragon's dying consciousness, nurtured by the power of the earth's water essence deep within this sea eye, barely clinging to existence until now..."

"Today, I have finally met someone destined to find this place..."

Dao Xuan's expression remained unchanged, but his heart sneered repeatedly.

A wisp of the Ancestral Dragon's dying consciousness?

As if!

He had the Chaos Bead deep within his Primordial Spirit and had even merged with the origin of the Ancestral Dragon Pearl, making him extremely sensitive to the Ancestral Dragon's aura.

The figure before him, while seemingly pure in aura, was like a rootless duckweed. Deeper within, it concealed a nauseating, decaying Corpse Demon energy!

This was no Ancestral Dragon!

It was a Corpse Demon, born from the Ancestral Dragon's remains after countless years, absorbing the deathly stillness of the sea eye and the turbid energy of the earth's veins. Furthermore, due to the Ancestral Dragon's unyielding obsession that had not completely dissipated, it had finally gestured forth – a Corpse Demon!

This Corpse Demon, using the Ancestral Dragon's remains and aura as a shell, was attempting to be reborn!

"So it is the Ancestral Dragon Senior before me!" Dao Xuan feigned a look of "surprise" and "reverence," cupping his hands in a salute. "This junior, Dao Xuan, stumbled into this place and disturbed Senior's peaceful cultivation. I beg for your forgiveness!"

The eerie green light in the "Ancestral Dragon's" eyes flickered almost imperceptibly, as if with immense joy.

"It matters not, it matters not!" its voice grew even "gentler." "For you, young friend, to arrive here is a fated encounter of immense significance. I observe that you possess unique talent, profound fortune, and even carry the aura of my Dragon Clan's supreme treasure... You are truly the hope for my Dragon Clan's resurgence!"

"My remains are about to decay, and my dying consciousness will soon dissipate..."

"Rather than perishing along with this decaying body, why not bestow my final trace of origin and legacy entirely upon you, young friend!"

"I hope that in the future, you will remember this encounter and offer some care to my Dragon Clan..."

As it spoke, the phantom figure slowly floated towards Dao Xuan, extending a spectral hand as if to press it onto the crown of Dao Xuan's head.

An aura, seemingly gentle yet secretly harboring an endless, sinister power of soul-snatching, quietly enveloped Dao Xuan.

"Senior's kindness is overwhelming; this junior is deeply grateful!" Dao Xuan's face showed even greater "emotion," and he even slightly lowered his head, as if accepting this "heavenly opportunity."

The moment the spectral hand was about to touch the crown of Dao Xuan's head!

A cold glint erupted from Dao Xuan's eyes!

"Now!"

He urged his mind frantically!

Hum--!

The Twelve-Petaled Pure World White Lotus above his head instantly flared to its maximum brilliance!

No longer for defense!

It was an active strike!

Billions of rays of Pure World divine light, no longer descending to protect him, erupted upwards like billions of the purest, most sacred swords of light!

Instantly engulfing the phantom "Ancestral Dragon" figure!

"Ah--!!!"

A shrill, inhuman scream, filled with endless malice and terror, suddenly rang out!

The seemingly majestic "Ancestral Dragon" image rapidly dissolved and disintegrated like ice and snow under the illumination of the Pure World divine light!

Revealing its hideous and terrifying true nature!

A writhing mass, twisted from endless corpse energy, resentment, decaying dragon power, and the Ancestral Dragon's lingering obsession – an ugly, filthy black demonic shadow!

"No--! Pure World divine light?! You... you actually possess such a supreme treasure!!"

The Corpse Demon let out a desperate roar.

It had never imagined that this seemingly defenseless junior would possess such a supreme treasure that countered it!

It struggled frantically, unleashing its terrifying Corpse Demon evil power, attempting to break through the divine light's confinement.

However.

The Twelve-Petaled Pure World White Lotus, born from a lotus seed of the Chaos Green Lotus, contained the most fundamental purifying power, precisely the nemesis of such heretical demonic ways!

"Heretical ways dare to impersonate the Ancestral Dragon and attempt to seize this Daoist's body?"

Dao Xuan let out a cold laugh, pouring his magic power into the White Lotus without reservation.

"Today, I will let you, a monstrous fiend, be utterly annihilated!"

"Purify!"

Divine light like a prison, holy and flawless!

Under the continuous purification of the divine light from the Pure World White Lotus, the Corpse Demon was like filth thrown into a furnace, emitting sizzling sounds and billowing black smoke.

Its contained resentment, corpse energy, and evil power were stripped away layer by layer, purified, and dissolved!

Finally.

"I am not reconciled... Ancestral Dragon... I..."

Accompanied by a final shriek filled with endless malice and unwillingness, the foul demonic shadow completely dissipated into the divine light of the Pure World White Lotus, leaving not a trace!

Within the East Sea's eye space, the chilling, sinister aura was swept clean.

All that remained was the pure, settled stillness and desolation of the Ancestral Dragon's remains.

Dao Xuan let out a long sigh, put away the White Lotus, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

This Corpse Demon was not weak. If it weren't for the White Lotus's restraining power and the element of surprise, it would have taken considerable effort to deal with.

His gaze fell upon the Ancestral Dragon's remains once more.

The Corpse Demon was gone, and the remains were no longer sinister.

And beneath the massive dragon head, in the spot previously obscured by the Corpse Demon's aura.

Five fist-sized orbs of various colors were quietly suspended!

The orbs were in five colors: blue, red, yellow, white, and black!

Their brilliance was contained within, flowing ceaselessly.

The blue orb was vibrant with life, containing the origin of Yi Wood!

The red orb blazed fiercely, containing the origin of Li Fire!

The yellow orb was heavy as a mountain, containing the origin of Wu Earth!

The white orb was sharp and imposing, containing the origin of Geng Metal!

The black orb was as deep as an abyss, containing the origin of Gui Water!

The five orbs were connected by their auras, their Five Elements mutually generating and overcoming each other, forming a self-contained cycle and emitting vast, boundless Innate Dao Charm!

"Five Elements Spirit Orbs?!"

Dao Xuan's eyes burst with the light of pleasant surprise!

It was this treasure!

A Supreme-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure—the Five Elements Bead!

Containing the origins of the Innate Five Elements, it was perfect for both offense and defense, with infinite uses!

No wonder the Chaos Bead had trembled!

The Ancestral Dragon Pearl already contained a portion of the Water origin, sharing the same source as the Gui Water Bead within the Five Elements Bead, and it even faintly resonated with the Chaos origin of the Chaos Bead!

So, the opportunity hidden deep within the East Sea's eye was this item!

It was likely that before the Ancestral Dragon fell, it had hidden these Five Elements origin beads, which it had collected or refined, deep within the East Sea's eye, intending to use the eye's power to nurture them and aid its rebirth.

But for some reason, it failed, and instead, it nurtured the Corpse Demon.

Now, it had fallen into Dao Xuan's hands!

"A good treasure! It was destined to be mine!"

Dao Xuan laughed heartily and beckoned.

The five orbs turned into streams of light and flew into his hand.

They felt warm to the touch, the power of the Five Elements origin flowing within, faintly harmonizing with his own magic power.

With a thought, he stored the Five Elements Bead into his Primordial Spirit for nurturing.

His gaze fell once more upon the colossal remains of the Ancestral Dragon.

Although these remains were now lifeless, they were still the body of an Ancestral Dragon, containing a vast sea of Dragon Power origin and essence, its value immeasurable!

To refine it directly? That would be too wasteful.

Dao Xuan's mind raced, recalling legends from his past life.

He had an idea!

He sat cross-legged in the void.

The Twelve-Petaled Pure World White Lotus reappeared above his head.

The Myriad Treasures Nine Dragon Seal, the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Merit Ruler, the Four Symbols Banana Fan, and the newly acquired Five Elements Bead circled around him, their divine lights interplaying.

Dao Xuan formed profound hand seals.

He chanted under his breath.

"Heaven and Earth as the furnace, Creation as the craftsman! Yin and Yang as the fuel, all things as the bronze!"

"Using the Pure World Divine Light as the guide, the power of Myriad Treasures as the kindling, returning to the origin, refine!"

Hummm--!

The Pure World White Lotus's divine light blazed forth, its gentle yet vast purifying power enveloping the massive remnant body of the Ancestral Dragon.

The Myriad Treasures Nine Dragon Seal stirred the dragon qi, the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Merit Ruler stabilized space, the Four Symbols Banana Fan harmonized the elements of water, earth, fire, and wind, and the Five Elements Bead provided a continuous stream of primal Five Elements energy!

Under the combined efforts of several supreme treasures.

The colossal Ancestral Dragon remnant, as vast as a mountain, began to shrink and melt at a visible rate!

The tattered scales, the decaying flesh and bone, were purified and refined by the Pure World Divine Light and the might of the treasures!

The deathly stillness and impurities accumulated over endless eons were purged and stripped away.

Leaving only the most refined, the most primal essence of the Ancestral Dragon!

Finally.

All the essence converged and condensed.

Before Dao Xuan, it formed a pool about one zhang square.

The pool walls were neither gold nor jade, but a dark gold, covered in arcane dragon patterns.

The pool did not contain water, but was filled with a thick, viscous liquid, as dense as liquid gold, that seemed impossible to dilute!

Within the liquid, countless tiny dragon-shaped phantoms swam and roared!

They emanated an aura of pure, ultimate dragon power, along with a potent force for bloodline transformation!

The Dragon Transformation Pool!

It was complete!

Dao Xuan looked at the pool, refined with the power of several supreme treasures, his eyes filled with joy.

This pool contained the primal essence of the Ancestral Dragon, making it an unparalleled treasure for dragons!

Immersing oneself within it could purify bloodlines, strengthen dragon bodies, and even offer a chance to revert to the ancestral form, gaining a trace of the Ancestral Dragon's power!

Even for non-dragons, it had the miraculous effect of tempering the physical body and enhancing the primal source of blood and qi!

Dao Xuan did not hesitate.

He shed his daoist robe, leaving only his undergarments.

He stepped into the Dragon Transformation Pool in one stride!

Plop!

The viscous, gold-like pool water instantly enveloped him.

"Hiss--!"

An indescribable agony, like ten thousand dragons devouring his body, surged through him instantly!

The violent, pure primal dragon power surged into his limbs and bones!

It scoured his meridians! Tempered his muscles, bones, skin, and membranes! And integrated into the primal source of his blood and qi!

Dao Xuan grunted, veins bulging on his forehead.

But he held his mind steady, fully circulating the Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Technique!

This supreme body-refining profound technique, obtained from Saint Taiqing, now displayed its terrifying might!

Like a colossal millstone, it forcefully crushed, absorbed, and refined the surging primal dragon power within his body!

His blood and qi boiled, emitting a rumbling sound like a mighty river in full flow!

Beneath his skin, faint dark golden dragon patterns flickered, then slowly faded.

His physical body, tempered by the primal dragon power, became even more resilient and powerful!

Some subtle internal injuries, previously inflicted by Ancestral Witch Houtu's power of the Great Earth, rapidly healed and recovered under the surge of this boundless vitality!

He even faintly felt that the barrier at the peak of the sixth revolution of the Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Technique seemed to have loosened slightly!

Although he hadn't broken through to the seventh revolution, his physical strength and the primal source of his blood and qi had undoubtedly reached a new level!

After an unknown amount of time.

The color of the golden liquid in the pool had faded slightly.

Dao Xuan opened his eyes, which shone with radiant light!

He rose to his full height.

His skin was crystal clear like jade, faintly shimmering with a precious luster.

His blood and qi were abundant, his magical power surged, and the fatigue and hidden injuries from the previous battle were completely swept away. His condition was better than ever!

"What an excellent Dragon Transformation Pool! Its effects are truly miraculous!"

Dao Xuan put on his daoist robe with satisfaction.

Looking at the golden liquid still containing powerful energy in the pool, he had a thought.

He waved his large sleeves.

"Collect!"

The Dragon Transformation Pool, about a zhang square, instantly shrank, turning into a palm-sized, dark-gold small pool that fell into Dao Xuan's sleeve.

In the sea eye space, only the emptiness and silence left after the Ancestral Dragon's remains completely disappeared remained.

Dao Xuan lingered no longer.

His figure turned into a clear light, flowing against the current, rushing out of the East Sea eye.

Crystal Palace Hall.

Ao Guang was pacing back and forth restlessly.

Seeing Dao Xuan return safe and sound, he was overjoyed and quickly went to meet him.

"Immortal! You've finally come out! This little dragon was worried sick..."

Dao Xuan waved his hand, interrupting his flattery.

He unfurled his sleeve.

Hum!

A dark-gold pool, about a zhang square, landed in the center of the hall.

Dragon patterns flowed on the pool walls, golden liquid swirled within, and dragon shadows roamed.

A pure and vast aura of dragon power instantly permeated the entire Crystal Palace!

All the dragons present, including Ao Guang, felt the tremor and longing originating from the source of their bloodline. They all shook violently, their gazes fixed on the pool, filled with unbelievable ecstasy and reverence!

"This... this is?!" Ao Guang's voice trembled.

"This is the Dragon Transformation Pool," Dao Xuan said calmly. "It was refined by this humble daoist using the origin of the Ancestral Dragon's remains, aided by supreme treasures."

"Immersing yourselves within can purify your dragon bloodline, strengthen your dragon bodies, and even offer a chance to revert to your ancestors."

"Today, I bestow this upon you, the East Sea Dragon Palace, as an heirloom."

"I hope you all make good use of it, do not betray the Ancestral Dragon's legacy, nor the grace of the Xuanmen's care."

Boom!

Dao Xuan's words struck Ao Guang and all the dragons' hearts like thunder!

The Dragon Transformation Pool!

Refined from the Ancestral Dragon's origin!

Capable of purifying bloodlines! With a chance to revert to ancestors!

This... this was simply a supreme treasure for dragons! The foundation for a revival!

Ao Guang trembled with excitement, tears streaming down his face!

Plop!

He knelt directly on the ground, bowing his head to Dao Xuan, kowtowing repeatedly!

"Immortal! Immortal's great kindness! Kindness equal to rebirth! Kindness equal to rebirth!"

"This little dragon... this little dragon, on behalf of the East Sea Dragon Clan, no! On behalf of the Four Seas Dragon Clans! Thanks the Immortal for his heavenly grace!"

"Xuanmen's compassion! Dao Ancestor's protection! Immortal's divine might! This little dragon... this little dragon wishes to be Xuanmen's loyal dog for all eternity! To serve the Immortal with all my might! I will give my all, without hesitation!"

Behind him, the Turtle Prime Minister, the Whale Strongman, the Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals... all the water tribes of the dragon palace knelt down in unison, worshipping fanatically!

"Thank the Immortal for his heavenly grace!"

"Forever Xuanmen's loyal dogs! We will serve the Immortal to the death!"

The sound waves made the Crystal Palace hum!

Dao Xuan looked at Ao Guang's fawning expression, which seemed as if he wanted to tear out his own heart, and the fervent gazes filling the hall, and chuckled inwardly.

This sycophancy was already perfected.

He slightly raised his hand.

"Rise. Guard this pool well, and do not leak any information, lest it attract disaster."

"Yes! Yes! This little dragon will strictly obey the Immortal's decree!" Ao Guang scrambled to his feet, patting his chest to guarantee, "This little dragon will personally guard it and will never let any outsider lay a finger on it!"

Dao Xuan nodded.

With this matter settled, the gains were substantial.

The Five Elements Bead was obtained, the Dragon Transformation Pool was refined for his body, his injuries were completely healed, and his Xuan technique had advanced.

Furthermore, he had planted the Dragon Transformation Pool as a nail in the dragon palace.

It was time to leave.