Time passed.
In the void, the ominous karma entwining Qiongqi's primordial spirit was quickly cleansed away by the Myriad Heavens Celebration Cloud.
At that moment, his mind cleared, and he felt increasingly close to the Heavenly Dao Rules.
During the Fierce Beast Calamity, the Fierce Beast Clan had been bloodthirsty, feeding on the flesh, blood, and souls of living beings to increase their cultivation. Qiongqi had committed countless atrocities and become stained with immeasurable karma.
Such slaughter was intolerable to Heaven and Earth in the Primordial World.
Thus, no matter how much Qiongqi cultivated, his cultivation could rise no higher than it had during the Fierce Beast Calamity. He could not break free of his shackles and attain the Dao as a Quasi-Saint.
Now that Dong Wanggong had erased the Karmic Tribulation Qi from his body, Qiongqi could at last comprehend the creations of the Heavenly Dao, roam the heights of the Great Void with his spirit, and wander freely among the stars and through chaos.
"Truly worthy of being a supreme treasure of the Great Dao! The Myriad Heavens Celebration Cloud's ability to cleanse karma may be even more powerful than Ancestor Minghe's Twelve-Petal Karmic Fire Red Lotus!"
"With such a supreme treasure, all techniques will fail to harm him, and he will survive every tribulation. As long as Dong Wanggong doesn't touch the foundations of the Heavenly Dao or incur karma against the Great Dao, his path of cultivation will be free of calamity and hardship!"
"Truly astonishing!"
Fuxi stroked his chin, his voice carrying among the crowd.
Seeing what the Myriad Heavens Celebration Cloud could do, Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi cursed inwardly. They blamed Dao Ancestor Hongjun for bestowing the treasure on Dong Wanggong.
The Heavenly Dao was unfair!
As everyone marveled, Dong Wanggong acted once more.
"Dragon Transformation Pool, appear!"
"Qiongqi, use this Ancestor Dragon Pearl as your foundation and the Dragon Essence of countless dragons in the Dragon Transformation Pool as energy. Rebuild your body, become a Nine Heavens Divine Dragon, and shed your Fierce Beast nature!"
"You spent millions of years in the Heavenly Gang Thunder Fire and have already comprehended the Thunder Law. If you can reach the threshold of the Thunder Law in the Dragon Transformation Pool, you'll leap through the Dragon Gate and defy fate!"
Dong Wanggong swept out his right hand, and a Dragon Transformation Pool stretching for millions of miles appeared upon the earth at Buzhou Mountain.
In an instant, countless divine dragons soared through the sky. They were the lingering souls of fallen members of the Dragon Clan, while golden Dragon Essence churned in the pool.
At the same time, Dong Wanggong sent a crimson-gold dragon pearl into Qiongqi's primordial spirit. Qiongqi dropped straight from the sky and sank into the Dragon Transformation Pool.
Glug, glug!
In the blink of an eye, the Dragon Transformation Pool boiled like magma. The profound Dao Resonance it gave off filled the Three Pure Ones and the others with envy.
"Qiongqi has gained an immense opportunity. The Dragon Essence in that pool is enough to create a being as extraordinary as Ancestor Dragon. And now Qiongqi is refining the Ancestor Dragon Pearl too—his potential is beyond measure."
"Even I can't help envying him. When we Three Pure Ones were born, our primordial spirits were powerful and without flaw. But our physical bodies were a little inferior to those of the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the several fellow Daoists here!"
Old Master Taiqing let out a long sigh.
How could a mere mount like Qiongqi enjoy such a profound boon?
Yuanshi and Tongtian beside him wholeheartedly agreed. It seemed that even they, as orthodox heirs of Pangu, were worse off than Qiongqi.
Being an orthodox heir of Pangu suddenly didn't seem so impressive!
Time flew by in the blink of an eye.
On the cliff, the Chaos Gourd Vine poured forth Innate Spiritual Qi. The Innate Restrictions on its seven gourds gradually neared completion, and they seemed close to ripening.
On the earth, the millions-of-miles-wide Dragon Transformation Pool displayed wondrous phenomena. Qiongqi devoured its Dragon Essence at a visible rate, while a heartbeat like thunder rang out from the Dark Gold Giant Egg at its center.
The Dark Gold Giant Egg was nurturing Qiongqi.
One bolt after another of Purple Firmament Divine Thunder seemed to answer a summons, falling from Outer Heaven Chaos and striking the egg without harming it in the slightest.
Instead, Qiongqi absorbed the ten-thousand-foot bolts of lightning. Thunder Divine Patterns appeared on the Dark Gold Giant Egg, gleaming dazzlingly beneath the sunlight.
"Big Brother, if Qiongqi really rebuilds his body, his cultivation may surpass ours. Even with my Chaos Bell, I'm not sure I could stand against him!"
"Why don't we steal that Dark Gold Giant Egg and roast it with Sun Divine Fire? Perhaps we could turn it into an external incarnation no weaker than our true bodies!"
Eastern Emperor Taiyi's crimson-gold eyes were sharp, and a murderous intent stirred within him.
Dong Wanggong was already powerful. If Qiongqi grew stronger too, the entire Demon Clan would have no way to deal with him.
Hearing this, Dijun shook his head. He was unwilling to accept it, but there was nothing he could do.
"Tai Yi, don't act rashly. Dong Wanggong is at the height of his power. You and I can't afford to offend him!"
"The Three Pure Ones are on good terms with Dong Wanggong now, and the Dao Ancestor regards him as the successor to the Immortal Dao Law. If we strike at this moment, we'll offend many of the greatest Innate Deities."
"Dong Wanggong may not have been appointed Head of Male Immortals, but his foundations and influence already make him, in a sense, the greatest figure in the Primordial World. Our Demon Clan must be cautious!"
Dijun shut his eyes in frustration.
Dong Wanggong and Qiongqi were threats, and he knew it well. But the Demon Clan was too weak to stand against them.
Only if Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi attained the Dao as Quasi-Saints would they have the confidence to contend for supremacy in the Primordial World and look down upon the rest.
"Rumble!"
"Crack!"
Just as the mighty beings were sensing the dragon's might, a tremendous din echoed through Buzhou Mountain.
The Dark Gold Giant Egg split apart.
Its shell turned into streams of energy and merged into Qiongqi's body.
As the golden light faded, countless wondrous signs surrounded Qiongqi. A thunderous giant dragon stretching for millions of feet soared out of the Dragon Transformation Pool and hovered among the clouds.
Its scales were dark gold, Thunder Divine Patterns gleamed across its powerful body, and its horns were fierce and imposing.
The enormous dragon head gazed down upon all creation. Its vast dragon might spread through the Primordial World, unsettling every living being as if they had encountered a natural enemy.
The descendants of the Dragon Clan were especially affected. The aura in their blood compelled them to prostrate themselves and submit toward Buzhou Mountain.
Even the East Sea Abyss shook at Qiongqi's emergence.
Ever since the Dragon-Han Initial Tribulation ended, the Dragon Clan had suppressed the East Sea Spring Eye. In all those years, nothing but the phenomena accompanying Dong Wanggong's transformation had ever stirred the clan.
But now, a dragon might comparable to Ancestor Dragon had appeared. The Dragon Clan could not ignore it.
The grand hall gleamed with gold and jade.
Dragon Emperor Ying Long furrowed his brows as he looked toward Buzhou Mountain, waves of shock surging through his heart.
"That's Ancestor Dragon's aura! And our Dragon Clan's Dragon Transformation Pool—how did it reappear after disappearing for countless years?"
He couldn't make sense of it.
At the end of the Dragon-Han Initial Tribulation, Ancestor Dragon, Yuanfeng, and First Kirin had fought in a fierce battle. They had vanished in the final explosion, leaving behind only scattered traces of blood as proof of their deaths.
First Kirin had unquestionably perished. His corpse had become Qilin Cliff, sheltering the surviving members of the Qilin Clan as they fled into chaos.
But Yuanfeng and Ancestor Dragon had disappeared without a trace. Even Dragon Emperor Ying Long did not know what had become of them.
For countless years, the Dragon Clan had searched for them, but never found a single clue. Dragon Emperor Ying Long wasn't sure that Ancestor Dragon and Yuanfeng had perished.
After all, both of them possessed immeasurable divine abilities and tenacious vitality.
Ancestor Dragon had been born from the sinews of Great God Pangu. At his peak, his offense and defense were so formidable that even Dao Ancestor Hongjun and Demon Ancestor Luohu had feared him.
Yuanfeng may not have been as domineering as Ancestor Dragon, but she had a power to be reborn through nirvana. She had never displayed it before the living beings of the Primordial World—not even before members of the Phoenix Race.
All these strange signs seemed to reveal one thing: Ancestor Dragon and Yuanfeng had not perished.
"Enough. Once I recover my Quasi-Saint cultivation, I'll go to the Primordial Continent and investigate."
"Heavenly Dao Shackles, Karmic Retribution—when will it all end?"
The blood-red armor on Dragon Emperor Ying Long clinked. Divine light shone across her full chest and long legs, making her look like an incomparable beauty.
Compared with West Queen Mother, Dragon Emperor Ying Long possessed an air of authority and dominance that seemed even more capable of stirring the desire to conquer.
Buzhou Mountain.
Qiongqi revealed his form, leaving the mighty beings present staring in shock.
The Dragon Clan had always been tremendously powerful. Now that Qiongqi had become a divine dragon, he was a merciless weapon, surpassing everyone present in both defense and offense.
In terms of physical defense, Qiongqi was already no weaker than an Ancestral Witch.
And his sharp dragon claws seemed capable of tearing through the very source of space and giving rise to Chaotic Turbulence in an instant.
"Qiongqi thanks the Immortal Emperor for granting me this opportunity!"
"From this day onward, I shall be the blade in the Immortal Emperor's hand, slaying every enemy of my lord. I will never harbor the slightest thought of defiance. Should I break this vow, may I suffer eternal ruin!"
Qiongqi knelt before Dong Wanggong. His Peak Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal cultivation shook all creation, while his icy scales and ten-thousand-foot thunder made him even more imposing.
"From now on, you are no longer Fierce Beast Qiongqi. You are Thunderous Tyrant Dragon!"
Dong Wanggong leaped into the air and landed atop Qiongqi's dragon body.
He stood with his hands behind his back and spoke softly.
His words carried boundless ambition, while the Immortal Dao Law drifted vast and ethereal.
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