Saint-Level Arrays, a Return Gift of True Dragon Essence Blood!

"Source Heavenly Book?!"

East King Duke froze when he heard it. Why had the other party sent him this?

Though the Source Heavenly Book was not a cultivation manual, it had played an enormous role in Ye Fan's growth.

It recorded the scrutiny of mountain and river formations, terrain structures, celestial changes, and more. It also contained profound insights involving yin and yang, the five elements, and the resonance between Heaven and man.

It could be called the foremost extraordinary book of Covering the Heavens.

In certain respects, it was even hundreds of times more precious than an Emperor Scripture.

Otherwise, Source God and Source Ghost, both at the Great Emperor realm, would not have cursed it, nor would they have sought to put Ye Fan to death in his later years even after he became a Great Emperor.

"Claim!"

East King Duke opened the Red Packet and accepted it.

Though somewhat surprised, since it had already been delivered to his door, he naturally would not refuse it.

[Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the Source Heavenly Book. The Group Leader privilege multiplier of hundreds of millions of times is triggering a critical strike...]

[Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the Ten Absolute Arrays, Nine-Bend Yellow River Array, Twelve Ancestral Witch Great Array, Zhou Tian Star Array... Myriad Immortals Array!]

"They're actually arrays!"

East King Duke was somewhat surprised, but upon further thought, it seemed perfectly natural.

An Origin Heaven Master's methods of fighting enemies had always involved using Heaven and Earth as an array formation, borrowing the power of Heaven and Earth to slaughter their foes.

That was itself a type of array.

And these arrays obtained through the critical strike delighted East King Duke immensely.

"The Ten Absolute Arrays, the Nine-Bend Yellow River Array!"

During the Investiture of the Gods battle, the Ten Absolute Arrays had made the Expounding Sect suffer bitterly. The Nine-Bend Yellow River Array had swept up the Expounding Sect's Twelve Golden Immortals in one net and cut away the three flowers atop their heads. Had Primordial Lord not cast aside his dignity and attacked the younger generation, the Investiture of the Gods war could have been declared over then and there.

As for the arrays that came later, all of them could unleash Saint-level combat power; their might was unimaginable.

"Excellent. With these arrays, the Immortal Court will be more than capable of unifying the Primordial World."

With the arrays in hand—most of them Saint-level arrays—East King Duke was thrilled beyond measure.

At that moment, he also saw Ye Fan's message in the Chat Group.

"Transformation requires Source Stone?"

Seeing this, East King Duke waved his hand, and a drop of True Dragon Essence Blood appeared before him. The instant it emerged, an arrogant dragon's roar rang through the immortal mountain.

The living beings within the immortal mountain were all startled.

This True Dragon Essence Blood had naturally been picked up by him from the battlefield of the Dragon-Han Calamity.

Back then, the three races had fought in a melee that shattered Heaven and split Earth. The three Quasi-Saint ancestral forebears had fought until their eyes turned red, and the corpses of Dragons, Phoenixes, and Qilin lay everywhere.

He truly had no Source Stone, but for transforming one's physical body, was there any treasure more suitable than True Dragon Essence Blood?

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With East King Duke's selection, the essence blood before him, like a crimson gemstone, vanished into thin air.

Covering the Heavens.

A nameless barren mountain.

Duan De and the Black Emperor looked at each other in speechless dismay, sitting on the ground in dejection.

Before them lay Source Stone husks scattered everywhere, along with even the discarded skins of Peerless Treasure Medicine.

Anyone who saw it would surely curse them as wastrels.

The Source Stone was one thing, but if that Peerless Treasure Medicine had been refined into pills, it would certainly have produced peerless divine pills.

Yet they had directly absorbed the essence of its medicinal properties. It was like a cow chewing a peony—an outrageous waste of Heaven's gifts.

"I poured in everything I earned from ten years of diligently digging graves. What remains can only depend on Ye Fan's own fate."

Clutching his chest, Duan De spoke in heartache.

The Black Emperor glanced at Ye Fan. Ye Fan had already withered into something barely human, and his aura continued to decline. Before long, he would turn into ashes.

"We've done all we can. Perhaps this is fate. Once Ye Blackie dissolves into the Dao, we'll bury him!"

After his heartache subsided, Duan De seemed to think of something. He rose to his feet and spoke with a sorrowful air, as though grieving for all under Heaven.

"Woof woof woof! This Emperor has taken a liking to Ye Blackie's little broken cauldron. Stinking Daoist, don't compete with This Emperor!"

The moment the Black Emperor heard that, he became alert as well, baring his teeth at Duan De.

"What do you mean, yours or mine? This is a relic left behind by my dear friend Ye Fan. As his only true confidant, I naturally have the responsibility to collect his remains. Besides, you're just a dog—what use do you have for a treasure cauldron?"

"Woof woof woof! Stinking Daoist, don't think This Emperor can't see through you. That cauldron was forged from Mysterious Yellow Mother Qi. Even if This Emperor can't use it, I won't let you have it!"

Just as the two were poised for battle, Ye Fan, lying nearby, suddenly opened his eyes.

"It's here!"

Black Emperor and Duan De turned to look at Ye Fan, their faces full of confusion, unable to understand what he meant.

But the next moment, a dragon's roar resounded through the nine heavens.

Countless ancient royal clans were jolted awake from their slumber. The fear that came from the depths of their origins made them tremble uncontrollably.

Myriad Dragon Nest.

A mysterious place cut off from heaven and earth, where massive blocks of divine source stood one after another, emanating terrifying auras.

"This dragon's roar... could it be that the Great Emperor has returned?!"

An ancient being murmured, unable to conceal the excitement in his aged voice.

"No, it isn't Father Emperor!"

Cracks gradually spread across one of the divine sources before it finally shattered apart. A woman in purple robes with two horns atop her head stepped out from within.

Her expression was incomparably excited. The dragon blood in her body boiled without cease, making her whole body glow, and she even showed faint signs of reverting to her true form.

She was Purple Dragon Girl, daughter of the Myriad Dragon Emperor and Imperial Daughter of Myriad Dragon Nest.

"No, it isn't Father Emperor. A true dragon has emerged!"

The moment those words were spoken, the many ancient beings were even more horrified.

One had to know that since ancient times, divine beasts such as dragons, phoenixes, and qilins had already gone extinct, with only a few ancient records still preserving accounts of them.

Though they called themselves dragons, they were not pure-blooded true dragons either. At most, they could be considered flood dragons.

To them, the purer one's bloodline, the higher the limit of one's achievements.

Back then, the Myriad Dragon Emperor had suppressed all races and become a Great Emperor precisely because his bloodline was the closest to that of a true dragon in all the countless years of Myriad Dragon Nest.

But even that was only close to a true dragon.

Now that a true dragon had emerged, could it be that the heavens wished for Myriad Dragon Nest to claim the imperial throne once more in this age?!

"Imperial Daughter, we must find the true dragon and let Myriad Dragon Nest once again rule over the world!"

Another divine source shattered, and an old woman emerged, leaning on a cane.

Though she was aged, her eyes burned with fervor.

"I know what must be done!"

Purple Dragon Girl looked at the Myriad Dragon Bell hanging from her waist, determination flashing through her eyes.

Naturally, Ye Fan and the others, millions of miles away, knew nothing of this.

With the appearance of the True Dragon Essence Blood, Duan De and the others were also stunned.

A bell rang out from Purple Mountain and sheltered them. Otherwise, they would likely have been severely wounded by the sudden pressure.

Yet not long afterward, Ye Fan slowly guided the essence blood into his body.

But this was True Dragon Essence Blood. Let alone Ye Fan, who was merely at the Shore Realm, even a Saint would not dare absorb it into his body, or he would surely explode and die.

Before Duan De and the others could warn him, a hazy phantom suddenly appeared within the essence blood before everyone's incredulous eyes.