Rebirth of the Dragon: The Huo Dan Chronicle
Chapter 4

The Plan

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Hodan thought about how he was about to leave for the Yulan Continent to take up his post. He only had a Mid-God clone of the thunder element and a Saint-level original body. It was certainly impossible for his Saint-level original body to accompany him to the Yulan Continent, whether for the sake of self-preservation or for relaying information.

However, a Saint-level original body left in Hell wouldn't be able to accomplish much, as Saint-level beings were at the very bottom of the food chain in Hell. At this stage, the only benefit of leaving his Saint-level original body in Hell was for survival and cultivation, as the Saint-level original body could comprehend all laws and rules, and could also quickly refine a Godspark to restore strength if his God clone were to fall.

Hodan first recalled the entire plot of the Coiling Dragon World, then combed through it carefully to ensure there were no omissions. After all, this was the capital for his upcoming rise.

Hodan first confirmed his current location and headed toward the nearest city with a teleportation array to properly settle his Saint-level original body. His thunder-element Mid-God clone would then head toward the teleportation array to travel to the Yulan Continent for his assignment. After all, Hodan didn't even know how long he had been unconscious. As he traveled, he thought in detail about his future path.

In Hell, there are five vast, nearly boundless continents: the Bauhinia Continent, the Kalosha Continent, the Muya Continent, the Bloodpeak Continent, and the Bifu Continent. The Bauhinia Continent is in the north, the Kalosha Continent is in the west, the Bifu Continent is in the southeast, and the Muya Continent is in the east.

The south is home to the Bloodpeak Continent. The Tianji Mountain Range, where the Eight Great Clans and the Four Divine Beasts Clan fight endlessly, is located on the Bloodpeak Continent. When the Eight Great Clans originally crossed planes to hunt down the Four Divine Beasts Clan, most of them teleported to the Kalosha Continent.

Although most of the clansmen were fighting the Four Divine Beasts Clan in the Tianji Mountain Range, the Renars Clan had also established a base here as it was the place where the other seven clans first descended. They managed it well, which could be considered leaving themselves a way out.

It was also so that after wiping out the Four Divine Beasts Clan, they could teleport from here to the Thunder Divine Realm. After all, although the Renars Clan was a major clan in Hell, the Thunder Divine Realm was the most suitable place for them, as they primarily cultivated the thunder element.

Hodan had originally been following his parents in the Tianji Mountain Range, fighting against the Four Divine Beasts Clan. The main purpose was to let Hodan feel the clan's hatred and watch the slaughter up close, hoping to cultivate the next generation.

However, Hodan's parents sacrificed themselves in the struggle, so Elder Muli thought of transferring Hodan away from the front lines and back to the clan's base in Hell as a form of protection. At the same time, he found him a safe position—Plane Overseer. Generally speaking, a Plane Overseer is the strongest person in that plane.

Moreover, going to the Yulan Continent was only to be responsible for monitoring the Yulan Continent and tricking the descendants of the Four Divine Beasts Clan into coming over to die. It was just that the clan didn't know the Yulan Continent was a pit of fire.

Apart from these five continents, the other areas were seas. The five continents almost formed a ring, and within the ring was the vast Starry Fog Sea. The Starry Fog Sea was extremely wide, far exceeding any of the five continents. The Starry Fog Sea was considered an inner sea, while the outer sea, the area surrounding the five continents, was mainly to the south and east of the ring formed by the five continents. This outer sea was called the Chaotic Sea. The Chaotic Sea was the most vast!

Through comparing his memories, Hodan discovered that he was currently in the Yingxue Prefecture of the Kalosha Continent. The Kalosha Continent was governed by the Chief Sovereign of Black Sand, with the Black Annihilation Army as the Sovereign's Army. Hodan was about one hundred thousand li away from Silvermoon City, the closest city in Yingxue Prefecture, and the Plane Teleportation Array was about ten thousand li from Silvermoon City, which was quite close.

Hodan discovered that the reason this prefecture was called Yingxue Prefecture was because of a specialty in the prefecture: Yingxue Star Sand. Yingxue Star Sand is a type of blood sand produced by being irrigated with large amounts of blood and nurtured by specific geographical locations and starlight. Adding a little bit when forging offensive Sovereign Artifacts can greatly increase the destructive power of the artifact. Moreover, Yingxue Star Sand also has a unique soul-corroding ability; if a body is struck by an artifact of this type, it will suffer equivalent soul corrosion.

This would give the side with weapons containing Yingxue Star Sand a huge advantage in battle. After all, since the weapon also carries soul attacks, the opponent needs to reserve extra strength for their own soul defense, and it is easy to be caught off guard if they get slashed. Fortunately, although Yingxue Star Sand is a specialty of Yingxue Prefecture, the output is extremely small. The blood sand accumulated every hundred years is only enough to forge one weapon, and only the strong are qualified to be equipped with it.

Moreover, when the strong fight, weapon damage is a common occurrence; otherwise, such powerful weapons would have long since flooded the market, and life in Hell would be even harder.

Because he was very close to the city and there were no bandits nearby, Hodan flew all the way to Silvermoon City. At the same time, he was thinking about his next plan.

If one were to talk about the greatest opportunity currently known in the Coiling Dragon World, it would undoubtedly be the Yulan Continent. However, the opportunities in the Yulan Continent were only for the local natives; for people coming from other planes, it was undoubtedly a massive pit.

In fact, the greatest opportunity in the Yulan Continent was not the Necropolis of the Gods at all. The Yulan Continent did indeed have Sovereign Sparks and Sovereign Artifacts, but they were sealed deep within the Yulan Continent by Beirut using a magic array. Furthermore, without the strength of a Sovereign, it was impossible to break that magic array, and outside Sovereigns could not enter the Yulan Continent.

So this was a dead loop: in the Yulan Continent, no one was a match for Beirut, and outside Sovereign powerhouses couldn't get in.

The Necropolis of the Gods was a divine plane created by Beirut, specifically designed to cultivate the juniors of the Yulan Continent.

Although the Necropolis of the Gods did indeed have quite a few divine artifacts and Godsparks, those were prepared for the people of the Yulan Continent. As for people from other planes who came over, they either became plane slaves used as whetstones to hone the natives of the Yulan Continent, or they were all killed. For people from other planes, this could be considered the biggest trap.

Other opportunities included the Azure Dragon Ring. That was a Sovereign Artifact, and the most precious type: a soul-defensive Sovereign Artifact. One must know that even if one became a Sovereign's Emissary, what Sovereign Artifact a Sovereign bestowed upon you depended on their mood.

Usually, it was an offensive Sovereign Artifact, followed by a material-defensive Sovereign Artifact, and finally the most precious soul-defensive Sovereign Artifact. Unless the Sovereign thought highly of you, or you were a Grand Perfection yourself, you wouldn't be qualified to make requests to the Sovereign regarding the type of Sovereign Artifact.

Or, if you went to the Plane Battlefield and killed ten Commanders, you could request any type of Sovereign Artifact you wanted. Although the Azure Dragon Ring was broken, it had the function of instantly refining Amethyst. And it could be completely repaired, but it required cultivation above the Grand Perfection level, or the possession of Willpower. Of course, soul energy of other levels could also patch it, but it would have flaws.

Then there was the Purple Blood Soft Sword. That belonged to the famous Purple Blood Fiend of Hell, who was previously the Prefect of Yingxue Prefecture. It was just that he went to the Yulan Continent wanting to compete for a Sovereign Spark in the Necropolis of the Gods, not realizing it was a pit set by Beirut. As a result, he left his life in the Yulan Continent, and his weapon, the Purple Blood Soft Sword, became the seal suppressing the weak point of the Plane Prison.

Hodan was still very greedy for the weapon of an Asura powerhouse, and this was also the opportunity with the least risk.

As for Dilin? He was just a Low-God. Even if he were to come out, he could just banish him back to the Plane Prison again. Besides, it was another question whether Dilin was still at that weak point of the plane.

The current Prefect of Yingxue Prefecture, Popu Jin, had taken advantage of the Purple Blood Fiend's absence to challenge him. As a result, because the Purple Blood Fiend died and no one answered the challenge, he automatically became the Prefect. This also brought him great controversy, but after killing several Seven-Star Fiends who came to challenge him in succession, the controversy slowly subsided, and everyone acknowledged that Popu Jin had the strength of an Asura, though in terms of strength, he was probably at the bottom of the Asuras.

Because more powerful Seven-Star Fiends came to challenge him from time to time, and most of them were able to leave alive, the continuous challenges made Popu Jin extremely annoyed. However, because his position was not rightfully obtained, he could only ensure his status and establish his majesty through one bloody battle after another.

Because the position of Prefect represented too much—lofty power and status, endless wealth—it attracted countless people to rush forward one after another. This also made the Prefect's strength grow stronger and stronger, because the weak either retired or were killed by stronger challengers.

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