Return to Donglai, Battle Against the Flood Dragon King

Above a vast marshland shrouded in rising mist in the Cultivation World of the Donghua Continent, Zhou Yang and Qin Yue'er emerged from the Kunxu Realm.

Zhou Yang had chosen the Cultivation World of the Donghua Continent as their point of exit so that he could transplant the Sacred Infant Fruit to Donglai Immortal Island as soon as possible.

After all, this Sixth-tier Spiritual Root was no ordinary Sixth-tier Spiritual Medicine. Even with earth-attribute top-grade Spirit Stones supplying it with spiritual qi, it was not suited for prolonged storage within the Dongxuan Pearl.

Otherwise, if the spiritual fruit on the tree withered from insufficient spiritual qi and nourishment, Zhou Yang would regret it too late.

"Daoist Lan, we have now arrived in the Cultivation World of the Donghua Continent. How do you feel?"

On a small island within the vast waters, Zhou Yang and Qin Yue'er descended from the sky. With a wave of his hand, Zhou Yang released the Netherworld Profound Coffin from his storage ring, opened it, and awakened Daoist Lan, who had been dormant within.

"Lan feels excellent. It seems Lan's plan succeeded. Tens of thousands of years—I have waited tens of thousands of years for this day!"

Daoist Lan leaped out of the coffin, his voice filled with excitement. He raised his head toward the bright open sky, his eyes already brimming with joy.

Though he possessed a puppet body, his consciousness was no different from that of an ordinary person. He had an independent personality, along with the joys, anger, sorrows, and pleasures of living beings, and yearned for freedom as fiercely as any normal person.

Leaving the Kunxu Realm, which he regarded as a prison, was the most crucial step on his path toward freedom.

Now that he had successfully taken that step, its