Arc 98Wu Taidou’s Dragon Tournament

Xia Ping rescued a group of young special dragons, destroyed Black Wind Stronghold, and brought them to White Dragon City. Under the name Wu Taidou, he won the martial arts tournament and launched training courses, ending with an effort to help the disowned Earth Dragon Dailisi reach the Immortal Realm.

  • Xia Ping captured the Dragon Race Saints who held Betty and rescued her companions, then agreed to protect the young special dragons and lead them against Black Wind Stronghold.
  • Xia Ping used his Karmic Barrier to defeat Black Wind Stronghold’s dragons, took their treasures, and had Ao Wu devour the stronghold’s Dragon Vein.
  • Xia Ping imprisoned Basta and the other bandits in the Mountain River Bead, where Feiyi and the other primordial remnants made them work as slaves.
  • Xia Ping brought Ye Mengyao and the young dragons to White Dragon City, bought virtual network devices, and entered the martial arts tournament as Wu Taidou.
  • Wu Taidou defeated 3,976 opponents in the group stage, overcame a coalition of Sacred Dragons in the finals, and won the tournament.
  • Xia Ping opened martial arts courses for Lightning Tribulation dragons, drew thousands of students with a promise of breakthroughs, and made them follow an intense physical training plan.
  • Xia Ping used Ye Mengyao’s testimony to promote his course, then chose the disowned Earth Dragon Dailisi as a test case and fed her an Immortal Fruit.
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Ch. 2426Formless Flower

Xia Ping learned that the Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talisman could recover by consuming Dragon Crystals or Dragon Veins, then discovered a rare Formless Flower in a valley. He reached to take it, but an unseen voice ordered him to stop.

  • Ao Wu explained that devouring Dragon Veins or Dragon Crystals could speed the Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talisman's recovery, though one hundred billion Dragon Crystals were needed.
  • Xia Ping considered seizing a Dragon Vein and decided to visit a nearby city to learn about the area.
  • Xia Ping spotted a Formless Flower in a distant valley, and Green Ox explained its spatial-law properties and rarity.
  • Green Ox suggested giving the Formless Flower to a Black Hole Worm to cultivate more blooms.
  • Xia Ping entered the valley and reached for the Formless Flower, but an angry voice from the void commanded him to stop.

Ch. 2427Fate Dragon

Xia Ping encountered three Dragon Race Saints who had captured a young Fate Dragon and claimed a valuable Formless Flower. After they attacked him, he subdued them and left the curious dragon girl with him.

  • Three Dragon Race Saints celebrated finding a Formless Flower and discussed using their captive Fate Dragon’s power of fate.
  • The Saints threatened Xia Ping and claimed the Formless Flower, then attacked him when he refused to yield it.
  • Xia Ping used Zhuang Zhou Dreams of a Butterfly to trap all three Saints in an illusion.
  • Xia Ping captured the Saints, sealed their powers, and sent them into the Mountain River Bead’s space.
  • The little dragon girl watched Xia Ping with calm curiosity after he defeated her captors.

Ch. 2428The Captured Young Dragons

Xia Ping rescued Betty and several young dragons from a spatial treasure and learned their names and abilities. He then discovered and caught Karida, an invisible dragon who had tried to attack him.

  • Xia Ping questioned Betty about her claims of fate, and she admitted she was only a divination dragon named Betty.
  • Betty asked Xia Ping to rescue her captured companions, and he found and seized the spatial treasure holding them.
  • Xia Ping released Maper, Da Qisi, Constance, Caesar, Wells, and Auston, who celebrated their rescue and thanked him.
  • Xia Ping noticed someone behind him and pulled the invisible dragon Karida into view after Betty identified her as their companion.
  • Xia Ping dropped Karida onto the ground after she struggled and called him a bad guy.

Ch. 2429Special Dragon

Xia Ping revealed that he could see Invisible Dragon Karida and assessed the rare powers of the captured special dragons. The young dragons’ abilities made them immensely valuable and vulnerable to exploitation, while the full extent of Gluttonous Dragon Auston’s power remained unknown.

  • Karida sprang up in shock and asked Xia Ping how he had detected her while she was invisible.
  • Xia Ping explained that his Hell Golden Crow Eye could see through dimensions and recognized that the young dragons were special dragons.
  • Xia Ping considered the dangers facing special dragons, whose powers could be extracted by malicious dragons despite the Dragon God Palace’s ban.
  • Xia Ping assessed Betty’s fate-sight, Maper’s memory control, Karida’s invisibility, Constance’s sleep power, and Da Qisi’s dream power.
  • Xia Ping considered Caesar’s time control, Wells’s slowing ability, and Auston’s enormous appetite, noting that Auston’s other abilities were unclear.

Ch. 2430Sanctuary

Xia Ping agreed to protect Betty and the other young dragons after Betty offered to help him find a Dragon Vein by targeting the Black Wind Stronghold. The young dragons began traveling with Xia Ping and ate the food he provided.

  • Xia Ping told Betty and the other young dragons to leave, but they clung to him and insisted on following him.
  • Betty offered to use her power of fate to help Xia Ping find a Dragon Vein and revealed that Black Wind Stronghold controlled one nearby.
  • Betty proposed that Xia Ping attack Black Wind Stronghold, avenge their capture, and take its Dragon Vein.
  • Xia Ping agreed to protect the young dragons on the condition that they obey his orders.
  • Auston asked for food, and Xia Ping brought out a large supply of food for the young dragons, who eagerly devoured it.

Ch. 2431Black Dragon Basta

Xia Ping reached Black Wind Stronghold with the rescued special dragons and confronted Black Dragon Basta, who had mistakenly believed his missing subordinates had betrayed him. Xia Ping declared his intention to destroy the stronghold and unleashed his Spatial Domain over it.

  • Black Dragon Basta accused Jerak and his two companions of betraying him and ordered the stronghold to hunt them down.
  • Xia Ping appeared in Black Wind Stronghold with seven or eight young special dragons and revealed that he had killed Jerak and the others.
  • Black Dragon Basta realized Xia Ping had rescued the special dragons and demanded to know why he had come.
  • Xia Ping declared that he had come to slaughter Black Wind Stronghold and spread his Spatial Domain across the lair.

Ch. 2432The Power of the Special Dragon

Xia Ping and the young special dragons fought Black Dragon Basta and the bandits of Black Wind Stronghold. Basta shattered the young dragons’ abilities and launched a devastating assault, which Xia Ping blocked with the Book of Karma’s Karmic Barrier.

  • Black Dragon Basta unleashed his Dragon Domain, and the Black Wind Stronghold dragons attacked Xia Ping and the young dragons.
  • Wells slowed the bandits with his Sluggish Domain, while Constance tried to put them to sleep and Da Qisi drew them into a dream.
  • Basta shattered the three domains with a roar and sent Wells, Constance, and Da Qisi flying.
  • Basta and the bandits attacked Xia Ping and the young dragons, while Fate Dragon Betty and the others watched in terror.
  • Xia Ping formed a Karmic Barrier with the Book of Karma, and the Black Wind Stronghold’s assault shook the fortress and split the ground.

Ch. 2433Black Wind Stronghold Treasures

Xia Ping defeated and sealed Black Dragon Badas and the other bandit dragons at Black Wind Stronghold. He and the young dragons looted the stronghold’s treasure vault, and Xia Ping then headed to its Dragon Vein to devour it.

  • Black Dragon Badas and the other dragons attacked Xia Ping, but his barrier reflected their assault and left them severely wounded.
  • Xia Ping used Zhuang Zhou Dreams of a Butterfly to make the injured bandit dragons lose consciousness, then sealed them with the Six Paths Sealing Technique.
  • Fate Dragon Betty and the other young dragons admired Xia Ping and followed him to search Black Wind Stronghold for treasure.
  • Invisible Dragon Karida found the treasure vault, and Xia Ping broke its restriction array to reveal gemstones, Dragon Crystals, and other valuables.
  • The young dragons rushed to collect the treasure while Xia Ping went to the end of Black Wind Stronghold’s Dragon Vein to devour it.

Ch. 2434Devouring the Dragon Vein

Xia Ping had Ao Wu devour the Dragon Vein, restoring some of the Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talisman's power while draining the mountain range of its accumulated energy. He then returned to Black Wind Stronghold's treasury, collected its treasures, and offered to keep the young dragons' valuables safe.

  • Xia Ping asked Ao Wu to devour the Dragon Vein, and the Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talismans consumed its accumulated energy.
  • Some Dragon Vein energy entered Xia Ping's body, strengthening his mana, soul, and body, while Ao Wu recovered a portion of its power.
  • Ao Wu explained that the Dragon Vein would recover over hundreds of millions of years, leaving the Black Wind Stronghold mountain range barren for a long time.
  • Xia Ping returned to the treasury and saw the young dragons gathering gemstones, Dragon Crystals, and rare materials.
  • Xia Ping stored most of the treasury's treasures, prompting Fate Dragon Betty and the other young dragons to protest.
  • Xia Ping told the young dragons he could keep their treasures safe for them until they grew up.

Ch. 2435White Dragon City

Xia Ping confiscated the young dragons’ treasures and led them toward White Dragon City after Fate Dragon Betty told him it was the region’s largest city. Meanwhile, dragons arriving at Black Wind Stronghold found it completely destroyed and stripped bare, and reports of its fall spread across the region without revealing who had done it.

  • Xia Ping took all the young dragons’ treasures, then asked Fate Dragon Betty about nearby cities and chose to travel to White Dragon City.
  • Fate Dragon Betty vowed to eat lavishly in White Dragon City to make up for the treasures she had lost.
  • Dragons passing Black Wind Stronghold discovered its formations and Dragon Vein had been destroyed, but the stronghold had been stripped of every valuable item.
  • Dragon scouts discussed Black Wind Stronghold’s sudden destruction and reported it to their respective cities.
  • News of Black Wind Stronghold’s fall spread across the region, while investigations failed to identify the attacker.

Ch. 2436The Dragon's Prison

Black Dragon Basta and the bandit dragons awoke powerless in the Mountain River Bead space and learned they had been made prisoners and slaves. When Basta challenged their overseers, the Black Baleful Demon Bird hung it from a mountain to suffer for three days and three nights.

  • Black Dragon Basta and the bandit dragons woke in an unfamiliar place and discovered they could no longer use their power.
  • Herbert told them the place was a prison outside Dragon World where the master had sealed every dragon’s abilities.
  • Herbert warned the dragons that overseers would arrive soon and that escape would not help them while their powers remained sealed.
  • Feiyi ordered the dragons to plow fields, plant spiritual herbs, and haul fertilizer, declaring them slaves with code names.
  • Black Dragon Basta insulted the overseers, and the Black Baleful Demon Bird struck it and hung it from a mountain for three days and three nights.

Ch. 2437Obediently

Feiyi and the other primordial remnants forced the power-sealed dragons from Black Wind Stronghold to work as slaves, while the dragons realized how completely they were at Wu Wudi’s mercy. The overseers discussed Wu Wudi’s immense strength, and the Nine-Headed Lion suggested seeking his favor rather than trying to escape.

  • Badas raged as Xia Ping’s Six Paths Sealing Technique left him powerless, and the bandit dragons reluctantly followed Feiyi to the fields.
  • Feiyi, the Nine-Headed Lion, and the Black Baleful Demon Bird punished dragons who resisted and took charge as overseers.
  • Green Ox approved of letting the primordial remnants manage the dragon slaves.
  • At the spirit field, the overseers learned the dragons came from the Dragon World and included ancient dragons who had comprehended the laws of time.
  • Feiyi and the Black Baleful Demon Bird marveled at Wu Wudi’s power, while the Nine-Headed Lion argued they should curry favor with him and seek a chance to become Saints.

Ch. 2438Arriving at White Dragon City

Xia Ping arrived at White Dragon City with Fate Dragon Betty and the young dragons, then brought Ye Mengyao out of the Mountain River Bead after giving her the aura and body of a Heavenly Dragon. The group stood in the Dragon World as the young dragons reacted to Ye Mengyao’s sudden appearance.

  • Xia Ping reached White Dragon City with Fate Dragon Betty and the other young dragons.
  • Xia Ping met Ye Mengyao in the Mountain River Bead and learned that the Immortal Fruit had healed her and raised her cultivation to the peak of the mid-stage Immortal Realm.
  • Xia Ping told Ye Mengyao he had entered the Dragon World and used the Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talisman to make her appear as a Heavenly Dragon.
  • Xia Ping warned Ye Mengyao to call him Wu Taidou so she would not reveal his real name.
  • Xia Ping brought Ye Mengyao into the Dragon World, where Fate Dragon Betty called attention to the unfamiliar female dragon and Invisible Dragon Karida recognized that she had emerged from Xia Ping.

Ch. 2439Dragon Race Technology

Xia Ping brought Ye Mengyao and the young dragons into White Dragon City, where they discovered the Dragon Race’s advanced technology and learned that Tania had helped introduce it. Ye Mengyao decided to use the Dragon World’s virtual network to investigate the world, and Xia Ping agreed to fund the equipment with his Dragon Crystals.

  • Ye Mengyao arrived in the Dragon World and questioned Xia Ping about the young dragons, then learned he had saved them.
  • Xia Ping claimed Ye Mengyao was one of his concubines, embarrassing her and drawing contempt from the female dragons.
  • Xia Ping led the group into White Dragon City, where they saw its prosperous shops, dragon residents, and advanced technology.
  • Ye Mengyao explained that the Dragon Race had traded for technology and that Tania had helped bring it into the Dragon World.
  • Ye Mengyao urged Xia Ping to buy virtual network devices, and he said his Dragon Crystals could pay for them.
  • Ye Mengyao hurried Xia Ping toward a shop, while Betty and the other young dragons grew excited about the virtual devices.

Ch. 2440What Exactly Was Missing

Xia Ping bought virtual equipment for Ye Mengyao, Fate Dragon Betty, and the young dragons, then tricked the shop owner into returning the full hundred Dragon Crystals after receiving payment. The group left with their devices while the owner remained confused about what he had lost.

  • Fate Dragon Betty and the young dragons explored a virtual equipment shop until its owner scolded them for touching the merchandise.
  • Xia Ping silenced the owner’s insults by placing a hundred-Dragon-Crystal coin on the counter and demanding the shop’s best equipment.
  • Xia Ping bought ten intelligent wristbands for 4.5 Dragon Crystals each and received fifty-five Dragon Crystals in change.
  • Xia Ping offered the owner forty-five Dragon Crystals and persuaded him to return the original hundred-Dragon-Crystal coin.
  • Xia Ping left with Ye Mengyao, Fate Dragon Betty, and the young dragons, while the shop owner stood puzzled about what he had lost.

Ch. 2441Martial Arts Tournament

Xia Ping settled into White Dragon City and entered Dragon World's virtual network, where he learned about an upcoming martial arts tournament. Seeing a chance to win Dragon Crystals and make a name for himself, he decided to enter.

  • Xia Ping bought a villa estate in White Dragon City for ten thousand Dragon Crystals.
  • Ye Mengyao suggested sending Betty and the other young dragons to school, but they protested until Xia Ping set the idea aside.
  • Xia Ping created a virtual network account under the name Wu Taidou and explored the bustling virtual city.
  • A dragon announced that Tyrant Dragon City's once-in-ten-years martial arts tournament would soon begin, with ten million Dragon Crystals for the champion.
  • Xia Ping decided the tournament was a chance to become famous and earn Dragon Crystals.

Ch. 2442Renowned in Tyrant Dragon City

Xia Ping entered Tyrant Dragon City's sacred dragon martial arts tournament, where competitors fought with equalized physical abilities and advanced through a grueling group stage. Competing as Wu Taidou, he finished seven days of battles undefeated and became a sensation in the city.

  • Xia Ping learned the tournament's rules and entered the sacred dragon tier, confident that his martial skills and soul power would secure victory.
  • The sacred dragon group stage ran for seven days and seven nights, with competitors battling for advancement.
  • Wu Taidou fought 3,976 matches without a loss, defeating opponents with overwhelming force, speed, and battle awareness.
  • Dragons across Tyrant Dragon City marveled at Wu Taidou's performance and named him a favorite to win, while noting that other competitors would now target him.

Ch. 2443Great Gains

Xia Ping won his group and used nearly four thousand battles to sharpen his combat skills, strengthen his cultivation, and study his abilities. As he prepared to claim the tournament championship, rival Holy Dragons formed an alliance to eliminate him first in the finals.

  • Xia Ping defeated his final group-stage opponent with one punch and became the first contestant to qualify for the tournament finals.
  • Xia Ping reflected on how the battles had improved his combat instincts, loosened his cultivation bottleneck, and deepened his understanding of space laws.
  • Xia Ping credited the Demon Heart Seal, Hell Golden Crow Claw, Hell Golden Crow Wings, and his other abilities for his overwhelming performance.
  • Xia Ping meditated and resolved to win the championship and earn Dragon Crystals by becoming famous in Tyrant Dragon City.
  • After the other groups finished, several Holy Dragons discussed Wu Taidou's reputation and formed an alliance to eliminate him during the finals.

Ch. 2444Siege

Xia Ping entered the finals arena as Wu Taidou and found that the other Sacred Dragons had united against him. He used his Hell Golden Crow abilities and Demon Heart Seal to eliminate their ambushes, leaving the battle underway with his opponents already badly diminished.

  • Xia Ping appeared at the center of the virtual island and saw the other Sacred Dragons converging on him to prevent him from winning the championship.
  • Xia Ping decided to attack before they could gather, then used his Hell Golden Crow Wings to locate and kill three nearby Sacred Dragons.
  • Xia Ping used the Demon Heart Seal to sense the intentions of more than a dozen Holy Dragons preparing to attack him.
  • Xia Ping evaded their ambush and killed the attackers with his Hell Golden Crow Claw, eliminating them from the virtual network.

Ch. 2445Unquestionable

Xia Ping, posing as Wu Taidou, defeated every other contestant in the Tyrant Dragon City Martial Arts Tournament and claimed the championship. The chapter ended with the spectators convinced of his overwhelming strength, while the Sacred Dragons he had beaten seethed with humiliation and hatred.

  • Sacred Dragons learned that Wu Taidou had counterkilled their allies, joined forces, and rushed to attack him.
  • Xia Ping stood his ground and used his bloodline abilities, speed, and martial arts to fight the attackers.
  • Xia Ping battled 107 Sacred Dragons for a day and night, killing every one of them and winning the tournament without dispute.
  • The spectators argued over whether Wu Taidou's strength, speed, or combat awareness made him so formidable, then agreed that he possessed all three.
  • The defeated Sacred Dragons resented Xia Ping, knowing other dragons would remember them as the ones he had beaten.

Ch. 2446No Losses

Wu Taidou announced expensive martial arts courses for Lightning Tribulation Realm giant dragons, promising to help them break through to the Immortal Realm and refund their fees if they failed within twenty years. The guarantee turned the dragons’ skepticism into excitement, and they hurried to register.

  • Wu Taidou’s announcement that he was opening martial arts classes spread through Tyrant Dragon City, and dragons flocked to his homepage.
  • The dragons balked at the tuition, which ranged from ten thousand Dragon Crystals for the beginner course to one hundred thousand for the advanced course.
  • A dragon noticed that the courses were restricted to Lightning Tribulation Realm giant dragons and guaranteed their breakthrough to the Immortal Realm.
  • The dragons learned that Wu Taidou would refund all tuition if students failed to break through within twenty years.
  • The dragons, especially those stuck at the Lightning Tribulation Realm bottleneck, rushed to register for the courses.

Ch. 2447A Series of Plans

Xia Ping earned a billion Dragon Crystals by selling courses promising Lightning Tribulation dragons a guaranteed breakthrough into the Immortal Realm. He revealed his plan to run the classes with punishing but ordinary training, use a dragon he helped advance as a shill, and expand his scheme toward earning one hundred billion Dragon Crystals.

  • More than ten thousand Lightning Tribulation dragons signed up for Xia Ping's courses, bringing in one billion Dragon Crystals in tuition fees.
  • Ye Mengyao called Xia Ping a scammer and questioned how he would teach the dragons without being exposed.
  • Xia Ping showed Ye Mengyao his training plan, which called for enormous daily totals of push-ups, sit-ups, squats, and weighted running.
  • Xia Ping planned to help a diligent dragon advance with an Immortal Fruit, then use that dragon's success to attract more students.
  • Xia Ping said intermediate students would train three times as much as beginners and advanced students ten times as much, despite the courses otherwise being alike.

Ch. 2448Enlightenment Dawns

Xia Ping convinced angry dragons that his basic exercise plan could help them overcome the barrier to immortality by strengthening their bodies and laying a proper martial foundation. The dragons accepted his explanation and left to train according to his instructions.

  • The dragons who bought Xia Ping’s advanced course were outraged by his plan of extreme daily exercises and accused Wu Taidou of cheating them.
  • Ye Mengyao feared the dragons would demand refunds, but Xia Ping argued that their bodies were too weak to match their mana and souls.
  • Xia Ping explained that dragons relied on innate talent and neglected their martial foundations, while weaker races trained themselves to immortality.
  • The dragons accepted Xia Ping’s reasoning, admitted they had relied on their talent, and vowed to follow his training plan.
  • Xia Ping ordered the dragons to temper their bodies to the utmost limit and told them not to return until they had done so.

Ch. 2449The Stooge

As sales of Wu Taidou's martial arts course slowed, Xia Ping arranged for Ye Mengyao to pose as a student who had advanced from the Tribulation Realm to the Immortal Realm. Her press conference drew crowds of prospective buyers, though some dragons remained suspicious.

  • Xia Ping decided to boost course sales by having Ye Mengyao testify that his training helped her reach the Immortal Realm.
  • News of Ye Mengyao's breakthrough spread through Tyrant Dragon City, and dragons rushed to attend her press conference.
  • Ye Mengyao recited Xia Ping's scripted story, crediting Wu Taidou's course with transforming her life.
  • Xia Ping praised his course and defended its high price, while many dragons grew eager to enroll.
  • Some dragons doubted that Ye Mengyao had advanced so quickly and suspected the press conference was a deception.

Ch. 2450Trash Dragon

Xia Ping chose Earth Dragon Dailisi, a famous but impoverished drake who had reached the Lightning Tribulation Realm, as the first proof of his training method’s power. He secretly fed her an Immortal Fruit, and she began advancing while unconscious.

  • Xia Ping decided that a well-known, low-talent dragon who believed in the Wu Taidou Training Method could prove its effectiveness.
  • Xia Ping identified Earth Dragon Dailisi, whose bloodline had weakened into that of a drake and whose clan had disowned her.
  • Dailisi bought Wu Taidou’s course and cultivated diligently, though she believed her bloodline made immortality impossible.
  • Xia Ping went to Dailisi’s home and used illusion power to knock her unconscious.
  • Xia Ping placed an Immortal Fruit in Dailisi’s mouth, and its immortal matter began strengthening her body.
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