Yellow River Water Mansion, Ice Yi Yuan Jun

Mount Sumeru.

As the dojo of the Western Teachings, while Ao Guang went to retrieve an item bearing Ao Hong's aura, Jieyin and Zhunti were also discussing matters concerning the dragon clan.

"Senior Brother, since we've already acted, why not capture Ao Hong directly?"

Daoist Zhunti frowned slightly. "The Ancestor Dragon Pearl is one thing—it is useless to us! But if we could reforge the Innate Dragon Gate and the Dragon Transformation Pool, the Four Seas Dragon Clan, especially those Flood Dragons, Qiu Dragons, and Li Dragons with diluted bloodlines, would surely rush to join our Western Teachings in search of a chance to transform their bloodlines! The rise of the West would be just around the corner!"

Daoist Jieyin shook his head. "How could the dragon clan have dominated the Four Seas for so long if they were so simple? A few mixed-blood dragon clans would not be enough to bring about the rise of the West!"

"And Ao Hong is wildly ambitious, not someone willing to serve beneath another. Unless he suffers a major setback, he likely will not sincerely join the Western Teachings!"

"Let him suffer a major setback first!"

Meanwhile, Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East Sea, had successfully obtained a Treasure Mirror carrying Ao Hong's aura.

"Fellow Daoist Xuan Qing, it's up to you now!"

There was an order to hearing the Dao, and every profession had its specialty. In terms of time spent cultivating human form, dragon clan great powers such as Candle Dragon and Shenlong might have preceded King Pan, this quasi-saint. But when it came to tracing the origins of karma, tracking true spirits, snuffing out vitality, and using curses to extinguish primordial spirits, King Pan, though a latecomer, was superior.

"King Pan Bead!"

Although Xuan Qing had left the King Pan Yuan Gu Sword and the Heavenly Gu Yuan Yu Banner with his Plague God incarnation, he still carried the precious bead formed from all of King Pan's cultivation.

This bead contained the Essence of the Great Dao of King Pan and recorded all of his Supernatural Abilities and Techniques.

Among them were several renowned Arts of Curse, including the Seven Arrows Book of Spells, the Straw Man Soul Worship Method, and the Curse of the Five Declines.

"Five Declines!"

Xuan Qing immediately sent a stream of mana, along with the Treasure Mirror bearing Ao Hong's aura, into the King Pan Bead. A faint force of curse instantly manifested.

"Will this work?"

Ao Guang frowned slightly. He had not expected Xuan Qing to fuss around for so long only to produce such an imperceptible curse, one that could not even harm a Golden Immortal.

"Don't worry!"

Xuan Qing smiled. "I'm not trying to curse Ao Hong to death! I'm merely using this curse and the unseen threads of karma to find his whereabouts!"

Before his words had faded, he separated a spark of spiritual light and attached it to the curse.

In an instant, the curse vanished, while Xuan Qing's consciousness followed it, spreading through past, present, future, and all space-time across the ten directions and three ages.

Karma was elusive and unfathomable, yet it truly existed. As a Great Luo Golden Immortal, Ao Hong's true spirit was imprinted upon Great Luo Heaven, so the world naturally retained traces of his existence.

However, Xuan Qing was probably the first since Sky-Opening to use the Art of Curse to find someone!

"Found him!"

Before long, Xuan Qing traced Ao Hong's aura to a water mansion, where Ao Hong was drinking merrily with a being possessing a dragon's head and human body.

Suddenly, Ao Hong frowned deeply, as though he had sensed some danger and felt a warning rise in his heart. Yet when he looked around, nothing happened.

"He's in the Yellow River Water Mansion!"

Having carefully studied the Map of Mountains and Rivers during this time, Xuan Qing naturally knew which waters of the Primordial World held the water mansion where Ao Hong was hiding.

"Really?"

Ao Guang found it somewhat hard to believe.

But as soon as Xuan Qing spoke, three auras belonging to Great Divine Power Users shot into the sky from within the Dragon Palace, tearing through space as they fled toward the Yellow River Water Mansion.

Ao Guang realized it only afterward. "It's not impossible. I remember that Ice Yi Yuan Jun, who guards the Yellow River Water Mansion, seemed to have some friendship with Ao Hong in her early years!"

"Then let us await good news!"

Xuan Qing smiled faintly and put away the King Pan Bead. Looking at Ao Guang, he said, "With three dragon clan great powers acting, capturing Ao Hong should be effortless!"

There were some matters he did not wish to involve himself in too deeply. From beginning to end, his purpose in coming to the East Sea Dragon Palace had been the Innate Spiritual Treasure promised by the dragon clan.

Yellow River Water Mansion.

For some reason, Ao Hong felt deeply uneasy. Looking at Ice Yi Yuan Jun, he said, "Fellow Daoist Ice Yi, can your Sky Concealing Mirror really prevent Candle Dragon and the others from divining the Heavenly Secrets?"

"Rest assured!"

Ice Yi Yuan Jun caressed the Treasure Mirror in her hand and smiled faintly. "My Sky Concealing Mirror is a High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. Its greatest use is concealing Heavenly Secrets and karma! Besides, during a calamity, the Heavenly Secrets are chaotic. Let alone old fellows like Candle Dragon, even those Heavenly Dao Saints cannot see through everything!"

She too was of the dragon clan, though not of its direct line. Back when Ancestor Dragon had dominated the Four Seas, she had been appointed Yellow River Water God and was merely a peripheral figure in the dragon clan.

Yet her strength was not lacking in the slightest. Several epochs ago, she had successfully Slain One Corpse and entered the quasi-saint realm, surpassing even Ao Hong.

She was also one of Ao Hong's supporters.

"Fellow Daoist Ao Hong, why not take out the Ancestor Dragon Pearl so we may study the Great Dao together?"

Ice Yi Yuan Jun gave a seductive smile. "Once you subdue the Four Seas, restore the ancient dragon clan's glory, and become the new Dragon Emperor, how about making me your Dragon Queen?"

"Fine!"

Ao Hong agreed at once.

He was in need of assistance now, so naturally he would not let an ally like Ice Yi Yuan Jun slip away.

Besides, dragons were lustful by nature. Since she had taken the initiative, how could he possibly refuse?

"Ao Hong, come out and die!"

Just as the two were overcome by desire, an untimely roar came from the void.

"Not good, it's Red Dragon!"

Ao Hong's expression changed drastically. "And Shenlong and Yinglong too. How did they find this place?"

Before he could react, three scorching streams of dragon breath crossed endless space, carrying the power to destroy all things as they slammed into the great formation of the Yellow River Water Mansion.

Boom!

The great formation shattered instantly.

This formation had merely been casually arranged by Ice Yi Yuan Jun. How could it possibly withstand three dragon clan great powers?

"Fight them!"

Ao Hong naturally had no desire to be captured without resistance. After obtaining the Ancestor Dragon Pearl, he had already broken through to the quasi-saint realm. With the help of Ice Yi Yuan Jun, who was also a quasi-saint, they might not necessarily fail to escape the dragon clan's pursuit.

Moreover, he still possessed a talisman bestowed by Saint Jieyin. If he activated it at a critical moment, it might carry them into the world opened by Saint Jieyin.

"Kill!"

Ao Hong shouted, drawing out a Sea Splitting Spear. Ice Yi Yuan Jun drew a Cold Li Sword, and the two charged directly toward Red Dragon and the others outside the water mansion.

Things had come to this. They could only fight with their lives on the line. What they had done was tantamount to digging up the roots of the Four Seas Dragon Clan. Red Dragon and the others would never spare them.

"Ancestor, you're old!"

Ao Hong revealed his quasi-saint cultivation and thrust his spear viciously at Red Dragon. "Only I can lead the dragon clan to rise again!"

Meanwhile, Ice Yi Yuan Jun used the Great Dao of Ice to manifest ten thousand Li Dragons, freezing all worlds and sealing the void as she firmly blocked Yinglong and Shenlong.

Ao Hong understood these dragon clan ancestors well. He also knew that Red Dragon had suffered severe injuries in his last battle with Eastern Emperor Taiyi, so he immediately attacked the weakest among them with all his strength.

"Ancestor Dragon Pearl!"

He raised his hand and unleashed a sheet of lightning. Then he sacrificed the not-yet-fully-refined Ancestor Dragon Pearl, suspending it above his head as an invisible dragon's might instantly swept through the void.

As the foremost of all dragons, Ancestor Dragon's pearl naturally possessed the power to suppress all dragons.

Red Dragon's aura could not help but falter.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Ao Hong transformed into his true dragon form, swallowed the Ancestor Dragon Pearl in one gulp, and drove a vast sea of lightning as he charged recklessly toward Yinglong and Shenlong.

"Run!"

He naturally did not believe he could kill the two of them. He merely intended to borrow the power of the Ancestor Dragon Pearl to create a chance for himself and Ice Yi Yuan Jun to escape.

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