True Dragon Precious Technique

"Ang! Ang!"

Inside the nest woven from divine wood, a crimson True Dragon about a zhang in length coiled up, occasionally letting out a hiss tinged with panic.

"Little Dragon, you are the direct offspring of a True Dragon, possessing Venerable Realm cultivation the moment you were born. How could you be frightened by a group of cultivators whose strongest are only in the Array Formation Realm?"

Willow Deity looked at the True Dragon that had fled back in such a panic with a hint of amusement.

Indeed, the crimson True Dragon possessed Venerable Realm cultivation the moment it entered the world.

The True Dragon race is hailed as the Immortal race; upon reaching adulthood, they can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with True Immortals, and they possess the potential to step into the realm of Immortal Kings. Every generation sees the birth of supreme titans of the Immortal King level, an unbroken lineage.

Of course, under normal circumstances, the time span from a True Dragon's birth to full maturity can be as long as a million years.

"Wuwu~"

Willow Deity's attempt at comfort only made the newborn True Dragon cub feel even more aggrieved, and tears began to well up in its eyes.

The humans outside were so, so wicked; they kept talking about skinning it and pulling out its tendons.

In its inherited memories, the humans of the Great Wilderness were weak and often devoured by the many Ten Archaic Evils. Why was it the other way around here?

Could its inherited memories be wrong?!!

"Willow Deity, Ge Gu has just arrived in this world and has no one to teach him yet. How about I take on the role of his teacher?"

Shi Hao looked at the crimson True Dragon with great interest.

Ge Gu was the name Little Shi had discussed with Willow Deity beforehand.

To be the teacher of a True Dragon—just thinking about it was exciting!

"You? A Spirit Transformation Realm human cultivator wanting to be the teacher of a Venerable Realm True Dragon? Have you even smoothed out your own path of cultivation?"

Hearing this, Willow Deity cast a look at him that was neither a smile nor a frown.

Shi Hao: "..."

"Don't even think about being his teacher; being his senior brother is a possibility."

After a long moment, Willow Deity said leisurely.

That was correct; since a comrade had entrusted the orphan to him, Willow Deity intended to teach Ge Gu personally.

Furthermore, the True Dragon race all possessed the potential to reach the level of Immortal Kings. The defeated Nine Heavens and Ten Earths needed more strength, and they needed a new generation of Dragon King from the True Dragon race.

"...Alright then."

Shi Hao sighed helplessly. Alas, the title of "Teacher of the True Dragon" was destined to slip through his fingers. Woe is him.

However, now was the time for the harvest.

"Ge Gu~"

Thinking of this, Shi Hao squeezed out a smile and beamed at the crimson True Dragon.

The latter, however, did not appreciate the gesture, merely blinking its large dragon eyes at Shi Hao with an innocent look, pretending not to understand.

The name Ge Gu was simply too ugly!

"Uh, fine. Little Dragon, how about we make a trade?"

Shi Hao gave a sheepish smile and changed his tune. "You possess the True Dragon Precious Technique, and your senior brother happens to hold the supreme law of the True Phoenix race—the True Phoenix Precious Technique. How about we exchange?"

"Firstly, the True Dragon and True Phoenix are both among the Ten Archaic Evils; their status is equal."

"Secondly, you are the direct offspring of the Dragon King. If you can master both the True Dragon and True Phoenix Precious Techniques, you will be able to unleash the invincible Dragon-Phoenix Combined Strike. Your achievements might even surpass your father's, allowing you to become a new generation of supreme titan."

Little Shi had been coveting the True Dragon Precious Technique for a long time.

"Yiya?"

The True Dragon cub tilted its cute little head, thinking carefully for a moment. A hint of interest appeared in its eyes, but it did not agree immediately, looking instead toward Willow Deity.

Although this True Dragon offspring had only just been born, its intelligence was already comparable to an ordinary person's. Willow Deity was the one its father had entrusted it to, and he had personally overseen its birth; he would certainly not harm it.

"You may trade. You will not be at a loss, Little Dragon."

Willow Deity was concise and to the point, responding directly.

"Yiya yiya~"

Having received confirmation, the True Dragon cub was overjoyed. It quickly nudged its crimson horns, which were as red as blood diamonds, against Shi Hao, imparting the supreme law of the True Dragon race.

Shi Hao closed his eyes to sense it for a moment, then reciprocated with the complete True Phoenix Precious Technique. After a moment's thought, he also sent over his own insights gained from practicing the True Phoenix Precious Technique.

"Yiya yiya~"

The True Dragon cub was pleasantly surprised and used its divine sense to tell Shi Hao:

He was welcome to come to the True Dragon Nest in the future to cultivate the True Dragon Precious Technique with the help of the massive amount of True Dragon energy and Dragon Scale Grass here.

With that, the crimson True Dragon landed inside the divine wood nest, rolling around in delight.

In its view, it had obtained the True Phoenix Precious Technique, which even its father had never possessed. Didn't that mean it was even more impressive than the Dragon King?

"Let us go. Let the little one have some time to himself."

Willow Deity smiled and shook her head, swirling Shi Hao away as they both vanished from within the True Dragon Nest.

To prevent the True Dragon cub from being overcome by grief, Willow Deity had already removed the two unhatchable dead eggs.

Having obtained the True Dragon Precious Technique, Shi Hao immediately spoke up to request them.

Once a cultivator reaches the Spirit Transformation Realm, they can cultivate a spirit body.

(A Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator is already considered an expert; even among the great clans teeming with powerhouses, they are elders holding real authority with extraordinary status.)

The ambitious Shi Hao naturally did not want to cultivate an ordinary spirit body.

The third stage of cultivation in the Spirit Transformation Realm is known as Cave Heaven Spirit Nurturing.

This involves planting a flawless Dharma seed within a Cave Heaven to evolve a deity that possesses near-independent will, even rivaling the legendary great divine ability—External Incarnation.

In the original story, Little Shi fought seven gods to the death and fell, only to awaken from Reincarnation and begin a reckoning against the various ancient sects of the Eight Regions, dispatching his Cave Heaven Deities one by one.

Each of these Cave Heaven Deities, evolved from flawless Dharma seeds, possessed the terrifying combat power of the Venerable Realm. The various ancient sects, which only had a few ordinary Venerables guarding them, were pushed over one by one; their mountain gates were breached, and they all prostrated themselves at the feet of the young Human Emperor.

Previously, during his Cave Heaven Spirit Nurturing stage, the Cave Heaven Deities Shi Hao nurtured were naturally the pure-blooded creature techniques obtained from the Mountain Treasure, as well as the Vermilion Bird Method and the Zhu Yan Method.

Later, he obtained the Grass Sword Art of the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass and the True Phoenix Precious Technique, replacing them one by one.

Now that he had obtained the True Dragon Precious Technique and had two True Dragon eggs at his side, he naturally had a different idea.

Although the two True Dragon eggs were dead and could not hatch, they had been nourished by the True Dragon with a supreme formation for millions of years. The life essence within them remained, as did the life essence of the True Dragon clan, though there were no longer any soul fluctuations.

Since that was the case, why not use these two True Dragon eggs, combined with the True Dragon Precious Technique and the Cave Heaven Spirit Nurturing method, to nurture a unique spirit body—the True Dragon Body.

The Undying Being, that direct descendant of the Kunpeng, was able to create the Primary-Secondary Body Technique.

Eager to follow suit, Shi Hao also wanted to create another form of avatar technique.

Willow Deity was never one to be pedantic. Since the two True Dragon eggs could no longer hatch, it was better to use them to create greater value, so she simply gave the two dead eggs to Shi Hao.

She merely smiled and remarked: Now, you have forged a great karmic bond with the True Dragon clan; I fear that in the future, it will fall upon Ge Gu, this direct descendant of the True Dragon.

Shi Hao naturally had no objections; if he were to become an Emperor, he would protect Ge Gu as he attained the Dao.

Having obtained the two True Dragon eggs, Shi Hao immediately went into seclusion to nurture the True Dragon Body he had been planning for so long.

The True Dragon cub, huddled within the True Dragon Nest, ultimately had the nature of a child and could not endure the loneliness. Later, he transformed into the appearance of a two or three-year-old child, took the name Ge Gu, and mingled with the children of Stone Village to play, living quite happily.

The elders in the village, including the old patriarch, naturally knew Ge Gu's identity, but they said nothing, merely claiming he was a child picked up from the mountains to cover for him.

Later, when the mischievous children of the village encountered rivals in the Void God Realm and could not find the secluded Shi Hao to help them, they brought this seemingly unremarkable direct descendant of the True Dragon along, and the starting grounds were once again thrown into chaos.