The Second Level of the True Edict of Audience with the Dao, the Mystery of Dragon Transformation

A ray of golden light gently enveloped Chen Lingxi's consciousness, as if she were falling into deep water or disappearing into the clouds.

When his vision cleared again, he found himself suspended in a vast palace.

The dome was extremely high and resplendent in gold. Deep within the palace, there was a high platform cast entirely from a single piece of lapis lazuli.

A person sat upright on the stage.

The man sat quietly, yet he already deserved the title of "unparalleled in handsomeness."

This person was dressed in a snow-white brocade robe, with a jade belt around his waist.

Bathed in the light of the hall, the robe emitted a faint, soft halo, its beauty truly wondrous.

His eyebrows were like distant mountains, his eyes were like stars, his nose was high and straight, his lips were well-defined, and his skin was so white that it was almost transparent, yet he exuded an indescribable air of nobility, like a jade statue that had been sculpted to perfection by a craftsman, with only a faint breath still gently flowing between them.

This person was none other than the Sixth Entwined-Dragon Crown Prince the Great Su Dragon Palace...

Chan Zhaofu!

But what truly caught Chen Lingxi's attention was not this person's face.

Because through the eyes of the Chan Zhaofu, he saw a real dragon.

The dragon is not in this palace.

It lay prostrate in a vast, boundless Void, its dragon body stretching for tens of thousands of miles, like a mountain range with no end in sight, lying across an unknown depth.

The scales are a bluish-gold color, each one the size of a mountain. A faint, dark golden light flows between the scales, like streaks of subterranean fire suppressed beneath them, flickering erratically.

The dragon head is even more astonishing!

The dragon's head was held high, with two horns protruding diagonally from its forehead, resembling coral or withered branches, radiating a wondrous glow.

His dragon eyes were half-closed, his eyelids drooping heavily, as if he had been asleep for countless millennia, yet the light that peeked out from those slits was enough to make one dare not look directly at him.

At this moment, Chan Zhaofu was sitting cross-legged on the high platform, his eyes closed, visualizing this true dragon.

His breathing was slow and long; with each inhale, his chest and abdomen barely rose and fell, only the breath in his throat, like a thread, continuous and gentle.

With each moment he contemplated, the dragon in the Void seemed to solidify a little more, and the dark golden light flowing over its scales also brightened a little more.

"This true dragon is incredibly powerful... it is very likely the master of the Great Su Dragon Palace."

"True Lord, True Dragon!"

Chen Lingxi couldn't help but feel excited.

Through his Sight-Roaming eyes, he clearly saw many details of this real dragon.

"The patterns on each scale along the dragon's spine are not those of ordinary scales, but rather naturally formed runes."

Chen Lingxi was even more surprised and looked more closely.

The talisman was extremely small, almost invisible to the naked eye, but when the visualization power of the Chan Zhaofu landed on it, the talisman quietly lit up, flickering on and off, as if it were echoing something extremely ancient.

He then saw five dragon claws hidden beneath the dragon's belly, their tips gleaming with a cold light, as if if those claws were extended, they could easily tear a mountain apart.

He then saw the dragon's spine, protruding segment by segment, like an invisible mountain range coiled on the dragon's back, each segment containing a heavy, unfathomable power.

He could even vaguely sense the heartbeat of the true dragon.

Thump.

Thump.

Thump.

"This is the True Lord's physical body?" Chen Lingxi's breath hitched slightly.

Throughout his cultivation journey, he has encountered many powerful individuals.

But this real dragon is different.

It cannot be described by the word "powerful".

It lay there, as if the entire world were merely a nest where it curled up.

If it opens its eyes, even the sun and moon will lose their brilliance; if it turns over, even mountains and rivers will crumble.

This is the True Lord.

Chen Lingxi's consciousness rippled slightly in that instant, as if something had been touched.

His mind stirred slightly, and his thoughts suddenly turned to the Inner Divine Palace his body.

The palace remained simple, consisting of only one room and one hall, with walls made of bluestone, devoid of any splendor.

On the high platform in the hall, sat a great Great Sage.

Truly, [the Heaven-Inviting Great Sage!

This Great Sage is incredibly powerful. Even though he is just a phantom, even though he is just sitting there quietly, he still has an awe-inspiring presence that makes heaven and earth bow down.

But his face was blurred, and his figure was only a vague outline, as if seen through layers of thick fog.

"This Heaven-Inviting Great Sage is probably even stronger than the True Lord... It's just a pity... I can't see the Great Sage's true form clearly; what I can perceive is only a superficial understanding."

Chen Lingxi felt a pang of regret.

The Great Sage's face and the aura flowing around him seemed to be shrouded in a veil that could never be lifted.

The deeper his visualization, the thicker the veil became.

He exhaled softly, suppressing the thought for the time being.

The method of contemplating the True Edict of Audience with the Dao is a form of visualization.

Visualize the deity, and command it to reside in the Inner Divine Palace. Use the deity's energy to transform your physical body and enhance your power.

He has been practicing the True Edict of Audience with the Dao to this day and has deeply understood their essence.

And that Heaven-Inviting Great Sage is a blurry projection recorded in the True Edict of Audience with the Dao Cultivation Method!

This incomplete, almost unrecognizable shadow was etched deep within the Cultivation Method.

If cultivators who practice the True Edict of Audience with the Dao have no other choice, they can only contemplate this blurry phantom of the Great Sage.

However, as his cultivation deepened, Chen Lingxi increasingly realized that the projection of the Heaven-Inviting Great Sage was far too blurry.

A vague object of visualization implies a vague energy flow and a vague blessing.

This is why his progress in the True Edict of Audience with the Dao was always slow. After reaching the many Mystery Mechanism of the Palace-Knocking Realm, he could hardly make any further progress.

While the Great Sage Breath-Absorption, Heaven-Inviting Might, Palace-Knocking Finger, and the Great Sage Treasure Form are indeed incredibly powerful, their many abilities have long been gradually leveled off compared to his Dao Foundation Divine Ability.

"When I Qi Circulation Realm, I could surpass cultivators at the tenth or even eleventh level of the Qi Circulation Realm with the blessing of the True Edict of Audience with the Dao of the Qi Circulation Realm. But now, the True Edict of Audience with the Dao of Audience is less powerful than the Immortal-Calamity Thunder Pool, let alone the Jade Tiger Sea-Reversing Sword Light."

The profound Cultivation Method "Attending to the True Edict of Audience with the Dao" gradually dimmed because he kept contemplating an object that could not be clearly seen.

But now...

Chen Lingxi's thoughts became increasingly deep and focused.

"Through the eyes of the Chan Zhaofu, I truly saw the true form of this dragon."

It was so real that I could even feel the flow of energy throughout this dragon's body!

He took a deep breath.

"Instead of visualizing the Heaven-Inviting Great Sage, whom I can never see clearly, it would be better to... visualize this true dragon within my Inner Divine Palace."

As he pondered, he used the perspective of the Chan Zhaofu to observe the true dragon lying deep in the Void.

He meticulously memorized every detail of this true dragon, keeping it firmly in his heart, daring not to miss a single thing.

The curve of the dragon's head, the forked horns, the drooping whiskers...

The size, texture, and arrangement of each dragon scale, with a dark golden sheen flowing between the scales...

The undulations of the dragon's spine, the concealment and revelation of its five claws, the dragon's tail coiled deep in the Void...

Chen Lingxi even tried to sense the rhythm of the true dragon's breath...

"So mysterious!"

Chen Lingxi's eyes gradually cleared.

I stared at it for a long time.

Until the golden halo in the sky suddenly trembled, and the scene in the Void began to distort and shatter.

The Sight-Roaming was thus shattered.

Chen Lingxi's consciousness returned to itself, and she felt a slight throbbing in her temples, but she couldn't care less about that.

He almost impatiently closed his eyes, replaying every detail of the dragon he had just memorized in his mind, visualizing it over and over again.

He sat cross-legged deep within the Water-Curtain Cave, his breathing gradually becoming long and deep as he meditated.

As he breathed, a faint, indescribable low rumble emanated from his throat, as if a giant creature were slowly turning over underground.

A few days passed, Yuan Lingyu came once.

She held a porcelain bottle, intending to visit her senior brother, but stopped abruptly outside the cave abode.

She saw that the cave abode was enveloped by a very faint flow of Dao Origin, completely isolating the inside from the outside, as if there was an invisible barrier behind the water curtain.

She knew her senior brother was cultivating, so she didn't disturb him and turned to leave.

Time slips by quietly like this.

More than ten days passed in the blink of an eye.

For more than ten days, the phantom of the real dragon lingered in his Consciousness Sea, being contemplated, depicted, and imprinted by him again and again.

More than ten days later, the changes finally began to appear!

His Physical Body Essence Qi was already abundant, but now it seemed to be drawn by something, beginning to converge, compress, and condense deep within his Inner Divine Palace.

His skin, fascia, and bones underwent subtle yet resolute changes, inch by inch, under the cleansing influence of this vital energy.

As he breathed, a faint, bluish-gold luster appeared around his body, like dragon scales reflecting the sunlight.

His back gradually straightened, and the lines at his shoulder blades rose slightly, just like the protruding joints on a dragon's spine.

Until this day, he suddenly opened his eyes!

"I have already cultivated the first level of the True Edict of Audience with the Dao to the Palace-Knocking Realm to its limit. Now, with the blessing of this True Dragon Treasure Form, I can break through!"

He sensed the Inner Divine Palace his body!

What was originally a simple room and hall has now undergone a transformation!

On the walls of the palace, intricate patterns slowly emerged, like scales and symbols, climbing up layer upon layer, as if an invisible palace was growing out of it.

The palace is under the Palace-Building Realm.

Chen Lingxi felt an unprecedented, immense power surge forth from the depths of the palace, engulfing his entire body!

His vital energy became incredibly abundant, and a torrent of energy gushed forth from his entire body.

His strength and physical power were increasing at a rate that he himself could clearly perceive!

This is the realm of [Palace-Building Realm].

What he visualized entering the palace was not the blurry image of the Great Heaven-Inviting Great Sage, but this Azure-Gold True Dragon!

"The second stage of the True Edict of Audience with the Dao, [Palace-Building Realm], has been completed!"

Chen Lingxi with surprise as she carefully sensed the [True Dragon's Mystery Mechanism]!

This Mystery Mechanism is called...

[Dragon Transformation]!

Chen Lingxi slowly stood up, feeling as if her body was no longer the same as it had been a dozen days ago!

He clenched his fist, feeling the unprecedented power in his palm, and a smile involuntarily appeared on his lips.

"The Mystery Mechanism of this Great Su True Dragon are indeed extraordinary."

"With this Mystery Mechanism, my Killing Power has greatly increased!"

Overjoyed, Chen Lingxi began to examine her current resources and strengths!

By now, the many Divine Ability abilities and Cultivation Method he has cultivated have piled up to a point where even he sometimes has to take a detailed count.

The most crucial of these is, of course, the Thunder-Prison Heaven Divine Ability.

"I have already mastered Thunder-Prison Heaven's Killing Power Great Art to its fullest extent."

Chen Lingxi pondered carefully.

Having mastered this Divine Ability, he obtained the Mystery Mechanism of the [Immortal-Calamity Thunder Pool].

The Immortal-Calamity Thunder Pool is capable of suppressing all laws. Once unleashed, it is like a Thunder Prison stretching across the sky, pulverizing everything within a radius of several miles. Within it, numerous bolts of lightning can enhance sword light and Divine Ability, making it incredibly mysterious.

Later, his Profound Root Transformation, and he obtained the Mystery Mechanism of the [Thunder-Prison Immortal Eye].

His divine eyes hovered between his brows, and wherever his gaze fell, all things froze, as if the most domineering bolt of lightning in the world was contained within that single glance.

Later, his Profound Root bore Wondrous Fruit, and his Dao Foundation Early Stage was thus perfected.

Within that Wondrous Fruit, an extraordinary Killing Power of the Thunder-Prison Heaven Great Divine Ability Mystery Mechanism was born!

[The Great Prison Furnace].

These Mystery Mechanism condense the entire Thunder Prison into a single furnace, where countless thunderbolts are refined and melted away everything that enters the furnace.

Its power was so great that even he himself had not fully comprehended it.

"However, to this day, I have not yet encountered an opponent who can make him unleash this profound mystery, so I have never used this Thunder Prison Mystery."

With these thoughts in mind, Chen Lingxi's consciousness returned to her Chaos Bag.

Deep within that Chaos Bag, a Spirit Artifact was shining brightly.

This is a six-story glazed pagoda, the Void-Return Sword Tower.

Since he arrived in the Great Xuanzhuo Realm, he has always nurtured the Void-Return Sword Tower with his own Sword Qi energy.

He threw numerous Jade Tiger Sea-Reversing Sword Light and Thunderous Sound Sword Lights of the Twelve Heavenly Drum Peals into the tower, letting the sword tower Sword Mound devour them and the Sword Furnace temper them, day after day, without interruption.

Now, the Sword Qi contained within the Void-Return Sword Tower has become incredibly vast.

The sword shadow within the tower, formed from countless condensed Sword Qi, grew increasingly solid and terrifying, as if it would burst forth from the tower at the slightest thought, annihilating everything before it.

"Although it only has the power of one sword."

But that sword strike could be considered one of my most formidable strengths Chen Lingxi's greatest asset.

Upon seeing the Sword Tower, Chen Lingxi felt somewhat at ease.

Besides the Great Prison Furnace and the Void-Return Sword Tower, Chen Lingxi also possesses the Jade Tiger Sea-Reversing Sword Light.

The sword light was incomparably sharp and violent, but it consumed a great deal of Dao Origin.

With his current cultivation level, even if he exerts all his strength, he can still unleash several beams of Jade Tiger Sea-Reversing Sword Light.

Add to that the True Edict of Audience with the Dao, and the Mystery Mechanism of the [Dragon Transformation] of the Great Su True Dragon of the Palace-Building Realm...

Chen Lingxi carefully reviewed these resources, her eyes flickering slightly.

"Nowadays, among those in the Dao Foundation Early Stage, there are probably very few who can defeat me." He thought to himself, his gaze gradually deepening. "But I wonder how much of a gap there is between me and those in the Dao Foundation Middle Stage."

At the Dao Foundation Middle Stage, not only can one cultivate two great Divine Ability, but more importantly, one can also form a second Profound Root!

Two Profound Root stood atop the Dao Platform. The Dao Origin within the Dao Platform was not simply superimposed; rather, it contained profound spiritual energy brewing within it.

This is why the Dao Origin of Dao Foundation Middle Stage cultivator is often several times greater than that of Dao Foundation Early Stage cultivator.

This is why, in the cultivation world, it is almost impossible for One-Mystery Cultivator to defeat a cultivator of the Second Profound...

Unless one uses an extremely rare and precious Spirit Artifact.

As Chen Lingxi pondered this, his longing for the Dao Foundation Middle Stage realm grew even stronger.

"Now that I possess the spirit Divine Ability of the second great Divine Ability, I should comprehend it more quickly and reach the Dao Foundation Middle Stage as soon as possible; that is the only logical thing to do!"

"The Heavenly-Law Edict Divine Ability are so profound, but I wonder just how powerful they truly are."

He took a deep breath and immediately went into seclusion to cultivate his second great Divine Ability!