Heavenly Merit Descends, Completely Breaking Free of the Dragon Clan

Lin Changsheng's original plan had been to severely wound the Golden-winged Three-eyed Eagle, then use the Five Elements Evasion Technique to escape.

That way, even if Ao Xue and the others arrived, they could only assume he had been killed by the Golden-winged Three-eyed Eagle.

At most, they would vent their fury on that Fierce Beast.

He had never expected this Fierce Beast to possess no intelligence whatsoever.

Even after being severely wounded, it had still pursued him relentlessly.

With no other choice, Lin Changsheng could only use a series of divine abilities to kill it.

As a result, his plan was no longer quite so perfect.

But with his [Flawless Body], he was not worried in the slightest that the Dragon Clan would be able to find him.

Yet just after killing the Golden-winged Three-eyed Eagle, Lin Changsheng suddenly sensed the Heavenly Dao tremble.

A wisp of Merit Golden Cloud descended from the heavens and landed before him.

The light of merit illuminated more than half of Buzhou Mountain.

Countless Great Powers were alarmed and began using their respective methods to investigate.

Jade Capital Mountain.

"Heavenly Dao Merit?"

"What exactly happened?"

Hongjun was stunned and hurriedly began calculating what had occurred.

Yet he found no clues whatsoever.

"The Primordial Continent truly harbors countless hidden Great Powers."

Hongjun frowned slightly.

Though he had not deduced any information, he still headed toward the place where the merit had descended.

Hongjun was not the only one. Other Great Powers also rushed over.

"I merely killed a Fierce Beast, and merit descended?"

Lin Changsheng immediately collected the merit before him and sped away from the area.

He knew such a huge disturbance had surely alerted quite a few Great Powers.

At the same time, his mind began racing.

He understood in an instant.

[Immeasurable Merit]!

This was the effect of that talent.

It had been said before that Fierce Beasts polluted Innate Spiritual Qi and were detrimental to the workings of the Primordial Wilderness.

And as long as Immeasurable Merit did something that conformed to the workings of the Heavenly Dao, it could obtain merit.

Killing Fierce Beasts benefited the Primordial Wilderness.

Thus, merit would descend.

Though it was not much, it truly proved the usefulness of this talent.

Without this talent, it would have been impossible to gain merit from killing Fierce Beasts.

If that was the case, could he do the same during the other great tribulations as well?

The moment the thought arose, Lin Changsheng rejected it.

The coming Dragon-Han Primordial Tribulation was driven by Hongjun and Luohou from behind the scenes; it was a reckoning of the Heavenly Dao.

It would not cause any damage to the workings of the Primordial Wilderness.

So even if he slaughtered the dragon, phoenix, and qilin clans, he would not receive any merit as a reward.

Having understood the key point, Lin Changsheng accelerated away from the place.

East Sea Shore.

After several days of travel, Ao Xue and the other elders finally found the place Ancestor Dragon had mentioned.

"It is the aura of a Fierce Beast."

"And the lingering aura of Ao Rui's attack is here as well."

"He indeed disappeared here."

Ao Xue said with a grim expression.

"Could Ao Rui have encountered a Fierce Beast, fought it, and been killed after being defeated?"

A Dragon Clan Elder said in surprise.

Judging from the Fierce Beast's bloodstains here, its cultivation should have been at the Mid Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm.

"Impossible."

"Ao Rui possessed numerous spiritual treasures and had the protection of law divine abilities."

"There is no way he could have failed to defeat even a single Fierce Beast."

"The aura of this Golden-winged Three-eyed Eagle has also vanished, but not here."

"We will continue searching."

Ao Xue could not possibly give up.

Ao Rui was the hope of their Black Dragon Clan.

He was also the hope of the Dragon Clan.

They had to investigate this to the end.

Ao Xue and the other Grand Unity Golden Immortals continued tracking the Golden-winged Three-eyed Eagle's aura.

In the end, they completely lost the trail in a valley.

At this time, Hongjun and many other Great Powers also arrived.

"How strange. It seems a Fierce Beast was slain."

"But why did merit descend?"

No matter how these Great Powers calculated, they could not obtain any useful information.

Even when they extended their divine senses, they could not find anything suspicious.

"Fellow Daoists of the Dragon Clan, do you know what happened here?"

Seeing that Ao Xue and the others seemed to be searching for something, Hongjun promptly asked.

"I do not."

Ao Xue was in an extremely foul mood at that moment.

The clues had ended here.

The Fierce Beast's aura was gone, and Ao Rui's Karma Thread and aura had also been completely severed.

It simply made no sense.

Why had Ao Rui come to the East Sea Shore in the first place?

And why had he provoked a Fierce Beast?

Even if he truly had provoked one, with his strength, it was impossible for him to have been defeated and perished.

Strange. It was far too strange.

Nothing could explain it.

Yet the facts had turned out this way.

No matter how hard he racked his brains or refused to accept it, Ao Rui had indeed perished.

A trace of gloom flashed through Hongjun's eyes.

How arrogant the Dragon Clan was.

Just wait. Your misfortune will come.

In the end, the Great Powers departed one after another.

Their conclusion was that the Primordial Wilderness was unfathomable, and Great Powers beyond their comprehension still existed.

Aside from finding several Fierce Beasts to vent their rage upon, Ao Xue and the others eventually returned to the East Sea.

Meanwhile, Lin Changsheng, the one behind it all, had found a small Innate Restriction.

Relying on his comprehension of the Law of Formations, he easily entered the concealed Innate Grand Formation.

Only then did Lin Changsheng truly relax.

"I've finally shaken off the Dragon Clan."

His karma with the Dragon Clan could be considered settled for the time being.

Though he had gained quite a few benefits from the Dragon Clan, Lin Changsheng did not feel the slightest guilt.

It could only be called the entanglement of karma.

If Ao Rui had not been determined to kill him, he would not have killed Ao Rui in return and infiltrated the Dragon Clan.

Setting aside the matter of the Dragon Clan, Lin Changsheng took out that small clump of merit and began studying it.

It truly was an exceptionally pure source essence.

Refining it directly would definitely improve his cultivation.

Unfortunately, there was too little of it.

And Lin Changsheng did not intend to use this merit yet.

He planned to refine it only after advancing to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

At the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm, the Five Qi within one's body circulated, each belonging to the qi of the five organs.

They corresponded respectively to the heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, and lungs.

This was Five Qi Towards Origin.

Only by cultivating the qi of these five organs to perfection could one achieve Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown and advance to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

The Three Flowers, however, concerned the foundation of one's future cultivation.

Refining merit could raise the grade of the Three Flowers.

Of course, that was still far too distant.

And this bit of merit was far too little as well.

"First, I'll see what treasures this small Innate Restriction contains."

"Then I'll begin trying to refine pills."

"I'll strive to raise my mana to the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm."

With a plan in mind, Lin Changsheng began searching through the small Innate Restriction.

It had to be said, the Eastern Continent truly deserved its reputation. Its resources were abundant.

He had found a small Innate Restriction so easily.

Moreover, the small restriction contained quite a few rare Spiritual Materials.

There was even a Low-grade Innate Spiritual Root.

"Hm?"

"There is actually an Innate Spiritual Treasure as well?"

"It even seems to be a Heavenly Dao Exotic Treasure?"