The Azure Dragon of suspended waters, with golden scales, wooden horns, and the majestic aspect of the Celestial Bell, had condensed from the azure dragon essence of Dragon-Tiger Mountain's gate-guarding grand array. It soared through the sky, mane and whiskers streaming. The divine dragon was lifelike, every tiny detail distinct. As it breathed, its roof-tile scales opened and closed, striking one another with clear, ringing notes of gold and jade.
The ringing was crisp and pleasing, like chiming pendants. Yet now, to those aboard the Ritual Chariots and the Haoran Alliance Members, it sounded utterly terrifying. A clear stream formed its body, roof tiles its scales; beams and pillars formed its horns, and bells its spirit.
Anyone present with a discerning eye could sense it: this flying dragon had water within, embodying a dragon's spirituality; gold without, embodying a dragon's nobility; wood for horns, embodying a dragon's virtue; and bells for a wheel, embodying a dragon's divine spirit.
Upon a single array dragon, the threefold spiritual resonance of mountain, water, and man had manifested as Du Xian.
At the same time, the immense might belonging solely to a Fifth Realm Union with the Dao cultivator was laid bare.
A Fifth Realm array dragon on its own array grounds, alongside a Zhengyi high priest whom even Daoist Zhongzheng had to greet as a junior-how could anyone force their way past? At this moment, the spectators hardly dared breathe. Between heaven and earth, only the opening and closing of dragon scales could be heard.
Amid this silencing resonance of gold and jade, a voice suddenly sounded from the empty sky, chanting a poem:
"At West Mountain's Yulong Longevity Palace, Xu Xian’s Legacy Sword reveals its wondrous power.
Long has the divine weapon awaited the day it shines anew; wherever jiao dragons dwell,