Omens Across the Heavens, Proving the Dao Before Heaven!

"Good."

The Dragon Emperor's gaze sharpened as he surveyed the eight most powerful members of his clan, with whom he had shared life and death, within the hall. Suddenly, he raised his hand and tossed out a jade token, carved with the true form of an ancient Yinglong:

"Eight meridians, heed my command!"

"Lord He Shui, Lord Lu Shui, Lord Kan Shui, return to your positions immediately and activate the Vast Realm Heaven-Covering Sea Myriad Absolute Array."

"Draw water from all the seas, obscure the sky, and lock away the secrets of heaven."

"Male Fire, Heavenly Light, Unseen, Constant Force, follow me to the highest peak of the Nine Heavens to guard the Heavenly Gate. Any divine sense from outside that intrudes shall be killed without exception."

"Wood Virtue."

The Dragon Emperor's gaze fixed on the old man in the green robe, his majestic voice revealing a burning expectation originating from the ancient primordial era:

"The backbone of the Dragon Race... today rests entirely on your body, you, a dragon."

The Wood Virtue Dao Venerable rose to his feet and bowed deeply with solemnity:

"Old man, please lead the emperor and respect the decree!"

Three days later.

The vast, cloudless Vast Realm suddenly rippled with an extremely faint ripple.

The sea breeze has stopped.

The thousands of gentle ocean currents that constantly lapped at the sea surface seemed to freeze at this moment, not even a ripple was stirred.

Trillions of Sea Race creatures, from colossal whales diving to the bottom of deep trenches to delicate shrimp floating among coral reefs, all trembled violently at this moment.

It was as if I sensed an unparalleled pressure originating from the depths of life's origin, slowly awakening from the Endless Abyss.

"Boom--!!"

There was no preparation, no warning whatsoever.

An indescribable emerald light suddenly burst forth from the depths of the Jianmu Sea Eye in the far south of Return to the Ruins, tearing through thousands of miles of heavy water and soaring upwards to the heavens!

The azure light, like Heavenly Sword, pierced straight to the very top of the heavens!

Immediately afterwards, the entire vast and boundless Vast Realm Ocean boiled over!

"Splash splash splash--!"

On the floating islands, in the crevices of the rocks, ancient trees that had been dead for thousands of years sprouted new shoots and transformed into forests in spring; deep in the trenches, on the dark and Lightless rock walls, billions of fluorescent algae grew wildly, radiating endless vitality.

Even the floating ice and snow peaks that drift year-round on the frigid sea were completely covered by layers of vines and moss in that instant!

Dao of Wood energy!

The supreme Dao of Wood energy, extremely pure and encompassing the life, death, withering, and flourishing of all things in heaven and Vast Realm, swept across the thirty-six dragon palaces and countless miles of mountains and seas in an instant, like a burst dam of a galaxy!

"Aww--!!"

With a deafening dragon roar that pierced through the Three Realms and Six Paths, a supreme azure dragon, hundreds of thousands of feet long, with a body of emerald Azure Dragon and nine claws, shattered the void and, surrounded by a sky full of azure clouds, suddenly took up its position at the very top of the vast Vast Realm!

Wherever the Dharma image passed, the heavens showered down sweet rain of wood marrow, and the earth gushed forth a divine spring of blue color.

On the back of that enormous azure Azure Dragon, large enough to cover half the sky, stood three towering, divine platforms!

[Wood Virtue]!

[Xun Wood]!

[Geng Wood]!

The three platforms merged together, transforming into a dazzling chaotic Chaos Azure Lotus, which burst forth from the top of the Azure Dragon's head!

That blue lotus slowly turned.

With each rotation, the Heavenly Dao Principle in the void retreated; within the Nine Realms Star Sea spanning billions of miles, all cultivators practicing the Dao of Wood, Spirit Dao, and Life Dao, as well as plant spirits, had their natal Spirit Plant in their sea of consciousness bowing uncontrollably towards the Vast Realm!

Water nourishes wood, and the azure dragon ascends to the heavens!

At this moment, the will of heaven and earth throughout the entire Vast Realm emitted a joyful lament and a deafening roar.

Under the frenzied nourishment of the endless Water Dao fortune of the True Dragon Clan, the three originally independent Dao of Wood Fruit Positions are being forcibly fused into one in an unparalleled and domineering manner!

Dao Embryo!

That is the supreme Dao Embryo energy that truly surpasses ordinary Dao Venerable and controls most of the key points of a Great Dao!!

Rumble rumble rumble--!

This earth-shattering change, like a heavy hammer that pierced through chaos, slammed into the hearts of all the supreme beings in the other eight realms!

The workings of Heaven are in disarray, and the Great Way is in mourning.

On this day, the Nine Realms trembled!

The Spirit Realm, the Azure Extremity Heaven Domain.

"Bang!!"

On the shore of the Myriad Spirits Sacred Lake, Master Mu Kurong, who was holding divine tea and listening to the war report from the southern Dao of Wood, unconsciously crushed the jade teacup in his hand into dust.

That already gloomy face turned deathly pale in that instant, as if it were made of gold paper, and even the corners of his eyes seemed to tear violently from extreme horror!

"Wood... the Qi of Dao of Wood returns to its origin?!"

Mu Kurong trembled all over, practically tumbling and crawling as he rushed out of the main hall, gazing towards the direction of the Vast Realm, his voice shrill like the wailing of a vengeful ghost:

"This is impossible! Absolutely impossible!!"

"The Geng Wood collapsed along with the Dao Realm, its lineage severed, and the Xun Wood has been without a master for ten thousand years! Who is it?! Who is forcibly combining the three great positions?!"

"A true dragon?!"

"How could those long, aquatic worms possibly have cultivated to the pinnacle of the Dao of Wood?!"

Not just him.

Deep within the Azure Extremity Heaven Domain, the ancient trees that had slumbered for countless millennia were all awakened in that instant, letting out roars of terror and despair.

At this moment, the Dao of Wood Immortal Foundation within their bodies wailed violently, showing a faint ominous sign that it was being forcibly stripped away towards the Vast Realm and forced into tribute and worship!

Dao Embryo Suppression!

Under the rule of the same Dao of Wood Principle, the birth of a supreme Dao Embryo means that all beings who cultivate this path are bound by a fatal yoke that they can never escape!

"Roar--!!"

Deep within the Myriad Spirits Ancient Abyss, the very heart of the Spirit Realm, a supreme roar of extreme shock and rage resounded throughout heaven and earth.

Immediately afterwards, a majestic Dharma image, shrouded in nine-colored divine light of birth and death, rose from the ground. Its pressure surpassed that of the Dao Venerable and the laws of heaven. It was none other than the supreme ruler of the Spirit Realm: the Spirit Emperor!

"The True Dragon Clan, how dare you deceive me!!"