Helping the Dragon King Shed the Mortal and Become a True Dragon

Although the Four Seas had no supreme experts, they made up for it with the sheer number of dragons.

Besides that, the Four Seas were extraordinarily wealthy.

Once he brought the Four Seas Dragon Kings to heel, he could greatly replenish Yin Shang's supplies. The resources of the Four Seas would be more than enough to sustain the Yin Shang Empire.

Bringing the Four Seas Dragon Kings to heel would also ensure favorable weather for Yin Shang forever. It was all benefit and no harm.

"Since you have decided to submit to His Majesty the Sacred Emperor, Dragon King, we are colleagues now. Please, rise."

Only then did the Dragon King stand.

"Thank you for sparing my life, Exalted Immortal. Thank you for sparing my life, Your Majesty!"

Ye Xuan nodded.

"Since you have chosen to serve the current Human Emperor, His Majesty will surely not let you suffer a loss. Rest assured."

As he spoke, he slowly paced about, his gaze fixed on the distance.

"With His Majesty the Human Emperor's protection, I cannot promise to restore your Dragon Clan to its former glory, but I can at least help it rise again."

"You will no longer have to bow and scrape, living at the mercy of others. At the very least, your Dragon Clan will no longer be slaughtered at others' whim."

"But your Dragon Clan must pledge complete loyalty, break free of Haotian Shangdi's control, and follow His Majesty the Sacred Emperor wholeheartedly. If you dare sway from side to side like grass on a wall, I will see every aquatic creature of the Four Seas wiped out. Is that clear?"

"Rest assured, Exalted Immortal. I have heard you clearly."

"In truth, I have long harbored thoughts of rebellion. Haotian has gone too far. Over countless years, he has eaten nearly half the Dragon Clan."

"Now that His Majesty the Sacred Emperor has offered the Dragon Clan a chance to surrender, I swear to serve him unto death, undaunted even by ten thousand deaths."

"Don't be so quick to answer. Your Dragon Clan is divided among the Four Seas. Can your word alone speak for the entire clan?"

At Ye Xuan's questioning, Dragon King Ao Guang grew anxious at once:

"You may not know this, Exalted Immortal, but the other three Dragon Kings are my own younger brothers, born of the same mother."

"The three of them have always followed my lead. I am the supreme leader of the Four Seas Dragon Clan, and my word speaks for the entire clan."

"Our Dragon Clan is willing to swear loyalty to His Majesty unto death!"

With that, the old Dragon King Ao Guang swore an oath to the heavens.

In the unseen, a karmic bond of the Great Dao was formed.

Seeing this,

Ye Xuan smiled knowingly and finally nodded in satisfaction.

"Excellent!"

"When I came to the East Sea, His Majesty the Human Emperor bestowed a blessing upon you, Dragon King."

"Now that you have submitted, you belong to His Majesty the Human Emperor. I shall give you this blessing on his behalf."

As he spoke, a strange smile appeared on Ye Xuan's face.

The Four Seas Dragon Clan had become his subordinates.

There was no harm in giving them a few blessings.

As the saying went, only by showing both kindness and authority could he win their complete allegiance.

Ye Xuan opened his right hand slightly.

A crystalline orb appeared, gleaming with golden light.

Dragon King Ao Guang took a closer look.

How was that an orb?

It was clearly a drop of golden essence blood containing boundless power.

The drop of golden essence blood floated quietly in the air.

Specks of golden light enveloped it.

Even from a great distance, East Sea Dragon King Ao Guang could sense a surging presence within that drop of essence blood.

"Is this-this is Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood?"

Dragon King Ao Guang's expression changed drastically.

A single glance at the drop of essence blood was enough to make him feel an invisible pressure.

It was a suppression that came from his very soul.

At that moment, Ao Guang was certain beyond doubt that this was Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood.

In fact, however, it was only Ye Xuan's essence blood.

Ye Xuan had obtained the Ancestral Dragon's bloodline, but he had condensed only a few drops of essence blood so far.

He took out a drop to help Ao Guang shed the mortal and become a True Dragon, believing that this soft-hearted fool Ao Guang would surely be utterly devoted to him in the future.

That dead bastard Haotian knew only how to eat dragons, while the Human Emperor helped him shed the mortal and become a True Dragon.

Which was better was clear at a glance.

The East Sea Dragon King was instantly so excited that he did not know what to do.

Choosing to serve the Human Emperor might have been the wisest choice of his life.

After all, the Human Emperor could help him become a True Dragon.

Haotian Shangdi, on the other hand, had treated them as nothing more than food.

Looking at the essence blood containing boundless might,

Ao Guang trembled.

This was unquestionably an earthshaking blessing.

There were no True Dragons left in the Primordial World. If he could use the essence blood to regain a True Dragon's body,

his future would be full of promise. Even becoming a Quasi-Saint would probably not be too difficult.

The current Human Emperor's generosity was far beyond his expectations.

Dragon King Ao Guang hurriedly bowed again, then opened his great mouth.

Ye Xuan flicked a finger, sending the drop of essence blood into his mouth.

In an instant, a violent wind swept out.

Wind and clouds gathered in an instant, and the entire undersea Dragon Palace seemed to be rocked by an earthshaking upheaval.

East Sea Dragon King Ao Guang had already fallen to his knees in agony.

Boundless might poured from his body.

"Roar!!!"

A dragon's roar that shook heaven and earth burst from Ao Guang's mouth.

Ao Guang himself transformed into an enormous azure dragon hundreds of meters long.

But even after revealing his true form, Ao Guang continued to struggle violently.

His frail body seemed unable to withstand the tremendous power.

The presence emanating from him grew ever more violent.

Several pillars of golden light flickered faintly through his azure body.

Within the golden pillars of light, his body grew at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The presence emanating from him grew more vast and majestic.

In just a few breaths, Ao Guang's true body had evolved from several hundred meters long to several thousand.

He looked as though he could blot out the sky and sun.

The terrifying presence emanating from him grew ever more immense and weighty.

The pair of ferocious dragon horns atop his head grew thicker and stronger.

His azure-glowing dragon scales had begun to shimmer with a faint golden light.

It looked as though he might turn from an azure dragon into a golden dragon.

That, however, was not the most important change.

Most importantly, the great dragon's belly bulged outward at an extraordinarily strange speed.

Finally, amid an earthshaking crash, his belly burst open.

Two brand-new dragon limbs sprang out.

An Eight-Clawed Golden Dragon!

At that moment, the four-limbed azure dragon had actually become a six-limbed golden dragon.

And each limb bore eight claws!

Wasn't this the legendary Eight-Clawed Golden Dragon?

The Eight-Clawed Golden Dragon was a True Dragon.

Even among the ancient Dragon Clan, Eight-Clawed Golden Dragons held a very high status.

He had never expected to witness the birth of another Eight-Clawed Golden Dragon in this day and age.

A surging, terrifying presence suddenly erupted from the Eight-Clawed Golden Dragon, frightening the nearby Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals so badly that they could not stay on their feet and staggered this way and that.

Now that Ao Guang had regained a True Dragon's bloodline, he had instantly evolved into the legendary Eight-Clawed Golden Dragon.

His strength also advanced by leaps and bounds at that moment.

He rose directly into the ranks of the Daluo Golden Immortals.

From that moment on,

a True Dragon had appeared once more in the Primordial World.

After evolving into a True Dragon, Dragon King Ao Guang unleashed his divine power freely throughout the vast East Sea.

He could clearly feel that, having become a True Dragon, he still had enormous potential.

Once that potential was fully unlocked, surpassing the Daluo Golden Immortal realm and becoming a Quasi-Saint would be easy.

At the thought, Ao Guang could not help growing excited.

Aside from the six Saints, the strongest experts in the Primordial World were Quasi-Saints.

Even Haotian Shangdi was only a Quasi-Saint.

And now he had become a Daluo Golden Immortal. Besides that, his True Dragon body still held a vast reserve of untapped potential.

If he really could cultivate to the Quasi-Saint realm in the future, the Four Seas Dragon Clan would surely no longer be in its current predicament.

At that thought, Ao Guang grew more excited than ever.

His enormous body wheeled freely through the East Sea as he reveled in a wild freedom he had never enjoyed in his life.

After a long while, the golden dragon that blotted out the sky and sun shuddered, then assumed human form and appeared beside Ye Xuan.

But he no longer had that ugly appearance of a dragon's head on a human body.

Instead, he had become a middle-aged man whose bearing inspired awe without anger.

"Exalted Immortal Wuming, I cannot thank you enough."

"Please put in a good word for me before the Sacred Emperor, Exalted Immortal. I shall serve His Majesty the Sacred Emperor for the rest of my life, without the slightest disloyalty. Otherwise, may I die without a place to be buried!"