112: Chapter 111 Flood Dragon

Before the billions of people could recover from the shock, the broadcast screen suddenly went black.

The moment the broadcast was turned off, the Ghost Gate at Mount Tai began to operate completely.

Led by Black and White Impermanence, a large number of nether soldiers and ghost emissaries scattered across various parts of Blue Star to fully clear out the wandering souls lingering in the Mortal Realm.

Reincarnation had been cut off in this world for hundreds of years. After an ordinary person died, their soul would dissipate on its own within just a few years and could not be preserved at all.

Only in the past few decades could those special wandering souls with deep obsessions, monstrous resentment, or immense Karma manage to linger in the Mortal Realm without completely dissipating.

At this moment, all remaining solitary ghosts and wild spirits were hunted down and rounded up by the ghost emissaries. Those with Karma were singled out for preferential treatment, while those who had committed sins and evils were directly bound and escorted into the Netherworld to await judgment. In a very short time, the order of Yin and Yang across the entire Blue Star was completely restored.

As soon as the broadcast was turned off, all overseas social forums instantly exploded, and the trending topics instantly dominated the entire lists.

Countless foreign netizens had their worldviews completely shattered, and the top-voted pinned posts were full of disbelief.

"Oh my god! This is impossible! It completely subverts my cognition!"

"In our legends, the Netherworld is ruled by Satan and Hades! Good people go to heaven, and bad people go to Hell!"

"Why is it the Eastern Netherworld that rules over life and death? Why is it King Yama and Black and White Impermanence? This is absolutely impossible!!"

"It must be China faking it, these are all fake projections!"

"Heaven and Hell are the truth, while Reincarnation and the Netherworld are all deceptive legends!"

"Eastern mythology is completely unrefined; it is impossible for it to rule over the life and death of the entire world!"

Relying on their one-sided cognition, these people revelled in their arrogance, and the popularity of the posts soared all the way.

Immediately, countless Chinese netizens flooded the foreign internet comment sections to fight back head-on.

The top-voted comments instantly crushed the entire field:

"Your so-called heaven, Hell, Satan, and Hades are all lies fabricated by your predecessors and used by missionaries to fool the world!"

"Since ancient times, for all living beings in the heavens and all races in the world, life, death, and Reincarnation have always been ruled solely by the Netherworld, with King Yama judging good and evil!"

"It is just that you Westerners have a shallow Foundation and have never witnessed the true order of Heaven and Earth. Ignorance is not your capital for arrogance!"

The argument on the foreign internet continued, and Chinese netizens continued to retort: "The rules of Heaven and Earth are right before your eyes, yet you still refuse to admit defeat. All souls returning to the Netherworld is a decree of the Heavenly Dao. Those myths of yours are merely fabricated by Mortals; what do you have to compare with the true Netherworld?"

A few sentences left the foreign netizens speechless and unable to refute.

On the peak of Mount Tai, a group of Cultivation Sect Heads gathered together to chat.

Master Yuanxin spoke: "Despite our success in Cultivation and our Lifespans of thousands of years, without entering the Golden Immortal Realm, we ultimately cannot escape death."

Yuanhui chimed in: "Indeed, even reaching Immortal Ascension cannot achieve eternity. Only the Golden Immortal Realm can truly attain eternal immortality."

Celestial Master Zhang nodded: "At the very moment the Netherworld manifested just now, I clearly sensed a sense of restraint. I am afraid that all of our names have already been completely recorded in the Book of Life and Death."

Master Kongming put his palms together: "Both immortals and Mortals have their destined numbers. No matter how high one's cultivation is, once their Lifespan is exhausted, they must still enter the Netherworld for Reincarnation."

Wudang Sect Head Wang Songxi also sighed: "In the past, I only regarded the Book of Life and Death as a legend. Today, I have finally verified it with my own eyes."

Li Qiye chuckled lightly: "Even though I Cultivate the Demonic Path, I cannot escape the control of the Netherworld. Heaven and Earth are fair, making no distinction between righteousness and demons."

Qingcheng Mountain Sect Head Zhao Wuwang: "Let us all work hard to Cultivate. Now is a once-in-ten-thousand-years golden age of Cultivation; we must strive to break free from Reincarnation."

"Daoist Zhao's words are extremely correct!" The other Cultivators nodded in agreement.

Seeing that the Netherworld had begun to operate normally, Ye Qingxuan prepared to return as well. As for whether Black and White Impermanence could find the remnant soul of Grandpa Ye Lin, Ye Qingxuan could only wait.

Ye Qingxuan cupped his fists toward the group: "Master, Senior Martial Uncle, various Seniors, Qingxuan will take his leave first!"

The remaining Sect Heads stepped aside to dodge the full bow. From the actions of Black and White Impermanence, it could be seen that Ye Qingxuan was definitely not simple—he was a mighty figure who had integrated the Void Realm with the Dao. Master Yuanxin and Yuanhui were his teachers, but they were not, so they dared not accept a bow from him and quickly returned the bow to Ye Qingxuan.

Yuanhui: "Qingxuan, your grandfather's remnant soul..."

Master Yuanxin waved his hand to interrupt: "Go, do not be too obsessed."

Ye Qingxuan smiled and said: "Master, rest assured, this Disciple has never been obsessed with this. Life and death are dictated by fate; Qingxuan just misses his grandfather a little."

Seeing everyone's reactions, Ye Qingxuan did not dwell on it too much; he turned around and teleported away.

Returning to Shangqing, Ye Qingxuan took out a blank Jade Slip.

He carved the Divine Abilities and secret techniques that he had reorganized and summarized into the Jade Slip.

These included secret techniques and Divine Abilities such as the Heart Sword Seven Styles, Inch of Earth, All-Encompassing Mighty View, Heaven and Earth Lose Color, Harmonizing with Dust, Spring Returns to All Things, and Clearing After Snow. The Cultivation tips for every single one of them were clearly marked by him.

As for whether one could learn and Master them guaranteed, sorry, he really couldn't be sure about that.

Ye Qingxuan flicked his fingertip slightly with his magic power, and the magic power supported the Jade Slip as it cut through the air, flying toward the Shangqing Scripture Pavilion.

Elder Yuanrang of the Scripture Pavilion received the flying Jade Slip. Feeling the familiar fluctuation of magic power, he rolled his eyes. This Ancestral Master was always like this every time; he was even too lazy to run over and just threw it directly with magic power.

Then, Yuanrang's Divine Sense probed into the Jade Slip. Looking at the contents inside, he only felt like ten thousand horses were galloping past.

"My good Nephew Qingxuan! Can anyone really learn this stuff?"

With Yuanrang's Soul Transformation Late Stage cultivation, he only felt like he was reading a heavenly book, let alone anyone else?

Ye Qingxuan did not check on the Scripture Pavilion; instead, his Divine Sense directly locked onto Qingling. She was currently strolling around various places in China with the Sword Spirit and Xiao Jiu. Just as he was about to teleport over, he suddenly sensed an unfamiliar Aura.

"This is? A Dragon? The Dragon Transformation Tribulation?"

His Divine Sense quickly locked onto the source, located on the surface of the South China Sea, where a cyan dragon at the Void Refining Perfection stage was triggering the Dragon Transformation Tribulation.

As long as it endured the Heavenly Tribulation, it could transform into a true Dragon and Breakthrough to the Body Integration Realm.

Monk Duyuan stood a hundred miles away from the sea surface, quietly watching the Dragon undergo tribulation.

Ye Qingxuan's figure flashed, and he teleported to the South China Sea, his gaze falling upon the Dragon churning within the sea of clouds.

Heavy thunderclouds hovered over the sea surface, with heavenly lightning poised and ready. The scales around the Dragon's body shimmered with water light, and its entire body's Spiritual Qi fluctuated violently, ready to welcome the baptism of lightning at any moment.

In an instant, Ye Qingxuan landed beside Duyuan. Duyuan turned his head to see the newcomer and cupped his fists: "Fellow Daoist Qingxuan, you have come."

Ye Qingxuan did not respond, his gaze falling upon the Dragon in the sea below. With a single glance, he could discern that the other party's Aura was definitely not that of a native living being.

He raised his eyes again to look at the Void Realm overhead, inwardly muttering to himself:

Were the Ancestral Masters of the Upper Realm not planning to conceal things even in the slightest?

Previously, after the Grand Ritual of Luotian, Buddhism was just about to hold a water-and-land dharma assembly and lacked resources, and then they shoved Duyuan into the National Destiny Space.

They even chose a fragment world of the Major Thousand Worlds, and considerately prepared the world Origin and reincarnation origin.

Along with a whole bunch of missing items like medicinal herbs and minerals.

He had just recultivated his Cultivation Technique and lacked a dragon soul, and right after that, they sent over a Dragon.

Couldn't they just state their arrangements clearly? Even if he could guess a few clues, he dared not expose them outright. If he truly explained it through, the mighty figures of the Upper Realm might directly descend to the Lower Realm to beat him up. With such layered layouts, what on earth were they plotting?

Ye Qingxuan turned his head to look at Duyuan beside him, saying with a half-smile: "How much of the trick behind this have you guessed?"

Duyuan's expression also carried a sense of speechlessness: "I have a rough idea in my heart."

Ye Qingxuan's gaze fell upon the churning Dragon on the sea surface, his Divine Sense carefully sweeping across its entire body.

The entire dragon was impeccably clean, without any Karma. By the look of it, it rarely fought in ordinary times and could be considered to have an extremely shut-in personality.

It had groped its way all along purely relying on its own Bloodline Legacy, stubbornly cultivating to the Void Refining Perfection stage, and was only one step away from passing the current Dragon Transformation Tribulation to step into the Body Integration Realm and become a true Dragon.

Moreover, its Aura carried a wisp of immortal Spiritual Qi; it was obviously a living being from the Upper Realm that had been sent to Blue Star.

Beneath the sea surface, the Dragon raised its head to look at the rolling tribulation clouds above, its heart filled with bitterness.

The dragon's name was Ao Ping. Originally the offspring of a true dragon, it was born in the Earth Immortal Realm. Its birth mother was an ordinary snake demon, so its Bloodline was impure from birth, making it only a dragon.

Just after breaking out of its shell in its youth, it was not favored by its father and older brothers. Not long after, holding a breath of grievance, it ran away from home.

For so many years, it hid alone in the deep sea to bitterly Cultivate, never actively provoking living beings. Taking three hundred years, it steadily cultivated to its current state. Just as it was on the verge of undergoing the tribulation to transform into a dragon, a twist of events emerged out of thin air.

That day in the deep sea, a monk wearing tattered monk robes appeared out of thin air. The Buddhist light around his body was gentle, without the slightest hint of coercion. The monk spoke:

"Little dragon, this monk observes your Aura and sees that you have never wantonly created murderous sins. How about I bestow upon you a great Opportunity?"

The dragon looked at the monk, knowing this was a mighty figure it could not afford to provoke: "This? Senior, I wonder what kind of Opportunity it is?"

"Your Foundation is impure and mottled, and this Dragon Transformation Tribulation is your fatal tribulation. A descendant under this monk's sect is cultivating the Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon Sutra and happens to lack a dragon soul. If you follow him, once you successfully complete your tribulation in the future, you can truly achieve the righteous fruit of a true Dragon."

As the words fell, ten thousand feet of Buddhist light spread out from within the monk's body, and continuous, heavy, sacred dragon roars echoed in the void.

The dragon abruptly raised its head to gaze. Coiling around the monk's body was actually a dazzling golden dragon, which was impressively the Dharma form of the Dragon-Taming Arhat—majestic yet compassionate.

The dragon's heart shook violently, and it was secretly startled: This is the legendary Dragon-Taming Arhat! That is—Jigong!

The dragon looked at Jigong, who was coiled in golden light, and softly retorted: "Forgive me, Senior. The little dragon is about to undergo the Dragon Transformation Tribulation and will be able to shed its dragon body to become a true Dragon. Moreover, how can I know for sure I cannot pass it without trying?"

Jigong chuckled lightly, looking at the dragon as he spoke: "Then how about this monk makes a bet with you?"

The dragon said apprehensively: "Senior, what kind of bet do you want to make with the little dragon?"

Jigong laughed heartily:

"This monk will send you to a Minor Thousand Worlds where Spiritual Qi has just revived. If you endure the Dragon Transformation Tribulation by your own ability, you shall remain in that Realm to protect all living beings of Yanhuang. When you ascend in the future, I will personally ferry you into Buddhism;

If you fail the tribulation, a high-level expert will naturally protect your dragon soul to ensure it does not scatter, and you will follow that descendant of mine. How about it?"

The dragon muttered inwardly: How much capability could a newly revived Minor Thousand Worlds have? The Cultivators inside probably rarely even reach the Soul Transformation stage; what experts could there be? As for whether it could survive the Dragon Transformation Tribulation?

The dragon did not consider it further and immediately nodded in agreement.

The next second, a roll of Buddhist light swept it up, and it was tossed by Jigong into this sea area of the South China Sea.

Pulling its thoughts back to the present, the dragon was intently guarding against the poised Dragon Transformation Lightning Tribulation above its head when a strand of Dao rhyme suddenly rushed towards it.

It turned its head abruptly, seeing Ye Qingxuan standing suspended in mid-air at a glance. Innate Dao rhyme circulated around the other party's body, faintly giving rise to an Aura that merged with the Dao, and his cultivation was unfathomable.

The dragon's heart instantly turned ice-cold, and it couldn't help cursing inwardly:

'Is this not a newly revived Minor Thousand Worlds? Why are there Body Integration mighty figures here? Judging by this Aura, it is definitely not an ordinary Body Integration expert. If the other party wants to annihilate me, I'm afraid it's just in a single thought! Is this the expert Senior Jigong spoke of?'

Enormous fear swept through its entire body. The dragon shrank its body, staring at Ye Qingxuan with eyes full of dread, temporarily casting even the Heavenly Tribulation to the back of its mind.