Chapter 664: Heaven's Net and Earth's Snare, the Dragon Ascends (Part 2)

Chapter 664: Chapter 274: Heaven’s Net and Earth’s Snare, the Dragon Ascends (Part 2)

“Yes, all living beings endure suffering.”

Venerable Mingyu immediately grasped the deeper meaning of his senior brother’s words. He respectfully took the lotus platform and imprinted his divine thought upon it. To his astonishment, he discovered that his senior brother had already dissolved the bond, though he didn’t dwell on the matter. With a slight sway, he sat upon the lotus platform, a skull rosary appearing around his neck, long snakes coiling around him, and four additional arms extending from under his shoulders.

All six arms began to whirl, seemingly possessing the might to shift mountains.

In each of the six palms, he held a bone bowl, a moon blade, human skin, a hand drum, a rosary, and a treasure pestle.

With a slight sway of the six hands, the surroundings grew as black as a curtain, even the sky was utterly shattered, revealing the true nature of the void with fierce thunderbolts flashing.

“What a treasure.”

Venerable Mingyu retracted the lotus platform and dharma body, respectfully bowed once more, transformed into a streak of black light, and swiftly departed.

…

“Tragic, truly tragic.”

Li Xuanji, though angered by the complete loss of his sent war general and Profound Mechanism Warriors, was on the verge of deploying his forces to attack the sealed Bingli Island.

Yet, seeing Ji Hai’s demeanor at this moment, he wasn’t upset at all.

In fact, he felt that this was actually quite good.

At Celestial Secret Tower.

Junior Ji Hai, although appearing submissive and deferential to Li Xuanji, who was adept in the path of divination, inadvertently sensed that this junior brother had an immensely strong will, with a fierce tiger at heart, not so easily controlled.

His talent and genius, to be honest, actually surpassed Li Xuanji’s.

However, due to some twists of fate, he failed at the Dao Alchemy stage, falling short of Perfection First Grade.

By normal standards, achieving the Life Eternal Pill at this point would mean Ji Hai’s accomplishments were quite limited, posing no real threat to Li Xuanji.

But Li Xuanji had a persistent feeling that things weren’t as stable as they seemed.

This wasn’t mere imagination, as evidenced by Elder Fuyun’s unchanged attitude from the Imperial Extreme Hall.

Elder Fuyun, who had held the position of Law Enforcement Elder at the Imperial Extreme Hall for over seven hundred years, was renowned for his fierce and decisive actions, claiming that under his fierce eyes, no one dared to commit evil deeds.

This elder was famed not only for his formidable combat power but also for his keen insight.

Given that he went to great lengths to transfer Ji Hai from the Azure Dragon Hall, treating him kindly, even when Ji Hai faced setbacks, never showing disappointment, and continuously bestowing magical treasure and elixir, teaching cultivation unique skills, this only made sense if he believed that Ji Hai was likely to attain the position of Daoist Monarch and even assist him.

Understanding this, Li Xuanji felt an immense pressure.

A Daoist Monarch.

That is, a Nascent Soul Daoist Monarch.

Almost brushing the tail of immortality.

Once achieving such greatness, one could establish a hall of their own, create a separate dojo, and govern vast sea territories.

Even the tiniest remnants from their fingernails would be ten to a hundred times more bountiful than all of Li Xuanji’s assets.

Not merely from the perspective of power, but also in terms of longevity.

A Law Dao Alchemy lasts about eight hundred years.

Whereas a Daoist Monarch could live for three thousand years.

Are they the same?

Li Xuanji’s greatest desire was always for Dao Alchemy Perfection, to guard a land and become a major figure in the Nine Demon Suppression Halls.

The prospect of a Daoist Monarch’s achievements, he could only dream about in sleep, dismissing such thoughts upon waking, reminding himself not to entertain such fantasies for fear of unsettling his mind and disrupting his state of mind.

After realizing Ji Hai’s immense potential.

Li Xuanji, although clueless about the extent of this potential in his junior brother Ji, maintained a level of suspicion in his heart.

Wishing to both exploit and guard against him, his feelings were indeed quite complicated.

Seeing Ji Hai in such a state, although slightly relieved internally, his expression remained unchanged as he offered consolation.

“Junior brother, please restrain your grief. At the recent auction gathering at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, a Life Eternal Pill surfaced. Though snatched up immediately, its appearance suggests that two or three might emerge eventually. The path of cultivation is long, and opportunities are unpredictable. Your sister-in-law’s injuries may seem severe now, but with this pill, they would be negligible.”

“Life Eternal Pill?”

Ji Hai’s lips twitched into a somewhat ugly smile.

Could he really obtain such a pill?

This elixir possessed the wondrous ability to restore the source and recreate the Divine Soul. It’s said the Cyan Pill Pavilion scarcely opened its furnace to craft it due to its extreme difficulty and low success rate.

Every appearance of one would result in fierce competition from masters at the Daoist Monarch level.

Could he truly outcompete anyone?

However, it indeed bore a glimmer of hope.

Ji Hai himself didn’t quite understand why he had garnered the favor of Elder Fuyun.

Even the Dragon Maiden Ziyun defied her master’s wishes to wholeheartedly assist him in achieving the path.

During the competition among the true disciples of the Azure Dragon Hall, he unexpectedly attracted the hostility of seven true disciples, all Inner Sect disciples treating him as the primary adversary.

Reflecting on the various events, he gradually awakened to the realization.

Star Luo Thirty-Six Islands.

Reenacting the tales of the Three Emperors.

Of the twenty-eight islands, most lay in ruins, invaded by the Celestial Demons, with the other seven only producing individuals with True Dragon’s Perfect Dharma Body.

Even so, these True Dragon’s Perfect Dharma Body disciples had opportunities to cultivate the Dragon King Dharma Body and complete the Upper Third Grade Dao Pill upon entering the Azure Dragon Hall.

Only himself, while still on Bingli Island, had already achieved the Dragon King’s Perfect Dharma Body, ascending to the Azure Dragon Hall with the momentum of a divine dragon soaring to the heavens.