Chapter 581: 1-Fold

Chapter 581: Chapter 581: 1-Fold

The Celestial Dao Avatar scanned the area for a few minutes. Unable to sense Long Ao’s presence, it turned and chased off in another direction.

Long Ao let out a deep sigh of relief. No matter what, the Celestial Dao Avatar hadn’t discovered him.

But Long Ao didn’t dare to act rashly. Who knew if the Celestial Dao Avatar would double back for a surprise attack?

Long Ao knew that luck had played a huge part in successfully stealing the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon and the Divine Pill.

Long Ao gave the Divine Pill he had obtained to Long Qiang. After speaking with Long Qiang for a moment, he was summoned by Long Fu.

Inside the Dragon Seal Space.

"Master, with Long Qiang’s current strength, he can’t perform the Refinement and Devouring of the Golden Dragon Divine Pill you just acquired. If he tries to force the Fusion, he will only explode and die."

Nodding, Long Ao seemed to have already guessed this. He said, "Don’t worry, I’ve already spoken with the little guy. He won’t be devouring the Golden Dragon Divine Pill for now."

Long Ao was well aware of Long Fu’s concerns.

After all, the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon’s power was second only to an Ancient Divine Dragon. Its Divine Pill was terrifyingly potent. If Long Qiang chose to devour it now, he would absolutely explode. Long Ao had already considered this point.

Long Ao chatted with Long Fu for a while longer but didn’t leave.

Sitting quietly under a large tree, Long Ao began to cultivate his soul. As he used Spatial Teleportation more and more frequently, he discovered a problem: he couldn’t maintain it for extended periods.

Long Ao had high hopes for Spatial Teleportation.

’Right now, my Spatial Teleportation can only move me a distance of one meter. If I could teleport a hundred meters, a thousand, or even ten thousand meters—or even cross the entire Outer Sea—then why would I need to fear the Divine Dao?’

’But to teleport for longer periods and infinitely increase the distance, I have to continuously strengthen my Soul Power.’

’There’s no other way. For now, I can only practice the Soul Martial Skill that Long Fu taught me, but the progress is simply too slow.’

Spatial Teleportation was now Long Ao’s greatest trump card.

Long Ao knew that without Spatial Teleportation, it would have been nearly impossible to escape the pursuit of the Celestial Dao and its avatar.

Thinking of this, Long Ao re-entered the Dragon Seal Space and said, getting straight to the point, "Long Fu, I need to continuously increase my Soul Power. Can you refine more Soul Power for me?"

Nodding, Long Fu said, "Given your current situation, Spatial Teleportation is indeed your trump card, Master. A hundred-meter teleport, however, is definitely not enough. That’s why I’ve been storing Soul Power for you all this time. If you can devour it, Master, it will at least double your Soul Power."

’Double?’

Hearing Long Fu’s words, Long Ao was instantly overjoyed.

Immediately after, Long Ao felt an immense surge of Soul Power enter his body. He didn’t dare to hesitate for a second. ’Since I have to hide for a while anyway, I might as well use this time to properly increase my Soul Power.’

The stronger his soul, the more powerful his Spatial Teleportation would become, and by extension, the more terrifying his Soul Attacks.

Everything was interconnected.

Fusing with the Soul Power seemed simple, but in reality, it was incredibly difficult.

While Long Ao quietly remained in the Dragon Seal Space fusing with the Soul Power, the Celestial Dao Avatar was frantically searching Spirit Beast Island. In just half an hour, it had already scoured the island five or six times, yet it still hadn’t found a single clue.

「Three hours later.」

Back in the cave.

"Master, that’s what happened. I’m certain the other party is only at the Semi-Saint Realm, not a—"

SMACK.

Before the Celestial Dao Avatar could finish speaking, the Celestial Dao landed a vicious slap across its face. If the avatar wasn’t something he had painstakingly spent immense effort to successfully refine, the Celestial Dao would have likely destroyed it on the spot.

’One time could be written off as an accident, but two times? Damn it, of course I’m furious.’

The Celestial Dao had never told anyone about the wondrous uses of the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, not even his own avatar.

The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, a supreme existence second only to the Ancient Divine Dragon. Back then, the Celestial Dao had managed to slay a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon with great difficulty and forcibly erased its soul, all for the sake of refining a puppet—a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon puppet.

The Celestial Dao’s intention was simple. As long as the refined Five-Clawed Golden Dragon puppet fused with Chaos Qi, its strength would be comparable to his own. At that point, even if someone fused with the Power of Origin, he would have nothing to fear.

But today, all of that was shattered.

The Celestial Dao was furious. First, someone had stolen the Power of Origin, and now someone had snatched the corpse of the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon. He had thought that with his avatar standing guard, it would be able to look down on everyone in this world, unless those few specific individuals acted personally.

"This person is extremely insidious, to actually hide their true strength."

The Celestial Dao was almost certain that this person couldn’t possibly be a Semi-Saint. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for them to escape the avatar’s pursuit.

The Celestial Dao was well aware that the reason this person was hiding their strength was to conceal their identity.

’Just who could it be?’

Previously, the Celestial Dao had already sought out those few individuals, including the Ancient Qilin of the Qilin Race, but he still hadn’t found out who had taken the Power of Origin.

In truth, the Celestial Dao knew that it was impossible for any of them to have done it. He was monitoring their movements at all times; if one of them had taken the Power of Origin, there was no way he wouldn’t have known.

"Master, what should we do now?"

"Hmph. This person has been plotting for a long time. First, they fused with the Power of Origin, and then they stole the corpse of the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon. If I’m not mistaken, they’re planning to deal with me. However, fusing with the Power of Origin is no easy task."

The Celestial Dao vaguely remembered how much effort it had taken for him to fuse with the Power of Origin. It had been a brush with death, and in the end, he had relied on luck to complete the final step. Otherwise, he would have long since been devoured by the Power of Origin.

So, thinking about it, the Celestial Dao felt a sense of relief. Even if this person could fuse with the Power of Origin, who knew how long it would take? This meant he had plenty of time to find them.

The Celestial Dao had made up his mind. No matter what, he had to find this person.

’Daring to touch the Power of Origin and the corpse of the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon... they’re simply courting death.’

"You will guard this place properly. If there is a third time, I will melt you down and re-refine you."

"Understood, Master," the avatar said, startled. It respectfully retreated to one side.

The Celestial Dao took a long, hard look at the cave. Seemingly throwing all caution to the wind, he immediately released a Qi Shield that completely enveloped the cave, inside and out. The Celestial Dao was now thoroughly spooked. He didn’t care if he was discovered; he would rather deal with the extra trouble than let something like this happen again.

He could accept it happening once, but if it happened a few more times, even the Celestial Dao couldn’t bear it. So, after thinking it over, he decided to use his own power to seal all the Lands of Origin. As long as those few individuals didn’t personally intervene, he believed everything should be fine.

(PS: The more Chapters Xiaojiu releases in a burst, the less support everyone gives. There are no recommendation tickets, no monthly tickets, no donations. It’s left Xiaojiu with no motivation at all. The stats look terrible, and I’m so embarrassed in front of my editor. Forget it. I’ll do one more burst tomorrow, and then no more. This sucks.)