The Dragon Turtle clan was collectively hatching, a matter that would surely cause a tremendous uproar if the outside world were to learn of it.
But it didn’t matter. By laying low for a bit and enduring this period, once the uncles and ancestors broke free from their shells, they could act even more unrestrainedly.
With the combat power of all Dragon Turtles increased by thirty percent, how many adversaries could the three thousand great realms possibly have?
The higher the realm, the more difficult it was to improve. Existences like Tai Ancestor could hardly make any more breakthroughs. Bai Ling truly deserved to be known as a legendary being.
After the sorcerer’s concentration, the vibrations and leaps of the realm bead calmed down, eventually returning to tranquility. The aged figure of the sorcerer sat cross-legged atop Mount Tai Ah, with the small sixty-four hexagrams spinning more smoothly and softly, and the world’s origin energy emitted by the Heng Hexagram increased a bit more.
The sorcerer’s figure solidified bit by bit. Su He could clearly feel his own improvement.
At this moment, he was still in the cheating phase.
Ordinary Dragon Turtles at his stage would be pondering the experiences of their predecessors, laboriously contemplating their own foundation and path. His foundation had been directly shaped by Bai Ling.
After other Dragon Turtles condensed their foundations, they had to find ways to arduously cultivate and draw in the world’s vital energy to strengthen their foundation, bit by bit, and condense their Heaven-Opening Divine Artifacts.
Not to mention Su He’s Heng Hexagram devouring the heavenly tribulation, he also had the dice doubling the effect. Directly infusing the origin of two great worlds into his foundation, he condensed his Heaven-Opening Divine Artifact.
How could his cultivation speed be anything less than a hundred or a thousand times faster?
But it was only now, for once the world’s origin within the Heng Hexagram was used up, there would be no more such opportunities. The world’s origin only revealed itself during the Tribulation Crossing.
He couldn’t use the world’s origin formed by other Divine Beasts during their tribulation. It was exclusive property; whoever crossed the tribulation could absorb it.
Once the tribulation ended, any excess origin would return to the heavens and earth, and no one could snatch it away. It was only because Su He cheated that the Heng Hexagram could forcibly take it.
While idling in cultivation, Su He’s consciousness sank into the sea of inheritance, ceaselessly absorbing all kinds of knowledge. The Dragon Turtle inheritance was vast like a sea of smoke, and even after four months of immersion, Su He had not seen even one ten-thousandth of it.
He only had a general understanding of the inheritance and had just sorted out the categories, understanding the catalog.
After several days of immersion, Su He was awakened by the singing of the Jiaoren. The ugly slave and Yu Zhu swam by his side, and upon seeing him open his eyes, they stopped singing and saluted, saying, “God, Fairy Su’s Azure Bird has come, asking for you to make a trip.”
By the time Su He arrived using Water Manipulation, Feng Yaya had already woken up and was gnawing on a huge pork knuckle.
In the distance, the wild boar with its tusks trembled and shrank behind the rocks. Looking at the pork knuckle in Feng Yaya’s hands, it wore a terrified expression.
Its eyes were spinning, wondering what kind of pleading posture to adopt next.
This master was too difficult to serve; had she recently developed a fondness for pork—had she grown tired of seafood?
Bai Ling’s small world was a vast ocean, and since entering, the main diet had been fish and sea beasts. It was only upon stepping onto this continent that land beasts became more common, and the food suddenly became more diverse.
Su Huanian had changed into a new set of clothes, no longer the simple white attire, but now a light and elegant water blue, with a loosely tied waistband, outlining her figure as if it were a simple sketch, and above it, her proud and upright posture.
Before Su He arrived, she had already sensed him, and with a light laugh, she turned around, and the stern autumn scenery instantly bloomed with flowers.
Su He emerged from the water and asked, “What happened?”
It had been over three months, and the first thing Su Huanian did upon seeing him was not to attack with her sword, which she found somewhat unaccustomed to.
Su Huanian said softly, “I want to help Yaya merge her consciousness with the beast’s body, but it’s being blocked by the peacock’s essence blood.”
The first step of the modified beast transformation was to draw out Feng Yaya’s consciousness and merge it into the body of a wild beast, then slowly seal her memories, allowing Yaya to live like a beast.
But the first step was blocked. There was a flower-shaped ornament formed by peacock essence blood on Feng Yaya’s forehead, protecting her consciousness and sea of knowledge. Su Huanian couldn’t draw out her consciousness.
She couldn’t remove that drop of peacock essence blood either.
Today she found out that Su He had embedded a drop of Divine Beast essence blood in Yaya! Such a treasure, casually used by Yaya.
Su He was stunned for a moment; the essence blood had run to Feng Yaya’s forehead on its own, not by his doing, and he didn’t know how to retrieve it.
Feng Yaya now had the state of being protected by a Divine Beast. Su He was a Dragon Turtle, holding a high rank among Divine Beasts, but he had yet to master the method of Divine Beast protection.
The Divine Abilities Su He currently possessed were all related to combat.
He looked at the flower ornament on Feng Yaya’s forehead and tried to ask, “Can you come back?” You can’t protect anymore; now your protection has become an obstacle!
The peacock essence blood seemed to understand, the ornament wriggled slightly, condensed, leaped out, and reverted to a drop of essence blood, which zipped into Su He’s external space.
Su He sensed a wave of affectionate and doting aura from the essence blood. It was not only towards Feng Yaya but also towards him!
The peacock’s original body must have been overflowing with maternal love.
It was just unknown who the original body was; it must have been an acquaintance of the Dragon Turtle clan. Unfortunately, she had already died, her body desecrated after death, her essence blood harvested, and refined into a control mechanism for the Hell Ghost space.
It was then that Su He had ignited her soul consciousness, burning away the soul consciousness and the prohibitions on the essence blood, forcibly taking it back.
He had only dared to keep the essence blood in the external space, fearing that the person who had once refined the essence blood would trace it back to him.
But now…
Come at me!
No, that’s not right; wait another two days, until the uncles and ancestors break free from their shells. Or wait until he reaches Yunmeng Marsh, under the protection of the Princess of Yunmeng Marsh, then it wouldn’t be too late to show off.
That Hell Ghost space was controlled by the Xuantian Gate, but the Xuantian Gate had the Divine Beast Orient Loong God, who surely wouldn’t allow the desecration of a Divine Beast’s corpse.
The peacock clan was a subspecies of the phoenix clan, and the dragon, phoenix, turtle, and qilin clans had good relations; the Orient Loong God wouldn’t allow the Xuantian Gate to desecrate the peacock’s corpse.
With the peacock essence blood retrieved, Feng Yaya threw away the pork knuckle and ran off: “Mother, wait for me! I am the Empress of the beast clan, ruling over ten thousand miles of territory, dealing with endless affairs. I must arrange the court’s major matters before I can transform into a beast!”
A toad, riding on another toad, chased after her: “Your Majesty, do not worry! Rest assured and heal, the court’s major affairs are in the hands of your old minister!”
As she ran, Feng Yaya made a face at it.
Su Huanian smiled lightly, looking at Su He: “Shall we go to Yunmeng Marsh ahead of time? Have you prepared the gifts?”
The Dragon God Festival was on the second day of the second lunar month, but they couldn’t wait until the day of to go. It was already mid-December, and preparations should be made.
Su He was also worried.
This time, he was representing the Dragon Turtle clan at the Dragon God Festival, and proper etiquette could not be neglected. He could freely draw from the Dragon Turtle’s treasury, but he didn’t know what would be appropriate to give.
From a distance, the leaping toad waved its claws in their direction: “It’s all prepared! The Dragon Turtle elders have long prepared the gifts, and this old minister… bah! Frog Lord has already received them!”Although it is playful and addicted to striving for supremacy in the world, the Divine Beast never neglects its duties.
Every day, it takes time to enter the Xuan Realm, organizing information on the crystal jade bi, and planning various items.
The Dragon Turtle elder left messages and prepared gifts.
If it weren’t for its daily concerns, Su He, who has been busy getting beaten up for the past three months, would not know what treasures to add to his small world’s advancement.
And to think it was accused of neglecting its duties for three months…
Who is it that watches me bustling about every day, yet turns a blind eye? A pair of Turtle Eyes almost fixed on the body of a Fairy.
I’m just an ugly frog; who cares about me?
The toad shouted to Su Huanian, “We should have set off two months earlier, but This Turtle wanted to spend the New Year with you! Fairy, drive him away! He’s a toad lusting after swan meat!”
After cursing, the toad suddenly fell silent. Killing the enemy at the cost of great self-damage, he fell into frustration.
The New Year? Su Huanian was momentarily stunned. For cultivators, the concept of the New Year had long been lost. Those in the Traverse Heaven Realm could meditate for years, even decades. A typical cultivation session could last for months.
A year passes too quickly!
The last New Year was spent in the illusion of Xuanqing View, with Su He hibernating. She was wanted and hunted, wandering the world, experiencing the mortal New Year.
It was quite interesting.
Su Huanian shook her head gently, “Cultivators don’t fuss over such things. It’s better to prepare for the Dragon God Festival with this time.”
Such a grand festival inevitably involves “arenas” and “competitions.” Perhaps not arena battles, but there are always similar activities to showcase one’s skills.
If the Dragon Turtle clan were to lose face, that would be a true loss.
A sense of crisis suddenly surged, and Su He’s expression changed, “Woman, you want to hit me again!”
With a majestic cry, Su He charged towards Su Huanian, striking first to gain the upper hand.
Su Huanian’s figure vanished in an instant. Over the past three months, Su He had used the Snow Concealment technique frequently and even lent it to Su Huanian a few times. This woman had actually pondered and created a technique similar to Snow Concealment, instantly concealing her figure.
Su He’s domain unfolded, covering a two-mile radius. He could sense that Su Huanian was within the domain, but she seemed to merge with the water, making it impossible to pinpoint her exact location.
“Roar!” Su He roared. The heavy rain in the sky suddenly turned into thousands of flying knives, shooting down in disarray.
Divine Ability · Chaotic Blades, slaying all living beings!
Su He retracted into his shell, allowing the Chaotic Blades to strike the shell, making a crisp tinkling sound. In the sea and by the island, snakes, insects, fish, and shrimp were instantly struck by disaster, none able to escape.
Dozens of transparent flying knives slashed towards the void on the west side.
A graceful figure emerged.
Su Huanian’s Fairy Sword danced, slicing through the sky full of flying knives aimed at her, her figure no longer hidden.
As soon as she appeared, she was greeted by a huge dice, glittering with golden light.
Boom!
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Three hours later.
In the small world, Su He raised his head and chanted long and happily.
Although he was hit by Su Huanian, he also managed to hit her. By that calculation, he won! The Dragon Turtle’s style of combat is just like this: you can hit me ten times, but don’t get hit by me even once.
Ordinary opponents fighting a Dragon Turtle of the same realm can strike ten or a hundred times without breaking the external appearance. But if the Dragon Turtle hits once, heaven and earth will shatter!
Then you have no chance to resist!
There’s progress—significant progress! The current Su He, fighting himself from three months ago, could take on three at once!
But he still needs to master several movement-related Divine Abilities. Relying solely on the Divine Mechanism to change space is not enough. Su Huanian’s strength lies in swordsmanship, often shattering space to cause Su He’s Divine Mechanism movements to deviate. This is not too bad; spatial rifts don’t affect Su He much.
But some will directly seal and reinforce space, and when the Divine Mechanism can’t be used, one is left in a passive position to be hit.
Speed and agility are weaknesses of the Dragon Turtle clan and must be strengthened.
Wondering when the Spirit Snake will grow strong enough.
Su He pondered aimlessly when a knocking sound came from the passage to Dongyun Mountain in the small world.
Someone was rhythmically striking the barrier with true essence.
Su He looked up, and through the boundary stone’s protective barrier, he saw a golden dragon coiling outside, eagerly looking at his small world.
A Divine Beast, of the dragon clan, one of our own.
The relationship between the dragon clan and the Dragon Turtle clan is even better among the Four Spirits.
Su He waved his claw, and the entrance opened. The golden dragon swam in, letting out a long chant in the air, greeting with a dragon’s melody.
“Dragon clan, Meng Xuan, greets the young brother.”
Su He chanted back, “Dragon Turtle, He, greets elder sister.”
This dragon was not large, only about four zhang long, with a dragon head roughly the same size as Su He’s.
Still a young dragon.
She coiled and hovered in front of Su He, speaking human language, “They call me Dragon Xuan, little brother He can call me Seventh Sister!”
The voice of the Jiaoren, worshipping the dragon Min, reached Su He through the water flow, “Divine, this is the Seventh Princess of the Yunmeng Lake Dragon Palace, but she is not a Jiao or a demon; she is a Divine Beast, a Golden Dragon! Her father is the current Yunmeng Dragon King, a great demon of the Jiao clan. Her mother is a dragon.”
No need for Dragon Min’s introduction, once Su He knew the Golden Dragon’s name, he understood her identity. The Dragon Turtle clan had records of it.
Among the Divine Beasts, the Four Spirits have the fewest members—for some reason, the higher the rank, the harder it is to breed offspring.
The Dragon Turtle clan has less than a dozen members. The Phoenix clan is not much different, with only seven or eight phoenixes. However, the Phoenix clan has sub-species of Divine Beasts, including peacocks, roc, and pheasants.
The Kylin clan has even fewer members, only four, including the smallest cub.
The dragon clan, on the other hand, has the most members, with fifteen. Among them, three are underage; one red dragon and Bai Ling are from the same period, not yet thirty thousand years old.
He was once beaten into seclusion by Bai Ling, but later he was no longer beaten. Not because he became stronger, but because Bai Ling reached the Seventh Heaven in just five thousand years, directly soaring to the level of the previous generation of Divine Beasts and the big shots of the myriad worlds.
She stopped beating him.
The remaining two are both Golden Dragons, one residing in the dragon clan’s main base, transformed from a golden carp that leaped through the Dragon Gate during a heavenly tribulation.
The other is the one before him, named simply Xuan. The Seventh Princess of Yunmeng Lake, truly born with a golden key.
The dragon clan and the Dragon Turtle clan are different; the Dragon Turtle clan does not have surnames, only a single name, and all are single names with a title that people dare not call directly, adding a respectful title.For example, Uncle Luo’s ancient Luo, Uncle Lei’s Qing Lei. Su He has a name, but after the Tribulation Crossing, the only character carried by his physical body is “He”. It seems to be a rule, beyond his resistance. Whatever one sees, seeing Su He, they know to call him “He”.
The dragon clan has a surname, Meng. Surprisingly, it’s not Ao…
However, usually, no one directly calls a dragon by its full name, typically omitting the Meng surname and adding an honorific title instead. Like the Orient Loong God Meng Cang of the Xuan Tian Sect, people call him Qing Cang. Meng Xuan is referred to as Dragon Xuan.
“Good to see you, Seventh Sister!” Su He goes with the flow.
The little golden dragon raises its head proudly, its dragon mane fluttering, its tail patting Su He’s turtle shell, and the aura of a mountain king overwhelming: “Very good, I know you. I was watching when you crossed the Tribulation in Yunmeng Marsh, from now on, living here, I’ve got your back!”
Su He: “…”
There’s no refuting that! Not to mention Yunmeng Marsh, the Orient Loong God of Xuan Tian Sect is directly her kin.
In this area, her words carry weight!
Moreover, she is also a genius, born six thousand years ago, and now has opened two layers of heaven. Although a young dragon, she is a true master.
“Then I’ll have to trouble Seventh Sister!” With a strong supporter, Su He naturally embraces the opportunity.
“Sure, sure!” Dragon Xuan raises her dragon head high, then lowers it to ask Su He: “Brother He, the Dragon God Festival is about to start, why haven’t you gone yet?”
She has been curious about Su He for a long time! An ordinary Turtle, born in Listening Sea Lake downstream of Xiang River, it’s only a few hundred thousand miles to Yunmeng Marsh following the Xiang River. The source of Xiang River is from Yunmeng Marsh; one could say this Little Turtle grew up drinking her family’s water, truly a close connection!
What’s more surprising to her is that a grass turtle became a Dragon Turtle after crossing the Tribulation in just over a year—she was born a dragon and incubated in the egg for a full two thousand years!
That aside, after all, the little grass turtle entered Bai Ling’s small world, and doing something astonishing to the secular world is not too much.
When she hatched, Bai Ling had not yet fallen and was at the peak of her power.
A two thousand-year-old little Dragon Turtle, becoming a close friend of her aunt, that’s no ordinary Dragon Turtle, right? Her aunt is the eldest princess of Yunmeng Marsh!
Her aunt should be considered a demon, capable of cultivating a human form, definitely a demon. But it’s not that she couldn’t achieve the body of a divine dragon, she just didn’t want to! She had passed the heavenly tribulation, yet gave up at the last moment.
She wanted a human form!
Even so, the old ancestor acknowledged her aunt’s “divine dragon” status! The Dragon God Festival was entrusted to her aunt to manage. Uncle Cang was unconvinced and couldn’t understand, but after being severely beaten by her aunt, he understood everything.
The kind of existence her aunt’s close friend is, one can imagine. So entering Bai Ling’s world and then coming out to cross the Tribulation is not something unacceptable.
What caught her attention was, previously, Su He took a human as a master. Divine Beasts have long lifespans, taking a human as a master is not a big deal, she even has a ghostly master who taught her murder, arson, burglary, and robbery.
But during the apprenticeship, her aunt personally sent a congratulatory gift and even promised Su He a princess of Yunmeng Marsh as a wife.
At that time, it didn’t seem like much, but a little turtle that crossed the Tribulation to achieve a Dragon Turtle body… the only one suitable for a Dragon Turtle would be a purebred divine dragon like her, right?
Did her aunt bypass her parents and directly set up a child betrothal for her?
That’s too much! They’re not even the same species!
So from the moment Su He crossed the Tribulation, she started paying attention to him.
Nowadays, Yunmeng Marsh is getting busier and busier, with young Divine Beasts of all races coming one after another. When her aunt occasionally mentioned Su He, she volunteered to come and greet him.
She wanted to see for herself what kind of existence the little Dragon Turtle that her aunt looked at differently was!
Dongyun Mountain, her aunt usually doesn’t allow her to enter.
Su He chuckled lightly: “The Dragon God Festival is still a while away, I live close by, and can arrive in an instant. I’m afraid if I go too early, not knowing the rules might cause trouble.”
Meng Xuan stared at him with big eyes, clearly not believing him.
Since when does a Dragon Turtle fear causing trouble?
Not just Dragon Turtles, but all four Divine Beasts, Dragon, Phoenix, Turtle, Qilin, which one fears trouble? By saying this, do you think your Bai Ling clan sister would agree with you?
Back then, she almost turned the three thousand great worlds upside down!
For the four Divine Beasts, rules are something that should understand us, right?
There are no Divine Beasts that don’t understand the rules, only those who don’t understand the rules of Divine Beasts!
Su He hummed lightly, changing the subject, and curiously looked at the golden dragon Meng Xuan: “My Tribulation Crossing was too brief, and my experience too limited. Could Seventh Sister introduce me to the Dragon God Festival?”
The golden dragon shook its body: “The Dragon God Festival occurs once every ten thousand years, and each time the activities are different, all set by my aunt. However, for the dragon clan, it’s the same. The Dragon God Festival will implant the consciousness of all dragons into the bodies of ordinary beasts, whether snakes or carps, allowing all dragons to experience the struggle for survival of a common wild beast.”
“Eh?” Su He blinked. The Dragon Turtle clan also has similar practices, but without grand ceremonial activities. Every ten thousand years, when the Dragon Turtles are in the right state, they will experience the life of an ordinary turtle once.
It is said to prevent Dragon Turtles from being too high and mighty for too long, forgetting the basic laws of beasts.