Cultivation Begins From The Desert

Chapter 629 - 614: True Dragon Battle Body and True Dragon Treasure Seal

In the clear sky, a resounding bird call echoed across the heavens.

Under the bright blue sky, the majestic palace carriage of the Dragon Taming Clan was flying mid-air, suddenly struck by a gigantic fireball crashing down from the sky.

"Who dares to attack members of the Dragon Taming Clan!"

An angry shout erupted from within the palace carriage as a blue water shield quickly spread out from the carriage, enclosing it in protection.

Booming thunder!

After a thunderous explosion, the massive palace carriage and the five Flood Dragons pulling it flipped and began plummeting to the ground.

Then, before the people inside could rush out, a Water Dragon, formed from pitch-black True Water, roared furiously as it swooped down from the sky, directly assaulting the falling palace carriage.

Roar!!!

The five Flood Dragons pulling the carriage roared in unison, as if sensing impending doom, they spat out their carefully cultivated Jiao Pills, unleashing terrifying energy towards the True Water Black Dragon.

"Vast Ocean True Water... So it’s you, Master Cangming, you masterless stray dog. This old man sees you really don’t value your life. Do you truly think our Dragon Taming Clan dares not kill you?"

A thunderous voice once again echoed from inside the palace carriage, having recognized the origin of the True Water Black Dragon.

The falling palace carriage suddenly halted, the doors swung open, and Elder Yu Long Xinghe of the Dragon Taming Clan charged out with Lou Feifeng, each employing their own techniques to assist the five Flood Dragons in stabilizing the situation and warding off numerous attacks.

Yu Long Xinghe’s eyes narrowed, his gaze intensely focused in the direction of the bird call, loudly shouting, "This old man is Yu Long Xinghe, the Seventh Supreme Elder of the Dragon Taming Clan. I wonder why this Daoist friend of the Demon Race chose to attack alongside Master Cangming? Is there some misunderstanding here?"

"Hmph, there’s no misunderstanding. We’re here to attack your Dragon Taming Clan!"

Zhu Zizhen revealed his true form, letting out a cold snort, and spat out a blazing crimson pillar of fire, aiming it at Yu Long Xinghe.

"You go too far! Do you really think that just because you’re a Tier Six High-grade Demon King, this old man is afraid of you?"

Yu Long Xinghe, furious beyond measure, quickly summoned a golden Dragon Scale Magic Shield to block the crimson pillar of fire, then rapidly shook the Spirit Beast Ring on his hand.

The sky filled with the majestic cries of dragons as a Tier Six Blue Flood Dragon, over a hundred feet long, burst forth from the Spirit Beast Ring on Yu Long Xinghe’s wrist, soaring towards Zhu Zizhen with overwhelming torrents of water.

As direct lineage members of the Dragon Taming Clan, each possesses at least one Tier-Equal Flood Dragon as a Battle Pet Artifact. Being a Nascent Soul Stage Supreme Elder of the Dragon Taming Clan, Yu Long Xinghe’s Blue Flood Dragon had reached a Tier Six Middle Grade cultivation.

With his own Sixth-Layer Nascent Soul cultivation, it wasn’t much trouble to deal with a Demon King who seemed to have recently ascended to Tier Six High-grade.

Thinking this, Yu Long Xinghe couldn’t help but comment to another Nascent Soul cultivator on his side, Lou Feifeng, "This beast is for me to handle, Fellow Daoist Feifeng, deal with the Master Cangming and ensure the groom and bride remain unharmed!"

Hmm?

In the sky, upon hearing the word "beast," a coldness flickered momentarily in Zhu Zizhen’s Phoenix Eyes.

"Please rest assured, Fellow Daoist Yu Long, with me here, there won’t be a problem."

The Divine Lady Palace’s Master, Lou Feifeng, swept her beautiful eyes over the already visible figure of "Master Cangming" in the clouds and agreed with a faint smile.

She was a Fifth-Layer Nascent Soul cultivator, while "Master Cangming" was merely Third-Layer Nascent Soul. Mid-stage against early-stage, there was no way it could go wrong.

However, shortly after she spoke, her expression changed suddenly, and she sharply turned her head towards the direction of the sect.

"Feint to the east and strike the west? Or is it to deliberately disturb my mind?"

Her expression darkened as she raised a jade-like hand, revealing a dead white beetle in her palm.

This white beetle was called the [Life-sharing Heartworm]. Though not lethal, it possessed a strong warning capability. Whenever a male or female worm died, the other would die instantly, no matter where it was.

The male worm was in Lou Feifeng’s hand, while the female was with Shen Luoyan at the Divine Lady Palace’s mountain gate. Their agreement was that only in a life-or-death crisis should Shen Luoyan crush the female worm to alert her for help.

"No matter, even if I return now, it would take a day at least for me to arrive there in time. I can only hope Junior Sister Shen can hold on and that nearby comrades can help in time!"

With a determined expression, Lou Feifeng waved her jade-like hand, discarding the dead worm, and summoned her artifact, initiating an attack on "Master Cangming".

The battle between Nascent Soul stage cultivators is truly destructive. To avoid collateral damage, both Yu Long Xinghe and Lou Feifeng consciously led their opponents to the high skies within the "Nine Heavens Forbidden Realm".

This perfectly aligns with Zhouyang’s intention to rescue, as he doesn’t want his daughter to be harmed by these Nascent Soul Stage cultivators.

Therefore, he waited until several Nascent Soul Stage cultivators entered the "Nine Heavens Forbidden Realm" before emerging from his hiding spot, single-handedly and sword in hand, charging towards the palace-like flying vehicle.

"Dragon Taming Golden Radiance, come out and meet your death!"

Even before Zhouyang arrived, his voice had already thundered across the skies, reaching the ears of Dragon Taming Golden Radiance inside the palace-like flying vehicle.

Upon hearing this domineering and fierce voice, Dragon Taming Golden Radiance’s expression remained unchanged, but Jiang Yufeng, who was also inside the carriage, couldn’t hide her delight. She raised her beautiful eyes to glance towards the source of the voice, her eyes full of surprise.

Seeing this, Dragon Taming Golden Radiance’s face suddenly changed, and he stared at her angrily, growling, "What? Is he another one of your lovers?"

"Hmph."

Jiang Yufeng snorted coldly and didn’t bother to reply to him.

"Don’t want to talk? Very well, when I capture him, cripple his cultivation and cut him into a stick to place in front of you, I hope you’ll still be so stubborn!"

Face filled with fury, Dragon Taming Golden Radiance left behind these words with a sinister tone before moving his body, exiting the carriage to confront the approaching enemy.

He wasn’t worried about Jiang Yufeng being alone in the carriage; to ensure the wedding went smoothly, her cultivation had been sealed by Lou Feifeng using a special secret technique, rendering her no different from an ordinary mortal.

Upon exiting the carriage, Dragon Taming Golden Radiance immediately saw Zhouyang flying towards him on the wind, controlling his sword.

Zhouyang stood on the Tier Five Middle Grade Flying Sword [Jinghong Sword], accompanied by twelve dazzling [Great Derivation Geng Metal Swords], radiant sword lights illuminating the sky in an incredibly magnificent display.

However, upon seeing this magnificent scene, Dragon Taming Golden Radiance’s face relaxed, then he revealed a cold smile, sneering, "Ha, I thought it was someone formidable, but it’s just a mere Seventh-Layer Golden Core cultivation trash. With this level of cultivation, you dare come to play hero to rescue the beauty? You’re truly tired of living!"

Before the sound of laughter faded, he waved his hand, commanding, "Golden Dragon Guard, capture this madman for me!"

"Yes, we obey Second Young Master’s command."

The so-called "Golden Dragon Guards," the nine golden armor cultivators protecting the bridal carriage, responded in unison, immediately removing the iron chains from the five Flood Dragons pulling the carriage and drove them towards Zhouyang in battle.

Previously, the five Flood Dragons had jointly resisted the attack of "Master Cangming," already injuring their Jiao Pill Primordial Qi, reducing their strength to less than sixty percent at their peak. Yet, the combined strength of the five Dragons was still not something ordinary late-stage Golden Core cultivators could withstand.

Unfortunately, Zhouyang was no ordinary late-stage Golden Core cultivator.

As he looked at the five Flood Dragons charging at him, his eyes flashed with killing intent. He immediately formed the sword technique with his hands, and the twelve surrounding [Great Derivation Geng Metal Swords] formed three "Four Symbols Demon-Slaying Sword Arrays" and attacked three of the Flood Dragons.

Then, with a wave of his hand, the [Qianyang Golden Tower], which had advanced to a Tier Five Top Grade Spiritual Artifact following his cultivation’s advancement to the late stage of Golden Core, descended powerfully upon another Flood Dragon.

He then moved, directly confronting the last Flood Dragon physically.

Sword Qi tore through the air, and the three Flood Dragons encircled by the sword array were immediately marked with bloody scars by the fierce Geng Metal Sword Qi, howling in pain as they clawed and struggled desperately to break free and tear apart Zhouyang, who had injured them.

The Flood Dragon suppressed by the [Qianyang Golden Tower] fared even worse.

The seven-layered Golden Tower descended, smashing onto it without any fanfare, pinning it to the ground to the point it couldn’t crawl up. The cultivator standing on its back was instantly crushed into a bloody pulp.

As for the Flood Dragon facing Zhouyang head-on, it was undoubtedly the most unfortunate.

Zhouyang aimed for a swift victory, unleashing an [Azure Dragon’s Fury] directly onto it, causing it to be bathed in blood across the skies, letting out a tragic howl as it plummeted to the ground, with only its outgoing breath but no returning breath!

"Too weak, these Flood Dragons don’t deserve to be called Flood Dragons; they’re simply empty husks with the appearance of Flood Dragons without the strength of Flood Dragons!"

Zhouyang shook his head, looking at the half-dead Flood Dragon he had just battered with a punch, a face full of disdain.

He wasn’t wrong. Flood Dragons used solely for pulling carriages only resembled Flood Dragons while in reality, they were merely Tier Four Snake Demons with some Jiao Dragon bloodline, transformed into Tier Five Flood Dragons through treasures by the Dragon Taming Family, completely incomparable to true Tier Five Flood Dragons.

Of course, this is relative to him; in truth, each of these Flood Dragons possessed strength no weaker than a normal Tier Five Demon Beast. It was simply Zhouyang’s formidable strength that made these Flood Dragons appear weak.

"Good kid, didn’t expect you really have some skills. It seems I underestimated you before!"

Dragon Taming Golden Radiance’s face darkened with cold light as he glared at Zhouyang, a trace of annoyance flashing in his eyes.

He originally thought the five Flood Dragons would suffice to capture Zhouyang, yet now it seemed he would have to act personally.

Thinking of this, he grinned smugly, revealing a sinister smile, "Very well, let me personally take you down and let that wench witness how I deal with you!"

Before the words were finished, he waved his hand, and instantly, a cyan and a silver flood dragon howled as they shot out from the Spirit Beast Ring on his wrist.

These cyan and silver flood dragons were pure-blooded Tier Five flood dragons, not the kind used for pulling carts.

Among them, the cyan flood dragon was a Tier Five High-Grade Demon Beast, while the silver flood dragon was a Tier Five Middle-Grade Demon Beast, both capable of rivaling Late-Stage Golden Core Cultivators.

"Qing Luo, Silver Bell, capture this person for me, don’t kill him, and don’t let him escape!"

Dragon Taming Golden Radiance called out the names of the two flood dragons, coldly looked at Zhouyang, and made his demand known.

Hearing his words, the cyan flood dragon, with its lantern-sized eyes, glanced over Zhouyang and spoke in human tongue, "Rest assured, young master, for a mere Seventh-Layer Golden Core human cultivator, either of us sisters can capture him easily, he definitely won’t escape!"

The voice was clear and pleasant, it was indeed a female flood dragon.

Then the silver flood dragon, unwilling to be outdone, also spoke in human tongue, "There’s no need for Sister Qing to act, I alone can capture him."

After speaking, the silver flood dragon swung its dragon tail, and its body shot towards Zhouyang like a silver lightning bolt.

Seeing this scene, Dragon Taming Golden Radiance frowned and instructed the cyan flood dragon, "Silver Bell may not be a match for this vile creature, Qing Luo, you go help her as well!"

"Since the young master says so, then I’ll go help Silver Bell, hoping she won’t mind my interference."

The cyan flood dragon gave Dragon Taming Golden Radiance a perplexed look, then nodded slightly and followed by riding a gust of cyan wind to attack Zhouyang.

Zhouyang, at this time, had already heavily injured those five pseudo flood dragons and was about to finish them off.

Seeing the silver and cyan flood dragons, the real ones, coming to attack, he dared not be negligent, and left the little snakes alive, recalling his flying sword and magical artifact to battle the two flood dragons.

The real flood dragons had divine techniques and capabilities far beyond those pseudo flood dragons.

The silver flood dragon was a rare thunder attribute flood dragon, its thunder magic divine techniques were incredibly powerful, and Zhouyang dared not let the lightning strike him.

Not that he couldn’t withstand one or two lightning strikes, but because the lightning had a very strong paralyzing effect, and once hit, it would lead to continuous lightning strikes.

Moreover, the silver flood dragon was also adept in the "Thunder Escape Technique," making Zhouyang’s sword array unable to trap it, let alone strike it.

Fortunately, the silver flood dragon’s cultivation was not high, only Tier Five Middle Grade, otherwise, it would be more than just troublesome.

This was evident from the Tier Five High-Grade cyan flood dragon.

The cyan flood dragon was of the wind attribute, and with a mouthful spit, countless cyan wind blades formed a storm sweeping towards Zhouyang, if he was to dodge, the silver flood dragon’s lightning would immediately intercept him, forcing him to withstand the wind blade storm.

If he wanted to focus his strength to kill the cyan flood dragon, the cyan flood dragon would escape with the wind, not confronting him directly.

Zhouyang had slain countless demon beasts in his life, yet it was the first time he was made so embarrassed by two same-tier demon beasts.

"It seems I must show some real skills to deal with you two long worms!"

His eyes turned cold, sweeping over the two flood dragons, and glancing again at Dragon Taming Golden Radiance, who seemed truly not to intend to intervene, his mind made a decision quickly.

With a shout, a purple azure four-legged treasure cauldron appeared above his head, it was the Tier Six Middle-grade Spiritual Artifact [Heaven-Suppressing Azure Dragon Cauldron].

Once this treasure cauldron emerged, a strange power expanded instantly, causing all living beings within thirty miles, except Zhouyang, to lose the power of flight.

Dragon Taming Golden Radiance, being far away, was unaffected, but both the cyan and silver flood dragons were caught in it, instantly cried out as they were forcibly slammed to the ground.

At this moment, the twelve [Great Derivation Geng Metal Swords], under Zhouyang’s Sword Technique control, quickly united into two golden giant swords, slashing angrily at the two flood dragons’ heads.

"Stop! Quickly stop!"

Dragon Taming Golden Radiance’s face finally changed, panic flashed in his eyes, he shouted in anger, hurriedly waving his hand to unleash several magical artifacts aiming at Zhouyang, intending to save the two flood dragons.

But as those magical artifacts entered within thirty miles of Zhouyang, they would immediately be struck down by the Forbidden Sky Power of the [Heaven-Suppressing Azure Dragon Cauldron], incapable of harming Zhouyang in the slightest.

Meanwhile, the two golden giant swords were already descending towards the two flood dragons’ heads.

Roar roar!

At the brink of life and death, the two flood dragons roared, spitting out the demon pills they had painstakingly cultivated over the years, using them as shields to block the two descending golden giant swords.

Crack! Crack!

Under the slashes of the Golden Giant Sword, the two Jiao Pills soon emitted a crisp cracking sound, and visible cracks appeared on their surfaces.

However, they successfully blocked the strike of the Golden Giant Sword, saving their respective masters’ lives.

After the first strike failed, Zhouyang was unable to launch a second. If he didn’t retract the Heaven-Suppressing Azure Dragon Cauldron, his magical power wouldn’t even suffice to support the Flying Sword.

With his current cultivation, using the Heaven-Suppressing Azure Dragon Cauldron to suppress two Tier Five Flood Dragons and Golden Radiance of the Ninth-Layer Golden Core cultivator would consume nearly ten percent of his magical power with each breath; even at his peak, he could only maintain it for nine breaths.

In the current situation, it was obviously impossible for him to deplete all his magical power on such a task.

Thus, although it was a pity not to take down the two Flood Dragons on the spot, Zhouyang decisively retracted the Heaven-Suppressing Azure Dragon Cauldron without taking a gamble.

Then he raised his hand and immediately swallowed a Tier Five Spirit Pill, the Three-Turn Rejuvenation Pill, to rapidly restore his magical power.

With his current Seventh-Layer Golden Core cultivation, the restorative effect of the Three-Turn Rejuvenation Pill was somewhat diminished, but it could still restore over thirty percent of his magical power within a quarter of an hour, far superior to using any Spirit Stone for replenishment.

On the other side, Dragon Taming Golden Radiance, unable to settle accounts with Zhouyang, fell beside the two Flood Dragons with a pained expression, quickly taking out Healing Spirit Pills for them to swallow.

The importance of Demon Pill to Demon Beasts needs no elaboration. For Flood Dragons, even with their strong life force, broken Demon Pills could cost them half their lives, and at worst, lead to shattered pills and death.

Dragon Taming Golden Radiance could afford to disregard the life and death of those mere semblances of Flood Dragons, as the Dragon Taming Family could always cultivate a batch of them.

But the Cyan Flood Dragon and Silver Flood Dragon, who had grown up with him and were regarded as family, were a different matter.

For direct lineage members of the Dragon Taming Family, the clan would grant one or more Flood Dragon Eggs from childhood, allowing them to hatch and raise the Flood Dragons alongside them, forming extremely close partnerships.

Because of the True Dragon Bloodline, direct lineage members of the Dragon Taming Family naturally made Flood Dragons feel close and reverent, capable of earning their genuine loyalty without control methods.

Male direct lineage members of the Dragon Taming Family, whose partners were female Flood Dragons, would put every effort into helping their partner Flood Dragons advance to Tier Six and becoming Dao Companions once they reached the Nascent Soul Stage.

Arrogant cultivators from the Dragon Taming Family looked down on ordinary human female cultivators, opting only to form Dao Companions with female members of powerful bloodlines capable of transformation.

The Human-Dragon Bloodline of the Dragon Taming Family ensured that, whether with royal female Merfolk, transforming female Flood Dragons, or other female alien races, the offspring would always possess the Human-Dragon Bloodline, a miraculous phenomenon.

Thus, for Dragon Taming Golden Radiance, though he took Jiang Yufeng as a wife, the lifelong companions Cyan Flood Dragon and Silver Flood Dragon were still in his heart like Dao Companions.

Seeing the Demonic Pills of his close companions shattered with severe injuries, how could he not feel heartbroken?

With a pained expression, he fed Healing Spirit Pills to the two Flood Dragons and put them into Spirit Beast Rings for recuperation. Then, he angrily glared at Zhouyang with a twisted face, shouting with a sinister voice, "Damn scoundrel, for harming my beloved pets, I’ll extract your soul and refine it, ensuring you never reincarnate peacefully!"

Before the roar finished, he abruptly let out a long howl, and his body rapidly swelled, transforming into a creature with the body of a human and the head, tail, and claws of a dragon.

Every direct lineage member of the Dragon Taming Family possessed the transformative divine technique known as the True Dragon Battle Body.

This transformation significantly heightened their physical defense and close combat capabilities, granting them additional abilities such as rapid recovery, physical flight, and underwater mobility.

Once using this transformative divine technique, it signified they were genuinely going all out.

At that moment, Dragon Taming Golden Radiance, having activated the True Dragon Battle Body, immediately launched a fierce attack on Zhouyang.

With profound background, all his artifacts were top-tier. The artifacts previously suppressed by Zhouyang’s Heaven-Suppressing Azure Dragon Cauldron now revealed their true Divine Techniques.

A Golden Treasure Mirror hovered in the air, its emitted golden light dissolving everything it touched. When Zhouyang was initially caught off guard and illuminated by it, the layer of cyan-golden dragon scales on his body instantly dissolved, leaving a huge scar that frightened him into retreating to the side to take a drop of Rejuvenating Immortal Dew for healing.

A Golden Flying Sword capable of cutting through anything clashed with Zhouyang’s Great Derivation Geng Metal Sword, which he had refined with many materials, leaving multiple fingernail-sized nicks, and making Zhouyang heartbroken enough to curse.

A Crimson Golden Treasure Pearl capable of releasing a powerful defensive light shield had defensive strength not weaker than Zhouyang’s Qianyang Celestial Fire Shield using the Qianyang Treasure Pearl. Even if breached, it could quickly recover, making it incredibly troublesome.

However, the most troublesome artifact for Zhouyang was definitely Dragon Taming Golden Radiance’s Lifebound Spiritual Artifact, the True Dragon Treasure Seal.

The True Dragon Treasure Seal, exclusive to the Dragon Taming Family, could only be refined and mastered by direct lineage members possessing the True Dragon Bloodline.

This artifact possessed extremely powerful Forbidden Technique divine techniques capable of sealing all magic; once it was unleashed, all magic was prohibited.

Even compared to Zhouyang’s Qianyang Golden Tower, this exceptionally powerful Lifebound Spiritual Artifact was comparable, making it hard to distinguish any superiority between them.