Chapter 744: Chapter 743: Spirit Transforms into a Dragon, Abandoning the Divine Position

The Dragon Vein Spirit can’t be given away!

But who would dare to say "no" in the face of Ninth Heavenly Respect, notorious for his ferocity? Wenqu couldn’t.

The key point is...

Yinhell was destroyed...

Before, although Li Jing seemed to be overbearing, he didn’t harm a single soul in the Upper Three Realms.

This showed he had certain considerations.

Or that he wasn’t actually as ferocious as he seemed.

However, the cruel reality proved everyone wrong... they had all misunderstood.

Even though nobody knew what each person in Yinhell did to provoke his wrath, it was clear that he acted according to his whims.

There was no consideration or whatever.

If he is upset, he will act.

Furthermore, once he does, it could possibly be a complete annihilation!

With tears streaming down his face, Wenqu looked at the trembling Dragon Vein Spirit lying on the ground, bowed his head, and force a dry chuckle.

"For the Ninth Heavenly Respect to take an interest in this Dragon Vein Spirit is its good fortune; this humble one naturally wouldn’t dare to give any objections. How about this: I, as the ruler, will simply present the Dragon Vein Spirit as a gift to Ninth Heavenly Respect, in order to foster goodwill."

While saying that, Wenqu made several rapid hand gestures, not straying a bit.

The Protection of the Sect Array of the Array of the Immortal Palace, which was constituted by the Dragon Vein, became visible and then collapsed, severing all connections with each other.

Seeing this, Wenqu immediately changed his hand gestures.

"Boom Boom Boom", the ground started shaking.

The continuous mountain range where the Immortal Palace resided surprisingly detached itself from the earth’s surface and floated up, revealing the Dragon Vein buried deep beneath the ground.

While maintaining the entire floating Immortal Palace, Wenqu spoke.

"Heavenly Respect, please seize the Dragon Vein quickly to prevent this vicious beast from escaping."

"...."

Dragon Vein Spirit...

Everyone said love could change.

Since the day it gained consciousness, hadn’t everyone in the Immortal Palace been addressing it as True Dragon Senior, seizing every opportunity to please it as much as they could?

Wenqu, the junior Saint Emperor of the Immortal Palace, who got to interact it the most, pleased it the most forcefully, and gained a lot of benefits from it.

If it were not for that...

How could he possibly have achieved a cultivation level that’s on par with the Three God Emperors, with an age far less than theirs?

As for today...

In people’s mouths, it has become a vicious beast...

Speaking reason...

Even if it wanted to escape now, it didn’t have the ability to do so. Li Jing releasing the all-encompassing Demonic Qi didn’t pose any pressure on the Immortal Palace, but the inherent might of a True Dragon within the Demonic Qi had a natural suppressing effect on the Dragon Clan. Right now, the Dragon Vein Spirit could not move at all.

Leaving aside the Dragon Vein Spirit.

Seeing that Wenqu "generously" deactivated the palace protection of Immortal Palace and exposed the Dragon Vein, Li Jing gave him a ’you’ve done well’ look and reached out his hands from a distance to grab it.

"Boom!"

With a sound of an explosion.

The whole land sunk slightly.

The Dragon Vein that spread for over a hundred thousand li (approx. 50,000 km) was forcibly torn from the surface of the earth.

The moment the Dragon Vein was detached from the earth, the yet-to-complete metamorphosis Dragon Vein Spirit, which was still in its spirit body form, could not maintain its shape, it dispersed into specks of starlight and merged into the Dragon Vein.

The consciousness of the Dragon Vein Spirit instantly became blurry.

The forceful extraction of the Dragon Vein had a great impact on it, which was on the brink of completing its transformation and merging with the Dragon Vein itself.

This impact...

Nearly reverted the Dragon Vein Spirit "back to its original form", taking it back to the state when it first gained consciousness.

Seeing that the True Spirit collapsed, Wenqu felt intense heartache.

What a tragedy!

Such a tragedy!

If only he had waited for a few thousand or ten-thousand years for the Dragon Vein Spirit to take the next step in transforming to merge with the Dragon Vein. But because of this event, it wasted billions of years of accumulation!

Whilst he was lamenting, Li Jing turned over his hand.

The Dragon Vein’s body that spreads for tens of thousands of li was folded up like a horizontal layer in the air, compressed into a ball and brought over to his side.

Then, he pointed his finger into the void.

"God said, it will complete the transformation."

With a "hum", the world instantly turned grey.

The next second...

The wind and cloud changed color.

A terrifyingly insurmountable and dread-inducing heavenly might quietly descended.

Under Wenqu’s wide-eyed gaze, the dispersed Dragon Vein Spirit surprisingly revived and quickly merged with the Dragon Vein’s body.

Then the crucial step of the Dragon Vein Spirit’s transformation was completed in a blink of an eye.

The massive Dragon Vein that was folded up was shrouded by large patches of dark clouds and visible to the naked eye was shrinking rapidly. When it was reduced to tens of thousands feet high, it was completely covered by the cloud.

With a "boom" and a loud noise...

The lightning roared.

Lighting up the entire world, a golden dragon silhouette was reflected in the clouds.

Seeing the silhouette, Wenqu nearly popped out his eyeballs.

The Dragon Vein Spirit has...

Completed its transformation!?

As a Saint Emperor of the Immortal Path.

Wenqu fancied himself as someone who had seen all kinds of things. What hadn’t he seen?

But he’d really never heard of such a preposterous event like this.

How hard is it for a Dragon Vein to complete its transformation into a Five-clawed Golden Dragon?

Just moments ago, Li Jing had sent the Dragon Vein Spirit back to its original form, and then, with a swing of his hand, he told it to complete its transformation!?

Is this a joke...?

What’s even more outrageous is...

What Li Jing used was clearly the typical trick used by the western gods, boasting.

The boasting of the western gods indeed had some substance.

It could even create beneficial rules within a certain range.

But boasting was not omnipotent.

It could also lead to burdens on the gods themselves, depending on the size of the impact it created.

How big a burden would promoting a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon’s transformation cause?

Remember...

Once a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon completes its transformation, it will instantly achieve the Heavenly Respect level.

What Li Jing did just now was equivalent to creating a Eighteenth Realm power out of thin air!

This is simply turning a decayed corpse into an immortal!

He...

How did he do it?

And how can he bear it!?

Even if he were of the Eighteenth Realm, having mastery over the top-ranked western-godhood with his Demon Race’s body, there’s no reason he should be able to do it!

Under normal circumstances...

Using boasting to make the Dragon Vein complete its transformation is indeed impossible.

But who is Li Jing?

Is he someone who can be measured by common sense?

But this time, the price was indeed not small.

To an extent, Li Jing not only "sacrificed" his Supreme Godhood, allowing it to shoulder the hefty burden brought by his boast, leading to its total collapse, but he also sacrificed all Faith Power originating from the Da Xia Dynasty.

Normally...

Li Jing wouldn’t necessarily be willing to pay so much.

While the Supreme Godhood didn’t hold much meaning for him, it was quite useful right now.

The reason he decided to make such a "sacrifice" was due to a realization Li Jing had.

The existence of a Western Godhood could become a hindrance for his future ascension to Godhood, hence, it would be better to discard it sooner rather than later.

And now, a perfect opportunity presented itself.

"Sacrificing" his Supreme Godhood, in exchange for an Eighteenth Realm Five-clawed Golden Dragon.

Isn’t this lovely?

As for the faith power from the Da Xia Dynasty, he never cared much for it before.

He does not need faith from others.

Being a God.

It gets tiring.

Faith itself is a burden.

Receiving faith from the Da Xia Dynasty was to accept the responsibility that comes with it.

If anything happened to the Da Xia Dynasty in the future, he would have to shoulder it.

If the people of the Da Xia Dynasty lose faith in him one day, there is a chance it might negatively impact his cultivation.

So, he discards it.

Giving up his Godhood and faith power, Li Jing finally remembered that he had a favorite disciple in the Da Xia Dynasty.

He had previously said he would take her to the Immortal Realm.

He had been in a rush to cross spatial dimensions towards Earth because of Abigail, and he didn’t have time for it.

Now over two hundred years have passed.

He wondered how Xia Qianqian was doing...

While he was contemplating on making a trip to the Heavenly Saint Land soon, the transformation of the dragon vein true spirit was finally completed.

"Rawr!"

Accompanied by a high and mighty dragon roar echoing through the sky, the mighty dragon’s aura swept across the heavens as the dragon vein’s true spirit’s breath climbed steadily.

One Realm, Second Realm, Three Realm, Four Realm...

In less than a minute.

Its aura skyrocketed to the Eighteenth Realm!

At the moment its aura had finished climbing, there was a deafening rumble from the high heavens. The already terrifying oppressive aura of the heavens surged a hundred times more in the blink of an eye.

Immortal saint emperor Wenqu, who was standing agape, was left gasping for air. His Sixteenth Realm cultivation level had nearly been frozen.

He wasn’t the only one.

How could those hiding in the Immortal Palace fare better?

One by one, they weren’t strong enough to bear this terrifying divine might and therefore, fainted. Only the ancestors with strong endurance stayed conscious, yet shivering in fear.

This divine wrath.

It was too exaggerated.

They are experiencing the Eighteenth Realm heavenly tribulation for the first time.

But their intuition told them.

This heavenly tribulation was more than just the Eighteenth Realm!

If they weren’t careful, the dragon vein true spirit that had just become a dragon could die.

It wasn’t only them who felt this way.

The dragon vein true spirit, which had just begun to be overjoyed by becoming a dragon, also had the same feeling.

And this feeling was intensely...

The reason why its heavenly tribulation was so violent wasn’t hard to explain.

The transformation of the dragon vein was not ordinary; it was a transformation from a dead object to a living being.

When it finally succeeded, it would, like high-grade artifacts when they were formed, attract the jealousy of heaven.

That was secondary, though.

A mere heavenly jealousy was something the dragon vein true spirit, now in the Eighteenth Realm, was confident it could withstand.

What was more fatal was...

It had taken a shortcut this time.

There were no shortcuts in cultivation.

However, Li Jing had seized the essence of heaven and earth to provide it with one.

"The Old Man in the Sky" wouldn’t turn a blind eye to this; the laws of heaven and earth would teach it a lesson.

Watching the impending heavenly tribulation that was still revealing its terrifying power, the dragon vein true spirit made a quick decision in favor of its wellbeing.

"Master, save me!"

Who was Li Jing?

Of course, he could see that the heavenly tribulation after the dragon vein true spirit’s transformation was excessively violent and it definitely wouldn’t survive.

In reality.

This wasn’t just a heavenly tribulation anymore.

The laws of divine punishment had been subtly triggered.

It just wasn’t obvious yet.

The thing that will truly descend won’t be a heavenly tribulation or heavenly jealousy that will polish the dragon vein true spirit. Instead, it will be a heavenly punishment that will bring it destruction with a single strike.

He had to intervene. Otherwise, this little dragon would immediately surrender.

The reason he didn’t act hastily and waited for it to ask for his help, was to save some trouble in the future.

Since it was a Five-clawed Golden Dragon at the Eighteenth Realm as soon as it was born, it was guaranteed to be arrogant.

Taming and teaching it afterwards would be quite troublesome.

Letting it experience some despair first and then saving it in the nick of time would be more convenient.

Hearing the dragon vein’s true spirit call for help, Li Jing’s lips curved upwards. He raised his head and gave it a light glance.

With just that one glance.

The dark clouds in the sky instantly dispersed and the sun shone once more.

???

Wenqu.

???

Dragon vein true spirit.

???

Various old ancestors who were hiding in the Immortal Palace.

Such a terrifying heavenly tribulation...

Was dispersed just by a single glance from Li Jing?

TM...

This was beyond unfathomable?

Soon, someone realized that Li Jing had the Heavenly Dao of the Universe behind him.

But still...

That wasn’t the reason he could just stare down such a terrifying heavenly tribulation.

Don’t say that the Heavenly Dao of the Universe is presently in deep slumber. Even if she were awake, she wouldn’t interfere.

More importantly.

This was the Upper Three Realms.

Although the Upper Three Realms are part of the Universe Great World, they are fundamentally independent from the Great World. The will of the Heavenly Dao would not meddle.

If it forced its way, the Heavenly Dao of the Universe would have to pay an unimaginable price.

For a single Five-clawed Golden Dragon...

It wasn’t worth it.

So.

On what basis could Li Jing do this?

Even if she was the illegitimate daughter of the Heavenly Dao of the Universe, it still didn’t make sense that she could do such a thing.

All those who were conscious were puzzled and at the same time, their reverence for Li Jing grew even deeper.

Reality had shown them.

Li Jing’s defiance of the natural order was not only due to his Heavenly Respect level strength but also to other, even more terrifying, things.

Standing on the scene, Wenqu was staring blankly at the clear sky that had changed in the blink of an eye. Suddenly feeling something in his heart, he swallowed hard and turned to face it.

What he saw was Li Jing looking at him with a radiant smile.