Inside the Transforming Dragon Diseased Domain,
Thunder rolled, torrential rain poured, and the world dimmed.
Only a beam of golden light shone dazzlingly bright.
"Every dragon scale this guy sheds during its transformation is piled up from the corpses of millions of living beings. How could it not be powerful?"
Jiang Yan stood amidst the downpour, floating in mid-air by stepping on Heart Monkey’s arm. The Tummo golden light spread around his body, forming a curtain of light that shielded him from the falling rain.
His gaze was fixed on the muddy mountain flood that had already submerged the foot of the mountain.
Thousands of bloated corpses of Diseased Domain creatures floated and sank in a mixture of water and mud, their eyes filled with despair. Viewed from above, it looked as though “scales” were growing atop the flood.
The birth of every high-level being came at the cost of countless lives offered as sacrifices.
The source of this catastrophe lay at the mountain’s summit.
Boom rumble rumble!Jiang Yan looked up and saw countless pillars of lightning striking down, bombarding the mountain’s peak in endless roars, as if Heaven itself were roaring in fury.
Within the Eye of the Cataclysm, a mass of Flood Dragon fate surged and churned, constantly transforming toward the True Dragon seed.
"There's not much time left!"
Without hesitation, Jiang Yan stepped on Heart Monkey’s arm and swiftly ascended to the mountaintop.
The once-jutting mountain peak had been flattened by lightning. The air was filled with crackling arcs of electricity.
In the Wild History, nine dragon statues suppressing the Earth Serpent sprawled at nine positions on the ridge. Their bodies were covered in densely packed dragon scales. From their almost petrified flesh, chains of dark gold extended, sinking deep into the lake, binding a shadowy figure.
Crackle!
Each time a thunderbolt struck, it landed on one of the nine dragons, then transmitted through the chains to the Earth Serpent.
Boom rumble rumble!
The entire lake shimmered like a white mirror of light.
At that moment, Jiang Yan finally saw the Earth Serpent's true form.
Its body was not as deep and heavy as the earth. Instead, it was covered in golden scales resembling armor, about twenty meters long and one meter thick. Its tail did not end in a serpent’s tip but unfurled into golden feathers that fluttered like silk sashes, spiraling into a coiled structure.
On its forehead were a pair of golden horns that curved backward like those of a bighorn sheep, entwined with yellow cloth inscribed with blood-colored runes and symbols. A bone nail, crafted from the finger bone of some unknown supernatural being, pierced through the forehead, with only a portion protruding.
It was covered in mysterious Sanskrit spells and measured an estimated two to three meters long, shaped like a peculiar white-bone sword. Snake blood, golden like liquid metal, continuously oozed from the wound.
"Hiss hiss!"
The Earth Serpent was bound by nine dark gold chains. Each chain ended in a dragon tail shape, its tip forming a dragon head that bit firmly into the serpent’s flesh with sharp fangs.
Relentless thunder strikes caused the Earth Serpent to scream in pain and struggle violently, stirring monstrous waves in the lake.
Crack crack!
As the lightning continued to scour it, its body gradually blackened, yet its life force only grew stronger. The golden blood that seeped out dripped onto the chains, giving rise to dense, gleaming scales on the metal surface.
Jiang Yan exclaimed in surprise, “Bathed in dragon blood, it can spawn dragon-attribute lifeforms—this marks the final step in the transformation. Once it undergoes the Flood Dragon legitimization and enters the Azure Sea, it will become a True Dragon!”
Even the weakest True Dragon was born at the Ancient Talisman level. Whether intentional or not, they would instinctively corrode their surroundings. Wherever they passed, downpours would follow, blessing the earth.
Their mere existence would rewrite the environment, the ecosystem, and even…
Species!
According to legend, contact with dragon blood would forcibly mutate a creature. If they survived, they would grow scales, whiskers, horns, and the like, and acquire some of the dragon’s abilities—becoming its minions, part of its shrimp and crab troops, and fall under its command.
In other words, its Cavalry!
In a sense, this also constituted high-dimensional pollution—just in a downgraded version.
But this wasn't exclusive to dragons. As long as one reached the Ancient Talisman level, they could create Cavalry.
The grade of the Ancient Talisman determined the rank of the Cavalry born from it.
Powerful Cavalry could even rival an ordinary Ancient Talisman.
Moreover, Jiang Yan had read in Zhao Yinman’s notebook that Law Domains and Cavalry were extremely closely connected.
It was related to later-stage ascension.
Unfortunately, relevant information was scarce. After all, high-level supernatural knowledge was both expensive and prone to contamination, which could mutate the books themselves.
"This ends here!"
Jiang Yan stepped forward steadily. Thunder raged and struck beside him, blasting out craters, but could not shake his stride.
"Roooar—"
The nine dragon statues binding the Earth Serpent sensed his arrival. They did not obstruct him but instead let out a dragon-like tremor, transmitting a spiritual message.
"Never expected a human to arrive. Perhaps this is the calamity of becoming a dragon. We can no longer restrain the Earth Serpent, but it has also reached its weakest state."
"In that case, we shall use the last of our spiritual essence to bind it. Your strength is too weak to pierce its scales.
But if you drive the Dragon-Pacifying Nail on its forehead into its body, you can pin it down and end this disaster."
"Remember, you only have three breaths of time!"
"Quell this disaster. We… are tired as well."
Born of Wild History, they still seemed to follow logic—to protect humanity and the earth.
Hearing this, Jiang Yan solemnly nodded and said, "I will stop this Catastrophe of Transforming into a Dragon!"
"Very well!"
The residual spirits of the Nine Dragons responded in relief and began summoning bolts of heavenly thunder, channeling them through the chains to the Earth Serpent. In an instant, radiant light filled the lake.
Lightning surged wildly across its body, destroying it—tearing scales and shredded flesh sank to the lakebed.
"Rise!"
The remaining spiritual essence of the Nine Dragons let out a dragon’s roar, and the chains tightened in an instant, forcibly pulling the Earth Serpent from the lakebed and suspending it mid-air.
"Hurry!"
"Alright!"
Jiang Yan nodded and charged at the Earth Serpent, leaping into the air.
"Hiss hiss!"
Amid the storm, the Earth Serpent struggled to open its eyes. A pair of cold, dark-gold pupils stared fixedly at the human, filled with venomous hatred.
But the current it was exerting all its strength to resist the corrosion of the chains, leaving it with no spare energy to deal with this ant. It could only release oppressive might in an attempt to intimidate and drive him away.
A dragon stranded in shallow waters mocked by shrimp—utterly disgraceful.
“Dragon’s might... is just like this!”
Jiang Yan did not feel fear. He jumped directly onto the Earth Serpent’s head, quickly stabilizing himself. Crimson Sanskrit Sword Buddha Arm appeared, streams of Sanskrit flowing across it, and a tremendous power surged within his right arm, gleaming with a bloodthirsty light.
“Hiss hiss——”
Sensing a threat to its life, the Earth Serpent let out a furious roar and twisted its body. But it was tightly bound by the chains, shaking the entire Diseased Domain and further boiling the mountain flood.
Jiang Yan stood firmly atop its head like rooted stone. The vast Silver Dragon-Tiger Qi gathered behind him and formed the Silver Radiance King, who grasped the Dragon-Pacifying Nail together with him.
“Do your best!”
The people in the present world witnessed this scene with hopeful expressions, clenching their fists involuntarily.
If the Earth Serpent could be slain now, the Catastrophe of Transforming into a Dragon would end early.
“The banquet cannot end so soon.”
Xiang Nu spoke softly. Behind her, the Mouth of the Feast King opened, causing Zhou Li and the others to feel as if they were facing a great enemy and quickly retreat.
Yet it did not launch an attack, but mimicked a biting motion. With every bite, its body continuously shattered.
It was actually… self-devouring!
In the next second, the space surrounding Zhou Li and the other two was covered with wounds and scars, suffused with crimson currents like blood vessels, forming a heart-shaped cage.
With every heartbeat came an unending chorus of overlapping wails.
Mouth of the Feast King——Unceasing Banquet!
As long as the banquet continued, the guests would not rest!
Bang!
Master Fale swung the Glazed Treasure Tree in his hand and struck it, but his palms went numb from the shock. The treasure tree instantly shattered, scattering like bits of moonlight.
“Every fragment of history I consume turns into blood, flowing into this heart. Each beat tolls the doomsday bell that guides the world toward destruction. And you—your existence—is both guest and sacrifice.”
Xiang Nu chuckled lightly and said, “Please remain quiet and await the start of the banquet.”
Inside the Diseased Domain.
Jiang Yan exerted all his strength to grasp the Dragon-Pacifying Nail. The Eye of the Cataclysm could see boundless Calamity Qi surging toward him, like a star of death shimmering in the void.
Death loomed close at hand!
Boom rumble rumble!
At the same time, dozens of bolts of thunder struck down. The Earth Serpent’s body was now mangled and bloodied, its strength to resist nearly exhausted.
The residual spirit of the Nine Dragons shouted, “Now! Otherwise, the Earth Serpent will molt and transform into a dragon!”
“Alright!”
Jiang Yan nodded. The Cataclysmic Sea of the Return Ruins Foundation was fully activated, ravenously devouring the vast Calamity Qi to fill the Sea of the Return Ruins.
His aura surged and temporarily reached the Beginner Law Seed Stage. In sync with the Silver Radiance King, he roared and exerted force:
“End this!”
With a cracking sound,
He pulled the seven-section white-bone Dragon-Pacifying Nail out by a large length. Golden blood splattered.
“……”
The residual spirit of the Nine Dragons froze, and even the struggling Earth Serpent was stunned.
The people of the present world were also dumbfounded.
Xiang Nu halted her steps. This development was beyond her expectations.
The spirit of the Nine Dragons roared, “What are you doing!? Quickly push the Dragon-Pacifying Nail back in!”
“Sorry, sorry! I got too nervous and pulled in the wrong direction.”
Jiang Yan looked flustered and kept apologizing. Beneath his feet, the Earth Serpent struggled violently, and its internal aura grew increasingly powerful.
Taking advantage of this, Jiang Yan controlled the Silver Radiance King to reverse grip the Dragon-Pacifying Nail, aimed at the Earth Serpent’s skull, and fiercely thrust.
Bang!
A dark gold chain coiled around the serpent’s head shattered into countless fragments, mixed with golden radiance.
The Silver Radiance King lifted the Dragon-Pacifying Nail, and with the Eye of the Cataclysm assisting his swordsmanship, aimed at six nearby golden chains and slashed them down one after another.
Seven chains in total were severed!
“Do you want to become the culprit who slaughters millions of lives!?” the Nine Dragons’ spirit roared in fury.
Even the people in the present world didn’t expect Jiang Yan, who was supposed to save everything, to turn against them.
Could it be that his mind had been corroded by the Earth Serpent’s blood?
To this, Jiang Yan responded with a smile, “I really am stopping the Catastrophe of Transforming into a Dragon. After all, the one transforming isn’t the Earth Serpent—it’s you…”
“Chains of the Nine Dragons!”
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