Chapter 987: Cao Ren? Taiao Tianren?

Chapter 987: Chapter 987: Cao Ren? Taiao Tianren?

"I knew you wouldn’t easily die in the Scale-Scraping Pool, kid!" Shen Mo laughed heartily as he welcomed Cao Ren into the Jade Wheel Palace.

Back then, Shen Mo learned from Ao Hua and Ao Kang that Cao Ren’s Mixed Dragon path had been severed. Only the Scale-Scraping Pool in the True Dragon Ancestral Land of Kunlun Continent could help him transform into a Pure Blood True Dragon; after telling Cao Ren this, he resolutely embarked on the path of seeking the Dao, leaving the Red Flame Sect to rush to the True Dragon Ancestral Land in Kunlun Continent to pursue bloodline transformation!

In the first thirty years, Cao Ren still occasionally sent back news, and his experiences could be described as full of twists and turns. However, after undergoing many trials in the True Dragon Ancestral Land, he was finally recognized and earned the opportunity to enter the Scale-Scraping Pool.

However, since he entered the core of the True Dragon Ancestral Land, he completely lost contact.

If Shen Mo hadn’t used divination to discover that he was still alive, he might have thought Cao Ren couldn’t bear the thousand cuts pain and died during the process of washing blood and exchanging marrow!

Now that they met again, Cao Ren had completely transformed into a Pure Blood True Dragon!

The hidden dangers of cultivating [Transforming Dragon Curse] had been resolved, and no matter how formidable the skills of the owner of the Dragon Rearing Pool were, they could no longer capture him.

"Don’t even mention it. In that Scale-Scraping Pool, I wished many times to shatter my soul and just die in there. I truly suffered old woes. If it was just the thousand cuts on my flesh, I might have endured, but my internal organs, bone marrow, flesh, and even my three souls and seven spirits felt as though they were undergoing a death by a thousand cuts, lasting more than two hundred years, I nearly died from the pain."

Now when Cao Ren talks about it, he couldn’t help but still show a face of fear!

"You’ve transformed from a Human Race into a True Dragon, involving a change in primal Essence and Qi, naturally renewing from inside to outside, from soul to flesh. It’s good you made it through!" Shen Mo said with a smile, "From now on, should we call you Cao Ren or Ao Ren?"

All members of the True Dragon Clan have their unique titles, like Taiao Leikang, Taiao Leihua, Taiao Tianhao, etc., equivalent to the Daoist titles of human cultivators.

After enduring the Scale-Scraping Pool washing blood and exchanging marrow, transforming into a Pure Blood True Dragon, Cao Ren was granted the True Dragon name "Taiao Tianren" by the Ancestral Land, which was even more imposing than his original name!

The inclusion of the word "Tian" indicates his lineage from the Seventh-order True Dragon Ao Hao, a highly talented branch within the True Dragon’s clan.

Upon hearing this, Cao Ren couldn’t help but complain: "I didn’t expect the True Dragon Clan to have such a broken rule, living for half my life and even changing my surname, though I’m still a member of the Red Flame Sect, unless Law Master Shen refuses to acknowledge me as a purple-robed Elder, you might as well call me by my original name!"

This time, for the Xuanyuan Clan’s bride selection ceremony, the True Dragon from Kunlun Continent’s Ancestral Land was also invited.

For over a million years, the Xuanyuan Clan has always maintained a good relationship with the True Dragon Clan, with many dragons and members of the Xuanyuan Clan forming Dao companions; additionally, many species of the Immortal Realm, including dragons, possess extraordinary talent, without the "Heavenly Dao restriction" that human cultivators face with higher realms making it harder to produce offspring, thus many within the Xuanyuan family possess True Dragon Bloodline.

When these dragon-descended clan members awaken their bloodline and show signs of Dragon Transformation, they proceed to the True Dragon Ancestral Land in Kunlun Continent, using the Scale-Scraping Pool’s magical properties to purify the bloodline, transforming from Mixed Dragon to Pure Blood True Dragon.

Alongside Cao Ren, there are plenty of Xuanyuan Clan members "receiving punishment" in the Scale-Scraping Pool!

The two forces are so close that the True Dragon Ancestral Land sent several talented Class V and Class VI True Dragons for this Xuanyuan Luan’s bride selection, Cao Ren being one of them; they all aim to join the Xuanyuan Clan since if they successfully become Xuanyuan Tongzhen’s son-in-law, they will receive the support of a Divine Immortal, significantly increasing the probability of becoming a Class VII True Dragon entering the True Immortal Realm!

"You’re also attending Xuanyuan Luan’s bride selection..."

Before Cao Ren finished speaking, he noticed two stunning figures beside Shen Mo, one as cold as ice, the other as seductive as fire, so he wisely closed his mouth.

Shen Mo shook his head, laughing: "Just here to witness the ceremony. Now that you’ve gained recognition from the True Dragon Ancestral Land, if you can successfully become the son-in-law of that old Divine Immortal, in the future, you’ll be able to walk horizontally across the entire Universal Realm!"

"It’s not that easy; there are quite a few dragons from the Ancestral Land even stronger than me. I’m merely joining the festivities in this ceremony. Also, I took this chance to return to Phoenix Continent to reassure my old father that I haven’t died outside."

Becoming Xuanyuan Tongzhen’s son-in-law is no easy task.

The criteria of age, appearance, and even cultivation are not his priority; what he values most is the "Dao path."

The Xuanyuan Clan’s patriarch Xuanyuan Tongzhen will set multiple tests to select an Immortal path genius with the best potential to become a True Immortal as Xuanyuan Luan’s Dao companion!

...

Xuanyuan Mountain.

Immortal light surged, anomalies abounded.

Xuanyuan Tongzhen, having lived for over a million years, naturally had established his own cave paradise. However, most cultivators avoid entering others’ cave paradises, so the ceremony venue was directly arranged at the mountain top.

At this moment, the whole Immortal Mountain was filled with a joyful, harmonious atmosphere, with a burst of blossoming flowers, thick lush trees, gathering of auspicious beasts, auspicious clouds spanning the sky...

The Jade Wheel Palace was too massive to fly directly to the mountain top, so after stopping one hundred thousand miles away, Shen Mo used a spell to bring all the Red Flame Sect members, riding the escaping light towards Xuanyuan Mountain’s summit.

Soon, high-class cultivators from the Xuanyuan family approached in escaping light to welcome the group inside.

The bride selection ceremony had yet to officially start, and Shen Mo led Chen Mengze, Cao Ren, Lady Scarlet, and the multitude of Red Flame Sect Divine Bridges to walk around.

He encountered many old acquaintances, such as Ao Hua, Ao Kang, Ning Qingnv, and the Chu sisters; six out of the seven who once worked together at Jiuli Mountain to slay the Longevity Demon Lord had arrived, only Lingxiao Zi had yet to return to the Immortal Realm, though Luofu Mountain’s young master Tang Chan, representing her Master, had come to witness the ceremony.

Additionally, Shen Mo sensed the presence of the Seventh-order True Dragon Ao Hao, and Soul Ghost Earth Immortal Jiuli Dark Lord, both True Immortals!

...

Several days later, the profound sound of the Daoist bell reverberated continuously, and the information about the bride selection ceremony surfaced in the minds of everyone on Xuanyuan Mountain.

Many True Immortals, including Jade Spring Fairy, set up auspicious clouds and flew to a higher place in the Firmament of the Immortal Mountain.

The ceremony venue this time was divided into two levels, heavenly and earthly, with True Immortal Realm (Class VII) gathered in the cloud-top palace, while those yet to reach True Immortal remained below the Cloud Palace;

On top of Xuanyuan Mountain, numerous jade pavilions and celestial towers had been erected, allowing guests to enter for feasting or choose a scenic spot to sit on the ground, or use magic to draw clouds to pause upon, or remain on their own carriages... Fruit delicacies and spiritual wine would appear from mid-air and drop in front of the guests to be enjoyed!

As long as one doesn’t frolic above the heads of True Immortal figures, there aren’t too many restrictions!