Chapter 467: The Secret of Pengze Immortal Island

In Cangzhou’s Yunmeng Marsh, the Cyan Nether Sword Sect was silent. A bright moon hung high in the sky, casting a hazy glow, while countless stars glittered in the night.

But high above, within the clouds over Pengze Immortal Island, a majestic hall shimmered with vibrant light. Faintly visible, seven rainbow-colored Wandering Dragons circled around it. Above them, a massive vortex of condensed Spiritual Power had formed. Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi from all directions poured into it like a rushing tide, surging madly into Shen Daoxing’s body.

Inside Shen Daoxing’s Dantian, the Seven-Colored Profound Platform spun wildly, continuously refining the torrent of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.

And so, Shen Daoxing entered a state of selfless cultivation. Dozens of days passed in the blink of an eye, and he never once stepped out of the Pengze Main Hall.

During this time, Elder Yuan Hong had come looking for Shen Daoxing, but seeing that he was at a critical point in his cultivation, chose not to disturb him.

ROAR!

A resounding dragon’s roar echoed out. From within Pengze Immortal Island, a silver dragon formed of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi suddenly shot toward the sky, charged into Pengze Hall, and bored into Shen Daoxing’s body.

Inside Shen Daoxing, the Seven-Colored Profound Platform suddenly erupted with brilliant light, sucking in the silver dragon in an instant before beginning to spin rapidly.

ROAR!

ROAR!

ROAR!

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Suddenly, a series of rainbow-colored Spiritual Power Wandering Dragons burst forth from the Profound Platform, shooting out of Shen Daoxing’s body and soaring straight into the heavens.

CRACK!

It was as if some unseen barrier had been shattered.

Shen Daoxing’s Seven-Colored Profound Platform swelled abruptly, glowing with a soft light. He had successfully broken through.

Shen Daoxing had been suppressing his cultivation at the Ninth Layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm for a long time.

Over the past dozens of days, the 108 acupoints in his body had been absorbing Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi with a vengeance. With a continuous influx from the Celestial Essence Dragon Vein, his cultivation in the Earth Profound Realm had fully stabilized. Thus, he naturally broke through to the Second Layer of the Earth Profound Realm.

In some mysterious way, Shen Daoxing’s perception of Pengze Immortal Island grew sharper. Every corner of the Immortal Island was now clearly visible in his mind.

ROAR!

Suddenly, Shen Daoxing sensed a majestic dragon’s roar. The sensation was very similar to that of the silver dragons formed from the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi of Pengze Immortal Island, and it seemed to originate from within the island itself.

With a single thought, Shen Daoxing’s Divine Soul flew out.

His Divine Soul leaving his body was something he shouldn’t have been able to do at his current cultivation level. But now, he had completely merged with Pengze Immortal Island, which had become an extension of himself. Shen Daoxing could now let his Divine Soul roam freely anywhere upon it.

Without hesitation, Shen Daoxing’s Divine Soul flew down from Pengze Hall, passed through the clouds, and arrived at Pengze Immortal Island. It then plunged inside, boring deep into the island’s interior.

Shen Daoxing’s vision first went dark, then suddenly opened up to a new scene.

A massive cavern appeared before his eyes. All around, multi-colored Crystal Stones glittered brightly. The cavern stretched downwards, from the mountaintop to its base and deep into the earth below, so deep he couldn’t see the bottom.

Shen Daoxing was stunned. ’I never knew a place like this existed.’

ROAR!

Suddenly, another resounding dragon’s roar echoed out. A solidified silver dragon, formed of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, flew out and brushed past Shen Daoxing.

Shen Daoxing felt a colossal energy surging from below.

’This is the source of the Celestial Essence Dragon Vein!’

Shen Daoxing paused, then slowly descended. The multi-colored Crystal Stones on either side scrolled steadily upwards past him.

After an unknown amount of time, Shen Daoxing abruptly stopped. Below him, a vortex had suddenly appeared, spinning rapidly. ZZZT! ZZZT! Arcs of faint blue electricity flickered around it, as if it led to another place.

ROAR!

From some unseen depth, a dragon’s roar emanated. From within the vortex, Shen Daoxing could feel an immense power—the colossal power of the Celestial Essence Dragon Vein.

Shen Daoxing paused. After a moment of silence, he continued his slow descent, intending to enter and take a look.

But just as he was about to move, Elder Blood Dragon’s voice suddenly echoed in Shen Daoxing’s mind. "Go on down if you want to die and have your soul scattered to the winds!"

Shen Daoxing froze, stopping in his tracks. He asked in confusion, "Elder Blood Dragon, isn’t this the Celestial Essence Dragon Vein? What’s so dangerous about it?"

The Blood Dragon let out a scornful laugh. "What Celestial Essence Dragon Vein? That’s just a disguise for that thing!"

"A disguise?" Shen Daoxing was taken aback.

"Heh heh heh... Why do you think Yun Meng Lake exists? Why do you think this place was sealed?" the Blood Dragon retorted.

Shen Daoxing paused, a jolt of understanding running through him. "Elder Blood Dragon... are you saying that what the Great Sword Immortal of old truly sealed wasn’t the Celestial Essence Dragon Vein?"

"Exactly!"

The Blood Dragon gave a silent nod. "Beneath this Celestial Essence Dragon Vein, what the Ancient Stone Stele truly seals... are those things."

Shen Daoxing paused, then asked, "What ’things’? What are they?"

Hearing this, the Blood Dragon simply shook his head. "It is not yet time for you to know. You only need to know that those things are exceedingly dangerous. If they were to get out, the balance of this entire world would be shattered, and a great catastrophe would occur!"

’The balance of the world would be shattered?’

Shen Daoxing was baffled, not yet grasping the meaning behind Elder Blood Dragon’s words.

ROOOOAR!

A terrifying, massive roar suddenly erupted from the vortex.

Shen Daoxing felt the entire cavern tremble violently.

The next moment, the vortex flared with brilliant light and began to spin faster.

An enormous, pitch-black hand suddenly reached out from within, filling the entire cavern.

The moment it appeared, the pitch-black hand spread its five fingers and lunged for Shen Daoxing.

Shen Daoxing felt a colossal power wash over him, as if from a fiendgod of the Nine Netherworld’s abyss. His entire Divine Soul froze, unable to move. It felt as though he was being dragged down, pulled into the bottomless abyss of the Nine Netherworld, to a point of no return.

But just as the pitch-black hand was about to grab Shen Daoxing, the Blood Dragon’s disdainful voice rang out. "Heh heh heh... so, you old thing, you’re flying into a rage now that I’ve exposed you!"

The next moment...

ROAR!

A tremendous, earth-shaking dragon’s roar erupted from within Shen Daoxing.

Then, a colossal, blood-red dragon head suddenly emerged from Shen Daoxing’s body. It opened its cavernous, razor-sharp maw and viciously bit down on the pitch-black hand.

ROOOOAR!

The thing in the vortex let out a sudden, mournful cry. The massive pitch-black hand instantly retracted, and the vortex slowly began to shrink, its rotation slowing.

Shen Daoxing immediately withdrew his Divine Soul, returning to Pengze Hall in an instant. He was thoroughly shaken, never imagining that such a terrifying thing existed beneath Pengze Immortal Island.