Ling Xiao had once encountered a Great Strength Divine Ape here, and ended up being chased so badly that he had to flee for his life, taking refuge in the Dragon Palace.
It was later that the girl in blue rescued him, allowing him to return to Tianfeng City.
However, this ti, he also encountered a Great Strength Divine Ape, which behaved as docile as a little kitten.
Ling Xiao needed to go into seclusion and was worried about being disturbed, so he simply had the Great Strength Divine Ape stand guard for him.
The Dragon Palace was still the sa Dragon Palace, as if no one had ever co here before.
Previously, Ling Xiao hadn’t been knowledgeable enough, so he hadn’t seen what the Dragon Palace really was.
Only now did he discover that this so-called Dragon Palace was actually the corpse of an Ancient Golden Dragon!
And the entrance was the corpse’s mouth.
This corpse was just too big, he really hadn’t thought about it before.
Walking into the Dragon Palace, he could feel a special connection between the Golden Dragon Blood in his body and the corpse.
And there lay the Great Strength Divine Ape outside, only this ti, it wasn’t there to kill him but to protect him.
Finding the place where he had once cultivated within the Dragon Palace, Ling Xiao still dared not release his aura recklessly, he simply activated the Soul Entry state and observed the area within several tens of miles around him.
There weren’t any particularly powerful Martial Artists.
There were just a few Martial Artists clad in "Divine Sword Sect" attire hunting there.
Being the Elder Supre of the Divine Sword Sect, Ling Xiao felt a sense of closeness upon seeing these people.
However, now was not the ti to seek relatives. Once he was sure no one could disturb him, he closed his eyes.
About a quarter of an hour passed, and the Mountain and River Martial Soul finally began to change again.
Glaciers started to lt in massive amounts, turning many areas into vast oceans.
This ti, however, the pain that Ling Xiao feared did not occur. Despite the rapid and drastic changes, there was no pain, only an extrely unstable Mountain and River Martial Soul, as if it might collapse at any mont.
Ling Xiao had to use a large amount of True Essence to protect the Mountain and River Martial Soul.
He knew the importance of the Mountain and River Martial Soul to him, that no matter what, he had to protect the Mountain and River Martial Soul until the end of the transformation.
As long as this transformation was over, there would inevitably co a day when the clouds would part and the moon would shine bright.
This violent transformation lasted for a full shichen before finally stabilizing gradually.
Within the Mountain and River World, there was no longer just a vast expanse of glaciers, but a variety of terrains and climatic conditions had erged.
There were glaciers, oceans, and land.
There was also Golden Snow Lotus and many other herbs and Monster Beasts.
Ling Xiao recognized that these were all things he had once planted in the Mountain and River World, but other plants and animals had vanished without a trace.
The most bizarre part was that all of his original Martial Souls—the Dark Cloud Warrior Soul, the Thunder Bear Martial Spirit, the Giant Sword Martial Spirit, the Blood Shadow Martial Soul, and the Ghost Ship Martial Soul—had been forcibly pulled into the Mountain and River Martial Soul and beca solid entities.
Dark Clouds floated in the sky, Thunder Bears road across the land.
Heroic Spirits wielding Giant Swords practiced their martial skills there.
Blood-red shadows silently rested in the dark recesses.
Ghost Ships wandered through the dark sea of clouds.
All of this was so harmonious.
Ling Xiao seed to suddenly understand sothing.
The Mountain and River Martial Soul he had once awakened belonged to soone else, so the integration was not high, and it could only play a supporting role.
But now, the integration of the Mountain and River Martial Soul with his body had reached a perfect ten out of ten, so it truly belonged to him now.
The world in his Mountain and River Martial Soul was a blank slate, and what it would develop into depended entirely on his own efforts to shape it.
However, the nine special abilities he had gained in the past had not disappeared; they had beco even more powerful, and he could use them directly with a re thought, without going through the Mountain and River Martial Soul.
This was the benefit of the Mountain and River Martial Soul fusing with his soul.
The Mountain and River Martial Soul was him, and he was the Mountain and River Martial Soul!
There was no longer a need to enter the Soul Entry state, for he was now perpetually in the state of Soul Entry, and it did not consu True Essence. This had beco his innate power.
"So powerful!"
Ling Xiao couldn’t help but feel excited.
As he opened his eyes, planning to leave, an interesting thought suddenly occurred to him.
He stepped out of the Dragon Palace.
Then, with a single thought, an endless world of illusion abruptly appeared behind him.
That was the external manifestation of the Mountain and River Martial Soul, which itself was a world and also a Martial Soul.
"Absorb!"
As he uttered a single word, the massive body of the Golden Dragon began to ascend slowly, entering into the Mountain and River World.
However, during this process, Ling Xiao really felt quite uncomfortable.
It was rely a corpse, yet to absorb it into the Mountain and River Martial Soul nearly depleted ninety percent of his True Essence.
He succeeded!
At the mont of success, Ling Xiao almost collapsed to the ground.
But his face revealed an expression of excitent.
The Golden Dragon in the Mountain and River World exuded a profoundly ancient and fearso aura. Now there was no doubt, this was indeed a Golden Dragon from the Ancient Era.
Driven by curiosity, Ling Xiao continued his experint, transfusing his own blood into the body of the Golden Dragon.
In that mont, he finally felt the pain assailing him once again.
His blood seed as though it would be completely drained by the corpse, madly rushing into it.
For a full twenty breaths, the pain didn’t cease completely.
Ling Xiao reflected that if it were an ordinary person who lost so much blood, they would have likely said goodbye to this world long ago.
But the hardship was not in vain.
Peering inside the Mountain and River World, Ling Xiao could see his blood circulating within the Golden Dragon’s body, which originally stiff, began to gradually look glossy and pliable.
He himself might only be surprised and astounded.
However, to the outside world, countless Monster Beasts rushed over and then bowed down around him, as if worshiping their king.
"Co back to life! Co back to life for !"
Ling Xiao was full of anticipation for what it would feel like when this real Ancient Colossal Beast ca back to life. This creature had already been integrated into his Mountain and River Martial Soul, so in a sense, the resurrected Ancient Golden Dragon should also be a part of his soul.
"What’s going on?"
Ling Xiao furrowed his brow.
Although the Golden Dragon seed to have regained bodily functions, indistinguishable from a living creature, it still lay there motionless, not even exuding a breath of life.
This left Ling Xiao feeling sowhat disappointed and also surprised.
There must be sothing wrong!
His forehead creased in thought, he pondered over any mistake he might have made in the process.
That’s it!
Suddenly, a look of joy spread across his face.
Life, by definition, requires not just a body but also a soul.
Although this Golden Dragon corpse still had a trace of ancient consciousness, it couldn’t be considered a soul, so even if the body was revived, it could not co back to life on its own.
Since it was the soul that was missing, that was an easy fix!
All Martial Souls are transformations of the soul.
Therefore, they could naturally be transford back into a soul.
He had up to five Martial Souls that he could currently transform into a soul. If he combined them with a part of his own soul, he should be able to infuse the Ancient Golden Dragon with a soul.
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