"Where is the Huai Dragon Palace?"
Cangqing Immortal was stunned, not understanding the meaning behind Lin Yuan's question.
Was he planning to personally visit the Huai Dragon Palace?
Indeed.
As the esteemed Immortal King, once he personally arrived at the Huai Dragon Palace, even if the palace lord was unruly, she would have to obediently submit.
In the vast Spirit Realm, there was no true immortal who dared to defy the will of an Immortal King.
Though Cangqing Immortal and the Huai Dragon Palace Lord were both titled as half-step Immortal Kings, the distance between them and true Immortal Kings was immeasurable.
Cangqing Immortal had undergone the Trial of the Mind, possessing a powerful soul and will, yet he was easily toyed with by Lin Yuan, falling unknowingly into an illusion.
Of course, this was also because Lin Yuan was not an ordinary Immortal King.
However, even an ordinary Immortal King could deal with a half-step Immortal King with just a thought.
"It's over there."
Cangqing Immortal immediately pointed out a location. As a longtime rival of the Huai Dragon Palace, he naturally knew the location of their lair.
However, the Huai Dragon Palace relied on the core waterways of the Nine Rivers Domain.
Even if a group of half-step Immortal Kings besieged them, they would be unable to do anything. They were practically impregnable.
So, even though Cangqing Immortal knew the location of their lair, there wasn't much he could do about it.
In the past large-scale battles between the Huai Dragon Palace and the Daoist Immortal Sect, even with the help of the Xuan King Palace, it was difficult to inflict significant damage on the Huai Dragon Palace.
Once the dragon clan immortals realized they couldn't win, they would simply retreat into the Huai Dragon Palace.
It was tantamount to standing on invincible ground.
"Wuji, actually, you don't need to go there in person. You only need to issue a decree, and I can take it to the Huai Dragon Palace."
Cangqing Immortal hesitated for a moment and said softly.
The aura of an Immortal King was contained within the decree, impossible to imitate. It symbolized the will of a certain Immortal King.
Even if there was indeed a Dragon King who underwent the Trial of the Flesh in the Nine Rivers Domain tens of thousands of years ago, and all the dragon descendants in the Nine Rivers Domain were theoretically his descendants, it was unclear whether this was true or false.
Even if that Dragon King really existed, he wouldn't dare to offend another Immortal King for such a trivial matter.
"No need for such trouble."
Lin Yuan glanced at Cangqing Immortal and said indifferently, "Just capture them directly."
After speaking, Lin Yuan raised his right hand.
The black and white Tai Chi force intertwined at his fingertips, causing the space to distort slightly. Cangqing Immortal felt a splitting headache just from looking at it.
It was too profound.
Too complicated.
Just from Lin Yuan's gesture, Cangqing Immortal felt that all the spatial mysteries he had comprehended in most of his life were contained within it, even if it only occupied one ten-thousandth or one-hundred-thousandth of the whole.
The remaining spatial mysteries were realms that Cangqing Immortal could not reach remotely.
"Wuji's mastery of spatial mysteries has actually reached such a level?"
Cangqing Immortal was shocked, but even though he felt a splitting headache, he still stared closely at Lin Yuan's raised right hand.
Perhaps if he watched for a while longer, he would have a chance to attain enlightenment?
Under Cangqing Immortal's gaze, Lin Yuan's raised right hand, pointing in the direction he had indicated earlier, palm facing downwards, lightly grasped.
The Nine Rivers Domain.
Huai Dragon Palace.
The entire Nine Rivers Domain was composed of nine major rivers, each of which ran through dozens of major domains, all finally converging in the Nine Rivers Domain.
It was precisely because of this that the Nine Rivers Domain was uniquely blessed, being the sacred land of the aquatic race. The Huai Dragon Palace was an influence formed by the dragon descendants and connected to the core waterways of the entire Nine Rivers Domain.
To break into the Huai Dragon Palace, one must break through the core waterways of the entire Nine Rivers Domain.
Taking advantage of this, the Huai Dragon Palace had prospered for millions of years. Even if there were periods of decline, it did not affect the overall situation, and it had always been one of the dominant forces in the Nine Rivers Domain.
Inside the Huai Dragon Palace.
The Huai Dragon Palace Lord, who had undergone the Trial of the Flesh, looked at the horned man in front of him and said coldly, "Your Dragon's Nest also wants the essence of the Celestial Water?"
The Dragon's Nest was also a dominant-level force in the Nine Rivers Domain, on par with the Huai Dragon Palace.
To be precise, it was on par with the current Huai Dragon Palace. Before the Huai Dragon Palace Lord underwent the Trial of the Flesh, the Huai Dragon Palace was inferior to the Dragon's Nest.
"That's right."
"The Dragon Lord promises to help you obtain that Celestial Water with all his might, but my Dragon's Nest wants half of it," the horned man said.
"Half of it."
The Huai Dragon Palace Lord's expression was unchanged.
However, she was contemplating. After undergoing the Trial of the Flesh, her strength had greatly increased, and she was confident she could repel the Daoist Immortal Sect, and even the Xuan King Palace behind them.
But it didn't hurt to be cautious.
The importance of the Celestial Water was known to both the Huai Dragon Palace and the Daoist Immortal Sect, and even the Xuan King Palace knew about it.
The three major powers in the Xuan King Domain would definitely stop her at all costs.
They might even call for reinforcements and gather other half-step Immortal Kings from different domains.
Under such circumstances, she felt some pressure.
If she could join forces with the Dragon's Nest...
The decision had already been made in the Huai Dragon Palace Lord's heart.
The Dragon's Nest had also sought cooperation with her in the past, similarly proposing to share half of the Celestial Water, but she had directly refused back then.
Because at that time, she had not yet undergone the Trial of the Flesh, and her combat power was inferior to the Dragon Lord of the Dragon's Nest.
Rash cooperation might end up with the Huai Dragon Palace being swallowed by the other party.
But now, it's different. After undergoing the Trial of the Flesh, she is not weaker than the Dragon Lord of the Dragon's Nest.
The cooperation between the two parties is almost on equal footing.
"Twenty percent."
The Huai Dragon Palace Lord stated directly.
"Twenty percent is too low." The horned man's face darkened.
In the end, they decided to split the Celestial Water in a sixty-forty ratio, with the Huai Dragon Palace taking sixty percent and the Dragon's Nest taking forty percent.
"With our two major forces joining hands, the Daoist Immortal Sect, and the Xuan King Domain, are just insignificant." A smile appeared on the horned man's face.
The mood of the Huai Dragon Palace Lord was similarly good.
Although giving away forty percent of the Celestial Water for nothing was a big deal, with the promise of the Dragon's Nest's full assistance, the confidence of the Huai Dragon Palace greatly increased, enough to withstand the pressure from the half-step Immortal Kings in the surrounding domains.
Just as the horned man was about to return to the Dragon's Nest and inform the Dragon Lord of the matter, his expression suddenly changed.
Similarly, the Huai Dragon Palace Lord raised her head abruptly, looking towards the sky.
In the vast and boundless sky, it was unclear when it began to dim.
It wasn't dimming; it was a huge hand covered in black and white, enveloping the entire Huai Dragon Palace.
"Who dares to be so presumptuous in front of my Huai Dragon Palace?"
Countless dragon clan immortals ascended into the sky, wanting to shatter the oppressive giant palm.
But all the formidable techniques of the true immortals, when they landed on the giant palm, didn't even create a ripple.
Boom!
The giant palm slowly descended, the five fingers beginning to close, seemingly intending to grab the entire Huai Dragon Palace, covering millions of miles in all directions.
Crash!
The Huai Dragon Palace Lord directly transformed into a giant dragon, the terrifying power of her bloodline suppressing all directions as she attacked the giant palm.
A half-step Immortal King who had undergone the Trial of the Flesh was already proficient in combat, not to mention possessing the bloodline of a true dragon. Even if Cangqing Immortal, such a half-step Immortal King, saw this, he wouldn't dare to confront it head-on, only to retreat far away.
However.
Faced with the slowly descending giant palm, the Huai Dragon Palace Lord's full force attack had no effect at all, not even delaying the descent of the giant palm.
If one looked from an extremely distant place, they would see that the entire Huai Dragon Palace didn't even occupy one-tenth of the giant palm. In front of the giant palm, the Huai Dragon Palace Lord, this half-step Immortal King, was like a tiny insect.
"Not good."
The Huai Dragon Palace Lord's face changed drastically, transforming back into her human form, wanting to retreat violently and leave the range of the giant palm.
From her full force attack, which couldn't shake the giant palm in the slightest, she realized that there was no possibility of blocking the giant palm.
Boom!
The Huai Dragon Palace Lord wanted to use the power of space to teleport, but found that within the range of the giant palm, space was solidified. Not to mention teleportation, even normal flight was extremely difficult.
Swoosh!
Sensing this scene, the Huai Dragon Palace Lord hesitated for a moment and then decisively returned to the Huai Dragon Palace below.
At this point, she could only rely on the Huai Dragon Palace connected to the core waterways of the Nine Rivers Domain to resist the giant hand.
Scratch!
The giant hand continued to tighten, relying on the power of the waterways, one by one shattered, unable to resist at all.
In the end, the entire Huai Dragon Palace was directly grabbed by the giant palm.
Hum!
The fluctuation of spatial power.
The giant palm and the captured Huai Dragon Palace disappeared without a trace.
Only a giant pit remained in the original place, a million miles in diameter, where the Huai Dragon Palace, one of the dominant forces in the Nine Rivers Domain, used to be.
After a moment.
A man dressed in a golden dragon robe appeared outside the giant pit.
He stared blankly at everything before him.
What happened? Why did the Huai Dragon Palace disappear?
This man in the golden dragon robe was the Dragon Lord of the Dragon's Nest.
The moment the oppressive giant palm appeared, the aftermath it caused was first noticed by him.
So he was the first to arrive.
But upon arriving, he witnessed a scene he would never forget in his life.
Such a large Huai Dragon Palace, actually disappeared under the nose of the Nine Rivers Domain?
How is that possible?!
The man in the golden robe couldn't believe it. The Huai Dragon Palace was integrated with the waterways. Attacking the Huai Dragon Palace was equivalent to attacking the core waterways of the Nine Rivers Domain.
Just on this point alone, it was something that most True Immortals could not achieve, let alone Half-Step Immortal Kings.
Moreover, in such a short period, to uproot the entire Huai Dragon Palace, it was too unbelievable.
"Immortal King." The man in the golden robe's thoughts trembled. Only a high and mighty Immortal King could accomplish such a scene.
The core domains of the Eastern Cloud Dao Prefecture had Immortal King artifacts suppressing them, but while the Immortal King artifacts could indeed break through the Huai Dragon Palace, they couldn't do it so cleanly and easily.
"The Huai Dragon Palace has offended an Immortal King?"
The man in the golden robe's heart was filled with fear. If the Huai Dragon Palace, as one of the dominant forces in the Nine Rivers Domain, had offended an Immortal King, would it lead to trouble for the Nine Rivers Domain? Would it involve his Dragon's Nest?
Since that mysterious Immortal King could make such a large Huai Dragon Palace disappear, it meant that they could make the Dragon's Nest disappear as well.
In essence, the Huai Dragon Palace and the Dragon's Nest were no different; they were just in different locations.
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
One by one, True Immortals from the Nine Rivers Domain appeared before the giant pit, looking at the dark pit, feeling a chill in their hearts.
The conclusion that the man in the golden robe could draw, most of the True Immortals could also speculate. Only someone who overlooked the Spirit Realm, an Immortal King, could make the Huai Dragon Palace so powerless, unable to even struggle, let alone resist.
"What should we do?"
"Which Immortal King did the Huai Dragon Palace offend?"
"This Huai Dragon Palace is really damned. Even if they offend an Immortal King, what if it implicates us?"
"No, no, I've decided to migrate to another domain. The Nine Rivers Domain is too dangerous now, under the gaze of some Immortal King."
"I'm migrating too. Let's go together."
The True Immortals of the Nine Rivers Domain communicated, many of them planning to abandon their nests they had been operating in the Nine Rivers Domain for so many years.
Although living in the Nine Rivers Domain was very comfortable, compared to their own lives, what did comfort matter?
They didn't want to suddenly disappear one day like the Huai Dragon Palace did.
Outside the Martial Temple.
Cangqing Immortal tightly watched Lin Yuan's outstretched right hand.
With his palm facing downwards, he gently lifted it.
The next moment.
Lin Yuan retracted his right hand, and the palm that had been facing downwards was now facing upwards.
Cangqing Immortal blinked, suddenly realizing that Lin Yuan's palm, which had been empty, now had a palace in it.
The palace was extremely exquisite, and faintly, terrifying power circulated between its walls.
"Why does this palace look so familiar?"
Cangqing Immortal's head was spinning, feeling that the palace that had suddenly appeared in Lin Yuan's palm was exceptionally familiar.
He must have seen it somewhere before.
Roar!
Faint roars emanated from inside the palace.
Inside the palace, numerous long creatures were trapped, as if bound by invisible forces, unable to break out of the palace's confines.
The more Cangqing Immortal looked, the wider his eyes became.
If this palace were magnified billions of times, and those tiny long creatures were also magnified billions of times, it would be discovered that this palace was exactly the same as the Huai Dragon Palace.
And those tiny long creatures were none other than the dragon clan True Immortals of the Huai Dragon Palace, especially the white "long creature", whether in terms of size or power, exceeded the other "long creatures" by a large margin, precisely the Huai Dragon Palace Lord who had undergone the Trial of the Flesh.
Once the source of headaches for Cangqing Immortal, and even considered a major threat by the Xuan King Palace, the Half-Step Immortal King, was now trapped inside the palace, like an ant.
"This..."
Cangqing Immortal's gaze was dull.
Suddenly, he remembered the sentence Lin Yuan had just said—
"Just grab it directly."
At that time, Cangqing Immortal thought that Lin Yuan intended to send his subordinates to capture the legitimate heirs of the Huai Dragon Palace and question them.
As an Immortal King who had undergone the Trial of the Flesh, Lin Yuan must have some loyal subordinates.
Coupled with some Immortal King artifacts and other means, threatening the numerous dragon clan True Immortals of the Huai Dragon Palace to surrender should not be a problem.
But Cangqing Immortal also had doubts in his heart. This action was not as effective as him bringing Lin Yuan's Immortal King decree to command the Huai Dragon Palace to come quickly.
But since it was the will of the Martial Ancestor, Cangqing Immortal dared not ask too much.
However.
When he saw the "miniature" Huai Dragon Palace in Lin Yuan's hand, Cangqing Immortal realized that what Lin Yuan meant by "just grab it directly" was meant literally, without any metaphor or analogy.
To capture the entire Huai Dragon Palace, numerous True Immortal dragon clan members—
With just one palm.
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