Compared to the fear of the Old Scarlet Flood Dragon, Jiang Yuechu herself felt a bit strange at this moment.
Within her Qi Sea, there was no longer a heart lamp.
The two separate flames from before had already vanished without a trace.
A brilliant sun, interwoven with gold and blue, hung high above.
What is... this situation?
Could it be that reaching Perfection in the Lamp Lighting Realm always leads to this?
Her heart grew increasingly puzzled.
She pondered for a long while, but ultimately found no answers.
Forget it.
She had made her way here relying on slaughter and plunder from the start.
She knew very little about cultivation matters.
If she could not figure it out, she would not think about it for now.
However...
"Jiang Yuechu, oh Jiang Yuechu..."
If she had time, she must find someone knowledgeable to ask properly.
She must stop being an ignoramus.
Only at this moment did she have time to look at the notifications from the collection.
On the system panel lay two brand-new messages.
One from the young Yellow Flood Dragon, and one from the Great Sage Qing Ming.
One green, one yellow.
The five lineages of Flood Dragons: Black, White, Red, Green, and Yellow.
Finally... have they been gathered?
Jiang Yuechu hesitated no longer.
"Collect."
[Consumed 196,500 years of Dao Cultivation, successfully performed Shadow Copy on Green Flood Dragon · Great Sage Qing Ming, obtained Demon gift.]
[Divine Ability · Flesh and Bone as Furnace]
[Flesh and Bone as Furnace: Can take Heaven And Earth Treasures, treasure artifacts, and Magical Artifacts, fusing them into one's own flesh and bone to nurture them, complementing each other.]
Huh? What kind of Divine Ability is this?
A ripple rose in Jiang Yuechu's heart.
Fusing weapons and treasure artifacts into flesh and blood?
When it comes time to use them... wouldn't she have to dig them out of her flesh?!
How terrifying...
She silently muttered to herself, not rushing to try it out.
After all, she was in a dangerous place; many matters could wait until she had leisure time.
[Consumed 276,500 years of Dao Cultivation, successfully performed Shadow Copy on Yellow Flood Dragon · Little Dragon King, obtained Demon gift.]
Before the notification had fully appeared, a completely different realization flooded into her Sea of Consciousness.
The earth beneath her feet seemed to have a heartbeat.
[Divine Ability · Earth Control]
Jiang Yuechu felt it carefully.
It was completely different from the White Ape Duke's [Moving Mountains and Filling Seas].
Moving Mountains and Filling Seas was, after all, a method of controlling earth and stone that the White Ape Duke had realized by perceiving heaven and earth.
Yet this Earth Control was an Innate ability, as natural as moving one's arm or finger, as effortless as breathing or drinking water.
Although it was only an enhancement, it was a fundamental difference.
However, Jiang Yuechu's goal was not this.
Black Flood Dragon, White Flood Dragon, Red Flood Dragon, Green Flood Dragon, Yellow Flood Dragon.
The five colors were complete.
The Dragon Transformation Scripture could now reach Perfection.
[Consumed 607,640 years of Dao Cultivation, successfully promoted Green Flood Dragon · Great Sage Qing Ming to Heavenly Accomplishment, obtained Demon gift.]
[Dragon Transformation Scripture · Fragment 4 (supreme)]
Inside her Sea of Consciousness, a cyan ancient scroll slowly unfurled.
Countless obscure techniques poured in, like spring rain nourishing all things, quietly merging into the original Cultivation Technique.
Jiang Yuechu did not pause.
[Consumed 912,193 years of Dao Cultivation, successfully promoted Yellow Flood Dragon · Little Dragon King to Heavenly Accomplishment, obtained Demon gift.]
[Dragon Transformation Scripture · Fragment 5 (supreme)]
When the final volume of the Cultivation Technique appeared.
[Conditions met, Dragon Transformation Scripture beginning integration.]
[Precious · Dragon Transformation Scripture (Introductory): Draw upon the Dragon Qi of the five lineages, harmonize the changes of the celestial cycle, forge the True Dragon Dharma Body, roam the Nine Heavens, control water and fire, and command earth and thunder.]
[Current Dao Cultivation: 7 years]
Looking at this pitiful single-digit number, even though Jiang Yuechu was usually indifferent by Heart-Nature, she felt a spasm in her heart at this moment, as if a piece of flesh had been gouged out.
This was the most lavish spending she had ever done since she began cultivation.
It could even be called... bankruptcy.
Jiang Yuechu took a deep breath, slowly closed her eyes, and calmed the heartache in her chest.
Since the money had been spent.
Then she had to see what this so-called True Dragon was actually worth.
Please... do not disappoint her.
Thinking of this, the young girl suddenly opened her eyes.
The Qi and blood within her body surged like a river flowing backward, emitting bursts of dragon roars and thunder.
With a thought, she commanded, "Dragon Transformation!"
Boom—!!!
Inside the great hall, the originally dim light was suddenly torn apart by an extremely brilliant five-colored divine light.
There was no grotesque expansion of flesh and blood as she had imagined.
Everything was so natural.
As if she were born to be this way.
Brilliance flowed, and a thousand strands of auspicious energy radiated.
Her body was only a few zhang long; compared to those Flood Dragon Demon bodies that were dozens of zhang long and blotted out the sky, she appeared somewhat petite.
It could even be said that she looked like a young dragon that had not yet grown up.
Yet, this body of only a few zhang, suspended above the great hall, almost caused the Scarlet Sun Demon Venerable, cowering in the corner, to faint.
"Thi-thi-thi-thi-thi-thi-thi-thi-thi-this..."
In mid-air, a creature was coiled.
Its horns were like a deer's, head like a camel's, eyes like a rabbit's, neck like a snake's.
Its belly was like a clam's, scales like a carp's, claws like an eagle's, palms like a tiger's, ears like an ox's.
It had whiskers beside its mouth, a bright pearl under its chin, and a reverse scale beneath its throat.
Above its head, a towering mountain-like crest rose, and its two horns branched out like coral jade trees, hanging with two tassels of golden silk.
Along its spine, eighty-one five-colored golden scales shone brilliantly, possessing the nine-nine yang number, with auspicious energy gushing forth.
Its voice sounded like striking a copper plate, and Qi formed clouds beside its mouth.
Its breath turned into thunder, and between its movements, wind and rain followed, with lightning and thunder.
Five-colored auspicious clouds supported its feet, and thousands of rays of dawn light protected its True Dragon body.
The five-colored True Dragon hovered in mid-air, slightly lowering its head.
Jiang Yuechu shook her head.
It felt quite novel.
Her perspective became extremely broad, as if the flow of all energy around her could not hide from these pair of dragon eyes.
She tried to stretch her body.
Crack, crack, crack—
Just by slightly flicking her tail.
The air was instantly sucked and exploded, emitting a deafening sonic boom.
Just the strength of her Physical Body... was it not more than ten times stronger than her previous human form?!
If she were to encounter the Little Dragon King or Great Sage Tengxiao right now...
She probably would not even need to use her blade; with just one claw, she could crush them!
This nearly two million years of Dao Cultivation... it was worth it!
The five-colored True Dragon retracted its radiance and transformed back into the appearance of a young girl.
"Let's go."
"Ah? Ye-yes... yes!"
The Scarlet Sun Demon Venerable looked at the girl's back, his heart filled with mixed emotions.
He then sighed, lowered his head in resignation, and hurriedly followed.
"Master, please slow down, the Thunder Dragon ahead is not to be trifled with... You should stay behind this old dog; this old dog has thick skin and can shield you..."
In the empty great hall, the Old Flood Dragon's muttering and the girl's footsteps echoed.
One human and one dragon, one in front and one behind, vanished into the grey, misty fog.
Meanwhile, in Chang'an City.
The sky was still early, and pedestrians on the street were sparse.
Although it had entered early spring, the morning temperature was not warm.
The vendors selling breakfast had just set up their stalls, steaming hot, dispelling some of the morning chill.
Suddenly, the cooking smoke that had been billowing stood straight in mid-air, motionless.
Following that, above the firmament, no one knew when, a sea of clouds had begun to surge.
Five streams of light of different colors came from beyond the heavens, tearing through the clouds and hanging over Chang'an.
Red, Yellow, Green, White, Black.
Five-colored pillars of light connected heaven and earth, facing each other from afar, surrounding the entire imperial city.