Chapter 150: Master of the Water Mansion, The Rain Peak Treasure Disk!

Chapter 150: Master of the Water Mansion, The Rain Peak Treasure Disk!
Chapter 150: Inheriting the Water Mansion, The Storm Approaches!

Inside the Water Mansion.

"Yin and Yang, dragon and tiger, lead and mercury, Heaven and Earth, water, fire, and thunder... So that's how it is."

Bai Xuan was comprehending the Thunder Dharma.

The terrifying might of this Thunder Dharma was simply beyond comparison with anything in the Profound Abode Sect. All of the true talismans in Bai Xuan's possession combined could not measure up to this single art of thunder.

The union of Yin and Yang gives birth to thunder!

The name of this secret technique was simply the *Yin-Yang Thunder Dharma*, which alone spoke of its tyrannical nature.

Bai Xuan spent some time comprehending and mastering it here, and quietly, flashes of thunder began to emerge.

"Trying to trigger it purely by oneself is somewhat difficult."

Bai Xuan opened his eyes.

"However, having the illusory body will make it a bit better."

With a booming sound, his illusory body stepped out, its entire body's vital blood condensing into a single drop of true dragon blood. Extremely yang and steadfast, it was simple to the extreme, nearly pure.

Bai Xuan struck out with a single palm, the Dao-essence of water manifesting, terrifyingly powerful. His vital blood transformed, becoming soft and yielding to the extreme, condensing into a second drop of true dragon blood that surged into his body to combine with the illusory body.

The moment Bai Xuan's form appeared, the dragon suddenly opened its eyes. In a single breath, boundless heavenly might manifested, Yin and Yang intertwined, and instantly a bolt of thunder was stirred up, slashing straight toward him at an unimaginably fast speed!

"Explode!"

"Bathed in blood, gravely injured yet undying, the physical body forged a hundredfold... Passing halfway down the path of external cultivation, nurturing the mysterious flower!"

Suddenly, a bolt of thunder materialized, striking outward with dazzling brilliance. It even left a pitch-black, profound afterimage in the air, as if scorching the eyes, and with a thunderous roar, it smashed the dragon into powder!

Boom!

The aftermath shattered the entire arena, and the space before Bai Xuan shifted as he returned to the main hall.

"Yin-Yang Thunder Dharma, open!"

Boom!

At this moment, within Bai Xuan's five viscera and six bowels, divine figures seemed to emerge, boundless divine radiance surging with the transformations of the Five Elements and Yin and Yang. As the Mountain-River Inner Dan Technique was set in motion, with a loud boom, a single grand elixir condensed, within which all Yin and Yang transformations were entirely under his control!

"As expected, golden viscera perfected, infinite potential. The intertwining of heart-fire and kidney-water immediately causes my control over the transformations of Yin and Yang to skyrocket."

In a single thought, the Longevity Dao Tree emerged within Bai Xuan's mind, pushing the jade marrow to the realm of Great Accomplishment. Four months had passed since then, and he now possessed a full twelve points of external cultivation Dao-intent, elevating his golden viscera to perfection in a single thought!

"Phew... Good."

A look of anticipation filled Bai Xuan's eyes.

Bai Xuan knew what he was doing.

"Longevity Dao Tree!"

Bai Xuan's expression shifted slightly.

At his thought, boundless, formless flames erupted from his heart, combining with the river of kidney-water.

With a thunderous explosion, the illusory body burst apart directly, revealing a dazzling bolt of thunder dozens of meters long. It was brilliant to the extreme, causing even Bai Xuan to feel a trace of lingering fear!

Boom, boom, boom!

The earth was cracking, and in an instant, hundreds of fissures running through the arena appeared. Everything was crumbling, turning into smoke and dust, completely shattered and no longer existing!

With this single strike, even a powerhouse like the Scale Lord would have everything shattered in an instant and be instantly killed, with no room to fight back!

This thunder light was astonishingly powerful, but not enough to kill Bai Xuan; it could only leave him lightly injured!

As the battle dragged on, the dragon underwent a transformation, its power finally rising to the Divine Appearance tier. When the thunder light slashed down, Bai Xuan's human form was almost annihilated, leaving only his unyielding iron bones. His viscera transformed into divine light, immortal and indestructible, and with the boundless vitality of the jade marrow, at a single thought, fresh blood surged to weave his physical body together, reviving him once more!

"This is external cultivation... the might of invincibility!"

Boom!

With a massive explosion, everything shattered, the earth trembled, and smoke and dust filled the sky before the thunder light finally dimmed.

The next moment, faint light appeared within the five viscera and six bowels of the illusory body. Under the collision of the two drops of true dragon blood, a cauldron forged and refined them, actually producing an inner dan. Inside that formless inner dan, Yin and Yang collided, on the verge of erupting!

The illusory body took a step forward, executing the Cloud-Treading technique in a single thought to arrive several thousand meters away.

"My physical cultivation and constitution are peerless through the ages; there are very few methods left that can harm me. Now, with this dragon thunder, it is just right for tempering myself."

However, after the jade marrow and golden viscera were elevated, every time he was injured, Bai Xuan could instantly recover, and his external cultivation constitution continuously improved at a slow but steady pace.

His blood-forged demon physique, combined with his externally cultivated physical body, possessed a terrifyingly high level of defense, yet facing this thunder light, there was still a gap.

He re-entered once more; this time, the dragon grew even stronger, spitting forth thunder light that battered him until he was covered in blood.

Bai Xuan initially mastered the Thunder Dharma, took a step forward, and arrived at the eighth checkpoint.

After every battle, Bai Xuan would comprehend the Thunder Dharma, then re-enter to fight again.

"What Shark King, Scale Lord, and the like—facing this thunder, they would die in a single strike, unable to survive a second hit. Even the snake-footed Dao-soldiers would instantly collapse. If I were to take this blow myself, I would be heavily injured."

"Hmm?"

"When this Yin-Yang Thunder Dharma is executed, the terrifying power can easily break through the upper limit of the blood-forged demon physique."

Yet he took a deep breath, an expression of enjoyment appearing on his face.

Bathed in blood, he fought fiercely. As the thunder light slashed down, his iron bones burned, his internal organs shattered, but his golden viscera remained immortal and recovered, while the boundless vitality of the jade marrow continuously replenished him!

"Ever since my external cultivation achieved success, I have rarely experienced such a situation—having my physical body broken by thunder light... However, this is precisely what external cultivation combat should be about."

Bai Xuan stood there, covered in blood, his iron bones even faintly visible where the thunder light had broken his blood-forged demon physique, fresh blood streaming down and hitting the ground.

"Yin-Yang Thunder Dharma, it is finally complete!"

"This feeling... After being injured, my external cultivation constitution has improved by another fraction? Indeed, traditional external cultivation requires friction with iron sand and the impact of giant logs, destroying the body bit by bit, then refining it back—only then can one improve."

Rumble!

Bai Xuan took a deep breath, the boundless momentum of heaven and earth rolling backward as he restored his vital blood. Even his injuries rapidly healed amidst rumbling sounds, his vitality boundless, the jade marrow bursting forth to instantly restore him.

"It's time to give it a try."

Bai Xuan felt extremely exhilarated in his heart.

Boom!

Bai Xuan let out a long whistle, fighting fiercely against it for a full ten days. His physical body recovered to perfection, his bronze skin completely undamaged, boundless thunder and fire leaping about as his physical body transformed to a brand-new level!

He threw a punch, the fascia across his body vibrating—this was the might of bronze skin, power erupted to the extreme. With a loud explosion, the phantom of the diminutive flood dragon collided with it and was shattered right then and there!

The Longevity Dao Tree quietly emerged.

Not far away, a faint flood dragon could be seen, looking rather diminutive, only about the thickness of a forearm, clinging to the rocks.

Bai Xuan fought fiercely with this flood dragon, bolts of thunder slashing out—it truly surpassed heavenly might, possessing the power of the convergence of Yin and Yang.

"Tempered by thunder and fire, it may be called a golden body... Advancing along the Dao path, the flowering period of the mysterious flower is advanced by thirty years, and the required Dao-intent is reduced by one-third!"

On the Longevity Dao Tree, fire-like characters emerged, blooming with brilliance!

"For the external cultivation mysterious flower to bloom, it seems to take ninety years... Still, it's worth the wait."

Bai Xuan felt incomparably joyful in his heart.

Having fought bitterly here for who knew how long—if it were someone else, recovering from each severe injury would take months, and making progress would be even harder. But for him, all of this happened in the blink of an eye.

These ten days of bitter struggle surpassed decades of bitter cultivation for ordinary people!

In the end, a stone tablet emerged to grant a reward, which turned out to be the opening of a massive stone pool. Within it flowed pools of jade liquid, rippling with boundless hidden brilliance.

Bai Xuan soaked within it, feeling that this stone pool was arousing the potential deep within his physical body. His five viscera and six bowels once again transformed into streams of divine light that illuminated everything, reshaping his flesh.

Finally, he stepped out of the stone pool. The entire pool of jade liquid had been completely absorbed by him. His physical body trembled slightly, and with a resounding crash, the earth cracked, sending out ripples of pure power!

"My strength right now should be no different from a true Divine Appearance."

"The final checkpoint."

Bai Xuan bathed and changed clothes, his heart calm.

He took a step forward and arrived at the ninth checkpoint.

A massive dark shadow loomed, overlooking him with eyes full of immense anticipation.

"You have finally arrived."

The shadow rumbled.

There was a hint of joy in its voice.

...

"You have passed the tests of the first eight checkpoints... Only by doing so can you enter the ninth checkpoint."

"Comprehension and battle prowess at this level, while not top-tier, barely meet the requirements."

The shadow's voice vibrated thunderously.

"Barely meet?"

Bai Xuan raised an eyebrow slightly.

In his heart, he understood this must be the spirit of inheritance.

"Correct. The location where the Water Mansion currently resides should be one of the Myriad Seas."

"Your talent might be invincible within this sea region, but the Myriad Seas are boundless, and there are far too many who possess talent!"

The shadow's voice was very calm.

"I remember in the past, when the Ten Prefectures and Myriad Seas were connected, there would be a Myriad Seas Hegemony every once in a while to select the absolute top geniuses."

"The Myriad Seas are endless; how many geniuses are there? Billions."

"Your talent barely scratches the surface of the second tier, the 'Yuanxuan' level, among the Myriad Seas."

"You possess undying origin streams, endless vital blood, and startling physical potential. You are an uncarved piece of jade, not yet fully developed and still growing. Your comprehension of the Dao of Water is astonishing and ranks among the very best in the Myriad Seas."

"However, true geniuses can suppress or even crush pure-blood gods and demons at the same realm, fighting above their level and killing Divine Appearances with the flick of a finger."

"You should understand that there is a massive gap between these."

The shadow looked at Bai Xuan.

"I understand."

There was no despair in Bai Xuan's heart, only anticipation and a desire to battle.

The East China Sea was too small; it was time to step onto a more distant path and compete with true powerhouses.

"Your current talent has also barely reached... the threshold for the Chi Mansion's inheritance."

The shadow looked at Bai Xuan.

"The inheritance of the ninth checkpoint is a dual test of battle prowess and comprehension."

"I will execute the remnant stance of the Chi Spear against you with a single strike. In the ten thousand years of this inheritance... no one has ever been able to withstand it!"

"If your physical body remains undying and your divine soul survives, successfully comprehending this spear strike, then you will pass the final trial and become the Master of the Water Mansion."

"In my estimation, you have a thirty percent chance of enduring this spear strike without dying."

The shadow looked at Bai Xuan.

"Endure a spear strike, and then comprehend it..."

Bai Xuan's gaze narrowed.

"I accept!"

At this point, refusing was useless. The final inheritance was imminent, and Bai Xuan had a premonition that if anyone in the East China Sea could withstand a single strike and survive, it would undoubtedly be himself.

Aside from him, who else could endure this blow?

"Good!"

The Chi shadow's voice was filled with joy as it stood up.

In that instant, heaven and earth dimmed completely.

It was as if only a single point remained—profoundly dark, with boundless light and heat contained within it.

Boom!

...

Outside.

Duan Haiyuan stood upon the flagship, reaching out to receive the wooden talisman respectfully presented by his subordinate.

"These are the last one hundred... It is time."

Without hesitation, he merged that wooden talisman with his own. The next moment, with a resounding boom, the number on the back of his wooden talisman changed to "One Thousand" and "One"!

Rumble!

At this moment, the sky finally darkened, and across the entire East China Sea, boundless storms were gathering, on the verge of sweeping through the entire East China Sea!

"The storm has finally arrived."

In the Profound Abode Sect, the old man carefully retrieved a seemingly ordinary talisman from behind the enshrined spirit tablet.

At the edge of the East China Sea, as the storm gathered, the tempest that isolated the sea regions was also weakening.

"March! March!"

Fleet after fleet of terrifying warships set their sails, cleaving through the storm. Powerful experts struck out, their vital blood supporting everything and shielding the fleets.

"Roar!"

Within the sea, terrifying giant beasts roared, their backs like mountains, terrifying as they swept past!

At this moment.

Throughout the East China Sea, people everywhere looked up at the storm. Ordinary people trembled with fear, hiding in their homes on the islands and not daring to step outside.

Yet powerhouses possessed fighting intent in their eyes, squadrons of warships falling into formation. Every warship was blessed by numerous talismans, allowing them to navigate through the storm.

The true war was about to arrive. This would be an unprecedented, fierce battle; all powerhouses across the East China Sea would fight to decide the victor!

...

Ten thousand meters below, inside the Water Mansion.

"No, that flood dragon is too terrifying. There is no hope of defeating it; a flash of thunder is enough to completely annihilate me."

The Grand Island Master of the Islands of Immortals wore an expression of extreme pain.

He felt that his talent and battle prowess had already reached their limit, with no possibility of going any further, and now he could not leave this Water Mansion.

"Am I going to die here like this? No, I want to cultivate! I must master the Thunder Dharma and achieve a breakthrough!"

This Grand Island Master was nearly driven mad, frantically cultivating the Thunder Dharma.

This was his final chance, his last straw. As for how to pass the ninth checkpoint, that was no longer a problem he could solve.

...

At this moment.

Inside the ninth checkpoint.

"You must survive."

Hope filled the Chi shadow's heart.

With a single spear thrust, everything was pierced through. Bai Xuan's chest was blasted open, boundless thunder light churning. The concentrated power of this strike was far too terrifying; even with the blood-forged demon physique stacked upon his current body, he was vibrating and on the verge of shattering!

However, boundless vital blood reversed, Bai Xuan's body condensing anew, his five viscera and six bowels bursting with divine light as an immortal golden nature emerged. Even though he had nearly shattered into dust, moments later he stabilized once more, unyielding and undestroyed, refusing to be killed by the blast.

"As expected, he blocked it. This physical body is truly formidable, but... what comes next is the most difficult part."

The Chi shadow looked down at Bai Xuan.

Although his physical body survived the spear strike, Bai Xuan still had his eyes tightly closed. At this moment, he was unconscious and in the most dangerous situation—his divine consciousness had been pierced through!

"The remnant stance of the Chi Spear destroys both the physical body and the divine consciousness together, completely obliterating them without leaving a trace."

"If he can survive, he passes the inheritance. If he cannot... then this inheritance will be a failure once more!"

The Chi shadow watched Bai Xuan with infinite expectation.

"You must succeed!"

However.

The next moment, Bai Xuan's eyes twitched slightly, and abruptly, his consciousness began to wane, his divine intent and aura weakening!

"Not good!"

The Chi shadow's expression changed drastically.

It saw that Bai Xuan's divine intent aura was weakening; this was a sign of his divine soul being annihilated. Once that happened, it would completely vanish in a very short time, representing the destruction of both body and soul!

"The Chi Spear's remnant stance... Even if only a tiny fraction of its power is used, it remains one of the top-ranked divine abilities in the Great Era."

"One of the nine divine abilities of the True Dragon... A complete Chi Spear is a supreme divine ability capable of piercing the end of time, transcending spatial-temporal changes, and annihilating everything."

"How much longer will it take for someone to inherit this ultimate art?"

At this moment, even the Chi shadow felt a trace of faint despair and exhaustion as it sat there.

It had chosen for who knew how long, watching successive inheritors appear, among them peerless geniuses!

Yet in the end, even if they could defeat the thunder flood dragon, they could not withstand the Chi Spear and perished one by one.

These repeated failures made even the Chi shadow feel exhausted.

Only with hope could there be despair!

Every time, it hoped that a genius could inherit the ultimate art, but in the end, they still died beneath the Chi Spear without truly comprehending it.

This filled the Chi shadow's heart with only pain.

Yet, at this very moment.

"Hmm?"

The Chi shadow suddenly froze.

Within its perception, Bai Xuan's divine intent aura, after dropping to a certain level, unexpectedly stopped annihilating further.

"There is still hope?"

Surprise surged in its heart.

Right at that instant, Bai Xuan's divine intent spear-will was growing stronger layer by layer, and in a flash, it burst forth from the center of his brow!

Rumble!

"Though the body dies, the spear-will remains undying!"

Bai Xuan suddenly opened his eyes.

At his thought, the cloud-treading technique swept up to lift him, and he walked through the air, landing on the ground. His divine intent was as unyielding as a spear, returning to its peak state!

Suddenly, his spear-will vibrated, soaring straight into the firmament!

"The spear-will of shark-fighting perfection is 'Though the body dies, the will remains undying'!"

Bai Xuan stood tall, taking a deep breath.

He had survived this ordeal and did not die!

In his previous life, there was a widely circulated story about an old fisherman who caught a large fish, dragged it behind him while fighting off packs of sharks, and upon reaching the shore, the fish had been reduced to a skeleton, leaving him with nothing.

Yet the will of that fisherman struggling against the shark pack was precisely: though the body perishes, the will remains undying.

At the critical moment when the Chi Spear pierced his divine consciousness, Bai Xuan had nearly died.

However, the shark-fighting perfection spear-will constantly merged with Bai Xuan's martial will, causing his will to remain undying, and he finally crossed the final threshold.

Boom!

Bai Xuan's mind stirred, and nearly a hundred formless spears materialized—this was the transformation of the cloud-treading technique, and its might was skyrocketing!

Through this life-and-death trial, his divine sense had completely merged with the shark-fighting perfection spear-will, completing a breakthrough and reaching a terrifyingly high degree!

At this moment.

"The Chi Spear's remnant stance..."

Bai Xuan pondered in his heart.

His divine sense was changing, instantly transforming into a whirlpool within which everything collapsed, condensing into a profound, pitch-black singularity.

His divine consciousness had been pierced by the Chi Spear, and in that very instant, he comprehended this divine ability. This was a method of inheritance; only the most peerless geniuses with unmatched battle prowess could complete the inheritance!

At this moment.

The space before Bai Xuan shifted, and he returned to the main hall of the Water Mansion.

Upon the nine pillars, a terrifying dark shadow emerged, exuding an ancient and vast aura capable of crushing ten thousand meters of water with a single trace of presence.

"Master."

The shadow descended to the ground, dropping to one knee.

The voice of this terrifying spirit of inheritance was full of respect.

"The endless wait is finally over... From this moment onward, the Master is the Lord of the Water Mansion!"