Chapter 1147: Sailing the Coast

The old flood dragon plummeted onto the land of the Dharma World, letting out a thunderous crash. Unprecedented agony caused it to struggle violently, making the Dharma World constantly tremble. However, with its head pierced by the Primordial Yang Sword, all its efforts were futile. Blood spilled, staining the earth red.

Chen Mobai sensed its vast and surging life force draining away and flew to stand before the old flood dragon. "I told you, you will die today."

Hearing these words, the old flood dragon struggled to lift its head. This movement caused the Primordial Yang Sword to further cut open its crown, but at this point, its pain had significantly lessened as its own consciousness began to blur. The old flood dragon knew this was a sign of its impending death. It opened its mouth, intending to spit out and detonate its inner core, but found that the core was already beyond its control. Not only its inner core, but all its major internal organs had also slipped from its grasp at that moment. Streaks of five-colored light seeped from the gaps in the old flood dragon's scales across its body. These were the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Radiance. The moment the old flood dragon was restrained by the Void Lock, in addition to the Primordial Yang Sword, Chen Mobai had also unleashed this divine ability into vital points throughout its body, preventing it from self-destructing its inner core and physical body before death.

Compared to merely slaying the old flood dragon, this True Spirit body was the greatest gain. Its essence blood could be refined into Enlightened Saint True Spirit Elixirs, its inner core would be of great use to Qing Nü, and its skin, tendons, and scales, in the hands of him, a refiner, could be crafted into several Fifth-Tier magical artifacts. And of course, for Chen Mobai, the most important part was the dragon gallbladder. The old flood dragon must have recovered well over the years. The two dragon gallbladders he had previously cut off had already been given to Qing Nü. With the Five Elements Sect's current status as the leader of the righteous path in Eastern Yi and the help of the other three great sacred lands, it was only when he went to Five Emperors Mountain to upgrade the Primordial Chaos Bell that he barely managed to gather all the medicinal ingredients needed for the Dragon Gallbladder Pills. Because the old flood dragon's gallbladder was at the peak of the Fifth-Tier, the Flying Immortal Dragon Gallbladder Pill, which used it as the primary ingredient, would be at least a high-grade Fifth-Tier elixir. This presented a huge challenge for Qing Nü. Although she had outstanding talent in alchemy, she had never before attempted to refine elixirs of such high grade. Fortunately, Chen Mobai had Yuan Xu help to adjust the ancient elixir formula from the Dao Fruit, using the Space-Time Scroll to convert it into the immortal sect's alchemy method. Qing Nü, using the formula adjusted by Yuan Xu, found both the ingredients and the refining method much simpler. Furthermore, with Chen Mobai controlling his second primordial spirit to assist with Dusita Fire, that batch of Flying Immortal Dragon Gallbladder Pills fortunately succeeded. Seven pills were formed, with slightly excessive residual toxicity. However, for Chen Mobai, this was not a concern. It was because the main ingredient, the dragon gallbladder, was fragmented that the vital energy was somewhat insufficient when the pills were formed, requiring a period of nurturing. Calculating, it should be just about ready now.

"In the Spirit Void Immortal Realm, our clan has seven ascended ancestors. If you kill me, a mark will forever remain on you, and once you ascend, you will surely die!" Although the old flood dragon could not speak because its head was impaled by the sword, it still mustered its last bit of spiritual sense to convey these words to Chen Mobai. "That's perfect. When I go up, I'll wipe out your entire Black Flood Dragon clan, so you can reunite with them in the Underworld." Chen Mobai had never lost a war of words in his life. Facing the old flood dragon's final threat, he remained unperturbed, his eyes filled with coldness. "I can help you remove the mark. Can you spare my descendants?" But Chen Mobai had not expected that the old flood dragon's previous words were merely a prelude to begging for mercy. It knew very well that after its death, although the young flood dragons were also Fifth-Tier true spirits, they would certainly not be Chen Mobai's match. Even with the grand array powered by the Sea Eye, they could at most retreat and hide within the Dragon Palace. Within the Dragon Palace were only the old flood dragon's pure-blooded true spirit descendants. In various parts of the Profound Sea and even across the four vast oceans, it had thousands more descendants. These descendants had previously relied on its existence to commit evil deeds and had long been detested by human forces. If Chen Mobai was not satisfied after killing it, he might very well slaughter its scattered descendants throughout the Profound Sea. It hoped to find a way out for them. Chen Mobai, however, directly shook his head. Today's great battle with the old flood dragon over the Profound Sea had not been concealed at all. After the old flood dragon's death, this news would certainly spread. Moreover, although the ascended true dragons of the Black Flood Dragon Royal Court were powerful, he was not without backing in the upper realm either. What's more, perhaps he wouldn't ascend at all. "Any last words?" Chen Mobai, for once feeling a pang of conscience, asked this question.

In the old flood dragon's brilliant golden eyes, unprecedented fury and unwillingness were revealed. It roared, disregarding the Primordial Yang Sword impaled in its head, letting the blade slice open its skull. With its last ounce of strength, it opened its gaping maw and fiercely bit down towards Chen Mobai. With a 'bang', streaks of golden flame ignited around Chen Mobai, transforming into a three-headed golden fiery Suanni, enveloping him entirely, like a giant, dazzling golden orb of light. When the old flood dragon bit down, it immediately felt as if it had bitten into scorching lava. The flesh inside its mouth began to blister, and a faint burning smell could be detected. The familiar scorching aura instantly made the old flood dragon realize that this was the source of the lava's qi from the previous void rifts. Chen Mobai had used the power of this high-grade Fifth-Tier fire spirit artifact robe, combined with void illusions, to make the old flood dragon mistakenly believe that real, endless lava was surging towards it. However, the old flood dragon's fangs were the sharpest part of its body, having not only bitten Fifth-Tier true spirits to death but even Transcendent Sovereigns. Ignoring the fact that its flesh was being scorched and melted by the Innate Blazing Sun True Fire, its stark white fangs actually pierced through the phantom image of the three-headed golden fiery Suanni, flattening and distorting the golden orb of flames. Chen Mobai looked up as the old flood dragon's fangs descended towards his head, his expression calm. With a flick of his right sword-finger, with a 'clang', a sword gleaming with purple light flew out from his sleeve, wedging itself vertically between the old flood dragon's two rows of stark white teeth. It was the Purple Lightning Sword! Over the years, it had refined Nine Heavens Profound Thunder Gold, becoming more profound and restrained in aura, already at the peak of the Fifth-Tier. Apart from the Primordial Chaos Bell and the Primordial Yang Sword, the Purple Lightning Sword was Chen Mobai's strongest magical artifact. However, against the Abyssal Stabilizing Sea Pearl, it was still far from sufficient, which was why Chen Mobai hadn't let it participate in this battle. But at this moment, it was perfect for finishing the job. The old flood dragon's mouth and teeth were propped open by the Purple Lightning Sword, preventing it from biting down further. Chen Mobai swept his sword-finger again. The Primordial Yang Sword, impaled in the old flood dragon's head, erupted with dazzling golden light, splitting it in half from head to tail. Blood splattered as the old flood dragon, split into left and right halves, resembled firewood that had been cleaved apart. Vast and profound water elemental essence spread out, causing the Dharma World to slightly tremble.

Chen Mobai looked at the old flood dragon, whose aura had completely dissipated, its eyes wide and unwilling to close in death. He reached out and held a massive, perfectly intact dragon gallbladder, about the size of a human head, enveloped in five-colored radiance. In the eyes of other cultivators in Eastern Continent, its value was far inferior to the inner core, essence blood, and so on. But for Chen Mobai, this was precisely what he desired most. If the old flood dragon hadn't been so powerful that keeping it alive might have led to further complications, Chen Mobai would have even considered raising it to continuously harvest its dragon gallbladder. After extracting and preserving the dragon gallbladder, inner core, and other materials from the two halves of the old flood dragon's corpse, Chen Mobai activated his divine sense. The scattered deep red blood rose like flowing water, coalescing into a pool of crimson liquid in his palm. He was activating the power of the Dharma World to collect the flood dragon's blood. Soon, every drop of the flood dragon's blood gathered and condensed, forming a deep red crystal. Some of it was essence blood, some ordinary blood, but Chen Mobai couldn't be bothered to waste time sifting through it. Just as he was about to put the deep red crystal into his spatial pouch, Chen Mobai suddenly remembered something. Silver light flickered in his palm, and with a swipe of the Void Blade, he cut the crystal into two pieces. The Transcendent Sovereigns of Eastern Continent, such as True Monarch Wuchen, also contributed significantly to the successful slaying of the old flood dragon. After all, if they hadn't held it back, Chen Mobai wouldn't have had the time to upgrade the Primordial Chaos Bell or even cultivate the Dharma World. Although he had slain the dragon alone, Chen Mobai felt it was still necessary to share some benefits with True Monarch Wuchen and the others. And for them, the most valued prize would undoubtedly be this essence blood. Another batch of Enlightened Saint True Spirit Elixirs could be refined. Moreover, if this batch was successfully refined, his good brother Ye Qing would certainly receive one pill. Thinking of this, Chen Mobai divided the essence blood crystal into two. One half was kept for Qing Nü to try refining Enlightened Saint True Spirit Elixirs in the future, and the other half was for the sacred lands of Eastern Continent.

After processing the old flood dragon's corpse, Chen Mobai remembered the greatest contributor to this battle. Amidst silver flickers, he instantly teleported before the Primordial Chaos Bell. "Master..." The spirit of the Primordial Chaos Bell, appearing somewhat weak, lay sprawled on the bell's white jade-like body. Clearly, suppressing the Abyssal Stabilizing Sea Pearl that had self-detonated its spiritual essence had not been easy for it. Seeing him approach, it weakly called out. Chen Mobai immediately summoned the Azure Bird manifestation from the Five Elements Spirit Tree. As streaks of immortal light from the Pure Yang Grand Dao scattered, the spirit of the Primordial Chaos Bell gradually recovered. "Thank you, Master!" Through telepathic communication, the Primordial Chaos Bell, which now had a bulge, rose and spat out the much-dimmed azure pearl. This filled Chen Mobai with overwhelming joy. He had originally expected not to acquire this war trophy. Who knew the Primordial Chaos Bell was so powerful that it could even stop the self-detonating Abyssal Stabilizing Sea Pearl? It truly deserved its reputation as the bane of Five Elements magical artifacts. Chen Mobai immediately touched it using the Tripartite Unity technique. Presumably, most of the pearl's spiritual essence had been destroyed in the self-detonation, so he easily gained control. However, the result of the examination left him somewhat regretful. This Abyssal Stabilizing Sea Pearl, originally at the peak of the Sixth-Tier, now not only had a weak spiritual essence but also only 60-70% of its original artifact's fundamental power remained. Even if he used the Tripartite Unity to restore it, it would probably only recover to a high-grade Sixth-Tier at most. "Master, I absorbed thirty percent of its power..." Just then, the recovered Primordial Chaos Bell landed by Chen Mobai's ear and somewhat awkwardly confessed this. Chen Mobai was startled and immediately examined the white jade bell. Soon, he discovered that in the bulging part of its bell wall, a rich and vast water elemental essence power lingered, roughly equivalent to seven or eight Divine Streams. According to the explanation from the Primordial Chaos Bell's spirit, this was the fundamental power that had burst forth when the Abyssal Stabilizing Sea Pearl self-detonated. After suppressing it, it couldn't be re-infused, and since the bell itself had been damaged this time, it could just refine it to repair itself. The Primordial Chaos Bell could refine the essence of the five elements to improve itself, so the fundamental power of the Abyssal Stabilizing Sea Pearl was a great tonic for it. Chen Mobai roughly estimated that after refining these, it might even be able to advance to the peak of the Sixth-Tier. "After you've finished refining it, if you feel it's still not enough, I'll refine the remaining fundamental power of this Abyssal Stabilizing Sea Pearl into your body as well." For Chen Mobai, the Primordial Chaos Bell was currently his strongest asset. If he could elevate it to its peak, that would be the best outcome. If it could be upgraded to a Seventh-Tier Primordial Chaos Golden Dipper, he wouldn't need to fear even ascended cultivators descending to the lower realm. Although the Abyssal Stabilizing Sea Pearl, lacking much of its spiritual essence, still retained some functions for controlling the Profound Sea's power, it required the true spirit bloodline of the Black Flood Dragon Royal Court. Moreover, to fully repair it, besides the true spirit bloodline, it might also need to be placed within the Profound Sea's Sea Eye. Chen Mobai certainly couldn't do this at the moment. Although the old flood dragon was dead, the Dragon Palace, built upon the Sea Eye, was protected by a high-grade Sixth-Tier natural grand array, which could not be breached for now. He would consider this when Qing Nü also advanced to the Transcendent Sovereign stage in the future. Chen Mobai thought this to himself. Then he considered that since the Abyssal Stabilizing Sea Pearl had nourished the Primordial Chaos Bell, he might as well nourish the Sea Stabilizing Sword with it too. With a thought, this top-tier flying sword of the immortal sect flew out from the other sleeve of the fire spirit artifact robe. After hearing what Chen Mobai said, it was filled with delightful surprise. The sword spirit of the Sea Stabilizing Sword directly manifested from the sword body and pounced onto the Abyssal Stabilizing Sea Pearl, beginning to absorb the pearl's water elemental essence. Chen Mobai even considered that Qing Nü's Sea Stabilizing Pearl could also draw power from this Black Flood Dragon Royal Court's sea-stabilizing artifact to enhance itself. After all, no matter how good an enemy's artifact was, if it couldn't function, it was useless. It was better to convert it into power that could be controlled by his side. However, the Sea Stabilizing Sword was only Fifth-Tier after all. After absorbing for a short while, it felt somewhat over-fed. Azure radiance flickered continuously on its blade, appearing to suffer from indigestion. Chen Mobai immediately retracted it and the Purple Lightning Sword into the left and right sleeves of his fire spirit artifact robe, then, taking the old flood dragon's corpse, left the Dharma World.

Deep within the Profound Sea, the young flood dragon, just about to dispatch thousands of Dragon Palace offspring to search for the old flood dragon's whereabouts, suddenly had its expression change drastically as it looked towards the sea surface. Chen Mobai stepped out of the void, trampling on the old flood dragon's corpse, like an immortal riding a dragon and treading the seas.