Chapter 1196: Six Dragons Transform

Amidst the shimmering silver light, Chen Mobai had already teleported Jiang Zongheng into the Imperial Court Secret Realm.

Although he knew his master had considerable achievements in void secret arts, Jiang Zongheng was still incredibly shocked after experiencing an instantaneous teleportation from the Eastern Barrens to the Eastern Lands.

In his opinion, such mastery was even more profound than that of Grand Void True Monarch of the Grand Void Ethereal Palace.

Master was truly unfathomable!

Jiang Zongheng marveled internally. He had been Chen Mobai's disciple for over a hundred years, and the longer he served, the more he felt he didn't truly understand his master.

However, for him and the Five Elements Sect, having such a powerful and mysterious sect master was an immense blessing.

"Let's go check over there first. I still have some doubts about the last human puppet left behind," Chen Mobai said after entering, pointing in a direction. Jiang Zongheng nodded repeatedly, and the master and disciple quickly arrived at an open space.

The Golden Armored Heavenly Deity was in this depth.

Previously, it was Divine Stream's Six Dragons Talisman that lured it out.

Now, they didn't have that spiritual talisman.

Jiang Zongheng looked at Chen Mobai, who closed his eyes and listened to his surroundings with the fifth-tier Hollow Valley Sound, quickly locating the Golden Armored Heavenly Deity's trace underground.

"These puppets were entirely inscribed with earth-escape techniques during their creation. Even with their cores shattered, if carried by external force of the same origin, they can still escape from underground..." As Chen Mobai spoke, he activated the Primordial Pearl. With the earthy-yellow True Qi transformed by the Primordial Grand Dao, it sank into the ground before them, merging into the human puppet hidden deep within.

However, the Golden Armored Heavenly Deity's earth-escape technique was somewhat different from standard Five Elements escape techniques. To activate it, another force was needed.

Chen Mobai guessed it was the Dragon Spirit power from the 'Timely Ride of Six Dragons Imperial Heaven Scripture.' He hadn't cultivated this technique, but if he had even a trace of it, he could continuously generate it using the Primordial Grand Dao.

The content of the 'Timely Ride of Six Dragons Imperial Heaven Scripture' flowed through Chen Mobai's mind. Under the state of Harmonizing Five Tones, he quickly gained complete comprehension.

"Release a strand of dragon vein energy from your cauldron,"

Chen Mobai turned and said to Jiang Zongheng, who immediately complied.

As a strand of dark golden dragon vein energy emerged, Chen Mobai instantly absorbed it into his body. He then took out a handful of Hidden Dragon Pills from his storage bag and consumed them.

Hidden Dragon Pills were refined by the Five Elements Sect previously to consume dragon veins and served as auxiliary pills for cultivating the 'Timely Ride of Six Dragons Imperial Heaven Scripture.' Before Chen Mobai reached an understanding with True Monarch Wuchen, Qing Nü had refined thousands of these pills.

Chen Mobai could use them perfectly now.

As he refined the Hidden Dragon Pills one by one, the 'Timely Ride of Six Dragons Imperial Heaven Scripture' was easily mastered. After cultivating the first trace of Dragon Spirit power, Chen Mobai fully analyzed it using the Primordial Grand Dao.

A dragon's roar echoed from within Chen Mobai's body, a sign that the Primordial Grand Dao had evolved a Dragon Spirit Root.

Once the Dragon Spirit Root formed, he could unreservedly refine dragon vein energy.

Chen Mobai took out hundreds of Hidden Dragon Pills in one go and refined them.

With his Soul Transformation realm, he cultivated the Emperor's Treasure Body in mere breaths.

With the Dragon Spirit Root and Emperor's Treasure Body complete, his cultivation of the 'Timely Ride of Six Dragons Imperial Heaven Scripture' had reached a profound level. Chen Mobai no longer needed Hidden Dragon Pills. He took out two top-grade spirit stones and, using the Primordial Grand Dao, molded their immense and pure spiritual energy into dragon vein energy, refining it as he created it.

Approximately an incense stick's time later, the dragon roars within Chen Mobai grew stronger. Gradually, a brilliant Golden Core coalesced in his Dantian Qi Sea.

Witnessing this scene, Jiang Zongheng's admiration knew no bounds.

In his leisure time, he had also comprehended the 'Timely Ride of Six Dragons Imperial Heaven Scripture.' Because his cauldron had absorbed much of the Eastern Barrens' dragon vein energy, he had cultivated this technique to the introductory level.

However, he was stuck at the stage of forging the Dragon Spirit Root.

Yet Chen Mobai not only effortlessly forged a Golden Core but was also easily progressing towards the Nascent Soul stage.

However, at this point, preparations were needed for refining the Six Dragon Avatars.

Chen Mobai extended his right hand, and six bottles of essence blood quickly materialized in the air.

He had collected these a long time ago.

The Six Dragon Avatars required the essence blood of six great dragons: Yellow Dragon, Azure Dragon, Red Dragon, White Dragon, Black Dragon, and Jade Dragon.

Among these, Chen Mobai possessed the essence blood of the Yellow Dragon, White Dragon, and Black Dragon.

The Yellow Dragon essence blood belonged to the Little Yellow Dragon Maiden; the White Dragon essence blood was given by Ye Qing; and the Black Dragon essence blood came from the old flood dragon, which had long since completed its bloodline transformation into a Black Dragon with the aid of the Sea Eye's power.

The remaining three were secondary-grade essence blood: Azure Hornless Dragon, Red Serpent, and Rainbow Python.

The Rainbow Python essence blood was obtained when he slew the Poison Dragon Ancestor; the Azure Hornless Dragon's belonged to the Azure Sea King; and the Red Serpent's was acquired by randomly slaying a suitable one in the barren ruins.

Because he possessed the Dragon Transformation Scripture, even if he refined secondary-grade essence blood, he wouldn't worry about flaws in the Six Dragon Dharma Forms in the future, as they could be continuously purified and upgraded.

With a thought from Chen Mobai, the six glass bottles in his palm shattered. Then, six types of essence blood, each of a different color and emitting light that was vast, profound, icy, or scorching, plunged into his Dantian Qi Sea like six-colored light pillars, merging with the newly perfected Golden Core.

A cracking sound echoed.

The Golden Core instantly shattered, giving birth to spirituality.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Consecutive dragon roars, shaking the void, rang out. True Dragon phantoms of different attributes crawled out from Chen Mobai's shattered Golden Core, lifting him off the ground and carrying him towards the sky.

From Jiang Zongheng's perspective, Chen Mobai appeared like an Emperor of Heaven, carried by six true dragons, radiating boundless and vast majesty and spiritual light.

After forming his Nascent Soul using the 'Timely Ride of Six Dragons Imperial Heaven Scripture,' Chen Mobai ceased his cultivation.

This was because the highest realm of this technique he possessed was only Nascent Soul. Although he could attempt to use Harmonizing Five Tones to comprehend the Soul Transformation chapters himself, it would certainly be time-consuming and arduous, which wasn't his style. Another reason was that during Soul Transformation, he would need to refine the Six Dragon Dharma Forms. Before that, he had to completely purify all the essence blood using the Dragon Transformation Scripture. Otherwise, the technique would have flaws, just like the Human Emperors of the Eastern Land Imperial Court throughout history.

Chen Mobai recalled the dragon forms that appeared when Divine Stream activated the Six Dragons Talisman. He then controlled his Yellow Dragon Avatar with his divine sense, sending it flying out and breathing dragon breath towards the ground.

Soon, he resonated with the Golden Armored Heavenly Deity deep within the earth.

In mid-air, carried by the six true dragons, he casually waved his hand. The earth-escape power and dragon spirit power immediately activated the human puppet, which slowly emerged from beneath the trembling ground.

After completing all this, Chen Mobai closed his eyes and waited for a moment, then took out a jade slip and began inscribing it with his divine sense.

"This is the 'Timely Ride of Six Dragons Imperial Heaven Scripture' that I revised after cultivating it. This technique, truly passed down by the Emperor of Heaven, has potential far exceeding any Soul Transformation technique of the Five Elements Sect. You can try cultivating it concurrently in the future."

Chen Mobai handed the newly inscribed jade slip to Jiang Zongheng, who respectfully received it with both hands.

"Thank you, Master, for imparting the technique!"

The Six Dragon Avatars, formed by refining dragon vein energy with the essence blood of six dragons, granted cultivators of the 'Timely Ride of Six Dragons Imperial Heaven Scripture' the innate divine abilities of six great dragon-shaped true spirits.

For example, Chen Mobai's Yellow Dragon Avatar, augmented by his cultivation, could even contend with the Little Yellow Dragon Maiden for control over the earth's vital energy and operate the earth's axis.

The moment his Black Dragon Avatar was completed, various divine abilities once displayed by the old flood dragon naturally appeared in his mind. If his cultivation advanced further, and he elevated the avatar to a fifth-tier Dharma Form, coupled with the Deep Sea Stabilizing Pearl, he might even be able to control the power of the Profound Sea.

As for the other avatars like the White Dragon Avatar, Chen Mobai didn't delve deeply into comprehending them due to unfamiliarity and unsuitable surroundings. He planned to properly seclude himself and study them after leaving this secret realm.

But even in such a short time, he had sensed the terrifying power of this technique.

Immediately after forming the Six Dragon Avatars, cultivators could wield the power and divine abilities of true spirits through their avatars. As the technique deepened, the Emperor's Treasure Body would completely assimilate and refine the six dragon essence bloods. Upon achieving the Six Dragon Dharma Form, one would possess the bloodline talents of six great true dragons, undergoing a transcendental metamorphosis. Their divine abilities and cultivation would essentially be unrivaled among peers of the same realm.

No wonder after the Eastern Land Imperial Court dissipated, sacred lands like the Dao Sect shamelessly strove to sever the dragon veins.

As long as dragon veins didn't give birth to spirituality, cultivation of the 'Timely Ride of Six Dragons Imperial Heaven Scripture' would forever be stuck at the stage of forging the Dragon Spirit Root, just like Jiang Zongheng currently.

In this way, no one would be able to fully cultivate this Emperor of Heaven's technique.

However, this was only the case on the Eastern Continent. Yuwen Yin of the Purple Cloud Heaven's Gate in the Central Continent had still successfully cultivated the 'Timely Ride of Six Dragons Imperial Heaven Scripture.'

The reason the sacred lands in the Central Continent didn't suppress Purple Cloud Heaven's Gate, besides showing respect to the Emperor of Heaven, was also because the cultivation techniques of the Central Continent's sacred lands were no inferior to the 'Timely Ride of Six Dragons Imperial Heaven Scripture.'

Since each claimed to be unrivaled among peers, it didn't really matter.

"Indeed, this human puppet cultivated the 'Timely Ride of Six Dragons Imperial Heaven Scripture' in its lifetime."

After inspecting this last Golden Armored Heavenly Deity, Chen Mobai confirmed his hypothesis.

"How could this be?"

Jiang Zongheng was greatly astonished by his words.

During the Eastern Land Imperial Court era, those capable of cultivating the 'Timely Ride of Six Dragons Imperial Heaven Scripture' were certainly members of the royal family, possessing noble status.

Such individuals, after death, should have been properly interred, not stolen by the Corpse-Dissolution Demonic Sect and turned into Golden Armored Corpse-Demons.

"What if the Eastern Land Imperial Court refined it themselves?"

Chen Mobai's words left Jiang Zongheng speechless with shock.

"I don't know if this human puppet is an isolated case of a Golden Armored Heavenly Deity or a common occurrence. After we return, review all the Eastern Land Imperial Court archives you copied this time and see if there are any related records."

"Yes, Master."

After examining the human puppet and scanning its relevant data into the Heaven-Calculating Orb, Chen Mobai returned it to the depths of the earth within the secret realm.

Although the Dao Sect didn't care about this item, it wasn't his, so Chen Mobai didn't take it.

Next, the master and disciple arrived before a pavilion.

Jiang Zongheng took out his Small Dragon-Capturing Cauldron. As expected, the closer they got, the stronger its spiritual light became.

However, there was a powerful defensive restriction here. Theoretically, it required the Six Dragons Talisman from Divine Stream to open and enter.

Yet Chen Mobai directly ignored this restriction. He didn't even use the 'Timely Ride of Six Dragons Imperial Heaven Scripture' but instead performed the Void Dunjia Technique, easily teleporting himself and Jiang Zongheng inside.

"Master's Void Dharma Body is truly miraculous."

Jiang Zongheng couldn't help but exclaim after entering.

In his view, the void secret arts of the Grand Void Ethereal Palace could not have been passed down, so it could only be a Void Dharma Body capable of traversing the void.

In response, Chen Mobai merely smiled without speaking.

Some things were better kept from disciples for their own good.

"Master, over here..."

Jiang Zongheng led Chen Mobai first to the rockery where the Small Dragon-Capturing Cauldron initially reacted. Although the area was covered by flawless restrictions, preventing even the fifth-tier Hollow Valley Sound from detecting unusual fluctuations, since the Small Dragon-Capturing Cauldron reacted, Chen Mobai directly enveloped it with his Primordial True Qi.

Under the Primordial True Qi, any restriction containing the power of the Five Elements attributes would reveal a flaw.

Even those without Five Elements attributes would generate disharmony when resisting the Primordial True Qi.

As expected, the rockery's surface suddenly shimmered with layers of crystalline, jade-like transparency, as if shedding its outer stony skin to reveal its true jade essence within.

This was the power of the Jade Dragon.

Chen Mobai, comparing it to the 'Timely Ride of Six Dragons Imperial Heaven Scripture' he had just cultivated, immediately understood. Then, his Rainbow Python Avatar emerged from behind him and pounced towards the rockery, baring its fangs and claws.

However, something unexpected happened.

The Rainbow Python Avatar was actually bounced back the moment it struck the rockery.

Evidently, besides the 'Timely Ride of Six Dragons Imperial Heaven Scripture,' a special incantation or method was needed to unlock the secret within the rockery.

However, the Rainbow Python Avatar wasn't entirely ineffective. The jade-textured rockery suddenly revealed a palm-sized indentation, seemingly a place for a token, suggesting that a jade pendant might be needed to unlock the restriction.

"Master, it seems the destined opportunity isn't quite here yet."

Seeing this, Jiang Zongheng sighed inwardly and instead offered words of comfort.

"Destined opportunity? My presence here today means the opportunity has arrived!" Chen Mobai, however, scoffed coldly and uttered these words.

A vast and mighty divine sense erupted, and the Primordial Pearl emerged from his chest. As the Primordial Grand Dao operated, a wisp of hazy airflow spilled from the pearl and settled upon the rockery.

The originally crystalline and lustrous rockery immediately began to turn illusory.

But Chen Mobai discovered that the power of the Primordial Pearl showed a tendency to be dissolved, indicating that the power before him was sixth-tier.

No wonder it could hide from the searches of sacred lands like the Dao Sect.

However, before Chen Mobai, it only struggled for a little longer.

The Primordial Bell emerged from the void and integrated with the Primordial Pearl. Instantly, the power of the Primordial Grand Dao overwhelmed the power of the Jade Dragon.

After a blinding burst of crystalline light, the rockery finally could not withstand it and dissipated, revealing a jade box hidden inside.

Chen Mobai controlled the power of the Primordial Grand Dao to cover the jade box, and its restrictions quickly dissolved.

The Rainbow Python Avatar, which had been bounced back earlier, flew out and opened the jade box.

Chen Mobai and his disciple saw a jade scroll inside.

Three characters were written on the cover:

"Heavenly Emperor Tome!"