Don't let Yu Ding take on any more disciples.

Chapter 438 Nezha: I'm determined to help you with this.
With a flick of his whisk, Huanglong sent out a wisp of pure energy that landed on Ao Bing, restoring his mobility.

Ao Bing, utterly dejected, slowly knelt on the ground. Suddenly, his pupils contracted, and he looked down at his hands: "So, my mastery of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts... wasn't achieved by my own efforts?"

Huang Long chimed in, "The Eight-Nine Arcane Arts is a secret transmission from a sage, hailed as the foremost protective divine art of the Chan Sect. For countless years, only Yang Jian, this exceptionally talented and fortunate young man, has mastered it. You…"

He glanced at Ao Bing and didn't say anything more, but the meaning was undoubtedly conveyed.

While Ao Bing might not be lacking in physical attributes or bloodline, he was undoubtedly far inferior in terms of luck, comprehension, and temperament.

Yang Jian lost his family at a young age and fled with his younger siblings, experiencing the hardships and joys of life, which forged his resolute heart. Ao Bing, on the other hand, grew up under the meticulous protection of Ao Guang.

"So this is the truth?"

Ao Bing laughed with a hint of defeat and self-mockery: "So it turns out that our East Sea Dragon Clan is in such a difficult situation. It turns out that I... am not that outstanding after all."

Lies won't hurt, the truth is the sharpest knife!

He never imagined that his proud dragon identity would be so insignificant in the primordial world;

He never imagined that the Dragon Clan, nominally the sea gods and water gods who guarded the four seas, were actually just 'jailers' who guarded the prisons for the Heavenly Court.
He never imagined that his self-proclaimed mastery of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts was due to his extraordinary talent, but rather that his father had stolen half of the East Sea Dragon Clan's fortune to give him a chance to escape this prison.

He knelt there, motionless, doubting Long Sheng, like a statue that had lost its soul.

"I know you need some time to process this news, but I regret to inform you that there is no time."

Huang Long said, "The Dragon Clan has guarded the Demon Sealing Cave for tens of thousands of years. The demons inside hate your East Sea Dragon Clan so much. Do you think your father will be able to hold out until you go to rescue him?"

"Father?! Yes, I must go and save him."

Ao Bingteng looked up and then said with a wry smile, "But Ninth Grandfather, I..."

Do you think you're terrible?

Huang Long immediately saw the crux of the problem.

Originally, Ao Bing was arrogant and domineering under Ao Guang's protection, but later Li Jing disciplined him and made him withdrawn.

After being treated by Yu Ding and mastering the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, the boy's ego started strutting around again.

I only found out today that he was able to cultivate profound skills entirely because his own father cheated behind my back, and that I wasn't as outstanding as he imagined...

Well, this is indeed quite a dramatic turn of events.

Ao Bing silently replied, "Yes!"

"Heh, even if you're bad, can you be worse than your Senior Sister Longji?" Huang Long couldn't help but laugh.

Ao Bing looked up blankly and muttered, "Grandpa Jiu lied to me again. When I was a little over nine years old, I heard my father talk about Senior Sister Longji. She was tricked by an immortal and went to heaven to fight. She seriously injured that Grand Luo Immortal with one sword. How is that bad?"

"Haha, my dear grandnephew, you only know one side of the story."

Huang Long smiled mysteriously: "Alright, Ninth Grandfather will tell you the inside story of how your senior sister returned to the Void at sixteen and became a Golden Immortal at seventeen."

"At sixteen, one returns to the Void; at seventeen, one becomes a Golden Immortal?"

Upon hearing this, Ao Bing was stunned and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise: "This... how is this possible? There are several major realms involved!"

Huang Long nodded with a smile: "Yes, sixteen years old is a genuine sixteen years old, but it's the sixteenth year of the Sixteen Yuanhui."

Ao Bing was stunned: "The Sixteenth Cycle... Returning to the Void Realm? Really? I've never heard of it before?"

Huang Long rolled his eyes and said, "Nonsense, you little brat, you haven't even grown your hair yet, how would you know these things? Besides, who would dare to spread rumors about the Heavenly Emperor's family's private affairs?"

He then said with a smile, "Think about it, even your master nurtured such a useless little brat into a Golden Immortal. With your talent, what do we have to worry about?"

"It makes sense!"

Ao Bing slapped his right palm with his left fist, his eyes lighting up with great encouragement: "Even if I don't believe in myself, I should believe in my master!"

His eyes immediately regained their intense brilliance.

Children are so easy to coax… Huang Long nodded with delight, mimicking Yu Ding’s words, “This child is teachable!”

He suddenly remembered something and warned, "By the way, you must not mention a single word of the secrets Ninth Master just told you when you see your senior sister, understand?"

To be honest, that useless little princess is completely different now; it's as if she's been enlightened by Yu Ding.

Not only did he cripple Immortal Fu Yuan with a single sword strike, but his cultivation is also progressing by leaps and bounds, which makes even this veteran powerhouse wary of him.

"why?"

"What do you mean 'why'? Do you think it's okay for us to talk about other people's private matters behind their backs?"

Huang Long said earnestly, "Anyway, I'm not afraid of her coming to find me, but Ninth Grandfather is afraid she'll come to find you."

"Grandpa Jiu was thinking of me all along, thank you Grandpa Jiu!" Ao Bing said gratefully.

"It's good that you know." Huang Long smiled.

"Third brother, third brother, something terrible has happened!"

Just then, a girl of about seven or eight years old came anxiously looking for them.

The girl had long pink hair, a pretty face, wore a light pink dress, and had a tall and slender figure.

"Little sister? What's wrong? Don't worry, tell me in detail," Ao Bing quickly reassured her.

This girl was his father's youngest daughter, born to the current Dragon Queen, who was also his aunt. They grew up together and had a very close relationship.

His father named his sons according to the Heavenly Stems and his daughters according to the Earthly Branches, so his younger sister was named Ao Chen.

She just didn't like the name, thinking it sounded too awful, so everyone just called her by her childhood nickname, Little Dragon Girl, or Chenchen.

Ao Chen said urgently, "Ao Tian and the others said that Father King has been imprisoned in the Demon Sealing Cave by the elders for stealing half of the Dragon Clan's fortune for you."

They're coming to find you to see the elders to see if they can get back half of the fortune. Mother is holding them off; she told me to tell Third Brother you to leave quickly!

"Take back the fortune, hehe, it's right here. Let them come and get it." A cold glint flashed in Ao Bing's eyes.

He suddenly raised his head confidently, looked up, and his aura began to surge forth uncontrollably.

"This movement..."

Huanglong, seeing the aura emanating from Ao Bing, immediately realized what he was about to do and became anxious: "Nephew, you cannot undergo your tribulation here, otherwise all living beings in the East Sea Dragon Palace, including your little sister and the others, will suffer."

Ao Bing snorted and said, "Then you all wait here for a while, I'm going to undergo a tribulation."

He strode out with an air of nonchalance, speaking as casually as if he were going to have a meal.

Huang Long said urgently, "This tribulation cannot be rushed. It is a test of your cultivation results by the Heavenly Dao. You must not force yourself to undergo the tribulation because of them, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable. How confident are you that you dare to undergo the tribulation?"

"Ten percent!"

"Ten percent?!"

Huanglong stared blankly at Ao Bing's confident departure, thinking, "What a boastful tone!"
He hesitated for a moment, then quickly pulled Ao Chen up and said, "Come on, let's follow them, just in case something happens."

On a deserted island in the East China Sea, Ao Bing appeared.

This place was the one he carefully chose for his tribulation.

Boom!

A thunderclap resounded throughout the heavens and earth, and black tribulation clouds covered the sky and the sun. A terrifying sea of ​​lightning descended upon the mortal world, displaying a terrifying scene as if the world were about to be destroyed. Countless living beings in all directions trembled and quickly fled away.

As Huanglong and Aochen flew out of the water, they saw bolts of tribulation lightning, like thunder god's swords slicing through the darkness, striking a figure sitting cross-legged in the void.

The figure endured the lightning strikes without using any special means, remaining completely still and without causing a ripple.

"Nine is the ultimate number, and changes occur every nine... I wonder how many trials this kid will be able to overcome in the end," Huang Long mused.

Ao Chen firmly believed, "My father once survived forty-one trials, so my third brother is definitely stronger than my father."

Huang Long said, "Let's hope so!"

There's a saying about this tribulation: it changes every nine years, and how many tribulation lightning bolts the heavens send down is a reflection of one's potential and talent.

According to the classification system of Jade Void Palace, if a True Immortal is welcomed with no more than thirty-six Heavenly Thunders, their potential and talent are considered inferior.

Those with a cultivation level of thirty-six or higher have a 70% chance of becoming celestial immortals in the future.

Those who achieve more than forty Daos are considered geniuses, and if they don't die prematurely, their chances of attaining the Heavenly Immortal Dao Fruit are basically secure.

Those with a cultivation level of forty-five or above possess the potential to become Golden Immortals. For example, Qiu Shou Xian and others from Biyou Palace were originally over forty-five.

"How many Daoist masters did Ninth Grandfather welcome back then?" Ao Chen asked curiously.

Huang Long smiled slightly: "Forty-nine!"

Ao Chen stared at Huang Long in shock: "Forty-nine paths... is this the limit of the Ascension Tribulation?"

Huang Long paused for a moment and then said, "No, a junior brother from Jade Void Palace set a record. His ascension tribulations... numbered fifty."

He once genuinely believed that forty-nine steps were truly the limit.

Whether it's the twelve of them or the Duobao Jinling Zhao Gongming and others who have now achieved the Great Luo Dao Fruit, they all only have forty-nine.

Forty-nine is the number of Heaven's will, and no one can surpass it.

Later, he heard that someone had successfully survived fifty lightning tribulations, becoming the first person since the beginning of the immortal path, and thus his master accepted him as his last disciple.

Ao Chen's eyes lit up, and he asked reverently, "Heavens! What's that immortal's name?"

"All I know about his Taoist name is Emptiness."

As Huang Long spoke, he looked up and suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "How come he's still not moving at all?"

The figure sitting cross-legged amidst the thunder remained motionless. The lightning struck him without any reaction, sending sparks flying from his flesh. If it weren't for the fact that the boy's primordial spirit had dissipated all its yin energy under the cleansing of the lightning, returning to pure yang, and the spiritual energy within his body had transformed into immortal power, he would have suspected that the boy had already become erect.

It wasn't until the thirty-seven bolts struck that Ao Bing swayed, finally managing to move, stretching his body and circulating his profound energy to resist the heavenly lightning.

Soon, Ao Bing passed through the eight heavenly lightning bolts without any incident.

Huang Long said in surprise, "Wait, forty-five levels already? Is this some kind of surprise? My nephew has the potential of a Golden Immortal. Xiao Guangzi, your efforts have not been in vain."

At that moment, calamity clouds suddenly surged in the sky, as if brewing something.

Huang Long suddenly hesitated and said, "No, something's not right. Why has the heavenly tribulation stopped and started to brew?"

This tribulation requires high morale and a seamless execution; stopping can easily affect morale.

But soon, Huanglong found out why the heavenly tribulation had stopped.

From afar, he could only see lightning intertwined, forming the shapes of a blue dragon, a red bird, a white tiger, and a black tortoise.

"No, what does it mean to end up with the Four Symbols Calamity of Heaven and Earth?"

Huang Long couldn't help but roar angrily, "Is this the real Dragon Tribulation? Can't you give me a way out?!"

Boom!

The surging clouds seemed to be heading straight for him, which frightened Huanglong into shutting up immediately, shaking his head in frustration.

Seeing this, Ao Chen asked worriedly, "What is the Four Symbols Tribulation of Heaven and Earth?"

Huang Long said with a grim expression, "The Heavenly Will Four Symbols Tribulation is the mark of those four guys when they were on their way to become immortals. It ranks among the top three in all the tribulations of becoming immortals. No, how can you have such a combination when you are on your first tribulation? It's clearly not going to give you a way out."

This is why it was easier to transcend tribulations in the past, because the path to immortality had just been established, and tribulation lightning was a normal occurrence.

However, as more people undergo tribulations, some outrageous individuals will be identified and become opponents that later immortals would never want to face when undergoing tribulations.

You could say they caught a lucky break!

But just when he thought Ao Bing was doomed, Ao Bing remained calm and showed no surprise.

"You've narrowly escaped the Heavenly Tribulation this time, making your next tribulation doubly more difficult. In my lineage, there are never fewer than forty-five tribulations to become an immortal. When you face your tribulation, you must..."

Ao Bing recalled the instructions Yu Ding had given him, and suddenly let out a long roar, his hands forming hand seals that transformed into claws. His body was surrounded by dazzling white light, and he proclaimed in a loud voice: "Reverse Dragon Technique, First Form: Disrupt Yin and Yang!"

He clenched his fists, one palm yin and the other yang, and activated his profound energy. He then leaped into the tribulation clouds and began to fight the four sacred beasts.

His dragon bloodline, combined with the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts and his master's secret Reverse Dragon Technique...

Ao Bing has always been a very steady dragon. If he says it's 100%, then it's 100% true!
"Reverse Dragon Technique... No way?"

Huanglong stared blankly at Ao Bing, who was fighting fiercely with the four sacred beasts in the sky. The moves behind the Reverse Dragon Technique, such as Reverse Heaven and Earth Hatred, were also being used one by one.

Huang Long fell silent as he watched this scene.

Although the name sounds like a magic technique, it is actually a method of combat and fighting, and each move is full of the true meaning of rebellion.

Little did he know that Ao Bing's life was destined to be calamity, and that he was able to survive by turning his fate around. Therefore, Yu Ding did not change the words "Reversed Dragon".

The name instantly reminded Huanglong of the days when Yu Ding immersed himself in the Dragon Palace's library, poring over those worthless dragon magic techniques.

He couldn't understand why Yu Ding was looking at that trash with such interest, but now he understood.

The Reverse Dragon Triple Technique and the Dragon Blood Profound Yellow Technique were originally trash, but now these techniques have changed, and in Ao Bing's hands, they seem to be the most suitable fighting methods for the dragon race.

"Junior Brother Yu Ding truly has the talent to turn the rotten into the miraculous..." Huang Long exclaimed.

After a long while, the commotion subsided, and the outcome of this calamity was as expected.

"cough!"

Ao Bing lay in the seawater, coughing up blood. He was completely naked and covered in wounds.

But he squinted, a happy smile on his face, quietly sensing the changes within his body, the wounds glowing as they healed his injuries.

A pure Yang primordial spirit and a pure Yang physical body... this is the Pure Yang True Immortal!
At this moment, all the spiritual power in his body transformed into immortal power, and he felt his body was full of strength.

Furthermore, his current level of immortal power is far beyond what he could achieve at the Void Returning Realm, and his gaze towards the heavens and earth is also different from before.

"Is this the realm of immortals? Master, Father, I haven't disappointed you, have I?" Ao Bing murmured.

According to his master's estimation, he could have successfully transcended the tribulation and become a true dragon on his first attempt without any major incidents, and the difficulty level might not even have reached forty-nine.

But after he survived the first Heavenly Tribulation, he didn't need to think twice before preparing to face the forty-nine Heavenly Tribulations the second time.

"Your father is really bold."

Huanglong looked at Ao Bing, who was drifting away with the current, and said, "But I have to say, he won his gamble. The Dragon Clan may produce a Great Luo Golden Immortal."

"Ninth Grandfather..."

"Stop making noise, let me have some fun. You're making a scene more nerve-wracking than I was during my tribulation," Huang Long snorted.

If it were him who had to face Ao Bing's true dragon tribulation, he would probably face a near-death experience as well.

As I said before, it's fortunate that he caught a lucky time when the tribulation was easy and not too outrageous.

“But Third Brother has drifted away.” Ao Chen pointed into the distance.

"Let him go. He will come back to save your father. Alas, as a teacher, I am far inferior to Yu Ding."

Huang Long then changed the subject and said with a smug smile, "But I have a good eye for talent. When I recommend him, he's a sure bet."

……

The East China Sea coast.

Nezha sat alone on the reef, his hands supporting his face as he watched the seawater crash against the shore.

To be honest, the "father" he's called for years is actually his sworn brother from a past life...

This is no laughing matter at all; he was just as shocked as his father.

Although he is still Nezha, as the truth of this matter is revealed, he also gains some of the memories of the Spirit Pearl.
At this moment, he didn't know if he could ever return to his original relationship with his father from this life.

He had a lot to say but didn't know who to say it to, so he came to the East Sea by some strange twist of fate. After thinking for a while, Nezha took out a conch shell and started blowing on it.

But after he blew the whistle, he waited for a long time and nothing happened!
So he blew on it for a long time, but still nothing happened.

"Damn it, even Brother Ao Bing lied to me!" Nezha angrily raised the conch shell and smashed it against the reef.

Suddenly, the conch shell, which was about to fall, glowed and flew into the hand of a figure dressed in a blue and white robe who was walking on the sea.

"What did I lie to you about, Nezha brother?"

"Brother Ao Bing!"

Nezha was overjoyed to see the person who had arrived.

"I have something I want to talk to you about."

I need your help!

The two said it in unison, and then both of them paused for a moment.

Ao Bing laughed and said, "What do you want to say? You go first."

Nezha smiled sheepishly: "Brother Ao Bing, what do you need my help with?"

A little while later, on the large reef by the sea.

"What? You're saying your dad used to beat you because you looked exactly like his sworn brother?"

Ao Bing stared at Nezha in disbelief: "So after all this fuss, it turns out you're the reincarnation of your father's sworn brother?"

Nezha nodded wearily: "That's about it. Brother Ao Bing, how do you think I'll get along with my father in the future?"

I find him strange now, and the way he looks at me is strange too. Several times I've accidentally called him "Big Brother," and he's subconsciously called me "Brother Lingzhuzi."

"This……"

Ao Bing frowned as he listened; this was simply too outrageous.

It's one thing that brothers were reincarnated as father and son, but I don't even know it and I don't feel any burden in my heart.

But Li Jing was too petty, which led to an even more embarrassing truth.

Absolutely!

"Oh, we'll talk about that later. Brother Ao Bing, what did you ask me to help you with?" Nezha asked curiously.

Ao Bing's expression hardened as he told Nezha what had happened in the East Sea.

"What? Uncle Ao Guang was actually imprisoned in some Demon-Sealing Cave because of this?"

When Nezha heard that the fatherly love he longed for most had been trampled on like this, he angrily said, "These old bastards, do they even know what fatherly love is like a mountain?"
"Brother Ao Bing, I'm determined to help with this. Let's hurry and rescue them!"

Ao Bing gratefully patted Nezha's shoulder and said, "Good brother! You helped me this time. If you ever go to the Heavenly Court to seek justice for your grandparents, I will help you too."

Nezha said with delight, "Thank you so much, brother. My father is indecisive and hesitant, and he's not straightforward at all. Let's discuss it tomorrow."

"Okay, no need to thank me, we're brothers."

As Ao Bing spoke, he suddenly glanced at Nezha and said excitedly, "By the way, be careful when you reincarnate next time. Don't become my son next time, hahaha..."

P.S.: Ahem, Pineapple was injured in an electric scooter accident the night before last, and took a day off yesterday. Please forgive me.

(End of this chapter)