Building a sect from scratch.

The three hurried along and soon arrived at the place that had been marked by the two players from the China project team.

A pair of light golden eyes were surrounded by a circle of boulders, which effectively isolated the unknown figures scattered throughout the valley, creating a clearing.

Whether it was Fang Xianyu's imagination or not, through Zhao Qing's screen recording, she felt that the red in Zhao Qing's pupils seemed to have faded considerably this time.

However, its eyes were still darting around, as if it hadn't seen anyone coming at all, which was very strange.

"They are Yinglong's eyes."

Suppressing his anger, King Yinglong gave his answer the moment he saw those eyes.

Suppressing a strange, chilling feeling, Zhao Qing subconsciously asked, "What should we do? Is he still alive?"

King Yinglong was silent for a moment, then suddenly stared at those eyes and asked, "Whose child are you? Why are you here?"

As if startled awake, a huge, majestic voice suddenly resounded in the minds of the three—

"I am—the—Ying—Dragon—"

The overwhelming sense of pressure made it almost impossible for Zhao Qing to think, but Yinglongwang immediately recognized the voice. She exclaimed in astonishment, "It's Ji Yuan!?"

Upon hearing this name, Huai Ren asked in shock, "Ji Yuan!? The youngest son of the Zhenhai God who guards the Five-Colored Array!? Wasn't it said that he ran away from Kunlun Hill and disappeared for a thousand years!? How did he end up here!?"

The Sea-Suppressing God is also revered as the Sea-Suppressing Dragon King. Although this Dragon King is not a mountain or river that attained enlightenment, he has been stationed at the Five-Colored Array for many years. His cultivation path is connected with the Five-Colored Array, and he has formed a divine body. Therefore, he can be considered to have a divine position, hence the title "Sea-Suppressing".

However, this Dragon King of the Sea neither enjoys offerings from the human world nor is responsible for the survival of any living being, so he is not famous and few people know about him.

However, guarding the Five-Colored Array was a very important task, so this Dragon King held a high position and was highly respected among the dragons. His four sons all guarded the Guixu Pass with him. Two of his sons had perished in the Guixu Sea, and of the remaining two, one had left Kunlun Hill a thousand years ago and had not been heard from since, and was considered missing—this was Ji Yuan.

This matter was common knowledge among the dragons, as only a handful of dragons guarded the Five-Colored Array year-round: besides the Sea-Suppressing Dragon King, there were the Wind-Thunder Dragon King and the Candle Dragon King. Their stories were as well-known among the dragons as superheroes or myths on Earth—everyone knew them. The Water Dragon King had even mentioned Ji Yuan's disappearance to his children in casual conversation, expressing deep regret; naturally, Huai Ren also knew about it.

Upon recognizing Ji Yuan's voice, Yinglong Wang's tone became somewhat dejected: "It's him. I remember his voice. He used to come to Caishi Palace often when he was a child. How could he have become like this? How can I mention this to Zhenhai! Alas!"

"I am—the—Ying—Dragon—"

But Yinglong, named "Jiyuan," seemed completely unmoved by what Yinglongwang and Huai Ren had said, and continued to repeat that majestic phrase, striking everyone's five senses hard.

"Extract his dragon soul and take it away first. The environment here is too poor. We can always find a way to rebuild his physical body!" King Yinglong said decisively, raising his hand to gather spiritual power and casting some kind of spell on the eyeballs—

A mottled shadow was first pulled out of the eyes, and then strands of multicolored shadows were sucked out from the ground. These shadows were all light gold in color, but interspersed with irregular red and black spots, and strange cracks could be seen beneath these mottled colors.

Huai Ren said sorrowfully, "How could his dragon soul have become like this..."

"It's corruption. He consumed the blood sacrifice of the Sword Sect." Yinglong King explained while carefully extracting Ji Yuan's damaged dragon soul, "The corruption brought about by the blood sacrifice is something even the immortals and gods of ancient times could not resist. How many years of cultivation has he had?"

Huai Ren frowned: "But how could he have used the Sword Sect's blood sacrifice? Wasn't the Sword Sect's blood sacrifice supposed to be for the resurrection of Ancestor Yinglong? He's neither Ancestor Yinglong nor dead... Hey!? Do you think it's possible that after Ji Yuan died, the Sword Sect captured his dragon soul and wanted to use it to resurrect Yinglong?"

King Yinglong shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be. Although his dragon soul has taken this form, it is indeed intact and was not captured after he died."

Huai Ren further analyzed, "That means those beasts from their Sword Sect kidnapped Ji Yuan alive!"

"No need to guess. Let's take him away first and ask him when we get back!"

As Yinglong Wang spoke, he also gathered up the last wisp of his dragon soul.

But just as she was about to leave, the entire rift valley began to shake—

Red pebbles rolled down the cliffs on both sides of the rift valley, and the ground beneath their feet began to crack. The figures that were originally just blurry shadows in the distance gradually solidified—and even began to deform! Some grew three or four hands, some grew several heads, and some were simply no longer human-shaped. It was unclear what the limbs that had grown out were!
These monsters seemed to come alive in an instant, rushing towards Zhao Qing, who was wearing Baili Shuang's vest, Yinglong King, who was restraining Ji Yuanlong Soul and was hesitant to act, and Huai Ren, who was just a small crystal dragon with no magic or martial arts.

Having lived in a peaceful modern society for many years, Zhao Qing had never seen such a scene before, and was immediately terrified, screaming, "Ah!!! What do we do!?"

"Don't panic, get out of here first! Ji Yuan is the 'eye' of this entire rift valley; without him, the rift valley will collapse!"

As Yinglongwang spoke, he waved his hand and summoned a cloud of light golden auspiciousness. He threw Zhao Qing, who had lost control of her hands and feet, onto the cloud, grabbed the floating crystal dragon, and sat down on it. The cloud shot up like an arrow and flew out of the rift valley in the blink of an eye.

"vomit--"

The experience, even more thrilling than a roller coaster, made Zhao Qing see stars. She was so dizzy that she started gagging as soon as she landed, and her stomach was churning with acid. Luckily, Baili Shuang's disguised cultivation level was decent, which allowed Zhao Qing to withstand it.

After catching her breath, Zhao Qing eagerly asked, "Ying... oh... Lord Yinglong, what... what exactly is going on?!"

King Yinglong said in a deep voice, "Ji Yuan has endured so many blood sacrifices from the Sword Sect and bears the corresponding sins. Previously, because he 'impersonated' Ancestor Yinglong, he suppressed all the evil souls, which was why the Rift Valley was able to be suppressed. But now, I have separated his dragon soul from the title of 'Ancestor Yinglong' whom the Sword Sect worshipped in blood sacrifices, and he can no longer suppress them. Naturally, there will be no one to bear the burden of those evil souls accumulated over the years and the immense sins borne by the entire Sword Sect." (End of this chapter)