Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

The Four Dragon Kings were unwilling to give up. Knowing that this was the self-defense mechanism of the treasure, they once again pounced on the main hall.

This time, the main hall seemed impatient, shooting out even more golden light, accompanied by a fierce dragon roar, which not only sent the four Dragon Kings flying but also mercilessly injured them.

The Four Dragon Kings were horrified. Looking at the grand hall, they slowly calmed their greed. It seemed that although the hall had many connections with the dragon race, it refused to allow the four dragon kings to refine it.

Suddenly, the Gathering Dragon Drum took to the air and flew towards the main hall. A drum stand suddenly appeared in front of the hall, and the Gathering Dragon Drum landed right on the drum stand. On both sides of the drum stand, two drumsticks appeared in golden light.

In an instant, the power of the main hall increased once again. The leaked aura of the supreme treasure alone forced the Four Seas Dragon Kings and all the dragon-related creatures to retreat thousands of feet.

The Gathering Dragon Drum sounded once again, its beat penetrating the minds of the Four Seas Dragon Kings and clearly informing them.

You are not worthy to possess this innate treasure, the Myriad Dragon Palace.

The Four Dragon Kings were ashen-faced. Faced with the increased power of the Myriad Dragon Palace, a supreme innate treasure, they felt a deep sense of oppression and fear, and dared not entertain the thought of taking it over again.

After the Wanlong Palace and the Julong Drum were combined into one, its power greatly increased, becoming a complete innate treasure. Under the watchful eyes of the Four Seas Dragon Kings and all the dragon-related creatures, it transformed into a golden light and flew towards the Southern Jambudvipa.

The four Dragon Kings exchanged glances and instantly decided to follow and see what was going on.

In any case, this innate treasure, the Myriad Dragons Palace, is inextricably linked to the dragon race. There is a high degree of certainty that the Myriad Dragons Palace is the supreme treasure used by the primordial dragon race to suppress their clan's destiny.

The Four Dragon Kings took to the air and followed closely behind. The other dragon sons and grandsons, and countless dragon creatures, were also curious and followed closely behind, eager to see what was going on.

Who exactly is it in the Southern Continent that can activate the innate treasure, the Myriad Dragon Palace, which originated from the primordial dragon clan?
To be able to activate the Myriad Dragons Palace, one must be an unparalleled genius. With such a figure emerging from the Southern Continent, we must have a good look at him.

With the golden light of the Wanlong Palace leading the way, the Four Sea Dragon Kings followed closely behind. As they flew towards the Southern Continent, the Western Sea Dragon King felt an increasingly strong premonition.

His own son, the Third Prince Jade Dragon, is currently under Liu Qing's command, serving as a member of the Jie Sect's Eastern Expedition. Some time ago, according to news sent back by his son, Liu Qing was walking a dragon.

Could it be that Liu Qing instigated the Ten Thousand Dragons Palace?

Thinking of this, the West Sea Dragon King was shocked, and looking at the East Sea Dragon King beside him, he couldn't help but feel extremely envious.

If it was indeed Liu Qing who stirred up the Myriad Dragons Palace, then the eldest brother, the Dragon King of the East Sea, would be rich. His daughter, Hong Gu, would marry Liu Qing, making Liu Qing the eldest brother's son-in-law.

With such talent, their son-in-law was able to activate the Myriad Dragon Palace, a treasure of the prehistoric dragon race, when he transformed into a dragon. His future path is limitless, and he will definitely achieve the Great Luo realm. He will even be able to glimpse the Primordial Dao Fruit.

With such a son-in-law as a backer, the Dragon Palace of the East Sea is about to rise up and will no longer need to be subservient to the Heavenly Court or swallow its pride and act like a dog.

Among the dragons of the Western Sea, why is there no woman like Hong Gu who could catch Liu Qing's eye?

Or, afterward, send your precious daughters to Liu Qing's side, even if it means offering yourself up, just to get into Liu Qing's bed and let your Xihai share in the glory.
Just as he was lost in thought, the Dragon King of the West Sea was suddenly startled, as if he had realized something. His pupils contracted sharply, and disbelief filled the depths of his eyes.

Liu Qing is a jiaolong (a type of dragon), and this time he has transformed from a jiaolong into a dragon. If he were an ordinary four-clawed true dragon, like he has for countless millennia, he would at most attract the dragon gate projected by the gate of the Wanlong Palace.

But now Liu Qing has drawn the entire Wanlong Palace out of chaos. Could it be that Liu Qing's transformation from a dragon to a dragon is not a four-clawed true dragon, but a five-clawed golden dragon?

A five-clawed golden dragon, hiss!

The Dragon King of the West Sea felt his heart clench again!
Even among the ancient dragon race, only the legendary ancestor of the dragon race was the true form of the five-clawed golden dragon.

The five-clawed golden dragon—that is the emperor of the dragon race!
Liu Qing let out a fierce dragon roar towards the sky, and dark clouds instantly filled the sky, turning the sky that had just cleared up dark once again.

A light drizzle fell from the sky.

Through the rain, Liu Qing still glared angrily: "You think you can make a fool of me like a monkey? Hmph, if you don't give me a word today, I'll tear this world apart!"

The light rain seemed to tremble, and then, from the distant east, a muffled drumbeat faintly rose.

Then, the drumbeats rang out one after another in his ears, as if responding to Liu Qing in some way.

After the drumbeats subsided for a moment, a sudden dragon roar resounded from the ancient river of time.

After that dragon's roar, Liu Qing felt the dragon blood in his body boiling, carrying the deepest desire from his bloodline, anticipating something.

Liu Qing vaguely understood something, and poured all the merits he had gained along the way into his main body. The next moment, his main body flashed with golden and red light.

At the same time, Liu Qing also noticed that a golden light was flying from the eastern horizon and heading towards him.

Behind that golden light were countless true dragons that had manifested their true forms, as well as thousands of other dragons.

Liu Qing couldn't help but let out a dragon's roar. The golden light that was flying towards him suddenly increased in speed and arrived in front of him in the next instant.

[Note 1: The Hall of Ten Thousand Dragons is a treasure used by the primordial dragon race to suppress their clan's destiny. It is a supreme innate treasure, and whoever possesses this treasure becomes the emperor of the dragon race.]

[Note 2: If you have accumulated enough merit and virtue, you can enter the Dragon Transformation Pool within the Ten Thousand Dragons Hall to evolve. If your fortune is sufficient to support the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon's rank, you can evolve into the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, the Emperor of the Dragon Clan.]

The True Scripture of Talking Earth slowly gave its explanation. Unlike other spiritual treasures or heavenly spirits, it seemed to be struggling this time. Thinking about it, it suddenly dawned on me that the Myriad Dragon Palace was a supreme innate treasure, of equal status to the True Scripture of Talking Earth. Naturally, it resisted being investigated by the True Scripture of Talking Earth. The fact that it was able to give an explanation in the end shows that the True Scripture of Talking Earth had already exhausted all its strength.

Conversely, the ability of the Talking Earth True Scripture to uncover the origins of the Myriad Dragons Palace suggests that it is subtly of a higher rank than the Myriad Dragons Palace.

Thanks to the explanation in the True Scripture of Talking About the Earth, Liu Qing instantly understood the whole story. Seeing the Myriad Dragons Palace right in front of him, he did not hesitate any longer and flew towards the Myriad Dragons Palace.

The Dragon King of the East Sea, who had rushed over from afar, saw his son-in-law Liu Qing about to enter the Ten Thousand Dragons Palace and hurriedly reminded him, "Good son-in-law, the Ten Thousand Dragons Palace rejects living beings from entering, please be very careful!"

From his initial reluctance to now repeatedly calling Liu Qing a "good son-in-law," the East Sea Dragon King's transformation was remarkably smooth, without the slightest hint of embarrassment for having previously looked down on Liu Qing.

It seems that to become a Dragon King of the Sea, one must at least possess a shamelessness that surpasses all other dragons.

Liu Qing nodded, and out of consideration for the pregnant Hong Gu, she didn't hold it against the old Dragon King. After thinking for a moment, she stopped.

The old Dragon King was greatly pleased, thinking that his prospective son-in-law was indeed obedient. However, Liu Qing stopped not because of the reason he had reminded him that the Myriad Dragon Palace rejected and resisted the entry of living beings.

Liu Qing turned around and looked at Emperor Yang Guang of Sui on the city wall of Jiangdu. He opened his mouth and swallowed. Instantly, a faint aura of fortune was drawn out from Emperor Yang Guang and swallowed by Liu Qing.

The True Scripture of Earth suggests that if one has enough luck, one can eventually become a five-clawed golden dragon. Although it is not yet known whether it will be enough, it is always good to be prepared.

Previously, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty dared to order his elite troops to shoot Liu Qing with siege crossbows. Although it was fruitless, it was still an offense and swallowed up his luck as a ruler, thus settling the karmic debt.

If the current Sui emperor were a human emperor, not a human ruler, even if Liu Qing achieved the Hunyuan Dao Fruit, he would not dare to devour the human emperor's fortune.

But ever since the Investiture of the Gods, that little King Wu of Zhou, Ji Fa, became servile and obsequious. Before the Heavenly Dao, the Sages, and the Supreme God of Heaven, he lowered his status and called himself "Son of Heaven." This human emperor, representing humanity, completely vanished into the river of time and never existed again.

The Nine-Nine Emperor, under the kneeling homage of the brat Ji Fa, shrunk five ranks and thus became the 'Son of Heaven'—a laughable and pathetic situation.

If it were the Emperor, Liu Qing would never dare to do this, but facing the Son of Heaven, Liu Qing felt no psychological pressure in absorbing the fortune.

Whether it's the 'Divine Master' position of the True Scripture of the Earth or the position of the acting leader of the Jie Sect, both are higher than the emperor position of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty.

After Liu Qing devoured Emperor Yang Guang's fortune, his body suddenly went limp, and he collapsed to the ground, his face turning as white as paper as he fell into a coma.

Around him, his ministers rushed forward, wailing and weeping. But Yuwen Huaji, the most trusted minister of Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, had a fierce glint in his eyes.

After absorbing the fortune of Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, Liu Qing stepped into the Wanlong Palace.

The Wanlong Palace, which wouldn't even allow the Four Dragon Kings to approach, didn't stop Liu Qing at all. On the contrary, when Liu Qing arrived at the entrance of the Wanlong Palace, countless dragon roars faintly rang out, seemingly welcoming the master of the Wanlong Palace.

When the Gathering Dragon Drum sounded, the Buddha Tathagata in the Western Great Thunder Temple sensed it, but he was preoccupied with dealing with the Holy Mother Wudang, who was 'discussing the Dao' with him, so he didn't pay too much attention to it.

However, when the Gathering Dragon Drum used the blood of countless dragons to form chains and pull the Myriad Dragon Palace out of the chaos, the Buddha Tathagata instantly sensed the aura of the innate treasure. After secretly deducing it, he felt a sharp pain in his heart.

The Holy Mother of Wudang's cultivation was only at the Great Luo Realm Perfection, which was slightly weaker than the Buddha's Half-Step Primordial Dao Fruit. This slight difference was a world of difference.

The Buddha was able to deduce that Liu Qing was involved based on the aura of the innate treasure in the Wanlong Palace and the timing of its appearance. However, the Holy Mother Wudang could only vaguely sense the birth of an innate treasure and could not even deduce the specific name of the Wanlong Palace.

The Holy Mother Wudang was concerned about her junior brother Liu Qing's dragon-walking ability, so she came to entangle the Buddha and protect him. She had no other thoughts about the newly born innate treasure, and was only focused on entangled with the Buddha. Her junior brother was the hope for the revival of the Jie Sect, and even the innate treasure could not distract the Holy Mother Wudang.

Besides, they only vaguely sensed the birth of a supreme innate treasure. As for what kind of treasure it was or where it was born, they couldn't deduce any of that. Since they couldn't deduce it, even if they had other ideas, how could they possibly try to seize it?

The Holy Mother of Wudang didn't care about the Wanlong Palace, but the Buddha was anxious. According to his deduction, the Wanlong Palace, a supreme innate treasure, was related to Liu Qing and was very likely to be taken by him.

Thinking that the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas he had sent out had not yet sent back good news, and that Liu Bai was also nowhere to be found, and considering that the Wanlong Palace was very likely to fall into Liu Qing's hands.

The Buddha was filled with anxiety. If Liu Qing obtained the Myriad Dragons Palace, he would be able to face the Buddha and Bodhisattvas who had transformed into dragons and humans with just this one innate treasure. His plans would surely fail, and there was even a chance that some Buddhists would perish.

Having obtained the innate treasure, the Myriad Dragon Palace, and successfully completed the dragon-walking journey, Liu Qing's strength will undoubtedly surge once again, and his path to enlightenment will be free of obstacles. At the very least, he will be able to catch up with me.

In the future, Liu Qing will definitely be a great enemy of Buddhism and his own path to enlightenment.

The Buddha Tathagata could not allow Liu Qing to obtain the Myriad Dragon Palace or successfully become a dragon. In addition, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas were worried about the tribulation of the dragon-transformation. The Buddha Tathagata became impatient and his eyes turned cold.

"Senior Sister Wudang, you are no match for me!"

"I only dealt with Senior Sister out of respect for her before, but now I have important matters to attend to. If Senior Sister continues to pester me, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Previously, she thought that the manpower she had arranged was enough to deal with Liu Qing, and she was also wary of that Yu Yu Dao Ren, which is why she patiently let the Wudang Holy Mother entangle her.

Otherwise, how could one possibly hold off a half-step Hunyuan Dao Fruit, who possesses one of the five innate spiritual treasures, the supreme innate spiritual treasure Azure Lotus Flag, as well as the acquired superior spiritual treasure Rosary, the ninth-grade Merit Golden Lotus, and the supreme innate spiritual treasure Six Roots Purification Bamboo, with just a single innate superior spiritual treasure Wudang Sword and the Dao cultivation of the Great Luo Realm Perfection?
The supreme spiritual treasure, the Azure Lotus Banner, was a gift from Master Jieyin, while the supreme spiritual treasure, the Six Roots Purification Bamboo, was a gift from Master Zhunti.

The superior spiritual treasure prayer beads are spiritual treasures made by the Buddha Tathagata as the Buddha of this world and the head of Buddhism, gathering the immense vows of believers and monks from the three realms, and possessing extraordinary power.

The Nine-Rank Merit Golden Lotus was originally a twelfth-rank innate treasure. During the Investiture of the Gods, it lost three ranks to the Mosquito Daoist, falling to the upper-rank innate level. However, despite the drop in rank, it still possessed some of the power of an innate treasure, comparable to a top-rank innate spiritual treasure.

With the blessing of these spiritual treasures, the Buddha's power has reached the pinnacle of the Three Realms.

“Buddha, with me here, you cannot go anywhere.”

Originally pretending to be 'discussing the Dao', the Holy Mother of Wudang, who was floating and sitting cross-legged at the entrance of the Great Thunderclap Temple, shook the Wudang Sword in her hand and stabbed towards the Buddha.

The Buddha uttered a Buddhist chant and threw out the Nine-Rank Merit Golden Lotus, which then froze the Wudang Sword, which was also a top-grade innate spiritual treasure.

He immediately stretched out his right hand and covered Wudang Holy Mother from afar. Before Wudang Holy Mother could react from the surprise of Wudang Sword being frozen, she saw a Buddhist kingdom appear above her head. In the Buddhist kingdom, hundreds of millions of monks were chanting scriptures, disturbing people's minds and making them feel uneasy and nauseous. For a moment, their minds were in a daze.

Just then, the Buddha clasped his hands together, and when they looked again, the Holy Mother Wudang had already disappeared.

The Buddha Tathagata possesses a great supernatural power renowned throughout the Three Realms, called the "Buddha Kingdom in the Palm of the Hand," which was originally formed by fusing a superior-grade spiritual treasure prayer bead with the vast world within his body.

Its supernatural powers are extremely terrifying, and it possesses the merits of capturing, imprisoning, and converting people.

Even if a being's cultivation is equal to that of the Buddha, once captured in the palm of his hand, cannot easily escape.

The Buddha Tathagata transmitted his voice to Dipankara Buddha, quickly explaining the cause and effect of the events, and then headed towards Jambudvipa (the southern continent) in the human realm.

Upon receiving the message, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara ceased his efforts to deal with Guang Chengzi, who was entangled with him. He opened his mouth and unleashed his natal spiritual treasure, the Spirit Coffin, to suppress Guang Chengzi. (End of Chapter)