My version of Heavenly Dao is too old, so it's full of bugs.

Chapter 417 East Sea Dragon Palace!

"Is this... the Dragon Palace of the East Sea?"

Because he was not attacked, Li Wei finally arrived at his final destination, the Dragon Palace of the East Sea, after two easy teleportations.

Before coming here, he always thought that the Dragon Palace was the richest and most prosperous place in the world.

The vast majority of people in the Three Realms think the same way!

But once you actually get here, you'll find that...

Those proud dragons, from some unknown era, moved the East Sea Dragon Palace to the darkest and most sunless abyss in the Three Realms, and the entire clan submerged into the dark abyss, living a life of ascetic cultivation.

Their wealth was spread across the surrounding abyss cliffs!
To be precise, those weren't cliffs or precipices, but rather two doors hanging upside down in the depths of the ocean.

That is Longmen!

It is the most important and most famous supreme weapon of the Dragon Clan.

Legend has it that in ancient times, the dragon race made a pact with all living beings in order to become the totem of heaven and earth. As long as a living being could cross the Dragon Gate, it could become a true dragon and live a carefree life, regardless of its race, cultivation level, or bloodline.

Thus, leaping over the dragon gate became one of the main ways for cultivators to become gods in the prehistoric era, and at one time it was even the most mainstream way to ascend in the world.

The dragon race also gathered an immense amount of fortune, truly establishing itself as the dominant race in the primordial era!
However, the dragon race later lost to other races from the prehistoric era, losing its dominant position and suffering heavy damage to the Dragon Gate.

Furthermore, after the establishment of the Heavenly Court, the path to ascension through the Heavenly Dao was controlled by the Heavenly Court, and the path to ascension through the Dragon Gate was blocked by the Heavenly Laws. Thus, the legend of the fish leaping over the Dragon Gate became an ancient tale.

So even though these two dragon gates have survived, they have lost their former glory!

But the Dragon Clan cannot lose the appeal of the Dragon Gate!
then,

The later dragons plundered the wealth of the four seas and adorned the Dragon Gates with it, making them incredibly jewel-like—this jewel-like appearance was bait, bait to tempt people's desires.

Since in this era, wealth is the foundation of spiritual practice and the foundation of becoming a god.

Then we'll give you wealth!

So come and leap over this gate. Don't worry that you won't become a god after you leap over it, because we will give you enough wealth to become a god!

The true dragons distorted the essence of the Dragon Gate, cloaking it in the guise of "wealth," and using the power of the Chan Sect to reinterpret the principle of "fish leaping over the Dragon Gate" in the context of the new era!

Thus, the "Dragon Gate" transformed into the "Wealth Dragon Gate," radiating a dazzling aura of jewels.
But what is attracted by the bait are countless aquatic monsters!
Fish, shrimp, crabs, snails, shellfish, worms, whales, snakes, and dragons—the most powerful, fortunate, and noble-blooded monsters in the entire East China Sea—swam from all over the East China Sea, which spans millions of miles, like the most devout pilgrims, sincerely worshipping the Dragon Gate of Wealth hanging in the abyss.

They crawled, they crowded together, they fought!

It was as if a blood sacrifice was being carried out, a sacrifice that had continued for tens of thousands of years since ancient times!
When blood spills across the abyss, it becomes a crimson wine; bones and flesh carpet the earth, forming the bloody throne unique to the dragons; and endless death seems to form the crown atop their heads.
Lord of the four seas, Spirit of spirits, God of gods!
That crown was adorned with a blood-red splendor!

"A dragon in the abyss is already poised to rise, and when all the spirits return to the abyss to form a blood sacrifice, it can gather countless sea spirits' fortune and essence of blood and bones, presenting the image of a sacrifice of all living beings."

"The land where the dragon rose truly lives up to its name!"

The feng shui of the East Sea Dragon Palace was so good that even a layman like Li Wei could clearly feel the "principle" behind it and deeply realize the power of this "feng shui".

The saying goes, "First is fate, second is luck, and third is feng shui."

Dragons are born favored by the Great Dao, and their destiny is naturally incomparably noble.
Furthermore, the dragon race is favored by the Heavenly Dao and is itself a symbol of good fortune, so their luck is beyond question.
Now even the feng shui is perfect. With the deepest earthen layout in the entire East China Sea, it is like a super big pointed-bottom casserole, which gathers all the fortune, wealth and talents of the entire East China Sea and then boils them!

All living beings are the ingredients, the East Sea is the pot, and the Ao clan is the fire, cooking all living beings!
Their luck and destiny are absolutely off the charts!

"No wonder that Guangji Dragon King Bodhisattva cooperated with the Heaven-Slaying Alliance back then, smuggling hundreds of thousands of water demons at the drop of a hat!"

"Compared to the number of sea monsters that the Dragon Palace of the East Sea 'cooks' every year, the number that the Bodhisattva smuggled is just a drop in the ocean."

"But in this world, too much of anything is bad, and rigidity leads to breakage. The Ao clan used the Dragon Gate as bait to attract so many demon cultivators to come here for pilgrimage. Surely they must have paid a price for this?"

Regardless of why the Dragon Clan originally set up those two Dragon Gates, and regardless of whether those two Dragon Gates truly helped countless water demons become dragons.

But after tens of thousands of years of development, the Dragon Gate has changed. It has not only become glittering and precious, but has also been permeated by endless blood sacrifices, emitting an endless stench of blood.

As the dragons who presided over this "sacrifice" and boiled the spirits, they could not possibly be unaware of this matter. Therefore, they either supported the blood sacrifice or condoned it.

Whether you support or indulge them, you will incur corresponding sins, which will ultimately affect the overall fortune of the dragon race.

If things continue like this, the mutation of the Dragon Gate and the burning of the Dragon Clan's fortune are only a matter of time, though it may take hundreds of thousands of years.

Even if it takes hundreds of thousands of years, it's still not worth it!

As long as the dragon race, the chosen ones of heaven, don't court death, their longevity is definitely not a problem. Why would they deliberately burn their own clan's destiny?

What will the dragon race gain after paying such a high price?
After realizing the problem, Li Wei re-examined the East Sea Dragon Palace and suddenly gained a different understanding.

"A dragon hidden in the abyss can conceal itself in darkness, far from the glory of the Heavenly Court!" "But using living beings as blood sacrifices is tantamount to creating an immense sin. Even if the gods of the Heavenly Court only glance at this place, they will be tainted by karma and burned by karmic fire, right?"

In the evaluation system of "merit and karma", bystanders are sometimes more hateful than perpetrators!

If those self-proclaimed righteous gods of Heaven see this grand sacrifice in the Dragon Palace but do not try to save people, wouldn't they be considered accomplices?

Of all the sins that have caused the deaths of so many living beings over the years, wouldn't some of them be blamed?

Therefore, in all these versions, the place that the gods of Heaven least want to look at is the Dragon Palace of the East Sea, because it is simply a huge "fire basin". If you look at it too much, you will be burned by karmic fire.

You dragons can be burned like this without any problem, but we gods would really feel pain and even die if we were burned like this!
"It's so dangerous to even look at the Dragon Palace of the East Sea, let alone get close to it!"

"No wonder in recent versions, apart from that Monkey King, no one has bothered them at all!"

"No wonder that during the Great Tribulation of the Gods, the Dragon Clan was deeply involved in many events in the early stages, but in the end they were still able to remain independent from the tribulation and preserve their own strength."

This sacrificial site is essentially a man-made "self-destruction vulnerability." While the dragon race will be affected, it can prevent outsiders from spying on them, creating a breathing space for the clan.

"The dragons back then must have been driven to desperation, otherwise they wouldn't have come up with such a method to ensure the continuation of their race."

"But they must have a deep pocket to use this 'burning luck' method. The Dragon Clan really has a great ancestor!"

In his previous life on Earth, there was a saying that the "US dollar" was the anchor for global asset pricing, while on the Celestial Planet, the Dragon Clan was the anchor for pricing the destiny of the Three Realms.

Why did the ancient ancestors of the dragon race directly bind their destiny to their own race?
So what exactly is a top-tier rich second-generation?

That’s it!

For a moment, Li Wei couldn't help but feel jealous, thinking to himself, "Why don't I just marry into the Dragon Clan? Wouldn't I get a share of that incredible fortune and wealth then?"

Just as he was thinking this,
Suddenly, the ground shook violently from the depths of the abyss.

The entire East China Sea seemed to tremble at the same time, unleashing countless tsunamis.

Li Wei was startled and immediately assumed a defensive stance, looking around warily, fearing that the masterminds behind the scenes were about to attack him again.

Upon seeing this, Ao Zi chuckled and said, "Husband, don't be nervous. It's just that Father woke up from his afternoon nap and accidentally bumped into the sea shelf. It's nothing!"

"Woke up and bumped into the sea shelf?"

Li Wei's eye twitched involuntarily.

elder sister!

This is the East China Sea, spanning millions of miles. Its sea shelf is probably thicker than a real star. How could your old Dragon King move it just by accidentally bumping into it?

What exactly is the cultivation level of this Dragon King?
Just as Li Wei was in shock, a tiny, almost miniature, and incredibly youthful purple-gold dragon suddenly swam out of the abyss and flew all the way to Li Wei and the other two.

Ao Zi and Ao Huan immediately knelt down and respectfully bowed, saying, "Your subjects greet Father!"

The current Dragon King of the East Sea, Ao Shen, sighed helplessly: "I still prefer you all to call me cousin, older cousin, or older cousin!"

Three big question marks immediately appeared above Li Wei's head.

Cousin?

Father?

What kind of bizarre ethical relationship do you dragons have?

Ao Wei turned to look at Li Wei and suddenly burst out laughing: "So the special envoy also thinks our relationship is abnormal, right? Yes, what kind of cousin becomes someone else's father?"

But there's nothing we can do; this is the code of conduct that the Heavenly Court requires us to follow. Once you become the Dragon King, you automatically become the father of all dragons, and a father-son relationship is forcibly established!

Even the title of Dragon King is strange. Ordinary demons who cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage can be called Demon Kings, but what about me? Even though I'm only one step away from the Great Luo realm, I can only be titled "King," not Emperor!

[Does the special envoy think this is fair?]

The Heavenly Court has gone to great lengths to suppress the Dragon Clan, creating obstacles in every way possible, from laws and systems to divine duties and positions, to the titles bestowed upon the Dragon King, and even targeting clan and blood ties.

So it's no wonder the dragons rebelled! If it were Li Wei, he definitely wouldn't have been able to stand it either!

but
What does the Dragon King mean by telling me all this?
Doesn't He know I am the Heavenly Emperor's special envoy?
Are you complaining to me about how the Heavenly Court treats the dragons unfairly?

What exactly is this Dragon King up to?
Li Wei's heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously looked up, only to find that this true dragon, who had ascended to the position of Dragon King at such a young age, was also looking at him with a half-smile.

There seemed to be a deeper meaning in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)