Starting Immortal Cultivation from a White Dog

The Milky Way in the azure sky, the palace of Mars.

Wu Tian focused his mind, no longer paying attention to external disturbances, and devoted all his energy to cultivation.

The Jade Claw Dragon, with a body several tens of feet long, coiled in the waters protected by the Mars Palace, holding the dragon pearl from Prince Moang in its mouth, its appearance solemn and majestic.

As the "True Method of the Illustrated Explanation of the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Pearl" was activated, the surging essence and starlight from the Milky Way, mixed with the blood essence within the Dragon Pearl, flowed into his body continuously, like rivers flowing into the sea.

On the dragon's body, the fine jade-colored scales shimmered with a warm luster under the starlight and the essence of the dragon pearl, with faint golden patterns growing and spreading at the edges.

The bones inside the body emitted subtle, dense crackling sounds, as if they were being reshaped and growing.

His dragon claws grew ever sharper, their tips gleaming with a cold light; the pair of jade dragon horns on his forehead slowly lengthened and forked, becoming increasingly majestic…

Within Wu Tian's mind, the Ruyi Jingu Bang, composed of thirteen thousand five hundred golden runes, became increasingly clear and solid, even beginning to feed back into reality. Wisps of pale golden light, barely perceptible to the naked eye, began to seep from the gaps in the Jade Claw Flood Dragon's scales, flickering like breath.

Seven days later.

Within the waters of the Mars Palace, golden light shone brightly.

The Jade Claw Dragon's original jade-colored scales were now completely covered with a layer of dazzling golden light, as if cast from gold. Especially on its back and limb joints, the golden scales were particularly dense and dazzling, complementing the jade claws and dragon horns that looked like they were carved from white jade, forming a unique and noble appearance of golden scales and jade claws.

The dragon's might was awe-inspiring, several times stronger than when it first entered the Milky Way.

Wu Tian glanced at the system notification.

Ding! System notification: Your cultivation of the "Illustrated True Method of the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Treasures" has reached the seventh level of perfection. Your magic, Ruyi Golden Light, has transformed into a seed of supernatural power. Your dragon bloodline has undergone a transformation and sublimation. You are currently a Golden-Scaled Jade-Clawed Dragon. Please check the details yourself.

Ruyi Golden Light, a seed of seventh-grade supernatural power, is a supernatural power condensed through the cultivation of the "True Method of the Diagram of the Divine Treasures of Stabilizing the Sea." It can change at will, stabilize the sea and divide the waves, and possesses supreme strength and the ability to stabilize the sea.

The Golden Scale Jade Claw Flood Dragon is a branch of the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon clan, possessing a bloodline extremely close to that of a true dragon.

After examining it carefully, Wu Tian stopped paying attention. The Dragon Clan's cultivation method was very different from the family cultivation method he had practiced before, after condensing the seed of divine power.

Once you cultivate the tenth level of the "Illustrated True Method of the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Treasures," you can completely transform the seed of supernatural power into supernatural power.

Although it is only a tenth-grade power, not the so-called twelfth-grade supernatural power.

However, it made no difference to Wu Tian. He could use his own system panel to upgrade this supernatural ability to the twelfth grade.

Wu Tianlong's might stirred up the waves in the Milky Way, letting out a dragon's roar. His hundred-zhang-long dragon body flowed with dazzling golden light, sacred and majestic.

The Milky Way has no time, and spiritual practice knows no years.

January has passed by in a flash.

With the fall of the Dragon King of the East Sea and the sudden appearance and disappearance of Gouchen Star Lord, countless discussions and uproars have taken place both in heaven and on earth.

But the planet Mars remained completely calm.

On this day, the golden light on the hundred-zhang-long dragon in the Heavenly River suddenly receded, and then erupted again with an even more magnificent force.

"hold head high!"

A clear, resonant, and powerful dragon roar resounded from the center of the water, causing the surrounding celestial river waters to ripple outwards, as if calming the sea and parting the waves.

Amidst the golden light, the outline of a colossal figure gradually became clear.

It was a golden-scaled, jade-clawed dragon that was eight hundred feet long.

The dragon's body was lithe and long, and each scale was as if forged from the purest gold, with a faint golden light flowing around its edges.

The five dragon claws were powerful and vigorous, flowing with a warm, jade-like light.

The dragon's head is majestic, its eyes radiating golden light as they open and close, and a pair of forked dragon horns on its forehead pointing straight to the sky, winding like natural Dao patterns, exuding an invisible power to suppress the eight wastelands and establish dominance over the four seas.

A pure, vast, and noble aura of the dragon permeated the air, and even in the depths of the Milky Way where the power of the stars was raging, it could not be concealed.

A cold, mechanical system notification sounded in my ear.

Ding! System notification: Your "Illustrated True Method of the Divine Treasures of the Sea" has reached its twelfth level of perfection. Your magical Ruyi Jingu Bang has accumulated three thousand years of cultivation. Please check the details yourself.

After a month of cultivation, with the help of the system panel and the dragon ball left behind by Moang, the Third Prince of the East Sea, Wu Tian finally cultivated the Ruyi Jingu Bang (Golden Cudgel) supernatural power to the twelfth grade. He continued to break through with it, condensing divine rings, manifesting strange phenomena, and condensing Daoist scriptures.

At this point, in terms of spiritual attainment, he had reached the third level of the Primordial Spirit realm.

He is only half a step away from transforming into a true dragon and condensing his Dharma form.

All of this happened naturally, without any setbacks or obstacles.

Ignoring the outside world's disturbances, Wu Tian focused on cultivation and gradually improved his cultivation level of the dragon bloodline.

The Ruyi Jingu Bang (Golden Cudgel), a twelfth-grade supernatural power, exists between reality and illusion. It can manifest at will, possessing the power to change size and weight at will, suppress the four seas, and destroy all laws.

After the Ruyi Jingu Bang was cultivated to the twelfth grade, the characteristic that he valued most was its ability to destroy all laws.

The so-called breaking of laws means that as long as one's own cultivation is profound enough, one can break through anything, including heaven and earth, the sun and moon, yin and yang, the five elements, the cycle of life and death, and the void and time, with a single blow.

Although the Ruyi Jingu Bang did not venture into the realm of time as he had imagined, its ability to destroy all laws was extremely terrifying, thus setting it on a different path.

This ability to destroy all laws only appeared after he used the system panel to upgrade his divine power seed to the twelfth grade. The Ruyi Jingu Bang cultivated by other dragons was at most the tenth grade.

Even if one has the opportunity to transform into an eleventh-grade cultivator, since this true method was created, no dragon has been able to cultivate the twelfth-grade Golden Cudgel.

Carefully sensing the changes inside and outside his body, Wu Tian had a thought, and the eight-hundred-foot-long dragon's body shrank rapidly, filled with golden light.

Before long, a tall, handsome man with fair skin that shone with golden light and two jade dragon horns on his head appeared.

His long hair, whiter than snow, reached his waist and shone brightly, mirroring the jade horns on his head.

Such white hair does not make one look old, but rather gives off an indescribable handsomeness and mystique.

His robes were entirely made of golden light, and a pale golden halo slowly appeared behind his head. In the center of the halo, the Ruyi Jingu Bang (the magic staff) floated and sank, exuding a profound Daoist aura that suppressed everything.

"Not bad..."

Wu Tian looked at his current changes and a smile appeared on his face. Through his cultivation over this period of time, he also discovered that the cultivation of the dragon race was very different from that of ordinary demon races, and was more similar to a bloodline family.

The Dragon Clan will not follow the path of the demon saints who adorn the stars, or rather, the "Illustrated True Method of the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Treasures" does not follow such a path.

Those who cultivate the true methods passed down by other dragon clans may have a path to becoming demon saints.

However, "The True Method of the Illustrated Explanation of the Divine Treasures of Dinghai" is not, but rather truly follows the path of Dharma.

When one refines the Ruyi Jingu Bang (Golden Cudgel) into its Dharma form at the thirteenth level of the cultivation technique, one is considered to have broken through to the level of a Loose Immortal; when one breaks through to the sixteenth level and opens up the blessed land of Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, one can cultivate into a True Immortal.

The so-called Lingtai Fangcun Mountain is a blessed land that stretches for thousands of miles within the small space of the Lingtai. It contains the wonders of the Great Dao, an achievement that can only be attained after one has perfected their own path of cultivation.

Upon reaching the nineteenth level of the cultivation technique, one must begin to create a grotto-heaven. However, among the dragon race, there are not many true dragons who cultivate the "True Method of the Illustrated Manual of the Divine Treasures of the Sea-Stabilizing Clan," and even fewer who choose the Ruyi Jingu Bang from among the many illustrations.

To date, the Dragon Clan's highest achievement in the Ruyi Jingu Bang diagram is the eighteenth level of perfection, which led to the creation of the Fangcun Mountain Blessed Land.

There is still no true dragon capable of opening up a grotto-heaven.

On the contrary, there are many dragons who cultivate the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl. For example, the East Sea Dragon King, who had already perished, opened up a blessed land and grotto-heaven. The grotto-heaven opened up by the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl is called the Crystal Palace.

Although Wu Tian was unaware of the Dragon Clan's greatest achievement in the diagram of the Ruyi Jingu Bang (the magic staff), he had the illusion of stepping into mythology and epic.

The monkey in the myths and legends of the past life once studied under a master at the Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars on Lingtai Fangcun Mountain.

"One day, I will create my own grotto, and I will name it the Slanting Moon and Three Stars Grotto, haha!"

A smile graced his handsome face, and the dragon horns on his head and his long, luminous white hair shone brightly, radiating divine light.

After carefully experiencing the changes inside and outside his body, he sat cross-legged in the waves, holding the dragon pearl in his hands, and slowly closed his eyes.

The divine halo behind him spun, gleaming with golden light, and the Ruyi Jingu Bang (the magic staff) exuded a Daoist aura that suppressed everything, enveloping his body.

……

Two more months passed.

An eerie silence descended upon the waters of the Mars Palace. Even the sound of the Milky Way's waves lapping against the edge seemed to have faded into the distance.

Wu Tian sat cross-legged in the middle of the water, his eyes closed and motionless.

The dragon horns on its head had disappeared completely at some point, and its aura was extremely restrained, like an ancient reef.

A long staff floated in front of him.

The staff is twelve feet long and entirely golden, yet it is neither gold nor iron nor wood or stone. Each end has a purple-gold band, and the staff is covered with intricate and mysterious dragon and phoenix patterns, with faint shimmering patterns of the stars in the sky.

At the center of the staff, a line of ancient cloud-seal characters, "Ruyi Jingu Bang" (meaning "golden cudgel"), flowed with dazzling light.

This golden cudgel is incredibly solid, no different from a real divine weapon.

But upon closer inspection, it appears that within the staff, there are countless tiny, dust-like golden runes that are constantly being created and destroyed, endlessly repeating.

It floats silently, seemingly heavier than the four seas, yet as light as a feather; it seems capable of stopping the churning Milky Way, yet also capable of piercing through the nine heavens with a single blow.

Ding! System notification: You have completed the thirteenth level of the "Illustrated True Method of the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Treasures". You have successfully condensed the Ruyi Jingu Bang (Golden Cudgel) Dharma Image, and your dragon bloodline has successfully transformed into a five-clawed golden dragon.

Just as the system notification sound rang out—

The Ruyi Jingu Bang (Golden Cudgel) Dharma image floating in front of Wu Tian suddenly trembled.

"Buzz!"

The five ancient and simple cloud-shaped characters "Ruyi Jingu Bang" on the staff suddenly burst out with indescribable dazzling golden light, instantly breaking through the boundary of the Yinghuo Star Palace water area and transforming into a golden pillar of light, soaring majestically straight into the nine heavens.

The azure sky and the Milky Way paled in comparison at this moment.

The surging waves of star power were pushed aside and stabilized by an invisible force. Centered on the golden pillar of light, the waters of the Milky Way within a radius of a thousand miles remained as still as solidified glass, reflecting the magnificent golden light that reached the heavens and the earth.

Within the pillar of light, the faint phantom of a colossal rod reaching to the heavens and suppressing the Milky Way could be seen, with countless dragon and phoenix figures swirling around its body, and the stars in the sky flickering and shifting in response.

A lawless and annihilating Daoist aura spread out, sweeping across heaven and earth.

"hold head high!!!"

A high-pitched and majestic dragon roar erupted from the core of the golden light, instantly spreading throughout the entire Azure Sky River.

Amidst the golden light, Wu Tian's seated figure suddenly shot up.

In the blink of an eye, a five-clawed golden dragon, a thousand feet long, appeared in the Milky Way.

The dragon's whiskers swayed, its eyes opened and closed, and every golden scale flowed with an immortal divine luster. With a casual swipe of its five claws, it caused the Milky Way to reverse and the void to tremble.

The pure and vast power of the true dragon, like a tangible tsunami, surged and crashed in all directions.

A thousand-foot-long golden dragon stretched its body freely in the azure Milky Way, churning the waters and overturning the seas. With a flick of its tail, it stirred up towering waves; with its head raised, it inhaled and exhaled, absorbing endless starlight and the essence of the Milky Way.

Wherever it passed, the waters of the Milky Way naturally parted, as if paying homage to their king, and the light of the stars also gathered to form dazzling bands of light that swirled around the sacred dragon's body.

Such an earth-shattering phenomenon instantly shook the entire Heavenly Court and the Dragon Clan.

The four immortals and gods of the Thunder, Water, and Fire factions all turned their gazes to the lower realm, where they saw golden light piercing the sun and dragon roars shaking the heavens, and all of them showed expressions of astonishment.

"That's... the birth of a true dragon?!"

"How could there be such pure golden dragon aura in the Azure Heaven River?"

"Look at that golden light and Daoist aura, containing unparalleled power to stabilize the sea. Could it be that one of the dragon princes has broken through?"

……

The most intense reaction came from the Dragon Palace of the East Sea.

The Dragon Palace of the East Sea, the Crystal Palace.

The dragon race, which has just lost a dragon king, is now embroiled in internal strife. The remaining three dragon kings are vying for the position of East Sea Dragon King. Although there are four dragon kings, the East Sea Dragon King is now the dominant figure in the dragon race.

This not only represents power and status, but also the resources one can utilize. The previous East Sea Dragon King's demise was too sudden, and the other three Dragon Kings never imagined that they would be vying for the East Sea Dragon King's position under such a sudden circumstances.

Their strengths were roughly equal, so neither was willing to give up easily. As a result, three months have passed, and the three dragon kings are still unable to subdue each other and take over the East Sea Dragon Palace.

At this moment, the West Sea Dragon King, who was also a member of the five-clawed golden dragon clan, suddenly stood up from his throne, his dragon eyes bursting with an unbelievable light of surprise.

He clearly sensed the pure, five-clawed golden dragon bloodline fluctuations originating from the direction of the Azure Heaven River.

"This is a true dragon that has condensed the form of the Ruyi Jingu Bang after the five-clawed golden dragon practiced the 'True Method of the Illustrated Explanation of the Divine Treasures of the Sea'!"

The Dragon King of the West Sea's voice trembled, filled with both excitement and unbearable joy, "Hahaha, my dragon clan has gained another prince, and my five-clawed golden dragon clan has another prodigy born."

"Great news! What a wonderful thing!"

With a wave of his dragon robe, his vast divine sense swept across the Dragon Palace.

"Send an order! Immediately dispatch an envoy, no... as soon as Qiong'er emerges from seclusion, have her go in person with generous gifts and the highest honors to welcome my Dragon Clan's Crown Prince back to the palace."

"I will personally host a banquet at that time to announce this to the entire world!" (End of Chapter)