Journey to the West: We're too early, Nezha is only seven years old.

Zhou Xiaobai had something more important to do, so he scanned himself with his mind and found the restriction that the Dragon King of the East Sea had placed in his body.

He has some experience in dealing with this type of restriction.

Instead of removing the restriction, he shifted its sealing target to his appendix.

In this way, the restriction sealed his appendix, rendering it unusable.

Having done all this, he left the imprinted space and returned to the Dragon-Trapping Cave.

The chains lay limply to one side. They had the ability to trap dragons, but they lacked the ability to attack proactively, and they lost their effectiveness once they lost their target.

When Zhou Xiaobai touched the cave wall of the Trapped Dragon Cave, although the cave wall was made of rock, it contained energy. When his body touched the cave wall, his body immediately became powerless and was bounced away.

"What's going on?" He tried again, still not believing it.

This time, he used "size control" to expand his body to a height of over five zhang (approximately 10 meters) before slamming into the cave wall with all his might.

With his combined strength of one dragon and eight elephants, he was confident that he could smash a hole even if the cave walls were made of diamond.

But the moment his body made contact with the cave wall, a surge of energy dissipated the impact, and a feeling of utter weakness returned to his body.

His body was thrown even further this time, and it took him a full incense stick's time to recover.

"I don't believe it!" Zhou Xiaobai snapped.

He returned to the Imprint Space, his body transformed into a human form, and then, holding the 'Xuanyuan Qiankun Bow,' he nocked a 'Heaven-Shaking Arrow' onto the bowstring.

With a release of his hand, the "Heaven-Shaking Arrow" pierced through the marked space, shot into the Dragon-Trapping Cave, and struck the cave wall.

A hole appeared in the cave wall, and then the hole automatically repaired itself, as if it had never been hit.

"How could this happen?" Zhou Xiaobai asked in disbelief.

He underestimated the Dragon-Trapping Cave and the Dragon Palace of the East Sea.

Those who say the East Sea Dragon Palace is weak need to consider its position within the context of the discussion.

In the eyes of this top-tier combat force, the East Sea Dragon Palace was indeed weak, but Zhou Xiaobai had only been practicing cultivation for a short time. Even with the 'Great Celestial Immortal Technique' and the 'Eight-Nine Arcane Arts', he only had some potential.

His true strength surpasses that of many generals within the East Sea Dragon Palace.

Furthermore, the Dragon-Trapping Cave was specifically designed to imprison true dragons, and its inhabitants are ancient dragons, making it far beyond his ability to break through.

"What should I do!" Zhou Xiaobai muttered to himself in frustration as he looked at Nezha's corpse in the imprint space.

Trapped here, his plan to send Nezha's body to the Golden Light Cave in time failed.

He tried many more times, unwilling to give up, and each time he ended up hurting himself.

When he had exhausted the last bit of strength in his body, he collapsed helplessly to the ground, staring blankly at the small hole above his head.

Even the small hole above your head doesn't show you the sky, but rather the seawater at the bottom of the ocean.

It seems I'll be stuck in the Dragon-Trapping Cave for a long time, Zhou Xiaobai thought helplessly.

He looked at the strange chain. Since he couldn't leave, he still needed to put on an act so that he wouldn't expose anything when someone came to check.

With that thought in mind, he went to the chain, grabbed it with one hand, and entered the imprint space with a slight thought.

The chains were attached to the cave walls, and only the exposed parts were brought into the imprinted space.

Zhou Xiaobai found the spiritual imprint inside the chains and skillfully sealed it, adding a temporary spiritual imprint to bring it under his control.

Since the spiritual imprint within the chains does not present an overwhelming gap with his spiritual imprint, he can still control the chains through a temporary spiritual imprint even after they leave the imprint space.

He re-fastened the chains to his body, just as he had done at the beginning.

Then he began to comprehend the "Eight-Nine Arcane Technique". Even though he had the Dragon Pearl, had become a true dragon, and possessed a mid-grade acquired spiritual root, his comprehension of the "Eight-Nine Arcane Technique" was still extremely slow.

It was even slower than when he first comprehended the "Great Celestial Immortal Technique," even though the "Eight-Nine Profound Technique" was of a higher grade than the "Great Celestial Immortal Technique."

Time passed by unnoticed, and once Zhou Xiaobai recovered, he began to cultivate the "Great Celestial Immortal Technique".

Without the aid of elixirs, the improvement of the "Grand Celestial Immortal Technique" returned to its normal speed.

Time seemed to stand still inside the Trapped Dragon Cave. Zhou Xiaobai used the standard that he could cultivate the "Great Celestial Immortal Technique" once a day to calculate the time he spent in the Trapped Dragon Cave.

One hundred and thirty days after entering the Dragon-Trapping Cave, he unintentionally released the Dragon Pearl from the Imprint Space, and his body transformed into a true dragon.

At the very moment the Dragon Ball appeared, the Dragon King of the East Sea sensed something within the main hall of the East Sea Dragon Palace.

"He's quite promising, managing to condense a dragon pearl so quickly while still sealed!" the Dragon King of the East Sea murmured to himself.

The reason Zhou Xiaobai was imprisoned was not only because he helped Nezha, but also because the Dragon King of the East Sea wanted to get Zhou Xiaobai to settle down.

As a direct descendant of the East Sea Dragon Palace, the more powerful a creature is, the fewer its direct descendants there are, and the same is true for true dragons.

After Zhou Xiaobai took the Dragon Ball out of the imprint space, he sensed the abnormal movement of the spiritual imprint sealed within the chains.

He immediately focused his mind on the chains and discovered that the command issued by the sealed mental imprint was to unlock the chains.

Without the slightest hesitation, he manipulated the chains to loosen himself, while simultaneously erasing his own spiritual imprint within the chains and unsealing the original spiritual imprint.

He had only just finished doing all that when he felt the rejection from the Trapped Dragon Cave.

His vision blurred, and he found himself in front of a stone tablet inscribed with "Trap Dragon Cave." He was now in a part of the Dragon Palace.

"This old minister pays his respects to Your Highness!" Just as Zhou Xiaobai was observing, a voice came from behind him.

He turned around and saw an old man in official robes, with a tortoise shell on his back and a long white beard, bowing respectfully.

"Who are you? Have you mistaken me for someone else? Why are you calling me Your Highness?" Zhou Xiaobai asked repeatedly, full of questions.

He was indeed somewhat confused. Not to mention his animosity towards the Dragon Palace, even without Nezha's hatred, he was not qualified to be called "Your Highness" in the Dragon Palace.

"I am the Turtle Prime Minister of the East Sea Dragon Palace. I have come to invite you on the orders of His Majesty the Dragon King. The reason I address you as Your Highness is because you are a direct descendant of the East Sea Dragon Palace!" the Turtle Prime Minister replied, maintaining his bow.

"Am I a direct descendant of the Dragon Palace of the East Sea?" Zhou Xiaobai couldn't help but mutter to himself.

He thought of the Dragon Balls and Ao Bing's blood essence, all of which he had integrated into his body. Could it be that because of this he became a direct descendant of the East Sea Dragon Palace, and the East Sea Dragon Palace did not investigate?

Little did Zhou Xiaobai know that his background had already been thoroughly investigated by the East Sea Dragon Palace.

Generally speaking, only the first generation possesses a relatively strong true dragon bloodline, and the true dragon bloodline will decline sharply from the second generation onwards.

Of course, the true dragon bloodline does not completely disappear in the process of being passed down from generation to generation, but is always hidden deep within the bloodline.

Perhaps in a later generation, the hidden true dragon bloodline will experience a sudden surge in power, but the chances of this happening are extremely low.

In addition, there is the most fortunate possibility, which is that the bloodline of the true dragon may lead to the reshaping of the true dragon's body.