Longevity Martial Arts: I have a Mysterious Water Snake Avatar-Chapter 165 - 164: The Chilly Moon is High, a Flood Dragon is Born!

Chapter 165: Chapter 164: The Chilly Moon is High, a Flood Dragon is Born!

The Gate of Life and Death was a Heaven Earth Secret Realm, one of the few precious sites owned by the Demon Clan, and currently managed by the Dragon God Sacred Land.

Every famed Divine Power in the world had made use of Heaven Earth Secret Realms.

For example, the renowned Divine Power ’Reversed River Body Protection Seal’ took advantage of the Reverse River, a Heaven Earth Secret Realm. When activated by a Demon Saint of the sixth order, it could resist the offensive of a Demon Saint of the eighth order. Its defensive power was truly peerless in the world.

The value of Heaven Earth Secret Realms was thus self-evident.

Currently, the Gate of Life and Death within the Heart-questioning Trial was merely a projection of a Divine Power, not the actual site of the Gate of Life and Death.

"BOOM!"

Soaring above the clouds, Hong Yuan rode the mist and arrived at the valley where the Gate of Life and Death was located.

Gazing at the towering, dark, and lightless curtain-like gate in front of him, Hong Yuan inexplicably felt a chill, sending shivers down his spine, and he couldn’t help but tremble.

It is said that the Soul Killing Demon Emperor was once the master of this Gate of Life and Death, a Heaven Earth Secret Realm. Now, the mere confrontation with a projection of his Divine Power already instills fear in me.

A Heaven Earth Secret Realm, truly as remarkable as its reputation.

Praising it internally, Hong Yuan suppressed the fear rising in his heart and, with a thought, bravely charged towards the curtain-like gate.

The curtain-like gate engulfed Hong Yuan without stirring a ripple.

Limited by the Great Power of the Heaven Earth Secret Realm, the outside viewers could not see a clear image of Hong Yuan’s side. It was blurry and slightly delayed.

Even great figures at the level of Demon Saints found it to be so.

"Could this be the ’variable’ that the Dragon Sun Demon Emperor spoke of?" the Red Luck Demon Saint wondered, puzzled.

He put away his Holy Artifact, a calculation tool, and stood staring intently at the Energy Mirror where Hong Yuan was. "The Great Taoism encompasses fifty, from which the heavens derive forty-nine," he murmured. "The one that escapes... its counter-current is so fiercely intense..."

The Snow Moon Demon Saint’s almond-shaped eyes shone. "I didn’t expect the ultimate winner would be such a young lad, possessing cultivation that only slightly surpasses Qingxue’s on the Xuan Guangqiao."

She seemed to foresee the rise of another peerless young demon of stunning talent, destined to dominate an era.

"Good, very good! Guangqiao’s performance is completely on par with those few Tao Species," Messenger Wan Xuerou said, clapping her hands in praise, which prompted the Black Dragon Demon Saint to show a relieved smile.

The Black Dragon Demon Saint nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad at all. The young surpasses the old; he has even surpassed my past self."

Through this journey in the Heart-questioning Trial, Hong Yuan had broken through many skeptical views and truly made a name for himself.

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Traversing through the curtain-like large gate outside the Gate of Life and Death, Hong Yuan arrived at the Obsessed Dead Zone.

The Obsessed Dead Zone was filled with deathly black fog, greatly obscuring Hong Yuan’s vision.

This deathly black fog was extremely cunning. Upon seeing Hong Yuan—a Demon with a living soul—enter, it continuously assaulted him, not even sparing the gaps beneath the armor of his python body.

Hong Yuan was forced to land on the ground, coming to a stop on a field of grayish-white wild grass.

Once again, I have to confront torturous suffering. Perhaps after becoming the Tao Master of Soul Tao, the Soul Killing Demon Emperor developed his murderous nature, due in part to Soul Tao itself.

Soul Tao cultivation... it’s truly damn perverse.

Hong Yuan clenched his teeth and silently endured the pain.

The deathly black fog crept into every nook and cranny, probing for weaknesses in his soul-form and judging his attainments in Soul Tao cultivation.

Soon, Hong Yuan felt the onset of pain.

This pain was like an agonizing knot in the stomach that left him powerless.

"HMPH..."

Hong Yuan grunted and involuntarily curled up on the wild grass.

The pain intensified, like pouring chili oil onto scorched skin.

Burning and cracking!

RUMBLE... Hong Yuan tossed and turned on the wild grass, kicking up dirt and debris, utterly disfiguring the field.

Gasps of pain, hoarse cries, and wails emanated from Hong Yuan.

You only see the wolf devouring its prey, not when it takes a beating.

Others only knew that Hong Yuan had an exceptional understanding of Soul Tao cultivation, but no one knew that every time he broke through in Soul Tao, he had to endure excruciating torment.

As time passed, and as his soul-form became more purified, Hong Yuan’s soul-form also began to shrink.

His two-hundred-and-seventy-meter figure gradually reduced:

Two hundred fifty-six meters...

Two hundred eighteen meters...

One hundred eighty meters...

Eventually, Hong Yuan’s soul-form shrank again to one hundred and eight meters in length, now covered in mysterious golden patterns.

After a quarter of an hour, Hong Yuan, who had been tightly closing his eyes to resist the pain, suddenly opened them.

Having endured the tempering of the deathly black fog, he had finally purified and refined his Soul Foundation. Although his Soul Foundation had shrunk by nearly twenty percent, it was entirely worth it.

For now, he was able to resist the infinite pressure within the Fertile Habitat and endure its peculiar magnetic fields!

With a BOOM, Hong Yuan, resisting the invasion of the deathly black fog, slowly ascended.

With a flash of white light and electricity, Hong Yuan headed towards the other side of the Gate of Life and Death—the ’Fertile Habitat.’

...

In contrast to the Obsessed Dead Zone, filled with deathly black fog and almost devoid of Soul Beasts, the Fertile Habitat seemed like a paradise.

Flowers bloomed across the mountainsides, and the vegetation was lush, with towering ancient trees everywhere. One could even occasionally see sentient weapon soul-forms wandering in the woods.

After briefly examining these demonic weapon soul-forms, Hong Yuan was astonished.

Unbelievable! The life-giving white fog can actually nurture and sustain various weapon soul-forms. The Gate of Life and Death is truly a bona fide Heaven Earth Secret Realm, with incredible Creation power.

After another glance at the sword-shaped soul-form, Hong Yuan suppressed the impractical desire in his heart and started searching for the life-giving white fog in the Fertile Habitat.

The immense pressure within the Fertile Habitat forced Hong Yuan to crawl slowly. If it were not for the refinement he had undergone in the deathly black fog, he feared he would have been unable to move an inch, completely immobilized.

Fortunately, Hong Yuan was a being with a living soul. As soon as he began to move, a cluster of white fog brimming with boundless vitality approached him of its own accord, actively converging upon his soul-form.

Like a sponge absorbing water, Hong Yuan’s python body expanded visibly to the naked eye.

Before he had fully absorbed this mass of life-giving white fog, another cloud of it approached Hong Yuan.

One after another, Hong Yuan now reveled in an indescribable pleasure.

It was as if he had tasted the joy of savoring delicacies from the mountains and seas, or the ecstasy of male and female union.

No, it was dozens, no, hundreds of times better than these!

Overwhelming waves of pleasure assaulted Hong Yuan’s sanity. Without his prior experience in the Obsessed Dead Zone, this intense ecstasy could truly have submerged him in its depths.

Hong Yuan exhaled a visible stream of frosty air, raising his serpent head.

He had to admit that the joy brought by the life-giving white fog was blissfully intense.

But compared to the pleasure brought by condensing the Cold Moon Dragon soul-form, it was not even close.

Taking a deep breath, Hong Yuan began to consciously use the life-giving white fog to mold his own soul-form.

’Train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning.’ Fortunately, I used Painting to pass the tedious training time with my Original Body, and my Painting Skills are not too shabby.

As his python body expanded, Hong Yuan treated his own soul-form as a canvas and began to shape it.

He recalled the appearance of the Black Dragon Demon Saint’s Original Body and, following the *Cultivation Methods of the Cold Moon Dragon*, gradually filled in and outlined, shaping himself towards the Cold Moon Dragon.

[Soul Tao +70]

[Cold Moon Dragon +10]

[...]

The proficiency panel suddenly registered new transformation points for the Cold Moon Dragon.

Hong Yuan began his transformation from the Ice Armor Python to the Cold Moon Dragon!

Two hours later, Hong Yuan’s attribute panel was completely renewed.

[School: Soul Tao (Grandmaster 9.9%) → (Grandmaster 12%)]

[Ice Armor Python → Ice Armor Python (Cold Moon Dragon 20%)]

In that moment, Hong Yuan broke through his limits, officially reaching a ten thousand soul level Soul Foundation. He had succeeded in shaping the Cold Moon Dragon soul-form, touching the threshold of the Demon Saint Realm.

BOOM! THUNDER! RUMBLE! In that instant, the very color of heaven and earth changed. Fierce winds howled, and all creation wailed.

The Fertile Habitat was marked by a celestial phenomenon caused by Hong Yuan.

The Cold Moon dominated the sky.

Pure moonlight sprinkled down upon the Fertile Habitat, bringing waves of coldness. Wherever the moonlight touched, frost formed.

"ROAR!"

With a furious roar, Hong Yuan instantly broke free from the boundless pressure and ascended to the heavens.

Hong Yuan’s appearance had dramatically changed:

His pair of dark red, somber vertical pupils resembled two shards of silent ice. A single, sharp, straight horn was wrapped in noble silver spiral patterns. His now fully transformed, robust Flood Dragon Tongue occasionally licked his sharp, neat white fangs.

His sinuous Flood Dragon body, stretching a full nine hundred and ninety-nine meters, was densely covered in silver-white scales. Four plumes of hazy white mist swirled around his limbs, intermittently revealing sharp, glinting claws.

A Ferocious Dragon!

Hong Yuan had become a formidable Ferocious Dragon!

Although this transformation was only of his soul-form, if he chose to solely follow the Soul Tao, the doors to the Demon Saint Realm would be wide open for him.

Hong Yuan roamed the Fertile Habitat, voraciously devouring the life-giving white fog.

Twelve thousand-fold...

Thirteen thousand-fold...

Suddenly, Hong Yuan froze momentarily before ecstasy flooded his face.

With a thought, a massive Cold Moon hovered behind him, illuminating heaven and earth.

The Cold Moon Seal Divine Power! I’ve actually awakened the Cold Moon Seal Divine Power!!!

The Cold Moon Seal Divine Power was the Innate Divine Ability of the Cold Moon Dragon, which Hong Yuan had only barely begun to grasp before.

But after this awakening, he had instantly pushed his mastery of the Cold Moon Seal Divine Power to a level rivaling his Ten Thousand Heavy Water Divine Power.

Consider that he had spent countless strenuous hours on the Ten Thousand Heavy Water Divine Power and had received guidance from the Black Dragon Demon Saint multiple times!

Struck it rich! Struck it rich!

Elated, Hong Yuan’s eyebrows rose sharply, and his movements as he devoured the life-giving white fog became much more agile.

When he sensed that his soul-form could no longer bear the pressure, Hong Yuan stopped devouring the life-giving white fog and reviewed his proficiency panel.

[School: Soul Tao (Grandmaster 21%)]

"HEH HEH..." Hong Yuan chuckled. Now I’ve reached a twenty-one thousand-fold Soul Foundation. The great gate to the Demon Saint Realm truly stands more than half-open to me!

The Gate of Life and Death is of no further use to me for now. I should continue to hunt the Soul Beasts in The Golden Land and resolutely deny Li Jianqiu the chance to achieve a ten thousand soul level Soul Foundation.

Trying to oppose me, Li Jianqiu? Do you even have what it takes?

After pondering for a moment, Hong Yuan decided to deal with the Green Kun Fish last.

First, he had to handle that group of Silver Sardine Soul Beasts, then clear out The Golden Land. After that, he would make his exit and leave the Heart-questioning Trial.

More importantly, he needed to adapt to this brand-new body.

Hong Yuan raised his newly grown pair of three-toed claws and made a grasping motion in the air.

With a thought, Hong Yuan shifted his position, departing from the Fertile Habitat and leaving the Gate of Life and Death behind.