Chapter 489 Preparing to Breakthrough to Domain Realm, Dragon Realm's Master Ao Lie_2
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"Enough, you'll have to find a way to make the transaction with her yourself, I'm entering closed-door cultivation, don't disturb me anymore."
Xu Yan shook his head but also reminded Yu Xiaolong, suggesting he could make a deal with Ao Yuxue to obtain True Dragon blood.
Upon hearing this, Ao Yuxue immediately breathed a sigh of relief, her eyes sparkling with joy as she watched Xu Yan return to his cultivation room. Seeing Yu Xiaolong's look of despair, she couldn't help but feel smug.
Meanwhile, Su Lingxiu was feeling quite frustrated; she had been ready to come out to save Ao Yuxue, and take the opportunity to make a deal with her, but her senior brother wouldn't give her the chance.
Xu Yan returned to his cultivation chamber, listening to the mournful howls of Yu Xiaolong outside, and shook his head. Forcing Ao Yuxue to bleed was now impossible.
If he really did that, Su Lingxiu would rush over to make a transaction with Ao Yuxue, and Yu Xiaolong's wish would ultimately remain unfulfilled.
With that in mind, he simply decided to do nothing.
Activating the Formation, Xu Yan began his breakthrough into Domain Realm.
"Once you enter the Domain Realm, only then do you understand the mysteries of the Domain."
Xu Yan thought excitedly.
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Dao Realm, the core of Taicang Domain, was in ancient times the central land of Heaven and Earth, also known as the Domain Origin Continent.
Before the great battle with the Imperishable Temple, Taicang elevated the Origin Continent, turning it into the "Upper World," and as it was closest to the Dao Principles, it hence came to be known as the Dao Realm.
In the Dao Realm's Three Hundred Realms, each Realm is governed by a Minor Heaven and Earth Master, relying on the Taicang Domain as a foundation to carve out their own little heavens and earths.
The ancient war left Taicang fallen, and many of the original Minor Heaven and Earth Masters also perished. As a result, the Three Hundred Realms are mostly occupied by later generations of strong beings.
However, among the Three Hundred Realms, besides those carved out by the followers of Taicang, a small portion were brought by strong beings from other Domains as a contingency plan, relocating their small heavens and earths to Taicang.
The True Dragon Realm, for example, was a small heaven and earth that the True Dragon Clan from True Spirit Domain relocated to Taicang. Rumors suggested the True Dragon Realm was originally a little heaven and earth created by a powerful True Spirit, who had since perished. The True Dragon Clan, diversifying to minimize risks, moved a portion of its members from this Realm to Taicang Domain.
Many years have passed since that war, with few surviving Minor Heaven and Earth Masters, who deeply avoid speaking of the events of that great battle.
As the older generation of Minor Heaven and Earth Masters retreated, a second generation of strong beings rose in Taicang Domain, reaching the power of Minor Heaven and Earth Masters, but since they did not carve out their own small heavens and earths independently, they were instead referred to as Realm Masters.
Although there might not be a significant difference in strength between the two, this distinction communicated the message that Minor Heaven and Earth Masters were ancient Supreme Experts, while Realm Masters were the new generation of Supreme Experts.
Not every one of the Three Hundred Realms in the Dao Realm has Realm Master Realm Experts.
Forces without Realm Master Realm Experts often affiliate themselves with those who have such experts, forming a tacit balance among the various Realms of the Dao Realm, where competition happens within certain boundaries, especially among the Realm Masters themselves.
As the strongest beings of their respective Realms, Dao Realm Masters also bear the responsibility of repelling intruding strong beings.
No matter what, their Domain is vital to their interests. Every time a foreign strong being enters, they suffer a loss, and on this matter, there's an understanding among these Realm Masters.
However, since the birth of Realm Masters, there have been those who perished, some participated in that ancient war and fell. Even after the war, some Realm Masters died in accidents.
For instance, some died in the Land of Imperishable while seeking treasures, ambushed and killed.
The last time a Realm Master fell was a thousand years ago. The Realm Master did not die at the hands of enemies, but was killed by another Realm Master of Taicang Domain.
This caused great shock, instilling a sense of crisis in the weaker Realm Masters!
The fallen Realm Master was the Earth Shadow Realm Master!
The one who killed the Earth Shadow Realm Master was none other than Heavenly Slaughter, who was then the most illustrious of the third-generation Realm Master Realm Experts in Taicang Domain, renowned for his might.
The fall of Earth Shadow Realm Master instilled fear in many Realm Masters towards Heavenly Slaughter, whose ambition only grew after defeating the Earth Shadow Realm Master, further intimidating the weaker Realm Masters.
Heavenly Slaughter even secretly reached agreements with certain Realm Masters, forming an alliance.
What's more, Heavenly Slaughter occasionally interacted with strong beings from the Netherworld and the Witch Demon Domain. His ambition was clear, aspiring to unify the Domain, aiming to become the co-ruler of Taicang Domain.
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The strong domains within the Dao Realm were all silent, not interfering with the actions of Heavenly Slaughter as if they were cautious or were simply observing its actions, wanting to seize the final benefits at the last moment.
The Taihe Realm, Taikun Realm, Taimiao Realm, and a few other strong domains that still had Minor Heaven and Earth Masters did not take any action, as if tacitly allowing Heavenly Slaughter's actions.
And at the forefront, the True Dragon Realm among other True Spirit Realms, also took no action, because including the True Dragon Realm, they were originally experts from the True Spirit Domain, not native experts from the Taicang Domain.
It was precisely because of this reason that the experts from the True Dragon Realm and other True Spirit strong realms were watching without interfering, fearing that it would provoke the native experts of Taicang.
The collapse of the Dao Domain Ladder caused the now masterless Earth Shadow Realm to fall into the Divine Realm, soon to become the connector between the Divine Realm and the Dao Realm, in a sense, unifying the two.
Clearly, this was the work of Heavenly Slaughter.
As the Earth Shadow Realm fell into the Divine Realm, not long after, a prodigy named Xu Yan in the Divine Realm had even tamed a dragon!
The tamed True Dragon was soon known to be the missing young princess of the True Dragon Realm, Ao Yuxue, the granddaughter of the True Dragon Realm's Master, Ao Lie, and his most beloved one.
Ao Yuxue's disappearance had already caused quite a stir in the Dao Realm when it occurred.
Although the True Dragons were outsiders, the progenitor of the True Dragons had a deep bond with Taicang, or else he would not have allowed part of the True Dragons to seek refuge in Taicang.
Moreover, the True Dragon Realm was extremely powerful, especially the True Dragon Realm's Master Ao Lie, who was rumored to be the youngest son of the True Dragon progenitor and was stronger than many Minor Heaven and Earth Masters.
Ao Lie himself left the True Dragon Realm to search for Ao Yuxue, even entering the Land of Imperishable, and beat a Blood Lord from the Netherworld and a Great Demon from the Witch Demon Domain into severe injuries and retreat.
However, Ao Yuxue ended up falling into the Divine Realm and was subdued by a prodigy there.
Moreover, from the messages received, Xu Yan's own strength was originally slightly weaker than Ao Yuxue's, but with the Subduing Dragon Technique, he managed to subdue her.
When this news arrived, the Dao Realm was shaken.
Although Xu Yan was not in the Dao Realm, his name had already spread across all realms of the Dao Domain.
The True Dragon Clan was enraged, and Ao Lie once again came out of the True Dragon Realm, wanting to go to the Divine Realm personally, to tear Xu Yan to pieces, yet due to the collapse of the Heavenly Ladder and the unstable fall of the Earth Shadow Realm, with the emergence of Dao Principles to stabilize the Domain, even with his strength, he could not force his way into the Divine Realm.
However, Ao Lie sought out Heavenly Slaughter.
It was widely known that Heavenly Slaughter was making some deployment in the Divine Realm, and Ao Yuxue's disappearance and fall into the Divine Realm could very likely be its doing.
Ao Lie led the strong experts of the True Dragon Clan, along with many True Spirit experts, towards the Heavenly Slaughter Realm.
A grand battle was about to erupt.
"Dragon Realm's Master, I know why you've come, but things are not as you think," said Heavenly Slaughter, tall in stature but with an air of refined elegance. His voice, rough and robust, was mismatched with his elegance, giving the impression of a brute feigning refinement.
"Heavenly Slaughter, you think I'm unaware of what's happened in the Divine Realm? Today, if you can't provide a reasonable explanation, I'll annihilate your Heavenly Slaughter Realm!"
The colossal figure of Ao Lie, the crimson dragon, spiraled, exuding immense Dragon Might, his eyes sharp and frigid, ready to act at a word and stomp out the Heavenly Slaughter Realm.
At this moment, Ao Lie exposed his True Dragon form, clearly prepared for a titanic battle!
The various Realm Masters of the Dao Realm appeared one after another, watching from afar.
"Dragon Realm's Master, you are a senior, with immense strength. Even I, Heavenly Slaughter, would not dare to affront you, and I wouldn't stoop to using schemes against a junior, no matter how shameless I am.
"Of course, I, Heavenly Slaughter, do not deny that your granddaughter's fall into the Divine Realm is indeed related to me, but I did it out of necessity, truly only to save your granddaughter," sighed Heavenly Slaughter.
"As long as you admit it's related to you, all your reasons, however eloquent, are useless. Today, I will see for myself just how capable you, Heavenly Slaughter, are to dare provoke me!"
Ao Lie raised one of his dragon claws, and the fiery red lightning fire surged, indicating a battle was imminent!