However, for all these years, it had no idea how to utilize the Dragon Pearl Key's function.
The Dragon God High Priest's eyes darted about in thought. Did the Dragon Pearl only become useful when the Dragon Gate opened?
Its true form was a giant squid, second only to the Deep Sea Dragon Whale in size within the abyssal depths.
However, it had mastered the magnification skill and had shrunk its body, making it appear no different from an ordinary squid.
Although it was very old and did not meet the conditions for leaping the Dragon Gate, it also eagerly awaited the Dragon Gate's opening, wanting to understand the Dragon Pearl's purpose.
If it was related to inheritance, it might also gain some benefits.
Perhaps it could even break through and become a High God.
Just then, Zheng Dong also arrived outside the Dragon God Hall.
Compared to the cautiousness when he went to the Star God Realm, Zheng Dong had fewer worries here.
Firstly, he had condensed a divine spark, and his strength had increased significantly.
Secondly, he controlled numerous divine-level undead, capable of handling most situations.
If he couldn't handle it, he could use the Star Key to open a star gate and hide in the Star God Realm.
He arrived at the Dragon God Hall with the Blood Wolf, openly approaching. Just as he was about to enter, he was stopped by two guards.
The guards were two quasi-divine level transcendent beings.
They could sense the aura emanating from Zheng Dong and the Bloodthirsty Divine Wolf, vast and deep, beyond their ability to resist.
However, due to their duty, they braced themselves and blocked Zheng Dong's path.
"This is the Dragon God Hall. Outsiders are forbidden!"
Zheng Dong remained silent. The Bloodthirsty Divine Wolf stared at the two guards, its terrifying aura spreading out.
Instantly, the guards were intimidated, trembling in fear and hastily retreating to the side.
Following this, Zheng Dong walked straight in.
As soon as he stepped through the grand doors of the Dragon God Hall, he was detected by the High Priest.
Its eyes turned cold, and it looked towards the outside of the hall, as if seeing Zheng Dong.
"Who dares to barge into the Dragon God Hall with such audacity? Are they tired of living?"
However, before its words could fall, it immediately sensed something was amiss, its expression turning solemn.
It could not see through Zheng Dong or the Bloodthirsty Divine Wolf beside him.
It could only feel that their auras were extremely strong, far surpassing its own.
Damn it, which fool had provoked a powerful enemy and come knocking?
The High Priest quickly notified all the divine-level transcendent beings in the Dragon God Hall to return as soon as possible.
After a moment of hesitation, the High Priest decided to leave a clone in the Dragon God Hall to stall Zheng Dong and the Bloodthirsty Divine Wolf.
It would then attempt to escape the Dragon God Hall and decide how to proceed based on the situation.
Thus, it left behind a clone.
Its main body quietly disappeared within the Dragon God Hall, using water vein jumping to reach the outside.
At this moment, Zheng Dong also entered the main hall of the Dragon God Hall and encountered the High Priest's clone.
The High Priest's clone was very similar to its main body, but its strength was only half that of the main body.
Its mastery of the clone skill had only reached the proficient level.
This allowed Zheng Dong to quickly spot the flaw and recognize that the High Priest before him was merely a clone.
Without hesitation, Zheng Dong swiftly used fate calculation to search for the High Priest's main body.
The Bloodthirsty Divine Wolf also used the power of its divine kingdom to seal off the surrounding area.
The High Priest, about to escape, felt the suppression from the Bloodthirsty Divine Wolf and quickly used the Dragon Pearl's power to form a Pure Water Domain.
Within the Pure Water Domain, the High Priest could completely merge with the surrounding ocean, making it undetectable.
Furthermore, it could follow the ocean currents and slowly leave the area sealed by the Bloodthirsty Divine Wolf.
At this moment, the High Priest was very anxious.
It discovered that Zheng Dong and the Bloodthirsty Divine Wolf were even more powerful than it had anticipated.
Even if all the divine-level transcendent beings of the Dragon God Hall attacked together, they might not be able to deal with the opponent.
Therefore, it wanted to escape as quickly as possible.
Having served as High Priest for many years, it had long lost its youthful vigor and only wished to stay away from danger and live longer.
Just as it was about to escape the Bloodthirsty Divine Wolf's sealed area, it suddenly felt a strange sound echoing in its mind.
The sound grew louder and louder, constantly shaking its mind and spirit.
Sensing that something was wrong, it quickly stopped to resist.
Inside the main hall of the Dragon God Hall, Zheng Dong, having confirmed that the High Priest had just escaped using fate calculation, took out the Faith Chalice.
The Faith Chalice could affect the main body through the clone.
This meant that no matter how far the High Priest ran, Zheng Dong could convert it into a believer through its clone.
Not long after, the High Priest could no longer resist.
The Dragon Pearl's power was more adept at protecting its physical body, offering weak protection to its consciousness and soul, making it unable to resist the power of the Faith Chalice.
As the Faith Chalice eroded it, the High Priest was also converted into Zheng Dong's believer.
Immediately after, the High Priest's main body returned to the Dragon God Hall and even presented the Dragon Pearl in its hand to Zheng Dong.
Zheng Dong also learned about the origin of the prophecy from the High Priest.
The first generation High Priest of the Dragon God Hall, upon obtaining the Dragon Pearl, had encountered a projection of the Undying Dragon God and learned about the merging of worlds.
Once all worlds merged into one, the Dragon Gate would open, and all transcendent beings who passed through it would have a chance to obtain the Undying Dragon God's inheritance.
However, the prophecy had been passed down for countless years and had been questioned by many.
They believed it was a story fabricated by the first generation High Priest to attract more believers of the Undying Dragon God to join the Dragon God Hall.
This reason seemed plausible, and thus, the number of people questioning the prophecy had increased over the years.
It wasn't until the alien world merged with Blue Star that most people began to believe the prophecy was true.
As for the situation with the Dragon Gate, the High Priest did not know.
The Dragon Gate could appear anywhere in the Water God Realm, but the likelihood of it appearing in the潜龙渊 (Qianlongyuan - Hidden Dragon Abyss) was greater.
This was the result of the first generation High Priest's own calculations.
Zheng Dong frowned.
With the uncertain location of the Dragon Gate's appearance, how would he quickly bring Xiao Qing to it?
"My Lord, please rest assured. The Dragon Gate will appear for three days. Any transcendent being who passes through it within these three days has a chance to obtain the Undying Dragon God's inheritance, so there is no need to rush to leap the gate," the High Priest said.
As it had been converted into Zheng Dong's believer by the Faith Chalice, its address to Zheng Dong had changed.
Zheng Dong nodded slightly.
Afterward, he instructed the High Priest to collect resources.
And to hand over all the resources in the Dragon God Hall's treasury to him.
The brainwashed High Priest did not defy Zheng Dong at all and immediately led him to the treasury.
The treasury contained numerous resources, but most of them were below divine level.
The Dragon God Hall did not have many divine-level resources in reserve, and even if they were collected, they would be divided among the divine-level transcendent beings of the Dragon God Hall.
The High Priest itself possessed two divine-level resources: Pure Water and Dragon God Blood Crystal.
Subsequently, the High Priest also presented the divine-level resources in its possession to Zheng Dong.
Upon seeing the Dragon God Blood Crystal, Zheng Dong was surprised.
It was said that the Dragon God Blood Crystal was condensed from the blood droplets of the Undying Dragon God and exuded a strong dragon might.
Even Zheng Dong, who had condensed a divine spark, felt pressure.
Zheng Dong sensed the Water Law, Time Law, and Purification Law from the Dragon God Blood Crystal.
Perhaps he could use the Dragon God Blood Crystal to help Xiao Qing evolve.
Xiao Qing's current racial level was High Totem, the lowest among Zheng Dong's many spirit beasts.
This also affected Xiao Qing's growth speed.
A single Dragon God Blood Crystal might not be enough for Xiao Qing to evolve.
Zheng Dong needed more Dragon God Blood Crystals.
He held the fist-sized Dragon God Blood Crystal and asked the High Priest:
"Where did you find the Dragon God Blood Crystals? Is this the only one?"
"My Lord, there were a total of seven. The rest are in the hands of other priests in the Dragon God Hall. We found them in the Evil Dragon Ridge."
The location of the Evil Dragon Ridge was not far from the Dragon God Hall, in a place where many underwater mountain ranges intertwined, with a very complex terrain.
Moreover, it was very deep from the sea surface, and transcendent beings who had not condensed a divine spark could not dive down.
Zheng Dong planned to check out the Evil Dragon Ridge.
However, he still had to obtain the Dragon God Blood Crystals from the other priests of the Dragon God Hall.
Because the High Priest had previously summoned all the divine-level transcendent beings of the Dragon God Hall back to the Dragon God Hall.
Gradually, the divine-level transcendent beings of the Dragon God Hall returned.
Zheng Dong did not hold back and directly used the Faith Chalice to convert them into believers.
In the end, all thirty-eight divine-level transcendent beings who returned became Zheng Dong's most fervent believers.
As for those who did not return, it was unknown if they were cultivating or had encountered something.
Fortunately, among the divine-level transcendent beings who returned, many were priests who possessed Dragon God Blood Crystals.
Zheng Dong obtained three more Dragon God Blood Crystals.
This was because two priests had already used their Dragon God Blood Crystals.
And the last one had not returned at all.
With four Dragon God Blood Crystals, Zheng Dong felt it was still a bit insufficient and hoped to try his luck in the Evil Dragon Ridge.
With the High Priest leading the way, Zheng Dong soon arrived at the Evil Dragon Ridge.
Here, sunlight never reached, and everything was dark.
Only by using perception-based skills could one sense the surroundings.
The terrain here was very complex, with various mountain ranges intertwined, and canyons, solitary peaks, cliffs, and giant rocks were everywhere.
Searching for Dragon God Blood Crystals here was undoubtedly like finding a needle in a haystack.
However, Zheng Dong still wanted to try.
Because Xiao Zi had mastered the treasure hunting skill.
Perhaps it could find the Dragon God Blood Crystals.
Thus, Zheng Dong summoned Xiao Zi.
After Xiao Zi condensed a divine spark, its ability to collect resources using the treasure hunting skill was even stronger than before.
Before long, Xiao Zi found several legendary-level resources, but no Dragon God Blood Crystals yet.
However, Xiao Zi was very excited; it could sense that many resources were hidden here.
Soon, Xiao Zi discovered a corpse.
From the skeletal remains, it appeared to be the corpse of an Eastern Divine Dragon.
Unfortunately, only the skeleton remained, and the residual power was completely depleted, making it impossible to convert into a divine-level undead.
Afterward, Xiao Zi seemed to have opened a treasure trove, finding more corpses, one after another, almost all of them Eastern Divine Dragons.
It made this place seem like a graveyard for some branch of Eastern Divine Dragons.
It was unknown what these Eastern Divine Dragons had encountered in their lives.
Continuing the search, with perseverance, Xiao Zi eventually found three more Dragon God Blood Crystals.
Combined with what Zheng Dong had, it should be enough.
Afterward, Zheng Dong returned to the Dragon God Hall.
Now that the numerous divine-level transcendent beings of the Dragon God Hall had been converted into his believers, and with the Bloodthirsty Divine Wolf, bound by a divine soul contract, by his side, Zheng Dong was not worried about encountering danger.
He planned to let Xiao Qing evolve within the Dragon God Hall.
Subsequently, he used his Beast Taming Talent, Infinite Evolution, to deduce Xiao Qing's evolution plan.
According to Xiao Qing's own wishes, after evolving, it must retain its current Dragon Girl appearance.
Compared to its own strength, it cared more about its appearance.
Zheng Dong was indifferent. While deducing the evolution plan, he tried his best to satisfy Xiao Qing.
However, during the evolution, it would not be under his control.
If any accident occurred and it evolved into an ugly monster, it could only be fate.
Afterward, Zheng Dong continued to deduce.
He took out all the collected divine-level resources suitable for Xiao Qing's evolution.
However, the primary resource used throughout the entire evolution process was still the Dragon God Blood Crystal.
Other resources served as auxiliaries.
After nine consecutive days of deduction, he finally derived a plan that satisfied Zheng Dong.
After evolution, Xiao Qing's racial level was likely to increase to quasi-divine level, or even divine level.
Next, Zheng Dong stopped the deduction, adjusted his own state to the optimal, and then attempted to let Xiao Qing evolve.
He summoned Xiao Qing.
In her Dragon Girl form, Xiao Qing appeared even more beautiful and captivating.
Her two eyes seemed to speak as she looked at Zheng Dong.
She said pitifully:
"Master, can I stay outside? I'm going to suffocate from staying in the Beast Taming Space all the time."
"Who told you not to cultivate before? Your growth level is too low!" Zheng Dong chuckled.
The opponents he encountered now were almost all transcendent beings who had condensed divine sparks.
Xiao Qing and other spirit beasts were of no help.
Summoning them and keeping them by his side would also put them in danger.
Rather than that, it was better to stay in the Beast Taming Space to cultivate.
Xiao Qing also understood Zheng Dong's intention.
However, after evolving into a Dragon Girl, she had also learned to act cute.
After acting cute, she obediently followed Zheng Dong's arrangement and attempted to evolve.
First, she used various resources below divine level to adjust her state, then she used the Dragon God Blood Crystal.
At the same time, Zheng Dong also used his Beast Taming Talent, Infinite Evolution, to assist Xiao Qing in her evolution.
The entire evolution process lasted for twenty-one days.
This was much longer than expected.
Fortunately, there were no accidents, and everything went relatively smoothly.
As the light of evolution enveloped Xiao Qing's entire body, Xiao Qing gradually evolved.
Her appearance did not change much, only that she looked even more beautiful and captivating, her every move and smile drawing people in.
This reminded Zheng Dong of Yin Xue.
Yin Xue, who used charm-type skills, made people feel this way.
Could it be that after evolving, Xiao Qing naturally possessed the charm attribute?
Zheng Dong calmly looked at Xiao Qing, waiting for her evolution to complete before checking her attribute changes. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
In his expectant gaze, Xiao Qing successfully evolved.
After evolving, Xiao Qing's growth level increased to Totem level.
And she also gained a quasi-divine skill and a divine skill.
Her racial level even increased to Divine level.
At the final moment of Xiao Qing's evolution, an anomaly occurred. The phantom of the Undying Dragon God appeared behind Xiao Qing, letting out excited roars.
Then, Zheng Dong impatiently checked Xiao Qing's attributes.
[Name] Qing Qing (Dragon Girl)
[Attributes] Dragon, Water, Ice, Time
[Racial Level] Divine
[Growth Level] Totem
[Skills]:
Super Tier: Torrential Downpour, Eternal Freeze, Dragon God's Protection, Trace to Source
Quasi-Divine Tier: Pure Purification
Divine Tier: Endless Clones
Pure Purification can purify all filth, maintain the clarity of one's consciousness and soul, and be unaffected by external forces.
In other words, Xiao Qing can use Pure Purification to clear the influence of divine artifacts like the Faith Chalice, allowing transcendent beings like the High Priest, who have been brainwashed by Zheng Dong, to return to normal.