The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 1423

Chapter 1423: Chapter 1419: Countermeasure Chapter 1423: Chapter 1419: Countermeasure “Boy, your divine soul isn't that inept, is it? I haven't absorbed much of your soul power yet, so how come you can't even maintain the Sea of Consciousness?” the golden giant dragon demanded.

However, Shen Luo did not answer him; instead, the chanting grew louder and louder, resonating like the tolling of a bell throughout the entire Sea of Consciousness.

At this moment, the golden giant dragon finally realized something was amiss. Its massive dragon head suddenly rose, and its golden eyes gazed deep into the sky dome.

In the depths of the Sea of Consciousness sky, where the thick clouds churned, a crimson light flared up, seemingly pressing down from beyond the heavens, becoming brighter and its reddened halo expanding.

Accompanying this was an overwhelmingly powerful oppressive force.

“This is…” The golden giant dragon seemed to recall a distant memory, somewhat uncertain.

But in the next instant, the entire sea of clouds above its head burst into flames, and from the surging fire clouds, an immensely large mountain peak emerged and descended downward.

“Mount Buzhou…” The golden giant dragon finally remembered the source of the oppressive feeling.

It was the Mount Buzhou that the Water God Gonggong had knocked down, once the Pillar of Heaven, suppressing all evils, standing unyielding for billions of years. How could such a miraculous sight appear in the Sea of Consciousness of a mere True Immortal Cultivator?

“This is a Suppressing God Technique created by the later generations through visualizing with divine thoughts. What do you think, Elder?” At this moment, Shen Luo's voice came from within the golden giant dragon.

“It's just an illusion, boy. You still want to resist in this situation? It's too late now, hand over your soul power!” The golden giant dragon laughed wildly, the golden light swirling rapidly around Shen Luo, refining his soul power.

“Please try, Elder,” Shen Luo shouted in a low voice.

As his words fell, the towering mountain peak plummeted from the sky amidst thunderous roars, the massive force cleared the fire clouds and slammed heavily onto the body of the golden giant dragon, emitting a dull roar.

The huge and ferocious body of the golden giant dragon was immediately smashed to the ground, struggling fiercely, but it couldn't shake the Mount Buzhou at all.

Seeing this, Shen Luo's heart completely settled.

During his previous drastic changes in mind, his thoughts became extremely sharp. Although he had only exchanged a few words with the Ancestral Dragon Soul, he had keenly sensed that the current formidable manifestation of the Ancestral Dragon Soul was merely trying to intimidate him with its might, inducing fear and leaving him with no will to resist.

But where could the Ancestral Dragon Soul know that Shen Luo had indeed faced Chiyou directly and even suppressed him using the Heavenly Book and the Map of Mountains and Rivers? From its slight fear, Shen Luo discerned its bluster and superficiality.

Moreover, his Suppressing God Technique had greatly advanced, almost reaching Perfection. If attacks on his soul were carried out outside the Sea of Knowledge, though his Suppressing God Technique was much more powerful, he could only passively defend. However, the Ancestral Dragon Soul insisted on breaking into his Sea of Knowledge, which was like entering his dojo, giving Shen Luo all the advantages of time, location, and harmony.

Even so, Shen Luo was still somewhat worried, as the Ancestral Dragon before him had been a great power since ancient times. Thus, he had been feigning weakness until his body was swallowed by the Ancestral Dragon Soul before making a move. Now, it seemed that the Ancestral Dragon Soul was merely as fragile as paper, having long been eroded of much of its power by the endless river of time.

Mount Buzhou, both form and spirit complete, emitted a terrifying suppressive force. Being suppressed, the Ancestral Dragon Soul in Shen Luo's body loosened its grip over his mana immensely.

His hands quickly formed seals, and from the base of the mountain erupted a lotus-shaped red flame, the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, ruthlessly crushing the golden giant dragon below and further burning its divine soul essence.

“Red Lotus Karmic Fire!”

The golden giant dragon was terrified, but his body was suppressed by Mountain Buzhou, unable to move; he could only watch as flames engulfed him, his body visibly shrinking bit by bit.

Though the Ancestral Dragon Soul was outwardly strong but frail inside, it was, after all, the progenitor of the Dragon Clan, with an incomparably powerful divine soul. Even though only a tenth of its essence remained after being refined by the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, it still increased the power of Shen Luo's divine soul by nearly half, making Mount Buzhou even more majestic and stable.

As a result, the power of the golden giant dragon was about to be completely depleted.

“Stop, stop right now…” cries of desperation emanated from the dragon's mouth.

“You think I'll stop just because you say so?”

Shen Luo's divine soul, unbeknownst to when, had already escaped from the belly of the golden dragon and now stood before it.

After this transformation of power, the originally mountain-sized golden giant dragon had now shrunk to the size of a mere four-legged snake, its eyes losing their golden luster, looking helpless and pitiful before Shen Luo.

In Shen Luo's eyes, there was only indifference, no trace of sympathy.

“Your Excellency possesses great divine powers. I am no match for you, but if you don't stop now, Ao Hong's divine soul will also be destroyed,” the Ancestral Dragon Soul said with difficulty.

Hearing this, Shen Luo hesitated slightly, then his mind moved.

The Red Lotus Karmic Fire pressing down on the Ancestral Dragon stopped its refining process, but Mount Buzhou did not move and continued to suppress the dragon beneath it.

“Uh…” The Ancestral Dragon Soul finally got a chance to breathe.

“What have you done to Ao Hong?” Shen Luo asked.

“While I was trying to devour your divine soul, my remaining Bloodline Power started to fuse with him through a secret method. Although my attempt to devour your divine soul failed, the fusion with his bloodline was quite successful. Now our bloodlines are connected and cannot be separated; if you insist on killing me, his physical body will wither and perish along with me,” the Ancestral Dragon Soul said.

“You think by doing this, you can force my hand?” Shen Luo squinted, then scoffed.

“If you truly didn't care about him, you wouldn't have risked approaching me earlier,” the Ancestral Dragon Soul said with a grin.

“I was initially inclined to send you on your way with consideration for our bond with the Dragon Clan. Since you are unwilling, I don't mind keeping this remnant soul of yours forever suppressed in my Sea of Consciousness, being endlessly ground by Mount Buzhou. I hope you can endure it,” Shen Luo said with a cold laugh.

Upon hearing this, the Ancestral Dragon Soul fell silent.

He had been sealed within the Sink Blood Nine Dragons Pearl for countless ages, having endured endless loneliness and solitude. If he were to be imprisoned in this Sea of Consciousness, suffering daily under Mount Buzhou, that would be even worse than death.

“This Daoist friend has good relations with the Dragon Clan, and you can surely discern the profoundness of Dragon Clan skills. Actually, the skills practiced by the Four Seas Dragon Palaces are quite ordinary. I have the ancient cultivation secret methods of the Dragon Clan, which I have never passed on to these junior dragons. If you can spare my life, I am willing to impart all these ancient methods to you,” the Ancestral Dragon Soul finally capitulated, pleading earnestly.

“What good would learning the Dragon Clan's secret cultivation methods do me, a human monk?” Shen Luo sneered.

“I also know of some ancient secret realms and cave mansions where treasures can be found,” the Ancestral Dragon Soul paused, then said through gritted teeth.