Chapter 261: Dragon Palace in the Palm

"Which direction is Huai Dragon Palace in?"

Cangqing Immortal was stunned, not knowing what Lin Yuan meant by these words.

Was he planning to visit Huai Dragon Palace in person?

Indeed.

With the status of a Tribulation Transcending Immortal King, once he personally descended upon Huai Dragon Palace—

no matter how arrogant that Palace Master was, she would have to obediently lower her head.

Across the vast Spirit Realm, no True Immortal dared to defy the will of an Immortal King.

True Immortals like Cangqing Immortal and the Huai Dragon Palace Master were known as Half-Step Immortal Kings,

but they were an unknown distance away from a true Tribulation Transcending Immortal King.

Cangqing Immortal had survived the Mind Tribulation and possessed a powerful Soul will,

yet he was wantonly toyed with by Lin Yuan, falling into an illusion without even realizing it.

Of course,

this was also because Lin Yuan was not an ordinary Tribulation Transcending Immortal King,

but even the most ordinary Tribulation Transcending Immortal King dealing with a Half-Step Immortal King

would only take a single thought.

"Over there."

Cangqing Immortal immediately pointed out a location.

As an old adversary of Huai Dragon Palace, he naturally knew the location of Huai Dragon Palace's old lair.

However, relying on the core water vein of the Nine Rivers Domain,

Huai Dragon Palace could not be affected even if a group of Half-Step Immortal Kings besieged it, making it as solid as a fortress.

Therefore, even though Cangqing Immortal knew the location of their old lair, there was nothing he could do.

In past large-scale decisive battles between Huai Dragon Palace and the Moral Immortal Sect,

even if the Moral Immortal Sect relied on the Profound King Hall to repel Huai Dragon Palace, it was very difficult to inflict truly heavy damage upon Huai Dragon Palace.

Once those dragon-descended True Immortals found they could not win, they would hide inside Huai Dragon Palace.

This was equivalent to being in an invincible position.

"Martial Ancestor, actually you don't need to go in person; you just need to bestow an imperial decree for me to take to Huai Dragon Palace."

Cangqing Immortal hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice.

An Immortal King's imperial decree contained the aura of an Immortal King and could not be imitated; it symbolized the will of a certain Immortal King, and the arrival of the decree was equivalent to the arrival of the Immortal King.

Even if Huai Dragon Palace had the audacity of heaven, it would not dare to defy an Immortal King's imperial decree.

Although the Nine Rivers Domain was the 'Dragon Transformation Place' of a certain Tribulation Transcending Dragon King from long ago, all the aquatic dragon descendants within the Nine Rivers Domain were logically the descendants of that Tribulation Transcending Dragon King.

But this was an old matter from goodness knows how many tens of thousands of years ago, and whether it was true or false was unclear; even if that Tribulation Transcending Dragon King truly existed, it was impossible for him to offend another Tribulation Transcending Immortal King over a mere trivial matter.

"There is no need to be so troublesome."

Lin Yuan glanced at Cangqing Immortal and said calmly, "Just grab them directly."

After speaking,

Lin Yuan raised his right hand.

Black and white Taiji Power entwined at his fingertips, space twisted slightly, and just by taking a single glance, Cangqing Immortal felt a splitting headache.

It was too profound.

It was too complex.

From merely the action of Lin Yuan raising his hand, Cangqing Immortal could sense that the spatial mysteries he had comprehended for most of his life were entirely contained within it, even accounting for only a ten-thousandth or one-hundred-thousandth of the whole.

The remaining spatial mysteries were a Domain far beyond Cangqing Immortal's reach.

"The Martial Ancestor's grasp of spatial mysteries has actually reached such a degree?"

Cangqing Immortal was shocked in his heart, but no matter how much of a splitting headache he had, he still stared closely at Lin Yuan's raised right hand.

Perhaps if he watched for a little longer, there would be hope for him to attain the Dao?

Under the gaze of Cangqing Immortal, Lin Yuan's raised right hand reached toward the direction he had just pointed, palm facing downward, and gave a gentle grab.

Nine Rivers Domain.

Huai Dragon Palace.

The entire Nine Rivers Domain was composed of nine great rivers, each running through dozens of major Domains and finally converging at the Nine Rivers Domain.

Precisely because of this, the Nine Rivers Domain was exceptionally blessed and served as the Holy Land of the aquatic race; Huai Dragon Palace was a force composed of dragon descendants and was connected to the core water vein of the entire Nine Rivers Domain.

To breach Huai Dragon Palace, one had to breach the core water vein of the entire Nine Rivers Domain.

Relying on this advantage, Huai Dragon Palace had flourished for millions of years.

Even if it declined during a certain period, it did not affect the general trend, and it had always been one of the dominant forces of the Nine Rivers Domain.

Inside Huai Dragon Palace.

The Huai Dragon Palace Master, who had survived the Physical Body Tribulation, looked at the single-horned man before her and said in an icy voice, "You, Sky Dragon Nest, also want the essence of heavenly water?"

Sky Dragon Nest was also a Dominator-rank force of the Nine Rivers Domain, on par with Huai Dragon Palace.

To be precise, it was on par with the current Huai Dragon Palace; in the past, before the Huai Dragon Palace Master had survived the Physical Body Tribulation, Huai Dragon Palace had been a notch weaker than Sky Dragon Nest.

"Correct."

"The Dragon Lord has agreed to fully help you take down that essence of heavenly water, but my Sky Dragon Nest wants half," said the single-horned man.

"Half."

The Huai Dragon Palace Master was expressionless.

But inwardly she was pondering: after surviving the Physical Body Tribulation, her strength had greatly increased, and she was confident she could repel the Moral Immortal Sect; she even had the confidence to deal with the Profound King Hall behind the Moral Immortal Sect.

But it was better to be safe than sorry.

Huai Dragon Palace knew the importance of the essence of heavenly water, the Moral Immortal Sect knew it, and the Profound King Hall knew it even better.

The three major forces of the Profound King Domain would definitely stop her at all costs.

They might even call upon friends and summon Half-Step Immortal Kings from other major Domains.

Under such circumstances, she still felt some pressure.

If she could join forces with Sky Dragon Nest…

The Huai Dragon Palace Master already had a decision in her heart.

In the past, Sky Dragon Nest had also sought to cooperate with her and had similarly proposed the intention of getting half of the essence of heavenly water, but was directly rejected by the Huai Dragon Palace Master.

Because at that time she had not survived the Physical Body Tribulation, and in terms of combat power, she was inferior to that Dragon Lord of Sky Dragon Nest.

A rash cooperation might even result in Huai Dragon Palace being swallowed up by the other party.

But now she was different; having survived the Physical Body Tribulation, she was no weaker than that Dragon Lord of Sky Dragon Nest.

The cooperation between the two was roughly at an equal height.

"Twenty percent."

The Huai Dragon Palace Master said directly.

"Twenty percent is too low." The single-horned man's expression turned somewhat ugly.

Finally,

the two decided to split that essence of heavenly water on a sixty-forty basis, with Huai Dragon Palace taking sixty percent and Sky Dragon Nest taking forty percent.

"With our two major forces joining hands, that Moral Immortal Sect and that Profound King Domain are nothing more than crumbling dogs." A smile appeared on the single-horned man's face.

The Huai Dragon Palace Master was in a similarly good mood.

Although forty percent of the essence of heavenly water was given away for nothing,

with the promise of Sky Dragon Nest's full assistance,

Huai Dragon Palace's confidence had greatly increased, enough to cope with the oppression from those Half-Step Immortal Kings in the surrounding major Domains.

Just as the single-horned man intended to return to Sky Dragon Nest and inform the Dragon Lord of this matter,

his expression suddenly changed.

The Huai Dragon Palace Master did the same, suddenly raising her head to look toward the firmament.

The boundless firmament had grown dim at some unknown point.

It was not dimming; rather, a huge palm covered in black and white colors had enveloped the entire Huai Dragon Palace within it.

"Who on earth dares to act wildly in front of my Huai Dragon Palace?"

True Immortal Rank dragon descendants soared into the sky one after another, wanting to shatter that giant palm that blotted out the sky and sun.

But True Immortal-level killing arts landed on that sky-covering giant palm without stirring up even a trace of ripples.

Rumble.

The sky-covering giant palm slowly descended, and its five fingers began to close, as if it wanted to grab the million-li-radius Huai Dragon Palace.

Swish.

The Huai Dragon Palace Master directly transformed into a ten-thousand-zhang True Dragon, her terrifying Bloodline Power suppressing all directions as she blasted toward the giant palm.

A Half-Step Immortal King who had survived the Physical Body Tribulation was naturally adept at killing, let alone possessing a True Dragon Bloodline. Seeing this strike, even a Half-Step Immortal King like Cangqing Immortal would not dare to meet it head-on and would only dodge far away.

However,

facing the slowly descending sky-covering giant palm, the Huai Dragon Palace Master's full-strength strike had no effect whatsoever, unable to even slightly delay the giant palm's descent.

If viewed from an extremely distant place, one would discover that the entire Huai Dragon Palace was not even a tenth of the giant palm, and the Huai Dragon Palace Master, a True Dragon who was a Half-Step Immortal King, was even more like a tiny bug in front of that giant palm.

"Not good."

The Huai Dragon Palace Master's expression changed drastically as she transformed back into a human form, wanting to retreat violently and leave the range covered by the sky-covering giant palm.

From the fact that her full-strength strike could not shake the giant palm in the slightest, she realized that she had zero possibility of blocking it.

Rumble.

The Huai Dragon Palace Master wanted to use spatial power to jump, but found that within the range of the giant palm, space was solidified; let alone jumping, even normal flight was extremely difficult.

Swish.

Sensing this scene, the Huai Dragon Palace Master returned to Huai Dragon Palace below without hesitation.

Matters having reached this point, she could only rely on Huai Dragon Palace, which was connected to the core water vein of the Nine Rivers Domain, to resist that sky-covering giant hand.

Crack, crack.

The sky-covering giant hand continued to grip tightly, and the reliances composed of various water vein powers shattered one after another, utterly devoid of any power to resist.

Finally, the entire Huai Dragon Palace was uprooted and grabbed by the giant palm.

Hum.

Spatial power fluctuated.

The sky-covering giant palm and the grabbed Huai Dragon Palace disappeared.

Leaving behind a million-li-radius giant crater in place, which was the former location of the Nine Rivers Domain's Dominator-rank force, Huai Dragon Palace.

A moment later,

a man wearing a golden dragon robe appeared outside the giant crater.

He looked at everything before him in utter astonishment.

What happened?

How come Huai Dragon Palace was gone?

This golden-dragon-robed man was none other than the Dragon Lord of Sky Dragon Nest.

The moment that giant palm that blotted out the sky and sun appeared, the aftermath it stirred up was sensed by him at the very first instance.

Therefore, he was also the first to arrive.

But upon arriving, he saw a scene he would never forget in his lifetime.

Such a massive Huai Dragon Palace had actually vanished right under the nose of the Nine Rivers Domain?

How could this be?!

The golden-robed Dragon Lord found it incredible; Huai Dragon Palace was integrated with the water vein, and attacking Huai Dragon Palace was equivalent to attacking the core water vein of the Nine Rivers Domain.

Just this point alone was something True Immortals at the Dao Integration Stage could not possibly achieve, nor could Half-Step Immortal Kings.

Let alone uprooting the entire Huai Dragon Palace in such a short time—it was simply too unbelievable.

"A Tribulation Transcending Immortal King." The golden-robed Dragon Lord's thoughts trembled; the only one capable of achieving this scene was the high-and-mighty Tribulation Transcending Immortal King.

Those few major Domains at the core of the East Cloud Dao Province were suppressed by Immortal King Magical Artifacts, but relying solely on Immortal King Magical Artifacts could certes breach Huai Dragon Palace, yet it wouldn't be as neat and decisive as it was now.

"Has Huai Dragon Palace offended a Tribulation Transcending Immortal King?"

The golden-robed Dragon Lord felt terror in his heart. As one of the dominant forces of the Nine Rivers Domain, since Huai Dragon Palace had offended a Tribulation Transcending Immortal King, would it implicate the Nine Rivers Domain?

Would it implicate his Sky Dragon Nest?

Since that mysterious Tribulation Transcending Immortal King could make such a large Huai Dragon Palace disappear, it meant he could also make Sky Dragon Nest disappear.

In essence, there was no difference between Huai Dragon Palace and Sky Dragon Nest; only their locations were different.

Swish.

Swish.

Swish.

True Immortals of the Nine Rivers Domain appeared before the giant crater one after another, looking at the pitch-black giant crater, their hearts turning cold for a moment.

Most True Immortals could deduce the same conclusion that the golden-robed Dragon Lord had reached; after all, capable of making Huai Dragon Palace so devoid of resistance that it couldn't even struggle, there was only the Tribulation Transcending Immortal King who overlooked the Spirit Realm.

"What should we do?"

"Which Immortal King on earth did Huai Dragon Palace offend?"

"This Huai Dragon Palace really deserves to die! It's one thing for it to offend an Immortal King, but what if it implicates us?"

"No, no, I've decided to migrate to another major Domain. The Nine Rivers Domain is too dangerous now, under the gaze of a certain Immortal King."

"I'm migrating too, let's go together."

True Immortals of the Nine Rivers Domain communicated with one another, and many True Immortals planned to abandon the old lairs they had operated in the Nine Rivers Domain for so many years.

Although living in the Nine Rivers Domain was very comfortable, compared to one's own little life, what was comfort worth?

They certainly didn't want to suddenly disappear one day like Huai Dragon Palace.

Outside the Martial Temple grand hall,

Cangqing Immortal closely watched Lin Yuan's extended right hand.

Palm facing downward, giving a gentle grab.

The next moment,

Lin Yuan withdrew his right hand, and at the same time, his previously downward-facing palm was now facing upward.

Cangqing Immortal blinked, suddenly discovering that in Lin Yuan's previously empty palm, a palace had appeared at some unknown time.

The palace was extremely exquisite, and faintly, strands of terrifying power flowed between the palace halls.

"This palace, why is it so familiar?"

Cangqing Immortal's mind couldn't quite turn around; he just felt that the palace that had appeared in Lin Yuan's palm was exceptionally familiar.

He must have seen it somewhere before.

Roar.

Tiny roaring sounds came from within the palace.

Within the palace, tiny long worms were trapped inside, as if bound by an invisible force, forever unable to rush out of the palace's range.

The more Cangqing Immortal looked, the wider his eyes opened.

If this palace were magnified by hundreds of millions of times, and those tiny long worms were also magnified by hundreds of millions of times, one would discover that this palace was identical to Huai Dragon Palace.

And those tiny long worms were precisely the dragon-descended True Immortals of Huai Dragon Palace. Especially that white 'long worm'; whether in size or might, it far exceeded the other 'long worms' by a large margin—it was precisely the Huai Dragon Palace Master who had survived the Physical Body Tribulation.

This Half-Step Immortal King who once gave Cangqing Immortal a splitting headache and was even regarded as a thorn in the side by the Profound King Hall was now trapped inside the palace, just like a true crawling bug.

"This—"

Cangqing Immortal's gaze was dull.

A sentence Lin Yuan had just said suddenly flashed through his mind—

"Just grab them directly."

At that time, Cangqing Immortal thought that Lin Yuan intended to dispatch his subordinates to capture Huai Dragon Palace's direct dragon descendants to bring them to justice.

As a Tribulation Transcending Immortal King, Lin Yuan certainly had taken in some trusted subordinates.

Bestowing some Immortal King Magical Artifacts and other methods to coerce Huai Dragon Palace's numerous dragon descendants into capturing without a fight should not have been a problem.

However, Cangqing Immortal also had doubts in his heart: this move wouldn't be as fast as him taking Lin Yuan's imperial decree of the Immortal King to command Huai Dragon Palace.

But since it was the Martial Ancestor's intention, Cangqing Immortal did not dare to ask too much.

However,

when he saw the 'miniature' Huai Dragon Palace in Lin Yuan's hand, Cangqing Immortal finally realized that what Lin Yuan said about "just grab them directly" meant it literally, without any alternative references or metaphors.

He had grabbed the entire Huai Dragon Palace and its numerous True Immortal dragon descendants—

with a single palm.