Primordial Era: Reborn as a Qi Immortal, Steadily Cultivating

Chapter 17 Subduing the Black Dragon
The storm subsided, and the demonic dragon was beheaded.

Ma Yuan accepted the Dinghai Pearl but did not linger in this remote sea area.

With a slight thought, he pulled out the four-clawed black dragon that had been suppressed in the minor world of the Divine Pearl.

The black dragon at this moment had long lost its former majesty and arrogance.

Its enormous body was tightly bound by countless chains of order formed from the power of the world, suppressing its once-proud magical and physical strength to the point that it could not use even a trace of it.

The only thing that could still move was a pair of dragon eyes that were still filled with defiance and anger.

"If you have the guts, then kill me! You think you can make me submit? You're dreaming!"

The black dragon roared, its voice echoing in Ma Yuan's mind, filled with the innate arrogance of the dragon race.

Ma Yuan looked at its blustering but cowardly appearance, but his face remained calm and expressionless.

He was not angry, but simply said calmly, "I see that although you are from a collateral branch, you are quite extraordinary, so I can give you a chance to live."

From this day forward, serve as my mount, and in the future, as I roam the primordial world, you may very well attain enlightenment and realize the Great Dao.

Tame a black dragon as your mount.

In the primordial world, this was considered a rather prestigious thing.

More importantly, this dragon is a water-based divine beast.

If it can be completely subdued in the future, it might even help suppress one's evil fire.

"Legs? Hahahaha!" Upon hearing this, the black dragon seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world, and let out a deafening laugh. "I am a noble dragon! How could I be driven by a lowly rogue cultivator like you?! Don't even think about it!"

"is it?"

Ma Yuan didn't argue with it; he simply had a thought.

Within the small world of the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl, the winds and clouds suddenly shifted.

The forces of earth, water, fire, and wind arose out of thin air, transforming into countless incomparably sharp blades of gale force, which slashed fiercely at the black dragon's body.

Then, the boundless power of heaven and earth transformed into ancient divine mountains, repeatedly crushing over its body.

"what--!"

A piercing scream echoed throughout the entire Lesser Thousand Worlds.

This kind of torment is not simply physical pain.

It is an overwhelming and punitive force originating from the laws of the world, directly piercing the primordial spirit and causing it unbearable pain.

Even so, an indomitable flame still burned in the black dragon's eyes.

"You...kill me...if you have the guts...kill me!" it roared intermittently.

Upon seeing this, Ma Yuan raised an eyebrow slightly.

"It's a tough worm, isn't it?"

Seeing Heilong's reaction, Ma Yuan wasn't in a hurry.

He knew that to completely subdue him, he needed to work patiently and gradually wear down his will and pride.

With the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl suppressing it, he didn't need to worry about what trouble this black dragon could cause.

"Very well, you may calm down in this realm."

Ma Yuan said it casually and then ignored it.

It was thrown into the depths of the Lesser Thousand Worlds, left to be slowly transformed by the endless solitude and the power of the world.

He has plenty of time.

We will set up the grand formation when we return to Skull Mountain in the future.

By burning its primordial spirit with evil fire day and night, and by shaking its Dao heart with the power of cause and effect, we are not afraid that this black dragon will not obediently bow its head.

After dealing with the Black Dragon, Ma Yuan continued his travels in the East China Sea.

He remained unhurried, simultaneously comprehending his own Dao and untangling the threads of cause and effect in the darkness.

The battle with the black dragon gave him a clearer understanding of his own strength.

This also made him yearn even more to find an opportunity to eradicate the evil fire.

Another few hundred years passed quietly in the midst of tedious travels and spiritual practice.

On this day, Ma Yuanzheng sat cross-legged on a huge reef floating on the sea, entering a meditative state.

Suddenly, his mind was stirred.

His tightly closed eyes suddenly snapped open, and an unprecedentedly brilliant light flashed across them! "Found it!"

He muttered to himself, his voice tinged with barely suppressed excitement.

Just now, his causal intuition, which had been dormant for thousands of years, finally underwent a new change.

Within his causal perspective.

A thread that was originally blurry and indistinct, barely visible.

At that moment, everything suddenly became incredibly clear and incredibly bright!
This thread, one end connected to himself, and the other end pointed steadfastly to a seemingly empty sea not far ahead!

That feeling was so similar to when he sensed the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl on the Primordial Continent!

Although this causal thread is not as thick as it used to be.

But this is enough to prove that there must be a great connection between him and the sea hidden beneath that sea, or an opportunity that he urgently needs right now!
Ma Yuan immediately stood up, his heart filled with excitement, but he remained extremely calm and cautious in his actions.

He didn't rush over immediately, but instead concealed his aura to the extreme.

Then, he rode a barely perceptible beam of light, following the guidance of the causal thread, and slowly approached that sea area.

The closer he got, the clearer his feelings became.

There's definitely something fishy about this place!
This sea area, on the surface, was unremarkable, even more ordinary than any place he had encountered before.

The seawater was murky and lacked spiritual energy, showing no signs of any living beings.

But when Ma Yuan sank his divine sense into the seabed and swept it inch by inch, he discovered that the space here contained an extremely subtle distortion and folding.

If he hadn't possessed the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl, which made him extremely sensitive to fluctuations in the laws of space, he probably wouldn't have been able to detect such a subtle anomaly at all.

"Is it a natural illusion array, or a restriction set up by an ancient powerful being?"

Ma Yuan thought to himself as he submerged into the deep sea.

He did not forcefully break the formation.

Instead, he closed his eyes again and, relying entirely on the pull of the causal thread, groped his way forward in the dark and cold seabed.

Guided by cause and effect, those seemingly unsolvable spatial barriers and illusions all seemed to open an invisible path for him.

He traveled underwater for an unknown amount of time, bypassing countless spatial traps that would have even made a Golden Immortal lose his way.

Finally, he stopped in front of an underwater cliff covered with coral and seaweed.

That bright line of cause and effect ultimately points to this seemingly ordinary cliff.

Ma Yuan hovered in front of the cliff, not immediately moving forward.

He could sense that an incredibly powerful yet perfectly integrated barrier was enveloping the cliff face.

This restriction is ancient and mysterious.

The Daoist essence contained within it even made this Golden Immortal feel a tremor in his heart.

This is definitely the work of some great being from ancient times.

Moreover, this powerful being's cultivation level is definitely far superior to his own!
Ma Yuan's expression became extremely solemn, and extreme caution once again took over.

He did not rush to violate the restrictions.

Instead, they first circled the area and carefully explored it several times.

It was confirmed that there were no traps or warning formations left by descendants.

Only after he had done all this did he return to the cliff face.

He stretched out his hand, but instead of directly activating his magic power, he gathered his faint trace of causal Dao rhythm at his fingertips and carefully pointed it gently at the invisible barrier.

"Om..."

The moment his fingertips touched the barrier, a flash of light appeared on the entire cliff face.

Countless ancient and mysterious runes emerged from the cliff face like swimming fish, forming a huge and complex array.

A vast yet desolate aura emanated from the array diagram, seemingly spanning countless ages.

Immediately afterwards, the once solid cliff began to slowly indent inward, like ripples in water, eventually forming a bottomless, swirling portal that emitted a soft, precious light.

Ma Yuan stood at the entrance of the cave.

Although he couldn't see what was inside the portal, he could sense the faint aura of treasure and Daoist charm emanating from it.

He knew that this was undoubtedly the opportunity he had sensed.

(End of this chapter)