One person: I, Daoist Master, am a cultivator of immortality!

"Thank you, Junior Uncle!"

"There's no need for thanks among fellow disciples. All of us disciples of the Human Sect should help and support each other. The matter of the Blood Demon of the Nether Spring is now settled, and I must prepare for my ascension. If fate allows, we will meet again in the Immortal Realm. Little Dragon, let's go home!"

Upon hearing Sun Yao's summons, Little Dragon immediately spiraled upwards and hoisted Sun Yao atop her head. With a resounding dragon roar echoing through the heavens and earth, Sun Yao and Little Dragon gradually disappeared from everyone's sight.

On the other hand, after returning to his home in Qiantang, Sun Yao did not rush to ascend. Instead, he calmed down and studied the Blood Scripture, especially the method of making Blood God Seeds.

Using the method for creating the Blood God Child, along with the corresponding content he had previously deduced and summarized, Sun Yao successfully created a treasure that he named the Substitute Pottery Man.

After the clay figure is made, a spell is cast on it, and a drop of one's own blood is dripped into it, so that the clay figure can die once in place of the caster.

If it suffers a fatal injury, the clay figure will immediately shatter and switch places with the owner of the drop of essence blood. As for whether this thing will be affected by spatial sealing, Sun Yao hasn't tested it yet and isn't too sure.

However, with this thing, the safety of his family members is now guaranteed, and this time he can ascend to the Immortal Realm with peace of mind.

The phrase "ascending to heaven with one's whole family" is apt. As the saying goes, "When one attains enlightenment, even his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven." Those who ascend to heaven with guidance or through a special formation can bring their wives, children, and elderly parents with them.

Sun Yao set up an array at home, connecting to the Earthly Immortal Realm through the mark given to him by Xiao Long'er. The next second, the entire Sun family, along with their mansion, was sucked into the array, leaving only the original site of the Sun family as a wasteland among many houses.

The next day, the fact that the Sun family and their mansion had vanished into thin air became a strange story in Qiantang County.

Where was the Sun family at this very moment? In the Immortal Realm, on the banks of the Wei River. After a flash of white light, a massive mansion appeared.

"Hmm? Little Dragon, where is this place? Do you know?"

Looking at the rushing river in front of his house, Sun Yao felt that perhaps only Xiao Long'er knew where this place was.

"Reporting to my lord, this place should be the banks of the Wei River. The mark I gave you before was given to me by my elder brother. My brother's idea was that after I purify my bloodline and transform into a true dragon, I would first become the Dragon King of the Wei River for a period of time. After my strength is further improved, I can become the Dragon King of the Yellow River. Now, the four rivers of the world are under the control of my eldest nephew, who is also known as the Dragon God of the Four Rivers."

Sun Yao then realized that Xiao Long'er's future had already been arranged by her four older brothers, and most of them would be at the peak of the Dragon Kings in the Dragon Clan right from the start.

The Wei River is the largest tributary of the Yellow River, and its basin lies within the Guanzhong Plain, where both the Qin and Han dynasties established their capitals. Nourished by the dragon energy of these dynasties for centuries, this place is an invaluable treasure for the dragon race.

"Not bad, not bad. I've acquired the Dragon King of the Wei River as my mount. So, we're on the banks of the Wei River right now?"

“That’s right, sir. I think this place is quite good. It’s located on the banks of the Wei River, backed by Mount Hua, nestled between the mountains and the water, at the intersection of the mountain and water dragon veins. It’s rich in spiritual energy and is a good place to live.”

After hearing Xiaolong'er's words, Sun Yao nodded. This place was indeed good, nestled against the mountains and by the water, with abundant spiritual energy. It was indeed a good place to stay temporarily.

Now that we are before the great calamity of the Journey to the West, all the famous mountains, rivers, and blessed lands have their owners. If I want to find a good place to practice, I might really have to go back to Shouyang Mountain and live off my parents.

"Alright, then let's stay here for now. You go to the Wei River to prove your identity as the Wei River Dragon King. Your master is going to set up the Yin-Yang Dust Array here."

"Yes, sir! Little Dragon will be right back!"

After speaking, Xiaolong'er roared out and transformed into his true form as a white dragon, plunging into the Wei River. Soon after, a rainbow appeared across the sky above the Wei River, and aquatic creatures from all directions along the Wei River came to pay homage to Xiaolong'er.

It wasn't just the aquatic creatures of the Wei River; even more so, groups of dragon kings came. The five dragon kings of these four major tributaries—the Long River Dragon King, the Jing River Dragon King, the North and South Luo River Dragon Kings, and the Shichuan River Dragon King—led the way, followed by dragon kings from smaller tributaries, such as the Qi River Dragon King and the Ju River Dragon King, and so on.

These dragon kings all came to congratulate the little dragon on becoming the Dragon King of the Wei River, and naturally, their faces were full of congratulations and flattery, while the Dragon King of the Jing River had an unpredictable expression on his face.

However, Xiaolong'er didn't care about this. After returning to the Earthly Immortal Realm, she naturally recovered her full strength. Now she is a true dragon at the Xuanxian realm.

Even if these tributary dragon kings are dissatisfied, so what? They are just a group of mixed-blood dragons, the highest of whom are only at the True Immortal realm. How could they be her match?

As for why a true dragon at the Xuanxian realm would recognize Sun Yao, a human at the Tianxian realm, as her master? That's because Sun Yao has the Taiqing Sage standing behind him!

Forget about repaying kindness. There's a saying that goes, "If the benefactor is handsome, I have no way to repay them but to offer myself in gratitude. If the benefactor is not handsome, then I will repay their kindness by serving them as a cow or a horse in my next life."

This saying still holds true today, except that in this Immortal Realm, what matters is not appearance, but strength and background.

Sun Yao's strength is indeed not that great, but you can't fight against the fact that his backer is the Sage of Taiqing!

There are many examples of the three innate races being used as mounts by sages, such as Jin Ning, the Xuan Tian Fire Phoenix under Nuwa.

Jin Ning is the daughter of Yuan Feng's younger sister, with pure blood; her true form is the flame heart of the immortal Xuan Tian fire of ten thousand volcanoes, with a revered lineage; she possessed great magical power from birth, reaching the realm of a Golden Immortal; furthermore, Yuan Feng's son Kong Xuan and Da Peng have impure bloodlines, transforming into strange birds, not phoenixes; the remaining clansmen then appointed Jin Ning as the next clan leader.

For example, there is the Qilin, also known as the Four Unlikes, under the seat of the Primordial Celestial Venerable. A poem praises this strange beast:

With a unicorn's head and a beast's tail, its body resembles a dragon, its feet treading on auspicious light to reach the ninth heaven. It roams freely across the four seas and nine continents, and encounters the three mountains and five peaks in an instant.

In reality, he is the youngest son of the Primordial Qilin, the younger brother of the four Qilin Kings of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind. When the Primordial Qilin transformed into Qilin Cliff, he personally entrusted this youngest son to the Primordial Celestial Venerable.

Why did the Four Sages of Nine Dragons Island, who were able to intimidate the entire Xiqi army's warhorses with their mounts during the Great Tribulation of the Investiture of the Gods, never happen again after the arrival of the Four Impossibles?

Because these four creatures are born with the bloodline of the king of beasts, during the great calamity of the Dragon and Han dynasties, the Ancestral Dragon was the leader of scaled creatures, the Primordial Phoenix was the king of feathered creatures, and the First Qilin was the supreme among hairy creatures.