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

The tribulation lightning in the sky continued. That was only the first bolt of lightning, yet even that first bolt had caused the fire dragon to wail incessantly. Sun Yao looked up at the sky. This fire dragon's transformation tribulation could not possibly consist of just one bolt of lightning. He didn't need to think about anything else; just the fact that the sky was still filled with dark clouds was enough to tell him that.

What was that poem again? "Dark clouds press down on the city, threatening to crush it; armor gleams in the sun, like golden scales." After enduring the first tribulation, the fire dragon's horns had broken off, and blood flowed incessantly from its forehead. Seeing the two dragon horns falling from the sky, Sun Yao immediately used his water escape technique to appear directly beneath them, collecting the fallen horns. Since the fire dragon might not need them later, he might as well use them as material for refining weapons.

Just as Sun Yao was pondering what to refine with the two dragon horns, the second lightning tribulation arrived in an instant. When this lightning tribulation struck, Sun Yao first saw a flash of white light, followed by the wailing of the fire dragon, and finally the thunder of the tribulation striking.

Next, blood mixed with dragon scales slid down from the sky. These were all valuable items, and Sun Yao didn't intend to let any of them go. However, Sun Yao didn't have enough containers to hold the dragon blood, so he simply collected it all into the Heavenly Star Torch Furnace. As time passed, the fire dragon withstood this tribulation lightning. At this moment, the fire dragon looked even more disheveled. Not only were its horns gone, but its scales were also scattered in pieces. Its body was covered in wounds, from which blood continuously flowed.

However, before it could heal its wounds, the third lightning tribulation abruptly stopped. This lightning tribulation struck the fire dragon's body directly, causing it to convulse as if electrocuted. After the fire dragon convulsed for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the lightning tribulation finally dissipated.

After the three lightning tribulations had passed, a dazzling pillar of light suddenly appeared in the sky. This golden pillar of light shone with a milky white glow, and it shone directly on the fire dragon.

After being illuminated by the beam of light, the fire dragon's body underwent a tremendous change. First, the broken horns began to scab over and grow at a visible speed, eventually becoming real dragon horns in no time.

Following closely behind were its entire body covered in scales, which emerged one by one from its body, but this time they were not jiao scales but dragon scales. Finally, there were the claws on its abdomen. It had four limbs under its body, and each of them had five claws, which were genuine dragon claws.

Finally, the heavenly light enveloped its entire body, completely repairing it. At this very moment, its dragon transformation tribulation finally reached its final stage.

At this point, its physical body had completely transformed into the form of a dragon. Now, as long as its soul could withstand the test of the heavenly tribulation, it would be able to successfully transform into a dragon.

The fire dragon hovered motionless in mid-air, seemingly undergoing its final test before transforming into a dragon. Sun Yao, gazing at the fire dragon in the air, sighed, "Could I have been wrong? Can this world still accept a dragon appearing in this world? A dragon possessing true divine power?"

Sun Yao muttered to himself as he looked at the fire dragon in mid-air. But after he had been watching the fire dragon for a moment, it suddenly plummeted from mid-air. Without thinking, Sun Yao rushed towards the direction in which the fire dragon had fallen.

The fire dragon coiled its body in mid-air, seemingly trying to take flight, but its descent showed no sign of abating. Finally, it crashed heavily onto the sea, and just as it did so, Sun Yao arrived beside it.

"Hahahaha! Heaven has wronged me! It is not my fault! It is Heaven that has deceived me!"

After the fire dragon's body crashed onto the sea, blood began to seep from its mouth. However, the fire dragon roared to the sky, uttering a magnificent cry, before collapsing onto the sea as if all its strength had been drained. Seeing that its body was about to sink to the bottom, Sun Yao quickly used his water-walking technique to hold it on the surface.

"Elder Long, what's wrong with you? I just saw that your body had already transformed into a dragon's body, but why haven't you been able to successfully transform from a dragon into a dragon? If you need to be officially recognized, I can actually help you."

Sun Yao approached the Fire Dragon. He didn't know what had happened to the Fire Dragon, which had been doing so well just moments before, to cause it to become like this. However, he wanted to lend the Fire Dragon a hand, because he wanted to see if another dragon could emerge in this world.

"Hahaha, kid, you've got a good heart. It's just a pity I don't need it anymore. There's something you should remember, kid: Heaven is ruthless, treating all things like straw dogs. Now that I know Heaven will no longer allow a dragon to live in this world, I haven't actually failed. I'm already a dragon, not a jiao. Hahahaha, in the end, I still triumphed over Heaven by half a move. Even if I die, I will die as a dragon, not a jiao! Hahahaha, how satisfying!"

The fire dragon uttered grand words, but it could not hide the fact that it was getting weaker every second than the last.

"Now that you've become a dragon, your lifespan should have been restored, so why is this the case?"

"Didn't I say? Heaven no longer allows a dragon to live in this world. My wish has been fulfilled, and even if I die, I have no regrets. Boy, I've both won and lost our bet. You can take my body and dragon soul as you please, do whatever you want with them. My life ends here. I've spent my whole life hiding, never expecting that in my old age I could fight for myself again. Now I'm content. But you have a brighter future ahead of you, and I hope my dragon body and dragon soul can accompany you and witness your future. I know you have the means to seal souls, and I'm still clinging to life with my last breath. You must seal my soul within my body as soon as possible, and you must also find a way to seal and preserve my body, otherwise my dragon soul will immediately dissipate, and my body will be nothing but bones within three days."

After speaking, the Fire Dragon looked at Sun Yao, seemingly urging him to act quickly. At this moment, the Fire Dragon seemed to have lost even the strength to speak, perhaps signaling to Sun Yao with its eyes.

"Alright, no matter what my future holds, I hope you'll always be with me. Soul-Locking Talisman, seal!"

Sun Yao casually cast no less than a thousand Soul-Locking Talismans on the Fire Dragon's body, which was his guarantee that he was confident he could capture the Fire Dragon's soul.