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

After Sun Yao completely sealed the fire dragon's soul into his body, he sealed it within the Heavenly Star Torch Furnace. The Samadhi True Fire within the Heavenly Star Torch Furnace can isolate everything, and should also be able to isolate the power of the Heavenly Dao from the fire dragon's body.

He also specially used Samadhi Fire to separate the fire dragon's body from the dragon's blood, so that the fire dragon's blood and the dragon's blood would not mix together, which would be inconvenient when refining pills.

After all this was done, the dark clouds in the sky finally dispersed, and the azure sky reappeared before Sun Yao's eyes. However, at this moment, Sun Yao no longer felt good looking at the azure sky; instead, he felt a sense of vigilance and fear. So this world truly has a Heavenly Dao, and the natural cycle of existence must inevitably be controlled by this Heavenly Dao.

Looking back now, each of the eight extraordinary techniques that appeared in the world of one person had side effects. These eight extraordinary techniques were undoubtedly extremely powerful, but this power also came at a price. On the other hand, the techniques created by Sun Yao himself, whether it was the Qi Refining Technique or the three Five Elements Escape Techniques (water, fire, and earth), were all incredibly powerful and had no side effects. This undoubtedly violated the taboos of the Heavenly Dao, but for some reason, the Heavenly Dao did not punish Sun Yao.

However, the Heavenly Dao's lack of intervention was not an excuse for Sun Yao to be complacent. He was already filled with a sense of crisis, because even if the Heavenly Dao couldn't act personally, it could still orchestrate various calamities around him. Sun Yao's most important task now was to continuously increase his strength to prepare for any potential future events.

After he finished doing all this, waves rose from the still sea, and huge waves lifted him up. Then they carried him back to the riverbank along the route he had come from. It has to be said that this water-walking technique is really useful in places with water.

On the riverbank, a gigantic willow fairy was already waiting. "Young master, I have come to fetch you on my father's orders. I wonder if your journey was successful, and whether the fire dragon in the Heavenly Pool has truly transformed into a dragon?"

Upon seeing Sun Yao return on the waves, the giant snake spoke up, its voice surprisingly polite, a stark contrast to its enormous size.

"May I ask who your father is?"

"Oh, my bad, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Liu Qiankun, the eldest son in my family. My father is the Second Master Liu you are talking about."

"Oh, so it's Master Liu! I've heard so much about you! I've long heard that since the Second Master entered Tianchi, he has stopped managing the affairs of the Liu Xian lineage, leaving all matters to Master Liu. Meeting you today makes up for the regret of not being able to meet you before. To put it bluntly, I think Master Liu's behavior is indeed more mature than your father's."

"Young master, you flatter me. With the cultivation of father and young master, we no longer care about these complicated etiquettes. We find true freedom in doing whatever we want."

"Well then, thank you for your praise, Master Liu. However, we still need to leave as soon as possible. As far as I know, there are more Onmyoji from Japan than just the one I recently destroyed. There will definitely be more coming later. Although they are all just ants, their numbers are still annoying. We should hurry back to avoid being disturbed by these uninvited guests. As for the process of a dragon aging into a dragon, I will tell you in detail when we get back."

After Sun Yao finished speaking, he familiarly jumped onto Liu Qiankun's head. Liu Qiankun had no complaints about this and carried Sun Yao as they swam towards Changbai Mountain.

Changbai Mountain is quite far from the sea, and since they didn't follow the river route that the Fire Dragon and Sun Yao had taken, the return journey took a full half-day. After all, someone as enormous as Grandpa Liu needed to avoid ordinary people, so they mostly traveled through desolate wilderness areas. Fortunately, Grandpa Liu's enormous size made these wilderness areas feel like flat ground, allowing them to return to Changbai Mountain in half a day.

After returning to Changbai Mountain, Sun Yao and Grandpa Liu did not choose to go back to Wuxian Village halfway up the mountain. Instead, they went to the starting point of Sun Yao's journey, Changbai Mountain Tianchi.

Sun Yao had previously stated that when the Fire Dragon transformed into Jiao Long, he would suppress the Heavenly Star Torch Furnace on the Changbai Earth Fire Vein at the bottom of Tianchi Lake. However, Sun Yao broke his promise this time. He was in such a hurry with the Fire Dragon that he completely forgot about the Heavenly Star Torch Furnace suppressing the Tianchi Lake's earth veins. Therefore, his first priority is to apologize.

Both Grandpa Liu and Sun Yao were very familiar with the road from the foot of Mount Taibai to Tianchi Lake. In less than half an incense stick's time, they arrived at the edge of Tianchi Lake.

However, the Heavenly Lake was no longer as tranquil as before. It was filled with willow trees and various immortals thronged its banks, making it seem like a grand party for immortals. Both Sun Yao and Grandpa Liu were dumbfounded by the scene before them. "Grandpa Liu," one of them said, "are you aware of this?"

"To be honest, I had no idea that all these immortals had come to Changbai Mountain Tianchi. Not to mention you, young master, even I am completely baffled."

Just as the two of them were exchanging information, a loud argument broke out beside them.

"Let me tell you, you stinking fox, this Heavenly Pool has belonged to our Liu Xian'er lineage since ancient times. Back then, we sent you to guard the dragon, but none of you came. Now you want to enter the Heavenly Pool? No way!"

Sun Yao and Grandpa Liu looked over at the sound and saw that it was Grandpa Liu the Second and a huge white fox arguing and bickering wildly. Grandpa Liu the Second was really using the old tricks of the past. Luckily, these immortals didn't know about the Fire Dragon's previous situation, otherwise, they would have come to settle accounts with Grandpa Liu the Second long ago.

"Oh ho ho, you're talking to me about 'since ancient times'? Who the hell watched over Tianchi Lake for you old bastards during your hibernation?! Now you're sharing it with me?! Why didn't you settle accounts clearly back then?!"

The enormous white fox didn't hold back at all, immediately retorting and leaving Liu Er Taiye speechless for a moment. There was nothing he could do; hibernation was in the nature of snakes, not just the younger generation, but even he himself was no exception. Unless forcibly suppressed with cultivation, they would want to hibernate in winter.

"Alright, alright, how old are you all? Still arguing here, aren't you afraid the little brats will laugh at you?! It's just a pond, Liu Xian'er's lineage can't possibly take it all, and how many of our Hu family members are willing to stay in that lake? Why don't you just dig a small pond next to this Heavenly Pool? It won't take up much space, and everyone can use it."