Immortal and Martial Dual Cultivation

The azure palace in the middle of the five mountains was a kilometer tall. Dust covered this structure. From a distance, it looked extraordinarily ancient and even ruined.

When Xiao Chen looked at that azure palace, he felt a throbbing in his heart for no reason. He could not help but find this place familiar like he had been here ten thousand years ago. It was a bizarre feeling.

Xiao Chen asked hoarsely, “What is that place?”

Hu Hai and the others looked strangely at Xiao Chen. Then, Shui Lingling said, “You do not know? That is the Azure Dragon Palace. Ten thousand years ago, after Dragon’s Gate—a Holy Land—was destroyed, their main palace appeared here.”

Xiao Chen exclaimed in shock, “The Tianwu Domain really had four Holy Lands? Aside from White Emperor City, Phoenix’s Passion Palace, and Divine Martial Gate, there was another Holy Land?”

Shui Lingling nodded and said, “Naturally, Dragon’s Gate used to be the leader of the Holy Lands. Ten thousand years ago, their last master, the Azure Emperor, was the strongest Sovereign Martial Emperor in history. He was the strong Palace Lord of the Martial God Palace. He could move around the entire Kunlun Realm unhindered, doing as he pleased.”

“If he was so strong, then how did Dragon’s Gate get destroyed?” Xiao Chen asked, his gaze never leaving that palace all the while.

Shui Ling did not know much, either. She answered somewhat vaguely, “It had something to do with your Sky Dome Realm’s Tianwu Dynasty. However, no one is clear on the details. We only know that the Tianwu Dynasty and Dragon’s Gate perished at almost the same time.”

Xiao Chen felt a yearning for that palace. He asked, “Are we going in?”

When the others heard his question, they all smiled bitterly. Hu Hai replied, “That is a Sovereign Martial Emperor’s palace. Who would not want to go in? However, no one can.

“Five thousand years ago, the Thunder Emperor, hailed as the person with the strongest offensive power, tried to barge in. However, he failed. In the end, he even got injured.”

Xiao Chen felt astonished. He asked Ao Jiao, Is that true?

Ao Jiao nodded and explained, Each of those five mountains represents an elemental attribute. Together, they form a Five-Element Absolute Sealing Formation, sealing up that entire space and time.

Back then, Sang Mu chopped off half a mountain. However, he was attacked by the Five-Element Absolute Sealing Formation for a hundred years.

Xiao Chen asked doubtfully, What do you mean by attacked for a hundred years?

This memory had left a deep impression on Ao Jiao. After thinking for a while, she replied, That is to compress a hundred years of time into an instant. There is clearly only one attack, but it injures you for a hundred years.

One sword for a hundred years, a hundred years with one sword. When Xiao Chen heard this, he could not help but enter deep thought. Unexpectedly, there is even such a Martial Technique. This is incredible.

“Let’s go. There are no flying Demonic Beasts here. We can fly straight in.”

Shui Lingling waved her hand. The Profound Sun Bird on her shoulder immediately cried out happily and revealed its true form. Then, the group gently climbed onto the Profound Sun Bird’s broad back.

Other cultivators in the area were soaring into the air, riding on tamed flying Spirit Beasts, or riding on their warships. Everyone moved in the same direction—the Savage Battlefield’s Dragon Burial Mound.

There were many Spirit Beasts in this world with the word dragon in their name. Some examples would be flood dragons, coiling dragons, earth dragons, and flame dragons.

Even though all these Spirit Beasts were very strong, they were not True Dragons. Even in the Immortal Epoch, True Dragons were legendary Divine Beasts. They had strong Magic Energy and possessed remarkable abilities. Several strong Immortal Cultivators were not a match for it.

Since the Martial Epoch, no one had ever seen a True Dragon. All they had seen so far were remains. Even so, regular Martial Emperors found it hard to withstand the Dragon Might in these remains.

The Dragon Burial Mound referred to the burial ground of dragons. Furthermore, the ones buried here were all True Dragons.

Long before the great war between Emperors in the Savage Battlefield, the Dragon Burial Mound was already in existence. Many people even believed that the Dragon Burial Mound had existed since the Immortal Epoch.

No one knew definitely when the Dragon Burial Mound came to be. They only knew that a significant number of True Dragons lay buried here.

The grave of every True Dragon contained sizable treasuries. There were also Spirit Trees that grew up with a True Dragon’s Immortal Qi as nourishment and rare strange fruits sustained with Dragon’s Blood.

Under the influence of Dragon Qi for several tens of millennia, the strange ores that appeared were all worth cities, treasures that would move anyone.

When new Dragon Caves emerged, the other forbidden lands in the Savage Battlefield—even Immortal Sect Remnants—became less attractive.

Shui Lingling’s primary target on this trip to the Savage Battlefield was the True Dragon Cave.

Black spots of light appeared in the sky fifty kilometers ahead. Xiao Chen condensed his Spiritual Sense into a line and surveyed the scene.

He discovered that the anomaly was a black storm stretching from the ground to the sky. Sand and stones flew around, shredding the mountains and trees in the storm’s path to bits.

Several strong Demonic Beasts could not do anything in the face of this storm. The storm instantly pulled them in and puréed them into a pool of blood.

“What is that?!”

The cultivators flying in the sky looked over and discovered the strange scene in front as well. However, their Mental Energy or perception was not as strong as Xiao Chen’s.

These cultivators could only see a vague scene. They sensed that something was wrong but could not make out what was happening.

Due to the distance, Hu Hai could not see clearly, either. However, the faint scent of blood lingering in the air made him frown. He said, “It seems like there is something in the direction of the Dragon Burial Mound.”

Shui Lingling observed for a while with her bright eyes. Then, she said calmly, “It is a True Dragon Storm. Someone must have opened the doors of the Dragon Cave. Since that is a True Dragon Storm, the cave should not be empty.”

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

The True Dragon Storm moved very fast. In merely the time it took to brew a pot of tea, what was happening became clearly visible to everyone, immediately shocking them.

Everyone saw the black storm that connected the sky and ground, spanning several kilometers. Even the tall mountains looked as small as ants before it; the cultivators seemed even smaller in comparison.

“Run!”

This startled the other cultivators. Without saying another word, they quickly fled to the two sides. No one dared to face this storm head-on.

This was a storm that could level mountains. How strong exactly was it? No one could imagine surviving it. Perhaps Martial Sages would only barely manage to survive entering it.

Shui Lingling gently jumped off the Profound Sun Bird and huddled under its wings. She said, “Don’t run around. Hide under the Profound Sun Bird’s wings. For us, this is an opportunity to enter the True Dragon Cave before the others.”

The storm now arrived about ten kilometers from the six. Strong winds blew, jerking their clothes violently. It seemed like they would fly up.

No one dared to be careless. Everyone took cover under the Profound Sun Bird’s wings with some difficulty, clutching its feathers with their hands.

Xiao Chen, Wang Cheng, and Jun Si hid under the left wing while the other three hid under the right one.

As the gale blew, it contained a boundless force. The enormous body of the Profound Sun Bird swayed lightly.

The wind was as sharp as a knife; everyone had difficulty opening their eyes. They could only stick close to the Profound Sun Bird under its wings. No one dared to be careless. If the wind pulled them out, surviving would be tough.

Shui Lingling watched the storm in front closely. When it arrived, she quickly gave the Profound Sun Bird a command.

Then, the Profound Sun Bird slowly folded back and closed its huge wings. Its body became like a sharp sword piercing through the wind.

However, right before the wings closed completely, Wang Cheng landed a ferocious palm strike on Xiao Chen’s body.

Originally, it was already hard to resist the storm; the group was in danger of getting sucked out. With Wang Cheng’s palm strike making things worse, Xiao Chen flew out like a shot.

The surging pulling force of the storm did not even give Xiao Chen time to cry out. It instantly pulled him out and tossed him high in the air.

Everything happened very quickly. The others did not discover it at all. Wang Cheng revealed a fleeting cruel smile before anxiously crying out, “Junior Sister Jun, Junior Brother Xiao Chen flew out.”

Jun Si’s expression froze for a moment as she looked around. She discovered that Xiao Chen had indeed disappeared. She immediately panicked and called out loudly to Shui Lingling.

“All of you, stay put! I’ll deal with it!”

The Profound Sun Bird’s wings had already closed completely. Shui Lingling gave another command before turning into a beam of purple light, flying towards Xiao Chen.

The True Dragon Storm contained Dragon Might in the wind. The force that the storm exerted was overwhelming.

Xiao Chen tumbled in the air like a block of wood. He moved up and down, left and right, spinning in every direction possible like he was an inanimate object.

His Quintessence and strong physical body were useless in the face of this might. He had no chance to use them.

The winds were as sharp as knives, tearing up Xiao Chen’s skin. As he continuously tumbled over in the air, he grew increasingly dizzy.

Both his physical body and spirit underwent severe torture. He felt like he would die at any moment.

Xiao Chen’s vision slowly turned hazy. As he was about to lose consciousness, he vaguely sensed a purple figure calling out his name loudly.

This purple figure risked her life and charged forward valiantly, continuously charging towards him in the True Dragon Storm, trying to pull him out.

Xiao Chen seemed to have put in some effort himself, trying to get closer. However, every time, at the last moment, the storm would surge and pull him back, rendering all his efforts moot. In the end, he never succeeded.

As for what happened after that, he did not know. He had fainted and completely lost consciousness.

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Xiao Chen woke up with a splitting headache and a dry mouth. He tried opening his eyes and failed spectacularly. His eyelids were as heavy as mountains; he could not raise them.

He tried moving his arms, but the intense pain he felt made his mouth twitch.

After putting in a lot of effort, Xiao Chen finally managed to open his eyes. A dark sky appeared in his vision; he had not left the Savage Battlefield yet.

Xiao Chen struggled to get up. Then, he checked his injuries.

He could see wounds of varying degrees everywhere on the surface of his body, covering him in blood. Every tiny movement of his was excruciating.

However, these were merely just the external wounds. The more serious ones were the internal injuries. The Dragon Might in the storm has rushed through his meridians and internal organs while he was unconscious.

Xiao Chen’s heart, liver, gallbladder, spleen, and lungs all received varying levels of damage. If he were a regular person, such a berserk force would have crushed all his internal organs to a pulp.

He quietly circulated the Purple Thunder Divine Incantation. He found that he did not encounter that much obstruction when he circulated his Quintessence. However, his meridians were still somewhat bruised, so he did not dare to release his Quintessence entirely.

A faint bloody scent lingered in the air. Xiao Chen turned his head and looked around. The corpses of several Demonic Beasts lay scattered about.

Ao Jiao must have helped out, Xiao Chen thought. His Spiritual Sense entered the Immortal Spirit Ring and found Ao Jiao lying beside the Netherworld Flower. Her breathing was even as if she was in a deep sleep.