Top Grade Immortal Emperor in the Flower City

The Southern Sea, named for its geographical location before the Tang Dynasty, has been referred to as such to this day, even though it's officially known as the Donghai, people still call it the Southern Sea Guanyin.

Less than ten sea miles out in the Southern Sea, deep below the waves, a black dragon lay coiled, its enormous eyes emitting endless fierce light.

Its dragon scales shimmered, giving off a terrifying aura, and its whiskers flowed and fluttered; with each movement, the surrounding ocean roiled with waves, incredibly fearsome.

Atop the dragon's massive form, a wondrous spectrum of divine light, no larger than a man, yet pinned the ten-zhang-long dragon so that it couldn't move an inch.@@novelbin@@

Occasionally, when schools of fish swam past, the dragon's mouth would suddenly gape, and a powerful suction would instantly draw the entire school into its maw.

This dragon was the evil dragon mentioned by Guanyin Bodhisattva, and the mystical divine light upon its body was the essence of Heavenly Dao she left behind when she attained Buddhahood.

Underneath the dragon lay a "bed" constructed of gold bricks several zhang in length, and the dragon's body was coiled upon it, adorned with enormous Luminous Pearls among other things.

Dragons delight in gold and treasure; they love to collect these mundane treasures, and all of these had been plundered by it during its worldly rampage a millennium ago.

"Roar, Roar!"

The evil dragon twisted its body, and a terrifying force erupted wildly deep beneath the sea, causing the surrounding waters to compress as if under pressure and then violently burst forth with formidable waves.

The dragon's eyes, like starlight, flickered with a terrible ferocity, "Detestable, detestable, to imprison me here, this broken Formation won't hold me for much longer. Once I emerge into the world, I'll obliterate everything!"

A thousand years, for a full thousand years, the dragon had been consumed by boundless rage. If it wasn't for the Formation imprisoning it, it would've ascended to become an immortal of the Demon Realm long ago, achieving Enlightenment and Ancestry.

Moreover, its greatest oddity was that it was completely immune to Divine Skills, and its strength and defense were incredibly formidable. To put it in simpler terms, it was immune to magic and its physical body was nearly invincible.

Such unique and terrifying innate abilities destined it to quickly become a terrifying force in the Demon Realm upon ascension, dominating across the realms of immortals, Buddhas, and demons.

However, such a promising subject that should, according to the mundane world, be enrolled in some kind of school for training, had been unexpectedly ensnared by Cheng Yaojin, and imprisoned for a full thousand years.

Wouldn't you be in a frenzy if you were in its place? Probably leaping forward without a second thought, and if not biting someone to death, then coming close to it.

And just at that moment, suddenly a gaunt figure appeared before the evil dragon, a young man with a nonchalant smile on his face. It was none other than Ye Ling.

Ye Ling walked up to the evil dragon, gazing at the fearsome creature with a slight smile, and couldn't help but smack his lips—this fellow really was quite extraordinary.

Seeing this, Ye Ling even felt a certain fondness for the material, considering the idea of taking the creature as his own mount; a thought that once it started, ran wild, though he knew how absurd it was.

The giant dragon clearly bore the lineage of True Dragon blood, not some mixed-blood product like the Orochi or an evil incarnation of the Long Emperor.

This was a genuine behemoth of a dragon, a venerable bloodline of the Demon Realm, comparable even to Little Bai, both supreme Divine Beasts revered by countless members of the Demon Race.

When the dragon saw a human entering its territory and then realized it was only someone in the late stages of Tribulation Transcending, it was filled with immense rage.

With a roar, the dragon summoned a tremendous sucking force that enveloped Ye Ling, pulling him furiously towards its belly while the sea water torrented into its stomach as well.

Ye Ling chuckled dismissively, uttering, "A mere trifle," and with a casual flick of his hand, a dazzling golden light enveloped him, the dragon's fearsome suction failing to even ripple the hem of his clothes.

The dragon, seeing this, couldn't help but be stunned. This guy really had some tricks up his sleeve, pity though, if it weren't for this hateful formation suppressing him, he would have covered a hundred li with a single movement and devoured this puny bastard before him with one bite.

"Human! What are you here for!"

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The dragon's voice boomed like thunder, and as it spoke, the surrounding seawater even started to explosively burst.

Ye Ling looked at the majestic dragon and couldn't help but smile. This guy was really something. If it was as Guanyin had said, then Ye Ling was probably the only one who could deal with this calamity. As for Xuan Nu, being just an avatar, she really couldn't handle it.

"So, uh, let me tell you, no, I mean, notify you, or maybe give you a heads up, I'm here this time to eradicate a menace for the people, to defend justice in this world to the very end."

"You, this evil dragon spreading malice and committing atrocities, there is freedom and justice in the world of men. The vast Qiankun is not a place where you can do as you please!"

Ye Ling coughed, then spoke very seriously, as if he was giving a report at a meeting—he even seemed quite formal.

The dragon glanced at Ye Ling, its eyes flashing with fierce light: "Speak properly, or else get lost!"

"Oh, okay, well, I'm here to subdue you. Also, just checking if there's a chance I could make you my mount or something to that effect."

Ye Ling chuckled. This calamity was pretty damn refreshing. Seems to be a straightforward creature, doesn't like to dilly-dally, likes things neat and direct.

Upon hearing this, the dragon burst into roaring laughter, tears even appearing in its dragon eyes: "Haha! Human, it's been a thousand years, this is the first time I've laughed, really."

"Make me your mount? You sure do dare to dream. Let's not talk about you. Even if a Daluo Golden Immortal from the Immortal Realm came in person, they wouldn't be worthy to be my master. What do you think you are?"

"Thinking of subduing me? Just try! You're but a small fry, not enough to get stuck between my teeth. It's been a thousand years since I've eaten human flesh; I could use you to whet my appetite or something."

The dragon kept sneering and mocking. Ye Ling immediately became furious, placed his hands on his hips, and cursed, "What the hell do you think you are, looking down on people now?"

"You're not even in any position to be picky, just a broken dragon, suppressed here by others. You should be grateful for whatever you can get."

"Let me ask you, if you had to choose between life and freedom, which one would you pick?"

Ye Ling pressed on with his questions. The dragon was startled; it had never answered such a question before. Why did it feel like there was something off about this line of questioning?

"It's not a matter of freedom or life, it's about dignity. I am a divine beast, a True Dragon, high above all. What qualifications does a human like you have to make me your mount?"

"Forget about you. Even if you called for the Three Emperors and Five Sovereigns of your Human Race, none of them would dare to make such an outrageous claim to have me for their mount, haha!"

Seeing the dragon like this, Ye Ling let out a cold laugh, "Tsk tsk, you really are arrogant."

"The Three Emperors and Five Sovereigns would seek you as their mount? Let me tell you, if I weren't a bit down on my luck right now, I wouldn't even consider taking you."

"Ever heard of the Long Emperor of the Immortal Realm? With just a display of my divine might, it got so scared that it fled with its descendants and hasn't dared to turn back for a thousand years."

"You? Just a mere dragon, yet you dare to speak such big words. It seems I really need to teach you a lesson today."

As he spoke, Ye Ling flipped over a single hand and drew out a dusky black brick, weighing it in his hand.