Chapter 55: Primordial Waters (2)

Primordial World, by the Tongtian River, Lishui Tribe.

In the cave dwelling within the cliff, a silver gate appeared, and Lin Yuan’s figure instantly manifested inside the cave dwelling.

As soon as he appeared, Lin Yuan’s expression changed.

He saw that along this stretch of the Tongtian River belonging to the Lishui Tribe, the river’s surface shimmered and churned. Mighty, surging water radiance soared into the sky, attempting to completely submerge the valley plain where the Lishui Tribe was located.

Roar! Roar! Roar!!

Lin Yuan’s face darkened slightly as he focused his gaze. He saw a huge Demon King laughing wildly amidst the giant waves.

“Mere ants dare to kill my offspring! Today, I shall make your tribe barren, leaving not a single blade of grass!”

“King Carp Dragon, the death of your offspring was clearly the doing of the Witch Clan tribes. How can you put the blame on our Human Race tribes? Do not push us too far!”

A vast expanse of red light spread out from the central Ancestral Shrine, desperately protecting the Lishui Tribe.

But it was already on the verge of collapse. The leader of the Lishui Tribe, Feng Bo, had a flushed face, filled with extreme anger.

“If not for your Human Race tribes providing those Witch Clan tribes with many large nets, why would my offspring grow fewer and fewer!”

“Moreover, you lowly ants are but inferior tribes in the Primordial World anyway. Do I even need a reason to wipe you all out?”

Amidst the overwhelming water radiance, a Yao Clan member with a fish head and a human body, adorned with several dragon scales, roared furiously. An icy, chilling light emanated from him, making one shiver. He was manipulating the vast, surging water radiance of the Tongtian River.

Behind him followed over a thousand aggressive fish demons of various kinds. Together, they stirred their demonic energy. The flow of energy was immense, torrential, and overwhelmingly heavy, causing the faces of many Lishui Tribe cultivators to turn pale.

“Merely a small dragon carp at the Demon King realm, yet such big words!”

At that moment, a cold voice suddenly rang out above the valley. The instant this voice appeared, a massive Divine Demon Dao Body dozens of feet tall materialized within the river water.

A vast aura of spiritual pressure spread and surged across a thousand miles of the river’s surface. In an instant, a point of immense icy light enveloped the entire river.

Water Thunder Technique!

Brilliant light swept out. The giant waves were frozen. The fierce winds were frozen. Over a thousand fish demons, including the leading Dragon Carp Demon King, were instantly encased in ice.

This was not a pure freezing Dao technique.

It was the Water Thunder Technique. Vast lightning radiance instantly blasted the forms of the numerous fish demons into fragments.

The leading Carp Dragon Demon King possessed the most tenacious vitality. Its near-Demon God demonic body was huge and tough, emitting a terrifying black aura. Although riddled with thousands of holes by the blast, it was not yet dead. Its fish eyes stared fixedly at Lin Yuan, seemingly wanting to say something. With a cold gaze, Lin Yuan casually pointed again. Another colorless lightning streak shot across, instantly blasting it into pieces.

A red streak of light flashed as Feng Bo already flew up. Looking at the frozen river surface, his eyes held both joy and worry. He gazed at Lin Yuan with a bitter smile.

“Great Elder, you should not have killed him directly!”

“That Carp Dragon is a subordinate of a Celestial Divine Demon dragon in the Tongtian River. That Celestial Divine Demon dragon is currently fighting with the Wu God of the Nether River downstream for control over the Tongtian River waters. That demon dragon is not easy to deal with!”

“Someone from the Dragon Palace?”

Lin Yuan’s brow furrowed slightly. The Dragon Clan could be considered the protagonists of the last Tribulation Epoch. How majestic the Three Ancient Clans were, especially the Ancestral Dragon, the master of the Dragon Clan, who was the Black Emperor, one of the Five Ancient Emperors, a formidable figure spoken of alongside the Three Ancient Sovereigns.

They were also of the Turbid Fiend Demon God lineage, nearly an existence that had achieved Primordial Unity and Primordial Origin.

However, after the battle of the Dragon Han Calamity, the Dragon Clan, the Qilin Clan, and the Phoenix Clan declined one after another, and the Ancestral Dragon also vanished without a trace.

But a starved camel is still bigger than a horse. The other remaining Ancestral Dragon of the Dragon Palace, the Candle Dragon Emperor, was still the strongest competitor to inherit the position of the Black Emperor among the Five Directions Divine Demon Imperial Monarchs.

The Black Emperor, that was an immense authority, an existence even an Innate Dao Lord had to look up to.

Rumors said that within the Wu Sect, the Water God of the Gonggong Tribe was locked in fierce battles with that Candle Dragon Emperor over control of the Primordial World’s waters across various water regions!

“It’s fine. If they don’t come looking for me, I will go looking for them…”

Lin Yuan waved his hand. When fat meat was delivered right before one’s eyes, there was absolutely no reason not to eat it.

Upon hearing this, Feng Bo couldn’t help but look at Lin Yuan, his eyes showing surprise. Then his gaze quickly fell upon the Lishui Tribe. Having been struck by the Tongtian River water brought by the Carp Dragon Demon King, the entire Lishui Tribe had suffered a great disaster.

Next, he still had many messes to deal with.

Lin Yuan turned and shifted his gaze into the Tongtian River.

The waters of the Tongtian River were vast and turbulent. Based on Lin Yuan’s sensing of the Tongtian River, in terms of sheer power and volume, this water vein was at least ten times larger than the Lingjiang River of the Main World.

This wasn’t necessarily because the scale of the Primordial World was larger than the Main World, but because the Primordial World had not yet shattered. The Main World gave Lin Yuan the feeling of having disintegrated several times already.

Dongyue Province might be just one of the divine continents. Yet, a single divine continent could give birth to a River God like the Lingjiang River capable of nurturing an Earth Immortal-grade River God, and there were other huge water veins. This was enough to show its extraordinary nature.

According to Lin Yuan’s estimation, the position of River God born from refining the Tongtian River might not be comparable to the Four Great River Ancestral Veins of the main branches, or even the next tier of one hundred and eight largest water veins, but it was still of remarkable quality.

After refining it, it should be enough to support the birth of an Innate Divine Demon.

Thoughts flickered in his mind as Lin Yuan stepped into the Tongtian River in a single stride.

Stepping in, Lin Yuan immediately felt something different.

Unlike the Lingjiang River.

The Tongtian River was more powerful and imposing, and carried a massive oppressive force.

So massive it was shocking!

He had never felt this way before!

But Lin Yuan could sense that the source of this change was because he had brought the River God Golden Seal into the Primordial World. He himself now represented a water body.

Fortunately, this huge water vein, the Tongtian River, was temporarily ownerless.

There wouldn’t be a situation where two tigers cannot share one mountain, directly pushing him out.

Next, he certainly needed to completely refine the Tongtian River before the two Celestial Divine Demons did.

A light smile flickered across Lin Yuan’s face. Regarding refining the Tongtian River, compared to the other two Celestial Divine Demons, he had an innate advantage.

The methods for refining water bodies in the Primordial World, Lin Yuan roughly understood, relied entirely on forcibly suppressing and refining the hidden water springs within them.

But those water springs were the foundation that gave birth to a water vein. How could they be so easily suppressed!

In the Main World, however, countless methods for achieving River God status had emerged, far exceeding those in the current Primordial World. They didn’t require refining at all. There was one simplest way.

Just extract a bit of the water body’s essence, nurture a River God divine rune, and slowly absorb the essence. One could quickly become the River God of this great river.

On his finger, a wisp of Innate Divine Power aura appeared. A moment later, it transformed into a shimmering water light, like a divine rune gathering the apparitions of countless springs.

As that point of energy appeared, it seemed to give birth to various wondrous water element creations. Divine light in myriad forms, auspicious energy in layers, it was exceptionally profound and mysterious.

That was the most powerful divine rune within the River God Golden Seal’s inheritance, the Heavenly One Water Mother Divine Rune.

The Heavenly One True Water was one of the Seven Great True Waters. As the mother of all waters, according to the inheritance within the River God Golden Seal, any River God who chose this divine rune would have a chance to achieve the esteemed position of the Heavenly One Water Mother upon fully evolving it to true perfection. She was one of the most revered mother goddesses of the Ancient Water Immortal lineage.

However, the Heavenly One Water Mother Divine Rune was extremely difficult to condense in the Main World. Moreover, the Heavenly One True Water was exceedingly rare. Among the many River Gods, perhaps not one in ten thousand would have the fortune to find Heavenly One True Water and then transform it into a divine rune.

But in the Primordial World, the ancient water veins contained Heavenly One True Water. Perhaps not in great abundance, but with patient refining, it could definitely be extracted!

Watching the continuously refining and gradually completing divine rune drawn from the boundless Tongtian River, a bright, intense light flashed in Lin Yuan’s eyes.