[thundercrash mountain]
In the cave of the Purple Flood Dragon, Ao Ziyun's Serpentine Body, which had long been dormant, gradually awakened.
Ao Ziyun felt strange; he sensed that his thoughts had become more aggressive upon awakening, and the bothersome remnants of the dragon's instinct had disappeared. He couldn't help but think that his soul had completely assimilated the remaining will of the dragon.
Ao Ziyun inspected his restored body. Once a mess of injuries and burns, it was now fully healed. His dark purple scales now gleamed with vigor, his claws exuded formidable sharpness, and his body was imbued with a vast and unparalleled momentum.
"Truly miraculous." said Ao Ziyun.
The injuries Mu Qianyu had inflicted on his body were by no means easy to heal, even with his powerful Flood Dragon constitution.
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Martial Arts Panel
Name: Ao Ziyun
Race: Purple Flood Dragon (Saint Beast Variant)
Cultivation: Xiantian (Peak)
Points: 0
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All the points obtained from the Purple Thunder Lizards had been spent on recovery. Each lizard had a Thunder Pearl inside its body, each worth 10 points. at least, those of the Purple Thunder Lizards. In the memories of his body, Ao Ziyun knew that there were two other types of Thunder Lizards besides the Purple Thunder ones. They were the Blue and Red Lizards, both weaker than the Purple Thunder.
Ao Ziyun couldn't help but think about how to acquire more points. There weren't many Purple Thunder Lizards, and besides, he couldn't kill them, they were a good source of subordinates at the moment. They were Xiantian-level beasts sharing his bloodline, a Saint Beasts.
The Purple Flood Dragon was a legitimate Saint Beast. A Saint Beast had a bloodline connection with the Divine Beasts. Even though, in the case of the Purple Flood Dragon, this connection was at an incomparable distance, it was still considered a Saint Beast.
Relying solely on its natural growth, it had reached the peak of the Xiantian level. Even having remained stagnant at this stage for centuries, it could still boast of being the most powerful creature in the Southern Wilderness.
Its own Thundercrash Mountain could be considered a second-tier faction. It had a few Xiantian-level followers and dozens of Houtian-level lizards, not to mention its countless descendants scattered beyond the mountain.
This Dragon was extremely prolific; the number of creatures descended from it was incalculable throughout the Southern Wilderness.
Ao Ziyun began to think about organizing these descendants into a large faction, but he abandoned the idea almost immediately. Despite their power, these creatures lacked wisdom. They were merely ferocious beasts; even with his bloodline, they were not Saint Beasts.
"Even after assimilating the memories of the Purple Flood Dragon, I haven't found any cultivation method."
It was no surprise; the former dragon was a creature that relied solely on its bloodline to reach its current level. And in a region like this, where the most powerful cultivator was at most a Houtian, a Xiantian-level creature like him had nothing to worry about.
Recalling the knowledge he had from the novel, he knew that this world was dominated by the human race. The Southern Wilderness had once been a prosperous region, home to a powerful Divine Kingdom, but millennia had passed, and this land had undergone a brutal decline.
The only remnants were the 72 Pagodas of the Sorcerer, inheritance trials left by the founder of that ancient Divine Kingdom.
There were many inheritances and benefits within these trials, and all who entered obtained great fortune. Some of the native Xiantian cultivators emerged after passing some of the trials, and even a Revolving Core-level cultivation arose. That was long ago. In recent times, humans in this region have been steadily declining.
Among these inheritances, there was a treasure capable of driving any Flood Dragon mad: the blood of the True Dragon's Reverse Scale.
A genuine Divine Beast that existed only in the higher realms, far surpassing any Saint Beast on the Skyspill continent. In terms of dragons, only the Flood Dragons and their variants existed on that continent.
Even a fragment of this blood could elevate Ao Ziyun to a new level. Unfortunately, such an item had been obtained by Lin Ming.
During his battle against Mu Qianyu, while he was plundering his cave, Lin Ming released the pressure of the True Dragon's bloodline. Even in its weakened state, it was enough to make him pause for a moment, leaving an opening for Mu Qianyu to strike.
Ao Ziyun couldn't help but snort in frustration and curse Lin Ming.
Unfortunately, the bone age of this body exceeded the entry limit of the Pagoda. There was no way to obtain anything from there.
Opportunities were scarce in the Southern Wilderness, but one would soon appear. The Southern Horizon Region was about to plunge into a large-scale war between the Divine Phoenix Island and the South Sea Demon Region.
Under normal circumstances, the South Sea Demon Region would have emerged completely victorious in this war. if not for the existence of Lin Ming.
The Divine Phoenix Island was a high-level fourth-tier sect in the Southern Horizon Region. Its members claimed to be descendants of the Ancestral Phoenix clan, but they were merely humans implanting the bloodline of Saint Beasts into their bodies. Their ancestor was Mu Fengxian, whose cultivation was at the 1st stage of Life Destruction.
In contrast, the South Sea Demon Region was a fifth-tier sect ruled by martial artists from the South Sea. Compared to the Divine Phoenix Island, the South Sea Demonic Region had more than 16 elders at the 1st stage of Life Destruction, 2 sovereigns at the 2nd stage of Life Destruction, and a single master at the 3rd stage of Life Destruction.
But it wasn't the South Sea Demon Region that interested him; it was one of its allied fifth-tier factions.
The Black Flood Dragon Clan, a force of the monster race, if he remembered correctly, was more powerful than the Divine Phoenix Island and had survived the war.
Joining this force was a safe bet, and it also offered the hope of obtaining a proper cultivation method for his future development. He had no knowledge of cultivation, and even the memories of the dragon contained nothing useful. after all, he had been stagnant at the Xiantian level for so long.