Chapter 0233: City of Scarlet Flame
When Huang Long killed the Black Demon, he naturally had no idea that his actions had aroused suspicion and concern in Oune and Feichi from the Scarlet Flame Domain Palace. By the time Oune and Feichi rushed back to the palace, Huang Long and his companions were already far away, in a city tens of thousands of miles distant.
It was a small city in the Scarlet Flame Domain Star—not large, only on par with an intermediate-sized city in a kingdom—but it was quite bustling, with no fewer people than a kingdom’s capital. Following the crowd, and due to the fierce battles earlier, Huang Long and his group were no longer in a hurry to head to the capital of the Scarlet Flame Domain Star, City of Scarlet Flame.
Having killed the Black Demon and having its divine body stored in the Five Prisons Divine Cauldron, Huang Long planned to find a place to merge this divine body with his own. After all, they were now in the Tianyun Dimensional Space, a place filled with powerful enemies and great dangers—more strength meant greater safety.
Thus, Huang Long suggested staying at a secluded inn in this small city for a few days. Although they didn’t understand why Huang Long wanted to stay here, none of Long Yi and the others objected; they all agreed gladly. Throughout their journey, Huang Long’s strength had already won them over, and they usually followed his lead. Besides, after arriving in the Tianyun Dimensional Space, they had rushed straight to the Scarlet Flame Star without stopping, so taking a few days to rest here was fine.
Staying at an inn naturally required currency. The Tianyun Dimensional Space used a different currency from that of the Eternal Yuan Realm. In the mortal realms, silver and gold coins, made from metals, were commonly used, but in this dimensional space, star coins—made from star minerals—were in circulation.
Of course, not all star minerals could be used to make star coins. In this dimensional space, only three rare types of star minerals—purple star ore, crescent moon ore, and tide cloud ore—could be used. Star coins were uniformly minted and issued by the kingdom palaces of each dimensional space, rather than being controlled by empires or merchant guilds like in the mortal realms.
However, Long Yi and the others had been to Tianyun before, so they were already prepared. After paying ten star coins, they were led by the enthusiastic innkeeper to a small courtyard behind the inn.
The courtyard was serene and quiet, with six rooms and a small garden in the middle, filled with the delicate fragrance of flowers. After each of Huang Long’s companions chose a room, they began meditating to restore their energy. Meanwhile, Huang Long set up a spiritual array in his room to isolate himself from the outside world. He then released the Black Demon’s divine body from the Five Prisons Divine Cauldron and began using the “Galaxy Vortex” technique along with the Supreme Samadhi Fire to continuously refine it.
The Black Demon God Body, though refined over hundreds of thousands of years through its own divine power and becoming hundreds of times stronger than Lin Youwu’s original body, was still considered a lower-tier divine body. Since the Yellow Dragon had been able to melt Lin Youwu’s divine body back then, there should be no problem with the Black Demon God Body as well. With this confidence, the Yellow Dragon planned to pause for a few days to melt it.
However, to the Yellow Dragon’s surprise, a day later, under the influence of the Galaxy Vortex and the Samadhi True Fire, the Black Demon God Body showed no signs of change at all. This made the Yellow Dragon frown. After all, it had only taken him half an hour to collapse Lin Youwu’s divine body, turning it into purest energy that it could then absorb and integrate into itself.
Gradually, two days passed, yet the Black Demon God Body remained unchanged. The Yellow Dragon’s confidence began to waver. Could it be that, like the Hell Demon God FranFrancis, he was now unable to refine this body?
On the third day, the Black Demon God Body finally started to disintegrate. Watching the faint, extremely slow streams of sickly green light drifting out from it, the Yellow Dragon felt delighted. He quickly channeled more divine power into the Galaxy Vortex, absorbing that energy into himself.
The divine body refined by the Yellow Dragon over hundreds of thousands of years possessed immense energy, far beyond that of Lin Youwu’s original body. Those streams of sickly green light were the purest forms of death energy derived from his divine power. As this death energy flowed through the Yellow Dragon’s body, it continuously refined his physique.
Meanwhile, the Netherworld Divine Tree also emitted waves of green light. As the death energy from the Black Demon continued to melt away, the Yellow Dragon’s body grew stronger. With each breath, it seemed like some ancient beast was sitting there roaring, causing the entire room to tremble slightly.
Previously, after absorbing and melting Lin Youwu’s divine body, the Yellow Dragon’s physique had become several times stronger, his breathing power sufficient to swallow an entire dragon. Now, swallowing multiple dragons was no problem at all.
In the Pangu World, the ancient demon sorcerer Kunpeng could, with a single swallow, consume vast stretches of rivers and seas. Within the Yellow Dragon’s body, veins pulsed with each heartbeat, each pulse echoing like a thunderclap. If those veins had formed silver dragons after absorbing Lin Youwu’s divine body, now they were growing, expanding, and becoming larger.
Water and fire dragons coiled around his body, growing larger just like those veins, their dragonly power radiating outward. Two days later, after completely integrating the Black Demon God Body into his own body, the water and fire dragons roared. A beam of energy flashed by, shaking the clouds high in the Red Flame Star.
Huang Long’s eyes shone with intense brilliance as he stood up. He felt as though mighty waves were lurking within his body, sensing its growing strength and power, which filled him with joy. By melting away the Black Demon God’s body, he had finally reached the later stage of the Tribulation Crossing. With the Water-Fire Dual Dragon Technique, he had entered the realm of Perfect Ying Dragon. Once he reached the realm of an immortal and then the realm of a Dragon King, Huang Long would be able to transform into his true dragon form from his past life, rather than his current human form! At the thought of soon being able to take on his former dragon god form, Huang Long couldn’t help but let out a roar toward the sky. The roar echoed like a dragon’s cry, stirring the winds and clouds high above. “Brother Huang Long!” At that moment, Long Yi’s anxious voice came from outside. Huang Long’s mind stirred, and he dismissed the spiritual array before stepping outside. When he emerged, he saw Long Yi and the other three outside, all looking extremely anxious. “Brother Huang Long, you… you’ve broken through again?!” Long Yi, who had been worried, was stunned upon seeing Huang Long and sensing the overwhelming pressure emanating from him. “It was an accident—I just broke through once!” Huang Long nodded, seeing no need to hide it. An accident? Long Yi, Sea God Apton, Phoenix clan member Simp, and Belin all stared at Huang Long in confusion. In the Holy Realm, each level of breakthrough was extremely difficult, let alone in the Divine Realm. For people like Long Yi and the others, each breakthrough required hundreds or even thousands of years of hard cultivation. Yet Huang Long claimed it was just an accident? They felt like banging their heads against the wall. Moreover, Huang Long had only recently reached the Divine Realm—how could he break through again so soon? In the past, Huang Long’s strength had already ranked first below the divine level in the Hengyuan Realm. So what about now? The four of them trembled. “Let’s go. If we don’t leave now, we’ll get into trouble again!” Huang Long said, sensing several strong auras approaching from all directions. His recent breakthrough, though shielded by the spiritual array, had still caused quite a stir. Huang Long knew Long Yi and the others had come for this reason. Hearing him speak, they remembered their purpose, snapped out of their daze, and rushed to leave with Huang Long. After they left, they headed straight for Chiyen City. However, Chiyen Star was even larger than the Hengyuan Realm, and Chiyen City was located in its center. By the time they arrived, half a month had passed. Half a month later, Long Yi and the others were still shocked upon seeing the city walls stretching dozens of feet high and thousands of miles long before them. The entire wall was built from Flowing Fire ore—a rare material used to craft high-grade weapons in the Hengyuan Realm. This was Chiyen City, the capital of Chiyen Star!
However, Huang Long didn’t think much of it. The Dragon Palace of the ancient Dragon clan of Pangu stretched for millions of miles—compared to that, Chiyen City was nothing but a small house. But when they entered Chiyen City, Huang Long and his group were stopped by the city’s guards for inspection. Seeing the heavily guarded city gates and the thorough checks of identities with iron plaques, Huang Long frowned. “Could it be that our battle with that god-tier powerhouse has triggered a state of emergency on Chiyen Planet?!” asked Long Yi at that moment. Entering Chiyen City itself wasn’t difficult, but if there was a state of emergency, encountering further inspections upon entry would cause quite a problem. “Let’s go inside first,” said Huang Long. Anyway, they had left after buying the star map of the Tianyun Dimensional Space and wouldn’t stay in Chiyen City for long, so they should avoid any trouble. Long Yi and the others nodded. “Wait!” Just as they were about to teleport above Chiyen City to enter, Huang Long spoke up. Under their puzzled looks, he took out four spirit talismans and said, “These are invisibility talismans. They can not only hide you from sight but also conceal your aura. They can last for about the time it takes to drink tea. Carry them with you—so long as you don’t use magic or combat energy, even the strongest beings in the divine realms won’t be able to detect you.” There were magic defense arrays above Chiyen City, so entering from above would surely attract the attention of the city’s strong warriors. Therefore, Huang Long gave each of Long Yi and the others a talisman, allowing them to enter directly through the city gates. Long Yi and the others were utterly confused—could such a small piece of paper really hide them from sight and conceal their aura? They looked skeptical, but when they saw Huang Long activate the talisman, causing him to disappear right before their eyes and reappear inside the city moments later, they were all stunned. In the end, they tightly held onto the talismans as if they were precious treasures and followed Huang Long’s example to enter Chiyen City. Chiyen City’s streets were hundreds of feet wide, with tall buildings lining both sides and heavy traffic—more bustling and grand even than the imperial capital of the Hengyuan Realm. But after entering the city, Huang Long and his group had no interest in admiring the scenery. They asked passersby where to find those who sold star maps from the divine realms and then headed straight to a place called Huangfeng Pavilion. This Huangfeng Pavilion was run by a family from the Netherworld of the six supreme divine realms. After arriving at Huangfeng Pavilion, Huang Long and his group glanced around before walking up to the counter inside.