The First Demon of the Chan Sect-Chapter 233 - 179: Candle Dragon (3rd update delivered!)

(P.S.: Third update today, please subscribe!!!)

In Lingxiao Palace, Di Jun, seated high on his throne, was suddenly startled by a dragon’s roar. Quickly forming seal techniques with his hands, he emitted a hazy light, directing it straight towards the Eastern Sea Domain.

Above the deep blue Eastern Sea, a black giant dragon was seen howling and snarling with its head thrown back.

Di Jun furrowed his brow at the sight of the fearsome giant dragon, took a deep breath, and turned to address the Four Sea Dragon Kings standing by the steps: "Fellow Daoists, does this black giant dragon belong to your Dragon Clan?"

Upon hearing Di Jun’s query, East Sea Dragon King Aoguang cautiously peeked out, then his expression dramatically changed as he murmured to himself, "Is it him? Impossible, impossible, isn’t he already dead?"

The other Dragon Kings of the Three Seas glanced at Aoguang with some curiosity and peeked out as well. Their reactions were almost identical to his.

Di Jun frowned and asked, "Fellow Daoists? Fellow Daoists? What on earth is going on?"

Dragon King Ao Guang came back to his senses, swallowed hard with a slightly hoarse voice, and cautiously said, "Your Majesty, this dragon is called the Candle Dragon. He is an ancestor of our Dragon Clan and the uncle of us all!"

Di Jun pinched the bridge of his nose and said to Aoguang, "During the Dragon-Han Calamity, I never saw this fellow. With his strength, he is not far from being a Saint. It was a battle that concerned life and death for the Dragon Clan, and yet this Candle Dragon, also of the Dragon Clan, did not participate. Why is that?"

Aoguang bitterly smiled and said, "Your Majesty is unaware. This Candle Dragon, though he is the brother of our grand ancestor, was born cruel and brutal. Once, during our grand ancestor’s cultivation, he crazily attempted to seize our grand ancestor’s Lifebound Dragon Pearl. Later, our grand ancestor subdued him and confined him in Dragon Locking Valley, where it was said that he turned to ash a billion years ago. Thus, I do not understand how he is still alive in this world!"

Di Jun pondered for a while upon hearing this and said, "Do you think that the person behind the Four Seas Forces could be this Candle Dragon?"

The Four Sea Dragon Kings exchanged glances and said, "Your Majesty, that’s exactly what we were just thinking. The Candle Dragon is vengeful; given how our grand ancestor treated him, he probably harbors deep-seated hatred towards the Dragon Clan!"

"That’s it!" Di Jun slapped his forehead and exclaimed, "It’s bad! Xiezhi, rush to the South Sea, West Sea, and North Sea at once, and bring back our Second Elder by any means necessary! This Old Dragon is too terrifying; they are not capable of dealing with him! Remember, be quick!"

Xiezhi, who had been standing behind the throne the whole time, bowed and responded, "By your command!" With those words, he transformed into a wisp of blue smoke and vanished from Palace of the Polestar.

At this moment, in the South Sea, West Sea, and North Sea, under the leadership of Taiyi, Kunpeng, and Bai Ze, the millions-strong Demon Race armies had conquered them all. The vast Four Seas Domain, where the pungent smell of blood rose to the heavens, innumerable corpsedrom the rebelling Water Clan floated on the surfaces of the Four Seas. Disfigured bodies were being nibbled and swallowed by carnivorous members of the Water Clan in the increasingly muddy waters, a scene gruesome enough to send shivers down one’s spine.

According to the original plan, the armies that had fully conquered the Four Seas Domain were to convene at East Sea Crystal Palace. But upon hearing the dragon’s roar, Taiyi and the others were startled.

Following the source of the sound, from a great distance, one could see a giant dragon about tens of thousands of miles long, rampaging, swallowing clouds and spouting fog above the Eastern Sea Domain. Its terrifying pressure caused ripples in space to form cracks, with strands of Chaos Qi slowly permeating the air above the Eastern Sea Domain.

As they hesitated, Xiezhi, dressed in a grey Daoist robe, materialized beside Taiyi like a ghostly apparition. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

"Second Elder, the Great Elder commands that after you have conquered the other three seas, you must immediately return to Heavenly Court. Do not enter the Eastern Sea Domain of your own accord!" Xiezhi looked at Taiyi expressionlessly, mechanically relaying the orders.

"Ah!" Taiyi, who was hesitant, sighed softly and said, "Please inform Fellow Daoists Kunpeng and Bai Ze of this! I shall return to Heavenly Court immediately."

"As you wish!" Xiezhi nodded, once more transforming into blue smoke and vanishing into the void.

...

An hour later, in the Palace of the Polestar.

"Big brother, that giant dragon is truly terrifying! Do you think he could be the person behind the Four Seas Forces?" Taiyi jiggled the Chaos Bell in his hand, an expression of worry flitting across his face.

"I was just having the same thought," Di Jun sighed, "I remember Kunpeng once said that when that old bastard allied with the Ancestor Witch, he claimed that if he could hold off our Demon Race for ten thousand years, he was certain he could exterminate the Demon Race. This implies that the Candle Dragon still has some ace up his sleeve. If we do not take this opportunity to completely eradicate the Candle Dragon, our Demon Race will be in peril!"

"The only plan for now is to assemble the 365 Daluo Golden Immortals and above from our Demon Race to practice the Celestial Stars Formation. At the same time, we must inform the Witch Tribe to prepare the Dutian Godly Evil Formation. In five hundred years, we will join forces at the Eastern Sea Domain to exterminate the Candle Dragon!" A fierce ruthlessness flashed in Taiyi’s eyes, with a dense Evil Qi surging towards the heavens.

Far above the Eastern Sea, the Candle Dragon was unaware of these developments. The only things in his eyes were infinite killing intent and boundless resentment. Resentful of the Ancestor Dragon’s ruthlessness, hating the Demon Race for their relentless extermination! He wanted to vent, to violently release his killing intent!

"Boom!"

Suddenly, countless mists of black fog violently sprawled across Candle Dragon’s body, sweeping toward the other three seas in an instant. These sinister mists were dense and saturated with a strong corrosive scent. The anguished howls of the endless Evil Souls of the Four Seas Water Clan that had just been slain, followed the tendrils of black fog, swarming in from all directions.

"Ao!!"

Countless resentful spirits screamed, the bizarre black fog flickering continuously, condensing into blades and spears. The deep blue sea water, shot through with streaks of blood, transformed into sets of extremely imposing blood-colored armors, making these sea-like multitude of resentful spirits appear like endless Netherworld godly generals, frantically howling as they swooped towards Candle Dragon!

"Kill!" Candle Dragon roared furiously, its nine claws sharp as blades, powerfully charging and slaughtering through the masses of Evil Souls. Yet, it paid no heed to the wounds inflicted on its tens of thousands of miles long dragon body by these souls.

"Boom!"

The countless legions of Evil Souls, fearlessly and fiercely attacked Candle Dragon’s tens of thousands of miles long dragon body. In less than half an hour, the dragon’s body was brutally hacked and covered in wounds, blood flowing profusely. However, the Evil Souls did not stop there; millions of them gathered together, forming terrifying black blades spanning thousands of feet in length, the endless Sword Qi destroying the Void, darkening the sun and moon, mercilessly slashing towards the dragon’s body.

"Boom ka!"

Candle Dragon let out a painful and agonizing howl, deep scars like massive gullies were branded onto its body.

"Ao!"

The huge roar of the dragon reverberated between heaven and earth, the deep waters below Candle Dragon boiling into a mist. Space itself ripped open terrifying cracks, and a hint of fresh blood seeped from the ferocious dragon’s mouth. Its two silvery pupils turned bizarrely into one black and one white in an instant.

"Ao!"

Candle Dragon crazily bit and devoured these fierce Evil Souls, its long howls accompanied by wild winds and swirls of clouds. Gradually, the dense fog in the sky began to morph and elongate, slowly transforming into an extremely ferocious giant dragon. Its scales were pitch-black and glossy, rapidly growing and instantly breaking free from the constraints of its body, like shields made of black panels.

"Boom!"

All of a sudden, the pitch-black scales vibrated, golden threads spread across each scale, countless law runes the size of millstones imprinted directly on the scales, and gradually, an immense coercive force emanated from the dark dragon body, each scale like a law itself, emanating terrible fluctuations.

"Ao!"

Next to the dragon of mist, Candle Dragon wildly howled, drawing Circulating Spirit Qi which poured into the black dragon’s body like an unrivaled flood.

With the infusion of Spiritual Energy, the scales on the black dragon manifested illusions of lava, thunder, green vines, and the sea, compressing the entire Void, creating an independent domain, seemingly completely peeled off from the Primordial World and entirely controlled by another Great Power.

The Three Pure Ones from Kunlun Mountain all wore somber expressions.

Tongtian said, "Elder brother, could it be that this creature aims to forcefully break the shackles of Heavenly Dao and prove its way through sheer force?"

Laozi frowned, gazing at the two black dragons in the distance, "Candle Dragon was born at the dawn of Chaos, its Mana robust yet its realm unstable, even carrying a sense of imminent violent eruption. If it attempts to break the shackles of Heavenly Dao and prove its way forcefully with this body, it is unlikely to survive!"

"Hmph! Fantasizing about proving the way with shortcuts, a fool’s dream!" Primordial Venerable said, stroking the Jade Ruyi in his hand, his tone exceedingly cold.

In the Penglai Island Palace in Outer Heaven, Nuwa, dressed in pink palace attire, quietly gazed at the distant Primordial Land. No trace of joy or anger could be discerned on her calm, rosy cheeks.

Atop Penglai Island, Li Qingming sat on the high platform, ostensibly speaking about the Great Dao, yet his mind was focused on the strange events in the Eastern Sea Domain. Seeing Candle Dragon actually turn the fog emanating from its body and the endless Evil Souls of the Water Clan into a black dragon, he nodded inwardly. Though forcibly proving the way with this method seemed far-fetched, if used properly, there was still a great chance of success.

Sadly, Li Qingming would never allow such an unpredictable factor to emerge, potentially disrupting the balance between Witch and Demon. Therefore, with a cold smile on his lips, the lightning rune on his forehead quietly lit up. A flash of grey lightning escaped from Penglai Island, speeding toward the Eastern Sea Domain where Candle Dragon was.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and lightning surged. Within the pitch-black clouds, a streak of grey lightning, like a spiritual snake, wriggled through the clouds.

"Ao!"

Candle Dragon and the misty black dragon both raised their heads, staring at the inky thundercloud and howling in rage. The scales of the foggy black dragon rustled, like great black millstones, wielding immense might as they fiercely struck the boundless Cangqiong. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)