Divine Wilderness Dragon Emperor

In the Beichuan Mountain Range, powerful figures gathered. Cultivators swarmed from all directions after hearing the news, all wanting to hunt down Ling Fei.

Ling Fei had no choice but to venture deeper and deeper into the mountains.

Finally, when he was four thousand li deep into the mountain range, the Cold Qi had become so dense that the Demon Birds of the Innate Realm could no longer withstand it.

As a result, the number of his pursuers dwindled.

However, those who continued the chase were exceptionally powerful. Since their flying beasts were at the Celestial Spirit Realm, one could only imagine how strong their masters were.

Most of them were experts at the Late Stage Celestial Spirit Realm.

One of them, Wang Tianba, was even a powerhouse at the Half-step Primordial Pill Realm.

If he managed to find Ling Fei, what would the outcome be?

At that point, Ling Fei would likely be utterly powerless to resist.

...

Flying deep within the mountain range, Ling Fei sent out his Heart Spirit and could vaguely sense the situation in the distance.

"So many experts have come after hearing the news. That should take some of the pressure off my adoptive father, right?" Ling Fei muttered to himself. 'I need to find a place to hide. My priority now is to survive. If I'm lucky, someone from the Celestial River Academy might come, and I might have a chance.'

'The Cold Qi over there is incredibly dense!' Ling Fei's Heart Spirit sensed, locking onto an area where the Cold Qi was exceptionally thick.

In that area, towering mountains pierced the clouds, standing like pillars holding up the heavens within the range.

It was the core region of the Beichuan Mountain Range.

Ling Fei flew toward it.

BZZT!

Suddenly, his spine hummed and vibrated. The Cold Chi Dragon Qi within him stirred restlessly, as if in resonance.

An aura that felt incredibly familiar to Ling Fei swept toward him with the cold currents from ahead.

'That aura... it feels like Dragon Qi!' After sensing it for a moment, Ling Fei's heart leaped with joy.

He could feel faint traces of Dragon Qi mixed within the cold currents.

Although the Dragon Qi was thin, he could sense it with extreme clarity.

The Dragon Bone, in particular, resonated with it, stirring eagerly.

'There's actually Dragon Qi here,' Ling Fei's eyes lit up, a fervent glint flashing within them. 'This might be my chance.'

Despite his dangerous situation, Ling Fei was still filled with a burning desire to increase his strength.

Every step forward brought him one step closer to becoming a true expert.

WHOOSH!

The Golden Eagle shot forward, entering the region.

Ling Fei continuously scanned with his senses, searching for the area with the densest Dragon Qi.

Finally, amid a cluster of mountains, he discovered a valley with a pond inside.

The pond was situated at the foot of an icy mountain, shrouded in a mist suffused with Dragon Qi.

However, as Ling Fei sensed more carefully, he discovered that the Dragon Qi was thickest not in the pond, but within a cave on the cliff face beside it.

"Is the Dragon Qi in the pond coming from this cave?" Ling Fei murmured.

At that moment, the Dragon Bone in his back hummed, seeming extremely excited.

It was like a starving man who had just stumbled upon a feast.

Previously, when Ling Fei had used Yiyi's Original Essence Qi to deal with the Evil Demon, he had exhausted a great deal of the Dragon Qi stored within the Dragon Bone.

Now that it had suddenly sensed more Dragon Qi, it naturally couldn't resist the urge to replenish itself.

'I'll go inside and replenish my Dragon Qi first.' Ling Fei's gaze hardened, and he guided the Golden Eagle forward.

Just as they reached the mouth of the Cold Cave, a blast of Extreme Cold Qi swept out, seeming to freeze the very Void.

The Cold Qi was astonishingly powerful.

If Ling Fei hadn't activated the Dragon Bone to form a massive Qi Vortex that absorbed the Cold Qi, the Golden Eagle would have been unable to advance at all.

But even so, the sheer volume of Cold Qi assailing it affected its flight.

"Do you want to enter my space?" Ling Fei asked Shangguan Wan'Er, who was behind him, as they arrived before the cave.

The Cold Qi here was too dense for an ordinary Celestial Spirit Realm Cultivator to withstand.

The Dragon Bone Space...

In the past, Ling Fei would never have revealed its existence to anyone.

But Shangguan Wan'Er had once nearly died for him. How could he worry about such things at a time like this?

Besides, it was just an ordinary space; a normal person wouldn't be able to discover the Dragon Bone's secrets.

"Then you must be careful," Shangguan Wan'Er said with concern, as she too could clearly feel the terrifying nature of the Cold Qi.

Throughout their journey, Shangguan Wan'Er had remained quiet, letting Ling Fei control the Golden Eagle and appearing to entrust all decisions to him.

"Alright!" Ling Fei nodded. Then, with a thought, the Dragon Bone Light Pattern flickered and formed a Qi Vortex.

In the next moment, the Golden Eagle and Shangguan Wan'Er were drawn out of thin air and into it.

Shangguan Wan'Er had been inside the Dragon Bone Space before, but she had been unconscious at the time.

'I never imagined Young Master Ling Fei possessed such a Supreme Treasure.' Shangguan Wan'Er looked around the dim Dragon Bone Space with great curiosity.

"Eh? There's a little beast here." Soon, she spotted Yiyi sleeping off to the side.

"So cute!" Shangguan Wan'Er couldn't resist reaching out to stroke Yiyi's snow-white fur.

However, Yiyi had exhausted too much of its Essence Qi and the little creature was still deep in slumber, so it didn't feel Shangguan Wan'Er's touch.

Upon entering, the Golden Eagle obediently stayed to the side, quietly gathering its thoughts.

Meanwhile, Ling Fei leaped into the entrance of the cave passage on the cliff by the lake.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

The moment he entered the passage, a violent wave of Cold Qi surged out.

The Cold Qi was like a dragon, charging forth with a Power comparable to a strike from an Innate Realm Cultivator.

In fact, if this Cold Qi were to invade one's body, it could definitely freeze a Perfect Innate Realm Cultivator solid; even a Celestial Spirit Realm Cultivator would find it difficult to resist.

Under these conditions, even when Ling Fei released his Heart Spirit, he couldn't probe the specific situation inside the cave.

It was only because he cultivated the True Dragon Body Refining Technique that the Cold Qi felt incredibly familiar and welcoming to him instead.

The True Dragon Body Refining Technique began to circulate on its own.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Dense Cold Qi was drawn into the True Dragon Bone.

It also contained a rich concentration of Dragon Qi.

The Dragon Bone Light Pattern flickered, absorbing the strands of Dragon Qi.

Ling Fei carefully probed with his Heart Spirit and discovered that the Dragon Qi was being absorbed into the Dao Patterns within the bone.

It was clearly replenishing its previous losses.

Ling Fei didn't mind this, because he knew that only when the Dragon Bone itself was strong could he better utilize its Power.

Otherwise, if the Dragon Bone lacked sufficient Power of its own, how could it help him defeat his enemies?

Therefore, the most important task now was to replenish the Dragon Qi the Dragon Bone had lost while fighting the Evil Demon.

He was at the entrance of the Cold Cave. The winding passage was about ten feet wide, and Ling Fei had to travel a full kilometer before he saw a giant cavern open up before him.

This cavernous space was huge.

Ling Fei walked out from the passage onto a set of rough stone steps. Looking out, he saw a landscape of bizarrely shaped rocks, with a long river flowing gently through the center.

It was clearly an underground river.

Many types of Spiritual Essence grew alongside it.

A dense wave of Dragon Qi permeated the air, causing the nearby plants to be infused with True Dragon Essence Qi.

'There's so much Spiritual Essence here!' Ling Fei's heart leaped with joy at the sight.

On the ceiling of the cavern, light flickered across inverted Cold Bamboo Shoots that resembled True Dragons, each one suffused with Dragon Qi.

At a glance, the Dragon Qi looked like True Dragons coiling around the Spiritual Bamboo Shoots.

'Are these Dragon Spirit Bamboo Shoots?' Ling Fei's heart pounded with excitement as he stared at the Spiritual Bamboo Shoots that resembled True Dragons.

Spiritual Essence of this grade was countless times more precious than anything found outside.

After all, the Spiritual Essence outside was nourished by ordinary Essence Qi.

But this Spiritual Essence was nourished by Dragon Qi—how could common Spiritual Essence even compare?

'This trip wasn't a waste after all. With this Spiritual Essence, I should be able to replenish some of the Essence Qi Yiyi lost.' At this thought, Ling Fei grew excited. He leaped, soaring toward the ceiling like a True Dragon, and appeared directly beneath it. The next moment, he reached out his hand.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Three stalks of Dragon Spirit Bamboo Shoots were plucked by Ling Fei.