Chapter 684: Chapter 685: True Form

A rainbow obscured the sun, and demonic winds swept across the land.

Dust rose like waterfalls, and disaster fires swept through the forests.

Yunze stood in the sky, its eyes wide with shock as it watched fighting erupt from all directions, as if the entire Yunmeng Marsh had descended into chaos.

For a moment, it couldn’t even tell where in Yunmeng Marsh was still a safe haven.

"Give the order! Go suppress!"

Yunze’s voice forced its way out of its throat:

"Anyone who hasn’t decided to rebel—go suppress! Persuade those who can be persuaded, and kill those who can’t!"

The demons below didn’t dare respond. They simply accepted the order and immediately scattered in all directions.

Although Yunmeng Marsh had conflicts, they had at least been controllable. Before this outbreak of fighting, Yunze hadn’t received a single piece of useful intelligence.

Yet overnight, fires had erupted everywhere across Yunmeng Marsh.

Without a doubt, this was someone’s carefully laid plan—human or demon.

Yunze’s gaze was suspicious and murderous. The question now was—who had done this?

Was it Zheng Zhaoling, who found it an obstacle, conspiring with other great demons to replace it, staging this entire play?

Or was it Yunmeng Pavilion, planning to use this to reclaim full control of Yunmeng Marsh in response to pressure from Chu Xingchen?

Yunze felt surrounded by malice on all sides.

Sure enough, nothing Zheng Zhaoling said could be trusted! Or rather—no one could be trusted!

Yunze did not hesitate long and prepared to rise and suppress the current uprising.

Whatever the purpose, this sudden outbreak of violence had to be stopped first.

After all, if it let others continue their plans as normal, what awaited it would certainly not be anything good.

It also didn’t think Yunmeng Pavilion was anything good.

If pushed to the edge, it would abandon everything and defect to Chu Xingchen!

Yunze’s form surged, about to transform into its true form to first intimidate these damn lesser demons—when suddenly a rainbow light flashed toward it in the blink of an eye.

The rainbow light dissipated, revealing Zheng Zhaoling standing before Yunze.

Yunze stopped its movement and stared coldly at Zheng Zhaoling:

"Fellow daoist, are you here to stop me?"

"Stop you from what?" Zheng Zhaoling frowned, her voice cold. "I’ve already sent two Yunmeng Pavilion Supreme Elders out to protect the human population. Let me ask you—was this disturbance instigated by you?"

"Intending to harm my Yunmeng Pavilion?!"

Yunze sneered, its gaze sweeping over Zheng Zhaoling with mockery:

"No need to play dumb. What benefit would this chaos bring me? Coming here now to play the victim and accuse others—isn’t that underestimating me, treating me like a fool?"

"If your Yunmeng Pavilion truly wants to disregard face and past alliances, then use some aboveboard methods."

"As expected, the name is never wrong—Eighteen Devil Sects!"

Zheng Zhaoling’s expression remained calm as she said indifferently:

"According to the alliance, elders cannot intervene in Yunmeng Marsh without sect orders. The current situation counts as internal unrest, so I can only arrange for them to protect humans, not intervene in the situation."

"If it wasn’t you, then save the verbal sparring. Since you plan to quell the disturbance, I’ll accompany you. I’m not a stationed elder, so I’m not bound by restrictions. Whether it was you or not, there will be time to sort it out afterward."

Hearing this, Yunze took two deep breaths, its expression softening considerably:

"Then I ask for your help!"

The word "help" was spoken with extreme emphasis by Yunze.

With that, light gradually rose around Yunze’s body, revealing a long white-scaled form—a white serpent with red eyes spread its body, and not only that, a pair of long wings unfolded from Yunze’s back.

Zheng Zhaoling’s eyes narrowed as she recognized Yunze’s true identity—a Teng Snake.

The Teng Snake that Yunze had transformed into was enormous. Its body surged as it rode the sky, and with an angry cry like a dragon’s roar, it shook all directions.

This was no mere Teng Snake illusion, no leftover power from the ancient true dragon’s collapse.

This was a genuine, living Teng Snake.

Legend had it that when the true dragon shattered, besides fortune, its True Dragon Divine Resonance flowed in all directions.

Various living creatures pursued it, but few could truly bear the True Dragon Divine Resonance.

In the Eastern Sea, there was a turtle with a lifespan of a thousand years that received a share, earning the name Xuanwu.

In the Northern Sea, there was a bird that could bathe in fire without dying, receiving a share and earning the name Zhuque.

Below that came the White Tiger and others. Even humans received a share of the True Dragon Divine Resonance, known as Tianyi Noble.

Exactly how many creatures received this grace, how they inherited it, how it was passed down, and what titles survived to the present day had become somewhat unclear.

The detailed records from that era were lost due to the great tribulation being too devastating, leaving only vague accounts that were hard to verify.

In the past thousand years, Zhuque and Xuanwu had become nothing but legends, with only the older generation claiming to have seen them personally.

The White Tiger had disappeared even earlier.

The True Dragon Divine Resonance inherited by humans had long been broken.

Among those who had inherited the True Dragon Divine Resonance, the only ones still active and findable were the equally rare flood dragons.

No wonder Yunmeng Marsh also played the generational inheritance game—the current Yunze God of Yunmeng Marsh was actually a Teng Snake from legend.

And a living one at that.

This level of rarity far exceeded even flood dragons.

No wonder Yunmeng Pavilion kept the Yunze God’s identity absolutely secret. Just based on Yunze’s true form alone, Yunmeng Pavilion would have reason to create an entire Yunmeng Marsh just to sustain it.

After all... Yunze must still carry the True Dragon Divine Resonance.

Seeing this, Zheng Zhaoling could only sigh bitterly in her heart. No wonder Yunmeng Marsh was Yunmeng Pavilion’s core interest—fulfilling the agreement under such great pressure, and sustaining Yunmeng Marsh for a thousand years without anyone raising objections.

She had only been a core disciple for a short time. Some truly core matters, she really hadn’t looked into, didn’t know about, or hadn’t yet been deemed appropriate to tell her.

When she went back, it would probably be more than just a punishment.

Zheng Zhaoling raised her hand, and two short blade spiritual treasures at her waist unsheathed. Her form also moved to support Yunze.

There was no time for delays now. For Yunmeng Pavilion, Yunze’s safety was especially important.

She could only hope Cui Hao acted quickly and resolved everything before the situation calmed.

Otherwise, she could only guarantee that Cui Hao’s group could leave Yunmeng Marsh.

Zheng Zhaoling looked westward, her gaze sharp—she could only hope that Cui Hao had truly come to save the people of Yunmeng Marsh, and not to covet things he shouldn’t.

Otherwise, no matter how far he fled, this matter would never end.

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Chen Baiqing stood in the air, raising her hand slightly as she manipulated the Qingtian Treasure Ring to weave through the grand formation.

In just a moment, this carefully constructed formation was nearly dismantled by the Qingtian Treasure Ring.

The formation’s effects were good, but it was still a low-level formation.

The Qingtian Treasure Ring couldn’t deceive people, but deceiving a formation was simple enough.

This formation was as good as nonexistent before Chen Baiqing.

As the formation was about to shatter, Lu Lingyi, Wang Chuan, and Li Zhuhua had already charged into it.

Chen Baiqing’s gaze swept over them. There were twenty-seven people in total—sixteen at Golden Core, nine at Nascent Soul, and two at roughly early Spirit Transformation.

The Golden Core tier naturally didn’t need to be worried about.

Even the Nascent Soul tier were only second-rate evil cultivators, unable to withstand the charge of Lu Lingyi and the others.

The real trouble was the two Spirit Transformation cultivators, but with her methods, delaying them was more than enough.

Chen Baiqing raised her hand, and the Qingtian Treasure Ring returned to her palm.

Just as she was about to go obstruct the two Spirit Transformation cultivators first, a completely different wave of demonic energy surged in.

Followed by a dragon’s roar.

Chen Baiqing’s movements paused slightly, and she glanced to the side.

In the distance, a soaring dragon rose into the sky. Chen Baiqing’s expression also showed some surprise.

That thing... is still alive?

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