Chapter 96 - 24: Fooled by the System 1
As Shen Yuan actively dispelled the Rain Calling Divine Ability, the overflowing waters of the Heavenly River and the dark clouds filling the sky also vanished without a trace.
Although this area of Dongting waters had suffered successive devastation from the divine powers of Rain Conjuring and Rain Calling, due to the short duration, it had not caused irreparable damage.
Apart from a slight rise in Dongting’s water level and some minor flooding in the surrounding areas, all losses were within manageable limits.
“At least, it is far better than trying to restore the Yunmeng Swampland,”
Shen Yuan glanced over the calm surface of Lake Dongting, commenting in a flat tone.
The Rain Conjuring Divine Power, which had been forcefully suppressed by the Rain Calling Divine Ability, had also completely dissipated with the fall of Prince Ji Du. The sky in Shen Yuan’s perception had returned to its usual tranquility.
The clear, azure sky showed no trace of the previous magnificent rainfall that had covered thousands of miles.
Actually, from a planning point of view, Prince Ji Du’s schemes could be regarded as flawless.
Whether it was the puppeteer, Fubo Dragon Monarch, or seizing the power of various Water Gods over a water domain of three hundred miles, or even his cooperation with the Liu Family of Qing Province — all were but a smokescreen. He had everyone dancing in the palm of his hand.
Adding on to that the Rain Conjuring Divine Power that directly points to the Path of the Ancient Water Deity, Shen Yuan believed that even if the elites of Great Xia personally intervened using their trump cards, it might prove ineffective against Prince Ji Du who activated the Rain Conjuring Divine Power.
This was beyond the reach of mortal capability. As long as Prince Ji Du hid himself within Lake Dongting, even dropping a nuclear bomb would not affect this torrential downpour.
Because this embodies the might of heaven and earth, this is the true Ancient Water Deity!
Unfortunately, Prince Ji Du didn’t anticipate that a day before his plan truly began, due to an accident, Shen Yuan had wandered into the remnants of Yunmeng Dragon Sovereign’s million-year dream.
During his discourse with Yunmeng Dragon Sovereign in the dream, having witnessed an alternative historical trajectory from a million years ago, Shen Yuan obtained a fragmented understanding of the Rain Calling ability from the Heavenly General Great Divine Power.
If it were only up to this point, Prince Ji Du would still have a chance.
Deciphering the Heavenly General Great Divine Power requires a tremendous amount of time and effort. Shen Yuan, having just acquired the Rain Calling Divine Power, could not immediately master it.
Without the suppression of Rain Calling Divine Power, an advanced Heavenly General Divine Power, Rain Conjuring Divine Power is practically invincible.
But alas, after Shen Yuan left the dream world, he completed the “Tyrannize Yunmeng” achievement by accident. The reward originally set by the Artificial Intelligence System happened to be the Rain Conjuring Divine Power, the eighth rank of Earth Fiend.
However, since the Rain Conjuring Divine Power already had an owner, and this owner was none other than Prince Ji Du hiding in the dark, Shen Yuan was unable to acquire this divine power.
As compensation to Shen Yuan, the Artificial Intelligence System refined the perception of Ram Calling into a Divine Capacity Seed, allowing Shen Yuan to master Rain Calling, one of the Heavenly General Techniques, within a day.
It can be said that the one primarily responsible for Shen Yuan mastering the Rain Calling Divine Ability was indeed Prince Ji Du.
Without Prince Ji Du, who had mastered the Rain Conjuring Divine Power, Shen Yuan would not have had a chance to obtain the precious seed of Heavenly General Divine Power and would not have been able to prevent this disaster.
You reap what you sow, it is all predestined!”
Shen Yuan’s Darkness-Light Sword slowly sheathed, and as he looked at the broken body that sank into the Lake Dongting, Shen Yuan couldn’t help but lament softly.
In fact, from the moment Shen Yuan stepped into the remnants of Yunmeng Dragon Sovereign’s million-year dream, everything he experienced and witnessed gave him a sense of karmic cycle- as if it were predestined.
A million years ago, Yunmeng Dragon Sovereign, in order to protect his people, gave up on using the Rain Calling Divine Ability to bring down a thousand-mile stretch of rain on Prince Ji Du.
Eventually, the Dragon Palace was destroyed, he fell to misfortune, leaving nothing but remnants of a dream deeply buried for a million years.
A million years later, Prince Ji Du brought down a thousand-mile downpour using the Rain Conjuring Divine Power, with no regard for the lives of the countless people in the Dongting water region.
The irony is that Prince Ji Du was seeking the authority of Yunmeng Swampland, the very same thing that Yunmeng Dragon Sovereign had abandoned in order to protect his subjects. Ultimately, Prince Ji Du died for this goal as well.
A myriad of years ago, the Yunmeng Dragon Monarch sheltered the common people.
After ten thousand years, the Rain Calling Divine Ability left behind by the Yunmeng Dragon Monarch has rescued the infinite life in another way.
Compared with that, the Prince Ji Du, who harmed the Yunmeng Dragon Palace a myriad of years ago and attempted to sacrifice tens of thousands of lives to seize control of the waters ten thousand years later, has proven to be so despicable.
The Prince Ji Du, who originally survived a catastrophe due to the good intentions of the Yunmeng Dragon Monarch, eventually fell under the Rain Calling Divine Ability, unable to escape his fate in the remnants of the dream spanning ten thousand years.
This entangled cause and effect from ten thousand years ago has finally been verified ten thousand years later.
Quietly contemplating the changes over ten thousand years, the false Primordial Spirit within Shen Yuan’s Spiritual Platform seemed to have traces of becoming substantial.
After a long time, Shen Yuan exhaled deeply and withdrew from his amazing insight.
If you observe now, you’ll find that the false Primordial Spirit in Shen Yuan’s Spiritual Platform appeared more solid than before, slowly transitioning towards the level of Yin God.
This is undoubtedly good news for Shen Yuan.
After all, the false Primordial Spirit is ultimately an illusion. The Primordial Spirit Sword Control Method can be executed with the false Primordial Spirit, but if he wants to go further, he certainly needs to give birth to a real Primordial Spirit.
Through these two battles, Shen Yuan has experienced the powerfulness of the Earth Fiend Sword Art that practically cuts anything, while its limitations were revealed under the damage transfer technique of the Muddy Water True Dragon.
Shen Yuan believes that the real Earth Fiend Sword Art is far superior to what he can show, so he must prioritize creating a real Primordial Spirit as soon as possible.
Of course, the improvements at the level of the Primordial Spirit made Shen Yuan delighted, but this couldn’t be listed among his gains on this journey. Thinking of this, Shen Yuan took out the Ji Du Dragon Seal from the Storage Ring, which had been restless for a long time.
As soon as the Ji Du Dragon Seal fell into his hand, the seal, which was previously like a stubborn stone, erupted with a high-pitched dragon chant. Dotted rays of light kept rising from the collapsed Azure Dragon Corpse below and merged into this seal.
The oldest son of the River Ji Dragon Palace with the purest bloodline, the real dragon corpse, finally activated this Ji Du Dragon Seal that has been silent for ten thousand years.
Most of the waters of the Great River in Great Xia turned turbulent; numerous fish and shrimp jumped out of the water, and countless hibernating members of the Aquatic Tribe woke up from their dreams. Their eyes flashed with bewildering expressions.
“Has the Ji Du Dragon Palace appeared ahead of time?”
In the deepest part of the River Ji, an Imperial Edict arrived in this ancient river across space inside a grotto heaven that had been sealed for three thousand years.
“All under Dragon Palace, strive to search for the trace of the Ji Du Dragon Seal.
Kill those who hinder the search without mercy!”
But in the sky above Lake Dongting, Shen Yuan held the Ji Du Dragon Seal that was undergoing earth-shattering changes in his hand, and the corners of his mouth twitched imperceptibly.
Naturally, his reaction was not due to the changes of the Ji Du Dragon Seal, but due to a long string of system prompts that suddenly appeared as the Ji Du Dragon Seal was unsealed.
System: Congratulations to the host for killing Prince Ji Du and activating the Ji
Du Dragon Seal. Two more tasks are required to complete the hidden achievement of “Master of the River Ji”.
Please kill the River Ji Dragon Sovereign and destroy the ancestral lineage of Ji Du to complete the full hidden achievement.
Achievement reward, Fourth Earth Fiend Divine Power: Water Prohibition!
System: Congratulations to the host for successfully seizing the Ji Du Dragon Seal. Three more tasks are required to complete the achievement of “All Water under Heaven”.
Please activate the Yellow River Dragon Seal, Great River Dragon Seal, and Huai River Dragon Seal to complete the hidden achievement.
Achievement reward, Heavenly General Divine Power: Overturning Rivers and Shaking Oceans!