The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 573

Chapter 573: Chapter 569: Returning to the Dragon Palace Together Chapter 573: Chapter 569: Returning to the Dragon Palace Together Shen Luo readily agreed to join primarily because he didn't want Ao Hong to face the adventure alone. Besides, he also wanted to see if he could meet the East Sea Dragon King again to dig deeper into any new information about Chiyou.

Only after gathering more information about Chiyou and his divided souls, could he use these leads to find the reincarnated souls after waking up from his dream. Perhaps, he would stand a chance to prevent the Demonic Tribulation, and stop the disaster from recurring a thousand years later.

In addition, Shen Luo wanted to inquire about advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage past the Soul Condensation stage. This knowledge would lay pathways for his real-life cultivation. After all, he had only previously advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage in his dream after hearing a few Daoist sermons on Mount Fangcun. He did not have any hands-on experience that he could follow.

Hearing Shen Luo's consent, Ao Hong was overjoyed. He patted Shen Luo's shoulder and said, “Having you by my side makes me feel much better. Let's not delay and set off now.”

“Hold on, I need to find something,” Shen Luo said, with a smile.

With that, he walked to another side of the island and began rummaging through a pile of scattered white bones of a Kun Peng.

Upon moving a large tail bone, a visible golden light emitted from the crevice of the stacked bones. Seeing this, Shen Luo excitedly moved more bones and reached in to grope around.

When his arm reemerged, he held two two-foot-long Kun Peng feathers – one brimming with golden light and the other shining with silver light. Strong fluctuations of spiritual power emanated from them.

Shen Luo had already sensed the existence of these two feathers when he just got out of the Kun Peng's body. However, he didn't have the time to find them then and so had decided to collect them only after defeating the Demon Flood Dragon.

After briefly examining the feathers and feeling their vibrations, he put them away without delay.

“We can leave now,” Shen Luo turned and said.

“The Dragon Palace lies deep beneath the sea. Cast a water-repelling spell, and I'll lead the way,” said Ao Hong.

Shen Luo nodded, gestured with one hand and started quietly chanting. A layer of blue light spread out, enveloping him completely.

Ao Hong followed suit, circulated the mana within him, and suddenly rose high into the air while emitting a sonorous dragon chant vociferously.

The golden light around him flared up as his figure extended and rapidly transformed into a hundred-foot-long golden divine dragon. Wriggling and twisting its body, it whooshed towards Shen Luo.

“Brother Shen, hop on,” the golden dragon called out.

Without a delay, Shen Luo leaped onto Ao Hong's back and sat down cross-legged.

Ao Hong then surged into the high altitude again and then after reaching a hundred feet, he swooped down at full speed. Like a falling meteor, he plunged straight into the sea, stirring up a gigantic white wave hundreds of feet high at the water surface.

Shen Luo followed Ao Hong all the way, headed straight to the deep seabed. The water waves around him were unable to hinder him in any way. In fact, their speed was even swifter than when they were flying in the sky.

“The East Sea Dragon Clan truly lives up to its name…” Shen Luo couldn't help but admire.

As they dove into the water initially, light permeated around while the water radiated a blue-green glow. Schools of fish would pass by occasionally. However, as they dove deeper, the surrounding light grew darker and fewer fishes could be spotted.

When they plunged about three thousand feet down, the surroundings were already plunged into complete darkness. Only the golden light emanating from Ao Hong acted like a lone lamppost in the pitch-dark night, illuminating a very limited surrounding area.

Shen Luo was feeling a bit uneasy, so he released his Divine Sense to scan the surroundings.

After constant trials in the Golden Tower and absorbing the remnant souls of the heavenly soldiers and generals, his Soul Power had undergone tremendous changes, covering a radius of nearly a thousand feet.

Upon scanning, Shen Luo quickly noticed many powerful presences. Some were departing from their vicinity, some were lurking in the abyss, and some seemed eager to approach them.

Upon diving thousands of feet deep, Shen Luo suddenly saw that the pitch-black deep sea below was illuminated by a hazy, multicolored light, looking as if countless colored lanterns had been lit.

It wasn't until he got closer that Shen Luo saw what was truly behind the light, and couldn't help but open his mouth in surprise.

Ao Hong had taken him to the seabed, and there stood gigantic coral trees reaching a hundred feet in height, forming a vast Coral Forest.

The multicolored light was emanating from these coral trees.

Riding on Ao Hong's back and passing through the Coral Forest, Shen Luo, looking at the marvel sights around him, was engulfed by a surreal feel.

After the two of them passed through the forest at the Seabed, a lush green seabed grassland appeared in front of them. The grassland was full of radiant water grass swinging rhythmically with the currents of the deep sea, resembling the sight of a prairie swaying in the wind.

Some seabed creatures that Shen Luo had never seen before and other oddly shaped creatures emerged from the grassland. Not only were they not fearful of Ao Hong swimming above them, they even seemed to show a sense of intimacy.

Some even followed suit, trailing out a long string of fish, accompanying them on their journey.

Witnessing the bustling seabed world for the first time, Shen Luo was deeply amazed. He picked up a round fish that had a candle-like thing on its head from afar, and noticed it was covered in thick armor.

It took him a moment to realize that the water pressure at the seabed was comparable to the weight of a mountain, making it difficult for normal fish to bear without special bones.

“Something's coming…” At that moment, Shen Luo frowned and warned with a mental message.

“No worries, it's just a Stinger Beast.” Ao Hong responded.

As soon as he finished speaking, a massive shadow swept in. A huge figure appeared, stirring dark currents at the seabed, making the seabed grassland swing.

Shen Luo looked into the distance and saw a strange black fish covered in armor, with huge spikes protruding from its shell, slowly moving towards them.

The strange fish had incredibly large yellow eyes and a huge mouth filled with interlacing sharp teeth, looking very ferocious.

However, when the distance between them was less than a hundred feet, the seemingly ferocious Stinger Beast seemed to suddenly realize a golden dragon was attacking it. Looking terrified, it struggled to turn its massive body, swiftly escaping upward.

“This guy looks fierce, but it's actually very timid, and has extremely poor vision. It often scares itself. But it has a sturdy shell, so it's hard for other monsters to hurt it.” Ao Hong explained.

Shen Luo looked up, trying to keep track of the Stinger Beast, but his expression suddenly changed.

Then, a chilling roar rang out from above, causing a powerful disturbance in this part of the deep sea, stirring up a violent vortex in the water.