I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World

Chapter 638: Chapter 585: Land of the Sleeping Candle Dragon

Bai Jiuyou awoke from meditation, sat quietly for a moment, and recalled the feeling she had during her meditation.

As Jiang Yuebai had said, finding the location of the Netherworld is as difficult as ascending to the heavens for the living; she had tried several times and failed each time.

But just now, she wasn’t sure what Jiang Yuebai was doing, but her Primordial Spirit seemed to sense a direction, with a barely noticeable breath always lingering by her ear.

There was also a warm aura enveloping her, as if...

She was in her mother’s embrace, listening to her mother’s breathing, making her feel very safe and relaxed.

If not for the sudden sting in her eyes, she wouldn’t have woken up.

Bai Jiuyou got off the bed and saw Little Green hanging from the beam, its green light illuminating a small area. Although she couldn’t see it, she knew the Lotus Platform was within that area of green light.

At this moment, the space where the Lotus Platform was suddenly distorted; it appeared out of thin air, with red flames igniting on it, dyeing the entire glass petals of the Lotus Platform a fiery red.

The surrounding air seemed to melt, burning until large voids appeared in midair.

Little Green rushed to investigate immediately, and Bai Jiuyou quickly pulled it back because she felt that the fire was extraordinary.

Crack!

The Lotus Platform couldn’t withstand it and cracked open.

Bai Jiuyou’s pupils trembled, and Little Green writhed anxiously in her arms.

”You stay outside. I’ll go in and take a look.”

The aura of this fire was very similar to the warmth she had just felt. Was Jiang Yuebai absorbing the Candle Dragon Essence Blood? Is this the fire of the Candle Dragon?

Bai Jiuyou let go of Little Green, took a deep breath, and rushed into the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven.

The fire that could burn even the air did not harm Bai Jiuyou at all. As soon as she landed, she heard an earth-shattering dragon roar.

The entire Lotus Platform Cave Heaven was pitch black, with everything being consumed by red flames. The mountains and rivers were all covered, and the flames in the air formed a magnificent dragon’s shadow, roaring towards the earth from all directions.

Candle Dragon!

With just one glance, Bai Jiuyou recognized it as the shadow of the Candle Dragon, majestic and intimidating, with its golden vertical pupils overlooking all directions, sending chills down one’s spine.

Bai Jiuyou instinctively reached for her eyes.

Tree Dragon Hongye let out a terrified screech, coiling up tightly to protect the two Dragon Eggs. Jixiang and the Flower-Furred Rat protected the mouse, and the Black Armor Bee Swarm formed a black armor barrier to guard the surroundings. All Spiritual Beasts in the Grotto Heaven lay trembling on the ground.

Bai Jiuyou, quick on her feet, quickly transferred all the Spiritual Beasts she could send outside before the flames reached them, placing the larger ones like Hongye into the Spiritual Beast Bag for now.

She even remembered to collect all the books and materials from Jiang Yuebai’s storage room and have the Little Demons take them out.

It took only a dozen breaths to safely transfer everything.

Bai Jiuyou was utterly convinced; Jiang Yuebai’s Lotus Platform Cave Heaven really couldn’t be more of a mess; whenever she cultivated, it would be destroyed. Next time, she’s not allowed to cultivate in the Cave Heaven anymore!

Boom!

The Candle Dragon lashed its tail, causing the mountains and rivers within the Cave Heaven to collapse explosively, leveling everything. The rocks and stones fell like meteor showers, hitting various parts of the Cave Heaven, causing significant destruction.

Bai Jiuyou protected herself with the Undetermined Cold Ice Qi, thankful she had transferred everyone out quickly enough.

The Candle Dragon roared, the violent wind making Bai Jiuyou hard to resist and unable to get close, unsure of how to assist Jiang Yuebai.

”Jiang Yuebai, are you dead!!”

Bai Jiuyou shouted angrily, advancing against the raging fire and wind towards the area shrouded in Chaos Gray Mist, where Jiang Yuebai was.

At that moment, Jiang Yuebai seemed to be startled awake by Bai Jiuyou, finally responding, as all the Chaos Gray Mist was swept away, rushing into the meditating Jiang Yuebai.

Boom!

An overwhelming blast wave caught Bai Jiuyou off guard, blowing her away into the flames, yet she remained unharmed, not burned by the fire.

When she got up, she saw a large amount of Chaos Gray Mist burst out from Jiang Yuebai, sweeping in a spiral, transforming into a gray-white giant python, swiftly coiling around the Candle Dragon’s shadow in midair.

The gray-white giant python, much smaller in size than the Candle Dragon’s shadow, yet harboring immense power, immobilized the Candle Dragon’s shadow, whose raging fire flared intensely as it thrashed around.

Roar——

Both the flames and the firelight comprising the Candle Dragon’s shadow were aggressively absorbed and devoured by the gray-white giant python.

What is that?

Bai Jiuyou stared unblinkingly at the gray-white giant python, which had no distinctive features, resembling an ordinary giant white serpent. Yet, it could immobilize the shadow formed by Candle Dragon Essence Blood.

As it continued to devour, the gray-white giant python’s body became more solid, its snake eyes like voids containing a brilliant galaxy, unfathomably deep, stirring a sense of trepidation and helplessness in Bai Jiuyou.

Could this gray-white giant python be the true form of the Nine-Headed Flood Dragon?

Looking at it now, Jiang Yuebai made the right choice by using the Nine-Headed Flood Dragon’s shattered bones to cultivate the Dragon God Transformation instead of using other Dragon Bones.

The Candle Dragon’s shadow continuously let out unwilling roars, in contention with the gray-white giant snake. Just when it was about to be completely devoured, a beam of Golden Light suddenly shot out from the Dragon’s eyes, directly aiming for Bai Jiuyou’s face.

!!!

Bai Jiuyou almost swore, quickly retreating and forming layers of Undetermined Cold Ice walls.

However, the Golden Light was fierce and swift like lightning. The gray-white giant python couldn’t catch up from behind, and Bai Jiuyou’s ice walls couldn’t block it. In an instant, the Golden Light pierced into her eyes.

Bai Jiuyou cried out in pain, feeling as if her Primordial Spirit had been struck away by the Golden Light.

She clutched her stinging eyes, hot blood oozing out through her fingers, as silence suddenly fell around her, accompanied by a slight chill.

Breathe~~

The sound of that breath from before returned, and Bai Jiuyou slowly removed her hand from her eyes. Through blood-stained vision, she saw a scene that profoundly shook her.

On the dark distant land, a crimson giant dragon lay dormant among the black mountains, its body a thousand miles long, swallowing rivers and mountains.

Its dragon horns reached the sky, its nostrils facing a valley where the changing of seasons occurred with its breaths.

Blow for winter, exhale for summer, breathe for wind.

”Zhangwei Mountain...”

Bai Jiuyou’s gaze quivered as she murmured the name of a place, realizing that this was not the Zhangwei Mountain located in the Green Dragon Realm’s Nine Dragon Ruins, but the true Land of the Sleeping Candle Dragon, the real Zhangwei Mountain.

Although she had no memory of being Zhur Jiuyou, she felt an unsettling familiarity with everything before her. She even knew that buried in that valley, where the seasons changed, lay a jar of wine.

Suddenly, Bai Jiuyou felt a searing pain in her head, her eyes burning as if set ablaze, blood continuously flowing from them.

Through the blood-red vision, Bai Jiuyou saw the Candle Dragon, dormant in Zhangwei Mountain, slightly moving its eyes, slowly opening them.

As its eyelids gradually lifted, the darkness receded, and daylight broke.

Those eyes, identical to hers, golden snake pupils pierced through the mountains of corpses, landing on her, freezing her breath, causing her to stumble back in panic, tripping over the bones underfoot.

”Bai Jiuyou!”

Bai Jiuyou was suddenly pulled by a force, everything before her fading to black.

When she opened her eyes again, she was met with Jiang Yuebai’s concerned gaze.

”How are you?”

Bai Jiuyou’s head buzzed, the world spinning, as she murmured, ”I think I saw him...”

No sooner had she whispered those words than Bai Jiuyou fell into a deep sleep, a fire-red mark in the shape of a Candle Dragon briefly flashing across her brow before vanishing beneath her skin.