Chapter 1160: Five Dragon Palace Appears

"Let's go! Let's break the restriction quickly!" True Monarch Yanshui urged. The Grand Possession Spell had serious flaws: the higher the caster's cultivation, the lower the success rate; and the lower the target's cultivation, the shorter the possession duration. True Monarch Yanshui's true body was that of an early Nascent Soul cultivator, allowing him to sustain the possession for a maximum of fifteen minutes. For a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator, even seven and a half minutes would be impressive. For late Nascent Soul cultivators, the success rate of the Grand Possession Spell was almost zero. If the spell failed, the junior host would at best lose some qi, and at worst suffer severe injuries.

Soul Transformation cultivators were too powerful to use the Grand Possession Spell.

Even if a Nascent Soul cultivator possessed a Foundation Establishment junior, they would at most wield the strength of a Core Formation cultivator. If they possessed a Core Formation cultivator, their strength would merely be enhanced, but their cultivation would remain at the Core Formation stage.

Once the time limit expired, the Grand Possession Spell would fail, preventing further possession. Moreover, the possession had a certain impact on the junior host; if powerful secret arts were employed, the junior's body might not withstand them, leading to their immediate death.

Beyond this, they were limited in the number of secret arts they could employ; each use would reduce the possession duration. Furthermore, if the possessed individual died, the caster would also suffer injuries.

In short, the three of them temporarily possessed Core Formation stage strength, unable to engage in prolonged combat and only capable of using a limited number of divine abilities. Once the time limit was up, they would revert to their original cultivation levels.

Otherwise, they would have started fighting long ago.

Wang Youwei and Ouyang Mingyue exchanged glances and nodded to each other. Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan were in secluded cultivation and thus couldn't perform the Grand Possession Spell, but Wang Youwei and Ouyang Mingyue also had their own trump cards.

When Wang Youwei and Ouyang Mingyue married, Nascent Soul cultivators from both families bestowed protective talismans upon them. These single-use talismans could unleash an attack equivalent to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator. Besides these, they possessed other trump cards; otherwise, the Wang family would not have felt at ease allowing them to enter the secret realm.

In terms of overt strength and heritage, the Wang family, the Lu family, the Golden Blade Sect, and the Rogue Cultivator Alliance were comparable. However, the Wang family had inherited the legacy of the Zhenhai Sect, and Ouyang Mingyue's Ouyang family was one of the top ten immortal cultivation families in the South Sea, possessing a heritage far surpassing the other three factions.

Both the Grand Possession Spell and protective talismans had their flaws. Ultimately, true strength lay in the cultivator's own abilities; external aids could only be relied upon temporarily, not indefinitely.

True Monarch Yanshui conjured a palm-sized black porcelain bottle. It flew above the pool, and a black mist emanated from it, enveloping the water. The pool water seemed to be drawn by some force, surging towards the black porcelain bottle. In less than ten breaths, the bottle had completely absorbed the pool water.

Two Golden Blade Sect disciples walked to the edge of the now-dry pool, their faces lighting up with joy. "Martial Great-Uncle," they reported, "there truly is a restriction at the bottom of the pool."

The bottom of the pool was covered in a thick layer of mud, though a faint blue spiritual light could be vaguely seen.

"Sun, go and break the restriction," he instructed. "All of you go too, and attack the restriction with your embryonic magic treasures."

Sun Rongrong acknowledged, then quickly walked to the edge of the pool. She produced a two-foot-long golden saber from her hand; its blade bore intricate silver patterns, exceptionally beautiful, and emanated astonishing spiritual energy fluctuations.

Wang Youwei and several other Foundation Establishment cultivators walked to the side of the pool. They each took out their embryonic magic treasures and attacked the restriction.

"It seems these three old monsters can't frequently make a move," Wang Youwei thought to himself. "Otherwise, wouldn't it be faster for them to just break the restriction themselves?"

The restriction had existed for so many years that little of its power remained. Moreover, the Tier 3 flood dragon had also repeatedly attacked the formation. Thus, Wang Youwei and the others broke the restriction with little effort.

Rumble! The ground shook violently, as if in an earthquake. Small stones tumbled down from the cliffs on both sides. A tiny crack appeared in the stone wall next to the pool, expanding continuously as if something was about to fly out.

"Oh no, get out quickly!" Everyone hurriedly retreated from the gorge. No sooner had they exited than the entire valley collapsed, and a magnificent palace shot out, hovering in mid-air.

The palace was constructed with green bricks and glazed tiles. Five lifelike flood dragon patterns were carved onto its massive stone pillars. A plaque above bore the three large golden characters "Five Dragon Palace," exuding an imposing spiritual aura. The palace gate was tightly shut, its surface also carved with five lifelike flood dragon patterns.

"The Five Dragon Palace! Hahaha, I never expected the Five Dragon Palace's core legacy to truly be in the Five Dragon Secret Realm!" Golden Blade Venerable laughed wildly, his eyes burning with fervor. Rumor had it that the Five Dragon Palace's core legacy was located in the Five Dragon Secret Realm; otherwise, he wouldn't have used the Grand Possession Spell on a junior. After all, if the junior died, his true body would also suffer injuries. Precisely because of this serious flaw, Nascent Soul cultivators rarely used the Grand Possession Spell under normal circumstances.

Legend claimed that the Five Dragon Palace possessed a secret art for cultivating flood dragons. During its peak, most Nascent Soul cultivators of the Five Dragon Palace had a Tier 3 flood dragon as their spirit beast. If he obtained this secret art, he could cultivate a Tier 3 flood dragon.

While cultivating an ordinary Tier 3 spirit beast was merely a matter of time if one was willing to expend resources, Tier 3 flood dragons were different. The territory of the South Sea immortal cultivation world spanned billions of miles, yet Nascent Soul cultivators possessing a Tier 3 flood dragon as a spirit beast were not numerous, and those with a Tier 4 flood dragon were exceedingly rare.

With a raise of her hand, Madam Qingyan sent a palm-sized cyan seal flying out. After a flash of cyan light, the seal instantly enlarged, plummeting towards the Five Dragon Palace gate with a whooshing sound. With a loud bang, the Five Dragon Palace gate was forced open, though it did not shatter.

"You go in first," he instructed. There might be powerful restrictions, or none at all; to be cautious, the three cultivators, including Golden Blade Venerable, selected some of their own disciples to enter the Five Dragon Palace, in addition to the Wang family cultivators. Wang Xianbin was among those who entered.

Upon flying into the Five Dragon Palace, they were greeted by a spacious and bright hall. Inside were eighteen massive jade pillars, each carved with a lifelike flood dragon pattern. Every dragon's pose was distinct: some bared their fangs and brandished their claws, some soared through clouds and mist, and some depicted a man-eating posture.

At the very front of the hall stood a human-shaped statue over ten zhang tall. The statue depicted a golden-robed old man with a dignified face, and five lifelike flood dragons coiled around his body.

"This is True Person Five Dragons, the founder of the Five Dragon Palace!" Wang Xianbin gazed at the massive statue, muttering to himself, his eyes filled with admiration. "Legend says he raised five Tier 3 flood dragons and used them for travel."

The main hall had no other exits. They released their divine sense to investigate but found no other passages.

Three Foundation Establishment cultivators flew out of the Five Dragon Palace to report the situation to their Martial Great-Uncles. Still not entirely at ease, the three cultivators, including Golden Blade Venerable, sent another team into the Five Dragon Palace to search thoroughly. When they still found nothing, they finally relaxed and flew into the Five Dragon Palace together.

"It seems that to find a passage, we'll have to ask True Person Five Dragons," Golden Blade Venerable said, his gaze hardening as he looked at the statue.