Chapter 321: Dragon Spirit Bamboo, Thousand-Year Transformation of the Fire God Lotus, Mysterious Girl

A quick note: To prevent confusion, I'm changing some terminology. "Rule Dojo" will now be referred to as "Rule Domain." The core concept—that these domains distort rules—remains the same; it's just a name change for better clarity.

Having pinpointed the location, Zhao Xing's main body flew there, taking only half a month.

"I found you, Dragon Spirit Bamboo!"

"Hmm? So tall?"

Zhao Xing estimated the distance, easily calculating the height of the Dragon Spirit Bamboo. This Dragon Spirit Bamboo was ten thousand *zhang* tall, three times taller than the Mount Qitian he cultivated!

"It's even bigger than expected. It seems the absence of players has indeed led to an increase in the total spiritual energy of the entire Profound Yellow World, including this location in the Luminous North Sea," Zhao Xing thought to himself. In his previous life, during the primordial energy tide, accompanied by minor spiritual energy eruptions, the Dragon Spirit Bamboo he saw was only ten thousand *zhang* tall. Now, the primordial energy tide hadn't even arrived, and it was already ten thousand *zhang*?

"Let the clones check first."

The main body still needed to be careful and didn't rush over immediately. After all, this was a treasure-grade Dragon Spirit Bamboo, one that could even be used as a combat unit, essentially equivalent to a human Rule Realm expert! From the perspective of lifeforms, the Dragon Spirit Bamboo's power was extremely formidable even among Rule Realm entities. After all, the time it took to gestate and the nutrients it absorbed far surpassed other lifeforms. Even without self-awareness, its self-preservation mechanism was terrifying.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! His clones began to slowly advance, observing from multiple dimensions in the air, from a distance of twenty thousand meters. Outside the Dragon Spirit Bamboo, a golden mist rippled, and even from far away, one could feel a sharp, stinging sensation.

"It can no longer be considered merely 'Geng Metal True Intent,' but rather a higher-level 'Geng Metal Rule Domain,' similar to a human's Rule Domain."

"This is a naturally formed self-protection mechanism, not a conscious attack."

Zhao Xing observed. His clones submerged into the sea and found that its roots formed a thousand-meter-tall mountain beneath, creating a very wide island around the Dragon Spirit Bamboo. Around it were eight "sea eyes," from which spiritual energy was born! The eight sea eyes, both on the island and beneath the sea, were sealed by a golden glow. Its survival instinct caused it to lock down the spiritual energy, preventing it from leaking out, and creating a unique, self-sustaining environment.

"Eight spiritual energy sea eyes? In my previous life, there were clearly only three." Seeing this, Zhao Xing's suspicion was further confirmed: the total spiritual energy in this life was greater than he had imagined.

Observing from the bottom up, he found the bamboo trunk covered in peculiar patterns. These weren't ordinary etchings or flaws, but rather like winding, coiling miniature dragons. Upon closer inspection, one would notice them in various forms: some with their heads held high, others coiling and swimming, all lifelike. Each dragon pattern shimmered with a faint glow—blue, yellow, red. Within the bamboo's internal patterns, the flow of life seemed to adhere to the Dragon Court's heavenly rules.

"Legend has it that this is one of the Dragon Court's sacred trees. In ancient times, dragons would come here for enlightenment, and prolonged exposure to their dragon qi led to the formation of the Dragon Spirit Bamboo."

The ancient dragon patterns primarily extended vertically, as if recounting its extraordinary journey through the Luo Moon baptism and the nourishment of heaven