ed fuel to the fire; how could he not be angryWhen she was a child, Zhao Yanzi was very naughty and set fire to a grand hall when playing in the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace. Back then, Zhao Guang only i...Chapter 741: Cultivation Immortal Library

The Golden Light Shield drew a golden light, carrying Hao Ren to the Dragon God Temple. Five Transcendent Mind cultivators cast divine lights; all of their divine power was absorbed by it without any leftovers.

It had already reached its peak and could not ascend further unless it went through another heavenly tribulation to become a divine treasure.

Compared to ancient divine treasures, whether they are Heaven-Linking Spiritual Treasures, Immortal Treasures, or Divine Treasures, these items were self-cultivating treasures that had to go through the test of celestial thunder. The only difference was in how many times they went through it—once, twice, and three times respectively. Ancient divine treasures coexisted with heaven and earth since ancient times, being primordial treasures; no one could truly possess either heaven and earth or these divine treasures.

Therefore, the highest level of magical treasure that cultivators could own was a Divine Treasure that had gone through three heavenly tribulations. And this item was inside the Dragon God Temple—it was unique in all of heaven and earth.

Hao Ren hadn't personally seen this divine treasure before, so he couldn't say what kind of power it had. However, cultivation wasn’t necessarily about being stronger than one’s ancestors or predecessors; even martial arts students could surpass their masters. This didn’t count for the strength between magical treasures.

There were ten ancient divine treasures in the Nine Dragons Palace, while there was only one Divine Treasure in all of heaven and earth.

This way of thinking made it possible that this Divine Treasure wasn't inferior to ancient divine treasures. However, since it was a posthumous treasure, it lacked the lineage of an ancient divine treasure.

As Hao Ren rode on the Golden Light Shield, he arrived at the Dragon God Temple while contemplating these thoughts.

The Dragon God Temple, constructed with black stone, resembled a smaller version of the Yuanlong Hall, square and spire-like.

Hao Ren leaped to the entrance of the Dragon God Temple, took out his inspector's token, and entered. The Golden Light Shield floated on Hao Ren’s right shoulder but remained規矩 in the Dragon God Temple.

Donghai City’s specific matters were handled by Su Han; as a regional inspector, Hao Ren’s main duty was to oversee young cultivators in Donghai City—something that Su Han didn’t want to handle.

The Dragon God Temple was filled with spiritual energy. From below looking up, one could see the high ceiling exuding grandeur and solemnity.

Spiral staircases wound their way upward floor by floor, leading to various rooms and passages scattered throughout the four corners of the temple’s interior.

No matter whether they were in the Heaven (Qian) or Earth (Kun) levels, cultivators within the Dragon God Temple couldn’t fly. They wore silk robes representing inspectors as they moved around on each level of the temple.

Seeing such a scene for the first time was indeed awe-inspiring.

With Hao Ren now at the rank of Fourth Inspector, he could almost roam freely except in the Deputy Temple Lord and Temple Lord's area on the topmost floor.

Hao Ren walked to his room as the regional inspector overseeing Donghai City, took a brief rest, and changed into a black robe.

Su Han is still in the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons and has not yet returned to Donghai City. In the small bedroom where the ice jade bed is placed, there are several sets of Su Han's clothes left in the cabinet.

Hao Ren sat cross-legged on the cold jade bed, calming his mind by circulating the Sword Shadow Technique a dozen times and rehearsing the sword forms of the Mystic Water Sword Art mentally.

The cold jade bed was extremely cold, requiring constant use of cultivation techniques to ward off the chill. Unconsciously, it helped enhance his功力 (gongli).

However, Hao Ren felt that this cold jade bed seemed more suitable for Su Han's cultivation method.

Hmm! Hao Ren retracted the floating swordlight in the room and stepped out.

This time he had come to the Dragon God Hall because last night, while quietly cultivating on Drifting Peak, he could not grasp certain sword techniques of the Mystic Water Sword Art. He intended to look for relevant references in the Dragon God Hall.

When Zhao Haoran obtained this sword art book, he must have spent a considerable amount of time understanding it; however, each person's insights are different, and Zhao Haoran’s comprehension might not necessarily be correct. Therefore, when leaving him the sword art, he did not leave any reference materials.

Additionally, Hao Ren needed to prepare for refining the Mystic Crystal. The Dragon God Hall was the management center of all dragons worldwide and gathered many乾坤級 (Qiankun level) dragon cultivators. It must have detailed descriptions about Mystic Crystals.

The Golden Light Shield shrunk to the size of a button, adhering to Hao Ren's collar. His black robe complemented it beautifully.

According to the rank of the Inspector, the Dragon God Hall was divided into different levels with corresponding activity areas. In each area, there were rest rooms.

The rest rooms contained recent materials and comfortable chairs in a tranquil environment for Inspectors to read the latest intelligence and exchange ideas.

Overall, the library of the Dragon God Hall was on the third floor; any Inspector with second-level or higher rank had access.

Specific cultivation methods required contribution points to borrow and practice, whereas basic materials could be accessed for free.

The reason why dragon cultivators would do anything to become Inspectors and enter the Dragon God Hall was that they could enjoy various cultivation resources here. For example, these free-to-access cultivation materials in the Dragon God Hall were not even covered by larger dragon palaces.

Not to mention the martial arts techniques in the underground palace of the Dragon God Hall which required contribution points for borrowing and practice; those were excellent methods that no family’s dragon palace could collect!

Hao Ren did not need to use contribution points now, as he only wanted to catch up on sword art knowledge and understand the key points of refining Mystic Crystals.

Oh!

The entrance of the library on the third floor of the Dragon God Hall automatically opened its barrier when Hao Ren's token at his waist was detected.

Inside, it was like a large cultivation library, with giant bookshelves stretching from the floor to the ceiling. The room's four walls and top were made of black boulders, creating a closed space that felt neither confined nor oppressive but instead reflected light, making it brightly lit.

Clerks in long robes穿梭其中，卻都輕手輕腳，冇有發出任何聲響。

Hao Ren had once visited the Dragon Deity Temple and stood at the entrance of this three-story library but never found time to enter.

The structure of the Dragon Deity Temple was a slightly tapered quadrilateral tower building, with lower levels being larger. The three-story library encircled the interior space of the Dragon Deity Temple, interconnected, housing thousands upon thousands of books.

In the Dragon Deity Temple, once one upgraded from a level-one clerk to a level-two clerk, they could access such an expansive book repository, which certainly served as motivation for those level-one clerks to diligently cultivate and actively take on tasks.

The dozen or so level-two clerks at the entrance made way when they saw Hao Ren appear in his black robe with a badge of the four-clawed golden dragon.

This three-story library formed a ring, but the reviewers could not freely traverse it. Just as in the Dragon Deity Temple where clerks of specific levels could only operate within designated areas, this book repository had similar restrictions.

Hao Ren crossed through a light blue barrier to enter the area for level-three clerks, who immediately made way for him.

After crossing another pale red barrier, he entered the exclusive zone for level-four clerks. This area was small and only housed two clerks.

No doubt, the information here would be more advanced and confidential than what level-three or level-two clerks could access.

Hao Ren ignored the gaze of these two level-four clerks as he picked up five to six books on swordsmanship, sat by the wall, and began flipping through them page by page.

These were all rather profound discussions on swordsmanship. Hao Ren had practiced the "Mysterious Water Sword Technique," and his understanding of swordsmanship surpassed even Su Han's.

In fact, the Split Light Sword Shadow Art was also a form of swordsmanship—and an immensely superior one compared to the "Double Swords" technique.

What Hao Ren lacked was only foundational knowledge. He was like a martial artist with skill but no systematic training in his combat techniques; now that he carefully thought it through, everything suddenly fell into place.

The mental block regarding sword techniques of the Mysterious Water Sword Technique in his mind seemed to have been instantly cleared.

Those two level-four clerks who were also browsing books suddenly saw a glimmering cold air emanating from Hao Ren's back, akin to a martial artist unblocking their meridians in the secular world. The spiritual energy within Hao Ren’s back surged up.

Swish-swish-swish…

Sword light flashed through the air, dazzling those two level-four clerks… What kind of sword technique is this!

Without spiritual power, the unrestrained sword light seemed to be indefensible from all directions!

The sword light did not emit any spiritual energy, but Hao Ren felt that the spiritual energy in his body was surging infinitely!

Practicing the Twelfth Form of the Mysterious Water Sword Technique could actually stimulate the spiritual energy within his body and achieve a wondrous state of inner movement and outer stillness! However, he found it impossible to perform the Thirteenth Form no matter how hard he tried.

Bang!

The sword light that had condensed in mid-air suddenly shattered.

The surging spiritual energy within Hao Ren's body dispersed into every meridian. The dragon pearl at his body’s center felt as if it had been scorched, emitting wisps of heat.

Only Hao Ren could feel this sensation; not even the two Fourth-Rank Reviewers were aware of the changes in his body.

If he had a Mysterious Crystal and combined it with the Mysterious Water Sword Technique to continuously activate the dragon pearl, breaking through shouldn’t be too difficult. Hao Ren made up his mind and put back the book on sword techniques, picking out some books on Mysterious Crystals for further study.

The two Reviewers were even more astonished when they saw that Hao Ren had already reached the Middle Level of Wind Rank but still didn’t have a Mysterious Crystal!

Two rows of bookshelves down, an area covered in a black barrier was sealed off from deeper passages. First-Rank to Fourth-Rank Reviewers and Deputy Temple Masters were the five levels within the Dragon God Temple.

This region covered by the black barrier could only be entered by Deputy Temple Masters and above.

As Hao Ren stared at the black barrier, pondering for a few seconds before he was about to sit down to study the Mysterious Crystal materials, the black barrier suddenly rippled.

Rumble!

The Dragon God Temple violently shook.

The two Fourth-Rank Reviewers looked at each other in alarm.

Whizz!

A golden figure abruptly flew out from the black barrier of the library room.d to the West Sea Dragon Palace and would be his son or grandson in the future.Currently, Zhen Yitao was merely a captive under the guise of being the Crown Prince of the East Sea. Hao Ren had no inte...