Chapter Fifty-One: The Dragon Clan's Karma

  Looking at the suddenly disappearing giant hand and Dong Wang Gong's last wisp of divine soul, Emperor Jiang furrowed his brow. Dong Wang Gong was nothing to worry about; being crippled by himself meant he would have to reincarnate and start anew, which wouldn't affect him much considering his low cultivation level at that time. However, Hong Jun's interference made Emperor Jiang extremely cautious. Hadn't he said he wouldn't appear unless it was a great calamity? Now that he had intervened to save Dong Wang Gong, what did it count as? Was it solely for Dong Wang Gong's sake or specifically targeted at himself? Would he still interfere if he were to do something in the future?

  The Emperor's mood suddenly became irritable.

  "Thank you, Emperor Wu of Han, for saving our clan."

  Just as Emperor Jiang was lost in thought, Ao Guang and Ao Run brought a group of dragon tribe monks over to thank Emperor Jiang for his help. However, the crowd's faces were complex, and their thanks didn't taste good, after all, Emperor Jiang had killed their ancestors, and they had a huge grudge against him.

  Emperor Jiang saw their faces dodging and evading, knew their contradictory psychology, didn't clarify it, nodded slightly to acknowledge their gratitude.

  "Your Majesty, Emperor Wu, Master Hongjun once said that the cause and effect between my dragon clan and the Heavenly Way still require your resolution. I wonder if you can help my dragon clan?" At this time, Ao Guang suddenly knelt down in front of Emperor Jiang and begged.

  As Ao Guang knelt down, the other dragon cultivators also knelt down, but they no longer spoke to beg for mercy, and instead became unusually quiet. For a moment, a strange scene appeared above the Eastern Sea, with many cultivators kneeling and bowing to Emperor Jiang, including dragons, water serpents, those carrying turtle shells on their backs, and those with fish heads, all sorts of them.

  Di Jiang looked at them and also felt a bit moved. Although Chui Long deserved to die back then, his sins shouldn't be passed down to his descendants. He had indirectly made it difficult for them to increase their strength, which filled him with regret. So he said: "All of you can get up now, I agree, but as for how I'll help the dragon clan, I have no idea."

  Ao Guang heard that Emperor Jiang was willing to help them, and he was overjoyed. He immediately took out a bead-shaped magical treasure from his body, which Emperor Jiang recognized at once. It was naturally the Dragon Clan's ancestral treasure - the Dragon Pearl.

  "Since the first calamity of Long Han, this dragon bead has lost its effect. After listening to Daozu's explanation of cause and effect last time, I also tried to atone for the cause and effect of the dragon clan as the patriarch of the dragon clan, but there was no response. Emperor Wu can try taking an oath with the dragon bead, since Daozu said that the cause and effect of the dragon clan needs you to conclude, it should have some effect."

  "Then let's try it, whether it succeeds or not is not my fault." Emperor Jiang took the dragon pearl handed over by Ao Guang, but immediately appeared a scene that excited the dragon tribe cultivators. It was seen that after the dragon pearl came into contact with Emperor Jiang, it suddenly shook violently.

  What's going on? Di Jiang was somewhat perplexed, but didn't think too much about it. At this moment, the Dragon Ball shook, and it was a good opportunity to repay the heavenly cause and effect. Just as he thought of learning from Feng Tian and Lin Zu's declaration, he suddenly found that a black shadow flew out of his body, snatched the Dragon Ball in one go, and flew into the air.

  "This is... the resentment of Candle Dragon!" Emperor Jiang was shocked, not expecting that there was still such a thing entwining his body. This resentment can be said to be a special kind of split soul of the yuan Shen, only it cannot be cultivated and does not have complete divine consciousness, but rather is produced when the yuan Shen is extinguished, confused and used to curse the person who killed oneself.

  Only to see that black shadow rolled up the dragon ball and flew into the air, instantly the dragon ball shone brightly, a ray of light flew out from the dragon ball, and immediately merged with the black shadow. The black shadow actually slowly had some semblance of a dragon.

  This Dragon Ball was refined by Candle Dragon for countless years, and naturally a residual divine consciousness remained inside. Who would have thought that it could combine with resentment today and achieve such a transformation?

  "Ancestral Dragon, Ancestral Dragon..." The Dragon Ball monks saw the black shadow and felt a familiar aura, they all knelt down and wailed.

  "Hei Ying didn't linger, suddenly opening his mouth to say: 'The Heavenly Way is above, I, Zhu Long, have committed a great error, and am ashamed before heaven and earth. I wish to die and my soul to disappear in order to repay the heavenly karma, from now on the dragon tribe will suppress the four seas, and carry out the virtue of making clouds and rain, hoping for your gracious permission.'"

  Heiying made a vow, and at that moment, a bolt of thunder descended from the heavens, directly dispersing Heiying. At the same time, a auspicious aura rose up over the four seas, and a mist flew out from the body of the dragon tribe's cultivator, indicating that they had acknowledged Heiying's words and resolved the karma between them. The racial luck of the dragon tribe then entered the treasure, the Bao Long Zhu, because Chui Long had not dispersed the dragon tribe, but rather preserved it, and it flew into Ao Guang's body in an instant.

  The dragon tribe cultivators saw the black shadow being dispersed and all cried out. The sound echoed through the sky, and it was unknown whether they were crying for the candle dragon's death and soul disappearance or to vent their grievances over the years of difficult cultivation with little progress.

  Emperor Jiang was shocked, this resentment and residual divine consciousness actually had a certain original memory, if cultivated, wouldn't it reappear in the world? This was quite troublesome, Emperor Jiang thought, while using his divine consciousness to check the Qiankun Ding and Zaohua Ding, wondering if the old ancestor of Qiankun also had such good fortune.

  The dragon tribe cultivators cried out in unison before standing up one after another, solemnly bowing towards the direction where the black shadow had disappeared. Only then did they turn their heads to look at Emperor Jiang.

  "Thank you, Emperor Wu, for helping me resolve this karma for the Dragon Clan," Ao Guang said, leading the Dragon Clan cultivators in a deep bow to Emperor Jiang.

  Di Jiang dodged to the side and flashed past, "Don't thank me, back then Xuan Long was also killed by me. Now I'm helping you Dragon Clan once, it's just settling this karma, can you agree?"

  Ao Guang didn't hesitate and immediately said: "Naturally agreed, from today on, the karma between my dragon clan and Your Majesty, the Witch Emperor, is completely written off."

  As Ao Guang's voice fell, Emperor Jiang suddenly felt refreshed and clear-headed, the karma that had been entwining him was instantly dispelled by more than half, his understanding of cultivation suddenly became clear and distinct, evil thoughts stirred restlessly, but there were signs that they would be cut off, Emperor Jiang was overjoyed.

  "Awu, are you willing to be my disciple now?" Emperor Jiang temporarily suppressed the urge to kill, looking at Awu standing behind Awu Guang, who didn't say a word.

  Ao Jiao was taken aback, not expecting Emperor Jiang to still remember this matter and be unable to forget it. He felt a little moved in his heart, but thinking that the dragon clan was now in a state of disrepair and he couldn't leave at this time, he hesitated for a moment before making a decision.

  Ao Guang was delighted to see Emperor Jiang willing to take Ao Jiao as his disciple. As a diligent and hardworking member of the dragon tribe, Ao Jiao had earned Ao Guang's respect. Seeing that he had such an opportunity, Ao Guang couldn't help but feel happy for him. Emperor Jiang was the leader of the twelve ancestors of the witch tribe and also the Witch Emperor of Heaven. Except for the Daozu, no one in the Honghuang could rival him at this time. With his protection, at least these few yuan would not have to worry about their personal safety, and they could focus on their cultivation. Moreover, Ao Jiao still had feelings for his old friends, and later he could take care of the dragon tribe again.

  Thinking of this, Ao Guang immediately spoke up for Ao Jiao, saying: "To be recognized by the Witch Emperor is an honor for Ao Jiao." Then he turned to Ao Jiao and said seriously: "Still not coming over to pay respects to the master?"

  "This..." Ao Jiao was originally still wavering, but seeing Ao Guang answer for himself, he couldn't refuse at the moment. Thinking that the dragon tribe is now relatively calm and the demon and witch tribes look down on this small force, there shouldn't be any conflict, so he finally agreed.

  "Disciple Ao Jiao, I have seen Master." Ao Jiao walked forward and knelt down to pay his respects. This gesture came from the bottom of his heart, not only because Emperor Jiang had saved the dragon clan, but also because he was moved by Emperor Jiang's appreciation for him.

  "Alright, hurry up." Emperor Jiang revealed a smile, "Before you, I also accepted Feather Wing Immortal and Kong Xuan, who are your eldest senior brother and second senior brother respectively. First, pay your respects to them."

  Ao Jiao followed Emperor Jiang's pointing and looked at Yu Yi Xian and Kong Xuan on the side, immediately stepped forward to pay his respects.

  "I've met the First Master and Second Master." Ao Jiao said, his tone very sincere. These two were also worthy of his admiration, not only had they defeated the Eastern King who was at the Quasi-Saint level and left him lightly injured, but they had also saved the Dragon Clan. Just this alone was enough to make him sincerely call them "Master".

  "We are all from the same sect, no need to be so polite." Yuè Yì Xiān was delighted that he called him "Shī Xiōng", much better than that peacock who would never address him with such respect, directly shouting "Dà Péng Diāo" which sounded terrible.

  Kong Xuan glanced at Ao Jiao and nodded slightly in response.

  Three people saw the ceremony, but Emperor Jiang suddenly discovered that someone was missing. The Huang Long Daoist who had been trapped by himself for tens of thousands of years was not there, and he couldn't help but feel curious, so he started calculating with his fingers. He understood in his heart that this Huang Long Daoist had seen that the dragon tribe owed the heavenly way cause and effect, which would restrict his cultivation, and had actually declared to the heavenly way that he had already quit the dragon tribe. This matter also made the dragon tribe angry. Emperor Jiang smiled disdainfully, this Huang Long Daoist really knew how to protect himself, but since the dragon tribe had raised him, he would leave a knot in his heart by quitting the dragon tribe on his own initiative, and if he couldn't break through, his future cultivation wouldn't be able to advance again. Moreover, there were many dragon tribe cause and effect entanglements, no wonder his magical powers and cultivation were still so useless during the sealing of the gods.

  "Now that this matter is settled, are you two planning to follow me back or continue your travels?" Emperor Jiang looked at Kong Xuan and Yu Yi Xian, suddenly asking.

  "Continue your journey." Kong Xuan replied. The Winged Immortal on the side also looked at Emperor Jiang with some expectation.

  "Then be more careful." Emperor Jiang saw this and didn't say much, putting Ao Jiao and the unconscious Jiufeng into the Qiankun Ding, then flew towards Pangu Hall.

  As soon as Emperor Jiang left, Yu Yi Xian was no longer so restrained and couldn't help but look at Ao Guang, asking with some expectation: "I don't know if your dragon tribe has any evil members, my two master brothers are willing to help you clean up the door."