A hundred-odd tribesmen, having received Qing Ling's teachings, were overjoyed.
The methods Qing Ling imparted would be recorded in the tribe's Dao Repository.
After teaching the multitude, Qing Ling personally entered the Dao Repository and inscribed the secret arts of the myriad races from the previous era with great Dao inscriptions.
These secret arts originated from the Yellow Dragon Ancestor.
The Yellow Dragon Ancestor, residing in the Eastern Sea ancestral land, belonged to the dragon race, the overlords of the previous era. The collected Daoist methods were likely unknown even to the dragons themselves.
Though the dragon race was no more, the profound achievements of countless beings from the previous era, diligently researched, remained.
Could any Daoist art that entered the Dragon Palace's secret collection be ordinary?
Once, snakes were subservient to dragons.
Now, snakes seized dragon destiny. This vast heritage was beyond the reach of future generations.
For now marked a turning point in eras.
Before this, all beings and great powers cultivated pure Daos.
Henceforth, whether common beings or sages, all would cultivate the three thousand Daos of the Heavenly Dao!
The Yellow Dragon Ancestor and Qing Ling's primordial spirits were interconnected. What he knew, Qing Ling also knew, and it was not considered an external transmission.
The Dao Repository of Xi Mountain would become a rare ancient Dao repository in the world.
It would also grow richer with the inheritance of the snake race.
In the Eastern Sea, the Yellow Dragon Ancestor stood before the dragon race's treasure vault.
Within the vault, myriad lights shone, and the qi of various Daos intermingled. Anyone who entered would be captivated.
Countless acquired spiritual treasures, from the mid-grade to the highest grade, each one the absolute best.
Everywhere, there was the aura of innate existence: innate spiritual soil, innate spiritual objects, and innate spiritual roots, suppressing the astonishing aura within the vault.
Furthermore, nearly a hundred innate spiritual treasures were present, an astonishing sight!
The Yellow Dragon Ancestor's eyes twitched fiercely, his body felt weak. He hesitated before stepping inside.
He feared it was a dream, so unreal!
He had never witnessed a scene with a hundred innate spiritual treasures. Streams of innate spiritual light intertwined, forming spiritual treasure tides. Within them, one could sense the power of a hundred Daos!
Just as he was about to examine them closely, a figure appeared behind him.
"Yellow Dragon Ancestor, remember you are the Dragon Ancestor!"
The Yellow Dragon Ancestor turned to see a hunchbacked elder speaking calmly.
"Turtle Prime Minister, thank you for your guidance."
This was the venerable Turtle Prime Minister of the Dragon Palace, a supremely wise being who had once been almost captured by the Phoenix Ancestor and later used himself to suppress the Immortal Execution Sword. Among the supreme dragon beings, only he and Qing Long remained alive.
The Turtle Prime Minister sighed, "These myriad spiritual treasures were gathered by our ancestors after traversing ten continents and three caverns, the heavens and the primordial world.
Which of our dragon race's great powers was not a collector of treasures, nor a formidable warrior?
The spiritual treasures of fallen great powers were all collected by Patriarch Hongjun. Otherwise, the world's spiritual treasures, up to five parts, would have been ours!"
His face showed remembrance and nostalgia for the dragon race's past glory.
But then, he sighed and said, "You may use the spiritual treasures here freely. Take whatever you need from the dragon race's treasure vault. This was true then, and it is true now, as long as you are worthy!"
The Yellow Dragon Ancestor nodded and said, "I will fulfill the responsibilities of a Dragon Ancestor!
Prime Minister Turtle, where do you intend to go?"
The Turtle Prime Minister slowly replied, "I owe the dragon race a great debt that I cannot repay in this lifetime. My sea turtle clan will serve the dragon race faithfully for generations. You can use me with peace of mind.
As for myself, I should have died in the previous epoch. For the rest of my life, I will guard the dragon tomb and remain in seclusion."
The Yellow Dragon Ancestor advised, "Prime Minister Turtle, your cultivation is supreme, and further advancement to the thirty-third heaven is possible. Why not protect a region for the current dragon race?"
"Alas, I have considered it. But the Heavenly Dao does not permit it!" The Turtle Prime Minister shook his head. "For old beings like me from the previous epoch, the Heavenly Dao only wishes for us to die.
We know too many secrets of the Heavenly Dao and have offended it countless times in the past, showing it little regard.
Now, the three races are without Dao, and the Heavenly Dao reigns supreme. Therefore, we can only seek peace by remaining in seclusion."
The Yellow Dragon Ancestor fell silent. How many great beings, like himself, were protected by Jian Mu, the Earthly Dao, and divine authority?
The Turtle Prime Minister sighed, "Since Ancestor Qing Long entrusted the dragon race to you, I choose to believe in you.
In the future, if you require it, I will emerge from the dragon tomb and re-enter the world to lend my assistance."
The Yellow Dragon Ancestor bowed respectfully, "Thank you, Prime Minister Turtle."
This wise man, who would always remain behind the scenes, the elder in his twilight years, stooped and slowly walked into the eternally lonely dragon tomb.
The Yellow Dragon Ancestor then surveyed the myriad treasures. The acquired spiritual treasures were a given, and he examined the hundred innate spiritual treasures one by one.
There were fifty-six lower-grade spiritual treasures, twenty-seven mid-grade, nine upper-grade, and one supreme-grade.
The supreme-grade spiritual treasure was the Azure Lotus Colored Banner, one of the Five Directional Banners, which should have belonged to Patriarch Hongjun but was later bestowed upon the Daoist Receiver.
This banner was originally meant to be used by the dragon race to suppress the dragon race's destiny in the East. However, as Jian Mu was present in the East, this treasure was used to suppress the destiny of the dragon palace's myriad treasures.
It was precisely because of the Azure Lotus Colored Banner suppressing these treasures that the dragon cave could hide them when Hongjun collected all the world's treasures!
The treasures of the Dragon Palace, the dragon race's legacy, were all preserved because the Yellow Dragon Ancestor's emergence ensured no one would lay claim to them.
The Yellow Dragon Ancestor walked among the treasures. He did not choose the upper-grade spiritual treasures but rather focused on the acquired spiritual treasures.
He was the Dragon of the Earthly Emperor, the Dragon of the Earthly Dao, the Ancestor who inherited the destiny of the Four Seas Dragon race. He would continue on the dragon race's path of Dao, the imperial and domineering path, the path of dragon destiny!
The aura of imperial dominance emanated from the Yellow Dragon Ancestor. His dragon breath stirred the myriad treasures, and his true dragon might displayed itself over them.
His primordial spirit split into countless forms, manifesting over the spiritual treasures, using his dragon breath to guide their spirits!
The acquired spiritual treasures trembled, their spirit seals flashing, eager to merge with the dragon breath.
The innate spiritual treasures, however, were more reserved. The mid- and lower-grade treasures glowed faintly, and only four upper-grade treasures responded, the rest remaining indifferent.
The Yellow Dragon Ancestor did not force them. With a dragon's roar, his imperial aura merged with them, and the myriad treasures responded.
Three thousand acquired spiritual treasures flew up. Forty-nine lower-grade innate spiritual treasures released their Dao seals, and four upper-grade spiritual treasures echoed them.
The grand spiritual treasure divine light merged into a tide, forming an aura above the Yellow Dragon Ancestor's head.
A magnificent great river, as if a river reaching the heavens, descended from the nine heavens, flowing for ten thousand miles.
Within the vast yellow river, three thousand spiritual treasures ascended into it. The river water and the treasure light tide merged, transforming into a colossal yellow dragon, standing in the firmament and soaring out of the Eastern Sea.
Three thousand spiritual treasures laid the foundation of Dao, and the destiny of the eight directions merged with my being.
He did not touch the Azure Treasure Lotus Banner.
For it was the ultimate treasure suppressing the dragon race's destiny!
As the Four Extremes Divine Mountains toppled and the dragon race's destiny waned, this Five Directional Banner, a supreme-grade spiritual treasure, was the last bastion of destiny.
On the Jian Mu in the East, Qing Ling and the Yellow Dragon Ancestor gazed at each other across the sea.
Qing Ling was a solitary cultivator of the Dao.
His past self was driven by his ambition for dominance and the karmic ties of the dragon race. Therefore, he had to tread the path of the Imperial Dao and the Dao of Destiny!