Chapter 1724 — The Steed Treads the Heavens
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 5 of 5
After the Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon's death, the Cyan Emperor of the Eastern Heaven seized the Eastern Pole Heaven and rounded up all the Azure Dragon's descendants: some he killed, some he imprisoned, some he stripped of sinew and skin, and some he even made into a banquet of dragon livers! Those that survived he degraded to slaves, locked in dragon-binding ropes, and used as beasts of burden for the armies under his command, in war, to settle the hatred of years gone by.
Feeling the aura of their ancient ancestor, these divine dragons grew restless one and all, throwing the armies into disorder. Gods and demons beyond counting swung their whips and lashed the restless dragons cruelly, beating one dragon after another to a bloody pulp.
Yet then the Myriad Dragon Nest, the ancestral land of the Eastern Pole Heaven, suddenly convulsed with qi and blood as well, throwing the qi and blood of countless Eastern Heaven soldiers into chaos, leaving them in agony beyond endurance! The face of the Cyan Emperor of the Eastern Heaven changed greatly. The wine cup in his hand burst with a crack.
He sprang to his feet and gazed afar at the Azure Dragon soul that had suddenly appeared above the sea!
That dragon soul was mighty beyond measure; under Jiang Baigui's rites it drifted helplessly toward the Eastern Emperor divine weapon and entered within it. "Bwom—" The divine weapon came to life at once.
The Azure Dragon stretched its body, and upon its hide countless Azure Dragon Dao patterns and runes all lit up, brilliant in the extreme.
It gave a great roar, and the split sea exploded; boom, boom, boom, the Eastern Sea split into the shape of a cross, cracking all the way to the front of the Eastern Heaven army's camp, setting one divine city after another bobbing and rocking!
The Azure Dragon coiled its body, seized the spirit-treasure mountain and stuffed it into its mouth to sharpen its teeth, polishing them until they gleamed. Its voice was loud beyond measure: "Cyan Emperor, you dare so abuse my corpse, so abuse my descendants; I shall not rest until one of us is dead! Jiang Baigui!
" The Azure Dragon lowered its head, its enormous skull floating before the Imperial Preceptor of Jingping, Jiang Baigui, like a vast mountain range. Its breath gusted out, sending Jiang Baigui's robes flapping and streaming backward, while the old sorrel horse in the boat had long since been frightened flat upon the deck, its bowels loosed in terror. "Jiang Baigui, how many troops will you give me?
I will charge into the enemy camp and bring you the Cyan Emperor's head! " The Imperial Preceptor of Jingping pulled the old sorrel horse to its feet and said gravely, "Heavenly Venerable Azure Dragon, a famous general deserves a fine steed, and a treasure sword is the gift for a hero! This is a Fire Dragon Colt, fierce and extraordinary, and it will aid the Heavenly Venerable in battle.
" The Azure Dragon lowered its head to look, and saw that the old horse was thin as a rack of bones, surely no more than a mortal horse, so terrified by his divine might that it had fouled itself the whole way and stood trembling, unable to keep its footing.
Jiang Baigui, his breast stirred to the heights, shouted in a voice like thunder, "The Heavenly Venerable shall tread the heavens underfoot; I shall beat the drums to cheer him on; this campaign is certain to win the day! "