Watching him swim toward the highest level Black Pool, Cang Ling couldn't help but come out to persuade him.

"Are you still planning to go forward?"

"Now that you've reached the White Pool, you've already earned the respect of all the Dragon Race."

"No one can question your identity as the Dragon Emperor now."

Brother Cheng smiled slightly, "Reaching this point and not finishing the act would be such a pity."

Cang Ling retorted with slight irritation, "You simply don't understand how dangerous the Black Pool is."

"Even in my prime, I wasn't confident I could survive."

Brother Cheng was also surprised.

"No way, isn't this pool built by you guys?"

"It's true we built it, but the Black Pool itself was an accident."

Cang Ling recalled, "Initially, we didn't plan to build nine pools; the eighth was already the limit of a Dragon Emperor."

"But before constructing this Dragon Sealing Pool, too many Quasi-Emperors and Dragon Kings of the Dragon Race had fallen, and the refined seeds of their bone blood were too intense."

"The ninth pool was created because the other pools couldn't hold all those bone blood seeds, so we put the rest into the Black Pool, just as a storage point."

"This pool is at least ten times more dangerous than the White Pool before it!"

"We never intended to use the Black Pool as a trial."

Damn, so there's such a backstory?

You mean even you three Dragon Emperors can't pass this level?

He took a deep breath and said calmly, "No matter how dangerous this Black Pool is, it can't stop my steps. I must go in!"

"Why?"

Cang Ling really couldn't think of a reason why he must enter.

Because I can resurrect, and I can gain another shock value.

Of course, Sect Leader Jiang wouldn't say that, so he casually made up an excuse.

"Because the face of the Azure Dragon Race has been swept to the ground for hundreds of billions of years, as the Dragon Emperor, I now need to earn back that face twice over!"

This...

Cang Ling didn't know what to say for a moment.

From her understanding of Jiang Cheng, this was definitely showing off.

But these words also touched the heart of this ancestor of the Azure Dragon, making her reluctant to refute.

And in her moment of silence, Brother Cheng had already leaped into the final Black Pool.

The Cyan Dragon Emperor was suddenly shocked, his dragon eyes widened.

That kid actually dared to continue?

Even if he's gone mad, Cang Ling shouldn't also go crazy, right?

But the other dragons below were unaware of the situation.

They didn't know that not even the Dragon Emperor could pass this level.

Instead, each one eagerly awaited Brother Cheng to reemerge alive.

After all, having created so many miracles already, creating another one seemed quite normal.

Passing the White Pool, passing the Black Pool directly to clear the trial seemed perfectly normal.

They simply did not know the origins or dangers of the Black Pool.

As soon as he entered the Black Pool, Brother Cheng's dragon body completely dissolved in less than three seconds.

And then he died in a splendid manner.

The system prompted again, "Ding! Host was killed, detecting enemy power, arranging resurrection plan!"

"Ding! Host has obtained the Primordial Dragon Bone!"

"Ding! Host resurrected!"

Once again introspecting his dragon bone, even Brother Cheng was shocked.

This dragon bone at first glance looked much like the previous Pure Dragon Bone, except it was coated with a layer of dark-colored brilliance.

However, upon closer inspection, each bone carried mysterious and intricate patterns.

Those were not rules, nor laws.

What exactly it was, even Brother Cheng couldn't say for sure.

He only knew it was meant to be that way.

Representing the profound essence of heaven and earth.

Within his small world, faint celestial music even began to play.

Unnoticed, he found himself having broken through from an Eighth-Grade Immortal King to a Ninth-Grade Immortal King.

This level was originally particularly difficult, requiring at least five times the pills of the previous eight levels combined.

Yet now, he had effortlessly crossed over.

At the same time, his Immortal Country also underwent a great transformation.

From the previous Dustless Level, it officially stepped into the Feather Transformation Level.

Only by reaching this level would he have the future qualification to become an emperor.

This Dragon Sealing Pool was indeed the right choice, saving him an untold amount of effort.

With such a significant leap in strength and having cleared this Dragon Sealing Pool, Brother Cheng was brimming with confidence, planning to go out and show off.

But immediately, he restrained this thought.

Because he recalled during the last White Pool round, everyone thought he would surely survive, so they weren't particularly shocked.

Given that, then...

This guy actually had the idle thought to artificially add a bit of suspense, lowering everyone's expectations of him.

So, he just lay at the bottom of the Black Pool, pretending to be dead, not coming up.

Outside, those dragon races weren't surprised at all, taking it for granted, one by one.

"The Azure Dragon Emperor will definitely come out."

"Exactly, I bet one hundred taels of gold that this time he'll pass for sure."

"Only a fool would bet against you."

"Exactly, the Azure Dragon Emperor already has Emperor-level Pure Dragon Bone, he'll definitely survive again, it's no question."

"I've said it before, this trial is an insult to the Dragon Emperor."

"Even if he is still in the Dragon King realm, he is still the Dragon Emperor."

High above, the Cyan Dragon Emperor listened, quite annoyed.

You fools, this Black Pool is something not even a true Dragon Emperor can pass, alright?

But he had learned his lesson.

Even though he internally felt that no dragon could pass this trial, he no longer proclaimed Jiang Cheng's certain death, to avoid a public embarrassment.

So they waited, and waited.

Waited a minute, three minutes, five minutes, ten minutes...

Before, Brother Cheng would emerge within dozens of seconds, but this time he hadn't come out after such a delay.

Staring at the still and silent waters of the Black Pool, all the dragon races gradually wavered.

This time something seems off...

"Why hasn't he come up yet?"

"Could it be, something really happened?"

"It shouldn't be, right?"

"Since the Azure Dragon Emperor chose to go down, he should have some confidence."

Some dragon races up to now still maintained some faith in Brother Cheng.

Mainly because the previous miracles had blinded their eyes.

But the Cyan Dragon Emperor and the Azure Dragon Empress didn't think that way.

The latter gradually became anxious.

Yet as a mere afterthought, she couldn't do anything about it, just wait anxiously.

While the Cyan Dragon Emperor couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth.

Dead!

This time he's definitely dead!

The emperor dared to guarantee it!

"Alright, you don't need to wait any longer."

"He's already dead."

The emperor, initially determined not to speak lightly, ultimately couldn't resist the urge to make a prophecy, opening his mouth once again.

"I admit, he might be a part of the Dragon Race. If he survived, he could definitely achieve great success in the future, perhaps even surpass me..."

He deliberately sighed with emotion, even raising Brother Cheng up, knowing anyway that person was dead and he wouldn't need to compensate.

"But what a pity, he overestimated himself."

"Such a star of dawn destined to illuminate the entire Dragon Realm, just like that, extinguished, and I deeply regret it!"

He spoke as if a venerable elder expressing regret over the premature death of a younger generation.

And his conclusion further stirred up the gradually anxious crowd, causing an uproar again.

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