Cultivation Online novel Chapter 1955

After forming an airtight barrier of spiritual energy around himself—functioning like a self-contained air tank—Yuan stepped forward and followed Jiao Zhenhai into the depths of the Sea of Dragons.

The waters of the Sea of Dragons were remarkably clear, allowing Yuan to see his surroundings with ease, even without the aid of any special techniques or artifacts.

Once they had descended deep enough into the sea, one of the soldiers accompanying Jiao Zhenhai suddenly shifted into his true form—a massive, blue-scaled dragon whose presence seemed to ripple through the surrounding waters with raw majesty and power.

"Hop on."

Jiao Zhenhai said to them as he stood on the dragon's back, treating it like a mount.

Flying treasures that functioned underwater were rare and not as fast as they were in the sky, but for the Azure Dragon Clan, such tools were unnecessary. Masters of the sea, they traversed the waters with ease, relying on their natural prowess rather than external aid.

"We will arrive at our destination in a month," said Jiao Zhenhai.

"A month? Your base isn't as far as I expected," Yuan remarked.

Jiao Zhenhai laughed at Yuan's remark and said, "It only takes a month because we're taking a shortcut. If we travel normally, it'd take several years to reach our place."

"By shortcut, do you mean the underwater currents?"

"A few of those and a natural teleporter."

Just as the Primal Expanse possessed natural teleporters, so too did the Nine Heavens, though most of them were hidden deep beneath the sea.

As for the underwater currents, they functioned like one-way tunnels, allowing anything within them to travel at incredible speeds with minimal effort.

A few days later, they reached their first underwater current. The moment the dragon entered it, a powerful force surged around them, and their speed increased severalfold, propelling them through the depths like an arrow loosed from a bow.

However, these water currents are not without drawbacks. One of the drawbacks to these underwater currents was their sheer intensity. Some were so powerful that they could tear a body apart if one wasn't strong enough to withstand the force.

'It's been a while since I entered one of these…' Yuan thought to himself as he reminisced about the previous times he'd traveled underwater as Tian Yi, the Immortal Monarch.

The Azure Dragon Clan wasn't the only one to call the ocean depths their home. Countless species and races had carved out their own domains beneath the waves.

While the underwater world wasn't nearly as densely populated as the lands above, it was far from empty, filled with a wide variety of beings who had adapted to life in the vast, mysterious deep. When he was still living as the Immortal Monarch, he'd even visited cities that were entirely built under water.