[Name]
Blackwater Profound Serpent (Hēishuǐ Xuánshé)
[Title]
Lord of the Dragon-Locking Pool
[Species]
An ancient variant; a Yao beast of the Water, Ice, and Poison elements. It is not a guardian beast of the Sky Profound Sect but a wild overlord that was attracted by the earth's cold springs five hundred years ago.
[Physical Characteristics]
Size: Over a hundred yards long when fully extended, with a body as thick as a palace pillar. When coiled, it resembles a small black mountain, exuding an oppressive presence.
Scales: Its entire body is covered in palm-sized, profound black scales that are incredibly hard, making it difficult for ordinary magical treasures to cause any harm. They gleam with a cold, metallic luster under the light.
Head: Its head is ferocious and dragon-like, with a menacing, ink-black single horn on its forehead used to control water currents and cold energy. Its crimson serpentine eyes are as large as palace lanterns, filled with the brutality and greed of an ancient beast.
Other Features: A pair of broad, fleshy wings grow from its back. Although they do not allow it to fly with the agility of a bird, they enable it to command demonic clouds and ride the mist.
[Abilities and Divine Arts]
Life-Bound Poison Miasma: Its primary method of attack. It can spew a pure black poison miasma from its mouth. This miasma is extremely yin and cold; not only can it easily corrode a cultivator's physical body, but it can also defile the spiritual light of magical treasures and erode the primordial spirit, making it exceedingly vicious.
Body of Profound Water: Its physical body is immensely powerful, and its scales provide astonishing defensive capabilities. When in water or an environment rich with cold energy, its injuries recover rapidly, and its strength is significantly enhanced.
Summoning Storms: As a Yao King-level water-elemental great Yao, it can influence the weather within a certain range, summoning wind and rain, calling forth ice, and creating an environment favorable for its own combat.
[Historical Record]
Five hundred years ago, the Blackwater Profound Serpent cultivated to the peak of the Golden Core realm in the "Dragon-Locking Pool" within the forbidden back mountain of the Sky Profound Sect. At that time, driven by its greed for the spiritual energy of the sect's main peak, it attempted to break through the restrictions, causing a massive disturbance. It was ultimately suppressed by the previous generation's Sect Master, who, with the combined power of several elders, laid down the "Nine Palaces Spirit-Locking Grand Array" to seal it once again at the bottom of the Dragon-Locking Pool, forcing it into a deep slumber that lasted five hundred years.
[Threat Level Assessment]
Five Hundred Years Ago: Peak Golden Core Stage
Current (After Awakening): Early-stage Demon King
Its realm of strength is equivalent to an Early-stage Nascent Soul human cultivator. If it were to completely break its seal, it would pose a "sect-destroying level" threat, capable of shaking the very foundation of the Sky Profound Sect.
[Current Status]
Not long ago, it was forcibly awakened after being attracted by the aura of a certain Heaven-rank Spiritual Root Treasure (the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Fruit) and broke through parts of its seal in an attempt to attack the Ninth Peak (Lesser Peak).
However, during the attack, it encountered a certain individual who wishes to remain anonymous and was subjected to a "friendly dissuasion" on a spiritual level through unbelievable means. Its Yao soul suffered immense shock and trauma. It has now retreated to the deepest part of the Dragon-Locking Pool to undergo self-isolation and deep hibernation. It is estimated that it will remain in a state of absolute compliance for the next several hundred years.
[Quote (Roar from the depths of its soul)]
"I thought it was a supreme opportunity, who knew it was a world-ending disaster... That stone... what in the world was that stone?!"