The interior of the Dragon God Hall was even more breathtaking than its exterior.
The dome of the great hall rose so high its end was nowhere in sight, as though it connected directly to the starry sky itself.
Countless golden motes floated across the dome, glittering like stars.
Those motes were in fact fragments of will left behind by the Dragon Race's ancestors. Each contained an ancient memory, a secret Dragon Race art, or an insight into some profound law.
The floor was paved with stone slabs polished from fossilized Dragon Scales. Every slab radiated a faint Dragon Might, as though they were treading upon the remains of countless ancestors.
At the very center of the hall stood an enormous circular altar made of pure gold, its surface covered in countless intricate dragon patterns.
Those dragon patterns flowed, writhed, and shifted like living creatures. With every transformation, they emitted light of a different color.
Gold, silver, azure, crimson, ice-blue, and bright yellow—six colors intertwined, forming a magnificent painting in constant motion.
At the center of the altar floated a fist-sized golden crystal—it was the "Dragon Soul Crystal."
It was said to be a strand of will the Dragon God had stripped from himself, used to test the bloodlines of every Dragon Race member who entered the Dragon God Hall.
Elder Golden Scale walked up to the altar, then turned to look at Ao Lie and the dragons of Jiquan Star.
"The method of testing is very simple—step onto the altar one by one and place your dragon claw upon the Dragon Soul Crystal."
"The Dragon Soul Crystal will sense the concentration of the bloodline within you. Then, through resonance with the dragon-pattern Array Formations, it will display your bloodline grade."
"At the same time, your bloodline's awakening will trigger