"Attaining the Dao? Hmph!" The old man snorted coldly. "Wait until he survives first!"
"Nine times out of ten, people like him die. Born bearing immense fate, they likewise gather the resentment of all under heaven. Great calamities are bound to be accompanied by the destruction of countless living beings. Once all that resentment gathers, do you think anyone can withstand it?" The old man sneered. "Throughout the ages, fewer than one in a thousand such people have succeeded. A moment of glory is all they get before ending as scattered ashes."
"If he succeeds, then we can barely be said to have turned that page. But if he fails and turns to ashes, then what good would it do even if we let him comprehend the Progenitor Dragon Preaching Diagram?"
Dragon Island's calculations were undoubtedly exceedingly shrewd. Either way, they stood to lose nothing, so naturally they had their own plans.
At this moment, Ye Xiwen had followed the Black Dragon Elder deep into an immensely remote space. It was a sunlit mountain forest, and this forest alone occupied an entire minor world. One could well imagine just how important this place was to Dragon Island.
The instant he entered, Ye Xiwen felt the divine senses of several Seal King Realm experts sweep over him. They lingered on him briefly before shifting away.
Beyond the forest lay an enormous valley. On one side of the valley stood a sheer cliff, its entire surface incomparably smooth. Engraved upon it was a diagram—what else could it be but the Progenitor Dragon Preaching Diagram?
"This is the Progenitor Dragon Preaching Diagram. It was originally a diagram stele, but gradually developed into a cliff like this. By now, it has not appeared in the world for many years!" the Black Dragon Elder briefly