Today's first update: Chapter 3253! 1/4!
Nine Spirits Lion Saint could be of the lion race, or he could... not be of the lion race.
He was of the lion race because, like many beings who had reincarnated and cultivated anew, he had successfully been born in this life by relying on the lion race's luck. For centuries, his strength and growth had been closely tied to the rise and fall of the lion race.
He was not of the lion race because of the essence of his existence—he had neither been born of ordinary parents nor possessed the ability to pass down a bloodline.
His very existence was an independent, unique miracle, a special individual who could not be simply defined!
Above, he had no parents whose kindness he needed to repay; below, he had no children to carry on his affection.
If life were compared to a tree, then he was a strange plant with neither native soil in which to sink deep roots nor fruit-bearing branches to spread.
Seen this way, the lion race might never have truly been his homeland, the resting place of his soul!
After realizing that Xu Kun's final words might carry the deeper implication that the Royal Lion Race had become a chess piece, Nine Spirits Lion Saint had still chosen to return and resolved to face the race's calamity alongside all lion race beings, braving every storm that lay ahead.
It was only because there were still people on this land whom he cared for!
Those people were the disciples and descendants who usually gathered around him, calling him "Ancestor" with utmost respect and filial devotion!
What he cherished was that seemingly sincere bond of incense and inheritance, that gratitude between master and disciple which transcended bloodline.
But now, the