The scroll unfurled again, and the true dragon lay within.
The fat and stored fat accumulated over many years had been completely consumed. Growth and evolution required nourishment, especially now that her body had become roughly eight hundred meters—around two hundred and forty zhang—long. The reserves in her belly were gone, and hunger gnawed within...
After recovering slightly, she transformed into human form.
She touched her face. The baby fat she had painstakingly grown was gone, leaving her with a pointed chin and a pale, hypoglycemic look. What she wanted most right now was to eat and drink.
"Thank you..."
She bowed again. What she had just gained was even better than divine dragon essence blood.
Absorbing dragon blood might have sent her cultivation soaring like a rocket and caused her strength to surge, but the benefits of that mysterious energy taking the form of a Golden Ancient Tree and entering her body would last far longer. The reason she had evolved and advanced was also because she had remained at the peak for so long, yet had been unable to cross that threshold due to the inherently slow advancement of divine beasts.
There would be countless benefits in the future, and they would be more concealed. She would not become the target of concentrated fire from every side, making it suitable for continuing to lie low.
Perhaps the tall, majestic man wanted to teach a certain Bai.
He waved a hand.
The ink-painted scenery around them dissolved.
More colors surged forth, painting stroke by stroke. The place before her turned into a luxurious, imposing study. In short, it was extraordinarily vast and domineering, steeped in the extravagance of feudalism—the sort that would invite criticism from every tongue and pen.
A broad desk appeared before her.
Its design was antique