"Nothing gained."
As Su Hao invited the Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle into the pavilion and served it tea and refreshments,
"Your realm has risen. It is perfectly normal to gain nothing and make no progress after one or two enlightenments. Besides, your cultivation has advanced at a breakneck pace—you seem to have jumped two levels in a row. That hardly counts as gaining nothing."
The Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle looked Su Hao over and offered him heartfelt consolation.
It settled comfortably into the seat of honor in the hall, leisurely drank half a cup of tea, then seemed to recall something and casually asked, "During this deep seclusion of yours, did you notice any unusual disturbances outside?"
"Unusual?" Su Hao was somewhat puzzled. "You mean?"
"That dragon under your command colluded with outsiders and betrayed you, yet you did not notice?"
The Essence-Devouring Divine Turtle sneered and lightly waved its sleeve. A sheet of mysterious light unfurled in midair, clearly revealing the scene from that day: the Blood Sin Dragon secretly meeting the Rain Master Dragon Lord's avatar beyond the realm, after which the Dragon Lord entered its body.
Su Hao's face darkened abruptly. With a turn of his palm, he produced the dim Dragon Fall Lock. The runes upon it had faded, and the restriction imprint that had originally been bound to the Blood Sin Dragon's life had vanished at some unknown time—yet he had not noticed in the slightest!
With the Blood Sin Dragon's own cultivation, it definitely could not have done this. The other person had been the Rain Master Dragon Lord?
"The Rain Master Dragon Lord merged with the Blood Sin Dragon, intending to launch a sneak attack on the Chiqing Realm. Of course, his main target was you.
"You have grudges against the Dragon Race, and the