Luohu: What, the Dragon Clan isn't fighting anymore? Mid-stage Great Luo! Ancestral Dragon, come again!

The Western Lands, Spirit Mountain, within the Devil Palace.

Luohu, who had only just reentered his state of cultivation, seemed to sense something and opened his eyes.

He lifted his gaze and saw the Heart Demon appear before him again.

"What is it this time?"

"Devil Ancestor, something... something happened. News came from the Dragon Clan saying that the Ancestral Dragon intends to postpone the war of the Three Tribes."

The Heart Demon spoke haltingly, trembling with fear.

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Luohu.

Luohu gave the Heart Demon a cold look, then half-closed his eyes and began deducing for himself what exactly had happened.

Though Heavenly Secrets were chaotic beneath the great calamity, the Devil Race was, after all, a player in the game, and the Dragon Clan had always been under the Devil Race's covert manipulation. If it was only deducing matters related to the Dragon Clan, Luohu could still manage it.

After a long while, Luohu opened his eyes again. A trace of bewilderment appeared deep in them, and confusion showed on his face as well.

There was no problem.

Ever since the Beast Calamity had ended, he had secretly pushed the conflicts among the Three Tribes, especially with the Dragon Clan. Fanning the Flames, assassinations, and the like had come one after another without end.

In order to give the Ancestral Dragon enough confidence, he had even secretly granted him some opportunities, making the Ancestral Dragon certain he could take on Yuan Feng and Shi Qilin two against one and still win.

As early as several million years ago, the Ancestral Dragon had already been unable to wait to begin the war of the Three Tribes and completely pacify the Primordial Continent. His mobilization and preparations for the Dragon Clan had never stopped.

So why was he suddenly not in a hurry now? He had even ordered the Dragon Clan to hold their troops and not move?

Luohu was somewhat unable to make heads or tails of it. He also felt that there was something extremely strange about this, a thick sense that something was wrong.

As the Devil Ancestor, Luohu had never been the type to look down on everything. On the contrary, he was extremely vigilant.

Could it be that old thing Hongjun had done something behind the scenes?

"Since the Ancestral Dragon is not moving, then wait. For now, observe quietly and see how the situation changes."

After pondering briefly, Luohu spoke slowly.

"Yes, Devil Ancestor."

The Heart Demon nodded and answered yes.

Primordial Continent.

In the eastern region, beside a river.

As a series of invisible rumbling sounds suddenly resounded, the illusory image of a majestic, endlessly surging river appeared behind Tang Xuan.

He had devoured another river once more!

Compared to Tang Xuan's original body at the beginning, how could the changes in his original body now be described as merely heaven overturned and earth transformed?

The vastness and magnificence of his original body could already be described as using the universe as water without the slightest exaggeration.

That was to say, even a universe within his original body was as tiny as a drop of water, like dust. The entire river seemed to be formed from immeasurable universes, vast and boundless, no longer something that could be measured by any unit of area.

"Mid-stage Great Luo."

A faint smile appeared on Tang Xuan's face.

Cultivation level?

Broken through!

Naturally, as water flowed and a canal formed, the breakthrough was complete!

"Before the Hun Yuan Golden Immortal Realm, with the fragments of the Great Dao of Water around, breakthroughs have no difficulty for me at all. I only need to keep expanding my original body, and I can continuously grasp the Great Dao of Water until I refine it completely."

"This system really came late. If it had come when I first transmigrated, how great would that have been?"

"If that were the case, why would I still need to develop little by little now? I could directly start my I-don't-eat-beef mode."

"But if it had come early, my cultivation would have been too low and I wouldn't have been able to refine the system either. That does make it hard to choose."

After sighing with emotion, Tang Xuan thought about it again and shook his head.

This thing really did seem hard to judge. If it had come early and he had been unable to refine the system, perhaps he would have grown dependent on it. On the contrary, the system appearing now was neither too early nor too late, just right.

"Hm?"

Seeming to sense something, Tang Xuan looked in a certain direction.

The Ancestral Dragon had come again? And quite quickly too. It seemed he could not wait to seek a solution.

With a faint smile, Tang Xuan's thought moved, and his figure blurred and dispersed.

Where his original body was, he was. As long as it was within the range covered by his original body, Tang Xuan could appear instantly with a single thought. This was far more useful than any divine ability for traveling.

Beside the river where they had first met, the Ancestral Dragon walked out from the void.

Looking at the river ahead, the Ancestral Dragon said nothing at all and skillfully tossed in a spiritual treasure.

Unlike last time, what had been thrown in was not a low-grade Innate Spirit Treasure, but a supreme-grade Innate Spirit Treasure!

Primordial World magical treasures were usually divided into acquired and innate, with grades such as Acquired Spirit Treasure, Innate Spirit Treasure, Acquired Supreme Treasure, and Innate Supreme Treasure. Each grade was further split into low, middle, high, and supreme.

And in essence, acquired-grade magical treasures and innate-grade magical treasures were actually no different. It was only that one was refined after heaven and earth, while the other was nurtured by nature before heaven and earth. Some mighty Acquired Supreme Treasures would not be the least bit inferior to Innate Supreme Treasures.

For example, after the Primordial World was opened and heaven and earth were split apart, the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler, nurtured and condensed from merit, were each not much worse than things like the Taiji Diagram.

"Young Ancestral Dragon, we meet again."

As Ancestral Dragon threw in the spirit treasure, Tang Xuan's illusory figure appeared above the river.

"Greetings, senior."

Ancestral Dragon respectfully bowed to Tang Xuan.

When asking someone for help, one had to have the attitude of someone asking for help. How could Ancestral Dragon not understand that?

Regardless of whether Tang Xuan was stronger than him, just the fact that Tang Xuan could peer into the Future amid chaotic Heavenly Secrets, and could even help him, meant Ancestral Dragon would only treat him with respect.

"Verified it?"

"Verified. There is indeed the Devil Race scheming behind the scenes. Many thanks, senior, for pointing me through the fog."

Ancestral Dragon nodded. As he spoke, he looked at Tang Xuan with longing and said, "Senior, in your view, does my Dragon Clan still have a chance?"

"Not enough."

Tang Xuan smiled and shook his head.

Whether he was guiding Ancestral Dragon or fooling Ancestral Dragon, Tang Xuan could naturally do it.

But... why should he?

Sometimes, if something was given too easily, others would not cherish it, much less see how important that thing was.

He wanted to know whether there was still a chance just by giving a supreme-grade Innate Spirit Treasure? That would not do.

Ancestral Dragon understood at once and grasped the hint. Not only was he no longer nervous, he instead relaxed and let out a breath as if a heavy burden had been lifted.

He was not afraid of Tang Xuan making demands. What he feared was Tang Xuan making no demands at all. That would be when Ancestral Dragon would truly be disappointed.

"Buzz!!!"

Ancestral Dragon extended a finger.

In an instant, a small sphere condensed into being in the void. In the blink of an eye, boundless mysteries, rosy clouds, and divine light burst forth. Through the blur, one could see the near-infinite Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures contained within the small sphere.

"Senior, these are eighty percent of the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures in my Dragon Clan Treasury. The remaining twenty percent is needed to maintain the Dragon Clan's operations and cannot be taken out. If senior feels this is not enough, I can think of another way."

As he spoke, Ancestral Dragon threw the small sphere into the river without the slightest hesitation and bowed deeply.

"Eighty percent of the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures... As expected of Ancestral Dragon. He really is decisive, and he came prepared."

"Reality isn't a novel. No matter which of these Primordial World powerhouses it is, even describing them as full of resource and stratagem would be underestimating them."

Tang Xuan sighed inwardly. Luckily, he had not been like some idiot transmigrators, thinking himself extraordinary and able to instantly crush heaven, earth, and the air itself. Otherwise, he would not even know how he died.

"Young Ancestral Dragon, may I ask, are the resources you threw into the river on the left, or are the resources you threw into the river on the right?"

Tang Xuan flipped both hands over. In his left hand appeared the illusory image of the small sphere Ancestral Dragon had given, while the illusory image of the small sphere on the right was clearly more high-end and dazzling at a glance.

Ancestral Dragon's spirit shook, and his eyes grew bright. Without the slightest hesitation, he chose the left.

"Congratulations, young Ancestral Dragon, you have passed the test. Then, do you want the resources on the right, or do you want the hidden reward?"

Tang Xuan said with a beaming smile.

"Senior, I want the hidden reward."

Ancestral Dragon, who had already grasped the process, said quickly.