"Enough! Enough! Enough!"
Azure Dragon Great Sage let out a long sigh. "Who can blame me? During the Dragon-Phoenix Era, I stood on the same side as you."
"You're my dearest friend and sworn brother... Now that you've invited me so sincerely, how could I refuse?"
"You want me to transform into a Dragon Ancestor and bind the existence of the Dragon Clan to time, making it eternal throughout the ages... Fine!"
"I agree."
Candle Dragon communicated with eternity, addressing the unseen. "But let's make one thing clear beforehand..."
"What I do will be limited to this and nothing more."
"From this point onward, I won't involve myself in any further karma!"
"If there were other agreements before this, you can't make me break my word."
"Will that do?"
Candle Dragon was solemn.
"Of course!" Azure Dragon Great Sage's reply remained just as resolute.
He possessed great boldness.
At the critical moment, in order to break through the deadlock, he had invited his former "dearest friend" and "sworn brother" into the fray, even at the cost of diluting his own shares, all to overcome this obstacle.
His demands were not high. He had never haggled over every little detail, displaying tremendous decisiveness and vision.
A trace of reluctance flashed deep in Candle Dragon's eyes, vanishing in an instant.
"One last confirmation... Are you really going to do this?"
"Binding together the conflict between the Dragon-Phoenix Era and the Witch-Demon Era will certainly leave you severely weakened if you lose, but with some recuperation, you'll endure it."
"But if you try to influence even the eras that follow, that will create heaven-defying karma, and an enormous backlash will inevitably follow!"
"Once you fail, you may not recover for several eras. Human Dao will target you relentlessly, and you'll have to endure