The three elders did not know the full story, but True Monarch Fire Dragon saw everything clearly through his Pupil Art Divine Ability and had weighed the pros and cons.
The benefits needed no elaboration. With the mighty power of Human Dragon Qi, it could stimulate the Crimson Flood Dragon to break through the shackles of its bloodline and cultivate a Heavenly Dragon Body.
The drawbacks were not small either. After all, this Human Dragon Qi originated from Humanity Power—or, more precisely, from the National Strength of the Great Yong Dynasty.
By swallowing the Human Dragon Qi of the Great Yong Dynasty and borrowing Humanity Power, the Crimson Flood Dragon naturally incurred a debt of destiny to humanity, one it would have to repay sooner or later.
If the Great Yong Dynasty's national destiny had flourished and the realm had remained peaceful and prosperous, it would have been one thing. Yet humanity drifted like a boat without anchor, the dynasty was torn by chaos, and all bore the signs of an age's end.
Should Great Yong be destroyed in the future, the Crimson Flood Dragon would likely be implicated as well.
The reason True Monarch Fire Dragon turned a blind eye and did not intervene was simple: he had his own ingenious method to let the Crimson Flood Dragon swallow all the benefits while keeping the harm far, far away...
In Ji Prefecture, within a Nameless Valley, more than ten Beast Tides had erupted in succession over several days, leaving the surrounding mountains and forests in utter chaos. Of all living things, not one in a hundred remained. The place was steeped in deathly silence.
Yet the closer one drew to the valley, the more one could sense a surging vitality brewing within.
Above the valley, there was the shifting