"Correct. What happened to you just now? Was it a Transcendent?" Zhong Shan asked in a deep voice.
The Cinnabar Golden Dragon glanced at Zhong Shan and sighed softly. "Just now, you destroyed the Strongest Sword, and he sensed it. You almost woke him."
"He almost woke up?" Zhong Shan's Divine Avatar stared fixedly at the Cinnabar Golden Dragon, his eyes blazing.
"Sui, what exactly happened? What happened to you just now?" the Phoenix Matriarch asked in alarm, as if she had already guessed something but was unwilling to accept it.
The Cinnabar Golden Dragon looked at the Phoenix Matriarch and slowly shook his head, his voice filled with bitterness. "That is why I have refused to acknowledge you all these years! Because I can give you nothing!"
"I don't need you to give me anything. I only need you to be safe!" the Phoenix Matriarch cried out immediately.
After taking a deep breath, the Cinnabar Golden Dragon looked at Zhong Shan. "By now, you must have guessed something. I do not want to hide it from you anymore. I only hope that you can reach the final step and achieve transcendence. Then everything I have done all these years will have been worthwhile."
"Tell me," Zhong Shan said, nodding.
The Cinnabar Golden Dragon turned his head and looked at his own body. The Nineteen-Clawed Qi Luck Golden Dragon had grown increasingly solid as the Great Zheng Heavenly Court grew stronger, appearing almost like a real golden dragon.
After taking a deep breath, the Cinnabar Golden Dragon narrowed his eyes. "The body you see me in now actually belongs to the Transcendent!"
"Oh?" Zhong Shan's expression tightened.
"What?" The Phoenix Matriarch's face changed.
"Where I truly reside is this 'Soul Lock' between my brows, which looks like a cinnabar mole."