However, the sense of belonging felt by Xuan Jing, Dushan, and the other Dragon Wolf Riders could not be resolved by supplies of resources and cultivation techniques alone.
What they needed was military merit, not gifts, much less charity.
What the Dragon Wolf Riders needed were battle achievements won through blood and iron.
After their wolf riders integrated the dragon bloodline and transformed into Dragon Wolf Riders, they naturally felt somewhat closer to Lu Xiaotian. Even so, they still needed to prove themselves through military accomplishments.
They needed strength, and they needed military achievements to demonstrate their importance. Otherwise, perhaps one day, they might once again be traded to someone else by Lu Xiaotian for some other reason.
For these proud Dragon Wolf Riders, experiencing that once had already been unforgettable for a lifetime. They would never allow themselves to go through it a second time.
Compared to Ying Tian Wolf Sovereign, who possessed an iron-blooded style and dominated one region of the Demon Realm, Lu Xiaotian had seemed far too weak at the beginning. Whether Xuan Jing, Dushan, or Hai Linglong—the wolf riders who had entered the Green Fruit Barrier earliest—all lacked that awe toward Lu Xiaotian that came from the bottom of their hearts.
Yet they had followed Lu Xiaotian all the way to the present, from the near-blank state of everything inside the Green Fruit Barrier back then to the situation they had now. Lu Xiaotian himself had gone from an ordinary True Immortal to cultivating a Primordial Spirit body, and he had slain countless powerful figures.
Regardless of what happened in the future, such an experience would be enough to be called a legend in any realm.
Even if his strength was still inferior to Ying Tian Wolf Sovereign's, no one knew what the final outcome