The winds and clouds shifted, and the sky dimmed.
The East Sea Dragon King's words grated painfully on Li Jing's ears.
Under countless scorching gazes, his face turned ashen, but he still held Lady Yin tightly in his arms, keeping her away from Nezha.
All ties between them were about to be severed!
"Nezha pays his respects to his adoptive father!"
Facing the East Sea Dragon King, Nezha knelt and bowed.
Nezha had never knelt before Li Jing—not unless he had done something wrong, of course.
Perhaps, in his heart, Li Jing did not deserve to be his father.
Such was the Dao. Such was fate.
It was truly wondrous beyond words.
"Rise!"
"Though you are my adopted son, you must settle these karmic ties. Only then can you take that next step!"
"If a son is not taught, it is his father's fault; if a student is not strictly disciplined, it is the teacher's laziness."
"Why has Zhao Gongming still not shown himself?"
Ao Guang looked toward Golden Ao Island in the East Sea, puzzled.
The blood-red sky seemed to conceal some inscrutable plot.
Had disaster befallen Golden Ao Island?
"Very well!"
Nezha nodded and handed the sash to Ao Guang.
The rainbow-colored dress and sash transformed into a streak of light and flew toward the Dragon Transformation Pool under Ao Guang's magical power.
They were the source of Ao Bing's power.
Then.
"Mother, this is the last time I'll call you that."
Nezha walked up to Lady Yin and wiped away the tears of this loving mother.
In Chentang Pass, she was the only one who had truly treated him as family. Even Jin Zha and Mu Zha, who were his brothers by blood, had never regarded Nezha as their true brother.
The Dao could be a lonely