"This junior, Chu Lianyi, pays her respects to Senior True Dragon."
"It has been many years since we last met. I never imagined that even a majestic True Spirit such as you would already be approaching the Ruins Realm. When I heard the news, I was truly overcome with emotion."
After arriving in the True Dragon Secret Realm, the Origin Emperor, a Human Supreme, immediately saw the immense, magnificent life-form at its center.
The True Dragon lay coiled there, looking in his direction through half-closed eyes.
His aura had deteriorated to the utmost, and an incredibly dense pall of death surrounded him. Had his bloodline not been so overbearing, he would probably have already entered the true Ruins Realm by this point, returning to dust and earth.
Even so, the Origin Emperor did not underestimate the True Dragon in the slightest.
He knew that the being before him was a genuine Ancient Supreme who possessed a True Spirit bloodline. That alone put him far beyond what a Human Supreme could match.
As a race blessed with the world's favor when heaven and earth first opened, True Spirits could reach the pinnacle of the world through bloodline power alone, without cultivating spells or practicing Divine Abilities.
Some Titled True Spirits could even enter the true Great Emperor Realm, the very summit of this world.
Although the True Dragon before him had an impure bloodline, at his peak he had been a formidable being capable of glimpsing the Origin Realm through the mists.
Now the True Dragon was dying, but the Origin Emperor still could not let his guard down. Such beings had far too many hidden cards. As long as they were not utterly dead, they had to be taken seriously.
Even if such a mighty creature truly died, the contingencies