This was something Wang Qi only learned later.
Although the Dragon Clan had sealed themselves away out of bewilderment, and had lost the desire to develop further because they were already powerful enough, that did not mean the Dragon Clan had made no progress in the past two hundred million years. In truth, the Dragon Clan had always been advancing.
It was merely that, because the Dragon Emperor had determined that the model left behind by the Celestial Great Saint contained enormous hidden dangers and would be difficult to sustain after losing the Forty-Nine Paths, he had deliberately slowed the pace of development. He had also actively nurtured vassal races, allowing them to carve out a path in the Dragon Clan's stead.
But the Dragon Clan had, in the end, continued progressing.
Although Shi Long Huizhen had been sealed away for a long time, he had once been a renowned expert among the Dragon Clan. When the Dragon Clan and the Early Demon Race had first cooperated to develop the original Transforming Method, he had taken part.
From a human perspective, he was a "researcher."
Shi Long Huizhen had always retained a vigorous curiosity and had been willing to pay a price for it. Yet he had also always maintained a sincere heart toward his own race, which was why he had willingly allowed himself to be frozen.
But that did not mean his curiosity had been worn away.
For this Dragon Clan immortal who had only been born after the Celestial internal war, anything related to the Celestial Great Saint was utterly fascinating—his feelings were much like those Earthlings obsessed with retro-style art.
He was even faintly fanatical.
And precisely because of this, when Shilong Zhenxing felt that he ought to find an opportunity to apologize to Wang Qi,