On Burning Flame Continent, deep within the sea of fire at the earth's heart, light and shadow warped as Ao Guang's dormant remnant soul slowly took shape.
"Why do I keep feeling uneasy? Has something bad happened?"
Ao Guang gazed into the distance and frowned.
He had once been a Dragon Monarch at Celestial Phenomenon Peak. He had even begun his assault on the Dao Embryo realm. Though he had never succeeded, he had already undergone a measure of transformation.
In fact, given his foundations at the time and the support of the True Dragon Immortal Estate, if not for that great calamity, he would have had at least a thirty percent chance of attaining the Dao Embryo realm by now.
That was why, even after severing his True Dragon body and leaving behind only a wisp of remnant soul, he remained exceptionally sensitive to danger. In this respect, even the Flame Dragon Venerable, who was at Late Celestial Phenomenon, could not compare.
"Is it the Divine Dao Founding? What are they trying to do...?"
Ao Guang probed deeper, teasing apart the tangled threads. At last, he caught traces of something unusual.
To deal with the Fire Dragon Grotto, the Divine Dao Founding had been secretly arranging a ritual formation all this time. To avoid drawing attention and keep the Fire Dragon Grotto from discovering it, they had deliberately concealed their work and blocked others from divining it. Yet that very concealment had caught Ao Guang's attention.
"Some kind of war ritual? It gathers the baleful force of armies through battle, forges that force into a deadly weapon, and uses it to slay a powerful enemy?"
Well versed in such matters, Ao Guang needed only a brief look to discern part of the ritual's workings.
Once he understood what he