The Land of Great Ominousness was utterly silent. All six great beasts were present, as though they were about to hold a meeting.
Yu Chen was there as well. He did not know why Di Tian had summoned him, only that it had been Gu Yuena's idea. Though he still did not know the reason, he would likely have his answer soon. Something important was surely about to be announced.
Just as Yu Chen was thinking this, the lake water rippled, and a dragon's head emerged. After Gu Yuena surfaced, she transformed into a silver-haired girl.
"Everyone is here now, right?"
"Yes!"
The six great beasts shouted in unison.
Gu Yuena turned to Yu Chen. "I heard you obtained the Ascension Dragon Pillar. Is that right?"
"Yes." Yu Chen nodded. From Gu Yuena's actions, he vaguely began to suspect something.
"Then can you take it out and let us have a look?"
"Of course. That's no problem."
A multicolored flash glimmered across Yu Chen's brow, and the Ascension Dragon Pillar crashed onto the ground, kicking up dust. The beasts felt an oppressive aura—the aura that belonged solely to the Dragon God.
Gu Yuena felt it most clearly, for she herself was one of the Dragon God's two halves and possessed a unique sensitivity to his aura. Although she had long heard that Yu Chen possessed the Ascension Dragon Pillar and had been greatly shocked, seeing it with her own eyes was no less astonishing.
Gu Yuena murmured softly, "That's right. It is the Ascension Dragon Pillar. This aura cannot possibly be wrong—this is Father's aura."
Her expression was incomparably complicated. This meant that Yu Chen had already gained the Dragon God's recognition. He was the future Dragon God.
Gu Yuena nodded to herself.
Then, she announced news that shocked all