Earth Dragon Sect

Sometimes, the Transfer Phenomenon did not merely transfer a person or some unknown nonhuman monster. It could even transfer an entire island, a magnificent city, or even a complete sect.

Yet these lands or islands forcibly "airdropped" into this world did not become rootless duckweed. They merged with the continental plates of Douluo Continent and, in a sense, actually strengthened the planet's foundation and origin.

That was why Natsuki Minamiya had once warned him that if he ever saw a mountain range or towering city he had never seen before suddenly appear on the horizon, there was no need to be surprised. It had already become "normal" in this world.

In just a few short years, the entire world had undergone an unprecedented and wildly explosive transformation.

The original world order had long since been shattered beyond recognition.

Take Sanctuary Academy, for example. It occupied the entire Extreme North, yet it had not become enemies with the local powers. Instead, it had established contact and cooperation with Spirit Hall and the two great empires, Heaven Dou and Star Luo.

The academy's students now included not only "visitors from beyond the heavens" from other worlds, but also talented individuals carefully selected and sent over by the two empires and Spirit Hall.

Perhaps noticing the fleeting contemplation in Bai Mo's eyes as he looked at the plaque, Nan Qiuqiu took the initiative to walk over and softly explain.

"Back then, our world was about to be breached by the Burning Legion."

Her voice lowered, and an unmistakable trace of sorrow and fear colored her lively tone.

"Even gods were falling... I saw it with my own eyes. The Sea God from our world's legends was nailed to his divine throne by a giant bone spear that descended from the heavens. The entire world mourned for him..."

"Before the Burning Legion's main army could fully descend, our entire Earth Dragon Sect was brought to this world by the Transfer Phenomenon, narrowly escaping disaster."

At that, she raised her head and looked at the gloomy sky above Dragon City, her gaze somewhat lost.

"I don't know whether that was fortune, or another kind of misfortune."

The moment they stepped into the Earth Dragon Sect's main courtyard, the lively atmosphere and warm fluctuations of soul power instantly dispelled the chill from outside.

Bai Mo met Nan Qiuqiu's mother, the current sect master of the Earth Dragon Sect—Nan Shuishui.

She resembled Nan Qiuqiu by eighty percent, but had shed a young girl's immaturity, gaining instead the charms of a mature and beautiful woman.

She too possessed striking pink hair, arranged in an elegant bun. Her glancing eyes carried the authority and composure of a sect master.

Nan Shuishui clearly knew Natsuki Minamiya. She hurried forward and first showed Natsuki Minamiya her respect. Her words held both reverence for a teacher and a degree of familiarity.

"Teacher Nangong, Qiuqiu hasn't caused you any trouble at the academy, has she?"

Though her words sounded reproachful, her gaze was full of affection and concern. "This child has been wild since she was little. If she has caused any trouble, please feel free to discipline her."

The exchange was exactly like that of any ordinary parent worried about how their child was behaving at school.

Meanwhile, Nan Qiuqiu had already been surrounded by a group of boys and girls around her age.

"Boss!"

"Boss, you're finally back!"

The cries rose one after another.

Nan Qiuqiu proudly raised her chin and vividly shared all sorts of novel experiences from Sanctuary Academy with her friends, drawing waves of amazement and envy.

The entire courtyard was filled with the joy of reunion after a long separation, peaceful and harmonious.

Bai Mo stood quietly to one side, watching the seemingly ordinary scene, yet an inexplicable sense of subtle discord arose within him.

It was too harmonious, too perfect. Instead, it felt... unreal and false, like a play rehearsed countless times.

But he then looked toward Natsuki Minamiya, who was calmly sipping the tea served by a maid. She seemed not to have noticed anything unusual.

Bai Mo secretly shook his head, thinking that perhaps he was simply overthinking things.

He did not know exactly how powerful Natsuki Minamiya had become in this world, but if even the Beast God Di Tian was wary of her, then she was undoubtedly far stronger than an ordinary Title Douluo.

If there really were a problem, it surely could not escape her eyes.

"I really envy Qiuqiu."

Meng Hongchen watched Nan Qiuqiu surrounded by her companions, undisguised envy showing in her beautiful blue eyes.

Nan Qiuqiu was fortunate. She and her entire sect, along with her family, had been transferred to this world together. Her roots were still here.

But she and her brother, Xiao Hongchen, had lost everything in that disaster—the once-prosperous Sun Moon Empire, the illustrious Hongchen Family, as well as their parents and the grandfather who had loved them most.

She had long since stopped hoping that she could return to their original world.

Because she knew that world had most likely already been completely set ablaze by the Burning Legion's flames, reduced to cold cosmic dust.

The fact that she and her brother had survived at all was already an immense stroke of fortune.

"Burning Legion..."

Unlike his sister's sorrow, deep-rooted hatred ignited in Xiao Hongchen's mismatched eyes. He clenched his fists tightly. "One day, I will avenge Grandpa and the family."

Beside him, Jing Ziyan let out a silent sigh in her heart.

Revenge? Who wouldn't want it? There were countless people in Sanctuary Academy who had been driven from their homes and lost their families because of the Burning Legion.

But just how powerful was the Burning Legion? A single vanguard force could sweep across an entire star system, while one supreme Destruction Grand Duke could easily ignite star systems and reduce even the legendary God Realm to ashes.

What could ordinary mortals like them, struggling merely to survive, possibly use to seek revenge?

Forget revenge—even whether they would one day be able to touch the threshold of "godhood" remained unknown.

Moreover, according to the academy's records, even "gods" were merely cold "combat power units" before the Burning Legion's colossal war machine.

Her thoughts drifted further away, recalling a fragmentary piece of highly classified intelligence she had found not long ago in the academy's archive—the Tethys System.

The intelligence indicated that the destruction of their world seemed to be directly related to the ascension ritual of a Destruction Grand Duke.

What made her scalp tingle most was that, strictly speaking, that newly ascended Destruction Grand Duke had once been their "fellow countryman."

His name when he was human seemed to have been... Huo Yuhao.

Even more inconceivably, the scattered fragments of intelligence mentioned that before this Huo Yuhao completed his ascension and summoned the Burning Legion's descent, he had only been... a child a few years old.