Xu Changqing stood rooted to the spot in a daze, taking a long while to recover.
So the destruction of the Mysterious Yellow Spirit Sect and the sealing of the Nether River had all been for the sake of protecting the Heavenly Origin Realm.
Yet the doubts in his heart had not dissipated. Xu Changqing looked at Xuan Yan and asked in confusion, "Grand Elder, you said the dwindling Water Qi had nothing to do with the Defiled-Earth God, but it just so happened to worsen after the Defiled-Earth God reincarnated. There has to be some reason behind this, hasn't there?"
Hearing this, Xuan Yan sank into thought. After a long while, his eyes flickered as though he had recalled something, and his expression abruptly turned grave. "Now that you mention it, I have remembered something that was forgotten."
Xu Changqing was surprised. "Something that was forgotten?"
Xuan Yan nodded slightly. "Changqing, do you remember the Hundred Dragons' Procession?"
Xu Changqing said thoughtfully, "I have some impression of it, but not much."
Xuan Yan said in a deep voice, "Back then, weren't the members of the Azure Sea Realm who had smuggled themselves into the Heavenly Origin Realm discovered by you by accident?
"Then, we learned a piece of news from them—the Hundred Dragons' Procession."
Xu Changqing suddenly understood. "Right, right, right... I remember now."
The Hundred Dragons' Procession occurred once every ten thousand years.
It set out from the Void Dragon Nest and ultimately arrived at the Ruins Dragon Tomb.
By the reckoning, it seemed that the time was about right.
Xuan Yan raised his eyes to the heavens, his tone carrying several traces of gravity. "By rights, the Hundred Dragons' Procession should pass through the Azure Sea Realm and never come near the Heavenly Origin Realm.
"Judging from