Xu Changqing stood rooted to the spot in a daze, only coming back to his senses after a long while.
So the destruction of the Mysterious Yellow Spirit Sect and the sealing of the Nether River had all been to protect the Heavenly Origin Realm.
Yet the doubts in his heart had not faded. Xu Changqing looked at Xuan Yan and asked in confusion, "Grand Elder, you said the decline in Water Qi had nothing to do with the Defiled-Earth God, but it has grown increasingly severe ever since the Defiled-Earth God reincarnated. There must be a reason behind this, right?"
Xuan Yan fell into thought at those words. After a long moment, his eyes flickered as though he had remembered something, and his expression suddenly turned grave. "Now that you mention it, I recall something that had been forgotten."
Xu Changqing was startled. "Something forgotten?"
Xuan Yan nodded faintly. "Changqing, do you remember the Hundred Dragons' Procession?"
Xu Changqing said thoughtfully, "I remember a little, but not much."
Xuan Yan said in a low voice, "Back then, when members of the Azure Sea Realm smuggled themselves into the Heavenly Origin Realm, weren't they 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 that reckoning, it seemed the time was about due.
Xuan Yan raised his eyes to the heavens, his tone carrying a hint of gravity. "Logically speaking, the Hundred Dragons' Procession should have passed through the Azure Sea Realm. It should never have come anywhere near the Heavenly Origin Realm.
Yet now, it