"What?!"
Ancestral Dragon looked at the familiar Dragon Pearl, a complex glimmer flashing through his eyes.
There was excitement, relief, and a trace of resignation.
He had separated this Dragon Pearl from himself back then to leave the Dragon Clan a thread of hope for survival.
Now that the Dragon Pearl had returned, the Dragon Clan could be said to have found a secure home.
Although submitting to the Heavenly Court meant losing their former position as overlords, in this age when Sages swaggered unchecked and Quasi-Saints were worth less than dogs, preserving their bloodline and accumulating merit to cleanse their karmic burden was already the best possible outcome.
"Thank you for your magnanimity, Heavenly Emperor, and for taking in the descendants of my Dragon Clan."
Ancestral Dragon bowed his proud head deeply to Dijiang.
"We each got what we needed."
Dijiang said evenly, "Rest and recover well. Prepare for the grand show about to begin."
With that, Dijiang flickered and merged directly into the void.
Watching Dijiang's departing figure, Ancestral Dragon's eyes took on a thoughtful gleam.
"Just which fiendgod is backing Zhunti and Jieyin? Were there other fiendgods who survived back then, or has a fiendgod from Primordial Chaos entered the Primordial World?"
After leaving the Endless Sea Eye, Dijiang did not return directly to Mount Buzhou. Instead, he concealed himself and quietly began making arrangements over the Eastern Sea.
Using Space Law as his foundation and combining it with the mysteries of formations he had deduced from the Creation Jade Disk, he laid an extremely well-hidden yet terrifyingly powerful Space Annihilation Formation around the Endless Sea Eye.
Back then, chasing Zhunti down had consumed a considerable amount of his strength. This formation would save him plenty of trouble; most importantly, it could trap whoever came here.