"This Black Dragon was no ordinary black dragon. Years ago, it found nearly half of the Ancestral Dragon's remains somewhere and refined them into its body. That was how its powers advanced so greatly. If the Ancestral Dragon could refine that Black Dragon's body, it would be reclaiming nearly half its own power. Naturally, its strength would soar," the Tear Demon said, shaking her head.
"So that was it. Go on." Understanding dawned on Shen Luo, and he nodded.
"I spent all those years searching the East Sea Abyss for traces of that Black Dragon. Finally, just over a hundred years ago, I found a clue. I was about to report it to the Ancestral Dragon when a sudden upheaval struck the East Sea Abyss, and the Black Dragon vanished without a trace for no apparent reason. The Ancestral Dragon Soul ruled its subordinates with an iron fist. Without solid proof, I dared not report it, so I could only keep searching painstakingly here for over a hundred years. Only then did I discover that an entrance to the Well of Gods and Demons had descended and swallowed the Black Dragon. You all know what happened after that. Once the Ancestral Dragon Soul received my message, it brought you here. Earlier, it used the Puppet Law to control Ao Hong and Yuan Qiu and proposed splitting up so it could more easily search for traces of the Black Dragon. Finally, here at the Demon Suppression Tower, it found the dragon, which had been imprisoned on the fifth floor," the Tear Demon continued.
After hearing this and thinking the whole sequence through, Shen Luo found nothing amiss. Only then did he nod and turn to the Northern Abyss Kun. "Why didn't you tell me about that Black Dragon before?"
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