Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King: Did He Deserve to Be Called Ancestor Dragon?

Blue Star, Unknown Plane Research Center.

Within the Firmament, the phantom of the Purple-Gold Ruler spanning Buzhou Mountain gradually drew back.

Qing Xuan and Qing Yi left the stone wall and headed toward the place where they had first been born.

Before everyone at the Unknown Plane Research Center could establish a new observation file for the ancient ruler, the doors to the conference hall opened from outside.

A man in black walked in.

He was tall, with long black hair cascading down his back. He looked to be no more than thirty.

Yet what truly drew attention were his faintly golden eyes and the powerful aura radiating from his body.

The complete files on the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, which had previously been requested for review, had long since arrived at the Research Center.

After the North Sea Ancient Battlefield incident ended, the Research Center had sent a formal invitation to Douzhe Continent based on those files.

They hoped that the most authoritative expert of the Dragon Race would personally verify the Primordial Dragon Race that had appeared in the Firmament.

Several Epoch Cycles had passed in the Primordial World, while only half a month had passed on Blue Star. The invitation finally received a response today.

And the one who had come was no ordinary dragon-type soul beast.

He was the leader of the Ten Great Fierce Beasts of Douzhe Continent, with more than eight hundred thousand years of cultivation.

The Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King.

Whether human or soul beast, all had to respectfully call him the Beast God.

Di Tian.

He rarely left the territory under his rule, and he had even less interest in humanity's disputes over unknown planes.

The only reason he had personally come to Blue Star this time was because two words had appeared in the materials sent by the Research Center.

Ancestor Dragon.

"Mr. Di."

Shen Qinghe rose in greeting, then brought up all the Dragon Race footage compiled by the Research Center.

Di Tian did not exchange pleasantries. He merely took a seat at the conference table.

"Start from the beginning."

In the footage, enormous dragon shadows swept across the East Sea one after another.

Then came Qiuniu riding the waves, discussing the Dao over tea with Qing Xuan and Qing Yi, as well as every word he had spoken when mentioning the Dragon Race and the future path of the three races.

Di Tian did not say a word throughout.

Only when Qiuniu mentioned his father again did he raise a hand and pause the footage.

Di Tian folded his arms across his chest, his golden vertical pupils fixed tightly on the screen. He remained silent.

Only when Qiuniu mentioned his father again did he raise his hand and forcefully halt the footage with an invisible surge of Soul Power.

"What did he just call that Dragon Race leader?" Di Tian's voice was low and icy.

"Ancestor Dragon," Shen Qinghe answered truthfully. "Qiuniu is Ancestor Dragon's eldest son. Within the Primordial Dragon Race, and even among those Innate Divine Beings, that seems to be how they address him."

At last, a clear change appeared in Di Tian's eyes.

It was not wariness at the sight of a powerhouse from another world. Rather, it was as though he had heard an outrageously absurd and casually usurped title.

"That is not what I asked. I did not ask who called him that."

Di Tian's gaze swept over Blue Star's higher-ups present. "Have you confirmed that he is the bloodline source of all dragons in this Primordial World?"

Shen Qinghe shook her head.

"Then have you seen his true form? Or seen him personally take action and suppress an entire world?"

"...No."

"Since you have seen neither, all that can presently be confirmed is that a group of creatures resembling the Dragon Race of my world has occupied the Four Seas and arrogantly bestowed the title Ancestor Dragon upon their leader."

Di Tian leaned back in his chair again. His tone remained calm, but the disdain rooted deep in his bones for the Dragon Race of another world was no longer concealed in the slightest.

"The heavens contain countless vast planes. Creatures with scales, dragon horns, and even the ability to command clouds and rain are far from rare."

"Similar appearances do not mean shared bloodlines, much less that they have any connection whatsoever to the Dragon God lineage of my world!"

Several Douzhe Continent instructors with top-tier dragon martial souls unconsciously nodded slightly at his words.

On Douzhe Continent, dragon had never merely been a term describing appearance.

It represented a supreme bloodline hierarchy standing above countless soul beasts and humans.

It was a faith, as well as an inviolable totem.

One researcher hesitated before saying, "But the Primordial Dragon Race is no ordinary clan. Clearly, that race already rules one-third of the entire Primordial World."

"That can only prove that he may be very strong in the Primordial World."

Di Tian did not deny it, his golden eyes returning to Qiuniu in the footage.

"To command such an enormous clan and make several of those so-called strongest Great Luo beings in the Primordial World bow their heads, he is naturally no weakling."

"But being powerful and being worthy of the words 'ancestor of all dragons' are two different matters."

As he spoke, a faint trace of mockery flashed through Di Tian's eyes.

"The Dragon God once ruled all beasts and stood at the pinnacle of the God Kings. Even after the Dragon Race declined, the bloodline and inheritance left behind by the Dragon God still determined Douzhe Continent's understanding of true dragons."

"I will not lightly acknowledge creatures from another world as my kin merely because they also call themselves dragons."

"A clan that has only just occupied the Four Seas and has yet to find the path beyond Great Luo has already bestowed the title Ancestor Dragon upon its leader."

"The Primordial Dragon Race's boasts have gone farther than the path they have walked."

The conference hall fell silent for a moment.

It was not only the visitors from Douzhe Continent. Even some of Blue Star's researchers did not feel there was anything wrong with his judgment.

They knew of the Dragon God, and they also knew the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King's status among the Dragon Race of Douzhe Continent.

Compared with Primordial World creatures whom they could only observe through the Firmament and could not even confirm were truly of the same origin, Di Tian was clearly more qualified to explain what the Dragon Race was.

But Zhou Ruolan spoke at that moment.

"Yet just as we have never seen Ancestor Dragon take action, neither have you."

Di Tian turned to glance at her, but he did not become angry at her retort.

"Woman, you are right."

Di Tian slowly rose to his feet. At that instant, although the terrifying pressure belonging to the leader of the eight-hundred-thousand-year Fierce Beasts had not been deliberately released, it still made the air in the entire conference room incomparably heavy.

"But if a powerhouse grows timid before battle and believes himself inferior to another based solely on an unknown phantom and a blustering title, then his cultivation has reached its end."

Di Tian's eyes carried an arrogance and dominance that he considered only natural.

"I revere true power, but I will never lower my head and acknowledge someone as the ancestor of all dragons just because of an unproven title!"

Zhou Ruolan parted her lips slightly. Di Tian was even more arrogant than she had imagined, but his words did not seem to be wrong.

In the end, Zhou Ruolan swallowed the words that had risen to her lips and did not argue further.

Di Tian raised a hand and pointed at the East Sea on the screen, a sharp glint in his golden eyes.

"When will the passage you intend to establish be opened?"

Shen Qinghe's expression tightened slightly. "At present, we can only conduct observation and limited projection. Based on current progress, establishing a true two-way passage will take roughly another half year if everything goes smoothly."

"And even after the passage is initially opened, only lower-cultivation compatible candidates can enter first, to verify the conflicts between Soul Power, martial souls, and the laws of the Primordial World. The stronger the individual, the greater the passage's carrying capacity required for their true body to descend."

In other words, with Di Tian's cultivation, he could not be among the first group to enter the Primordial World.

Di Tian did not seem surprised.

"I have no interest in competing with a group of juniors for the first batch of slots."

"Put my name into the subsequent compatibility sequence."

He gazed at the boundless East Sea in the footage, the faint curve at his lips never fading.

"When the passage can bear my true body, notify me."

"I will personally make a trip to the East Sea and see whether that so-called Ancestor Dragon is truly worthy of this name."