Gungun had once visited the East Sea with Houtu and had also met Ao Yue privately in the Ancestral Dragon Hall, so he knew where Ao Yue lived. Although this was not the Primordial World but the world within the Landscape, Rivers, State, and Earth Diagram, the same principle applied: as long as Nuwa had not made any wild alterations, everything should be more or less the same. Soon, he led Soaring Serpent into Ao Yue's sleeping quarters.
"Ao Yue lives here? This isn't even as grand as my place in the Wa Emperor Palace!" Soaring Serpent followed behind Gungun, looking around in surprise once they entered.
"There's nothing surprising about it. The Ancestral Dragon only died recently, so it's perfectly normal for Ao Yue's quarters to still be rather plain. You've heard the rumors that the Ancestral Dragon disliked Ao Yue, haven't you?" Gungun said casually.
In the future, Ao Yue still lived in this palace, but its furnishings were many times more luxurious than they were now.
"I have. They say Ao Yue was destined for indescribable nobility, but his fate clashed with the Ancestral Dragon's. When he was born, he used the power of the stars to forcibly absorb half a lifetime's worth of the Ancestral Dragon's magic power, so the Ancestral Dragon hated him." Soaring Serpent shrugged and sighed. "The Ancestral Dragon really had a good temper. If it were me, I'd want to kill him. Half a lifetime's worth of magic power!"
Hearing this, Gungun turned to Soaring Serpent and asked, "You'd kill your own son?"
"You said it yourself-he's my son, not my father. I gave you life, and instead of honoring me, you sucked away half a lifetime's worth of my magic power. What would I keep you around for, you unfilial brat?"