With the affairs of his cave abode settled, Li Ping could finally resume his cultivation in seclusion.
A year later, on Evergreen Island.
Li Ping, who had been cultivating diligently cross-legged inside the main hall, suddenly opened his eyes. He could clearly sense the island's spiritual qi fluctuating violently, surging into wave after wave.
Spreading out his divine sense, he quickly understood what was happening. A faint smile appeared in his eyes as he rose and walked outside.
Standing outside the hall, Li Ping saw it at a glance.
Within the formation barrier, layers of flame-like clouds piled upon one another, almost completely obscuring Evergreen Island's sky. Everywhere the eye could reach was crimson.
Amid the clouds, a long, slender figure appeared and disappeared. Sharp horns towered above its ferocious, armored-scaled head, which occasionally thrust out of the clouds and released rolling dragon cries.
As the saying went, clouds followed dragons. As the Scarlet Flood Dragon broke through, it naturally drew the clouds together into this wondrous spectacle.
Amid the Scarlet Flood Dragon's roars, the spiritual qi on Evergreen Island streamed toward it without cease. Like a lodestone drawing iron, it siphoned the qi in a frenzy.
Such a commotion also startled the Desolate Fire Sparrow and Earth Spirit Mouse, who were resting on the island.
The Desolate Fire Sparrow merely glanced over before turning its head away disdainfully. The Earth Spirit Mouse, however, darted its little eyes about, its gaze full of shock.
That was hardly surprising. The Scarlet Flood Dragon belonged to the flood dragon species and possessed a trace of true dragon bloodline. Once it reached the third tier, that bloodline would give it strength fully comparable to a human cultivator at the core formation middle stage.
The Earth Spirit Mouse's cultivation was indeed higher, but in