"I never imagined you would truly find your way, step by step, to this secret hoard the Ancestral Dragon left behind, Taiping."
On the top floor of the Dragon-Trapping Tower.
Fairy Lingyue looked at the unopened room before them, then turned to Xu Taiping, deeply moved.
Xu Taiping smiled and asked with some curiosity:
"Sister Lingyue, have you been secretly guiding me toward the Ancestral Dragon's secret hoard ever since the day you discovered this Dragon-Trapping Tower?"
Fairy Lingyue waved a hand.
"Though I had indeed heard of this secret hoard, I never imagined that one day you would find it."
Then she changed tack and continued:
"It wasn't until the Dragon-Slaying Assembly, when you rescued Immortal Elder Wuji from the Southern Heavenly Gate Ruins and found that Heavenly King's Skull for us, that I realized you were very likely to find the Ancestral Dragon's secret hoard next."
Understanding dawned on Xu Taiping's face.
"So that was why you left clues for me first in the Crimson Heaven Spirit Garden secret realm, then in the Dragon Court of Taiqing Paradise."
Fairy Lingyue nodded lightly.
"I only did so because I had reached the end of the road."
Then she smiled again.
"But fortunately, Taiping, you really did find your way here, step by step."
Xu Taiping smiled as well.
"Without your guidance, Sister Lingyue, I could never have made it this far."
Just then, Lady Jade Mother finally summoned Dragon Emperor Cangzhou's spirit form.
She said to Cangzhou expressionlessly:
"Once Xu Taiping pushes the door open, you must find a way to hold off the Ancestral Dragon's true dragon edict."
Cangzhou smiled bitterly.
"I shall do my best."
Even Cangzhou, who had once been the Dragon Emperor, could not guarantee that he could withstand the Ancestral Dragon's true dragon power.