The Scripture Repository.
A hundred years passed in the flick of a finger.
Rumble...
As the River of Time, halted by the Ancestral Dragon with True Dragon power, began to "break free" of its restraints and flow once more, aura fluctuations finally began to emerge around Xu Taiping.
Boom! Boom, boom...!
In mere moments, the aura fluctuations around Xu Taiping grew violent and turbulent, surging like waves.
Rumble...
In an instant, the entire Sutra Library began to shudder violently.
Boom-!
After a tremendous reverberation, the Scripture Repository abruptly fell quiet again, and Xu Taiping's aura withdrew inward once more.
Only a five-colored halo appeared around him.
Just then, Xu Taiping finally opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of mist that resembled the glow of rosy clouds.
At that moment, he looked utterly clean, so clean that he seemed not to belong to these Heavens.
Suddenly, the Ancestral Dragon's voice echoed somewhat ethereally through these Heavens-
"Good. Your aura at this moment has surpassed This Emperor's projections."
As he spoke, the True Dragon power that had dammed the River of Time within the Scripture Repository broke free of its restraints completely and began to circulate.
At the same time, the Ancestral Dragon's aura grew ever more ethereal.
Xu Taiping solemnly offered his thanks once again:
"Thank you, Lord Ancestral Dragon!"
The Ancestral Dragon answered in an even more ethereal voice:
"Go. This is the final opportunity. Whether Shangqing's legacy can endure, and the lives of several generations within these Heavens, all rest in your hands."
"The Heavenly Dao does not care whether you survive. You can only fight for everything yourselves!"
When the Ancestral Dragon's voice had become barely audible, his tone suddenly turned uncharacteristically gentle:
"Little fellow, if you can preserve Shangqing's legacy, when you ascend one day, we