It was an egg a full eighty centimeters in diameter. With the Willow Deity's help, it soon grew to a meter across. Dense, profoundly mysterious dragon patterns covered its shell. Air surged and dragon roars rang out, accompanied by lightning, thunder, rising winds, and churning clouds, all imprinted upon the eggshell.
"Ding-dong!"
[Congratulations, host. You have triggered the hidden check-in location: True Dragon Orphan's Nest.] [Check-in requirement: remain here for three minutes.]
At that moment, unexpectedly, the Purple Calabash Brother's Clone had failed to trigger a hidden check-in location, while Xiao Tian's Water Baby Body had stumbled into one by sheer chance.
Meanwhile, the Willow Deity was communicating with the Dragon Horns beside them. Astonishingly, the True Dragon's final wisp of lingering obsession remained inside them.
That bloodstained half of the Dragon Horns was the last thing the True Dragon had left behind. All the power of its essence had dissipated. To save his three children, the True Dragon had given everything. Now, only a trace of unwillingness remained.
"My name is True Dragon Ge Chen. Xiao Tian, please take good care of my child."
Just then, a voice that sounded both very young and weathered by the ages spoke, terribly weak.
"Senior, rest assured. I'll look after him like my own little brother."
Xiao Tian's tone was firm, without the slightest hint of refusal. Their forebears had sacrificed so much. If their descendants, who enjoyed the peace they had won, had the ability to care for their last surviving bloodline yet failed to do so-or were even unwilling-then they were not human.
"Help me, Willow King. I no longer had the strength to leave my legacy behind. Now, only you can help me."
The True Dragon's weak voice sounded again.
"All right!"
The Willow Deity gave only