The journey south went very smoothly.
They traveled in a straight line, taking in mountains and rivers along the way.
The scenery along their route offered more beauty than the eye could take in.
What struck Jiang Yang, however, was how many Dragon Beasts there were in this world. He often saw Dragon Beasts living and breeding alongside ordinary animals in the mountains, wilderness, and grasslands.
Their sheer variety and numbers also made Jiang Yang understand why the Dragon Clan had attained its present dominance.
Their foundations were simply too solid.
Was this truly the Dragon Clan's great rise?
According to Yusheng's account,
the previous Winter Calamity had frozen countless wild plants and animals to death, and these Dragon Beasts, whose low intelligence made them no different from wild beasts, had filled the void they left behind.
Their resistance to winter had allowed them to rise in this unusual era.
In particular, those Dragon Beasts that had encountered opportunities and gained higher intelligence had now left the ranks of beasts and been accepted as True Dragons.
Their ancestors had all come from this very population of beastlike Dragon Beasts.
They traveled with frequent stops, and the farther south they went, the more abundant life became.
Jiang Yang also saw many villages and towns inhabited by beings of the myriad races.
These beings held lowly status. Only by mastering the Dragon Transformation Method could they become members of the Dragon Clan and soar into the heavens in a single bound.
Thus, the True Dragons of the present came in all manner of strange forms, encompassing every kind.
Only in later ages would the saying spread that a dragon had nine sons, each different from the others.
Several months later, they arrived beneath the walls of True Dragon City.
As the capital