When Xu Ran entered the Star Dou Great Forest again, his frame of mind was different. It felt as though he had returned to his own territory.
Indeed, as the Ancestral Dragon and an Auspicious Beast, a gathering place for soul beasts was no different from his own territory. An Auspicious Beast was a Soul Beast Emperor, while the Ancestral Dragon was the overlord of the Beast Clan, transcending the very concept of a soul beast.
All beasts under heaven had to bow in worship and submission before the Ancestral Dragon.
The moment Xu Ran stepped into the Star Dou Great Forest, Gu Yuena, lying on the Cold Bed, abruptly opened her purple eyes. Silver light flickered within them, revealing a trace of longing.
It had been a long time since Xu Ran had last left. Although a hundred or even a thousand years was no more than a brief nap to her, things had changed after she met him.
Every minute and second with Xu Ran was so precious. The time without him was so difficult to endure, as though every moment was torment.
She did not understand what had happened to her, either. Why did she miss Xu Ran so much whenever he left? Why did her heart hurt so badly that she wished she could run out to find him, have him hold her, and share intimate contact with him?
"Xu Ran, just how strong are you now?" Her cherry lips parted slightly, and a voice as melodious as an oriole's rang out. Gu Yuena recalled that terrifying bloodline pressure from before. Even she, the Silver Dragon King, had been affected.
That bloodline pressure had emanated from Xu Ran.
Now, she even had a premonition that Xu Ran's strength was no longer inferior to hers.
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