A Fated Destiny

Inside the treasure vault of the White Dragon Tribe's patriarch's mansion, Sang Ying walked step by step toward the deepest part of the vault.

The silver-white armor sat there quietly. If it weren't for the faint Blood Sha Qi surrounding it, Sang Ying would have thought it was just an ordinary suit of armor, rather than the Heaven-Sealing Battle Armor made from the scales of the Dragon Ancestor.

The legendary, highly intelligent armor showed no resistance to Sang Ying's approach. In fact, her touch caused the armor plates to move and make a crisp clanging sound.

Sang Ying touched the layers of armor plates, then quickly peeled the armor off the rack and put it on herself.

The armor, which had looked bulky and heavy, suddenly became light and form-fitting, as if it had been tailor-made for Sang Ying.

She donned her armor and quickly left the study, where Madam Lanxin, her eyes red-rimmed, awaited her outside.

Madam Lanxin had already stopped crying, but upon seeing Sang Ying, she couldn't help but bury her face in her daughter's shoulder and sob, "My poor child, why were you chosen in the end?"

Sang Ying sighed inwardly. She also wanted to know: of all the Dragon Race in the world, why her in particular?

However, she naturally wouldn't say these words aloud. Instead, she patted Madam Lanxin's shoulder and gently comforted her, "Mother, don't cry. This is something I did willingly."

If she refuses to sacrifice herself to the formation, Old Patriarch Bai will risk his life to escape with his granddaughter.

But Heaven Swallower isn't eliminated, where can they escape to? That Devil Creature won't let any Dragon Race go, especially since Sang Ying is the only Dragon Race who can restrain it, so it's even less likely that it will let her live.

Therefore, rather than waiting for the entire Dragon Race to be wiped out and then dying at the hands of that Devil Creature, she might as well take advantage of the fact that the White Dragon Tribe has suffered relatively few casualties and drag that Devil Creature down with her!

In this way, the entire Dragon Race would owe her a life, and even without her, no one would dare to make things difficult for the White Dragon Tribe.

This was the result of her careful consideration throughout the night after learning from the old man that her fate was special.

She had considered gathering the strength of her entire clan to fight the Heaven Swallower. But the Devil Creature that had just emerged from the rifts were already exhausting and difficult to resist, let alone the immortal Heaven Swallower.

After much deliberation, Sang Ying made a decision.

"It's all my fault. If I hadn't been so eager to break you out of your shell, you wouldn't have been born at that time." Madam Lanxin cried uncontrollably, her heart filled with self-reproach, feeling that her daughter's tragic life was all her fault.

But Sang Ying didn't think so. After all, she knew very well that if it weren't for Madam Lanxin's blow, she would never have been able to get out on her own.

Living an extra five hundred years is actually a bonus for her.

But Madam Lanxin wouldn't listen to any advice at that moment; she just kept crying. In her eyes, she was the one who had pushed her daughter to her death with her own hands.

Fortunately, Old Patriarch Bai soon arrived and instructed the maids to help Madam Lanxin down.

Although Madam Lanxin was reluctant to leave her daughter, she could tell that Patriarch Bai had something to say to Sang Ying privately. Even though she was unwilling, she still left with the maid.

"When your father received the approval for this armor, I imagined what he would look like wearing it. Now, seeing you is like seeing him again." The Old Patriarch Bai looked at Sang Ying with deep warmth and nostalgia.

Sang Ying was not good with words and didn't know how to comfort him for a moment.

Fortunately, Old Patriarch Bai quickly calmed himself down. "Did the Azure Dragon Clan tell you how to lure that Devil Creature out?"

Heaven Swallower is no ordinary demon; he is clever and cunning. Now that he has hidden in the shadows, he probably won't reveal himself easily.

In order to seal it away, the first task is to find Heaven Swallower.

Sang Ying replied, "Patriarch Qing plans to announce that we have found a way to kill Heaven Swallower, hoping to lure him out."

Old Patriarch Bai nodded. "That Devil Creature is cunning and cautious. Hearing such news, it will definitely come out to take a look."

"I think so too, which is why I came here today specifically to retrieve the Heaven-Sealing Battle Armor. Once we lure that demon out and trap it within the formation, everything will be over."

Originally, Old Patriarch Bai was able to hold back his tears, but after Sang Ying finished speaking, his aged eyes still welled up with tears.

"It's all my fault. It was Grandpa who failed to protect you. Grandpa shouldn't have sent your father to the Gods and Devils Battlefield..." At this moment, he finally couldn't hold back his tears.

He believed his divination skills were unparalleled, but he never expected that fate would be so cruel, sending his own son and grandson to the battlefield.

And now, he has to personally send off his only granddaughter.

Sang Ying looked at him and suddenly felt that the once upright body of the Old Patriarch Bai had curled up in an instant, and his spine was no longer as straight as before.

Seeing this, Sang Ying sighed, "Grandpa, this is the path I chose. Of course I want to live, I would want to live more than anyone else if I could, but I hope you can all live even more. Besides, there's a Heaven Swallower to accompany me in death, and my name will be engraved in the history books of the Dragon Race. For me, that's enough."

After all, she picked up the sword in the first place to protect the people she cared about!

Hearing this, Old Patriarch Bai indeed stopped uttering those discouraging words. It was too late to say such things now. The only thing he could do was to try his best to force Heaven Swallower out and then contribute to his granddaughter's demon-slaying cause!

The rampant Demonic Qi ravaged the land, causing vegetation to wither and spirit beasts to perish wherever the Devil Creature went. Even the earth itself turned a deep, foul-smelling red.

Looking at the scorched earth before her, Sang Ying felt a pang of unease. "Will that demon really come? Are you sure the formation here is foolproof?"

The young man holding the array plate wiped the sweat from his brow, his gaze towards Sang Ying filled with complex emotions. "Don't worry, we've checked it many times; the array is absolutely fine. Also, Jin Le'er asked me to give this to you."

He handed over a small box, inside which lay a bright red pill.

"This is a pill made from dragon horn powder. After taking it, your cultivation will increase tenfold within three hours, enough for you to Heaven Swallower formation into your cultivation."

Sang Ying reached out and took it, then put it in her bosom, waiting to find the Devil Creature's whereabouts before swallowing the medicine.

"Your armor is made of dragon scales, your spirit sword is inlaid with a dragon's heart, and that pill contains a dragon's horn... Now you are the one with the most abundant Spiritual Qi in this land. Even if you don't go to Heaven Swallower, he will come looking for you." Qing Zhou's face was full of guilt. He never thought that there really was a person with All-Yang Fate in this world, let alone that that person would be Sang Ying.

He had witnessed Sang Ying's duels, and Qing Zhou believed that given time, Sang Ying would become the new generation's War God of the Dragon Race!

Pity...

"They're here!"

While Qing Zhou was still immersed in regret and guilt, Sang Ying had already keenly sensed the Demonic Qi that was multiplying.

A cloud of black mist appeared out of nowhere under the crimson sky ahead, drawing everyone's attention and causing them to move closer to Sang Ying.

The black mist gradually receded, revealing a body clad in silver-white armor beneath it!

Sang Ying's eyelids twitched suddenly, and she looked down at the other person's face—a face that bore a resemblance to her own.

"That's... Bai Yi?!" Patriarch Qing suddenly exclaimed.

"No!" Old Patriarch Bai was the first to stand up and refute, "That's not Bai Yi, that's Heaven Swallower!"