Chapter 155: From the Past

"Heh heh heh, are you the one who has kept this old man waiting for tens of thousands of years?"

Within the Dragon Graveyard, the most striking sight was a colossal skeleton of a divine dragon.

Its body stretched like a mountain range, bearing massive, icy-blue dragon horns that gleamed with a bone-chilling light, radiating a majestic and awe-inspiring aura.

It was enough to make anyone feel humbled and too intimidated to raise their head.

Yet, Qu Yiqiu met its gaze directly, unwavering.

A chilling beam of light emerged from behind the skeleton, and a majestic, awe-inspiring giant dragon spirit coiled around the remains, its eyes bright and shining brilliantly.

Hearing this, Qu Yiqiu knitted her brows slightly.

"It seems that when this junior was making her breakthrough, the beam of light that flew from the small island was no mere illusion."

"Indeed, that is a relic of the dragon race, a plan our people have plotted for tens of thousands of years!" The dragon spirit hovered in mid-air, emitting a faint golden glow.

Qu Yiqiu frowned deeply. "What does Senior mean by this? What is this plan that the dragon race has harbored for tens of thousands of years?"

Xiao Yan instantly held his breath, a look of utter disbelief washing over him.

The dragon spirit did not miss Xiao Yan's expression. It looked at Qu Yiqiu with profound eyes and said, "Girl, you are a favored benefactor of our dragon race. If this old man is not mistaken, the dragon race of the present day is left with only a single survivor."

Qu Yiqiu looked startled. "May I ask which world Senior hails from?"

"We share the same realm: the Five Elements Realm," the dragon spirit replied in a deep voice.

Qu Yiqiu's pupils suddenly constricted. "Senior actually comes from the Five Elements Realm! Whether the dragon race has only a single survivor left, this junior cannot say for sure. However, why does Senior call me a benefactor of the dragon race?"

The dragon spirit's vibrant eyes betrayed a sense of vicissitudes, and its voice became low and sorrowful. "Girl, in my lifetime, this old man was a prince of the dragon race, well-versed in the arts of heavenly divination. In my ten-thousandth year of life, I inadvertently breached a fragile spatial node, entered a moonlit palace, and beheld the future of the dragon race."

"In the future, tens of thousands of years from now, the dragon race will vanish forever from the Five Elements Realm and all other worlds!"

The sorrow and desolation in its eyes did not seem feigned.

Qu Yiqiu's eyes flicked as she stared straight at it, asking, "You saw the annihilation of the divine dragons in the moonlit palace, so upon your return, you devised a way to break the curse?"

The dragon spirit said with grief, "Precisely. I already had children and could not bear to watch the descendants of the dragon race be cruelly slaughtered and perish from all lower realms!"

"All lower realms?" Qu Yiqiu murmured involuntarily.

The dragon spirit's eyes welled with tears. "In the ancient and primordial eras, our clan was deeply favored by the Heavenly Dao, to the extent that all our clansmen grew proud and complacent. No one looked upon the humble human race or other tribes with any regard. In truth, this crisis began to manifest slowly as early as the ancient era, but not a single clansman was able to perceive or comprehend it."

"It was not until I entered the moonlit palace, traversed time and space, and witnessed the future of my kinsmen that I suddenly woke up to the truth!"

Qu Yiqiu's brows knitted tightly together. "Senior traversed time and space?"

"Yes, this old man traversed time and space and came to the era in which you live." Although the dragon spirit's eyes were veiled with tears, it still looked at her clearly.

Qu Yiqiu locked gazes with its pupils, feeling for a fleeting moment as though she had been pulled into its world.

"When Senior traversed time and space, did you foresee this very moment of our meeting?"

The dragon spirit's coiling body leaned slightly toward her, its voice deep. "Girl, are we not seeing it right now?"

"So it really is as I thought!" Qu Yiqiu took a step back, staring at it as if facing a formidable enemy.

Xiao Yan instantly stepped in front of Qu Yiqiu to shield her, cautiously channeling his spatial powers.

The dragon spirit chuckled softly, its massive body winding around the skeleton, its gaze piercing. "This old man can do nothing; there is no need for you to worry. Time and space travel took a massive toll on my body. After returning to the Five Elements Realm from the moonlit palace, this old man lived for only a little over a thousand years before perishing."

"Xiao Yan, have you ever heard of the moonlit palace it speaks of?" Qu Yiqiu secretly communicated with Xiao Yan, her wariness not diminishing in the slightest.

Xiao Yan wore a solemn expression and hesitated slightly before replying, "Master, I always thought the moonlit palace was merely a legend—capable of traveling through the future and the past—but no one has ever witnessed it."

Qu Yiqiu's heart was shaken.

To think such a thing actually existed.

Then again, since cultivation existed in this world, what else was impossible?

"Girl, this old man's time is running out. Even divine beasts cannot easily traverse the future. When you made your breakthrough to the Golden Core stage, you already accepted the blessing of our dragon race. In this meeting, this old man has only one earnest request: take that dragon egg and hatch it!"

The golden light radiating from the dragon spirit seemed to be fading gradually.

Recalling how the purple spiritual mass had swallowed numerous flood dragons, Qu Yiqiu frowned and asked, "What if this junior refuses?"

"Heh heh heh..." The dragon spirit chuckled faintly and slowly said, "No one can refuse the blessing of the dragon race... unless... Heh heh, girl, for the sake of your own life, take good care of that egg!"

As the words fell, the dragon spirit suddenly transformed into tens of thousands of streaks of golden light that poured downward, landing upon the countless divine dragon skeletons.

Qu Yiqiu abruptly turned her head to look at the golden dragon egg. The golden light falling upon the dragon skeletons seemed to awaken those dead lives, and countless majestic, miniature dragons were born from the skeletons, soaring agilely toward the dragon egg.

The golden dragon egg acted like the center of a vortex, sucking all the miniature dragons into its body.

Qu Yiqiu could see with her naked eyes that the dragon egg had become even more dazzling and eye-catching.

"Is the blessing of the dragon race actually its curse?"

She muttered to herself.

Xiao Yan furrowed his brows tightly, maintaining a heavy and unbroken silence.

...

While Qu Yiqiu spent several days in the nameless minor world, only two days had passed in the Five Elements Realm.

Night fell, and the third day demanded by the Tianyan Sect was rapidly approaching.

Streaks of flying light swept across the horizon.

Countless flying boats and chariots surrounded the Tianyan Sect tightly.

Deng Jingyao and Huo Huahong stood side by side, looking up at the majestic mountain gate plaque of the Tianyan Sect. With a sudden flick of his palm, Deng Jingyao unleashed a magnificent ball of flames toward the three grand characters of the Tianyan Sect.

The mountain gate plaque, forged from dark iron essence stone, was burned completely to ashes.

In the dead of night, Luo Tangyu led a team of disciples and rushed out urgently.

"Deng Jingyao, Huo Huahong, Hua Xianglian, Shi Changli... What is your intention in bringing such a large force to visit our Tianyan Sect in the dead of night?"

Luo Tangyu gritted his teeth, locking gazes with Deng Jingyao without showing any weakness.

Hua Xianglian let out a dainty laugh. "Where is Su Xichen? With such a major event happening to the Tianyan Sect, why hasn't Su Xichen shown his face yet? Could it be that he's scared?"

"Hahaha, hahahaha!" Zhang Shoubo laughed arrogantly beside Hua Xianglian. "I bet he doesn't even dare to come out!"

Scanning their arrogant expressions, Luo Tangyu felt his heartbeat skip a beat.

Do they already know?

"The three days are not yet up. Peak Master Su has no need to come out and see you!" Luo Tangyu's voice carried a self-assured authority as he shouted back.

Deng Jingyao wore a smile that was not quite a smile. "Sect Master Luo, there's no need for you all to keep up the act! Back then, in order to track down the head of the Yan family, Su Xichen was tricked by the Poisonous Mountain Villa into the Purgatory Hall. How truly careless of him!"