Black and White Rakshasa, Elder Ding, and others stood in a world where snow fluttered and the north wind howled, looking at each other.

“Elder Liu.”

Jiang Xie couldn’t help asking: “What place is this?”

“How should I know!” Liu Sinan said.

Everyone was immediately dumbfounded. You led the way—if you don’t know, who does?

“Don’t panic!”

Liu Sinan sat cross-legged on a snowy mountain, trying hard to recall: “Let me think about how to get to the Dragon Domain!”

“…”

Everyone’s mouths twitched.

“I remember now!”

Liu Sinan slapped his forehead: “The Dragon Domain should be in the Eastern Sea region.”

“What location?”

“Eastern Sea!”

“What place is this?”

“How should I know!”

“Brother! This place is only a thousand miles from the Western Sea!”

“Went the wrong way?”

“…”

Everyone collectively fell over.

Taking the road to the Eastern Sea, ending up at the Western Sea, and still not realizing he’d gone the wrong way—truly an exceptional directionally-challenged person!

Everyone had no time to complain. Since he’d given them a location, they hurriedly changed direction.

With Liu Sinan in charge of leading the way, the journey to the Dragon Domain was destined to lack for loneliness. As for whether they could find the entrance, judging from the current situation, it was an unknown quantity.

…

Space-time tunnel.

The Tonggu warship raced forward at extreme speed.

“Father.”

Jun Changxiao stood at the ship’s bow, looking at the ethereal environment, and asked curiously: “How was this opened?”

“Our Stone Statue Clan once had close relations with the Dragon Clan. Both sides’ ancestors expended great amounts of time opening a tunnel connecting the two domains,” Gongsun Ruoli explained.

A domain was essentially a small independent space, always dependent on the Upper Realm system, so opening tunnels was feasible. But extending to the upper universe wouldn’t work.

“I see.”

Jun Changxiao understood.

“Of course.”

Gongsun Ruoli said: “There’s another important purpose.”

“What purpose?”

“Does my son know of the Demon Delusion Clan from one hundred thousand years ago?”

“I’ve heard a little.”

“The Demon Delusion Clan’s Demon Ancestor was an extremely ambitious person who was about to step into the Heavenly Mystery Realm. The Ten Great Immortal Sects couldn’t tolerate him, so he ultimately met with death, and even his ancestral land was sealed.”

“Oh.”

Jun Changxiao responded.

In the Upper Realm, the version he’d heard was that the Demon Delusion Clan posed a danger of harming living beings. The Ten Great Immortal Sects and various clans, for the sake of Upper Realm stability, joined forces to eliminate them.

Gongsun Ruoli said: “When exterminating the Demon Delusion Clan that year, although our clan and the Dragon Clan didn’t participate, we naturally worried the Ten Great Immortal Sects would use the same reason to maliciously target us. So we opened the space-time tunnel, hoping if one side faced difficulty, timely support could arrive.”

“Far-sighted!”

Jun Changxiao said: “How are relations between the two clans now?”

“Alright, I suppose.”

From these three words, Dog Sheng roughly guessed that relations between both sides had grown distant.

The great trends of the world—long united must divide, long divided must unite. Maintaining long-term friendly relations was almost impossible.

“Father.”

Jun Changxiao said proudly: “This trip to the Dragon Domain will make relations between our two clans unbreakable.”

“How so?” Gongsun Ruoli said.

“You’ll know when we arrive. Let me keep it mysterious for now.”

Jun Changxiao didn’t plan to reveal that the one about to inherit the Dragon Emperor position was his contracted beast, because when they arrived on scene and announced it before the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers, it would definitely be more impressive!

Gongsun Ruoli said: “From what I know, the Dragon Clan’s Dragon Emperor position has been vacant for a long time. The Four Great Dragon Kings have fought over it until their heads bled. How did someone suddenly inherit the imperial position? Could it be they’ve determined superiority among themselves?”

Jun Changxiao was dismissive in his heart.

My contracted beast is an orthodox Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, the Dragon Clan’s designated Dragon Emperor. Before he came, the Four Great Dragon Kings could compete, but once he returned to the Dragon Domain, wouldn’t they obediently follow orders?

“Whoosh!”

The Tonggu warship’s speed increased. After traveling several hours, it finally flew to the end, gradually merging into the vortex layer and appearing within a huge complex formation.

This was the tunnel’s terminus.

This was the Dragon Domain!

However, when the formation’s light gradually dispersed, they saw warriors clad in excellent armor holding spears standing ready, with the leading general shouting: “Who approaches!”

Since they flew from the tunnel, they were naturally from the Stone Statue Clan.

But as the general guarding the tunnel, he naturally had to perform his duties and inquire.

Moreover, with nearly a thousand people on the warship, no matter how you looked at it, it seemed like they’d come to cause trouble!

“The Stone Statue Clan patriarch.”

The Grand Preceptor said: “Leading clansmen to congratulate the Dragon Emperor’s ascension.”

“Whoosh!”

As he finished speaking, a stream of light flew out.

The Dragon Clan general caught the Stone Statue Clan token, confirmed its authenticity, then waved his hand signaling soldiers to lower their combat stance, and cupped his fists: “Routine procedure, please forgive us.”

In his heart, he muttered: Our Emperor’s ascension is indeed a joyous occasion, but why would your Stone Statue Clan send so many people to congratulate?

…

The Dragon Domain’s environment was also quite good, but compared to the paradise-like Stone Statue Domain, it fell a bit short.

However, rich dragon energy floated in the air, giving an indescribable feeling.

Jun Changxiao retrieved the Tonggu warship and followed the guide toward the main city. Along the way, he noticed many Dragon Clan warriors whose realm auras were all quite formidable.

The three great clans’ population numbers were far inferior to the human race, but due to special bloodlines, their strength was superior.

“My son.”

Gongsun Ruoli transmitted: “The Dragon Clan’s overall strength is not inferior to our Stone Statue Clan. As patriarch, you must be extremely cautious in handling relations between the two clans. You absolutely cannot easily create conflict.”

“We won’t.”

Jun Changxiao said: “We’re all one family.”

One family?

Gongsun Ruoli was bewildered.

The Dragon Clan’s main city was called Dragon City. Because it was close to the space-time tunnel’s teleportation formation, everyone traveled not long before arriving at their destination. The city’s scale was even more magnificent and imposing than the Demon Delusion Clan’s main city!

This clan had deep foundations!

“Everyone, please.”

“Please.”

Jun Changxiao entered Dragon City and instantly unlocked a new achievement—in his lifetime, he’d entered all three great clans’ main cities.

In the entire Upper Realm, who else could do this!

The Dragon Emperor succession ceremony would be held in a few days. The main city was already decorated with lanterns and streamers.

“Patriarch Gongsun.”

The guiding elder stopped before a high-standard estate and cupped his fists: “This will be your residence.”

“Many thanks.”

Jun Changxiao returned the courtesy.

“In a moment, our clan’s elders will come to visit. This old one will take his leave first.”

“Take care!”

Because this was Xiao Longlong’s territory, Dog Sheng behaved courteously.

The Dragon Clan expert thought privately: “Didn’t expect this newly inaugurated Stone Statue Clan patriarch to be quite amiable.”

Amiable?

Circle that—it’ll be on the test later.

…

The compound the Dragon Clan arranged was very large. Although Jun Changxiao brought many clansmen, after they moved in successively, it wasn’t crowded at all.

Afternoon.

The Dragon Clan sent an elder to visit.

As patriarch, Jun Changxiao couldn’t avoid socializing. Both sides chatted quite happily.

“Strange.”

After that elder left, Gongsun Ruoli walked in from the back courtyard, quite puzzled: “Why didn’t the Grand Sacrificer come?”

If it were their side, when the Dragon Clan came to congratulate, they’d definitely send the Three Dukes to visit. They only sent an elder—clearly looking down on them!

“The ceremony is about to be held, they’re probably busy.”

Jun Changxiao closed his eyes, searching for whether Xiao Longlong was currently in Dragon City’s imperial palace. But limited by the dragon energy’s interference, he simply couldn’t determine the location, so he shook his head with a smile: “We’ve already come. Are we afraid of not seeing him?”

—