Jun Changxiao walked out from the courtyard.

Strange, why the hell did I come to explain? And why does the more I explain, the more misunderstood I become?

“Sigh.”

He let out a sigh and returned to his own residence. Unexpectedly, he found Purple Scaled Demon King standing outside the door with a rather spectacular expression on his face, so he asked: “Hall Master Zi, what are you doing standing here like a post?”

“Uh…”

Purple Scaled Demon King hurriedly adjusted his emotions and went straight to the point: “Sect Leader, Xiao Longlong’s evolution this time created quite a commotion. It’s very likely to alert the Dragon Clan.”

“That would be even better.”

Jun Changxiao said: “This Seat has cultivated a Five-Clawed Dragon representing imperial authority to this level. Maybe they’ll be so moved they’ll send all kinds of martial dao resources.”

He used to think about how his contracted beast achieving enlightenment would lift him up along with it.

Now that they’d arrived in the Upper Realm, letting Xiao Longlong recognize and return to his ancestors might even yield some benefits.

Thinking about it, Jun Changxiao became melancholic.

In the past, he hadn’t considered Xiao Longlong’s identity, because considering it was useless—after all, his home was in the Upper Realm, a completely unreachable new world.

But now that they’d arrived here, he had to face this issue. A Fire Dragon symbolizing imperial authority would eventually have to return to inherit the throne.

“Sect Leader!”

Purple Scaled Demon King said seriously: “Xiao Longlong currently has no imperial aura whatsoever. If the Dragon Clan finds out, it will definitely bring tremendous disaster!”

Although he’d never seen the most noble Five-Clawed Dragon, the Fire Dragon’s style had definitely gone completely astray from the moment it hatched!

Turning someone’s future heir to the throne into something neither human nor dragon—they definitely wouldn’t be pleased. If things went badly, they might just demolish the sect, and worse yet, everyone might have to be buried along with it!

Purple Scaled wasn’t afraid of death, otherwise he wouldn’t have gone to steal the dragon egg back then. Like Aniu, he’d now completely integrated into the Eternal Antiquity Sect and considered this place home, so he didn’t want any accidents to happen.

When the heart has attachments, concerns multiply.

“Don’t worry.”

Jun Changxiao said: “The sect has a protective grand formation. The commotion during the day…” Reaching this point, he exclaimed: “Oh no, the Purple Sky Star Formation wasn’t activated!”

Previously it had been running 24 hours, but when Tonggu Zhenren forcibly broke in, it entered standby mode, and then was never reopened.

“We’re doomed, we’re doomed!”

Purple Scaled Demon King said despairingly: “The Dragon Clan will definitely detect it. When they send powerful experts to kill us, our Eternal Antiquity Sect will be in danger!”

“Buzzing!”

Jun Changxiao hurriedly activated the formation, saying: “It shouldn’t come to that, right?”

Purple Scaled Demon King said: “Better to be cautious than careless!”

“Makes sense!”

After brief consideration, Jun Changxiao said: “From now on, keep the formation fully activated, and try not to let Xiao Longlong go out!”

However, Dog Sheng didn’t know that just as Xiao Longlong successfully evolved and emitted his dragon’s roar, in the illusory mountain range, several dragon beasts coiled around mountain peaks suddenly opened their eyes from slumber, their gazes flashing with excitement.

“Our Emperor has returned, our Emperor has returned!”

“Whoosh whoosh!”

Within the mountain range, dragon beasts awakened from slumber one by one, then became extremely agitated. Heavy and imposing dragon might instantly pervaded the surroundings, shaking space itself until it trembled.

“Swoosh!”

The old dragon entrenched on the highest peak flew over and transformed into a kind-faced, hunchbacked elder, saying: “Quickly notify the Four Dragon Kings to stop their infighting and bring Our Emperor back as soon as possible!”

After speaking, he looked toward the deepest part of the mountain range, at the throne cast from unknown minerals, and said excitedly: “After tens of thousands of years, the Dragon Emperor’s throne has finally waited for its new master!”

“Grand Priest!”

A dragon beast transformed into human form and said quietly: “The Four Dragon Kings have been fighting to be the boss for a long time. If they learn Our Emperor has returned, they might develop some crooked ideas.”

“What?”

The old man said angrily: “Would they dare harm Our Emperor?”

“To use human words: one cannot harbor intentions to harm others, but must guard against others’ intentions to harm oneself,” the Dragon Clan warrior said seriously. “It’s better to send trusted subordinates to bring Our Emperor here.”

“Moreover.”

“Many sects and major powers are coveting our Dragon Clan’s resources. If we make a big fuss going out to search for the Dragon Emperor and they find out, they might be harmful to Our Emperor!”

“You’re right.”

After brief consideration, the old dragon said: “Summon the Tengfei brothers and have them go down the mountain to search for the Dragon Emperor. Remember to be extremely careful and must not let the news leak out!”

“Yes!”

…

Before a clear water pool in the depths of the mountain range, two dragon beasts lay lazily on the riverbank, looking like they were sunbathing. Suddenly, they heard a certain secret transmission sound in their ears and immediately transformed into two imposingly dignified humans.

These were the Tengfei brothers the Grand Priest mentioned—one named Long Teng, one named Long Fei. In the Dragon Clan, their strength wasn’t top-tier, but they were very professional at intelligence gathering.

“Swish!”

Long Teng put on clothing with gold-trimmed edges representing humble background and simple honesty, then took out a comb to brush his disheveled golden hair, saying seriously: “Little brother, this is an arduous and important task.”

Long Fei squatted by the river’s edge, using the water surface as a mirror, patting his delicate little face: “We must safely bring the Dragon Emperor back and not disappoint the entire Dragon Clan’s expectations!”

“Let’s go!”

Having finished tidying up, they strode forward with a gait that disowned all relatives, then “bang”—crashed into each other, both clutching their foreheads and grimacing in pain.

The two brothers’ humanoid forms were actually quite heroically handsome, but there was a small accident during evolution—their two eyes didn’t align properly and both crowded toward the middle of the nose, causing them to see double images.

That’s right.

They were cross-eyed!

“Don’t block my way!”

“You’re the one blocking mine!”

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

The brothers bumped and stumbled along the small path by the water pool toward the outside of the mountain. That old dragon standing in the distance couldn’t help but worry: “I feel this is somewhat unreliable.”

…

In a region of shattered space and collapsed earth, four warriors wearing different colored garments were engaged in fierce combat. The displayed scene was choppy like a PowerPoint presentation, so I won’t describe it in detail.

“Hm?”

Suddenly, the four powerful experts all stopped simultaneously, peculiar expressions floating onto their faces: “This is Our Emperor’s aura!”

“Hahaha!”

A square-faced, bearded middle-aged man laughed loudly: “The battle between us can be declared over!”

“Correct.”

A rather sinister-looking man sneered: “I’ll assist the new Emperor. You three can scram.”

“Are you sure it’s assisting and not being a regent monopolizing power?” a nearby expert said coolly.

Another warrior said indifferently: “Assisting the new Emperor should be based on seniority. I have the highest standing among the Four Dragon Kings and am most qualified.”

“Let’s not compare seniority—let’s compare military achievements!” the bearded man said proudly.

Clearly, these four very powerful warriors were the Four Dragon Kings the Grand Priest had mentioned. They had absolute strength in the Dragon Clan, but because no Dragon Emperor emerged, they all wanted to temporarily be the boss to command the entire Dragon Clan, so they’d been fighting for a long time.

“Judging from the aura just now, Our Emperor should have just awakened. His strength may not necessarily be strong, and he may not be able to return to Dragon Mountain alone. How about this—whichever of us four finds and brings the Dragon Emperor back first gets to assist him!”

“Fine!”

“Agreed!”

“No objections!”

The Four Dragon Kings agreed and successively flew out of this special space isolated from the Upper Realm.

…

Eternal Antiquity Sect.

Jun Changxiao paced back and forth angrily in the study.

Su Xiaomo, Li Fei, and other disciples stood with lowered heads, feeling like they’d done something wrong.

“Smack!”

After a moment, Jun Changxiao stopped at the desk, slapping it with one palm and roaring: “The rumor that This Seat can give birth to children—who exactly started spreading it from their mouth!”

“Him!”

Su Xiaomo, Li Fei, Li Shangtian and the others instantly pointed at each other.