Lu Yun didnât notice the bone dragon following behind him. Itâd deployed a certain combat art to hide within a crowd of zombies and followed silently behind her target. Though he was currently the size of a particle, the ripples of the Dragonsearch Invocation were a honing beacon that led the bone dragonâs consciousness straight to him.
To the dragon, there was no difference between dust-sized Lu Yun and regular-sized Lu Yun. Even though a layer of hellfire surrounded him, that still didnât conceal him from the bone dragon. The difference between their cultivation level was too great. One was second level mortal realm and the other⊠an eternal overlord.
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âFound it!â Lu Yun discovered a patch of empty space in the depths of the crowded zombie sea. A mountain of white bones sixty meters across floated within it, surrounded by something that looked like a boundary keeping the zombies out.
âThereâs⊠the presence of the living here? Thereâs something alive?!â Lu Yunâs jaw dropped. âNot just one, but two!! How is this possible?? How is anything alive in the zombie sea?â
He could clearly sense the presence of the living from the mountain of white bones. Taking a deep breath, Lu Yun cautiously touched the boundary in front of him.
A small ripple traveled across the barrierâs surface as his hand passed right through it. Taken aback, he paused before setting foot inside the empty space devoid of zombies.
An exceedingly refreshing scent wafted into his nose, so revitalizing that he almost hummed with pleasure. Pure chaos currents could be found everywhere inside, seemingly nurturing something. Lu Yun focused his gaze and realized that the dragon pearl could be found inside the mountain of bone.
âNo wonder the bone dragonâs cultivation fell to eternal overlord realm. It released all of the power in its pearl to nurture these two beings.â Unbidden, he strode over to the mountain.
Something that looked like a bundle of clouds rested in the center of the mountain. Two pale gold dragonlings slept quietly on the soft clouds.
âThis!!â It felt like lightning had struck Lu Yun.
Two golden dragons!
Two. golden. dragonlings!
They werenât chaos dragons, just ordinary dragonlings, but heâd seen them before!
Heâd brought back a dragonling from the dragon tomb in the North Sea of the world of immortals, and it yet remained in Dusk Province. However, its cultivation never progressed and it never grew bigger, still teetering about as a baby. Despite that, the dragon empress, Ghost Dragon, and Ghost Phoenix treated it with utmost respect, even fear and dread.
The two dragonlings in front of him were the exact same as the one in Dusk Province. Even their aura was the same, as if they were the same exact dragon!
âHow⊠is this possibleâŠâ Lu Yun stared incredulously at the sleeping dragonlings on the clouds.
âDo you know him?â a soft voice suddenly sounded behind him.
Lu Yun jumped up and scrambled a few steps backward before looking in alarm at whatâd walked in behind him. This⊠should be a woman. He looked upon a figure in a black silk dress, hair black as the night, but her arms and head of bone.
âYouâre, youâre the bone dragon from earlier!â he said after a shocked beat.
âYes.â The woman of white bone inclined her head. âThe ripples from your Dragonquake Scripture returned me to reason.â
Flesh and blood slowly grew over her skeleton as she spoke, melding into her body and forming an exceedingly beautiful woman. Elegant and poised, she was plainly of noble birth.
âHe is my child.â She pointed at the two dragonlings entwined around each other on the clouds.
âHe?â Lu Yun blinked.
âChaos dragons possess three heads, three tails, and twelve feet. Upon my impending death, I used the last of my strength to split him apart and save his life.â Her tone took a downward turn. âHe is a chaos dragon no more.â
âYou brought your child here⊠to fight?â Lu Yun frowned.
âIt wasnât a fight, but a war. A war that came all too suddenly upon us,â she sighed. âHe was not yet born when war descended. As the last powerhouse of the chaos dragons, I had to lead my clan to protect our home.
âI gave birth to him before I died and split him into three, dispelling the aura of a chaos dragon from him. That is how he evaded that awful curse. If it wasnât for the curse, perhaps⊠perhaps we mightâve won,â she murmured.
âYou did win, in reality. The mythical realm was destroyed and the chaos creatures survived,â Lu Yun offered.
âNo, we lost. We all lost!â She lifted her head and looked up at the boundless sea. âWhether it was us or this realm, we all lost.â
âIs there⊠a third party?â Lu Yun probed.
The woman shook her head without responding.
âWell⊠alright, then why is there only two of him? Whereâs the third?â Images of the little dragon in Dusk Province came to his mind again. The little dragon was Liu Qingmiaoâs playmate and also trained with Aoxue. The blood dragon had named it Aoxin.
âI donât know where the third him has gone either⊠After my death, I protected my child with the last of my instincts. I donât know where heâs goneâŠ
âThe presence of the Dragonquake Scripture on you is proof that you have a great kinship with us. I beg of you, take my child and save him from this world devoid of light!â Pleading and great suffering suffused her eyes.
The Dragonquake Scripture was the ultimate method of the chaos dragons and the foremost method of the chaos! Simply possessing the Dragonquake Scripture enabled Lu Yun to awaken her reason and gain her trust.
She didnât know whatâd happened in the outside world or that there was a three-eyed man whoâd learned the Dragonquake Scripture and plotted against the chaos dragons.
âThe third him is with me.â Lu Yun mused, âI donât know why he ended up with me, but he is well and truly by my side, with my clansmen.â
It would seem that there was far more than met the eye with the dragon tomb in the North Sea. The dragonling had seemed to be using the tombâs power to fortify himself. Then⊠who had built the tomb and what was it meant for? Was it really just to curse the dragons?
Or was the dragonling absorbing the fortunes of dragonkind so he could become a chaos dragon again?
Just who built that tomb?
Lu Yun felt like his brain was about to explode. If only he could find Ghost Dragon or Ghost Phoenix! But theyâd disappeared after departing from the dragon tomb.
âHe, heâs with you? Thatâs wonderful. I hereby gift my dragon pearl and everything here to you. I only ask that you protect him.â The woman murmured, âI do not hope that he becomes a master in the chaos, I only pray that he lives on.â
Lu Yun opened his hand to allow a tiny door to swing open. A golden dragonling that looked the same as the two sleeping in the clouds darted out of the doorframe.
âAooouuaaa!â Freezing with surprise for a split second, the dragonling pounced on the woman with croons that sounded like both laughter and tears. Though heâd been split into three, the three bodies shared one consciousness. The two sleeping dragons were also him.
âMy child, my child! It really is you!â The woman hugged the little dragon tightly as tears flowed out of her eyes as two trails of smoke. She was just a skeleton now, her physical body an illusion and her tears formed by her soulâsoul tears.
âAoou aouu aoo!â The little dragon turned around and sobbed at Lu Yun. âSaoove⊠h-her!â He formed the two words with extreme difficulty.
âOkay.â Lu Yun nodded.
The woman remained unmoving, still crying smoky tears and hugging the tiny Aoxin to herself. Meanwhile, the bundle of clouds gently floated upward and entered the Gates of the Abyss. Aoxinâs body underwent drastic changes as it did so. Since he was a creature of the realms, he wasnât afraid of its energy, a fact that transferred over to his other two bodies.
âSenior, I can help you return to life.â Lu Yun looked at the woman.
âI cannot leave.â She shook her head. âIf I leave, my clansmen here will go extinct and be swallowed by the other zombies.â
âBut your childâŠâ Lu Yun frowned.
âHe has his life ahead of him. I⊠I am already dead,â she sighed. Sheâd originally wanted to use her dragon pearl to help Aoxin be reborn, but her son was alive and well. The death energy that filled her dragon pearl was no longer appropriate for him.
âIf I am dead, I should guard those of my clan who have died.â Her physical form began to fade away. âDo not say that you can bring me back to life, that is a taboo in this tomb. If you speak of it, you will be plagued with bad luck. I do not wish for my child to be affected by it.
âI am already dead. I am content as long as my child remains alive.â She returned to her skeletal form and backed out of the area.
âMaooooommy!!â Aoxin burst into heartrending sobs and flailed wildly to catch up to the woman. âMommy, mommy!! S-save her, please please please save herâŠâ
Aoxin had never spoken in all these years, but forced his draconic mouth to form human language at this time. It was the human language of the world of immortals, not the chaos.
âI know you can, you can save her. Please save herâŠâ
He reached out with two foreclaws, trying to cling to the warm embrace thatâd appeared endless times in his dreams. But his claws connected with nothing, no answering warmth. There was only empty nothingness.
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