Chapter 1583: Thunder Sea Dragon Egg

The strange disaster that had ravaged the lands of the Li and Qin two great Heavenly King lines for several years, along with the suppression of that beast fetus, could finally be considered to have reached its end.

When the news of the strange disaster being quelled spread, both the Li and Qin great Heavenly King lines breathed a sigh of relief, with countless people running to share the news and celebrate.

This battle that stretched on for several years caused countless casualties; countless neutral forces were wiped out, and even the Li and Qin great Heavenly King lines paid no small price for it.

Fortunately, it has finally come to an end.

The armies conscripted by the two great Heavenly King lines began to gradually withdraw over the following days, but the cleanup work remained extremely complicated—especially this vast neutral territory spanning tens of millions of miles, which contained countless rich cultivation resources. With the neutral forces that once occupied this land having been cleared out by the strange tide, the Li and Qin great Heavenly King lines would surely take the opportunity to extend their reach in.

Therefore, the distribution of interests and the negotiations involved were extremely tedious.

However, Li Luo had no mind to participate in these negotiations. After he, Jiang Qing'e, and Dantai Lan's avatar returned to Divine River City, he couldn't wait to take out the golden fruit they had seized from the hands of Bai Lingyan Underworld King, Qin Jiujie, and the others.

"Mother, do you know what this thing is?"

The golden fruit floated before the three of them, with vast and surging vitality flowing out, causing the grass and trees in this courtyard to grow wildly. In the blink of an eye, dense grass and leaves had climbed all over Shi Ting.

With a wave of Dantai Lan's hand, golden light surged forth and restored everything to its original state. She gazed at the golden fruit before her with a thoughtful look and said, "I don't know either, but it contains extremely vast and domineering vitality. It's hard to imagine that this thing was actually produced by the Return-to-One Society."

"Could it be that the Return-to-One Society stirred up strange disasters everywhere just to refine this thing? And what can this thing do?"

Li Luo, however, didn't think too much about it and said, "Whatever they're trying to do, this thing seems to be useful for the 'Heavenly Thunder Bamboo' that Grandfather has transformed into."

He swept his hand over the spatial orb worn on his wrist, and an object slowly flew out—it was a five-colored clay basin, and inside the basin was a thriving Heavenly Thunder Bamboo.

However, the current Heavenly Thunder Bamboo was clearly much more mature than before.

On its straight, slender bamboo body, golden thunder flowed, emitting rumbling sounds. With each impact, ancient golden thunder patterns were left on the bamboo body.

Moreover, the faint trace of familiar aura emanating from deep within the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo had become stable and vast, like a golden sea of thunder, inspiring awe in all who beheld it.

"Your grandfather's Heavenly Thunder Bamboo is already approaching maturity. It seems that when you broke through in the Heavenly Mirror Pagoda, you provided it with a large amount of 'Myriad Phase Qi,' greatly accelerating its growth," Dantai Lan observed the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo and said with some surprise.

The last time Li Luo went to the Heavenly Mirror Pagoda, the trace of aura deep within the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo was still extremely faint, but now it was faintly emitting terrifying fluctuations.

Gold, silver, and ink-colored brilliance flowed in Dantai Lan's eyes. She seemed to see, deep within the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, in the depths of the vast golden sea of thunder, an indistinct egg-shaped outline appearing.

It was covered in golden dragon scales, and a low, thunder-like heartbeat could faintly be heard emanating from it, causing massive waves to rise in the golden sea of thunder.

What was being nurtured within that golden dragon egg?

"Deep within the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, a dragon egg is nurturing life. Perhaps the moment the dragon egg fully matures will be the day your grandfather returns," Dantai Lan said with a smile.

"Oh?" Li Luo was overjoyed, a look of excitement appearing in his eyes. Over these past few years, he had carefully protected and nurtured this Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, not daring to let any mishap befall it, fearing that the extremely faint remnant soul within would be affected. Fortunately, his diligent protection had paid off—the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo grew steadily, and the lingering aura of his grandfather finally took shape, transforming into a dragon egg, brewing rebirth.

"However, this kind of rebirth requires an extremely vast amount of vitality to catalyze. Originally, this would need a long time to accumulate, but your fortune is truly remarkable—to actually obtain this miraculous vitality golden fruit. This will greatly shorten the process," Dantai Lan said.

"Then Mother, hurry and help infuse this vitality golden fruit into the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo to help Grandfather absorb it," Li Luo urged.

Dantai Lan smiled and said, "Aren't you two going to take some? This vitality golden fruit is extremely rare. If you absorb it, not only will it increase your lifespan, it can also cause your physical body to transform and become stronger."

Li Luo said indifferently, "We're still young, we have plenty of lifespan, we don't need this thing to add to it. As for the physical body, I have the Heavenly Dragon Body, I'm already quite durable."

"Mother, we don't need this thing, leave it all for Grandfather." Jiang Qing'e naturally supported Li Luo's decision. After all, regarding Li Li Jingzhe, she also held him in great respect. Back then in the Boundary River Domain, there had been many opportunities for him to leave safely, but to protect these juniors of theirs, the old man had chosen to raise his staff and charge at the Great Demon King.

How could this protective heart for the young not move and earn the respect of these juniors?

Dantai Lan was somewhat gratified. Both little ones valued loyalty and righteousness, which made her, as their mother, happy for them.

So she waved her hand, first putting away the vitality golden fruit, and said, "I'm currently just an avatar, so once this thing and the other branch leaders of the Li Li Tianwang line arrive, I'll have them examine it first to make sure the Return-to-One Society hasn't hidden any tricks in it, and then we'll use it."

Li Luo nodded repeatedly. As always, Mother thought things through thoroughly. After all, the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo was tied to Li Li Jingzhe's resurrection and couldn't afford any mishaps; being cautious was never wrong.

"Mother, since the strange disaster on the Li Li Tianwang line's side has been quelled now, Qing'e and I will probably need to find time to hurry back to Daxia as well. The situation there isn't optimistic either, and if we delay too long, I'm afraid Dean Pang won't be able to hold on," Li Luo changed the subject and brought up his next plans.

"Going back to Daxia already..."

Mentioning Daxia, a look of reminiscence also appeared in Dantai Lan's eyes. Then she frowned slightly and said, "I originally wanted to accompany you back, but now the beast fetus matter has come up again. Suppressing this thing still requires my true body to hold the line, which will probably take some time. How about you wait a bit longer?"

Li Luo said helplessly, "We can wait, but I'm afraid Dean Pang can't."

Old Pang had been waiting for him for several years now. If he didn't go back soon, he really would only be able to bring a coffin back for Old Pang.

"Mother, don't worry. We're not children anymore. Even if we encounter a true King-realm powerhouse, we have some ability to protect ourselves," Jiang Qing'e said softly to comfort her.

Dantai Lan pondered slightly and said, "Regardless, I definitely can't let just the two of you go back alone. I'll discuss it with Li Li Tianji and the others later. At the very least, a King-realm powerhouse must accompany you, and we'll muster the troops. It's best to bring the entire Heavenly Dragon Five Guards. You are the Grand Guard Commander, so you already have the authority to command the Five Guards. With your current strength, if the Five Guards form an array, they can fight a true One-Crown King."

"Bring the entire Heavenly Dragon Five Guards? Isn't that too much of a fuss?" Li Luo exclaimed. The Heavenly Dragon Five Guards numbered tens of thousands—this was an army. Bring them all back to Daxia?

Wouldn't that be way too flashy?

If the Princess saw an army like this, she wouldn't be able to take her eyes off it.

When the time comes, will those old classmates be scared? But then thinking of Seeing Yu Lang and the others with their utterly shocked expressions, Li Luo inexplicably felt a bit pleased.

"What's the big deal? You and Qing'e are Heavenly King seeds. The future prosperity of the Li Li Tianwang line rests entirely on your shoulders. For the Li Li Tianwang line to have juniors like you is simply the fortune accumulated over these thousand years. Seeds like you, even if we pour the entire clan's strength into protecting them, it wouldn't be excessive," Dantai Lan said matter-of-factly.

Li Luo rubbed his chin. Put that way... it did seem to make some sense.

"Then let's wait until the other two branch leaders arrive before discussing the details."