Chapter 37: The Dragon Clan

Outside the Gui Xu

After circling around this place for a long time, Chenxing Shangzun still departed with regret.

“Very well!”

“Three thousand rivers of weak water—take but one ladle. Since the fate of this ladle is severed, then find the next one!”

Chenxing Shangzun spread his arms and leaned back.

His figure dissolved into flowing water, gradually merging into the boundless ocean.

“Your Majesty, you’ve returned!”

Within the Wanshendian, a figure suddenly appeared upon the Longhuang’s throne; the dragon clan’s great ones, who had been deliberating, all turned their gazes.

“Big brother, were you held up by something?” Yinglong asked curiously, looking at Chenxing Shangzun—or rather, Zu Long.

At this moment, Zu Long bore an aura of majesty: his face was stern, his eyes deep, and his entire being radiated immense power, exuding a commanding presence over all under heaven.

Hearing Yinglong’s question, Zu Long spoke gravely: “I went to the Mother River of Time and Space, gained a few insights, and along the way severed some attachments.”

“Then congratulations are in order, Big Brother!”

On the left, Qinglong smiled and offered his felicitations: “No wonder I sensed your aura growing deeper—surely you’ve made progress on the Dao!”

Zu Long gave a soft “hmm” and offered no further explanation on the matter.

“Where have you gotten in your discussions?”

“Your Majesty, we’ve just been discussing how the Qilin clan intends to expand into the myriad worlds—should our dragon clan’s contingency plan be activated?”

Huh? Do we even have a contingency plan? I didn’t know… Zu Long spoke without expression: “Continue.”

“Yes!”

Among the dragon ministers, Gui Chengxiang slowly spoke: “Long ago, Your Majesty established a grand strategy, laying out moves across the myriad worlds and proposing the guiding principle: ‘Infinite Time and Space, All Beings as Dragons!’”

Infinite Time and Space, All Beings as Dragons?

Wasn’t that just something I heard from An Yao Ji Du’s idle chatter at Taiwei Yuan, then made up on my way back…? Zu Long’s gaze was deep; he nodded calmly.

“Correct.”

Zu Long cast a approving glance at Gui Chengxiang, signaling him to continue.

Gui Chengxiang felt Zu Long’s gaze and felt invigorated, his spirit greatly encouraged!

He said: “At the time, we raised concerns: laying out moves across the myriad worlds, spreading the net so wide, requiring massive resources—was it truly necessary?”

“Now, with the Qilin clan stirring, we’ve finally awakened to Your Majesty’s brilliance and foresight—you foresaw Shi Qilin’s ambitions long ago!”

That’s right, that’s exactly how brilliant and mighty I am—keep praising me, I love it… Zu Long’s eyes narrowed slightly, a fleeting smile tugging at his lips.

This moment was seen by the dragon clan’s great ones; they quickly filled in the meaning behind that smile.

“Just now, Your Majesty’s lips twitched—that’s absolute self-confidence, and contempt for Shi Qilin.”

“It means the Qilin clan’s move is nothing but a joke in Your Majesty’s eyes, unworthy of concern.”

“Indeed! Our contingency plan has been prepared for ages—unprecedented! Why fear the Qilin clan?”

Gui Chengxiang continued his praise: “With Your Majesty leading our dragon clan, what fortune for our clan!”

“With Your Majesty, our dragon clan has a future; with Your Majesty, our dragon clan has its sky; with…”

Seeing this, Yinglong couldn’t help but pinch the bridge of his nose.

Here we go again!

Whenever Big Brother is away, Gui Chengxiang is concise and to the point in meetings.

But the moment Big Brother shows up, no matter the topic, Gui Chengxiang always steers it back to praising Big Brother.

As Gui Chengxiang was about to launch into another round of praise, seemingly endless, Qinglong could no longer sit still. “Enough, Chancellor—let’s talk about our contingency plan.”

“Yes!”

Both Gui Chengxiang and Zu Long were reluctant to end the flow.

“At that assembly, Your Majesty delivered a series of speeches on the principle of ‘Infinite Time and Space, All Beings as Dragons,’ and ordered us to implement it promptly, awaiting the right moment.”

“Following Your Majesty’s strategy, we returned and repeatedly simulated it, consuming vast resources, and developed many plans.”

“Among them, the two greatest achievements are the ‘Chaos Pearl’ and the ‘Main Divine Palace.’”

Chaos Pearl? Main Divine Palace?

What are these things?

The brilliant and mighty Zu Long’s heart was filled with several question marks.

At the time, Qinglong presided over the meeting, researching the dragon clan’s development strategy.

Coincidentally, Taiwei Yuan was also discussing some development plans; Zu Long simply borrowed Ji Du’s ideas, returned, and put on a show.

Then he handed the matter over to Gui Chengxiang.

He himself happily went off to seek new “weak waters.”

You actually turned Ji Du’s idle talk into something real… With this doubt, Zu Long viewed the dragon clan’s Wanshendian research results.

Gui Chengxiang clapped his hands, and a row of bivalve maidens stepped forward, each holding a chaos-colored pearl.

“Of these two achievements, the Chaos Pearl was developed according to the principle of ‘Infinite Time and Space’—its function is to pry open timelines, allowing the bearer to traverse time and space!”

As Gui Chengxiang spoke, the lead bivalve maiden activated a Chaos Pearl before the assembled great ones.

Her figure vanished from the hall.

“Hm?”

Zu Long subtly sensed it—she had already appeared in a distant universe, nearly at the edge of the Wu Shang Zhen Jie’s subordinate realms.

When she reappeared in the hall, only two ke had passed!

“The main component of these Chaos Pearls is the pearl of the Tun Tian Bivalve clan, infused with time-related array patterns—slightly inferior to the jiao pearls of the Guangyin Jiao.”

Gui Chengxiang ordered another bivalve maiden to activate a Chaos Pearl.

On the same timeline, within the same universe, no matter how long had passed in the destination realm, the time difference between the two worlds remained only three breaths.

“Theoretically, the best effect would come from the Long Zhu!”

Gui Chengxiang said: “Crafting a Chaos Pearl from a true dragon’s treasure pearl would achieve instantaneous time difference.”

“But the cost is rather high.”

Upon hearing “high cost,” Zu Long turned his gaze toward Yinglong.

Yinglong oversaw the dragon clan’s resource allocation.

Yinglong sent a mental message: “Big Brother, rest assured—these true dragon treasure pearls are merely jiao pearls soaked in the True Dragon Pool.”

“Just add two more steps—later, you can spit more dragon saliva into the True Dragon Pool, and the cost drops.”

“Then no problem.”

Zu Long nodded: “And the Main Divine Palace?”

“This is the greatest achievement developed according to the principle of ‘All Beings as Dragons.’”

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