The three stood on the river and searched for a long time but found no trace of the Heavenly Dragon Maiden's primordial spirit.

Duobao reached out and grabbed a handful of air, then sniffed it.

He turned to Hu Le and asked, "Brother, I've figured out her escape route. Should we continue the pursuit?"

Hu Le pondered for a moment, then shook his head. This woman had probably escaped back to the White Dragon King. He couldn't very well continue chasing after her, after all, the dragon race hadn't completely fallen, and some powerful figures still existed…

Seeing that Hu Le had no intention of chasing after him, Duobao had no objection. He exchanged a glance with Xianbao Tianjun and looked at the crystal dragon palace in the water.

Since they became sworn brothers, the two have let bygones be bygones and gradually went from disliking each other to being kindred spirits.

Next, the three returned to the Crystal Palace, ransacked it, and left behind a dilapidated palace before departing.

This time, the three did not return to the temporary cave they had previously set up, but instead prepared to find another place to stay.

After all, while they weren't afraid of the dragons coming for revenge, less trouble was probably a good thing...

However, he underestimated the dragon clan's resources. How could such a vast white dragon clan not have someone skilled in divination?

When Prime Minister Turtle and the Heavenly Dragon Princess returned one after another, the matter was reported to the White Dragon King, who was naturally very angry.

He had so many children that he couldn't even count them all.

However, Tianjuan was one of the children with the best cultivation aptitude among all his children, so he usually showed her some favoritism.

Now, his daughter, whom he had high hopes for, has not only lost her physical body, but her primordial spirit and origin have also suffered great damage.

To make up for it later, who knows how many rare and precious materials and how much time it would take?

It's fair to say that this woman is completely ruined after this incident...

Although he himself was not good at divination, there was an elder in his clan who had studied under Meng Zhangjun, the ancestor of the Azure Dragon Clan, for a period of time and learned some divination techniques.

Therefore, he invited the clan elders over and began to set up the altar, preparing to use divination techniques to predict the whereabouts of the three people.

...

Meanwhile, in the Heavenly Court, Taiyi had dealt with some important matters. Seeing that nothing major had happened recently, he simply left a puppet to guard the Heavenly Palace while he went into seclusion to attempt to break through to the Primordial Dao Fruit.

Empress Jin De did not go into seclusion to cultivate herself, but stayed behind to assist the puppet.

This was something the couple had agreed upon long ago: to stagger their periods of seclusion as much as possible, so that there would always be one of them in a true form capable of suppressing the Heavenly Court and handling any important events that might occur...

Ever since Hu Le became a disciple of Taiyi, their destinies have been intertwined.

On this day, Empress Jinde was helping the puppet Taiyi handle Heavenly affairs when she suddenly had a sudden whim.

She frowned slightly. With her cultivation level, such an omen was no mere fabrication; something significant must have occurred for such a sign to appear.

But deep down, she had a vague feeling that this omen was somewhat ominous, so she hurriedly began to make calculations.

Empress Jin De was not only the emperor of the human race, but also the master of the stars in the heavens. Her cultivation was extremely profound, and she was naturally very skilled in divination.

There was no need to set up any magic array; with just a quick calculation and by relying on the connection between their luck and that of Hu Le, they were able to glimpse the source.

Huh?

Why has my disciple's luck become so low?

Could he be facing some life-threatening danger?

Concerning the life and death of her own disciple, Empress Jinde dared not be negligent and continued to circulate her primordial spirit to capture that elusive and intangible heavenly secret...

A moment later, she dispelled the spell, a hint of anger appearing on her face.

"How dare the White Dragon Clan! They actually try to harm my disciple!"

She realized that the White Dragon Clan was targeting Hu Le and would continue to hunt him down, leaving him in a constant state of near-death experience and even facing the danger of death.

She's also very protective of her own; having foreseen this, how could she allow it to happen?

With a flick of her wrist, a plain-colored cloud-patterned banner appeared.

This flag is one of the Five Primordial Flags, a top-tier Primordial Spiritual Treasure.

Originally, all five precious flags belonged to the Nine-Headed Clan, the first human emperor of the human race, and had been used to suppress the destiny of the human race.

However, because the Nine-Headed Clan failed to attain enlightenment, all four other precious flags were lost.

All that remained in Jin Detianhou's hands was this plain-colored cloud-shaped flag.

She grabbed the treasure flag and waved it in the air, obscuring the heavenly secrets that originally belonged to Hu Le. Then, with a wave of her hand, she retrieved Taiyi's supreme treasure, the Chaos Bell, from afar.

Since the two are husband and wife, she can certainly activate this treasure.

As one of the most precious treasures created at the beginning of time, its power is simply unimaginable.

She held the Chaos Bell in one hand and flicked her finger with the other.

"clang!"

The melodious sound of bells rang out in the Heavenly Palace, drawing everyone's attention to the direction of Yaochi, wondering why Empress Jinde would use such a precious treasure as the Chaos Bell.

They only had suspicions, but the White Dragon Clan was in big trouble.

Although the ancestral land of the White Dragon Clan is hundreds of millions of miles away from the Heavenly Court, this distance is nothing to the Chaos Bell.

Empress Jinde rang this bell in the Heavenly Palace, and almost at the same time, the sound resounded over the White Dragon Ancestral Land.

A bell rang.

The sky above the ancestral land instantly changed color, thunder roared, and the entire void cracked open, almost shattering.

The dragon elder who was performing a ritual to deduce Hu Le's whereabouts suddenly let out a scream, his entire head exploded, and even his primordial spirit shattered.

The White Dragon King, who was standing outside the altar, was also in a bad situation. The aftershocks of the bell swept over his body and sent him flying tens of thousands of miles away.

After the bell tolled for a long time, he barely managed to steady himself, spat out a mouthful of blood, and collapsed to the ground.

This attack not only nearly destroyed his physical body, but also almost shattered his soul.

When the dragons found him and saw his miserable state, they were all shocked.

After everyone helped him up, he returned to the Dragon Palace without saying a word, grabbed a whip, and headed straight for the residence of the Heavenly Dragon Maiden.

As one of the few dragon kings in the primordial world, how could he not recognize the sound of the Chaos Bell?

The fate of the clan elders had already given him a clue as to the truth of the matter…

In a side hall of the ancestral land.

The Heavenly Dragon Maiden has finally been given a new physical body and is using a secret technique to try to merge her primordial spirit with this new body.

The White Dragon King suddenly stormed in, his face contorted with rage.

"Father!"

The Heavenly Dragon Girl hurriedly got up to greet her.

"You wretched creature! Look what you've done!"

Unexpectedly, when the White Dragon King saw her, he immediately cursed and lashed out with his whip at the Heavenly Dragon Girl.

He unleashed his whip in fury, showing no mercy, and nearly knocked the Dragon Girl out of her body.

"You blind, wretched child, who on earth have you offended outside?"

"Do you know that because of you, not only did my clan lose an elder, but your father, the king, almost perished!"

"..."

The White Dragon King cursed and lashed out at the Heavenly Dragon Girl with his whip.

They beat her until she screamed in agony, rolled on the ground, and begged for mercy repeatedly.

"Father, spare me! I know I was wrong..."

No matter how much she begged for mercy, the White Dragon King showed no sign of softening his stance.

He only stopped whipping his daughter after aggravating his own injuries from excessive force.

At this moment, the Heavenly Dragon Maiden lay on the ground, barely breathing...